If someone had been watching this wealthy district from above, they would have seen that the moment the street where Kingsley Shacklebolt and Lupin were located was engulfed by a sudden Big Bang Hex, Melee broke out across the district at the same time.
No one knew exactly how it had happened, including Donald Graves and Jacob Graves.
The brothers swept their shocked gazes over the houses standing in the darkness. The unceasing screams struck at their minds like some kind of curse.
What was going on?
Crack!
The sound of space twisting made the two men and the surrounding Aurors instinctively point their wands in that direction. Then they saw a blood-soaked figure squeeze out of the air. He had suffered severe Splinching—his lower body was already gone.
But a wizard's tenacious vitality kept him alive!
Upon seeing Donald and Jacob, the wizard vomited blood in great mouthfuls as he struggled to cry out, "Deputy Minister, it was Jack... Captain Jack betrayed us! I saw him kill Gerard and Maria with my own eyes... Merlin..."
Betrayal?
What an unfamiliar word!
Nothing like this had ever happened among the Aurors. The reason was simple: they all bore the Graves surname and came from the same family. Under the system of clan politics, the Graves family's control over the Magical Security Department was no mere claim.
But this was clearly not the time to get to the bottom of it.
"Healers! Get over here and treat Daniel's injuries!"
Two Aurors rushed over and cast simple healing spells, barely managing to stop the bleeding of the Auror named Daniel.
Donald suppressed the panic rising within him as the situation visibly spiraled out of control, trying to steady his emotions.
As an Auror commander, he had extensive experience handling sudden combat missions, and