Wizardry System - Chapter 76

Everyone stood up and started to leave the tent. When everyone was at the room where the Cabinet was, Luthor gave a last briefing.

“I’m going to reiterate the plan. After we get close to where the Death Eaters are supposed to be, I’m going to give a hand signal and you are all going to split up according to the plan. Once the Death Eaters arrive at their destination, we’re going to ambush them. As for when to ambush them, everyone take a Galleon,” Luthor said as he passed down a Galleon to everyone. “These are fake Galleons that I put a Protean Charm on. I have the master coin so when I want to announce something, it’ll heat up. When you feel it heat up, immediately start attacking them. Any final questions because after this, there will be no talking,”

After a brief moment of silence, Luthor nodded.

“If there are no questions, let’s move out,”

Luthor left the cabin and the others followed.

When they were outside, Chris looked around to scan the surroundings, but there were only trees as far as he can see. However, the combination of the dark cloudy sky, large trees surrounding the cabin, and the rustling of the leaves made the atmosphere feel ominous.

Once they started to walk towards the target destination, the group made sure to make as little noise as possible by not talking and avoiding as many dead leaves and branches as possible. After walking for about 30 minutes, Luthor raised his hand giving everyone the signal. Everyone started quickly to form their own groups with 3 ȧduŀts and 2 students in each group making 6 groups. They quickly went to a place to hide in the direction that they were supposed to go and started to wait.

The student alongside Chris was Augustus and it was the most nervous Chris has ever seen him. However, he was unable to calm him down as he was not allowed to talk. Thus, he put all his attention at the place where the Death Eaters were supposed to show up. The fake Galleon was in his left hand to make sure that he would feel the heat signal while his right hand was tightly holding onto his wand.

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The wait quickly became an hour long and there was no sign of any Death Eaters.

‘I wonder how long we will have to wait,’ Chris thought as he started to look around for any signs of the Death Eaters. After around half an hour more of waiting, Chris finally noticed a group of dark hooded figures walking towards the target destination. However, since Chris did not feel the heat from the fake Galleon, he did not attack.

The Death Eaters moved at a normal pace, but to Chris it seemed that they were walking slower than a snail. When they walked a few more yards, Chris finally felt the heat from the coin. He immediately stood up and cast the Stupefy Charm. The others in the group let out their own spells, some potentially lethal while others meant only for incapacitating. The spells hit their target and only a few Death Eaters were left. While the ones remaining were the stronger ones in the group and were ready to fight, they were still quickly defeated due to them being outnumbered. Even if they can bȧrėly handle two people at once, they were not strong enough to handle 3 or even 4 people at once.

After the Death Eaters were defeated, the group let out a short triumphant cry. However, Chris, Luthor, and a couple of other people were silent.

‘This was too easy,’ Chris thought as he started to scan his surroundings. ‘While we were informed that the forces were medium leveled and we sent extra people just in case, we finished the battle too fast. Even if we consider that they were ambushed, as people who have fought before, they should’ve been at least a bit prepared. If there is a spy within our group, there has got to be a better plan than letting 30 people just die when they could easily be saved. Regardless of how arrogant and cruel Voldemort is, he won’t just allow 30 of his men to be slaughtered like that,’

Even knowing the fact that Cassia sent in more men secretly, Chris was still wary. He quickly went to where ‘Harry’ was.

“Did the hidden people leave?” Chris asked in a quiet voice so that no one could hear.

‘Harry’ shook his head.

“They should still be stationed here. They will not leave until they are completely sure that this is a mission success,” ‘Harry’ said.

“Good,” Chris said.

“Is there something wrong?” ‘Harry’ asked.

“Nothing. I’m just preparing for any scenario. We can’t be too careful in battle,” Chris said.

“Of course,” ‘Harry’ said.

Chris took a peek Luthor who was rubbing his arm looking troubled .

‘It seems that he noticed as well,’ Chris thought.

“Watch out!” Chris shouted. However, it was too late. An ȧduŀt got hit and fell over.

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