Chapter 225: Puzzles (3)
In the evening, the elf told Shea that the materials he needed, two of which were relatively rare, and one of them, the Styx Stone, had not been heard of for a long time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn this case, the Li family may need more time to raise enough materials.
Xie An thought about it for a while, and asked Victor to find Shiny and tell Shin the two materials he needed. After all, the Crouch family is an old wizard family, and it is also one of the inheritance families of the Soul Sect, and it is far better than the Li family in terms of some rare materials and connections in the wizarding world. Of course, Twinkle just told Old Barty about Shayne's request.
The materials could not be gathered for a while, and such a plan for Mrs. Crouch's awakening might have to be postponed.
Ginny and Luna slept well, and after a day's rest, they seemed to be fully refreshed, and faintly a little excited. Harry was well rested, the wound on his arm was almost healed. The doctor had cleared him of the dark magic, and the potion healed his wounds in no time. The wound has now scabbed over and will not be visible at all in a few days.
Qiu fell asleep in the company of Xie An, and woke up in the afternoon, she woke up to see that her boyfriend had left, slightly disappointed, in the living room, she saw Xie An was studying several newspapers alone, "Daily Prophet", "Mirror", "London Divination", "Owl Express"... It seems that Xie An has found all the newspapers that can be found on the market.
"Did you sleep at home last night?" Qiu asked suspiciously, walking up to Xie An's side and watching Xie An studying the newspapers word by word.
Xie An looked back at Shi Qiu, shook his head, and said, "I was also busy all night yesterday. ”
"Then why don't you rest?" said Cho dissatisfied.
"Oh, I've rested, and when you fell asleep, I slept on the edge of your bed for a while. Of course, Xie An can't say that he hasn't been able to sleep well, and once he falls asleep, the picture of hell in his mind may explode at any time and destroy the entire apartment.
"Yes, you let me see your face, I'll see if there are any bloodshots. Qiu used her warm hand to break Xie An's face, Xie An's eyes were very clear, but the flame in the whites of her eyes could not be concealed no matter what.
Not wanting his girlfriend to be hurt, Xie An hurriedly broke free from Qiu's teasing, "See, I've already rested, well, if you are also rested, can you do me a favor?" The picture of hell in Xie An's mind will erode any mental contact. Penelo Crivat has experienced this firsthand, seeing a corner of hell's eternal suffering. At present, the only one who can communicate with Xie An's spirit without being harmed is Queen Anne. Shea Ann also didn't know if Queen Anne could see the hell picture, at least Queen Anne never mentioned how to deal with these things.
Perhaps even a demigod witch like Queen Anne would not be able to solve such a doomsday force.
"But I haven't seen anything clearly, but seeing that your face is not bad, what do you need me to help with?" Qiu didn't seem to hear her boyfriend's trick to change the subject, and sat down next to Xie An with a smile.
"Nothing, you can help me make some newspaper clippings. Cut out all the events about yesterday's Death Eater terrorist attack with scissors and paste them here, and we use them in the evening. "Without computers, without search engines, newspaper clippings are the best way to gather information of concern. Although Xie An had a certain channel to obtain information, and with the help of Elder Dora, Xie An was able to obtain a lot of extremely confidential information. However, these news are always a series of phenomena, and what Xie An really needs is a truth.
Know that in the wizarding world, anything can happen. Whether it's a time turner, or a polyjuice potion, or a phantom shifter, etc., it is possible for a wizard to appear in two or even more places at the same time, and it may make things possible this way and that.
At the time of the Potters' killing, Dumbledore had suspected that Sirius had not done it, but he had no evidence, and no wizard would believe it based on Sirius's denials alone, even if the wizard had always been a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
The laws of wizarding are extremely simple and complex, and Dumbledore was involved in some of them, but to be honest, these laws are far from enough to take care of all situations.
This situation has become the situation Xie An is facing, which is a series of strange things. Voldemort was defeated, and this is the result. But what caused Voldemort to be defeated, where did the elite of the Death Eaters go, and whether Dumbledore held power that Xie An didn't know, all of these would affect the development of Wizarding Britain in the future.
Of course, if Shea was just an ordinary Hogwarts student of School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, none of this would mean anything to him. But since the master sent him to this world, Xie An's fate and mission have been sealed.
If Dumbledore could change the entire Wizarding Britain, Shea would choose to work with him. But Dumbledore is too old.
Autumn picked up the newspaper and read it seriously. Basically all the newspaper headlines were all sorts of news about yesterday's Quidditch World Cup terrorist attack. At this time, the distinction between wizarding newspapers and Muggles was revealed. The news from these wizards' newspapers, due to the different methods of witchcraft, was very different.
The Daily Prophet, the official media, was the most credible, reporting on the ins and outs of the Death Eaters' arrest and killing, as well as a tribute to Minister Fudge's strategy. The Mirror said that at least a few hundred wizards had been killed or wounded, and that the Ministry of Magic had planned the terrorist attack in order to help Minister Fudge achieve re-election, which was even more powerful than "Singing the Opposite", and was the pinnacle of conspiracy theories, and I don't know why the Mirror had not been shut down by the Ministry of Magic now. The Owl Express was the only newspaper to report on Hangleton Jr.'s powerful magical battles, and the newspaper said conclusively that there was a war between wizards there, in which at least a few hundred wizards participated, and that eyewitnesses claimed that he had seen Voldemort himself appear.
These newspapers reported all kinds of news, some of which were problematic at first glance, some of which were difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and some news that seemed to be false, but in fact were the most true.
Xie An already knew from the elves that there was indeed a big war in Little Hangelton, and it was very likely that Voldemort himself's second complete defeat would happen in Riddle Manor, those disappeared Muggles, villages that had become Dead Lands, and the missing Death Eater elites, these news would not be hidden for a long time, maybe tomorrow these newspapers would react and focus all their attention on Voldemort's hometown.
After Xie An had read all the newspapers, everyone had already woken up and gathered in the living room.
"Hermione, take a look at these first, what do you think is going on?" Xie An pointed to the newspaper clippings, motioning for everyone to take a look. Hermione picked up the Daily Prophet and read it first.
"Andrew, can you please ask the elf to give me some more bread, I have slept for so long, and suddenly I feel so hungry. Harry said with a smile.
"Of course. I forgot, I should have had dinner first. Xie An hurriedly instructed the elf to prepare dinner. Speaking of which, ancient creatures like elves are mostly servants in British manors, but Xie An learned from Elder Dora that some elves who yearn for freedom have left Britain and gone to the Americas, preparing to establish a tribe of elves in South America.
Victor quickly prepared a sumptuous dinner. Xie An invited everyone to sit down first. While everyone was preparing for dinner, they had already roughly looked at the newspaper clippings prepared by Xie An and Qiu.
"You can eat and talk at the same time, let's sit down. ”
Shayne found a random spot to sit down, with Luna and Cho next to her, Hermione at the head of the oval table, Ginny next to him, and Harry across from Shay. The magic lighting made the house bright, and the weather was already early spring and the fireplace was not lit.
"What do you think, Hermione, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this incident, after all, you've been through it yourself. Xie An took a sip of milk, thought for a while and asked.
Hermione was still researching the Owl Letters, and when she heard Shea's question, she said, "I remember little Hangleton was the Dark Lord's hometown, and his mom and dad used to live there. Xie An nodded, in order to determine whether the diary was a Horcrux, Xie An and Hermione had spent a lot of time researching Voldemort's history, trying to find out the connection with the diary from his past experience, so as to make sure that this diary was Voldemort's and not another dark wizard's prank.
"There's a wizarding war in Little Hangleston!, can you confirm that?" Hermione asked again.
Shayne nodded again, Hermione knew that Shayne had a special channel to get some secret news. Penelo Crivat was slightly stunned when she heard Hermione's words, put down the knife and fork in her hand, and listened intently.
"I'm afraid so. However, the specific information is not yet certain. The reason is that the scale of magic battles is too large for ordinary wizards to get close to, and forcing them to get close can be fatal. And there's news that Riddle Manor is gone!"
Hearing Xie An's words, the young wizards, including Harry, stopped eating.
"Well, one of the two warring parties could be the Dark Lord?" Harry asked.
"As far as the current situation is concerned, I'm afraid it's like this, it's impossible for an ordinary wizard to exude such a magic fluctuation, not even close. "When Xie An once attacked the Tower of London, he displayed a war spell that turned the entire Tower of London into a magma lake, but that kind of power still couldn't prevent any wizard from approaching.
The magic power scattered by the battle between the two sides can greatly threaten the lives of the wizards close to them, and such a powerful magic power is probably only achieved by the Dark Lord.
"However, we have seen the Dark Lord appear at the Quidditch World Cup, and he has killed at least a dozen wizards by casting the Avada Curse!" Aside from Amelia, Rufus Scrimgeur, and a handful of wizards, few wizards could see that Voldemort was just a doppelganger.
"Or maybe the Polyjuice Potion, Ginny, that, you know, wizard, he doesn't seem that powerful, does he?" said Penelope Crewatt.
"Polyjuice potion, but he's so good at the Avada Spell, I've never heard of a wizard who can cast this spell like that! I've never heard of it!" Luna said confusedly.
"Actually, Voldemort is not the wizard who casts the most Avadasus Curses, I once saw a record on a secret parchment in a library that a wizard who was once adopted by a snow wolf learned the Avada Curse, and he used the Avada Curse to kill an entire village of Muggles, more than five hundred people!" Obviously, although Autumn is well-informed, she doesn't know that not long ago, Voldemort had broken the old record, and he used the Avada Curse to kill all the Muggles in his hometown at once!
"The Avada Curse is not Voldemort's mark, and a wizard's proficiency in the Avada Curse does not mean that he is the Dark Lord. The newspaper said that the monster was powerless under the attack of Dumbledore, and they did not call the monster the Dark Lord, so I am afraid that they also doubted his strength. Xie An said.
"The Quidditch World Cup is just a pretense, the real battlefield is actually in Little Hangleton, and those Death Eaters are also very weak, I found out yesterday!" Hermione said with a sudden realization, "I thought, I thought I was playing too long, it turned out that it was just because those Death Eaters were just cannon fodder." ”
"There is also news that some wizards who have long been considered Death Eaters have also appeared around Little Hangleton, including Lucius Malfoy, Avery, Mulseber, Yaxley, and others. But they're all gone, did you see them at the Quidditch World Cup?" asked Shea.
"No, I've never seen Lucius Malfoy. Harry thought for a moment and replied. The others shook their heads as well, "Except for Lucius, I haven't seen any of the other Death Eaters you mentioned, do you have pictures of them?" Ginny said.
"Not yet. It seems that the Death Eater Elite did not appear in the Quidditch World Cup. So what was their purpose in Little Hangleton, did they already know in advance that a big war was about to break out there!" Xie An asked suspiciously.
Penelope Crivat seemed to have something in mind, and she asked nervously, "Is Minister Fudge alright?" Count Lee sent them all to his apartment in London, and then left, not returning. Now that Penelo Crivat asked about the minister, she even began to wonder if it was true.
"Minister Fudge is fine, the Ministry of Magic has a special way of detecting whether the minister's consciousness is under the control of the Imperius Curse, and those conspiracy theories are peculiar, but far from credible. "I'm more concerned than the minister about who is on the other side of Little Hungerton's fight with Voldemort?"
"You just said that Dumbledore personally appeared in the Quidditch World Cup, so it is impossible for him to appear in Little Hangdon again, could it be that Dumbledore first defeated that monster in the Quidditch World Cup, and then phantomed to Little Hangdon and defeated Voldemort? In that case, Dumbledore's strength is probably far beyond imagination!"
Although everyone was very confident in their own headmaster, they also knew that Voldemort and Dundedon had been fighting for decades, and if Dundemort had the strength to crush Voldemort, the two sides would have already decided the winner. It has always been rumored that Dumbledore's strength is under Voldemort, and this time Dumbledore attacked Voldemort who was waiting for work, and his state was not in his prime, so he could actually destroy Voldemort, which is completely beyond common sense.
"There's no way Dumbledore can defeat Voldemort alone, there must be an even more powerful wizard intervening in the fight!" Harry couldn't help but say his opinion when he saw that everyone was silent.
"I'm afraid that's it!" Hermione said with a pale face as she put down the Owl Alert. In her eyes, Voldemort was already an invincible target, and now there were wizards who could easily defeat Voldemort, which was completely beyond her imagination!
"I think so too. Now I am afraid that a powerful force that we are not aware of has entered Wizarding Britain, and I think wizards, including Dumbledore, will realize that Wizarding Britain is under threat. "Unbeknownst to Shea, it was Dumbledore who invited Gellert Grindelwald!
"Even if there are more powerful forces lurking in wizarding Britain, so what, for us anyway, Voldemort is the worst, as long as he is destroyed, we don't care who destroys him. Ginny said excitedly.
"Ginny, things are not as simple as you think. Of course, Hermione could understand what it meant for such a powerful force to be hidden all along, and to suddenly exert force at this time.
"What the hell is that?" asked Ginny.
"Okay, we don't have enough news after all, I think when we get back to school, there should be accurate news, but no, we can still ask our principal, can't we?" Shea stopped Hermione's explanation.