#345 - There is someone behind (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

“Tina…” Newt glanced at his wife beside him, somewhat helplessly. He had spoken so loudly earlier, hoping to remind her to call for backup. Who knew Tina would charge out so straightforwardly.

“Hello, Mrs. Scamander. Since you two are both here, let's quickly put this unpleasant matter behind us. Mr. Scamander, you'd better make a decision soon. I can't guarantee I can control the wand in my hand.” The Thestral gestured to his companions on either side as he spoke.

Subsequently, the other three people around him quickly spread out to the sides, gradually widening the encirclement by increasing the distance between them.

They were prepared to use violence.

Seeing these people's attitude, Tina immediately realized that they were not friendly. She then looked at Newt beside her with some annoyance, “How many times have I told you to keep an eye on Rolf and not let him run around? Look at the trouble now.”

Seeing that Tina still had the mind to nag him, Newt couldn't help but roll his eyes. But perhaps with his wife's company, he actually relaxed a lot at this moment, although he still faced the opponent warily.

“Their target is the case.” Newt didn't turn his head, conveying the information to his wife concisely and clearly.

“Hmph, these smugglers are still so pathetic. I just didn't expect them to resurface after so many years.” Tina glared angrily at the people in front of her.

Then, her lips moved slightly, and she silently chanted a spell, but Tina quickly frowned. It seemed her attempt had failed.

“You two shouldn't waste your energy. It's impossible to call for help. Recently, we've acquired some magical little things that can prevent outsiders from interfering with us, and even prevent you from disturbing others.” Seeing Tina's attempt and realizing that she had indeed failed, the Thestral boasted triumphantly to the two of them.

After failing to cast a spell, Tina looked at Newt with some anxiety, then shook her head slightly.

Newt also had a headache upon seeing this. Rolf was in their hands now, making them hesitant to act rashly. At the same time, external contact was cut off. Did they really have to hand over the case to them?

Newt himself knew best how important the suitcase was to them. In his hands, it was just a mobile menagerie, but if it fell into the hands of these smugglers, the consequences would be unimaginable.

But just as he was on guard and thinking about countermeasures, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.

Behind that Thestral, there seemed to be someone!

“Mr. Scamander, I think I've given you enough time to consider.” The Thestral held Rolf in front of him, pressing the wand against his neck with increasing force, causing Rolf to feel a sharp pain in his neck and whimper excitedly.

“I'll count down 10 numbers one last time. If you really prefer to heartlessly watch your precious grandson die…”

“Despicable fellow, if you have the guts, let him go and we'll have a one-on-one duel. Aren't you always the ones who advocate solving problems through duels?” Tina shouted angrily at the other party's actions.

“10!” The Thestral completely ignored Tina's shouting, only reciting the numbers in a cold tone.

Seeing the other party's decisiveness at this time, Tina also felt a trace of panic in her heart, and then anxiously looked at her husband beside her. Over the years, he had always been the most adept at handling such emergencies.

But at this time, Newt was staring at the direction of the Thestral with an inexplicable expression, completely ignoring the other party's countdown, instead seeming to be considering something.

Seeing her husband's somewhat abnormal state, Tina couldn't help but follow his gaze, and then her eyes widened slightly. She seemed to have discovered something too.

“3!” Seeing that these two old guys were just staring at him without doing anything, the Thestral couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and shouted even louder. If the other party really didn't respond to threats or persuasion, he wouldn't mind killing the hostage first, and then killing these two tough guys. Anyway, they had already set up jammers around, so they wouldn't be able to escape.

“2!”

“Wait!” Just as the Thestral shouted “two,” Newt suddenly shouted loudly, stopping him.

“Heh, Mr. Scamander, I thought you were really going to watch your precious grandson go to heaven. If you had cooperated earlier, nothing would have happened.” Seeing the other party yield, the Thestral was overjoyed. If he could, he actually didn't want to fight with these two in front of him, after all, they were world-renowned figures. If they really fought, the outcome would still be unknown.

“You put Rolf down first, and I'll get you the case.” Newt stared at the direction of the Thestral and shouted.

Hearing Newt's words, the Thestral suddenly felt relieved, knowing that this old guy still couldn't let go of his grandson. He then lifted Rolf down, re-clamping him under his arm, and moved the wand away from his neck.

“Hehe, as long as you are willing to cooperate, everything will be fine… Uh!”

The Thestral was just about to properly appease the two old people in front of him and let them cooperate with him obediently, but he felt a needle-like pain suddenly coming from the back of his neck, and then he felt his whole body lighten, and his vision slowly rose.

When he saw his headless body in a moment of stunnedness, the last consciousness in his mind reacted, he had been beheaded on the spot.

At this time, behind the Thestral, a middle-aged man wearing a black cloak was floating in the air, picking up Rolf in the Thestral's arms, and at the same time not forgetting to kick his body away.

The sudden change caused the other three masked men present to be slightly stunned, and they couldn't react for a while. How did their captain suddenly disappear from the good situation?

But Newt and Tina, seeing Rolf escape from the Thestral's clutches, would not be polite to them.

Newt waved his left hand down, and a small emerald green ball suddenly ejected from his palm, now hooked on his finger like a yo-yo.

Then Newt threw it forward, and the green ball immediately transformed into a huge butterfly-like creature, opening its face with terrifying fangs, and flapping its wings towards a masked man.

Newt himself immediately blasted a curse towards another masked man.

At the same time, Tina beside him, worthy of being an Auror who had fought on the front line for many years, acted very decisively and neatly, shaking her wand and shooting several powerful and ruthless curses towards an enemy.

Faced with the incoming attacks, these wizards belonging to the elite 'Silver Spears' team also reacted at this time, and their response was also very rapid, a few skillful waves of their wands dissolved all the attacks.

Then they all looked at the middle-aged man in the center of the battlefield, wanting to completely reverse the situation, they must seize Rolf back as soon as possible!