Fire Bearer at Hogwarts

Chapter 440 Ministry of Magic Crisis (Two in One)

In the middle of the night, most of the staff of the Ministry of Magic did not get off work, and the Aurors went from each fireplace to one crime scene after another.

The paper airplanes that transmit information form white waves like the ocean, constantly going to and from various offices.

Perhaps, since the establishment of the Ministry of Magic, it has never been so busy. All this busyness comes from only one reason, the news of a person's death.

News of Dumbledore's death spread like wildfire throughout the wizarding world, and in just a few days everyone knew it all.

Some people were sympathetic, some were worried, and some were ready to move, but for most people in the Ministry of Magic, it all made them panic.

In the minister's office, Crouch kept signing documents with a quill.

"Mr. Weasley, bring me all the replies."

The Ministry of Magic of many countries came to ask Crouch whether the news of Dumbledore's death was true, and more Ministry of Magic were worried about whether Crouch could face the increasingly chaotic Voldemort and his henchmen in Britain.

"Okay, Minister Crouch!" Percy handed the document to Crouch without stopping. He had just glanced at it, and it was a letter from the Magical Congress of America.

"These Americans want to help us..." Crouch read the above content word by word, although their conditions were very harsh...but Crouch still gritted his teeth and wrote his name.

"Mr. Weasley, send this letter to the Magical Congress of America tomorrow." Crouch handed Percy the scrawled paper, and took another stack of papers from another table.

The most eye-catching thing on the top is the arrangement of the head of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry... The school board is asking for his opinion.

He scribbled a tick off Meg's name, then tossed the form to Percy.

"Send this to Hogwarts."

Crouch had never felt so busy. If it was just the condolences and inquiries about Dumbledore's death, it would be fine to deal with, but more content was about the Death Eater attack.

Ever since Dumbledore was killed by the traitor Snape, the Death Eaters have been attacking like crazy.

And Voldemort no longer shy away from any power, he openly went to the front of the stage to promote his pure bloodism on the streets of Diagon Alley, and then killed the Aurors who came to stop him.

"Huh..." Crouch took a long breath and looked at the alarm clock in front of the desk. It was already two o'clock in the morning.

He forced himself to stand up, and then picked up the hat on the coat rack. He hadn't gone home to rest for several days...he wasn't going to leave today either.

He set up a bed next to the office, where he slept for two days.

Even Percy, his second in command, had been staying at the Ministry of Magic.

Percy is a good candidate... Crouch pushed open the office door thinking about it, he stopped the Auror who was passing by the door and said, "Let the civil servants rest, Aurors must maintain 24-hour uninterrupted duty .”

: Understood, Minister. "The two Aurors nodded and left the office door. They were all Aurors who had been trained by Ash for half a month. big boost.

Crouch took a deep breath and pushed open the lounge door, then lay down on the bed, but for some reason he couldn't sleep.

Although he himself lay down, most of the Aurors' work was not over yet. In order to worry that the Death Eaters might attack the Ministry of Magic, a large number of Aurors were patrolling every corner of the Ministry of Magic.

Along with the rampant Voldemort, news media such as the "Daily Prophet" also began to turn to the asylum of the Ministry of Magic, and they hoped to move to the Ministry of Magic to work.

Of course, these were politely rejected by Crouch, who sent more Aurors to protect them.

Of course, so far Voldemort has not launched an attack on the Daily Prophet or the headquarters of the Ministry of Magic. Many Auror experts believe that Voldemort's target is likely to be Hogwarts.

Because of his dearest enemy, Harry Potter was still at Hogwarts at this time.

He is still a student after all.

And everyone in the Order of the Phoenix is ​​now starting to protect his safety 24 hours a day, but at present Hogwarts still has Professor Embers at...

Crouch is not particularly worried. What he is worried about now is only the manpower problem. With more and more faces he needs to take care of, there is a trend of not enough Aurors. They lack enough Aurors to protect so many people. The goal.

And the centralized protection seems to have the possibility of spreading that thing called the abyss...

When he thought of the abyss, Crouch couldn't close his eyes even more. That terrible black viscous liquid...can corrupt people's minds and defile people's souls...

"Huh..." Crouch took a deep breath, he didn't want to fall under the weight...

Can we only rely on Harry Potter now?
The look of the boy flashed across Crouch's eyes. Although he was already a hero of the Goblet of Fire, Crouch felt that he was nothing to Voldemort...

He still needs to grow...

Dumbledore's voice came to mind, causing the meticulous minister to shake his head slightly. He got up and pushed open the door of the lounge. There were two Aurors standing at the door.

"Mr. Mark, you go and arrange for an Auror to go to Hogwarts, preferably those with experience."

"But Minister, we have arranged..."

"I know." Crouch interrupted Mark: "You go and arrange ten more Aurors, and then tell them that their goal is to protect Mr. Potter, no matter what happens, they can't leave Hogwarts .”

"Unless that person is killed." As he spoke, he thought of the erosion of the abyss. He took a deep breath and said, "Even if I change the order later, don't let them leave Hogwarts."

"Ah?" Mark was stunned for a moment, but seeing Crouch's serious eyes, he nodded quickly: "I understand the minister!"

Watching him turn and leave, Crouch nodded slightly, and then returned to the lounge.

I don't know if it's because he fulfilled a wish, he feels that his mood has improved a lot... and he is no longer so heavy.

He nodded slightly, then closed his eyes.

But not long after, the resting door was pushed open, and an Auror patted Crouch on the shoulder anxiously.

"Minister, it's not good!"

"Ah!" Crouch woke up when he heard his name. He looked at the Auror and asked quickly, "What's wrong?"

"Bang!" Before the Auror could speak, Crouch heard an explosion coming from outside the door.

The Death Eaters are calling!

Crouch quickly turned over and got up, and then picked up his wand. These hateful guys are too rampant, even dare to attack the Ministry of Magic!
Crouch walked out of the room, looked at the Aurors running back and forth in front of him, and immediately said: "Hurry up and evacuate the civilian staff, Aurors go to the lobby!"

"Yes, Minister!" The flustered Aurors immediately calmed down.

"Mark, you follow me to support them."

"Minister, why don't you evacuate first?" Mark quickly grabbed Crouch: "The Ministry of Magic cannot do without you!"

"Get out of Mark." Crouch said with a stern face: "If the minister is timid before fighting, how can you make other people persevere?"

Crouch pushed Mark away as he spoke, and walked towards the hall with his head on.

"..." Mark looked at Crouch's back, gritted his teeth and followed.

Before Crouch reached the hall, the sound of fighting had already been heard, and the flickering lights of the spell were scurrying around in the hall, and the Death Eaters kept flashing out of the stove and attacking the Aurors in the hall.

And quite a few Aurors happened to flash out of the furnace, and ended up colliding with these Death Eaters due to bad luck.

"Avada Kedavra!" A green light flashed across Crouch's eyes, and then directly knocked an Auror to the ground.

"Get down...Minister!" An Auror quickly pushed Crouch behind the obstacle, and then he swung his wand along the way to attack the enemy with silver soul arrows.

"How many of them are there?" Crouch looked at Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror office, who had been relieved. This tough middle-aged man was fighting back with a silver soul arrow.

"There are about 40 or so!" Scrimgeour bowed his head to avoid a spell, then raised his head and immediately responded to the wizard, fainting.

"Their combat effectiveness is not strong." Scrimgeour said: "And the number is not too large..."

"Is Voldemort here?" Crouch asked, and that was what concerned him most.

"No, he didn't show up..." Scrimgeour knocked over another Death Eater who couldn't dodge, but soon the Death Eater's thunderbolt blast hit the ceiling, and the falling sawdust made him feel ashamed immediately.

Seeing Scrimgeour's fighting posture, Crouch didn't ask any more questions. He also raised his wand and flicked it slightly: "Stunned!"

The minister's spell was obviously a bit of a shame for his status. The spell passed between the two Death Eaters and hit the ground, but fortunately, the hall was in chaos at this time, but no one noticed the minister. embarrassment.

"That guy is Barty Crouch! Get rid of him!"

Crouch's appearance seemed to make the Death Eaters shine fiercely. Many Death Eaters stood up and wanted to attack Crouch without even caring about dodging.

These reckless Death Eaters were quickly brought down by the well-trained Aurors. The silver soul arrows successfully made up for the lack of lethality of the Aurors. So that the Aurors are not restrained.

"boom!"

The Soul Arrow hit another Death Eater, knocking him to the ground, and immediately several Disarming Spells and Stunning Spells flew at him.

"Avada Kedavra!"

But not all the Death Eaters were incompetent. A few Death Eaters from pure-blood families threw out the Killing Curse neatly with a single movement of their wands, knocking an Auror beside Crouch to the ground.

After all, these dueling magics are low-level dueling magics, and they are still a bit unattractive in the face of the Killing Curse. Of course, this is not because Ash is hiding something. The main reason is that the time is too short... Most Aurors can learn Soul Arrow. up.

"boom!"

Some wizard threw out a blasting spell, which successfully hit the floor on the second floor of the hall. With the sound of breaking, several Aurors fell from inside immediately.

Seeing these fallen Aurors, the Death Eaters felt like seeing a shark with fleshy flesh, and the green curse immediately flew over.

If Scrimgeour hadn't reacted quickly and used the golden statue in the hall as cover, the head of the Auror office would have died.

But even so, the number of Death Eaters is constantly decreasing, and these guys of varying levels are no match for professionally trained Aurors.

And they weren't up against the weak Aurors of Fudge's time.

As the casualties continued to increase, the Death Eaters began to be overwhelmed.

Especially when the furnace flashed, Moody, Kingsley, Lupine and others flashed out of it, and the members of the Order of the Phoenix gave the Death Eaters a fatal blow from behind.

Finally, the last Death Eater was brought down by Lupine with his wand, and the offensive and defensive battle of the Ministry of Magic, which lasted for an hour, ended slowly.

"Minister Crouch..." Lupine nodded at Crouch.

"Thank you for your help..." Crouch patted Lupine on the shoulder, and then swept across the messy hall.

"Fortunately... none of their strongest people came."

"This is not a good thing..." Scrimgeour shook his head and walked to Crouch: "We need to block the fireplace, and we can no longer allow employees to enter through the fireplace."

"Well...do it right away." Crouch nodded and said, "Then send these people to Az..." As soon as he said this, Crouch realized that Azkaban no longer existed.

He frowned and said, "Send it to the reformed underground prison."

This is the prison pruned underground by the Ministry of Magic after Crouch came to power, the purpose is to temporarily make up for the absence of Azkaban.

"Understood." Scrimgeour nodded and kicked over a Death Eater whose hands were on his feet.

"Minister Crouch, you still have to pay attention to safety." Lupine looked at Crouch's mess and said, "If you need our help, you can tell Kingsley."

"He knew how to reach us."

"Hmm..." Crouch nodded and looked at the Aurors around him and said, "Well done everyone, the Death Eaters are not invincible, if we defeat them today, we can defeat Voldemort tomorrow!"

"Down with Voldemort!" All the Aurors raised their hands and shouted. Looking at the high-spirited Aurors, Crouch nodded in satisfaction. At least...our world still has the last line of defense...

After finishing everything, Crouch was finally able to return to the lounge when the morning came. Looking at the Auror at the door who didn't know where to go, Crouch shook his head, and then slowly opened the door of the lounge.

He's going to have a good rest...he hasn't slept all night.

But as soon as he walked into the lounge, Crouch realized something was wrong, because there was another person sitting in the lounge.

The man seemed to be sitting on a chair looking at some document.

"Who are you?" Crouch frowned for the first moment and thought it was some wrong Auror, and he was about to scold him.

As a result, when the man raised his head, Crouch was stunned.

The man had the same face as his own, except that he showed a slightly exaggerated smile and held a magic wand in his hand.

"My dear father... good morning."

(End of this chapter)