"Why waste words on them?" A slightly plump wizard was the last to appear. He looked coldly at Harry and the others. "Kill anyone who gets in the way, then take Harry Potter back."
"Yes, Headmaster!" the other wizards answered, then unleashed a barrage of magic.
An exceptionally tall, black-haired wizard opened with a jet-black spell. It was not a spell commonly used in the United Kingdom, but Harry had heard its incantation before.
It was Ultimate Death, the spell that loathsome Weir Hallen had used to block Wormtail's Killing Curse at the Little Hangleton graveyard around this time last year!
A dazzling red light shot toward Neville, who looked somewhat stunned, as though he had yet to react to the situation before him.
Yet just as the spell was about to hit Neville, his body turned insubstantial, and the spell passed straight through him. At the same time, a red Stunning Spell shot out from the side.
"Huh?" The tall, black-haired wizard was slightly startled and darted aside to dodge the Stunning Spell.
At the same time, Neville's figure appeared off to the side. Clearly, he had just used Phantom Magic and Disillusionment Magic, turning himself invisible while using a phantom to deceive his opponent's eyes, then seizing the opportunity to counterattack.
His opponent's strength, however, was somewhat beyond his expectations, actually on par with the Death Eaters they had fought in the Ministry of Magic a few days earlier.
Unlike the Death Eaters, however, who had initially been rather careless and caught off guard by the young wizards of R.B., these Australian wizards had been fully on guard from the outset. Neville's spell had been quite sudden, but his opponent had still dodged it.
Neville had already moved earlier, whereas Ron and Hermione had not. But that did