Chapter 722: Wolf Crowd
"Death Eaters, they have a heart, too. "It seems that our previous raids have allowed them to discover some of our attack characteristics, and this time all of their arrangements are clearly aimed at the ones we have exposed before," Ryan said, as the two men made their way to their predetermined position deep into the woods. ”
"You're right, I feel that way, too. Hermione took a few steps forward and stood on a stump before turning to Ryan and said, "They should have limited our reconnaissance capabilities in the first place, trying to break our habit of getting a lot of advantage by sneak attack, and concealing the forces that belonged to us." ”
Speaking of this, Hermione asked with a slight frown. "The problem is that at least the archives of the previous centuries don't say there's anything wrong with this place, and I don't believe that the Death Eaters could have set up such a large array of magic. ”
"I believe the Death Eaters must have just discovered this place and found the way to activate everything that was in place. Ryan said as he walked forward, "Knowing that the Death Eaters come from various pure-blood families, I think the records in their families must be much more comprehensive than those in the Ministry of Magic, and maybe some of them have found something in them." ”
In the middle of the discussion, the two of them moved forward quickly, and thankfully, although the space of this place was full of various disturbances and turbulence, most people could not apparate. But for Ryan, it's just that the difficulty of space travel has increased a lot, and it doesn't mean that they can't teleport.
Of course, for safety reasons, Ryan teleported a few hundred meters in the direction of the destination alone. Then use the special effects of the Phoenix Brand to pull Hermione to her side. In this way, it took them 15 minutes to traverse the 5 kilometers of eerie woodland.
"That's where it should be. Ryan and Hermione were standing side by side on a boulder, and now in front of him and Hermione was something like the invisible wall they had seen on the way before. It's just that unlike the wall on the way, there is no fog on the outside of this wall.
"Looks like we've arrived. "After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the situation around them, Ryan crossed this invisible line. In front of them was a flat meadow the size of a football field, with a rudimentary tent in the middle of the meadow.
This tent is just an ordinary tent and does not have any magic reaction. When Ryan and the others lifted the curtain of the door with their wands in hand and entered the tent, they found the three mothers and daughters of the Greengrass family lying on the broken carpet next to the tent door.
In addition, several men and women were also unconscious, and were placed in various parts of the tent. In the center of the tent, a crucible slightly larger than a normal crucible was boiling with a liquid like green mud.
Unlike a normal crucible, this crucible has a small brass foot the size of Ryan's arm at the bottom of the pot. Theoretically, if this was the fabled Hopping Cauldron, it should be using this foot to keep jumping. But now, after being grilled on a green magic fire on a silver shelf densely covered with serpentine reliefs, the little foot twitched.
After a few silent incantations, a pink glow cast out from Ryan's hand enveloped the cauldron. After a sound like cold water pouring into hot oil, a large pile of glowing green runes appeared on the outer walls of the pot.
The runes were filled with eerie feelings, like someone who had scribbled with a wand after getting drunk. However, the breath above is generally regular, the brilliance of light and extinction, and the magic flowing above explain the power contained in these runes.
"What is this?" Hermione, who had just checked all the unconscious people in the tent after checking on the bombed tent, turned her head and happened to see this scene. "Why do I feel a little uncomfortable when I look at these words? ”
"Do you feel uncomfortable? I think this should be normal, since these runes are a branch of ancient Greek and were called blasphemy in mythological times. It is a special language used for the production of black magic props and the writing of black magic books. There is a bonus to dark magic casting. Ryan explained. "Now, for example, the pot has been completely polluted by these blasphemous words, which are probably drawn by mysterious people. ”
"Completely polluted?" Hermione's eyes widened. "In other words, the plan to transform those ordinary people into Yin Corpses is real, can this pot really do this?"
"Of course you can, don't forget that this Hopping Cauldron was included in the legend along with the Death Trichamps, thinking about the power of the Death Trihallows Weapon, it is understandable that this pot can do the step in the previous plan. Ryan nodded in affirmation, and then he asked. "By the way, what the hell is going on with these unconscious people?"
"It's not too good. Hermione said. "When I checked them up, I found that all of them had drunk a strange potion, which was not lethal, but would put people in a deep stupor. And except for the three members of the Greengrass family, everyone else has traces of torture. ”
"Sleepy and tortured?" Ryan frowned. "What is this lethargy like, is it going to wake them up? I don't think it's safe in this place, and we need to move these non-combatants out quickly. ”
"Sorry, I don't have that ability. Hermione's face looked a little unpleasant. "It's not lethal, but it's very complex. If forcibly awakened, their souls will be permanently damaged. ”
At this point, Hermione paused for a moment, and then continued, "Anyone other than the Greengrass family should be the hemp wizards who were kidnapped by the mysterious people before, because I recognized several people who looked like the pictures in the missing person notices in our newspapers. Their situation was even worse because the torture had hurt their souls, and if they were forcibly replaced, they would have been fatal. ”
After saying that, Hermione passed the specific results of the examination to Ryan through the Phoenix Brand. Ryan was surprised to find that the complexity of this potion was only comparable to that of the Truth Elixir, and even if he used the power of the Rose Lady, it would take him half an hour to parse and make the corresponding antidote.
However, the person who designed the trap this time definitely did not intend to leave Ryan time for emergencies, and just as Ryan had just finished reading the information sent by Hermione through the Phoenix Brand, there were several wolf howls outside.
"Werewolves. As people who had been dealing with Lupin and his werewolves for a long time, Ryan and the two of them immediately recognized the source of the voice. Based on the cries of the werewolves, they could clearly tell that the werewolves outside had almost surrounded them.
"Damn! It's a full moon today. At this time, Ryan realized that according to the lunar calendar in the East, today is the fifteenth, but even in his previous life, he only paid attention to the lunar calendar when the New Year was approaching, not to mention that he had been living in the UK for more than ten years, and he didn't notice this at all.
"It's insidious. Ryan said to himself in his heart that the powerful magical interference around this place made it impossible for even a wizard like him who had mastered special spatial crossing skills to guarantee the safety of people who were unconscious, let alone that it was difficult for so many people to be taken away at one time.
It was clear that the group had dragged the Greengrass women and a few innocents after using the Hopping Pot to lure Ryan over. Then summon a group of people to take them out. It's just that Ryan is curious as to why Voldemort chose a werewolf.
According to the simple test that Ryan had done before, even the werewolves who were able to maintain human consciousness after becoming a wolf like Professor Lupin were a mess in terms of the small-scale coordination of 3+3 with wizards, not to mention that the werewolves on Voldemort's side all had no human consciousness after becoming wolf form.
If Voldemort had mixed the Death Eaters and Werewolves this time, Ryan suspected that there would be a high probability that they would have fought themselves before they even touched Ryan.
And if only werewolves are sent, Ryan doesn't think that a group of brainless guys in werewolf form can do much harm to himself. Because the werewolves who are willing to take refuge in Voldemort now will not exceed two hundred even if they are most optimistic, and even if these werewolves have strong magical and physical defenses, Ryan does not think that they will be his opponents, especially since they have the fatal weakness of not having a brain.