Four Aurors who had received advance notice stood idling in front of the conical, dark-brown tower.
"Didn't they say some big shot was coming to visit a prisoner today? What's taking so long?"
"What's the rush? Didn't we just spot the wooden boat? Look, those monsters with noses like dogs have already gone to greet our guests."
"Hey, can't you tell I'm just making conversation? Don't you know how boring this damned place is?"
"All right, you're right. Huh, look! What a powerful Patronus!"
The other three Aurors looked where their astonished colleague was pointing and sucked in sharp breaths.
A majestic, imposing serpentine Patronus, silver-white cloaked in purple and sporting a pair of wings, was chasing the Dementors near the shore in every direction like so many chicks.
More Dementors draped in rags seemed to take this as a provocation. Hundreds of them stationed outside flew toward the shore together, making the sky look as though it had been covered with a layer of tattered cloth.
Good grief. The Dementors charged into battle fearlessly, but they came flying back even faster, as though ghosts were chasing them.
Even without facial features, these evil creatures that brought fear and despair to people looked utterly panicked.
Occasionally, one or two stragglers at the rear were swatted out of existence by a single sweep of the enormous, imposing Patronus's electrified tail.
How vicious!
Run, everyone!
The densely packed Dementors in the sky now swarmed toward the rear of the tower, as though fleeing for their lives.
All four Aurors swallowed in unison.
"H-he really is a b-big shot."
"Th-that's a Patronus? It's a little different from mine."
"That's why he's a big shot, and you're stuck guarding a prison."
"Y-you..."
As Shawn's Yinglong Patronus approached the tower, all the nearby Dementors had