#524 - Internal strife (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

"Exactly, we are all wizards. This is just an ordinary prison; it can't possibly hold us!"

"But our wands have been taken away. Google search reading"

"Don't you know how to perform wandless magic without a wand?"

"Can you perform wandless magic? I certainly can't."

"Uh... I can't either, but there are so many people here. Surely someone knows wandless magic."

Upon hearing the suggestion, the wizards immediately began discussing it amongst themselves. After all, they were a group of wizards. Although their wands were not on hand, and most of them had only mediocre spellcasting abilities, there were still some who could perform wandless magic to some extent.

Sure enough, the burly wizard who had come up with the idea excitedly roared, "Let me do it! My Transfiguration skills are not bad, and I can barely manage wandless magic. Watch me turn all these iron bars into paper!"

With that, he concentrated and pointed his hand at an iron bar. As expected, under his control, the iron bar instantly transformed into a bundle of paper tubes. The crowd was overjoyed at the sight.

Bang!

"Ah!"

Before the spellcasting wizard could rejoice for long, a swift and rapid magic bullet struck him in the chest, sending him flying backward. In the process, he even knocked down several wizards who were crowding behind him.

Seeing the sudden change, everyone immediately looked in the direction from which the spell had come. Soon, they saw a wizard in Silver Spear uniform, who had appeared on the previously empty corridor outside the prison. He was pointing a straight, pure white wand at the person he had just knocked down.

"Who are you?"

"Did you kidnap us and bring us here? Why are you doing this?"

"Are you crazy? Do you know what the charge is for imprisoning so many of us here? The Ministry of Magic will not let you get away with this!"

Seeing the suddenly appearing figure, everyone shouted at him after the initial shock.

"All of you, shut your mouths!" The Silver Spear who had appeared bellowed at everyone in a deep, resonant voice, using the 'Sonorous' charm to amplify his voice.

"Keep quiet! I'm already annoyed listening to your nonsense," the Silver Spear snorted, then said in a menacing tone, "Also, don't even think about escaping, or you'll suffer for it."

With that, the Silver Spear recast the spell on the already transformed bars, turning them back into their original steel material.

Seeing the wizard's fierce appearance, many people shrank back timidly.

The wizard who had been knocked down struggled to get up, looking at the other party with a face full of anger, "Who exactly are you? Why did you lock us up here?"

"Oh... I didn't expect there to be a tough nut among you," the Silver Spear looked at the wizard who had stood up with interest. "Didn't you already guess our identity? Why ask such nonsense? As for our purpose..."

The Silver Spear pondered for a moment, then chuckled softly, "Since you're so courageous, I can give you a brief explanation, but only this once!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately shut their mouths and listened attentively. They were completely puzzled as to why they had suddenly been kidnapped to this ghostly place, and how they had managed to abduct so many people at the same time.

"I know," the Silver Spear said in a deep voice, "Most of you worked quite diligently for the club before, so in principle, we shouldn't be treating you like this."

"But unfortunately, some problems have arisen in the club's breeding grounds, and it's too dangerous to stay there now, so we brought you here to take refuge."

Take refuge? You call this taking refuge?

The crowd was furious upon hearing the Silver Spear's words. These people were clearly treating them like prisoners.

As for what the other party said about problems in the breeding grounds, many of them guessed that they had probably been caught by the Ministry of Magic.

"Ahem, what exactly are you going to do with us? Are you planning to just keep us locked up like this?" The wizard who had stood up, suppressing his anger, coughed twice and asked unwillingly.

"You don't need to worry about that. After we deal with the current trouble, we'll release you to continue 'working'," the Silver Spear sneered sinisterly.

Release us?

Hearing this news, the sense of anxiety that had been hanging in their throats finally subsided a lot. They were afraid that the people in these criminal organizations would go crazy and directly harm them.

But there were still many people who frowned after hearing the Silver Spear's words. What did 'continue working' mean? Did the Silver Spears expect these imprisoned wizards to continue working for the club?

"What do you mean by 'continue working'?" The injured wizard wasn't stupid and immediately heard the hidden meaning in the words, asking immediately.

"What else could it mean?" The Silver Spear sneered. "If we want to continue building breeding grounds in the future, we'll still need you. After all, it may be difficult for us to recruit people locally for a while."

"Moreover, from now on, you are the club's 'property'. The goods we trade aren't just magical creatures. To be honest, we should have done this a long time ago, which would have saved a lot of money."

The crowd was stunned to hear the Silver Spear say such shocking things in a calm tone.

"What do you mean by property? Are you going to treat us like slaves?"

"Why are you doing this to us? I'm just a Muggle. I'm not a wizard. I'm only in the breeding ground because my wife is a witch."

"You're demons! I'd rather die than work for you again!"

"Die?" The Silver Spear snorted. "It's hard for you to die here. You'd better be obedient. If you perform well in the future, you might have a chance to get rid of your 'property' status. As for whether you work for us or not, that's not up to you. We have plenty of ways to make you submit, such as modifying your memories. What do you think?"

Hearing these cold and ruthless words, the more than five hundred people on the scene felt as uncomfortable as if they were covered in ants. They couldn't believe that there could be such an inhuman organization in this world, and they had actually worked for such a criminal group before.

"No!" After a moment of silence, a wizard in the next cage excitedly climbed to the iron bars, squeezing his face into the gaps between the bars.

"My lord, Silver Spear sir, forget about the others, but I used to put in a lot of effort for the club. When I was in the 'East German Progressive Trade Union', I even injured many West Germans to provoke conflict between East and West Germany. Have you forgotten all of this? You can't treat us like this."

The wizard's words immediately caused another uproar. What did he mean? Did these people provoke the conflict between East and West Germany? Or were those civil groups themselves Silver Spear's pawns?

"What do you mean? Does that mean it's right to turn us into slaves?" The injured wizard stood up excitedly, shouting at the other party in uncontrollable anger.

"You were originally a group of reusable tools!" The wizard begging for mercy didn't care so much anymore, refuting without hesitation. "It's only natural for the adults of the club to treat you as property, but we're different. We're one of the club's own."

With that, he once again looked at the Silver Spear in front of him in a flattering manner. "My lord, I've always wanted to join the club and become a great Silver Spear. Please, have mercy and let me go. I will definitely work diligently for the club as long as you don't lock me up with this group of trash."

In order to show his loyalty to the Silver Spear, the wizard didn't care about anything anymore, directly launching a map attack on the surrounding civilian wizards.

His behavior even motivated many of the club's former partners, most of whom were members of the breeding ground patrol team, to compete with each other to express their loyalty to the Silver Spear in front of them.

The surrounding civilian wizards were furious when they saw that these people were so selfish and didn't take them seriously at all, and they angrily cursed at them.

For a time, the entire warehouse district was divided into two camps, one was the patrol teams from the various breeding grounds, and the other was the civilian wizards and Muggles. They not only argued fiercely, but even people from the two camps in the same prison cell began to push each other, and a brawl was about to break out.

"All of you, shut your mouths!"

A voice mixed with the magic of the Sonorous charm roared from the Silver Spear's mouth, immediately making hundreds of people on the scene dizzy and frightened, and everyone closed their mouths.

"Your task here is to be honest with me. I don't have a good temper. If I find you making loud noises or fighting again, I won't be polite."

"As for you!" The Silver Spear turned his head and looked coldly at the wizard begging for mercy. "Although you were former partners of the club, there are traitors among you now. Until we find him, stay here quietly. If your performance is good enough, we don't mind letting you serve the club again."

Hearing the Silver Spear's statement, those former partners of the club, the members of the breeding ground patrol team, immediately became honest. They understood what the Silver Spear meant, that is to say, they still had a chance to get rid of their 'property' status in the future.

"But someone has to be responsible for this riot." With that, the Silver Spear raised his wand and pointed it at the wizard begging for mercy. "Who told you to speak without my permission? 'Crucio!'"