Chapter 479: Good evening, Tom
"Look, Dark Mark of the Dark Magic!"
"In the direction of the Astronomy Tower, the Death Eaters are over there. ”
"Did someone get killed?"
The Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts, Professor Minerva McGonagall, was hurrying towards the Tower with a team of wizards - including several Aurors, several professors, and some members of the Order of the Phoenix.
Due to Albus Dumbledore's warning, the group began patrolling the school at nightfall, and everything seemed calm at first, with Hogwarts looking very safe. All secret passages to the outside of the school were blocked, every entrance to the castle was shrouded in powerful magic, and almost no one could fly into Hogwarts from the air.
So, to this day, they still haven't figured out how so many Death Eaters broke into Hogwarts......
On their way to the Astronomy Tower, they were met with sporadic Death Eaters. The Death Eaters seemed to have been prepared, hiding behind stone statues, in the bushes, and at forks in the road, not fighting, but using a wide range of lethal spells to hinder the progress of Professor McGonagall and her group as much as possible.
Just as the defenders of Hogwarts Castle had managed to reach the bottom of the tower, four or five Death Eaters were waiting for them, and they were unceremoniously casting spells around them, and many of the castle's buildings were so destroyed by their spells that the defenders had to take shelter for a while.
Suddenly, some hysterical cheers of the Death Eaters could be heard from the tower.
What their hoarse voices were shouting seemed to be "Dumbledore is dead"?
Professor McGonagall was stunned, as she was nearly struck by a green light emitted by a Death Eater.
"Dumbledore is dead?" Professor McGonagall muttered in disbelief. Indeed, just now she vaguely saw the figure of the headmaster, rushing from the other side of the tower towards the tower...... The appearance of Dumbledore at that time also added a lot of morale to the defenders.
"What the hell is going on?" the Aurors, the professors, and the members of the Order of the Phoenix didn't seem to be willing to believe the Death Eaters.
A tall, thin, skeleton-like figure flew down from the tower, yes, he was suspended in mid-air, flying without the aid of any tools. He used a strange spell, and the entire wall on the west side of the tower collapsed in an instant. Then every piece of rubble flew in the direction of the defenders.
"It's Voldemort!" Remus-Lupin shouted, "Get down, everybody!"
As he shouted, he pushed Professor McGonagall to the ground.
The scene suddenly became chaotic......
By the time they had risen from the rubble, Voldemort had run hundreds of yards with the Death Eaters, fleeing in the direction of the Forbidden Forest.
However, at this time, the big black dog that Siris Black has turned into and Arthur Weasley are rushing here with more reinforcements...... They had been waiting too long inside the castle for the Death Eaters, who had initially mistaken the Death Eaters' target, and it was a little too late to arrive.
They were joined by a number of senior students: Ron, Neville, and Hermione, along with a few members of the group. They also tried to defend the castle, but after they spotted Draco Malfoy's traces, Malfoy threw them several Peruvian imported stealth smoke grenades, and the disgusting disgust trapped them for too long.
"What's going on, Remus?" asked Arthur, panting.
"I don't know......" Remus patted the dirt on his body, "The Death Eaters just seemed to be shouting 'Dumbledore is dead', and then they started fleeing in the direction of the Forbidden Forest...... Voldemort seems to be among them!"
"This can't be!" Arthur Weasley shook his head in disbelief and said, "How could Professor Dumbledore die at their hands is nothing more than a lie that demoralizes us...... Cheer up Remus, Hagrid will intercept them at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and we have a chance to catch up with them!"
Dozens of uninjured wizards began to chase the Death Eaters who fled in the direction of the Forbidden Forest as fast as they could.
"Let's catch up too!" Ron whispered, clenching his wand.
Neville, Ginny, Luna, and the others followed him towards the Forbidden Forest.
Only Hermione Granger froze there, her face glazed over, she muttered to herself, her voice trembling a little: "Dumbledore...... Dumbledore is dead...... Could it be ......?"
......
"Ahh
It was as if the whole body had been forcibly torn in half, and it was as if an important part of the body had been brutally cut off...... If it weren't for Antonin Dolokhov and another Death Eater leaning on him from both sides, he would have fallen straight to the ground.
The Last Horcrux...... The Hufflepuff Gold Cup, which has been destroyed.
He didn't have a Horcrux anymore.
Now Voldemort only feels weak, and there is anger......
Because more importantly, "Albus Dumbledore", who had just been killed by him...... Although he had a bit of Dumbledore's familiar smell, his aura was completely different. Moreover, after he was hit by the Avada Death Curse, his entire body was directly turned to ashes, which is obviously not the situation that a normal wizard should have.
So—
He's fooled!
Ahead of the edge of the Forbidden Forest, several giant eight-eyed spiders emerged, heading in the direction of the Death Eaters...... A few flashes of green light flashed, and Dolokhov and the Death Eaters quickly eliminated the monsters.
Voldemort, who was sitting on the ground resting, his eyes became foggy again.
......
The Horcrux has been destroyed!
Everyone at Lestrange Cemetery breathed a sigh of relief.
"I need to go to Hogwarts!" said the mad-eyed man, "Kingsley, we should hurry over now, maybe it's too late...... Maybe Dumbledore was fine. ”
Kingsley nodded solemnly, then looked at Jon and admonished, "You should get out of here with Harry, I'm afraid the Death Eaters will be here soon." ”
"I understand ......"
"Then let's take our leave, Mr. Patrick!" Vance glanced at Rozier, and said slowly, "Malfoy is still waiting for us!"
"I'll go back to you later. Jon nodded.
Wormtails have long since disappeared since they arrived at the cemetery.
One by one, the group phantom and left-
It didn't take long for the entire Lestrange Cemetery to be left with only Jon and Harry Potter.
Jon was not in a hurry to leave, but looked at Harry Potter on the ground with an increasingly painful expression, and he smiled and said, "Good evening, Tom!"
"Introduce yourself, I'm Jon Hart and Christopher Patrick!"