"Rumble—"
Explosions were still ringing out one after another from outside, and the protective barrier covering the stronghold was like an overturned salad bowl, shaking frequently with the explosions, scattering little bits of silver.
Many wizards and wizards in the stronghold were coming and going in a hurry. Although they were anxious, there was not much fear on their faces and they were still doing what they should do in an orderly manner.
They all entered this disaster place based on their own will. It can be said that everyone has been mentally prepared to die for struggling and resisting.
It must be said that they are the real warriors in the European magic world. Even though their strength is relatively insufficient, none of them are willing to back down.
Because they know in their hearts that when the disaster gets out of control, someone has to stand up.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, one of the witches waving her wand and carrying a box of emergency potions, hurriedly passing by the Burrow, paused and subconsciously raised her head.
After being stunned for a moment, she couldn't help but look up at the sky and muttered to herself with some surprise:
"The barrier... seems to be stabilizing again?"
Because just now, Hermione had issued the latest instructions. According to the plan, once this second protective barrier is broken, Sarah will reopen her alchemical barrier to block the enemy group. At the same time, Safina, Harry, Mr. Blois, and even Hermione herself will all fight against the invading enemies and completely start the retreat process.
It is said that Hermione will have some follow-up measures after that, but that has nothing to do with volunteers like them, so no detailed information was given.
However, no matter what backup plan Hermione had left, once this barrier was broken, it would definitely mean that the "Nail Plan" had failed. This is undesirable for anyone who hopes to successfully resist disaster.
Therefore, when the witch found that the barrier protecting the stronghold had stabilized under the high-intensity attack of the zombie army, she even had an excited smile on her face.
However, I am still happy. Before the new instructions come down, what I should do will not change. The witch just paused for a moment, then quickly continued running forward with the box, but her pace seemed much brisker.
And not long after she left the door of the Burrow, under the stairs in the living room of the Burrow, the trap door suddenly moved, and then was suddenly pushed open by a hand from the inside.
"Crack."
The trapdoor was turned over and leaning against the back of the stairs. Immediately afterwards, two figures were seen hurriedly crawling out from below, one after the other.
Obviously, these are Ginny and Hannah who are responsible for maintaining the core of the array in the basement. At the moment, it can be seen that the two people who just came up from below are both red-faced and panting. There is sweat on their foreheads, and even the ends of their hair are stuck to their cheeks with sweat.
At this moment, the protective barrier has returned to stability, which is naturally the result of the two of them. However, although the temporary formation change was successful, they were exhausted for a while.
"Huh... the air up there is really much fresher..."
Hannah held her knees and took two deep breaths, and couldn't help but sigh. But at this moment, she heard Ginny beside her suddenly say:
"Where's Ron? Isn't his job to stay in the living room and guard the basement entrance? Where are the others?"
After hearing this, Hannah straightened up, raised her head, and followed Ginny, who was looking around, and took two steps.
"Could there be other tasks? You know, there is obviously an emergency happening outside, otherwise we wouldn't need to activate the registration -"
"No!" Ginny shook her head decisively, "You also know how important the core of this rune array is... In fact, if it weren't for the estimation that the external combat power might not be enough, Hermione originally planned to let Harry stay here to guard it. Not to mention, Ron..."
Although it is obviously not good to say something like this, Ron's lack of fighting ability is a fact after all. Even if more people are needed to help outside, Ron won't have to be handed over, right
Ginny shook her head again and swallowed back what might have been a bit unfair to Ron - in the final analysis, as a younger sister, Ginny was actually more worried at this time.
"... I hope he's okay."
After a quick search in the living room, they found that Ron was indeed not there. Ginny and Hannah hurriedly ran out of the Burrow and headed straight to the east tower.
…
If it really comes to the point where a temporary change of formation needs to be activated, Hannah and Ginny will definitely not be able to stay in the basement anymore.
Because the doubling of the magic power conversion amount is unstable, problems may occur in the core of the formation at any time, and a collapse is likely to occur at this time. Although because the core is arranged in the basement, even if the core part collapses, the impact on the ground will be minimized, but it is still very dangerous to stay in the basement.
So Hermione and Ginny had agreed that after they came out, they could go to the east tower to join them with Ron who was guarding the living room.
However, Hermione did not expect that when the rune barrier was shaken by the self-destruction of living corpses, Ron was the only one who hurried over.
"He... He... Hermione..."
Ron seemed to have rushed all the way from the Burrow, and when he appeared in front of Hermione, he seemed to be almost paralyzed from exhaustion. He was seen holding on to the wall pillar, breathing heavily, and called Hermione intermittently.
"Ron?" Hermione looked at his half-dead look, then glanced behind him, and then frowned, "Why are you alone? Where are Ginny and Hannah?"
"Ginny... and... Hannah... phew..." Ron gasped, unable to speak clearly, "They -"
"Hey... Anyway, you should take a breath first."
Although they were worried about Ginny and Hannah's situation, the stronghold was currently under a high-intensity attack, and more than just one or two people were in danger. Seeing someone coming to report on the battle situation in other directions, Hermione could only wave her hand at Ron, and then hurriedly turned around to continue giving orders.
"Now that Miss Geofine has left the southern defense line, that side will definitely suffer a more severe blow... Let the south tower open all the gravity traps I have arranged. How long can it last..."
Hermione was explaining the response plan very quickly, asking the messenger to deliver the notice immediately, but at the next moment, she heard a guard standing by the wall suddenly shout:
"Miss Granger, be careful—"
In fact, at the same time that the guard shouted, Hermione also caught a glimpse of a cold silver light from the corner of her eye. And when she turned back following the cold light, she discovered that its source was actually a silver dagger held upside down in Ron's hand.
At that moment, Ron's eyes turned into two deep blacks.