They showed up!
The Death Eaters who were patrolling in Hogwarts Castle late at night felt the burning sensation from the magic coin in their hands, and realized that Dumbledore's Army had really come out of the Room of Requirement and were planning to go to the castle dungeon to rescue people at night.
However, just when all the Death Eaters were reminded and their spirits were lifted, they still did not receive the second reminder, which meant that they did not catch anyone, or the enemy went to the dungeon.
Snape improved a similar method of transmitting information based on the method previously provided by Malfoy to Dumbledore's Army.
As for using communication bookmarks as a means of delivery like the Defense Society, the Death Eaters also wanted to do so, but that thing obviously could not be made in a short time, because most Death Eaters were better at using dark magic rather than Transfiguration spells. Even if they threatened Professor McGonagall to help make communication bookmarks, they might not dare to use them.
"It seems the Death Eaters have spotted us."
Halfway to the castle dungeon, Arthur noticed a red light on the side of his watch and stopped to look sideways at his sons.
"The Death Eaters probably have some way of communicating with each other." Fred and George looked at each other and were not surprised. "From the beginning, we have guessed that this is a trap. If it is a trap, they must have a way to communicate quickly so as to surround us completely."
Arthur and Bill were both very surprised by this, because the members of the Defense Association were quite calm about this, as if they had expected to be discovered by the enemy. They were all very curious about what these people usually did and why they seemed more experienced than them.
Perhaps noticing the two people's surprised looks, George chuckled and lowered his voice to explain, "The worst case scenario is a full-scale battle with the Death Eaters. Our dueling skills are not inferior to theirs. The reason we choose to be secretive is to make this operation go more smoothly."
"Also, don't forget that the Death Eaters' actions are under our control. They probably don't know this, but we have had an absolute advantage from the very beginning." Fred, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped, turned around, made a hushing gesture to the people behind him, and then made another gesture that neither Arthur nor Bill could understand.
However, everyone around them quietly gathered together, formed a dense array, took out glasses from their pockets and put them on.
"Three, Two, One"
Fred made a hand gesture, and after the countdown ended, he suddenly threw a flare specially made by Albert towards the corner of the corridor. With the help of the cover of white light, the twins and the team who were already wearing sunglasses suddenly appeared in the corridor at the corner, and used spells on the three Death Eaters whose eyes were blinded by the dazzling light, and successfully killed three people in the blink of an eye.
"You guys..."
Arthur and Bill were both stunned by Fred's behavior.
“Flash grenades are particularly useful at night. They can blind people’s eyes unexpectedly. I brought a few with me this time, but I didn’t expect that they would come in handy so soon.
"No one's around."
"Clean up the battlefield."
"What a poor fellow!"
After properly allocating resources to the three Death Eaters, everyone tied them up with ropes and threw them into the empty classroom next door.
"Got three more."
Fred picked up the flash bomb and seemed in a good mood.
"In fact, we should take this opportunity to turn them into rats and capture them and keep them in captivity to prevent them from harming others again." Someone reminded in a low voice.
It is everyone's responsibility to fight the Death Eaters, but if you just defeat them and then let them go, it would be as unnecessary as taking off your pants to fart.
"No, if we kill all the Death Eaters, You-Know-Who will definitely take it out on Hogwarts when he finds out. It's best not to affect the students of the school, and we are not ready to declare war on You-Know-Who yet."
Speaking of the war, the atmosphere around them became extremely serious. Everyone present knew that they would have to fight with the mysterious man.
It's just that the time has not come yet.
So they can't be impatient and need to wait slowly.
…
On the other side, after knocking down a dark wizard who was about to alert the Aurors, Kingsley skillfully used the Imperius Curse to control the dark wizard and let him go into the lounge to tell the Aurors that someone had invaded the castle and needed their help.
"What the hell!"
Rubbing their sleepy eyes, the Aurors, who looked very tired, walked out of the room one by one. When they were reluctant to leave the room, they seemed to sense something and raised their heads to look in a certain direction, but they were already a step too late, because a red spell flew out from the tip of the wand in front of them, knocking down all five Aurors in one breath.
Facts have once again proved that sneak attacks are indeed effective.
“It went even smoother than expected.”
Cedric bent down to pick up the wand that had fallen on the ground and stuffed it into the traceless stretch bag specially used to store wands. He turned his head to look at Kings and said, "We should act separately. One team will go to reinforce Sirius and Lupin, and the other team will go to meet up with Fred and George."
"I'm going to help Sirius and Lupin."
Kingslai said without hesitation that he actually wanted to kill Snape too.
Before leaving, Kings looked at the Aurors who were easily defeated by them, sighed softly and said, "I'll leave Arthur's side in your hands."
At this moment, Sirius and Lupin, who were preparing to kill Snape, did encounter some trouble.
They had originally planned to knock Snape down as planned and then throw him to death from the upstairs, but the magic gold coins began to get hot, ending Snape's communication with Dumbledore and forcing him to pick up his wand at night and prepare to go out to control the situation.
However, Snape's years of vigilance saved his life. When he realized something was wrong, he almost instinctively raised his wand to block Sirius' sneak attack, and retreated back into the headmaster's office before Lupin's spell struck.
"Sirius and Lupin are outside."
Snape cast a spell to temporarily seal the door to the headmaster's office.
"If I were you, I would leave the headmaster's office immediately. It is no longer safe here and that wooden door can't stop them at all." Dumbledore guessed what Fred and George wanted to do.
"No, there is no one in the Ministry of Magic at this time, and once I go to the Ministry of Magic to seek reinforcements, I will probably be blocked in the fireplace." Snape's face looked ugly. He never dreamed that he would be blocked in the office.
"Do not hesitate. Believe me, Sirius and Lupin want to kill you more than anyone else." Dumbledore finally warned, "If you don't leave now, when more of them come, you really won't be able to escape."
Yes, there is only one chance.
Sirius and Lupin would definitely not mind Snape's accidental death.
“It’s really embarrassing.”
Snape clenched the wand in his hand, slowly put it down, walked to the fireplace, grabbed a handful of Floo powder from the box and sprinkled it into the blazing fireplace, then disappeared directly in the rising green flames.
Shortly after Snape disappeared, a flash grenade was thrown in from outside the shredded wooden door.
A few seconds later, Sirius rushed into the headmaster's office with Lupin, only to find it completely empty.
"Damn, where did that damn traitor go."
Sirius held his wand and watched all around. After finally confirming that Snape was not in the headmaster's office, he could no longer hold back and started cursing. He thought he could kill Snape to avenge Dumbledore.
Well, even though this is wishful thinking on their part, now is indeed the best opportunity.
In fact, if Snape had not come out on his own just now, after the rescue operation was over, members of the Order of the Phoenix would have gathered together to besiege Snape.
Unfortunately, Snape came out of the office and escaped by luck, which made Sirius regret not preparing another Felicis Potion for himself.
If I really drink the elixir, maybe I can succeed in my revenge.
"He's already escaped. He just used Floo Powder to go to the Ministry of Magic to seek reinforcements." Phineas looked his great-grandson up and down, surprised that he had the audacity to break into Hogwarts.
"Damn it, I didn't expect him to get away." Sirius gritted his teeth.
"We need help to prevent the Death Eaters outside from reinforcing Hogwarts through the fireplaces." Lupin looked at Phineas's portrait and asked, "Do you know how many fireplaces in the school are connected to the outside world?"
Phineas deliberately ignored Lupin's words because he didn't want to talk to a werewolf.
"Tell me everything you know." Sirius pointed his wand at Phineas's portrait and threatened, "Otherwise, I will burn your painting directly."
"It's no use threatening me. If I don't know, I just don't know." Phineas was very dissatisfied with his great-grandson's threat.
"Damn it, Lemus sent a message to them. The Death Eaters seem to know about our actions. Ask them to rescue the guys in the dungeon as soon as possible!"
"No, they already know." Lupin pointed to his watch and said, "Should we meet up with the others?"
"No, there are enough people over there. Let's stay here first. I don't believe they dare to use the Floo Network to come over."
Sirius used the Disillusionment Charm again to hide himself, and they pointed their wands at the fireplace from all directions, ready to knock down any Death Eater who just popped out of the fireplace.