How to break into a ring

The air was extremely stuffy.

The corridor of gray rock blocks is long and narrow and dark, as if it will never end. On the right wall, there will be a stone-carved head of a magical creature at a certain distance, including a sphinx, a fire dragon, and a banshee... They used to be It is the base of the magic wall lamp, but it is seriously damaged now, some have only half a face left, and most of them are incomplete, making them look even more ferocious.

The material of the ceiling and floor tiles in this corridor is the same as that of the walls.

It's like walking into a magic cave with no light and no hope, which makes people feel extremely depressed and fearful.

This is Nurmengard, the scariest place in Europe 50 years ago.

The title of the Dark Lord once belonged to Gellert Grindelwald of Germany, who dominated the wars in the wizarding world. At the same time as the Second World War in Europe, evil and terror also shrouded people who knew magic.

So far, Voldemort has only been feared by wizards in the British Isles. The influence of Voldemort and the Death Eaters is far less than that of Grindelwald.The Daily Prophet once said that if Britain did not have Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter, the savior determined by fate, Voldemort would eventually become the second Grindelwald, bringing great influence to the European wizarding world and even the Muggle world. Come disaster and war.

Of course, this argument made the British Ministry of Magic very unhappy.

In the minds of the public, they have been labeled as "inaction" and "incompetence", but the Ministry of Magic is not stupid enough to publicly refute it.But behind the scenes they tried their best to downplay Dumbledore's prestige and influence. The successive ministers of magic were all vigilant. In their view, Dumbledore is the most powerful threat, as long as the white wizard does not continue to be the headmaster of Hogwarts , will undoubtedly replace them as the Minister of Magic-although this brain-making trend disappeared as the white wizard got older and time passed, politicians quickly figured out their own subordinates, the Ministry of Magic Is the important member close to Dumbledore...

Elections and voting always require a lot of political donations. In the process, they are once again influenced by wizard nobles like Malfoy. Politicians represented by Fudge specially promote those who do not agree with white wizards (such as Percy Weasley) Therefore, the Ministry of Magic only has supporters of the White Wizard in non-essential departments.Undersecretary Umbridge, the pink woman who had been Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts professor the previous year, was not typical.

If you speculate about others with a distorted brain, you will come to distorted and absurd conclusions.

The Ministry of Magic once claimed that Dumbledore was an old lunatic, that Voldemort was not resurrected, and that everything was a lie fabricated by Harry Potter—the Ministry of Magic really believed so, and they believed that everything was done by Dumbledore to expand Self-influence, against the stories made up by the Ministry of Magic.

Politicians' sense of crisis is not groundless, Dumbledore has honor and prestige throughout Europe, and even the Quidditch World Cup, the White Wizard is much more popular than Fudge.

Because "Major World Events of the Twentieth Century" has always recorded this line:

In 1945.Albus Dumbledore defeated the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, and the war ended.

"Numergard? You said this is Nurmengard?" Soul Pieces laughed at Fay, "Obviously your ability is not worth my expectation, how could Dumbledore come to Nurmengard... its terrifying reputation It has long been erased by time, except that Grindelwald is locked in the tallest tower, and there are no rats here."

Fay silently glanced at the road outside.

At the end of the corridor were broken stone steps that spiraled up, except for a narrow window in the gray rock wall at the top.

"You're right, Dumbledore is indeed walking up the tower." Fay thought for a while, and simply concealed the current appearance of the White Wizard, even though he felt that this incident was eerily weird from the beginning to the end. .

Fay knew Grindelwald.

Even if the memory of being "Faye" is blurred, the portraits in the headmaster's office of Hogwarts uphold the spirit of gossip. Every time Voldemort is mentioned, they will angrily talk about all the wizarding wars since the records.Of course, Grindelwald is no exception. It is said that because Britain is an island, and Grindelwald's forces have never entered the UK, the wizards in this country are not aware of the terrible deeds of the German Dark Lord.

It's just that Fay has a problem he can't figure out.

Why was only Grindelwald imprisoned, and why no one offered to kill him?The Dark Lords in this world are all human beings, unlike Melkor in Arda, who is a god who cannot be killed even if he is hacked, but can only be exiled or imprisoned.

Don't say such embarrassing words that Western countries have abolished the death penalty. Fay remembers that Azkaban has the death penalty, the kiss of the dementor, and the absorption and devouring of souls alive. This is more terrifying than the Avatar death curse.

The reason for not killing the leader of the anti-social organization is nothing more than that the power of the terrorist organization still exists. Killing their leader will only stimulate them to retaliate wildly-then the problem arises again, if Grindelwald just fails, right? His loyal subordinates are still there, so why not rob the prison?

Look at the broken prison!

No matter how long the circling stone steps are, there will be time to finish them.

A solid pitch-black stone door without any gaps.Moss was growing wantonly on the dilapidated stone steps. When Fay saw the door, he immediately felt that the statement "no jailbreak" should be retracted, because even he could see that the door had been forcibly broken many times, and it was scorched everywhere. traces of the spell.

Dumbledore stopped at the door.

The tranquility of the night continued to envelope the dilapidated tower, and the footsteps just now were like a dream.

It was a long time before Fay heard a vague sigh.

The Elder Wand with knuckles was slowly raised, and there were no runes of any spell on the stone door lit up (it had already been destroyed thoroughly enough), and it opened silently.

The prison at the top of the tower was very narrow, and it was dark inside, and there was only the breath of cold death.

There is a glassless window on the wall, only the size of two fists, and the cold wind and fine rainwater pour in from there.The ground paved with gray rocks was wet, and in the corner where the window could be seen lay a person. His hair and beard were gray, and his clothes were dusty and dirty. He couldn't see his original appearance at all.In the darkness, his eyes looking towards the door were cloudy and dim.

Fay... No, Melkor has seen many desperate people, and when they don't care about being alive, this is the expression.

But Fay is more inclined to think that Grindelwald has not yet figured out whether the situation at this moment is a dream or reality.

The sweltering night finally ushered in a storm. Lightning flashed across the sky, and the light from windows and towers made the darkness disappear instantly, illuminating the people standing at the door.

Brown hair, blue eyes, except for the weird taste in the wizard robe...

Fay was sure that no one would recognize the White Wizard when he went out like this.Maybe you can get a bunch of admiring gazes and gossip on the cover of Witch Weekly.

Time can change everything, but memory cannot be erased.

Fay witnessed a pair of cloudy pupils without any breath froze instantly when they touched the scene outside the door, and then the layer of gray mist receded like a tide, becoming deep and spiritual, full of unbelievable surprise.

The gaze was too complex for Fay to understand, and even unable to dissect a single clear emotion from it.

"I'm really surprised..."

Grindelwald’s voice is hoarse and dry. He has been imprisoned here for 50 years. He has lost everything. The only thing accompanying him is the aging brought by time and the approaching death: “I am waiting for a certain morning, A newspaper appeared on the floor of the cell... My subordinates are willing to let me know about your death, yes, I should know soon. Or you are in the headmaster's office at Hogwarts The latest newspaper, and saw the news of the death of Nurmengard's former owner and last prisoner..."

This passage was too long, his strength seemed a little lacking, and his voice became hoarse.

"We've all been waiting for this day to come, for 50 years." Grindelwald struggled to get up from the corner, he was too weak to hold on to the wall, "Death will end all disputes, you shouldn't be here. I thought it was a bad joke, but the wand in your hand tells me that you are indeed standing before me. I have no freedom, but I can ask you to move from my sight."

"However, it doesn't include us dying with regret!" Dumbledore threw the black box in his hand to the ground.

He chanted a spell, and a transparent mask immediately appeared outside the box.

The box opened of its own accord, revealing an ugly gold ring set with jet-black stones.

Grindelwald looked at the box suspiciously, and the curse carried on the Horcrux was blocked by the box and the mask.Grindelwald's gaze gradually changed, apparently he recognized what this was, and stretched out his hand excitedly.

"Snapped."

The red spell light brushed across the back of his hand.

Grindelwald woke up instantly. He was not bewitched by the Horcrux, but controlled by his own thoughts.

"The Resurrection Stone? The Three Hallows, where did you find it? 50 years ago, under my rule, I searched almost all of Europe... No, this is a black magic item. Like... a Horcrux?" Grindelwald looked up at Dumbledore suspiciously.

"Yes, if someone wears this ring, the curse will work, and the result should be death," said Dumbledore.

"Is he crazy? This is the resurrection stone!" Grindelwald was angry, but he figured it out soon.

Horcruxes are evil black magic, and they are also imperfect black magic. Wizards with such strength are well aware of its shortcomings, so people who want to make Horcruxes——

"Voldemort?" Obviously, Voldemort's name means "flying away from death". Ten years ago, he failed and died inexplicably, and now he is resurrected. It is obvious that the Horcrux is at work.

Grindelwald didn't pay attention to that junior who was also the Dark Lord at all. He only cared about one thing: "How did he get the resurrection stone?"

"...Actually, Voldemort doesn't know what it is." Dumbledore said wearily. When he went to the Gaunt's old house to look for this Horcrux, if it wasn't a coincidence, there was something wrong with the ring itself, which made him Wake up instantly, maybe he can no longer resist the temptation of the resurrection stone.Put on the ring.

The Deathly Hallows was something Dumbledore and Grindelwald wanted to have when they were young.

They rummaged through countless books before sorting out some clues... but there was no exact whereabouts of the Deathly Hallows, especially the Resurrection Stone.Later, the resurrection stone symbolized an irreparable regret.

"You are far more proficient in black magic than I am. How do you destroy the soul fragments in the Horcrux without destroying the resurrection stone itself?"

Grindelwald stared at Dumbledore, and said after a long time:

"You want to see Ariana? Do you think she's going to tell you the truth?"

"No... there is nothing in this world that can really bring the dead back to life." Dumbledore also looked at Grindelwald, "The dead can only live in memory, and the resurrection stone is just a more advanced Pensieve."

"So?"

"She can't tell me any truth about that matter...but she can appear in front of my eyes." Dumbledore's hand trembled, "There are many times, knowing the truth can't stop people from doing stupid stupid things .”