Battle (1)

"Leave the task of finding this brat to us. We won't be involved in the rest."

Wright nodded at Burke's words, a bloodthirsty grin on his face, his favourite game of cat and mouse.

There are still two weeks until the next full moon, so they'll have plenty of time to have some fun…

Burke frowned, but didn't comment. He and Wright were only partners, and he couldn't interfere with their decisions.

Wright quickly stood up and prepared to leave with his two subordinates. Burke did not try to stop him.

Ivan, who had been listening for a long time, did not wait any longer. He clenched his wand, activated the Augmenting Charms, and began to cast them.

As they were leaving the table, Burke snapped at them.

"Wait!"

"What's wrong?" Wright asked, turning away in confusion and annoyance.

Burke's eyes were fixed in Wright's direction, his face a mask of suspicion, his left hand clutching his Probing Eye as he looked around uneasily.

Ivan, hiding in the cloak, grew nervous and suspicious. Had he been discovered?

But why now? Was it because of the magical fluctuations created by the charged-up spell? But that should have been cut off by the Invisibility Cloak…

Ivan followed Burke's gaze and saw that several of the bricks at the entrance had turned a striking scarlet.

Ivan's expression changed when he noticed this. It was clear that this was part of the Detection Magic. He remembered walking past the place when he entered. The Cloak of Invisibility could not protect one's feet!

Ivan, sensing this, knew that he could not wait any longer! After issuing the order to attack through the Extendable Ears, he stopped accumulating power and attacked first!

A wand appeared out of thin air, and a hot flame gradually ignited at the tip. Soon, it expanded again…

Wright seemed to have discovered something, and when Burke did not reply for a long time, he left unhappily.

At that moment, Wright felt his heart skip a beat.

Experienced in combat, Wright trusted his instincts and instinctively turned to see a giant orange fireball, one meter in diameter, hurtling toward him.

Wright's expression changed drastically. His hair stood on end and his pupils constricted. He could already feel Death approaching!

"Obstacles!" Wright yelled, drawing his wand as fast as he could.

Burke and the others were quick to react as well. Other than a few who panicked, they cast spells the moment they saw the fireball.

The joint defense of several wizards, even in their haste, created visible magical barriers.

Wright, who was the closest, was the unluckiest. His hastily constructed magical barrier only lasted for a moment before it was destroyed. He could only watch as the fireball approached and finally smashed into him!

As the flames burned into Wright's body, his life force, which he was most proud of as a werewolf wizard, became a torment. He could clearly feel the hot tongues of fire licking over his body, and then being pushed back by the solid fireball, crashing into the magical barrier behind him.

"No! Help me!" Wright, crushed between them, let out a desperate cry.

However, his angry roar was ignored, and everyone knew that he was beyond help. Burke and the others had to work harder to maintain the defense behind Wright.

Crack …

Gradually, cracks began to appear on the barrier created by several wizards.

The two were locked in a stalemate for a while before the fireball expanded and exploded. Hot flames and violent shockwaves wreaked havoc in the living room, shattering the glass doors and windows…

The strong magical barrier resisted for a while before shattering.

The two nearby wizards were blown away by the shockwave.

Fortunately, the barrier of magic and Wright's presence absorbed most of the damage, and these people only suffered minor injuries. Burke and the others behind them were still standing where they were, but most of them were covered in dirt.

Wright, the only one who had been hit head-on by the thunderbolt, had no skin left on his body. One arm and half of his leg had been blown off, and he lay lifeless on the ground.

Ivan was somewhat disappointed to see that his Thunderbolt had only killed one of them, but he was not surprised.

When he saw so many wizards gathered together, he knew the raid was a failure.

After all, he had to keep his distance when releasing a spell like Thunderbolt Explosion, which had a wide range of damage, or he would be affected.

This spellcasting distance was long enough for Burke and the others to react and construct a defensive barrier to block the spell, which was why Ivan had simply targeted Wright, who was at the very front, and decided to kill one of them first!

In addition to killing people, the greatest effect of this Thunderbolt was also to signal the start of the battle, allowing Alicia and the others waiting outside to lock onto the location of the battlefield!

At the same time, he had to restrain Burke and the others, or Ivan would never be their match!

Burke, who had just caught his breath, watched as a quarter of the hall was destroyed. His heart was bleeding as he wondered how many precious magical objects had been destroyed…

In the violent wind created by the explosion, Ivan's figure, hidden under the Cloak of Invisibility, came into view.

"You deserve to die!" Burke looked at Ivan with a mixture of anger and shock.

When he realised that someone had sneaked in, he wondered if it was Alicia who had managed to get away with it.

What surprised him even more was how powerful Ivan's magic was!

Ivan did not give them time to react. With a wave of his wand, the white mist rose and transformed into a white beast. With a hiss, it charged at Burke and the others like a bolt of white lightning.

The wizards once again joined forces to cast all kinds of spells at the Unicorn's Shadow, but the spells were useless.

Seeing this white shadow approaching, the black-robed wizards, who had their own agendas, panicked. Having seen Ivan's powerful magic, they did not think that this white shadow was harmless.

"Use the Patronus Charm!" Burke shouted, quickly releasing his own Patronus.

It was a nimble weasel that bravely faced the white light in midair and stood in front of it!

However, in the next second, he was sent flying by a kick from the Unicorn's Shadow…