"It's really surprising that you would come to me for help at this time. It seems that the plan has failed."
McNeill was very surprised that Snape came to see him. He invited him into the house to talk in detail, and took out some red wine from the wine cabinet and poured him a glass.
"The net was caught with a big fish and it broke the net."
Snape took the red wine from McNeill and explained, "The Order of the Phoenix is here. I suspect it's not just them. I think the Defense Association is here too. Hogwarts Castle will soon be under their control."
"So, you ran away on your own?"
McNeill really didn't expect that Snape would abandon everyone else and run away.
"I killed Dumbledore, the Order of the Phoenix will not let me go easily." Snape knew what McNeill was thinking and said softly, "If I had run slower, I would have been surrounded and killed in the school."
McNeill clinked his glasses with Snape and asked, "How can I help you?"
"I could use some help."
Snape took a sip of red wine and stated his purpose.
"It may be difficult to gather enough people in a short period of time to retake Hogwarts."
McNeill frowned slightly. At this time, everyone else had already rested, so why did he go there to find someone
"Let the Aurors go!" Snape reminded, "Now that Hogwarts has been invaded, I think it's time for the Aurors to play a role."
"Well... are you sure they won't turn against us?"
McNeill was a little hesitant. Most of the Aurors under his command were not trustworthy. Many of them were willing to stay in the Ministry of Magic just for the high salaries and benefits of the Aurors.
"Probably not. If they wanted to switch sides, they would have done so long ago, and..."
Snape briefly expressed his personal opinion on the matter.
He didn't think that the Order of the Phoenix would occupy Hogwarts Castle for a long time. It was more likely that they suddenly appeared tonight to rescue people, and they would leave the school after rescuing them.
Snape sent the Aurors to Hogwarts just to find out whether their own people in the school were still resisting and whether the people from the Order of the Phoenix and the Defense Society had left the school.
He wanted to take back the school as quickly as possible and minimize the trouble.
"Okay, I'll have someone notify them." McNeill agreed to use the group of Aurors as cannon fodder.
He knew about Snape's plan and had made sufficient preparations, but it still failed. It was obviously not because of a problem with the plan, but because the number of people who came to rescue the family members was greater than theirs. Otherwise, how could the big net set up by Snape fail
The enemy was obviously very difficult to deal with, otherwise Snape would not have escaped from Hogwarts in such a miserable way.
He suspected that Snape had run into a rock with that Mudblood, which was why he ended up in such a miserable state.
McNeill felt that this scene was familiar. The last unlucky guy was Yaxley, and it seemed to be the same...
"You owe me one."
McNeill finished the red wine in his glass, walked to the fireplace, grabbed a handful of Floo powder and sprinkled it into the fireplace, then stepped directly into the forest green flames and headed for the Ministry of Magic.
After the two arrived at the Ministry of Magic, McNeill immediately found the employee who stayed behind and asked him to inform the Aurors that there was an urgent mission.
Being woken up in the middle of the night is definitely not a pleasant experience. Most Aurors came to the Ministry of Magic cursing, and after learning the situation, they reluctantly went to Hogwarts via the Floo Network.
"It seems that the people from the Order of the Phoenix have already left?"
After seeing the Auror return safely, Snape guessed the result.
The members of the Order of the Phoenix and the Defense Society have been evacuated, and the five students' families imprisoned in the Hogwarts dungeons have also been rescued.
The entire castle was eerily quiet, and it didn't look like it had just been invaded.
"All our people are missing?"
After listening to the Auror's report, McNeill's face looked very unhappy.
"They shouldn't kill people easily. Let the Aurors look for them carefully." Snape was very sure that the Order of the Phoenix would not kill people easily.
Sure enough, after a while, the five Aurors who were cast under the Disillusionment Charm were found. They were all knocked unconscious and thrown in the corner like dead dogs. The only problem was that they could not be awakened by the spell.
"He must have been fed the Living Hell Decoction."
After Snape examined the unconscious Auror, he gave his own judgment, "Go get them some stimulant potion to drink and they will wake up."
After the problem was solved, the other knocked down dark wizards were found one by one by Aurors. They all had similar symptoms. No one knew why the other party did that, but there must be a reason.
After returning to the headmaster's office with Snape, McNeill asked straight to the point, "What are you going to do next?"
After Snape repaired and closed the door of the headmaster's office, he said, "I haven't thought about it yet. I plan to think of other ways."
"How about... threatening him with Hogwarts students or professors?" McNeill suggested tentatively, "He should have some good friends, right?"
When he said this, he was completely unaware that the portraits around him were staring at him with their eyes open.
"There's no point in doing that. It will only completely infuriate him." Snape refused directly.
"Isn't it good to irritate him?" McNeill asked puzzledly.
"That guy is not Dumbledore." Snape looked at McNeill deeply and reminded him, "He is a more dangerous and cruel guy. Don't forget that those guys who tried to attack him at his wedding were retaliated and are almost dead."
McNeill remained silent. He did not know much about Albert Anderson, the Mudblood. He only knew that he was very powerful and smart. He also formed a defense association to fight against them, and was regarded as a great enemy by the Dark Lord.
"That guy restrained his people from killing ours just to keep the last bottom line for both sides. Once we take the initiative to break this tacit understanding, things may not end as well as tonight." Snape trembled his lips and said softly, "All the Death Eaters and dark wizards who were knocked down in the castle tonight will probably die."
"But hasn't that Mudblood killed many Death Eaters?" McNeill looked stunned.
"That's different. It was Scrimgeour and the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic who killed him. It has nothing to do with him." Snape explained: "Once the situation gets out of control, it will be even worse than the one in Hogsmeade. By then, both sides will do whatever it takes to kill each other. How much advantage do you think we can have?"
After all, the reason they were able to rule the British wizarding world was more because of the Dark Lord.
Although the Death Eaters are a very powerful group, they seem powerless when facing Albert Anderson, a monster comparable to Dumbledore. What's more, that guy has trained a group of powerful thugs. If you think about it carefully, they are simply a replica of the You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters.
The situations of both parties were reversed.
However, the Defense Association members were clearly more popular than them.
"So, if the Dark Lord can't kill the Mudblood, no matter what we do, it will be useless?" McNeill also realized this problem, "Then what about your mission? I don't think the Dark Lord will allow you to give up that mission."
He doubted that the Dark Lord was still counting on Snape to help him kill the Mudblood.
"The Dark Lord did not give me a specific time," Snape changed the subject. "According to the information sent back by the informant, the Order of the Phoenix seems to believe that the two sides will fight sooner or later, and they are all preparing for that decisive battle."
"The final battle? The Dark Lord and that Mudblood?"
"No, the final battle with Harry Potter." Snape continued, "Another thing, Albert Anderson has now completely taken control of the Order of the Phoenix..."
"Do you think we should also prepare for the final battle?" McNeill interrupted with a frown.
"Yes, we'd better not keep going on about it, otherwise similar things will just keep happening again." Snape said solemnly, "Perhaps, we should convene another Death Eater meeting to discuss this matter."