Dolores Umbridge's order made the Aurors hesitate. One only had to notice the hostile looks from the surrounding students to know this was definitely no pleasant assignment.
Most Aurors had heard of Albert Anderson, and some even knew a fair bit about him, because they had discussed him together not long ago.
Who had effortlessly taken down the Auror squad that had pursued Hagrid?
The Ministry of Magic had yet to find the attacker, but that did not mean they had not identified a suspect.
That was right. The suspect was Albert Anderson.
As the Ministry of Magic's most formidable force of violence, every Auror was highly capable, far beyond what ordinary wizards could handle. Taking down an Auror squad of ten in one go was even more difficult. Even if the attacker had used a despicable ambush, he had ultimately achieved it with only a few very common spells. That meant he was unquestionably an exceptionally powerful wizard.
In all of Hogwarts School, aside from a few Heads of House who might have been capable of doing it, there was only the newly crowned International Duelling Champion.
Albert had proven his strength to the world long ago. Whether it was the dragon he had easily subdued, Barty Crouch Jr., who had tried to ambush him in the maze, or the Dark Wizards he had defeated in the Duelling Competition, all of them highlighted his formidable strength.
Most importantly, Albert rarely used Dark magic. Only an extraordinary wizard could manage that.
Gawain Robards was not stupid enough to make a move. He frowned at Umbridge, unable to understand why this woman had made such a foolish decision. Was she not satisfied with how big this mess had already become?
Did she really think the Ministry of Magic's authority alone could