LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 245: Chapter 242 - City of Calais (2)
Looking around, Alice saw four squads lined up side by side, a tense atmosphere in the air. They had received orders from England's Third Special Grade Wizard - Rose Potter.
Her orders were clear: attack Calais and retreat.
No one questioned the reason for these orders, the soldiers didn't need to think, just do as they were told. Alice wanted to ask why, but remained silent in the face of her comrades' silence.
Then she appeared before her, Rose Potter herself.
She wore a white military suit that matched her hair, and Alice held her breath for a moment as she watched her. Even though she didn't like women, she felt incredible when she saw Rose's appearance. Those incredibly blue eyes seemed to have beautiful sparkles in them.
She was like a fairy. Alice, knowing that Morgan Le Fay was known for her beauty, perhaps assumed that Rose had the same level of beauty.
"On the Spanish border with France, our troops were attacked by five Special Grade beings, three of them from France itself, two of them hired as mercenaries."
Rose looked at the four elite troops and spoke calmly, her eyes glancing at each of them before continuing.
"Fortunately, Lord Black was able to successfully kill two, subdue two, and one escaped."
Rose's words caused everyone present to open their eyes in complete shock. What she had said was no joke, every one of the witches and wizards present knew how strong a special grade wizard was, they were beings that could easily change the geographical landscape.
Now, six of these special grade beings, including Asterion Black, were fighting on the border between Spain and France, how could they not be shocked?
"The mission is simple, I want to know if there are any Special Grade mercenaries in the city of Calais." Rose spoke calmly, her normally smiling face showing a serious and slightly cold expression. Despite her age, she managed to convey a sense of calm to everyone.
Alice immediately raised her arm, but remained silent, waiting for permission to speak.
"Permission to speak granted." Rose looked at the black-haired, blue-eyed girl with a hint of interest.
"What if there are special grade wizards or witches in Calais?" Feeling the eyes on her, Alice suppressed the nervousness in her heart and asked with a bit of courage as she looked at one of the few truly powerful women in the wizarding world.
"If there is, then you can send any signals to the sky and I'll know. I won't let any of those beings hurt them." Rose replied in a determined tone, exuding a confidence that made everyone's eyes feel safe, despite the cruelty of the war that surrounded them.
"You have orders to leave." Rose said and all six troops pounded their chests with their closed fists and shouted at the same time.
"Yes, ma'am!"
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Looking at the wall of giant cannons not far from her, Alice swallowed; who would have thought that a cannon could have such power as theirs? It scared her, it was almost as if wizards and witches were no longer needed to fight wars.
She assumed that modern warfare would be like that.
But would it still be called war if there were no humans fighting in it?
Alice looked at her captain, it was Gregory Greenriver, a veteran Grade 1 wizard from a minor noble house, from the aristocracy faction in the Clock Tower. He was an old man, about sixty years old. His hair was completely gray, and a huge scar covered half of his face. It looked like a flame had disfigured his face.
Although he was old, none of the people present questioned his strength or intelligence, he was the wizard who currently commanded all four elite troops.
"I will not repeat what General Potter has ordered. We're going to make as much noise as possible and then retreat by making waves of attacks in different parts of the city, if you feel something is wrong don't hesitate to retreat, your lives are more important to England".
Gregory, seeing the young but talented faces, spoke with a penetrating huskiness, he didn't want these young people to take too many risks on a reconnaissance mission.
Some of these young people might become Grade 1 wizards, and if they were lucky, a Semi-Special Grade wizard. The chance was small, but it wasn't non-existent, and he had learned that the most effective teaching ground was war, even if war was a cruel and indifferent teacher.
Alice and the others nodded; although Gregory was old, they respected him sincerely. They had personally seen the man fight in the recent battle between Dover and Calais, both sides throwing spells at each other, an attempt to see the levels of the people defending the place.
Seeing everyone's expressions calm and serious, Gregory nodded in satisfaction. "Let's get started." He said, looking at the ramparts that protected the French city.
Everyone stood and drew their wands. The first step in invading the city of Calais was to punch a hole in the barrier protecting the city, not only that, but they had to be fast enough to break through and quickly hide in the city before they were located by the magical detection barrier.
All four teams pointed their wands at a specific point on the barrier, and at the same time, twenty wizards and witches struck the barrier with bolts of energy that resembled lightning flashing across the sky. Phosphorescent plasma dripped onto the ground, partially melting the rocks.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
More and more cracks appeared in the spherical space, making the transparent barrier vaguely visible.
Such a large amount of magical energy in one place could indeed make a hole in the barrier, but it would take a few seconds to accomplish this feat, which was dangerous because the moment this amount of magical energy was released, all the wizards and witches within a radius of at least ten kilometers could sense it.
Crack!
With a sound that calmed everyone's nerves, the transparent orb shattered, opening a hole just over two meters in diameter. Without hesitation, everyone rushed forward without waiting a second. At this point, everyone was racing against time.
Alice strengthened her body with magical energy and shot forward, her surroundings moving extremely fast as she advanced through the alleys and streets of Calais City. When she stopped, she found herself in front of a dark alley and cancelled her magic boost.
Crash!!!
The moment she stopped, Alice heard a crash that seemed to sound miles away from her. She knew that some of her companions had encountered enemies and were fighting at that very moment. Knowing that she couldn't wait any longer, she took a deep breath and used her innate technique.
"Innate Spell Manipulation - Crown of Blood - Blood Manipulation."
With her whisper, the strands of blood danced in her hands, becoming extremely deadly weapons.
With a flick of her hand, Alice controlled the strings of blood with her fingers and made a claw-like slash with her hand.
The lines of blood dancing in the air surgically cut through everything around her, turning houses, walls, and ramparts into nothing but rubble.
She remained indifferent to the screams they heard, or even the wailing of a child who had lost his parents to her attacks.
It wasn't just her who was acting, Gregory on top of a building moved just as quickly, his hands coming together to form a hand seal. Drops of clay began to float around him.
"Innate Spell Manipulation - Clay Manipulation - Clay Golems."
At his words, humanoid creatures made of featureless clay appeared around him.
Gregory didn't stop and changed the hand seals again, but this time, thousands of small clay birds appeared around his body. With a quick flick of his hand, he set them all in motion in an instant.
The golens and clay birds ran and flew everywhere extremely quickly, and when they came in contact with something, something surprising happened.
BOOM!
They exploded in powerful bursts, causing a shocking chaos in the city, which immediately erupted into anarchy with screams and cries. Although Muggles couldn't really see anything related to magic and cursed spirits, they could feel the effects that each one had on them.
This time was no different and Gregory showed no mercy to the Muggle inhabitants of the town, he had orders and he would carry them out no matter how cruel they might be.
Maybe Rose didn't know what her orders meant or what they would lead to, but eventually she would know that she was the mastermind behind thousands of random murders just to find out if there were any special grade wizards or witches in the city of Calais!
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Next Chapter of the Third Volume: Chapter 243 - City of Calais (3), Chapter 244 - City of Calais (4), Chapter 245 - The Grindelwald Plan (1), Chapter 246 - The Grindelwald Plan (2), Chapter 247 - The Grindelwald Plan (3), Chapter 248 - The Grindelwald Plan (4), Chapter 249 - The Grindelwald Plan (5), Chapter 250 - The Grindelwald Plan (6), Chapter 251 - The Blasphemy (1), Chapter 252 - The Blasphemy (2), Chapter 253 - The Blasphemy (3), Chapter 254 - The Blasphemy (4), Chapter 255 - The Blasphemy (5), Chapter 256 - Change in the Wizarding World (1), Chapter 257 - Change in the Wizarding World (2), Chapter 258 - Change in the Wizarding World (3), Chapter 259 - Change in the Wizarding World (4), Chapter 260 - Attack of the City of Marseille (1), Chapter 261 - Attack of the City of Marseille (2).