The Admiral of Hogwarts

"Take him down." After discovering their enterprise was surrounded on three sides by the enemy near the lake, the leading Japanese wizard in pursuit revealed a cruel smile.

At his command, seven or eight spells flew towards Enterprise near the lake, interspersed with several spells that appeared to be filled with evil and the power of death.

However, Enterprise didn't stand her ground and try to block the spells. Instead, she jumped into the lake with a splash, causing the spells to strike the bushes behind her, turning the entire clump into a bonfire.

"It's fine. Her jumping into the lake is just a death wish." Seeing the spells miss and Enterprise escape by jumping into the lake, the leading white-robed Japanese wizard didn't show much frustration.

"We released twenty Kappa into the lake beforehand. Normally, just five Kappa are enough to kill a well-trained wizard. Moreover, that witch ate quite a bit of poison with her meal, so she's doomed."

"Yes, yes—" "That's right—"

As soon as the leading wizard finished speaking, a chorus of agreement arose from below.

However, before they could offer much praise, another white-robed Japanese wizard hurried over with his head lowered.

"Is the situation in the restaurant under control?" Seeing someone coming from the direction of the restaurant, the leading wizard immediately cleared his throat and asked.

"It's under control, sir. Everyone is under our control except for that American witch who just escaped." Hearing the leader's question, the wizard bowed before speaking. "Even though we did our best, Tanaka-kun and Uchida-kun couldn't be saved. They gloriously died."

"—Rest assured, we have already successfully avenged them." Hearing the report from his subordinate, the leader first sighed, then said, "Under our pursuit, that witch has been forced to jump into the lake. I think in a moment, we'll see—"

The leader turned around, pointing at the lake, but before he could finish speaking, a green corpse floated to the surface.

"—This is just a desperate struggle. She can't hold out for long underwater." Seeing the Kappa corpse floating dozens of meters from the shore, the leader's face darkened before he argued.

However, the reality was the opposite of what he imagined. In the next two minutes, sixteen more Kappa corpses floated to the surface one after another, stretching from the center of the lake to the river's mouth.

When the first Kappa corpse floated up from underwater, the surrounding wizards fell into silence again. By the time the last corpse floated to the surface, even the sound of breathing was almost inaudible.

"Alright, that's enough." After several seconds of silence, the leading Japanese wizard waved his hand helplessly. "Now, the island has restricted Apparition, so she can't escape far. We'll just proceed according to plan."

At the command, the surrounding white-robed wizards simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief. After all, everyone had seen Enterprise's combat prowess in the water just now. If they were ordered to chase her underwater at this time, it would basically be a near-certain death.

"Have we controlled all external communication methods here?" The leading wizard knew what his subordinates were thinking, but he didn't care much about it, at least not now.

"Yes, we've controlled them all." The wizard who had come from the tent earlier said, "Next, will we send a distress signal to the Japanese Ministry of Magic and ambush the reinforcements as originally planned?"

"Yes, now it depends on the actions of Team Two." The leader wizard waved his hand, issuing the order. "As long as they can intercept and eliminate the reinforcements sent from the Edo direction, then we will have the overall situation under control."

Several minutes later, a magical signal was sent from the campsite towards the eastern part of Leyte Island. Soon, several ominous purple lights flashed beneath the sea seventy nautical miles east of the island, and then several huge black shadows sailed towards Leyte Gulf.

While earth-shattering changes were taking place at the campsite, Hugo himself, along with the Beauxbatons upperclassman, Emma, stealthily embarked on their journey.

After receiving Enterprise's warning, he immediately abandoned his plan to camp for the night and instead chose to head to the beach of Leyte Gulf, seven or eight kilometers to the east, overnight.

"Who's there?" Just as the two were walking forward in the dark, one in front of the other, a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes by the roadside.

"Don't shoot!" After hearing the question, a young man's voice came from the bushes, and then a Beauxbatons student in a blue uniform walked out of the bushes.

"Johnny, what are you doing here?" After seeing the boy's face clearly, Emma in the back immediately showed an excited expression. "This is just great—"

Several minutes later, after exchanging information, the two sides each embarked on their chosen paths. However, unlike before, the upperclassman Emma was more willing to trust her schoolmate, so only Hugo continued on the next journey alone.

"Finally got rid of that tail." After cautiously walking into the darkness for a few minutes, Hugo heard footsteps beside him, and then Enterprise walked out from behind a tree. "It will be much easier for you to handle things alone next."

"What's the specific situation now?" After the two reunited, Hugo walked eastward, one foot deep and one foot shallow, while asking, "What exactly happened on your side just now?"

"The attackers should be wizards from the White Robe Society." Enterprise held Hugo with one hand, and used a machete to cut through the plants on the road with the other. "The other party first poisoned our drinks and food during dinner, and then suddenly attacked us."

"Of course, those guys certainly didn't expect there would be someone like me who couldn't be poisoned, and then I caught them off guard and killed two of them to break through."

"As for the changes on the island, I don't know what means the other party used to disrupt a large area of space around us, cutting off the use of Floo Network or Apparition. But this means that if there really are reinforcements—"

Speaking of this, Enterprise suddenly paused, and only said to Hugo after a few seconds. "That little gadget I threw into the communications room just now heard something interesting."

"According to the other party's communications, the White Robe Society is divided into three teams this time. One team attacked us, one team is ambushing at sea preparing to attack the Japanese Ministry of Magic personnel who come to support us, and the last team will take advantage of the Ministry of Magic's main force leaving Tokyo to attack the Ministry of Magic."

"It sounds pretty perfect, luring the tiger away from the mountain, avoiding strength and attacking weakness. But the problem is, how did these White Robe Society people determine that the Japanese Ministry of Magic would definitely act according to their ideas?"

"The Japanese Ministry of Magic spent a lot of effort to actively apply for the right to host this Alchemist Competition, and they attach great importance to it from top to bottom. Therefore, it is inevitable that they will send their main force to relieve the siege after the venue is attacked."

"However, the area is so large that the probability of the Japanese Ministry of Magic's reinforcements directly running into the White Robe Society's ambush is really not high." Speaking of this, Enterprise frowned, but quickly relaxed again.

"But this approach is also quite in line with the habits of the Japanese, such as the famous Nine-Stage Attack before World War II. They will always only think that the enemy will definitely act according to what they think."

"You're right, although it sounds a bit strange, this should be the most reasonable explanation." After listening to Enterprise's words, Hugo shrugged and said.

Because walking was too slow, Enterprise simply carried Hugo and ran towards the east coast.

Just as the two could see the sea reflecting the sparkling silver light under the moonlight, Hornet's nervous voice suddenly came from the Admiral Network.

"Fleet, a fleet is approaching Leyte Gulf from the east. The leading flagship is... is Yamato!"

"What!"