Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 671

Outside the house at Number Four, Privet Drive,
Lucius Marr tremblingly asked Bellatrix,

"Damn it, I knew it wouldn't work... what to do?! The Dark Lord's patience is limited!"

"No way! You can only activate part of the brain-eating beetle in your hand! Let's confirm... They must have used magic similar to the Fidelity Charm..." Bellatrix said, looking at the brain-eating beetle in Lucius' hand.

"cocoa……"

Before Lucius could say anything, Bella cut her wrist and dripped her own blood into the mouthparts of the brain-eating worm.
Then she picked out a black wizard who couldn't resist from behind her, and fed it directly to the bug.

After screaming, the black wizard was disembowelled, and his viscera, along with his flesh and blood, turned into some kind of pus, which slowly flowed out from the hole bitten by the bug.

The satiated brain-eating worm flapped its wings and croaked again, as if sending some message to this area.

Not long after, wave after wave of corpses came here.

It's just that they suddenly disintegrated and melted in the middle of the journey... Countless brain-eating beetles emerged from the flesh and blood that exploded all over the sky.

The gray and white insects were densely packed like a sea tide.

In less than 5 minutes, this invisible swarm of insects devoured most of the living corpses in the swarm, and spread directly to the small Huijin area.

Before Lucius could say anything, the bugs ignored the two of them and flooded the entire area of ​​Privet Drive.

At this time, the two of them saw...a hollow circle suddenly appeared in the dense swarm of insects.

It seems that there is an invisible wall blocking the spread of the insect swarm.

"This is?"

Bellatrix was pleasantly surprised, but before she could get close, she just took a few steps forward, and the void was in her sight... suddenly disappeared.

When Bellatrix was puzzled, Lucius Malfoy discovered some clues... He directly pulled Bellatrix back.

Only then did Bellatrix see the hollow of the spherical body again.

Lucius explained with a cold face, "This spell can modify any hostile perceptions of that Muggle family! You are right...there is indeed some effect of the Fidelity Charm..."

"If we're going to break the spell, we have to deal with Harry Potter!"

Bellatrix cursed.

It was because of the protective spell on Harry Potter that the Dark Lord asked them to come and eliminate this family of Muggles.

This is not the chicken and the egg, does the egg lay the chicken?

The two of them dared not report such a conclusion...to Voldemort.

That was asking for a dead end.

"Can't we use the range spell to bombard that place indiscriminately?" Bellatrix suggested.

"It's useless, it's Dumbledore's old trick..."

"Only people who wish to find the Muggle family without doing them any harm should approach... Once I noticed the house, tried to attack... the effect of the protective spell would affect me, causing my spells to stray away from the house."

"The result of the Fiercefire Curse just now...you saw it too, Bella!"

"The Fiercefire Curse I usually cast... Even if I deliberately control it, it can't have that effect." Lucius said.

"But under the influence of that spell, it was directly and unconsciously manipulated... making it perfectly avoid the range of that house."

Lucius stared indifferently at the invisible space in the swarm.

"Damn Dumbledore! Only tricks like these..."

Bellatrix suppressed the fear in her heart and roared loudly.

……

While the two Death Eaters were in impotent rage,
[Cultivation Garden],

That is to say, the hanging island in front of the World Tree has been reorganized, and all the teachers and students of Hogwarts^ and other schools have stayed there.

Although compared to the Muggles in the entire city of London, the situation of wizards who are several hundred larger can be said to be very safe.

But the black rain and white mist surrounding the entire secret realm never disappeared, coupled with the many bad news that many professors went to the center of London, and the warriors disappeared, it also made all the students realize that this "Top Ten Tournament" is completely out of control.

Especially Hermione and Ron, they are very worried about the current situation of Harry and McGuffin.

Time passed by,

When they saw that even the already shattered sky in London...was shattered a little bit...was swept into that huge black-red vortex,
The professor on this floating island couldn't maintain the order of the students at all.

Totally fried the pan!
Even the little Slytherin snakes who were talking nonsense... also looked at each other in surprise and whispered.

"Hermione, do you know what's going on? Is there anything like that mentioned in the book..."

Ron looked at the five giant columns of flesh and blood standing horizontally in the sky in horror and asked hurriedly.

The twins didn't care that they were in a 'bankruptcy crisis' due to the accidental cancellation of the game. They also leaned over worriedly, listening to Hermione's explanation together with Neville and other Gryffindor students.

Unfortunately, Hermione couldn't bring better news this time.

"I haven't seen...the ancient wizards' legends...for another world...the description of those gods seems to be like this..."

Hermione said hesitantly.

This answer disappointed everyone.

At this time, Professor Flitwick suddenly appeared in front of many students, and he loudly announced a piece of good news.

"We have reconnected with the new Minister of Magic...Mr. Rufus Scrimgeour. According to Professor Dumbledore's request...the entire floating island will be moved over the city...as a base for the surviving Muggles in that city."

Then, he asked each prefect to seek the opinions of the senior students (adult students) to see if they would stay on this small island and go to the Muggle city with professors like Flitwick, or return to the Forbidden Forest like other junior students.

"Don't worry! Our allies, the centaurs, and some other intelligent magical creatures will protect you...Professor Sprout, Madam Pomfrey and several other staff members will also stay here together."

Seeing the students yelling anxiously, Professor Flitwick immediately comforted them.

But no matter what he said, he couldn't hide his words... It has revealed that the situation in London as a whole is not optimistic.

Otherwise, it would not be necessary to continue to transfer professors to that city to help the Ministry of Magic maintain order.

The strange shape of the sky above the city of London magnified the panic and uneasiness in the students' hearts to the extreme.

And those little Snakes in Slytherin even mixed in the crowd and kept booing...disrupting the order among the students.

It even made Professor Flitwick unable to speak for a while.

However, by this time, Professor Flitwick had also recovered the irascible temper he had when he was young when he was fighting for the dueling championship.
With a cold face, he waved his wand directly, and threw all the students (mainly Slytherin snakes) who were shouting everywhere...just like that and dropped the floating island.

Let them fall down quickly amidst bursts of involuntary screams, and fell into the forbidden forest below.

(Listen to their angry calls, it should be fine)
"Okay, now I will let our guests... The wizards from China control the floating mountain and slowly land on the open space of the Forbidden Forest. All the underage students will go down... If the adult students want to stay, they can come to me and report..."

Professor Flitwick said to everyone with such a 'smiling and peaceful' voice.

But he, who has always been good-tempered, suddenly behaved like this, which was really scary.

The students were silent, not knowing how to react.

Half a moment later, the hanging mountain really fell into the open space of the Forbidden Forest just as Professor Flitwick said.

However, Hermione and Ron had decided not to go to the Forbidden Forest.

They found Professor Flitwick again.

He was discussing something with a Ministry of Magic staff stationed here, as if he was communicating with Dumbledore in the city through a bonfire-style communication magic...

After they finished speaking and magically extinguished the bonfire, the two came together.

"Granger! Weasley! You... what do you want to do? You should go to the Forbidden Forest now..." Professor Flitwick narrowed his eyes, raised his head and said very seriously.

"We - we want to -" stammered Ron, "we want to know about Harry, and about the MacGuffin..."

"Are they both okay?"

"Professor, can we follow you there?" Ron asked one after another.

"No!" Professor Flitwick shook his head, and refused directly with a very firm tone.

"No—Professor Flitwick! We must go!" But unexpectedly, Hermione replied so firmly to Professor Flitwick.

Both Ron and Professor Flitwick looked at her.

Hermione whispered, trembling and sobbing, "I... my parents are still in London... I must know about them..."

She was speechless.

Ron watched Hermione's performance dumbfounded.

Professor Flitwick was still staring at Hermione. After a while, he spoke with a strange trembling voice, "I remember...your parents were both Muggles from London..."

"Well, they're dentists...their practice is in the middle of London..."

"Professor, what's the situation there, my parents...they...they..."

After a moment of silence, Professor Flitwick's eyes started to flicker with tears, "Well then... I understand this feeling... Everyone must face it personally, otherwise the wound in the heart will be even more difficult to heal..."

"That's it! Miss Granger, the two of you can go... but you must stay by my side. When you get there, you will hide in the Ministry of Magic and cannot go out. Once there is any news... you will know it as soon as possible. After all, this floating mountain is used to house those Muggle survivors..."

"However, Hermione!" Professor Flitwick comforted Hermione very softly, "You must prepare for the worst in your heart... The situation in London is not optimistic!"

"Ron, you too...I know you are worried about your father and brother too...but remember, to your mother...you are also very important."

"Remember, you must not run around... You will cause trouble to the staff there. Now that the situation there has improved slightly, I will allow you to come along..."

Ron and Hermione then left Professor Flitwick, who was busy arranging other matters.

As they left there, they heard Professor Flitwick's heavy sigh unmistakably.

"Hermione, you..." Ron said, staring at Hermione with wide eyes.

"I can't believe it! You made up such a wonderful 'truth'!"

The two of them came to a game stand that had not yet changed the terrain, talking carefully in low voices.

Hermione was not as happy as Ron... She didn't lie to them, and she was glad that she could get past Professor Flitwick.

"Ron, if it weren't for McGuffin's reminder... I'm afraid my parents are really..."

Hermione's tone was very painful, "But think about it?... There are still so many Muggles in London. Professor Flitwick said about resettlement and survival... The situation there should be extremely pessimistic. I'm afraid..."

While the two were talking, the floating island under their feet began to rumble again, rising slowly, and flying towards London.

The people on the floating island, full of apprehension about the unknown... waited anxiously,

They don't know what they will face in London in a moment.

But the people on the floating island didn't notice that,

The golden light from the golden tree they were far away from... has become a little flickering since the beginning, as if someone was holding a huge lens and shaking the sun.

……

"How, was it successful? How did the students react... did they settle down? Can those centaurs really keep them safe?"

Professor McGuffin watched the bonfire magic in front of him slowly dimming, and continued to ask questions a little uneasily.

She still disapproved of bringing adult students to London, to the fallen city, as a backup force.

"Dear Professor Minerva McGonagall, if we fail... the fate of the students trapped in this space will not be much better... except for a few Slytherin students, the fate of the other students will be better than the Muggles outside."

"This is a war for all, regardless of age... all wizards, and Muggles can't hide from it."

After Scrimgeour finished saying this with a gloomy face, he pulled the wizard professors who came to support him... and hurriedly cleaned up the flesh and blood pillars standing in other positions.

Everyone here looks at the city worriedly from time to time, watching the abnormal phenomenon in the sky... with a worried look.

Only Dumbledore was sitting on a conjured armchair, looking completely different from the people around him... looking leisurely at the huge vortex above the sky.

It looked like he was expecting something.

……

In Little Whinging, reduced to ashes,

Lucius and Bellatrix tried every spell and method they could... to break the protective spell.

But because of their own subjective malice towards the Dursleys, no matter what kind of spells and powers... they will just avoid the direction of that house.

No matter what they did, they couldn't get close... couldn't even shake a speck of dust off there.

As time passed, Voldemort's previous warning echoed more and more clearly in the ears of the two, making Lucius and the others even more insane.

(End of this chapter)