While Maka is still seizing the time to check on the two survivors, let us turn back the time slightly and go back to the moment when London conveyed the news that "the team led by Sirius failed to return on time" to Spiral Town. .
It must be said that Maka and Lupine were right to trust Sirius.
As a wizard who was framed by his friends and spent twelve years in Azkaban wizard prison with a large number of dementors, he was still able to escape alone under almost impossible circumstances.
Regardless of his already strong combat prowess, his mental perseverance and wisdom and bravery when in danger are enough for him to persevere until the last moment in any desperate situation. .
So... yes, even though he frequently encountered dangers after leading the team into the fog, he still relied on his excellent on-the-spot wisdom and judgment to go deep into the city and find the cellar where the survivors were without reducing the number of people.
However, when he comforted several fearful survivors in the cellar and tried to lead everyone out of the fog. He suddenly found that the journey back seemed to be more difficult than when he came.
Because before, there were only living corpses passing by in groups on the street, but suddenly there were more and more of them inexplicably—those guys seemed to be moving with purpose!
"Go back! Everyone go back!"
When Sirius and another Auror took the lead in exploring the path and carefully looked out from the entrance of an alley, he was very unlucky enough to meet a living corpse in the first place.
Not only that!
At that moment, more living corpses on the street outside came into his sight.
"Keep running! Don't look back—"
Although he had been discovered, he still kept his voice as low as possible to prevent more living corpses that were closer to them from prematurely noticing their presence.
For him, even if it can buy him one second more time to escape, that would be good.
"Prepare!"
When he immediately asked the team members behind him to retreat with the survivors, Sirius nodded to his companions who were exploring the path with him.
The next second, both of them stretched out their wands at the same time.
"There are many obstacles!"
Obviously, there is no such thing as "synchronous spell casting" in the modern magic world.
After all, this requires multiple casters to have a unified understanding of the spell's incantation. Since the rules and runes originating from the ancient magical world, the basis for standardizing magic, have long been lost, today's magic teaching generally favors individual interpretations.
In fact, this is actually a training method that Lupine learned from Maka after seeing the excellent tacit understanding of the twins Fred and George.
"I have to say, this really works in emergencies!"
After Sirius and the Auror simultaneously cast a barrier spell towards the entrance of the alley, they immediately turned around and chased the people who had evacuated first. But while running faster, he didn't forget to glance back to see what the effect was.
When he saw that the living corpses that followed them into the alley were instantly blocked there, and even became a mess because the people behind them were also squeezing forward, he couldn't help but secretly thought.
He had tried it before when he came here. If one person casts a barrier spell on those zombies, he could only block four or five ordinary zombies for about three seconds at most, which is the limit.
But now, two obstacle spells cast simultaneously blocked many more living corpses than before at one end of the alley.
Although this has a lot to do with the terrain, the intensity of synchronized casting is obvious - it is by no means as simple as one plus one equals two.
"Captain, how do we go ahead?"
"left!"
Hearing the team member at the front ask, Sirius had no time to sigh and quickly looked up. But to be honest, although he answered quickly and decisively, by now, they actually felt like they had no choice.
After arriving in this alleyway, they encountered groups of living corpses several times when trying to get out. Although they had withdrawn without alerting the other party a few times before, they were still discovered this time.
And when the surrounding exits seemed to be surrounded by living corpses, and there were enemies chasing them behind them, they suddenly felt like they were trapped and unable to extricate themselves.
in short…
"We're screwed!"
Naturally, the person who said these words could not be a member of the Auror team who went deep into the fog area to come to the rescue, but a young man among the survivors.
"No," Sirius said immediately after hearing this, "Will, how's the front going?"
"The front... can't do it either!"
The Auror who was running at the front suddenly stopped at the entrance of the alley while running, and then immediately turned around to stop the survivors who were following him.
"Go back! Quick!"
Before he finished speaking, he flicked his wand behind him without looking back, and a red light suddenly shot towards the entrance of the alley. And almost at the same time, a figure suddenly rushed in from the outside, rushing towards him as if he was actively facing his magic spell.
"boom!"
With a dull impact that was not too loud, the living corpse flew out and hit another living corpse following behind it.
Then, the two rolled into a ball and fell out.
"Come on, leave this to me!"
The well-trained Auror team members did not hesitate. The moment they saw the other party blocking the enemy, they immediately dragged the scared survivors away from the alley entrance.
However, even if one companion was sacrificed without hesitation, it seemed impossible for the remaining people to escape from this alley.
Because the obstacle spell that was cast simultaneously had been broken, and the groups of living corpses had already chased them to the fork they turned just now.
When both ends of a straight road are blocked, is it possible for the person in the middle to escape
"No way, captain! Let's just use the broomstick—just take as many people out as you can!"
With the number of survivors, they would definitely not be able to take everyone away - it was already impossible when all members of the team were present, and it was certainly impossible now.
In an emergency, saving as many as possible seems to be the best choice as a last resort.
But at this most urgent moment...
"No, don't worry, there is still hope."
It was obvious that Sirius had not lost his proper composure until this moment. I saw that he no longer even looked at the living corpses crowded on both sides, but just glanced back and forth in this increasingly shorter alleyway.
There is a window over there, but it's still too far; and the balcony above... it will definitely take too much time to send the survivors up...
"Bang!"
Suddenly, Sirius suddenly waved the wand in his hand, then waved and shouted:
"Here, come here-"