Chapter 1456 The Turtle in the Urn

While Maca is still scrambling to check the two survivors, let us turn back the time a little bit and go back to the moment when London conveyed the news that "the team led by Sirius failed to return on time" to Spiral Town .

It must be said that Maca and Lupine were right to trust Sirius.

As a wizard who was framed by his friends and spent twelve years with a large number of dementors in the Azkaban wizard prison, but was able to escape alone under almost impossible circumstances.

Regardless of his already strong combat strength, just his mental tenacity and wisdom and bravery in dangerous situations are enough for him to persist until the last moment in any desperate situation up.

So... yes, even though he was frequently in danger after leading the team into the fog, he still relied on his excellent on-the-spot wisdom and judgment to go deep into the urban area to find the cellar where the survivors were hidden.

However, when he comforted a few survivors who were full of fear in the cellar, and tried to lead everyone out of the fog. He suddenly found that the way back seemed to be more difficult than when he came.

Because, before, there were only living corpses passing by in small groups on the street, but suddenly there were more of them inexplicably—those guys seemed to be moving on purpose!

"Go back! Go back!"

When Sirius and another Auror took the lead to explore the way, and carefully looked out from the entrance of an alley, he was very unlucky to meet a living corpse in the first place.

Not only that!

At that moment, more living corpses on the street outside came into his sight.

"Keep running! Don't look back—"

Although he had already been discovered, he still lowered his voice as much as possible, so as not to let more living corpses who were closer to them notice their existence prematurely.

As far as he is concerned, even if he can buy an extra second of escape time, that would be good.

"Prepare!"

While immediately letting the team members behind him retreat with the survivors, Sirius nodded to his companions who were exploring the way with him.

In the next second, the two held out their wands at the same time.

"There are many obstacles!"

Obviously, there is no such thing as "synchronized spellcasting" in the modern wizarding world.

After all, this requires multiple casters to have a unified understanding of the spell's incantation. And because the rule runes from the ancient magic world, the basis for standardizing magic, has long been lost, today's magic teaching is generally biased towards individual interpretations.

In fact, this is actually a training method that Lupine stole from Maca after seeing the excellent tacit understanding between the twins Fred and George.

"I have to say, this really works in an emergency!"

After Sirius and the Auror simultaneously cast an obstacle spell towards the entrance of the alley, they immediately turned around and chased after the people who had evacuated first. But while speeding up, he didn't forget to glance back to see what the effect was.

When he saw that the living corpses that followed them into the alley were instantly blocked there, and even became a mess because the ones behind them were also pushing forward, he couldn't help but think secretly.

He had tried it when he came here before, but if one person casts an impediment spell on those living corpses, it can block four or five ordinary living corpses for about three seconds at most, which is the limit.

But right now, the two simultaneously cast hindrance spells blocked many more living corpses at one end of the alley.

Although this has a lot to do with the terrain, the strength of synchronous spellcasting is obvious - this is by no means as simple as one plus one equals two.

"Captain, how do we go ahead?"

"left!"

Hearing the question from the team member at the front, Sirius had no time to sigh, and hurriedly raised his head to take a look. But to be honest, although he answered quickly and decisively, by now, they actually felt like they had nowhere to go.

After coming to this alleyway, they had encountered groups of living corpses several times when they were trying to get out. Although they withdrew without alarming the other party the previous few times, they were still discovered this time.

And when the surrounding exits seemed to be surrounded by living corpses, and at this moment there were enemies chasing after them, it seemed as if they were trapped in a prison and could not extricate themselves.

in short……

"We're screwed!"

Naturally, it couldn't be a member of the Auror team who came in to rescue them from the foggy area, but a young man among the survivors who said those words.

"No," Sirius immediately said upon hearing this, "Will, what's going on ahead?"

"Front...not either!"

The Auror who was running in the front stopped suddenly at the entrance of the alley, then turned around and stopped the survivors who were following him.

"Go back! Quick!"

Before he finished speaking, he swung his wand behind him without looking back, and a red light suddenly shot towards the entrance of the alley. And almost at the same time, a figure rushed in from the outside, rushing towards him like a spell that was actively facing him.

"boom!"

Accompanied by a dull impact sound that wasn't too loud, the living corpse flew upside down and hit another living corpse following him.

Then, the two rolled together and fell out together.

"Come on, leave it to me!"

The well-trained Auror team didn't hesitate. The moment they saw the opponent blocking the enemy, they immediately dragged and dragged the frightened survivors away from the alley.

However, even if one of his companions was sacrificed without hesitation, it seemed impossible for the rest of them to escape from this alley.

Because, the impeding spell that was cast simultaneously just now has been broken, and groups of living corpses have already chased to the fork where they turned just now.

When both ends of a straight road are blocked, is it possible for those who stay in the middle to escape?

"No way, Captain! Let's use a broomstick—you can take as many people out as you can!"

Given the number of survivors, they definitely couldn't take everyone away—it was already impossible when all the members of the team were there before, and naturally they couldn't do it now.

In an emergency, saving as many as you can seems to be the best choice when you have to.

But at this most urgent moment...

"No, don't worry, there is still hope."

It was obvious that Sirius hadn't lost his calm until now. I saw that he didn't even look at the living corpses crowded on both sides, but just glanced back and forth in this shorter and shorter alleyway.

There's a window over there, but it's still too far away; and the balcony above... it will definitely take too much time to send the survivors up...

"Bang!"

Suddenly, Sirius waved the magic wand in his hand violently, and then waved and shouted:

"Here, come here—"

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