Professor Emerson looked at Hope jumping off the ring, knowing that Hope had admitted defeat, and looked at the time and get out of class was about to end.
Professor Emerson said: "Thank you Mr. Lloyd for your wonderful performance, 10 points for Hufflepuff."
As he spoke, he took the lead in applauding. The little wizards who were still in a state of shock finally realized and gave Hope a warm round of applause.
Although Hope lost, Hope's performance was really surprising. Everyone was a first-year wizard. While they were still worrying about how to release the spell smoothly, Hope had secretly practiced several sets of combos by himself. Recruited.
Hope was very distressed. After the news spread, there were always people coming to discuss with him in the name of asking for advice.
At breakfast the next day, Hope rejected a group of young wizards who came to ask for advice as usual. Afterwards, while eating breakfast quietly, a large group of owls flew into the hall of Hogwarts.
Hope looked at the owl in the sky warily, but did not see Xue Ya's figure. He took a breath of relief and continued to eat breakfast with peace of mind.
Mateo on the side took the "Daily Prophet" he ordered from the owl and opened it.
Hope, who was used to reading Mateo's daily newspaper, glanced at it. The person in the photo on the headline of today's daily newspaper looked a little familiar.
Hope said to Mateo: "Mateo, can I take a look at today's Daily Prophet first?"
Without thinking, Mateo neatly handed the "Daily Prophet" in his hand to Hope. He had long been used to Hope's behavior of rubbing his newspaper.
Hope took the newspaper and read today's headlines. After removing most of the nonsense and skipping over the fact that the Ministry of Magic was invaded, it meant that in a few days the Ministry of Magic would imprison dangerous smugglers. Azkaban was escorted by an elite Auror team led by Joey Lloyd, deputy director of the Auror Office.
Looking at this news, Hope scratched his head. Something was wrong. Nine out of ten things were wrong. There was nothing worth publicizing about transporting prisoners. It also occupied the headlines of the Daily Prophet.
The location of Azkaban is on the sea near England, but no one can find that place except the Ministry of Magic. In other words, as long as the smugglers are sent to Azkaban, their companions can only find it by killing the Ministry of Magic. The road to Azkaban can be rescued.
So this is obviously a trap, just to see if it can hook the other smugglers out.
But Hope was even more surprised that it took so long to send the captured smugglers to Azkaban. And would such a person who walks on the edge of the law really risk his life to save his companions?
Looking at the figure of his father Joey in the newspaper, Hope felt a little worried. Although Joey was very strong, who could say for sure about magic?
The days passed, and there was no news about the Ministry of Magic escorting the smugglers.
At this time, Joey of the Ministry of Magic was organizing his elite Auror team. A few days ago, the Ministry of Magic discussed how to catch the remaining smugglers, and finally decided to set up a trap to lure the smugglers out.
Since several smugglers had sneaked into the Ministry of Magic before, the Ministry of Magic believed that this companion was very important to them, so they planned to set a trap.
Use Azkaban to lure those people out. Azkaban is the most secure prison in the Ministry of Magic in England. Its location is very hidden, and even if its location is exposed, they have no ability to break into Azkaban guarded by dementors. .
So when they learned that their companions would be imprisoned in Azkaban, they would definitely rob them on the way.
However, the number of people in the escort team cannot be too large. If a team of dozens or hundreds of people is really organized to escort, his companions will definitely not come to seek death, and too few will not work. If someone really robs him, it will be a joke. .
After discussion, the team size was set to 5 people, including Joey who led the team, a total of 6 people.
Moreover, there were five upgraded defense bracelets sent by Hope before. Joey can just configure one for each of his teammates. As for him, he does not need it. He is different from these rookies. The defense bracelets can only be used for him. The icing on the cake.
Although only three people came when the smugglers invaded the Ministry of Magic, after Joey's previous investigation, he was able to determine that there were at least seven smugglers, so their goal was to hold off the smuggling gang and then wait for the ambush Aurors to arrange Good anti-Apparition, the larger the range of this magic deployment, the longer it will take.
So Joey made two preparations. One was the magic pistol made of red crystal that he had borrowed from his son Hope. Although the anti-disapparation released in this way was short-lived, it could be used to delay time.
When everything was ready, Joey came to the holding room, looked at the restrained smuggler, and used the wand to lift him up expressionlessly.
Joey sneered and said to the smuggler: "Take you to a good place and find you some friends by the way."
The bound smuggler had no reaction, and just looked at Joey with cold eyes. The famous Azkaban in England was very famous, claiming that no one could escape from prison, and he would endure the devastation of dementors every day, and it wouldn't take long for him to escape. Go crazy.
But the smuggler didn't panic at all. He had already put his life aside in this business. This was just a part of the plan. He had previously set up a stall in Knockturn Alley as part of the plan, but he was unlucky enough to be caught early. , and I don’t know which dark wizard from Knockturn Alley reported it to him.
Seeing the unresponsive smugglers, Joey felt bored. He remembered that when he first became an Auror, the Death Eaters he caught were like mice after seeing a cat when they heard they were going to be imprisoned in Azkaban.
The smuggler was put into a specially made prison car. The two of them watched the prisoner in the car. They closed the door of the prison car and locked it with twelve magic locks. Joey sat in the driver's seat in front of the prison car and drove Yeqi to pull the car.
The rest of the people were sitting on flying broomsticks to guard around the prison van. After the prison van flew into the air, their bodies completely merged into the night, and some borders could be vaguely seen.
Originally there was no need to camouflage like this, but with the development of the Muggle world, more and more planes appeared in the sky, and the Ministry of Magic was forced to use the illusion technique to disguise the escorting team, and they could not fly too high. They were afraid of colliding with the plane, and the interference caused by the flight of the plane could easily make the camouflage fail.
All the way to the North Sea coast of England, the escort team was safe and sound, but the Aurors did not relax their vigilance at all.
This is the last chance for the smugglers. Once they reach the Azkaban route on the sea, the smugglers will never be able to find them again, because the route to Azkaban is protected by magic. Unless there is guidance, otherwise As you walk, you will turn to other places.
When they reached the sea, a huge wave rose into the sky. Joey quickly pulled the reins and controlled the frightened Yeqi.
The three people riding on flying broomsticks also quickly approached the carriage. Joey looked at the sea below his feet. This was a trigger-type magic trap that would be triggered as long as someone passed by. There were such traps in the surrounding sea areas.
Although it has no lethality, it has a wide range and is perfect for spying on their team.
Joey secretly thought: This kind of smuggler is difficult to deal with. He will set up such magic traps.
