At night, on the outskirts of Paris.
In front of a birch forest, two figures suddenly appeared. Aaron followed behind Darlings, looking left and right:
"This is where the Purifiers are stationed?"
"Temporary station." Darlings said cautiously: "I don't know where their original base is, but it was destroyed by Astolfo's team two days ago, so they urgently moved here - this It’s not a small news, many people in the Paris underground know about it.”
"oh!"
Aaron stretched out his wand, and he could feel that there was an invisible protective film at the edge of the forest, which concealed the location of the Purifiers.
He then nodded: "I will do what I say..."
An expression of joy appeared on Darlings' face. However, before he could be happy, he felt an electric shock-like sensation coming from the back of his neck. His feet went numb and his whole body was shot straight. .
"Since the news has spread all over the Paris underground, the Aurors will probably find this place soon. Let them deal with you then..."
Aaron raised his hand, and the drop of mercury flew back to him.
He lightly touched the invisible protective film with his wand, and a burst of sparks appeared at the end of the wand.
The next moment, Aaron walked in quietly.
His arms drooped straight down, and mercury poured out of his sleeves again, quickly seeping into the ground and spreading forward along the soft cracks in the soil.
Soon, the complete picture of the camp appeared in front of Aaron's eyes...
Patrolling guards...
Fixed sentry posts...
A tent for storing arms—there is such a thing in this organization?
During the mercury detection process, Aaron actually met an acquaintance...
…
Tonks carefully walked through this strange camp.
Her Disguise Charm is not very clever. If she moves too fast, it will easily cause flaws, and it will be easy for others to see.
The ability to sneak is a required course for Aurors. Tonks remembered that when she was training, a senior Auror told her that the best way to stealth is to kill everyone who sees you. As long as you make sure no one sees you, won't the stealth be successful?
Tonks felt as if she had discovered a whole new world, and Moody gave her a hard knock.
"Train hard and don't think about the things you have and don't have!"
This shattered her fantasy of being unparalleled.
The reason why someone needs to infiltrate in advance for this mission is because according to intelligence, we learned that there is a fire dragon in the Purifier's station. If they break in by force, they may be forced to jump over the wall.
This place is too close to Paris, and the damage that a violent fire dragon may cause is beyond their ability to bear, so someone must go in in advance to find out the situation in the camp.
So, Tonks volunteered and took over the task.
As a disguisemagus, her performance in camouflage and stealth has always been outstanding. Moody only agreed to the request of a newcomer because of this. Otherwise, he would never trust a newcomer to come forward for such an important matter.
She quietly walked around the tents one after another and sneaked in slowly. Tonks' goal was to explore the location of the tent containing the fire dragon so that the Aurors could make appropriate arrangements during the operation.
But the more she infiltrated, the more frightened she became. This was a well-organized and well-planned organization. There should be a lot of sentry posts in the camp, and wizards dressed in black and holding wands are patrolling back and forth. Their leather shoes hit the soft ground, making a popping sound.
Tonks began to panic. According to the agreement, she had to return before dawn regardless of whether she got the information or not, and the Aurors would take action at that time.
But now she found herself trapped. She had sneaked into the camp with her ability to disguise herself, but now she absolutely couldn't remove the disembodiment spell and say to the guards, 'Hey, I'm here to take over your shift.'
That meant she couldn't get close to the tent.
At this moment, a hand suddenly put on her shoulder. Tonks panicked. Just as her wand slid back, she heard a steady voice:
"it's me."
The disillusionment spell on her body suddenly strengthened, and the owner of the voice pulled her into a tent.
…
"Mr. Advisor? Why are you here?"
Tonks looked at Aaron in shock. She never expected to see him here.
Aaron did not answer her question, but just pointed his hand forward and said, "Shouldn't the things in this tent concern you more than this?"
Only then did Tonks notice the scene in the tent in front of her, which really surprised her.
I saw a huge Hungarian Horntail sleeping in this tent that was cast with a traceless stretching spell.
Tonks covered her mouth in surprise: "Is this the stolen fire dragon from the Romanian Dragon Farm? How was it transported here?"
Tonks bravely stepped forward. This Hungarian Horntail, which was originally the most ferocious and strongest, was restrained by heavy iron chains. It was now so thin that it seemed like there was only a handful of bones left, and there were many dragon scales on its body. It was pried open, revealing the bright red flesh and blood underneath.
"How is this going?"
"Look carefully, underneath the fire dragon's scales -"
There were tiny pinholes left in the red flesh, and it was obvious that someone had taken away its blood.
"The purifiers are drawing its blood. They should be conducting some kind of black magic experiment. If it is fire dragon blood for normal purposes, they can buy it from the market and don't have to go to all the trouble to tie a fire dragon over."
Aaron said in a deep voice.
At this moment, the sound of conversation came from outside the tent.
Aaron quickly listened to what they were saying.
"...The mercenary team has already withdrawn. I'm afraid we will have to withdraw soon, right?"
"Are you going to abandon the French position?"
"Temporarily evacuate, the Aurors are already wary of us, but it doesn't matter, we have collected almost all the negative emotions we need..."
"Why are you in such a hurry this time? Is there any news from the headquarters?"
"I heard that a very precious magical power was found, which may be one of the 'seven death curses', so I urgently transferred the power to it."
"Does that thing really exist?"
"God knows, maybe it exists. Anyway, the higher-ups believe it."
The sound of conversation gradually approached, and Aaron pressed Tonks' shoulders again and used the Disillusionment Charm to hide them.
The tent was opened and two wizards walked in.
One of the tall, thin, gray-haired wizards walked up to the fire dragon and kicked it hard.
"This guy is no longer useful. We will release it later to cause chaos and distract the Aurors so that we can evacuate."
Tonks' expression suddenly changed. It seemed that the Purifiers had discovered their plan, and she had to send the information back as soon as possible.
His companion was a fierce wizard with a scar face. When he walked into the tent, his huge nose was twitching hard and his eyes were constantly roaming around the tent.
Aaron sighed and slid his wand out of his sleeve.
"Something's wrong!"
The moment the scar-faced wizard discovered the clue, a ray of mercury suddenly emerged from the soil under his feet and stabbed his neck.
However, the tall and thin wizard was more vigilant than Aaron expected, and he miraculously avoided the surprise attack of the Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid. He suddenly took out his wand and pointed it in Aaron's direction.
"Collapse!"
Aaron took the lead and shot out a red fire, causing the tall and lanky wizard to faint and fall to the ground.
However, this had triggered an alarm that was placed somewhere. Suddenly, a shrill scream sounded in the camp, and the purifiers who had been preparing to retreat were suddenly alarmed.
Tonks was stunned. She couldn't help but look at Aaron: "What should we do now?"
Aaron shrugged, and he magically pulled out a Thompson submachine gun from his pocket - which he had just looted in the camp.
Loading the gun, Aaron said helplessly:
"What else can we do? Get out of here."
