Chapter 257: Scattered
Under the threat of death, the Aurors, who were already afraid of death, took advantage of no one to attack him, and took the lead in phantom and left the battlefield!
Lockhart grabbed the crown that had fallen to the ground and took a look at his surroundings: Hermione tried to get close to him, but the spell was flying, and she was so frightened that she crouched and crouched in fright, completely unable to come right away, Blake grabbed Harry with one hand and fought two strikers at the same time, ready to apparate, Voldemort was behind a large group of wizards, holding a crooked wand in his left hand, and constantly attacking Scrimgeur, making him dangerous.
"Leave that imposter behind!" The fake Lockhart thief shouted and pointed at Lockhart with the Horcrux, and roared loudly, Lockhart's strength scared him, he didn't dare to come over and fight Lockhart at close range, but it was still okay to harass him with Phantom Shift!
Lockhart was ready to leave immediately, but now he had to continue to fight his opponents, and with such a powerful Death Eater in his sights, he had no chance of apparition.
"Get out!" Moody yelled at Lockhart, standing between him and the wizard who was stopping his apparition, "Get out, right now!"
Now is not the time to be a hero, the opportunity to leave the battlefield is fleeting!Lockhart stared at Moody's back for a moment, as if to imprint his broad figure in his mind, then grabbed the crown in his hand, nodded at Hermione, and motioned for her to leave as well. With a random place in his mind, Lockhart began to apparate.
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A beautiful small lake surrounded by trees, sparkling in the light of the setting sun, is a small house by the lake, no one has lived in it for a long time, but for some reason, the inside of the house has always been clean and tidy. With a crisp "crackling" sound, a man holding a wooden stick in one hand and a charred black object in the other appeared on the lakeside, startling the wild ducks that were hunting and frolicking, and also scared the fish in the water on the shore back into the depths of the lake.
It was Lockhart, who had apparitioned to the edge of his house, walked around the lake, and he was home.
He couldn't stay long, he went in and got something and left, and with a wave of his wand, Lockhart opened the door and he walked in.
"Master, you haven't been back for a long time!" Jim screamed excitedly, "Master sleeps at home tonight, Jim goes to prepare the bathwater...... Whatever the host wants to eat at night, cod or steak, and other Jims can also buy it immediately!
"Okay, don't bother...... I'll leave right away. Lockhart waved his hand impatiently and walked all the way into the room, "What are you supposed to do—"
Sensing a sound outside the back door, Lockhart raised his wand and smashed the entire back door with a bang, and a phantom shadow hiding behind the door was also knocked away, and Lockhart dodged and rushed forward.
"Humanoid manifests!" a spell shone the downed invisible, and Lockhart knocked him unconscious, kicking his wand off.
Grabbing the masked man's two arms and looking at them, there was no sign of the dark devil, Lockhart breathed a sigh of relief, not afraid of attracting Voldemort, and pointed his wand at his face: "I'm sorry, who made you wear a Death Eater mask - Avada sued!"
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But it's no wonder that his address isn't a big secret, so after the war began, he lived for a long time in the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, in the Black family's house, not only from the disturbances of passionate book lovers, but also from the protection of the Loyalty Curse......
"Master, what's going on?" asked Jim, startled, his voice trembling.
"It's nothing, it's a stalking Death Eater, haven't you noticed any suspicious people around the house at home!"
"No, master, you said Jim just had to take care of the house......" Jim looked at him pitifully.
"Okay, it's none of your business, don't stay here, it's too dangerous, just find a place to hide, I'll call you back later." ”
"Good master!"
Lockhart walked upstairs to his room, a wizard like him who had no family background and was not very rich, and he could not have bought house-elves even if he had the money...... But Narcissa used to be a fan of her own brainless books, and she often visited her home, and in the end, not only did she cheat and get together with herself, but she didn't know where to get a house elf for herself. Speaking of which, his two house-elves are actually from the Malfoy family - as a contract magical creature, it seems to prove that the Lockhart of the Ministry of Magic is fake...... But who would believe the words of a house elf, it is better to let him protect himself.
Upstairs, Lockhart took away a lot of what he thought was memorable, awards certificates, medals, manuscripts of books he had written, photos with celebrities. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back here for a long time...... I also took a few blankets and a magic tent that I rarely used.
Alone in the old house, Lockhart's tears suddenly overflowed from his eyes - the magic note that Moody had made for contact suddenly turned to ashes in his pocket, and Lockhart didn't even have time to use the note to contact Moody's once, and Moody ......
Alastor Moody, as the young Aurors like to call him Mad Eye, is a legendary former Auror who doesn't know how many young people he has trained to become a qualified Auror, how many dark wizards he has captured for the Ministry of Magic, and how much help he has provided to the Order of the Phoenix...... He was so strong and cautious that no one would have thought that he would miss a moment. But today, in order to cover his departure, he burned his potential to entangle a large number of Death Eaters, while also giving up on escaping.
Despite his efforts not to think about it, Moody was really dead this time.
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Lockhart's father, who was disgusted by his mother for concealing that he was a wizard, and even Lockhart, had not received much instruction or love from his father since he received an offer of admission to Hogwarts at the age of 11.
At Hogwarts, although he was excellent, he was not very outstanding, and he couldn't have many professors around him like Harry, and even the headmaster himself taught him.
But what he didn't expect was that in the two years after graduating from Hogwarts and joining the Ministry of Magic as an Auror, his instructor Moody gave him what he craved most: one-on-one, selfless teaching and "care". Although Moody was harsh and rough in the process of training him to become an Auror, in retrospect, the three years of Auror training under him were the most intense days of Lockhart's life.
For Lockhart, Moody is also a teacher and friend, and he even played a role that Lockhart's life and values were not given by his father and school professors - even under the temptation of the world of flowers, Lockhart went to the sea to make up books to cheat money and sex, and always insisted on not doing great evil, on the one hand, because he didn't want to cause trouble for Moody, and on the other hand, he didn't want to be a villain even under Moody's subtle influence.
Lockhart packed his things, walked out of the house, got on his broomstick and left, the Ministry of Magic must now be using the records to find himself and the other Aurors in the Goguò Floo Net, and every time he uses the Floo Net Apparition Shift, he must immediately stay away from the location where the Phantom appears so as not to be caught.
Moody is dead, but now is not the time to grieve for him, what to do? first gather the escapees, and then find a way to safely destroy the injured Horcruxes, and then avenge Moody......
There are many things to do, first we have to find the survivors who escaped, the meeting point agreed on before is estimated to be unsafe, I don't know how many people have been arrested, it is likely that the Death Eaters have forced the place out with the truth spit.
Dumbledore, Moody, and Scrimgeour, in Lockhart's eyes, these three people are like the three pillars of the white wizarding world, they are on top of everything, and they hide under the pillars to eat and drink and be famous. Now that two of the three pillars have fallen, and the last one is uncertain, what should he do now, will he fall apart like a monkey, or will he become a pillar himself?
- (To be continued.) )