The moment the room full of clocks opened, Sherlock, who had been tense all the time, reacted instantly!

The magic wand that was floating beside him, always ready to go, waved together.

Just like the baton in the hands of the band conductor on the stage, the magic wand is waving according to a certain law and rhythm, and countless red light spots shine on the tip of the wand!

"Ah...!"

Standing behind the door, the Death Eater guarding the entrance just reacted and raised his wand at Sherlock. Before the spell could be uttered, dozens of red light beams were already drawn. Breaking the space, all hit him precisely!

In the next second, his whole body froze completely, and apart from the frantic blinking of his eyes, he couldn't even move a finger.

The Death Eater's body has no support, and the weak will fall backward.

And just when he was about to fall to the ground, Sherlock supported his body with control magic in time, and then slowly put it down.

After the door was opened, Sherlock could sense the situation in the room.

Under his perception, there was no one else within eight meters except the masked Death Eater.

At this time, Sophie on the side reacted, her body trembled, and she wanted to chant a spell, but found that the enemy had been controlled by Sherlock's neat Silent Petrification Curse.

She looked at the wands floating around in shock, completely unaware of what kind of wizard would use such an unheard of spellcasting method to use magic.

Sherlock ignored her current mood, walked into the Time Hall lightly, and saw the whole room.

There was no light here, and the whole room was filled with jumping lights that sparkled like diamonds, coming from a towering bell-shaped crystal glass shade at the end of the room.

Nearly 6 inches (1.8 meters) tall, the bell-shaped crystal glass shade stands on a table and appears to be filled with a churning, sparkling air.

Inside the hood, a small, jewel-bright object floated up and down, a small hummingbird, but it wasn't always a bird.

At the bottom of its circular trajectory, the bird is still in egg form, and when it rises in the glass cover, it snaps open and a hummingbird emerges and rises straight to the bottom of the glass cover. very top.

But as the airflow fell, the bird's feathers were soiled and wet again, until it landed at the bottom of the glass cover and was trapped in the egg again.

This time process repeats endlessly inside the hood, like a strange hourglass in biological form.

Sherlock was not attracted by this ingenious device for long, because at the oblique corner opposite the door of the time hall, there was a compartment surrounded by the back of the wall, and a sharp sound was faintly heard from the compartment.

"Don't think that I really dare not cast a spell on you! I have been entangled with you for so long, just to give face to the Selwyn family! Although the Dark Lord is gracious to all pure-blood wizards, his patience Also limited!"

......

Scrimgeour stared darkly at the comatose Auror lying in the corridor on the sixth floor, who could not wake up even with the Resuscitation Charm.

"Whose team is the person in charge of the four floors below!"

A young wizard with a pale face but indifferent eyes and a cold-looking personality stood up from behind him.

"It's my team, Director."

The two Auror teams left behind at the Ministry of Magic were both newly formed teams in the past two years, and the captains who led the teams were also the most outstanding young people who had just graduated from Hogwarts in recent years, and they were all from Hogwarts. A pure blood family with a long history.

They are Kingsley Shacklebolt of the Shaker family and Barty Crouch Jr. of the Crouch family.

Among them, Barty Crouch Jr.'s father is also the higher-level leadership of the Auror Command, the most important institution in the entire Ministry of Magic, and the director of the Magic Law Enforcement Department - Barty Crouch.

In the current tense situation in the magic world, although Barty Crouch was born in a pure-blood family, he openly fought against Voldemort with a strong attitude, and took action for this, and has a high prestige in the entire British magic circle. .

No one even doubted that when the current Minister of Magic left office, the next Minister would be more qualified to succeed him than him.

It is precisely because of this that Barty Jr, who is extremely capable in his own right, deserves to be the Auror captain.

Kingsley has nothing to say, his outstanding ability can be seen by everyone, and the Shaker family itself is also a big family deeply rooted in the magic world.

The young wizard standing up now is Barty Crouch Jr.

"Why don't you keep in touch with the people under you?"

Scrimgeour didn't have any courtesy towards Barty Jr because of his special status, and asked directly with a gloomy face.

Little Barty explained expressionlessly.

"There is a problem with the battle in Sheffield. The former commander in York, Tris, got in touch with me and asked me to be ready to apply to you at any time to transfer all the last two teams in the ministry, so I have been waiting in the liaison room. news of him."

His explanation was reasonable, and Scrimgeour had been watching the situation on the Sheffield side, knowing how tense the situation was there.

"How many people in your team can you contact now?" he asked, frowning tightly together.

"Can't get in touch with anyone."

Kingsley also spoke at this time.

"My subordinate Roma, who was supposed to be patrolling the fifth floor, has also lost contact now."

There are a total of six Aurors present.

Scrimgeour, head of the Auror office, Captain Barty Jr. and Kingsley, and three of Kingsley's men.

Everyone here is well aware of the seriousness of the matter.

The staff in the department are now concentrated in Sheffield, and even if they want to be transferred back, it is impossible.

Because even if the Ministry of Magic was bombed tonight, it would be worse than if the Death Eaters bombed an entire Muggle city and made the secrets of the wizarding world public.

If the Ministry of Magic is gone, it can be replaced, but if the secrecy laws are violated, then this is a serious consequence that the wizarding world on earth cannot accept!

So Scrimgeour must and can only rely on what little he has left to keep the Ministry of Magic safe!

......

Sherlock motioned Sophie to be quiet, and then the wand floating beside him aimed again at the Death Eater who had been hit with the petrification spell. The red light lit up again, and dozens of stun spells hit him. Patch.

The two of them kept their footsteps to a minimum and walked to the door of the compartment in the Time Hall.

This is just an ordinary compartment, and there is no space to cut or divide, so Sherlock's control magic can clearly "see" the situation inside.

Inside the cubicle is an office, and the space inside is not as cramped as it looks from the outside, about the size of a potions classroom at Hogwarts.

There were a total of eight people gathered in the office, and two wizards in black robes made by the Ministry of Magic had passed out on the ground. They were obviously staff members of the Department of Mysteries.

There are also four Death Eaters wearing iconic iron masks, and a young wizard who also wears the robes of the Ministry of Magic. This wizard should be the traitor Eddie said, who has been lurking inside the Ministry of Magic!

In front of them, there was a middle-aged witch tied to a chair by a binding spell.

The witch looked to be between thirty and forty years old, with long wavy hair and a charming appearance, but her face was particularly cold at this time.

"I'll say it again for the last time, Algie Flint, there is no such thing as Gate 7! There is no power that can reverse everything!"

The young wizard named Algi suddenly grabbed the witch's gray-blond curly hair with a grim expression, put his mouth to her ear, and said word by word.

"That old Strie said it all! Gate 7 of the Department of Mysteries! The most incredible power the Ministry of Magic has discovered since its inception! The Dark Lord is very interested in this thing! Does he want to know what's inside, You should know that there is nothing he has not been able to accomplish so far!"

Algie stared at the witch's green eyes.

"Seeing that you took good care of me when you were young, and for the sake of my cousin, I will give you one last chance, ma'am, tell me where Gate 7 is. Then become the most loyal believer of the Dark Lord, then in the future, a new In the Ministry of Magic, you can continue to hold the position of Director of the Department of Mysteries. It is good for all of us to do so!"

The witch sneered, her face not showing the slightest fear.

"Good to everyone? What a joke. Algie, you've always been good at hiding like your father, but you're still young, and you're way more impatient than he is. He's going to a complete showdown now, Stop pretending at the Ministry of Magic? It's not like your father's character to bet on both sides~lightnovelpub.net~ Whoever has the upper hand will help whoever. Or is it really something you decide privately, he Are you still completely unaware?"

Algie's face was very ugly, as if she had been told by a witch.

He beckoned to the masked Death Eater, and immediately someone handed a potion to his hand.

"You forced my wife. We could have settled this matter peacefully, but you forced me..."

He muttered viciously, and then squeezed the witch's chin with his hand.

"I have given you enough opportunities, but you have made up your mind to be the enemy of the Dark Lord, then I have no choice but to sacrifice you for the great cause!"

Just as Algi was holding the potion bottle and was about to pour medicine into the witch's mouth, the door of the compartment was suddenly kicked open from the outside!

In the next second, countless red light beams swarmed from outside the door like a meteor shower that streaked across the night sky!