Apart from Lunn, the Aura of the Ministry of Magic had been dispatched without notifying the head of the office.
Apart from their colleagues who were on guard duty, even those who were on vacation were temporarily divided into several groups. Some of the elite armed Aura would teleport to various places in England with the list of targets they were responsible for and execute the corresponding methods according to the target. Most of them would temporarily maintain the stability of the wizarding world in England.
In Ziggs Pharmacy in Diagon Alley, Avery, who was wearing a peacock green magic robe and carrying a pack of Fox Charm insecticides, turned around to tell his son not to wander around and go home. However, when he turned around, he was surprised to find himself surrounded by Aura. He then heard that they wanted to arrest him. As soon as he asked the question, the Aura was knocked down to the ground without caring about his old age. The young wizard in the shop heard the noise and came to check. When he saw his old father being knocked down, he was so angry that he lost his mind and threw away the magic mink that he used to kill the goblins in the garden. He wanted to fight back with his magic wand, but before he could pull it out, he was knocked back to the shop.
In the bathroom of an ancestral house not far from Wiltshire and Malfoy's manor, a pure-blooded wizard was shaving his beard in front of the mirror with his magic wand. When he saw the Aura in the mirror, he turned around and yelled. His wife, who was in the kitchen outside, ran in and saw her husband being knocked down. She screamed out loud, but when she saw the Aura looking at her, she quickly covered her mouth and watched as the Aura took the wizard away.
In the Witzhard Publishing House, there were usually spell books as big as floor tiles with golden embossments in the shop window. Now, in addition to the book "The Amazing Quidditch", the bookstore was also full of self-published publications under the banner of freedom of speech that were either veiled or blatantly anti- Ministry of Magic and anti- Harris.
Dempster Wiggleswald, the former reporter of the Daily Prophet who was now the chief editor of the publishing house, saw the Aura and immediately put down his pen as if he had accepted his fate. He stood up and asked the other employees not to move. He cooperated and raised his hands to let the Aura tie him up.
However, this group of Aura did not act like the other groups. As long as the target cooperated, they would not do anything else. In addition to taking away Wigsward, they checked for a few hours and took away a lot of manuscripts, causing chaos in the publishing house.
When the group of rude enforcers walked out of the publishing house, the leader, Aura, raised her magic wand and acted in concert with her colleagues in the other groups. She marked the door of the publishing house with an "X", indicating that the shop was currently suspected of being related to the Death Eaters and reminding the wizards to pay attention.
Soon, the big move of the Ministry of Magic caused a sensation in the wizarding world that day.
Regarding Aura's sudden arrest of many people on the charge of being related to the Death Eaters and leaving a warning sign in front of the door, the pureblood families in England knew that this was inevitable after the incident with Malfoy.
The purebloods, who had no real way to counterattack or defend themselves, could only come up with the measures and self-defense measures they could think of. They made use of the power and influence their family had accumulated over the years in England, as well as public opinion and connections, and tried to twist the idea that the series of actions by the Ministry of Magic was the Harris family taking the opportunity to take revenge and seize power. They also listed the declining income of their family businesses, tax receipts, and some families even listed the contributions of their ancestors to the world of magic, hoping to win the sympathy of the people and imply that they were the victims of the political struggle.
These words were pale in the face of the evidence provided by Lucius Malfoy himself in the interview. In addition, the assassination of Lucius made the pureblood families' attempt to use the reputation of the Malfoy family to prove that his words were not credible.
However, since the number of people arrested was not small in the wizarding world, it did cause a lot of people to panic and sympathize with them. This was especially true for some families who were neutral in the past. When they saw their distant relatives being arrested one by one, they began to fear that Harris would use this opportunity to further control the British magic world. Therefore, they began to express some opposition to this kind of large-scale white terror, and secretly supported some protests that sympathized with the pure-blood families.
But on the other hand, the floating city, which was also a member of the British wizarding world, had previously introduced a large number of immigrants from all over the world. There was no doubt that they would trust Harris more, who accepted them and provided them with good living and working conditions. Moreover, many of the immigrants were refugees who were exiled because of the Death Eaters' pillaging and burning, not to mention the deep-seated hatred of the mysterious sorcerers who had their loved ones killed. After seeing that the pureblood families were funding the Death Eaters, their long-suppressed anger and humiliation reached its peak. Not to mention, even the mysterious sorcerers themselves were of British origin. Unlike the natives of the British magical world, because their lives were more or less closely related to the businesses of the pureblood families, the immigrants did not care about the contributions that the pureblood families had made to the United Kingdom.
In name, the Aura wanted to warn the public that these houses and shops were suspected of being related to the Death Eaters of The Dark Lord, and they became the channels for their anger to vent. For a time, these pureblood families' shops were stolen and vandalized from time to time. Even the ordinary sorcerers working in the shops were abused and even attacked.
In addition to the reasons for revenge, many of them showed the despicable side of human nature.
The locals had better jobs and enjoyed better treatment, and they had to do some work that even required them to serve the Muggle to make a living. Some sneaky people thought that if they could defeat the traditional forces, the emerging forces might provide them with more and better jobs, so they also protested with all their might — protesting against the pureblood families who supported the Dark Lord, protesting against the protests of the pureblood families who sympathized with the pureblood families.
The Aura's patrol under Scrimgeour, the head of the Aura's office, had been constantly trying to stop this illegal behavior. However, the Law Enforcement Department temporarily did not allow the erasing of the mark because ordinary people needed to have the right to know. Under the situation where they had to wait for the results of the trial, this kind of prevention became the resumption of work.
Everyone understood that this was Harris taking the opportunity to clean up the British wizarding world, but everyone also understood that some pureblood families had played with fire this time and tried to use terrorists to control Harris.
The light Magus Dumbledore, who was the last straw, had no way of protesting like the pureblood families who had pinned their hopes on him. Moreover, Dumbledore himself had fallen out with the pureblood families because of the incident with Grindelwald, and he owed Harris a favour. Of course, the more important reason was that the Ministry of Magic was now in the right hands. Dumbledore hated this kind of political struggle, but as a light Magus who had spent the latter half of his life fighting against the Dark Lord, the pureblood families had really crossed his bottom line by sponsoring the Dark Lord.
On television and in print media, the officials of the Ministry of Magic spared no effort in promoting the legitimacy of their actions and the dangers posed by the Dark Lord. The few pureblood officials did not dare to speak carelessly at this time. The reason why the Ministry of Magic did not carry out an internal cleansing was probably because they were afraid of influencing and evidence.
On the second day of the arrest, the head of the Ministry of Magic, Owen, had no choice but to appease the protesting crowd.
"The Ministry of Magic has always been committed to fighting against the Death Eaters, and has invested a huge amount of manpower and resources. But who would have thought that there would be so many of us in the United Kingdom who would support the insane Lord Voldemort for our own selfish interests. This has caused many families in other countries to lose their homes and many Magi to lose their loved ones, lovers, and children …
We can't stand by and watch these countries suffer. We can't deny that we have some responsibility for the Lord Voldemort's havoc in the European countries.
And now, Mr Malfoy has handed over the evidence of his crimes to the Ministry of Magic. After he experienced the assassination, we will protect him and his family closely. The Ministry of Magic will examine the evidence of his crimes! We will not be lenient because of their identity … In fact, what I'm more distressed about is that our Ministry of Magic has found out more about the illegal transactions of contraband … Also, I assure you that this investigation will not end in a short period of time. The Ministry of Magic will … "
A sudden sense of uneasiness caused Owen to stop talking.
"Leave this place quickly!" Fearful shouts could be heard from the factory not far away!
A few well-trained armed Aura rushed over, but they were not as fast as the Undead Knights. Owen was already protected by the Viking Knights who raised their shields. The protesting crowd was still unaware of what had happened and looked around blankly.
In an instant, a dazzling magical light erupted from the factory.
Following a loud bang, it was as though a drumstick was used to beat the heads of the people present. Many people discovered that their ears were temporarily unable to hear anything, only a buzzing sound.
Owen, who was surrounded by the Undead Knights, had just pulled out his wand and was about to cast a large-scale defensive spell to help the others when a pungent shockwave surged over. The shockwave was blocked by the Undead Knights' shields, but the pungent stench of a monster's wet armpit easily knocked the head of the Ministry of Magic to the ground.
For a short period of time, Owen was unable to think due to the stench. He fell to the ground in a daze and felt that his eyes were indeed open. The burning sensation made him unable to see anything, and the explosion made him temporarily unable to hear anything.
Owen felt that someone was dragging him towards the center of the shield. The Moon Shrine, the touch of his heels on the ground, and the cold feeling under his armpit allowed Owen to confirm that the Undead Knight was indeed dragging him under his armpit. Then, his hearing began to recover, and he heard some vomiting and coughing sounds from being snatched away.
The windows in the surrounding streets started to shake due to the explosion. Some sticky brown substance with ugly spots fell on the streets like raindrops. Some even stuck to the camera lens and looked like mutated slugs. They emitted a pungent smell between the monster's toes and armpits, causing the area of fainting and vomiting to expand.
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