Meeting

"The stronghold made use of the natural limestone cave system beneath a medieval castle. Its total area was roughly four thousand square meters, divided into five levels."

Kingsley brought up the structural sketch of the Carcassonne stronghold that the Confederation technical team had sent over simultaneously.

"The top two levels were living quarters and supply warehouses. The middle level was the hatching workshop and Rune Plate maintenance area. The bottom two levels were the encrypted Chamber of Secrets and the Relay Station main server room. After the joint task force entered from the surface, it took nearly an hour to finish clearing the entire cave system. The enemy mounted organized resistance, but under the coordinated offensive of the Auror forces from the four countries, they failed to form an effective defense."

"How are the casualties?" Vivi asked.

"On the joint task force's side, one Auror from the French Ministry of Magic was struck in the left arm by a directed guidance pulse during the raid. He is currently receiving treatment at the local magical medical center in Carcassonne and is not in mortal danger. On The Ashwinder Party's side, three were killed in the firefight, twenty-three were arrested, and none escaped. Before the operation, the Auror forces of the four countries placed every entrance and exit to the stronghold under full lockdown, including three secret escape passages."

Kingsley set the communicator on the table and picked up his coffee for a sip.

"The success of this operation is largely thanks to the batch of documents we seized in Aldeburgh. The duty roster and internal structural diagram Kingsley obtained in Aldeburgh gave the Confederation intelligence analysis team key clues about The Ashwinder Party's stronghold distribution across continental Europe. The intelligence analysis team spent three days fully cross-checking the movement trails and