Chapter 140: Arc 4: Chapter 28: Night Battle

Tuck was as efficient as ever.

In less than 30 minutes after Merlin made the call, he had delivered two heavy wooden boxes to Merlin's doorsteps; Tuck left in the darkness after a brief talk with Merlin.

After Cerberus' forces were wiped out, Tuck had now become a medium leader with his own force and his own things to deal with.

Merlin carries the two boxes into the living room, and in the children's exclamation, he takes out a black assault rifle that had a cold glow from the box.

He then takes out a light sniper rifle from the second box, the configuration was exactly the same as the weapons Merlin ordered last time.

He skilfully loads the bullets into the clip and tells the children next to him:

"I'll deal with them, you kids stay hidden. Though if they're coming, they'll definitely dispatch those Dementors to come with them. So you kids protect yourself, Erik!"

Merlin picks up the pistol from the table and throws it to Erik, the latter catches it and turns off the safety.

He had grown up in the chaotic black neighborhood, so he was no stranger to weapons like these. And because Merlin was worried about Claue's attack for a time, so he taught Erik how to shoot and how to protect himself.

"If those Dementors get close, shoot!"

Merlin exhorts his foster son:

"You may not be able to see them, but Hermione will tell you where those monsters are. Holy silver bullets are effective against dark creatures, but be wary and not harm one of our own."

He then looks at Harry, he tells the young man who had tightened his grip on his wand:

"Erik told me that you have special magic that can deal with those dementors, this is good. Harry, don't leave this house, forget the rules of the Ministry of Magic; tonight, you have to protect your friends, alright?"

"Mmm!"

Harry was nervous, but he still grits his teeth and nodded.

Under the child's slightly cowardly appearance was a brave heart, probably encouraged by his parent's experiences.

"And lastly you, Goose!"

Merlin carries the sniper rifle on his back and picks up the assault rifle, he looks down at the orange cat Goose who was licking its paw next to his feet; he squats down, strokes on Goose's smooth fur, and tells the orange cat:

"When necessary, help these children, okay?"

"Meow"

Goose lazily brushes off Merlin's hand, it tilts its head, stares at Merlin, and lets out a meaningful meow.

This means that the powerful Goose will reluctantly agree to its underling Merlin's request.

"Alright, that'll be all."

Merlin stands up and takes off his glasses meant for disguise. His ember eyes made Harry, Ron, and Ginny let out an exclamation subconsciously; Hermione had seen this pair of eyes before, so she wasn't all that scared.

"Stay here, kids, I'll go check outside."

As he finishes, Merlin attempts to open the door and exit, Harry suddenly stands up and walks next to Merlin; this young man was worried as he lowered his tone:

"Mr. Merlin, wouldn't it be too much to do so? They are officials of the Ministry of Magic, after all, we..."

"No, Harry."

Merlin pats on Harry's shoulder and says seriously:

"They're officials of the British Ministry of Magic, and I'm not British, so why should I let them do as they please on my turf? Child, I know what you're worried about but listen to me."

"When those guys released Dementors to frame you without regard for the consequences in Hell's Kitchen, they're no longer peace-loving people."

"I'm an agent that upholds the world's order in the muggle world, protecting the innocent from madmen's harm is my duty. From the point when they acted, this affair had turned from your personal conflict to a public affair."

"This is no longer just yours and their war now, Harry."

Merlin tells Harry:

"This is me, this is SHIELD's war with magic bandits. I burned the letter to draw them here, don't worry...we aren't fighting this alone."

As he finishes, Merlin pushes open the door and walks outside the house.

In the darkness, his figure aerosolizes into ascending black fog in a flash and eventually reappears on the top floor of the house.

Merlin places a headset communicator on his ear and presses the dial key, moments later, Nick Fury's voice resounds in the communicator:

"Merlin, all the civilians two blocks near you have begun evacuation, they may need another 20 minutes to fully evacuate."

"Alright."

Merlin stands on the top of the house, he cloaks himself in the shadow and spreads his dark-senses outward; he unequips the scope of the sniper rifle while telling Fury:

"Thanks, Fury. But what about my backup?"

"Barton's in Hell's Kitchen right now, Coulson and Melinda will assist you as backup."

"I'm assured with Clint."

Merlin‘s gaze patrols the surrounding area, he says:

"But leave the two newbies, let them stand guard in the surroundings. Also, is the containment equipment ready?"

"Constantine's prepping it now."

Curiosity and confusion appear in Fury's voice as he says:

"But I don't get it, that guy's using some disgusting paint to draw some ghost characters on the escort cars, is this really gonna work?"

"Probably."

Merlin replies:

"ConJob has a bad character, but he's got some stuff...enough of that, they're here!"

Merlin locks his gaze at the sky on the Northwestern side of Hell's Kitchen, he could see some people riding on broomsticks flying toward his house.

Mmm, a very wizard-like flying method.

Merlin pouts his lips, he changes the comm frequency to another channel and says:

"Clint! 11 o'clock, in the sky, you see them?"

A few seconds later, agent barton's standard cold voice says:

"Mmm, some weirdos riding on broomsticks, they're fast."

"Those should be the Aurors of the British Ministry of Magic, they sure do lack cautiousness to just be waddling their way over. Shock arrows, Clint, I'll make an opening!"

Merlin hid in his shadow cloak, he closes his eyes and pointed the sniper rifle in his hand to the sky; under the lock of his second sight, the flying Aurors were as clear as fireflies in the night.

"Welcoming ceremony..."

Merlin softly says so, and then, he pulls the trigger.

"Bang"

A sharp sniper bullet shoots out from the silenced muzzle towards the flying wizards in the sky.

Merlin quickly pulls the bolt, and following the light sound of a shell casing falling, the second bullet soon followed.

The Aurors lined up in the sky were attacked, the flying bullets stuck on the body of the first Auror and were negated by the shield formed by Protego; the bullet made a crack-like mark on the shield, frightening the flying Auror.

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But before he could repair the shield, the second flying bullet accurately lands on the mark left by the first bullet, the invisible protection shield dissipates following the sound of glass shattering.

"Clint!"

Merlin's voice was like a flare, as the armor dissipates, on the top floor of the building behind the Aurors, agent Barton with his red goggles stands up, he draws the black combat bow in his hand, and shoots out a specialized arrow.

The Auror who had lost his shield hears the soaring arrow coming from behind and reacts quickly, he takes out his wand and taps it behind him, freezing the arrow in mid-air.

A relieved smile appears on the Auror's face, but before the smile fades, Barton presses a button on his combat bow.

"Swish"

The silver-white arrowhead of the frozen metal arrow bursts out a bright electric light, the Auror could not react in such a short distance, and his whole body was paralyzed by the superpower electric current.

He lets out a horrified howl and falls from the broomstick in the sky.

His companions attempt to save him, but Merlin's bullet and agent Barton's arrow forced them to spread out from two different directions.

The magic warriors were put in a state of panic by the muggle agents.

But they were the most elite warriors in the wizarding world after all, after a brief period of chaos, the remaining three Aurors quickly split up, one headed for barton while the other two flew towards Merlin while flying around.

"Clint, they have invisibility and teleportation, remember, don't get hit by their magic."

Merlin reminds so in the communicator, he then places his attention on the two Aurors flying at him.

Merlin carries the sniper rifle onto his back, and in his shadow cloak, he silently aerosolizes and leaves the roof.

A second later, a few magic spells shoot onto Merlin's roof and blast a big hole on it in the flashing flames.

This pissed Merlin off...

These bastards are tearing up his house in a fight!

Can this be tolerated?

Merlin in his shadow cloak abruptly speeds up and rushes towards the two Aurors in the sky. The Ministry of Magic's spy wards didn't see Merlin's trace anywhere, so they immediately realized that the defier may have used invisibility magic.

"Aparecium!"

The tall Auror raises his wand and chants, a green glow then spreads out from his location outwards like a radar.

Under the effect of the spell revealed all concealments, Merlin's figure is also 'pushed' out from his shadow cloak.

But this mattered not, for he was already close enough to the two brash Aurors.

In the night sky, in the forming fog, Merlin's hands hold the cold military rifle and aim it at the nearest Auror, who was not 20 meters away from him.

As the Auror raises his wand, subsequent gunshots resound next to him like popcorn.

The military assault rifle's firing rate under automatic was at a staggering 650 shots per minute; this means that once he pulls the trigger, this dangerous weapon can fire 10 lethal bullets within a second.

In 20 meters, every bullet carried staggering kinetic energy, the mana shield of the Aurors lasted 6 shots before dissipating, and the remaining 4 bullets pierced into the Auror's body following Merlin's will.

Of course, Merlin did not think of killing him, the bullets all landed on his arms and legs, though the force of the military assault rifle was too great.

Anyways, within 1 second, in the other Auror's furious roar, his incapacitated companion had fallen to the ground in the splattered blood.

That guy was probably doomed just from his looks.

"Scum!"

"Avada Kedavra!"

The last Auror was furious, he waved his wand and a green viper-like glow stabbed towards Merlin in the air.

Merlin senses the lethality of this spell, his fog closes up and he barely dodges the green glow in human form.

The assault rifle in his hand opens fire once again as he fell.

In the metal storm of the bullets, the tall Auror dodged quickly on the broom, he sped up so quickly it nearly broke the sound barrier; in a blink of an eye, he had distanced himself from Merlin.

In the sky, the angry Auror waves his wand and a dangerous glow smashes towards Merlin from the sky.

He swears to kill this butcher!

Merlin materializes his upper torso but leaves his lower torso in aerosolization while dodging. He throws the empty assault rifle down, takes out his wand with his left hand, and gently flicks the other; as his palm dissipated, a thread of faint black fog silently approached the Auror from behind.

"Reducto!"

"Stupefy!'

Merlin flicks his wrist and throws two spells at the Auror, forcing him to cease his attack and dodge the flying glows.

"Hey, buddy."

Merlin stops in the air and dodges the green-ray shot at him, he shouts at the furious Auror:

"Nice broom! Let's hope that it's fireproof."

The Auror immediately turns around and sees a black fog intertwining on his broomstick, there were sparks in the black fog, and as he looked back, the flames in the fog ignited the flying broom.

This thing was a type of magic item, and it lost control after being lit.

The Auror could not think to fire his magic, he holds the broom with both hands and difficultly controls it towards the ground.

Merlin stood atop a tree, he casually took out his sniper rifle and aims it at the falling Auror like he was bird hunting.

"Bang"

"Bang"

"Bang"

A few seconds later, as Merlin emptied his clip, the bloody Auror collapses onto the ground a block away from Merlin; his broomstick was burning and had two bullet holes on his body, but the strong-willed Auror still struggles to get up.

But then, a wooden stick heavily knocks on the back of his head, his vision darkens and he faints from the pain and attack.

Agent Coulson, who was standing guard in the surroundings while capturing prisoners, throws away the wooden stick in his hand, he tells Melinda next to him:

"Come, cuff him. There's another injured over with Officer Merlin, call the ambulance, don't let these wizards die."

Melinda quickly cuffs the bloody Auror, behind them, two other Aurors were in the prisoner car drawn with ghost characters.

Before Merlin finished his fight, agent Barton had skilfully finished his mission.

4 Aurors of the Ministry of Magic were then all caught.

But things were not over yet.

Merlin looks back, the temperature around his house has dropped near 0 degrees; the lights in the house had dimmed and it looked ghastly.

Dementors...

Those damned British bastards, they actually dispatched these monsters.

"Psychopaths!'

Merlin curses so, he then aerosolizes and storms to his house, it was time to deal with these monsters after handling the wizards.

 

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