Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Chapter 303 The Counterattack of the Ministry of Magic
"Death Eaters Raid England - Godric's Hollow Destroyed

Last night, the notorious Death Eater Ike Strider and the Werewolves destroyed Godric's Hollow in utter brutality.The houses of a large number of Muggle and wizarding families were destroyed by fire...

So far, 24 Muggles have been killed and more than [-] people have been injured; [-] wizards have been killed. The following is the list of victims...

...there is still no response from the Ministry of Magic..."

"boom!"

Scrimgeour slammed the Daily Prophet onto the table, anger written all over his face.He has only been in office for a few months, but he has aged a lot, as if he suddenly aged in his twenties, and one third of his golden hair has turned white.

The pressure from Voldemort and his Death Eaters was too much!
Attacks happen every day.Dementors, giants, werewolves, vampires, and all kinds of dark creatures bloom everywhere. Whether they are wizards or Muggles, they are all their targets, spreading fear without scruples.

In contrast, the people in the Ministry of Magic couldn't ignore the existence of the "Act of Secrecy", and they were bound to be a little bit handicapped in the battle with the Death Eaters.At the same time, the fighting qualities of the two are not at the same level.

Except for the Aurors, most of the people in the Ministry of Magic have relatively poor combat abilities. Even if they purchase and equip the "Spell-proof Series" products produced by Weasley's Magic Wheezes, it often takes two or three people to fight one Voldemort's men were unable to arrest him.

Therefore, in the eyes of the outside world, in the past few months after Voldemort announced his return, the Ministry of Magic was completely at a disadvantage, and it could even be said that it was powerless to fight back.

Although some results have been achieved, it is impossible for the Ministry of Magic to gain public approval by arresting those who want to make a fortune in the chaos and confiscating some cursed magic items.

People chose Scrimgeour to be the new Minister of Magic because they hoped that the Ministry of Magic would defeat the Dark Lord under his leadership, instead of wiping the ass of those Death Eaters.From their point of view, that's what the Ministry of Magic was doing now.

Scrimgeour sat on the chair, leaning his back completely against the back of the chair.His eyes swept across the "Daily Prophet" on the table, he was silent for a long time, and finally picked it up again.But without looking twice, he threw it aside again.

"Bang bang, bang... Minister?"

"Come in!"

There was a knock on the door, Scrimgeour tidied up his appearance a little, and let people in.Looking up, a smile appeared on his face.

"Kingsley, sit down quickly... how about it, any good news?"

Shacklebolt Kingsley bowed to Scrimgeour, sat down on the chair opposite him, and said, "I'm sorry Minister, we were a step too late, and we didn't catch Stryde, only a few who ran slowly The werewolf was caught."

"Bang!" Scrimgeour hammered down the table angrily, and stood up abruptly, "Damn it! Damn it! What's the use of having those werewolves! Can a werewolf shut up the mouths of the people!"

As he spoke, he grabbed the "Daily Prophet" and threw it again, this time the newspaper was thrown to pieces.

Kingsley didn't get up, but slowly tidied up the scattered newspapers and put them back on the table neatly.

He knew very well that Scrimgeour was just venting, and the recent incidents did make him a little anxious.As Minister of Magic, he undoubtedly bears most of the pressure.

Scrimgeour was panting heavily, and finally calmed down after standing there for a while.After tidying up his somewhat messy hair, he sat back on the chair, his face regained his composure.

"You must have read today's paper, Kingsley?" he asked.

"Yes, Minister," Kingsley replied.

"We don't have enough manpower... I mean, those who can fight on the front line." Scrimgeour said slowly, "Except for Ao Luo, only Arthur and the people in his office can be useful ..."

"Of course I know that those people are not good at fighting in the first place, and they have been doing clerical jobs after entering the Ministry of Magic for so many years, but even so, it's not like they can't even use a qualified Iron Armor Curse!" Scrimgeour's tone Very serious, but his round eyes were full of disappointment.

"I really don't know how Hogwarts teaches..."

"Minister!" Kingsley suddenly interrupted Scrimgeour, "In the fight against the Dark Lord, we and Dumbledore have the same goal."

"Yes, yes..." Scrimgeour also reacted, but his face was a little more angry and complaining, "Our goals are the same, but the newspapers are full of articles criticizing me."

"That's Dumbledore, the only person the Dark Lord fears, but he can't even defeat a teenage wizard..."

This time, Kingsley didn't make a sound.He was well aware that the minister before him was on the same path as his predecessor.This is expected and inevitable.

As long as Dumbledore is still alive, no matter who sits in the position of Minister of Magic, he will be deeply afraid of him.After all, no ambitious person will tolerate a person who cannot be controlled by him to stay outside all the time, and he has to rely on the other party for some things.

Everyone knew that in terms of defeating the Dark Lord, Dumbledore and his Order of the Phoenix were the real main forces compared to the Ministry of Magic.

Although they have not achieved any good results now.

After talking for a while, and having vented enough, Scrimgeour finally stopped.He took a sip of the tea in the cup, cleared his throat, and asked again: "Kingsley, I've been thinking recently, should we focus on cutting off some of the dark lord's henchmen? They always lead us by the nose No, we simply cannot provide strong protection to our people."

He tapped on the cover of the newspaper, pointed to the photo of "Godric's Hollow on fire" and said: "The dispersion of power gives them an opportunity to take advantage of, and it also makes us exhausted."

"It is possible, but Minister, which wing of the Dark Lord do we want to eradicate?" Kingsley nodded while asking, "Werewolves, vampires, or giants?"

"With all due respect, this doesn't solve the underlying problem."

"Of course I know!" said Scrimgeour, glaring at Kingsley. "But which of us can deal with those fellows? Lestrange is all right, and Stryde?"

"Then... I think we might as well target the werewolves." Kingsley pondered for a moment, then said, "Catch Fenrir Greyback, and then capture and kill those vicious werewolves as much as possible, perhaps It will weaken the power of the Dark Lord to the greatest extent."

He also pointed to the photo in the newspaper and said, "According to Knight Bus conductor Stan Sampak and the survivors, the only ones who really did it were the werewolves."

"Based on the current situation, compared to dementors and giants, solving werewolves is the easiest goal to achieve."

Hearing this, Scrimgeour fell into deep thought.After a long while, he sighed and nodded.

"Okay, that's it... But, it seems that I have to meet with Dumbledore and have a good chat."

(End of this chapter)