Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Although these scholars spoke in a somewhat mysterious way, Lin Xia quickly understood their intentions.

This group of people who attended her paper press conference either brought special or dangerous items.

Either there is a problem with his identity, and the professor found something wrong with him, so he has been detained by the Ministry of Magic.

Even if a wizard has no problems at all, if he is locked up in the Ministry of Magic for a long time, those problems will probably become problems.

So this group of scholars united and put forward a condition to the Ministry of Magic. As long as they could make the Death Eaters attack them, it would prove that they were definitely not accomplices of the Death Eaters.

After some consideration, the Ministry of Magic agreed to their conditions and sent them to Hogsmeade Village.

This is the closest place to the Death Eaters and is also the place where the Death Eaters are most common.

The Ministry of Magic did not completely ignore the lives of these scholars. It arranged more than a dozen Aurors to guard them.

Lin Xia believed that the Ministry of Magic was actually targeting these scholars, hoping that they could use their smart brains to attract the attention of the Death Eaters.

If the Death Eaters could be attracted here, the Ministry of Magic would have a chance to capture them all in one fell swoop instead of scattering them.

Hogsmeade is not a small village, and if the Death Eaters really want to hide, it will take a lot of effort for the Aurors to find them.

This group of scholars was both a bait and a weapon used by the Ministry of Magic to deal with the Death Eaters.

But it must be said that this arrangement by the Ministry of Magic played exactly into the hands of some Death Eaters.

Although these Death Eaters obeyed Bellatrix's orders, they came to Hogsmeade village specifically to cause destruction.

But because they had scheduled their most exciting arrangements for the evening, they could only do small things during the day to avoid distracting everyone and having no one watch the grand opening ceremony they had arranged in the evening.

Although the Aurors sent by the Ministry of Magic are very excellent, those who can become Death Eaters are all very strong and outstanding individuals, and are more daring and combative than those Aurors.

As long as they were determined to hide, the Aurors wouldn't be able to find them.

This resulted in some Death Eaters quickly getting rid of the Aurors and falling into a state of doing nothing.

They wanted to squeeze into the crowded crowd, but then they remembered Bellatrix's warning and couldn't help but curl their lips.

They always need some spectators to witness such a grand scene at night, otherwise there would be no point in going to such great lengths to make such a fuss.

So this group of Death Eaters formed a three-person team and specifically targeted lone wizards.

If they can't cause panic on a large scale, then it should be okay for them to satisfy the violent emotions in their hearts on a small scale, right?

Three wizards have been killed by them.

During this time, they were also targeted by a team of Aurors, but they quickly shook off the Aurors and prepared to look for the next target.

It happened that they were located relatively close to the group of scholars, and their loud shouting attracted their attention.

One of the Death Eaters stopped and listened. He moved his ear slightly and heard the murmurings of the scholars.

The Death Eater couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and told his two companions about his discovery.

"There are dozens of skinny dogs in the east-southeast direction. Those skinny dogs are very smart and have invented things. They are recognized as scholars by the Ministry of Magic."

After the man finished speaking, he waved his wand and drew a line under his neck. His voice was cold: "If we take off their heads, it will make the Ministry of Magic feel distressed to some extent."

Another Death Eater said calmly, "Why would a smart skinny dog ​​come to Hogsmeade at this time? Aren't they afraid of death?"

Another person said sarcastically: "Perhaps they believe that under the leadership of the Ministry of Magic, they will definitely be safe. After all, the Ministry of Magic has Dumbledore!"

The Death Eater who first discovered the scholar licked his dry lips with his tongue, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

"I smell those hyenas. There must be some hyenas among these scholars. Killing these smart skinny dogs and hyenas is more interesting than killing ordinary piglets."

Another Death Eater said calmly, "Let's do some long-distance scouting first to see how many Aurors there are."

The companion said dissatisfiedly: "There are three of us here. Are you worried that we can't deal with just a few skinny dogs and hyenas?"

The Death Eater stared at them coldly and said bluntly: "You are willing to work for Bellatrix, but I am not willing to work for her. I still have to wait for my master to return!

When the master disappeared, he gave us orders to hide our tracks and wait for him to resurrect. I have always kept this in mind."

When the word "master" was mentioned, the bloodshot eyes of the other two impulsive Death Eaters faded a little and they regained some rationality.

They reluctantly agreed with their companions and ran to investigate nearby.

However, these three people did not use the invisibility spell to hide their figures, and their movements were completely seen by Lin Xia and others who were standing on a high place.

Hermione and Harry were discussing heatedly how to use the advantage of being high up and seeing far to send a message to the Aurors below.

With what identities should they enter the battlefield, and how should they convince the Aurors that they really want to help and are not on the Death Eaters' side.

Draco looked somewhere and suddenly said, "I saw the professor coming in. They appeared at the main entrance of Hogsmeade!"

Harry suddenly had an idea. "We don't need to contact the Aurors. We just need to contact the professor. The Aurors can't recognize us, but the professor can!"

Hermione hesitated. "But we came to Hogsmeade without telling the professor. If the professor finds out who we are..."

Ron blurted out two words: "Deduction points!"

He quickly added: "If the professor finds out we are here, he will definitely deduct a lot of points from our college."

Lin Xia felt that they attached too much importance to the scores of the College Cup. At this critical moment, how to save more lives should be their primary consideration.

But when she thought about the ages of Ron and Harry, Lin Xia didn't find it strange anymore.

15 years old is a carefree age even in the Muggle world.

Lin Xia said, "Then let the four colleges deduct points together. One of us will play the role of a Slytherin student, and the other will play the role of a Ravenclaw student. Students from the four colleges will come forward together, and the points will be deducted equally."

Ron's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea, how can we hide it?"

Hermione said: "I don't have enough Polyjuice Potion. I only have one bottle left. The best I can do is turn into one of the Slytherin students!"

Ron looked at her in astonishment, "Wait, how come you have Slytherin hair?"

Hermione: "After Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets appeared in my second year, I thought about sneaking into the Slytherin common room to investigate. But something went wrong at that time. I accidentally confused cat hair with human hair."

She paused, then said with certainty, "Don't worry, I definitely didn't make a mistake this time. What I gave you is definitely human hair, not cat hair!" Draco also said at this time, "I also have a bottle of Polyjuice Potion, which I took out from the family arsenal. I saw that my family had a potion like Polyjuice Potion, so I took a bottle."

Harry frowned and murmured, "But we don't have Ravenclaw's hair either, do we?"

Lin Xia thought for a moment and said, “I have. Luna approached me several times on behalf of The Quibbler and gave me a pair of glasses that she really liked.

There was a strand of her hair stuck in my glasses, so I took them and put them into my retractable ring without cleaning them."

Hermione saw the movement of the Death Eaters below and urged, "Hurry up, those Death Eaters can't hold back anymore and are getting closer to the scholars and Aurors. Let's quickly inform the professor!"

Lin Xia had no idea about taking the Polyjuice Potion, and neither did Draco. Ron was worried about being punished, so he took the Polyjuice Potion given by Hermione.

Ron felt a little better after wearing someone else's face and identity.

But when I saw the person he played, I was unhappy. It was Gregory Goyle, an extremely strong, brainless fat man!

No wonder he felt so uncomfortable when he transformed. Goyle's body size was quite different from his. Ron felt a little uncomfortable walking and was swaying and might faint at any time.

Hermione thought about it, took the Polyjuice Potion from Lin Xia, and decided to play the role of Luna.

Harry didn't mind acting, but as a boy, it was a bit difficult for him to play a girl.

And with Hermione's intelligence and talent, she was able to play the role of a Ravenclaw student perfectly.
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Students from the four major colleges were all there, so Lin Xia and the others put their worries aside and quickly sent a message to Professor McGonagall who was patrolling in Hogsmeade village.

"Magic Voice Transmission" was cast by Lin Xia. This spell is not complicated and does not require much magic power.

However, it is very difficult to accurately control the spell and transmit it to a person's ear, especially in front of so many high-level wizards without being discovered.

Draco tried several times by himself, but he was not sure he could hide it from Snape who was next to Professor McGonagall, so in the end it was Lin Xia who tried.

"Professor McGonagall, we are on the rooftop of a building. We found several Death Eaters quietly moving in the direction of the scholars. All three of them have Animagus. One turned into a praying mantis, one turned into a black butterfly, and the other turned into a monkey..."

When Professor McGonagall heard the message, her expression changed slightly and her brows furrowed.

She looked around, especially towards the high places, as if trying to find out which little wizard had come to deliver the message.

"Professor McGonagall, I'm Lin Xia. Those three Death Eaters have approached one of the scholars. I'm afraid his life is in danger..."

Professor McGonagall's expression relaxed. If it was Lin Xia, then she might be able to discover someone else's Animagus.

Lin Xia has achieved great accomplishments in the art of transfiguration, and even she doesn't know what level Lin Xia has reached.

But through daily communication, Mag knew that Lin Xia's recent research direction was how to detect Animagus!

As Lin Xia was promoted to the third grade, Mag had already been treating Lin Xia as a Transfiguration scholar of the same level.

McGonagall paused in her patrol and called out to Professors Snape and Flitwick in a serious tone.

"I found a clue. Please follow me to a place. I need your help."

The professors of Hogwarts were urgently ordered by the Ministry of Magic to go to Hogsmeade village to provide assistance. They did not join the Auror patrol team, but formed their own force.

After hearing what Magg said, the others did not doubt it and quickly followed Magg to where the scholar was.

McGonagall acted quickly, she used her flying broom to move directly. Seeing this, several other professors also took out their own flying brooms.

Ron, who was watching from a distance, was shocked.

The professors' brooms were of such strange shapes, he had never seen anything like them before!
Some flying brooms look similar to ordinary brooms, but their power systems are completely different. The professor's broom can fly very fast with just a little acceleration.

Some flying brooms focus on comfort and are modified to look like a small car.

The shape of Snape's broomstick has been transformed even more thoroughly, and it is actually in the shape of a bottle of potion!

He sat at the mouth of the bottle, directing the movement of the medicine bottle with a serious expression.

No matter what the shapes of these brooms are, they all have one thing in common: they are extremely fast.

Lin Xia kept giving directions to Professor McGonagall, leading the three to the Death Eaters' Animagus.

Seeing these three people, the Death Eaters in Animagus form moved carefully, not emitting any magical fluctuations.

The arrival of the three professors also attracted the attention of scholars and Aurors.

An Auror came over to greet them and asked, "Three professors, why are you here——"

Before he could finish his words, Professor McGonagall suddenly pulled out her wand, turned around, and cast a spell at a tree behind her: "Expecto Patronus!"

A bright white light spurted out from the tip of her wand, and a nimble civet cat jumped out from the wand. It seemed lazy but was actually moving very quickly as it approached the two insects and a monkey on the tree.

No matter how much the Death Eaters disguise themselves as human wizards, they are infused with the power of the evil world, which means they possess black bugs!

As long as there are black bugs, the Patronus Charm can deal with them. "Expediate God's Patronus" is equivalent to the Achilles' heel of the evil god's power.

No matter how good the disguise is, it will be forced out!

Before the civet cat got close to the two insects and the monkey, the three of them immediately released their Animagus powers and did not dare to confront the power of the Patronus Charm head-on.

Now everyone saw the process of the Death Eater's Animagus transformation. The scholars took a few steps back, while the Aurors took a few steps forward, and everyone raised their wands together!

Professor McGonagall shouted, "Attack them!"

"Split into pieces!"

"Shattered to pieces!"

"All petrified!"

"There are many obstacles!"

……

A large amount of magical light hit the three Death Eaters with great momentum, but the scholars and Aurors present did not let their guard down.

They knew that with the strength of the spells they cast, they would not be able to do anything to the Death Eaters.

In a few seconds, the three Death Eaters, wearing the invisible shield of "Protector of Armor", rushed out from a pile of spells, roaring and attacking the scholars first. (End of this chapter)