Chapter 1342 The Pillar of Flame in the City Center

There is no doubt that each of the troublemaker foursome was a smart guy.

Harry's father, James Potter, is bold and cautious, capable of communicating with people, and has a natural leadership temperament; while Sirius Black, although paranoid and lazy at times, has a very high talent and quick wit.

Even Peter Pettigrew, who betrayed three friends and the Order of the Phoenix because of greed and fear, his actions are despised by others, and people have to admit his intelligence.

After all, he had fooled the attention of the entire British magic community for more than ten years with a lie about framing Sirius and his little thumb.

But when it comes to who is the most intelligent person among the four... Maca always thinks that it should be Lupine.

As a person who has been shrouded in the shadow of werewolves since he was a child, his experience from childhood to adulthood is actually heavier than that of several other good friends.

When he was young, he was clearly aware of his own weirdness and terror, and when he grew up, he became even more aware of the threat he posed to other people around him.

So he is always calm, he secretly keeps a distance from others invisibly, and he wants to make sure that he will not hurt anyone he does not want to hurt.

And it is precisely because of this habit of "stepping back" all the time that he sees everything more clearly, thoroughly and in the long run than ordinary people.

That's why Maca always asks him to sit in a seat where he can see the overall situation, because sometimes he is even more thoughtful than Kingsley who is also good at seeing the overall situation.

Just like now, just a word that Bill hurried over and left in a hurry can make him produce a series of quite accurate speculations. He saw the sudden change of the situation through Bill's haste, and he understood the urgency of the situation after he knew that it was Maca who asked Bill to speak.

Even the moment he saw Ollivander, he was already mentally prepared for some of the worst.

"Your mission is to protect Mr. Ollivander... Of course, there is also the box in his hand..."

Lupine found two Aurors and gave them serious instructions before letting them accompany Ollivander and follow the crowd to the back door of the bar.

"... Remus."

Just as Lupine was watching the three of them gradually disappearing into the crowd, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him—in fact, he didn't need to turn around to know, so who else could it be besides Tonks?

"Ok.

"

Lupine turned back slightly and gave Tonks a reassuring smile. He could feel that Tonks was vaguely as restless as everyone else around him.

However, Tonks is a strong and optimistic woman who never reveals her inner weakness easily.

"What's the matter, Tonks?" He asked knowingly.

"……nothing."

On the opposite side, Tonks looked at Lupine's tired face, feeling a little distressed. But after opening his mouth, some persuasive words suddenly changed in his mouth.

Just because Tonks is a strong and stubborn person, she can better understand Lupine's persistence. No matter how tired the body and mind are, the will is always indelible.

Therefore, Lupine did not ask Tonks to leave first, and it was also difficult for Tonks to let Lupine relieve some of his burdens.

It must be said that this kind of awareness between the two of them is probably something that the self-proclaimed "selfish" Maca will never have in his life.

"It's fine!" Lupine stretched out his hand and lightly pressed Tonks' shoulder, and said softly, "After the asylum seekers in Diagon Alley are safely sent out of London, let's talk about other things! when--"

Before he could finish his sentence, Tonks covered his mouth and gave him a small glare.

"Don't talk useless words, it will only bring misfortune!"

"Oh! Tonks... When did you study fate so well? I remember that your grade in divination seems to be barely passing?"

When Tonks heard this, he glared at him again in annoyance.

"It's daytime right now, and the moon is still on the other side of the earth!"

"Huh?" Lupine asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

"Don't you understand?" Tonks turned his head away, and said angrily, "I'm just reminding you, don't start talking nonsense before you transform!"

"Oh, don't say that...it hurts too much!"

As he said this, a relaxed smile appeared on Lupine's face—the werewolf matter was no longer a knot in his heart, and the moon was no longer the only thing he feared in his life.

"By the way, I think we have to find Slugger and Ziggs, and their potions will also be very precious resources... Although the quality of Maca's potions is very high, we can't rely on everything Him, isn't he?"

Lupine was talking when all of a sudden, he and Tonks heard an exclamation from the Leaky Cauldron. And this also made the relaxation that had just accumulated in the hearts of the two of them disappear in an instant.

But, of course, the two of them were obviously not the only ones startled by the sound.

"Don't worry, everyone, stay where you are, stay calm—"

After Lupine yelled at the slightly disturbed crowd around him, he looked down at Tonks again.

"You still go to Slug and the others first, I'll go out and see the situation!"

"Uh...be careful."

It could be seen that Tonks was still a little hesitant about this, but she nodded after all, turned around and squeezed into the crowd first.

"Everyone wait here, I'll be back in a while."

Nodding slightly to the crowd, Lupine turned his head and squeezed through the back door of the Leaky Cauldron, and ran quickly past the bar to the outside of the main door.

And at this moment, a gray-black column of flames shooting straight into the sky from bottom to top suddenly came into his eyes, judging from the location, it should be...

"Saint Mungo!"

To be honest, the "pillar" that seems to stand between the sky and the earth is not thick, and even seen from a long distance, it is very slender. However, the swirling gray-black flame explained its horror in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.

That should be a cluster of special flames, and...it must be an ancient magic with extraordinary power that modern spells do not have!

Is this the means of Maca? No, although Lupine did not know Maca at all, he had never seen Maca use this kind of magic.

If the color is changed to blue-white, or pure frost-white, it is most likely to be Maca.

"Who would that be? Haierbo?" Lupine stood at the door, looking at the fading pillar of flame in the distance, and couldn't help thinking secretly, "Well... it seems that Haierbo is the only one. .”

"Crack!"

Seeing that the flaming pillar did not reappear after slowly disappearing, Lupine immediately raised his hands and clapped, attracting the eyes of all the asylum seekers who were still in shock in the open space.

"Don't be afraid, because our evacuation route happens to be in the opposite direction, so we will not go to the place that looks wrong, but try to stay away from it! Now, everyone, please set off as soon as possible! When we get outside, at least Phantom The spell can be used at will!"

As he spoke, he directed the people who were looking for acquaintances to form a group, and then immediately followed the steps she said, and started heading towards the suburbs.

Lupine naturally didn't follow, because in his plan, he must be the last one to leave.

"Boom—"

Suddenly, another movement faintly came from the direction where St. Mungo was. This time, the sound was much more inconspicuous, maybe the team that just left here didn't hear it at all.

"Maka..." Lupine couldn't help but secretly said in his heart at this time, "I hope you will be successful."

It is not wishing for "peace" or "victory", but a word of "smooth". At this moment in Lupine, probably few people could know exactly what he was thinking.

...

"...What was that just now?"

Because the gray-black pillar of flame just now was so eye-catching that even the gray fog in the city couldn't completely cover it up. Therefore, even Hermione and Luna, who had followed the team to the outer edge of the urban area, saw a hazy black shadow go straight up into the sky within a few seconds.

"It's definitely not a good thing," Luna whispered, "Anyway, I feel uncomfortable just looking at it! But... I think it may have something to do with Maca."

"You mean, Maca is fighting someone else?" Hermione said to herself with a little seriousness.

"Oh," Luna shook her head immediately after hearing that, "I didn't say that—I don't know, I just thought it might be that?"

At the same time, Delphi, who was looking after the entire St. Mungo's evacuation team in the middle of the team, couldn't help but glance in the direction he came from.

"This feeling... Dad still can't stop things from happening?" She stared there for a moment, then shook her head, and said silently in her heart, "It's okay, at least Dad didn't stop it because of time going back this time." If you are seriously injured, even if you are facing a demon, if you can't beat him, you will definitely be able to retreat completely."

Thinking of this, Delphi suddenly turned his head and looked at the crowd who were constantly moving forward. She knew that these people had to leave London as soon as possible, so that her father could have more choices.

It was also for this reason that she took the initiative to temporarily leave Maca's side and ran to take charge of St. Mungo's escort mission.

"Everyone, don't pay attention to the movement behind, hurry up, we will be able to get out of this fog soon!"

The person who spoke was the dean of St. Mungo's Hospital who was walking on the other side of the line. Looking at the other side, he was obviously more relaxed than when he was in St. Mungo's.

To be honest, when Maca proposed to withdraw from London, he couldn't help but feel a little lucky - the responsibility on his shoulders was too heavy, and he really couldn't bear it with his weak shoulders!

"Retire later!" He couldn't help but say to himself.

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