"Go to Robards and tell him I have something to ask," Scrimgeour said to his personal assistant.
"Yes, Director." The personal assistant left quickly.
"Gadwin, gather all Aurors, we have a covert operation tonight." Scrimgeour said straight to the point.
"Rufus, where are we going?" asked Gadwin Robards in confusion.
"Go and raid a secret base suspected to be that of Death Eaters." Scrimgeour glanced at the parchment on the table that had been burned to ashes.
"The Death Eaters' secret base?"
Gadwin Robards opened his mouth slightly and widened his eyes. He had never thought that Scrimgeour was planning to lead everyone to encircle and suppress the Death Eaters.
That's right, all the Aurors are mobilized, it must be something important.
Gadwin Robards noticed that there was no more dust on the table and asked hesitantly, "Are you sure? I mean..."
"I just received news that someone reported to me that a base suspected to be that of Death Eaters was found somewhere. No matter what, we need to find out what is going on." Scrimgeour looked at his deputy and calmly ordered, "Tell everyone to bring their flying brooms and be extremely vigilant. I don't want you to make the stupid mistake you made last time. When facing dark wizards, they will not be so merciful as to just hang you up and starve you for a few days."
Gadwin lowered his head in shame and immediately turned to gather the other Aurors.
"Is everyone here?" Scrimgeour asked, frowning slightly as he glanced at the Aurors in the office.
"There are still a few people who haven't arrived yet." Gadwin Robards explained quickly, "I have sent someone to notify..."
"No need to wait." Scrimgeour interrupted directly, "Start checking the equipment now, and set off in five minutes."
Scrimgeour's sudden action caught all the Aurors off guard, but they still obeyed the order. After checking their equipment, they followed Scrimgeour out of the Ministry of Magic and hurried to the so-called hiding place of the Death Eaters.
"Nearby?"
After the Aurors Apparated to an abandoned Muggle village somewhere in northern Scotland, they immediately raised their wands to alert their surroundings to prevent any sneak attacks by dark wizards.
"Not here. The target is in the north, some distance from here. We have to ride there on a broom." Scrimgeour explained. He had actually never been there either, but luckily the letter gave him the specific location.
"But, why don't we just Apparate..."
Scrimgeour got on his broom and said expressionlessly, "How could the Death Eaters not have set up alarms around their base, or prohibited Apparition? Even if you could Apparate directly there, are you sure it's not a trap? You won't be ambushed? Dark wizards will not sympathize with you."
Scrimgeour was a little disappointed with his Aurors. Perhaps because of peace for too long, they did not have much experience in dealing with dark wizards.
Normally, we can only deal with those inferior guys at most. It is not difficult to see this from the chaos of the last World Cup.
Scrimgeour was riding on a broomstick, flying at the front of the team. He was actually not sure whether the so-called secret base was real or just someone's prank.
But, since the Death Eaters succeeded in escaping prison last time, why not try it this time
What if it is true
Although Scrimgeour didn't like being led by the nose, he knew very well that now was not the time to act on impulse.
Catching the Death Eaters and restoring the Aurors' reputation is the most important thing at the moment.
Scrimgeour knew that if he wanted to replace Fudge as Minister of Magic, he had to achieve something.
Under the cover of the Disillusionment Charm, countless brooms darted across the night sky, flying towards Voldemort's stronghold.
That's right, it's Voldemort's hiding place.
Now that the Death Eaters have gone to the Ministry of Magic, the Aurors should raid Voldemort's lair.
There is nothing wrong with the fact that Voldemort's hiding place is the Death Eaters' secret base.
Albert would never admit it no matter what. He just wanted those unlucky Aurors to take the blame for him.
Of course, there are actually other reasons. In order to avoid messing up the plot, it is important to expose Voldemort completely.
The hidden Voldemort and a stupid teammate like Fudge are really terrible.
Therefore, it is important to eliminate the two unfavorable factors, and Scrimgeour and the Aurors play such a role.
As for danger, how could Aurors not encounter danger
“It should be just ahead.”
Scrimgeour stopped his broom, pulled out a piece of parchment from his pocket, looked at the arrow mark on it, then looked at the area ahead and fell into a brief silence.
There was nothing in sight except wilderness.
Have you been cheated
No, it's not possible.
Scrimgeour immediately ruled out this guess. He thought that the more likely possibility was that a strong protective magic was cast ahead, just like Hogwarts, which was completely hidden, causing them to be unable to find or see the location of the secret base.
"Everyone, be alert. Our target is about four thousand feet away." Scrimgeour interrupted the Aurors' whispers. "Land now and then walk over. The brooms stay here."
"You stay and guard." He said to his personal assistant.
The personal assistant's lips trembled slightly, but he still responded with a "yes". He was actually relieved in his heart, after all, he was not an Auror.
The Aurors were baffled by this and wondered where their director got such detailed information, but they had no choice but to believe it no matter what.
The group walked several thousand feet along the road and stopped not far from their target.
Looking at the wilderness ahead, Scrimgeour trembled his lips slightly and issued an order that surprised all the Aurors.
"Use magic to cover the area four hundred feet ahead on a large scale and blow up the Death Eaters' stronghold."
Perhaps noticing everyone's puzzled looks, Scrimgeour casually explained, "We don't have time to wait for the curse-breaking team to arrive. If we really wait for them to arrive and remove the protective magic, those Death Eaters would probably have already slipped away."
As he spoke, Scrimgeour raised his wand first and fired an explosive spell towards the area ahead.
Most of the protective magic can actually be broken through brute force.
Although it sounded a bit ridiculous, with Scrimgeour setting an example, everyone raised their wands and cast spells at the area ahead to cover a large area.
At this moment, Voldemort had already noticed that someone else was approaching.
In fact, he would be alerted if anyone other than a Death Eater came within a few hundred feet of the area.
Voldemort frowned slightly and became alert, because this was very abnormal, and there would hardly be other wizards and Muggles appearing here.
However, before Voldemort could react, he felt the ground around him shaking violently.
Being attacked
Voldemort looked stunned. He probably never thought in his life that an Auror could find this place. Even during the last wizarding war, no one discovered his hiding place.
These guys actually planned to use violence to break the outer protective magic.
Voldemort wanted to leave, but many of his research results were stored here. If he just left those things behind and fled in a hurry...
A silent anger welled up from the depths of Voldemort's heart, because only the Death Eaters knew the exact location of this place.
If he knew who betrayed him, he would definitely make that person regret being born into this world!
Before Voldemort could think more, another round of even more violent explosions sounded, and the ground shook again. The only candle in the room swayed slightly in the vibration, and a pair of scarlet eyes were reflected in the darkness.
There is no doubt that Voldemort was angry and wanted to kill people.
After two rounds of bombing, the Aurors realized that they had found the right place.
During the explosion, a vague shadow of a lake appeared in an area ahead. It was obviously caused by the explosion. The original protective magic could no longer hold up, and the hidden secret base was thus exposed.
"It seems that we have come to the right place. Surround them and don't let them escape." Scrimgeour raised his hand and waved, signaling the Aurors to follow.
Although the Aurors were very excited, they were still on high alert.
There was no other way. What happened a while ago made them depressed for a long time. Now they could finally catch the Death Eaters off guard. Even if it was not a Death Eater, it could be a dark wizard. With all the Aurors dispatched, there was no way the other party could escape.
However, no one realized the seriousness of the matter at all. What they bombed was not the Death Eaters' stronghold, but Voldemort's lair.
After the Aurors used violence to completely tear open the outer protective magic, they saw an old house that had collapsed and was burning.
They saw no Dark wizards, and perhaps some unfortunate Death Eater was buried beneath the ruins of the house.
"Rufus, it seems... no one is here."
Gadwin Robards looked around vigilantly, but did not see any suspicious figures.
"Perhaps, they have escaped in the explosion just now."
"Keep your guard up and don't let your guard down. I don't think those evil guys will die so easily, let alone slip away from under our noses. You can't Apparate here." Scrimgeour certainly thought of this possibility, but he didn't think there was nothing here, and he immediately asked the Aurors to confirm that Apparate was not possible here.
"Follow the original team plan. If you see any suspicious guys, attack immediately and don't hold back."
There must be something here, and it must be very dangerous, otherwise the other party would not have reminded me to bring all the Aurors with me.
What will it be
A bunch of Death Eaters
It would be great if that were the case, we could just wipe out the other party in one fell swoop.
"Dawlish, take your team to clean up the ruins here. The others remain vigilant. There must be other hidden places. I suspect there is a basement here. Find it." Scrimgeour ordered loudly.
"yes."
Although Dalish was a little depressed, he continued to complete his task.
Scrimgeour's orders were well executed. After all, a house hidden by magic was indeed very suspicious and looked like the lair of a dark wizard.
Just as Dalish was leading his men to clear the rubble, the ruins in front of them suddenly exploded. A black shadow jumped out from the ruins, glaring at the group of evil guests who did not come in person with a pair of scarlet eyes.
However, before Voldemort could open his mouth, the group of unsportsmanlike Aurors in front of him had already launched an attack, and a bunch of dangerous dark magic flew directly towards him.
"You all deserve to die!"
Voldemort waved his wand, rolled up the building debris on the ground, and used it as a shield in front of him to block the first wave of intensive attacks from the Aurors.
This was not a stunning spell. The Aurors used their best skills and blew Voldemort away.
"This guy is..."
Scrimgeour's eyes widened, as if he realized whose lair he had destroyed. But now he had no time to hesitate, and he gave orders directly to the Aurors, "Teams take turns suppressing him. Don't hesitate, kill him."
This was the lesson Scrimgeour had learned from Albert, to use the flow of magic to suppress the opponent instead of charging head-on. When the Aurors had the advantage in numbers and no longer held back, even the most powerful wizards would have to retreat.
However, what they are facing at this moment is the most vicious dark wizard in the wizarding world—Voldemort.
Although Voldemort was a little embarrassed when he encountered the Auror's attack, he still managed to block it.
A stream of black magic flame spurted out from the tip of the wand, forming a ferocious monster that pounced towards the Aurors.
The appearance of Fiendfyre made the Aurors feel threatened, but they quickly sent out a team to disperse the devil's flame that had just formed.
The other wizards continued to attack Voldemort with great ferocity.
Just kill him and you can...
However, it wasn't just the Aurors who could kill people; Voldemort was an expert at it.
In the terrifying green light, an unfortunate colleague fell down.
He was killed.
Many Aurors were terrified by the death of their colleagues, and they suddenly remembered that the enemy in front of them was Voldemort.
"You're still alive," Scrimgeour said through gritted teeth.
"Of course I won't die."
Voldemort waved his wand, and the debris of the building flew towards the Aurors like sharp arrows.
As the Aurors put up a barrier to block the attacks from the front, Voldemort had already raised his wand towards Scrimgeour.
A beam of green light flew towards Scrimgeour, and just when it was about to take Scrimgeour's life, a shield made of a large piece of rubble blocked the fatal blow for Scrimgeour.
"Who is it?"
Voldemort looked away suddenly, squinting his eyes as he studied the figure hidden under the Disillusionment Charm.
"Dumbledore is on his way."
Albert waved the wand in his hand lightly, and the building debris that was originally attacking the Aurors stopped and gathered into a stone ball that smashed towards Voldemort.
"You idiot..."
After Voldemort blew up the stone ball, he seemed to feel threatened and summoned a silver shield out of thin air to block the spell.
An eerie gong sounded across the wilderness.
Voldemort's head popped out from behind the silver shield, and the fragments of the exploded stone ball once again enveloped Albert, followed by a fatal Avada Kedavra.
Voldemort did not get what he wanted. Avada Kedavra blew up the stone shield in front of Albert, but failed to hurt him at all. As for the aftermath and fragments of the explosion, he waved them back and surrounded Voldemort.
The Aurors were stunned by the fierce confrontation.
"help."
Scrimgeour shouted.
However, Voldemort did not intend to continue to stalemate with them here, especially after realizing that the guy in front of him who was hiding his head and showing his tail also had strong strength, so he planned to leave.
He suddenly spread his hands to both sides, and the rubble and dust that was about to trap Voldemort suddenly spread in all directions and exploded violently, knocking most of the Aurors to the ground.
"I'll remember you."
With that, Voldemort disappeared.
"You escaped so fast!"
Albert glanced at the ruined house and ignored the injured Auror on the ground. He turned around and disappeared into the darkness, leaving behind a group of unlucky people who were injured by the aftermath.