Chapter 673 The Battle of Hogwarts (1)

The attack that took place in Dingworth was also carried out in Godric's Hollow and the Fertile Fields. The Death Eaters launched attacks on three wizarding areas almost simultaneously, and the Ministry of Magic also urgently dispatched a rapid response team to provide support to Godric's Hollow, Fertile Plains, and Dingworth.

The merciless war is raging on the British soil.

However, Hogwarts, which was supposed to be the main site, was not attacked by the Death Eaters, or it was not attacked for the time being.

The enchanted ceiling in the auditorium was dark and sparkling with stars. The long tables representing the four colleges were removed, and the sleepy-eyed students gathered in the auditorium under the leadership of their respective deans.

The students were disheveled and disheveled, some wearing traveling cloaks and others wearing dressing gowns. It was already past curfew time, and many students were woken up from their beds by their professors.

Professor McGonagall received two early warnings tonight, one from the Ministry of Magic, and the other from Harry's dream.

These two warnings indicate the same thing: Voldemort will attack Hogwarts tonight.

Therefore, in order to facilitate the transfer and evacuation of students, Professor McGonagall asked the deans of each college to wake up the students and gather them all in the auditorium.

Professor McGonagall did not hide the crisis that the school was about to face. Death Eaters may have arrived in Hogsmeade and may launch an attack at any time. The students must be transferred under the protection of the professor as soon as possible.

Many students looked petrified. The tragedy of the last time Death Eaters attacked the school was still vivid in everyone's mind. Less than half a year later, Death Eaters attacked the school again, and the students were naturally panicked.

The last attack resulted in Dumbledore's death, but what about this time?

The evacuation work is being carried out by Filch, the school administrator, Madam Pomfrey from the school hospital, and the Aurors protecting the school. The school's fireplace will be briefly connected to the floo network tonight to facilitate students' leaving the school.

However, not all students will choose to leave. Hufflepuff's Ernie Macmillan was the first to propose staying in the school and do his part to protect Hogwarts.

Ernie MacMillan was born into a pure-blood family, stretching back nine generations of wizards.

Although MacMillan is from a pure-blood family, he has no prejudice against wizards of other bloods, and even became good friends with the Muggle-born Justin Finch-Fletchley.

Ernie's words won applause from some students, and more people expressed their intention to stay.

Although their power may be meager, they are willing to do their part to protect the school. They are unwilling to weakly escape from the school or give up Hogwarts to the Death Eaters.

Just when some students loudly stated that they wanted to live or die with the school, the Slytherin students headed by Pansy Parkinson jumped out and acted as clowns.

"We don't need to leave the school at all!" Pansy Parkinson said loudly, "Everyone knows that what the Dark Lord wants is Harry Potter. As long as we hand over Potter, nothing will happen to the school. have."

"He's there! Potter is there! Get him!" Several more Slytherin students screamed loudly. They all pointed at Harry in the crowd, but no one rushed towards Harry.

Before Harry could speak, his classmates had already taken action. The Gryffindors around him all turned to Slytherin and drew their wands. Then the Hufflepuff students also pointed their wands at Slytherin, as did the Ravenclaw students.

Hogwarts had already been divided before the Death Eaters could invade the school, and the students' last vestiges of patience with Slytherin were exhausted.

At this moment, the door to the auditorium was pushed open with a crash, and the Weasley twins walked in first. The two of them chatted in a relaxed tone as they walked into the auditorium, without any sense of urgency that a battle was imminent.

Behind the Weasley twins, Angelina Johnson, Alia Spinnet, and Katie Bell also walked in. The three girls were also not nervous. Instead, they were discussing intensely about the Queen's events of the past few days. Ditch game.

Walking at the end were Ada and Cedric. The two did not chat, but just walked straight to Professor McGonagall. With the appearance of Ada, the tense atmosphere in the auditorium disappeared.

The students all know Ada's position, know that she will resolutely resist Voldemort, and know that she will not hand over Harry Potter to let Voldemort get his wish.

"The Slytherin students can leave first, especially Miss Pansy Parkinson." Ada walked to the podium and said, "Of course, you can also go to your parents if they appear near the school."

Ada did not get angry on the spot, nor did she deal with the second generation of Death Eaters headed by Pansy Parkinson. She just looked at the Slytherin students with pity in her eyes.

Until now, the Ministry of Magic has not touched these second-generation Death Eaters, but that doesn't mean they won't settle the scores later. After the war is over, the Ministry of Magic will liquidate all pure-blood families that support Voldemort one by one.

After hearing that they could leave, the Slytherin students left the auditorium without any hesitation. Pansy Parkinson was even more arrogant when she left, as if she didn't know whether to live or die.

After seeing the Slytherin students walking out of the auditorium, Professor McGonagall shouted: "Ravenclaw, follow us!"

As the students left in an orderly manner under the leadership of the professor, the auditorium gradually became empty. No one from Slytherin chose to stay; while Ravenclaws filed out, some older students sat still; more Hufflepuffs stayed; Gryffindor even more Half of the classmates stayed in their seats.

Seeing this, Professor McGonagall had no choice but to step down from the podium and forcefully drive away the underage students.

"Absolutely not, Creevey, go! And you, Perks!"

After a while, after putting the younger students into the evacuation team, Professor McGonagall returned to the podium.

She looked at Ada and said softly: "The teachers have set up defenses around the castle, but it is impossible to hold it for a long time unless we continue to reinforce this defense."

"Professor, Mr. Weasley is gathering more Aurors, they will arrive soon." Ada said, "If possible, I hope to keep the Death Eaters out of Hogsmeade."

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At the same time, the Death Eaters had quietly approached Hogsmeade, but they did not rush to attack the village guarded by Aurors. They were waiting for their master's orders.

Voldemort stood on a high mountain not far from Hogsmeade, with a cruel smile on his face.

Voldemort was thinking about how he would take over Hogwarts tonight and how he would kill his old enemy Harry Potter. As long as this stumbling block is kicked away, no one in the magic world can stop him!

"Master." Antonin Dolokhov came over and knelt devoutly at Voldemort's feet. He continued: "Master, Dingworth, Godric's Hollow, and Fertile Plains are all caught in the flames of war. We are also ready for battle."

Voldemort's triumphant laughter echoed from the top of the mountain. The purpose of tonight's division of troops was not to massacre the Muggle-born wizards in the wizarding area, but to divert the Ministry of Magic's energy and weaken the Ministry's reinforcements for Hogwarts.

Voldemort put away his smile, looked at the towering castle opposite with his scarlet eyes, and said coldly: "Kill them!"