harry potter book of crimes

Fleur, who had not seen Professor McGonagall for a long time, discovered that the Headmaster of Hogwarts who reappeared in front of everyone had actually aged a lot during these days of taking teachers and students on study tours.

Her hair has become completely pale, her face has many wrinkles, and even her body, which was originally thin, is now obviously much drier.

However, the heavy pressure of having to protect a whole boatload of students never overwhelmed her - in the slightly sunken eye sockets, a pair of eyes were still sharp and intelligent; in that skinny torso, a spine was still as strong as ever.

Gryffindor's sword is as straight.

And...under that always serious appearance, the love and kindness in her heart have not lost even a single bit. On the contrary, she has become more steadfast in the harsh environment of leading teachers and students to escape.

"Miss Delacour... indeed, long time no see."

Mag walked quickly towards Fleur. Although there was no smile on her face, the hands she put on Fleur's shoulders continued to convey something called "concern".

"I heard that you have been in the camp near the front line recently, doing your best to assist the boy Bill. I must say, thank you - that camp is Miss Granger's escape route, and it is very important.

But it is also very dangerous. When no one wanted to go, you could have gone back to Beauxbatons, but you stayed there..."

McGonagall continued to talk, but Fleur was more puzzled. She didn't understand why Professor McGonagall, who had already written to Madam Maxim for help, was the first to ask her after seeing her.

The thing is actually to thank myself for helping out at Camp Granger during this time.

But after thinking about it again, Furong finally understood.

She suddenly realized that for this old man who loved his students as much as his own children, Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Neville, etc., who were currently fighting against the disaster in the UK, were also her students.

And as the old man said, the importance of Camp Granger is self-evident.

Not to mention its value as an escape route, just say that almost all the information about all disasters in Britain now comes from there.

Therefore, including Bill, including Fleur, and everyone guarding there, they are qualified to accept McGonagall's thanks. Because they guarded the escape route there, it was equivalent to indirectly ensuring the safety of Hermione's life; and they

Maintaining valuable intelligence channels under Bill's command has prevented many people and forces from turning a blind eye to the current situation.

From McGonagall's point of view, seriously expressing her gratitude to Fleur was obviously as important as the next whereabouts of all the teachers and students at Hogwarts.

Finally, she looked at Furong again and asked slowly:

"Has Madame Maxime decided where to place us?"

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The teachers and students of Hogwarts who had returned to land from the sea were looking for a place where so many students could stay for a long time. Therefore, Maxim took Fleur to the place where she gave the answer.

At the same time, the stronghold defense battle at the Burrow may enter a new stage at any time.

Yes, in order to clarify what everyone needs to do, Hermione divided the defense plan for the stronghold into several stages. However, the end of each stage does not mean that everyone is taking another step towards the final victory.

What it symbolizes is the possibility of defeat.

But now, Sarah's alchemical barrier, the true first line of defense for the stronghold, seems to be shaky.

At this time, in the attic of the Burrow.

"Well……"

Sarah, whose face had turned as pale as paper, was still sitting in her alchemy formation. As each symbol in the formation flickered, the light falling on her body was constantly changing, making her look a little mysterious.

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But Sarah herself knew that there were no mysterious elements at all - the flashing of these alchemical symbols was simply telling her that the barrier could no longer hold up.

As time goes by, more and more living zombies are attacking the alchemical barrier outside. Among those living zombies, some are still launching magic attacks in their original form, and some are directly smashed with fists due to the direction of physical evolution. However,

Most of them were filled with blazing black flames, rushing towards the barrier and exploding themselves.

Each explosion of the soul flame will consume more of Sara's mental power to maintain the barrier and make her face paler.

At this moment, the original light green alchemical barrier has almost become completely transparent. And everyone actually knows what this means.

After Sarah held on for a few more minutes and felt that her spirit was about to become completely unsustainable, she finally moved her eyes and glanced down at the floor.

"I've done what I can, so now, it's up to you... Ginny, Hannah, activate the rune array."

Almost at the same time, in the basement of the Burrow that Ron was guarding, the alchemy doll standing in the corner said the same sentence word for word.

"good."

Ginny, who had been guarding the center of the basement with Hannah, immediately responded to the doll, and then turned to look at Hannah in front of her.

It can be seen that the space in this basement is not very large. However, whether it is the ground, the four walls or the tops of their heads, there are a large number of runes, magic words and lines drawn on them.

But because the only lighting here was a small bottle hanging around Ginny's neck, the basement seemed a bit dark, making it impossible to fully see the symbols and runes on the wall.

However, Ginny and Hannah who were here no longer needed to look at it - the drawing work here was done by them together with Hermione, and they had already checked it countless times.

"Are you ready?"

Ginny took out a pen specially used for drawing diagrams from her pocket, looked at the faint blue ink on it, and couldn't help but ask Hannah again.

Under her hand, a line that should have been connected was disconnected.

In fact, at this moment, there was the same gap under Hannah's hand.

When Hannah responded with a "hmm", Ginny immediately took out the pen in her hand with her, and dropped the pen tip with a serious face.

So, at the moment when the two of them completed the core of the formation simultaneously, a huge change occurred in the sky above the stronghold outside.