Uzkaban is known for its use of mortals and Dementors, and Nymongaard is known for holding the most terrifying dark wizard prisoners in history.

Of course, the name of the most terrifying dark wizard has now been taken by Voldemort, at least in England.

But the wizard who caused the most deaths was still Grindelwald, but few people know the secret - World War II was largely created by Hitler with the help of Grindelwald, which may not be accurate, but it definitely has nothing to do with him.

Even if the number of Muggle deaths is not counted on his head, the number of deaths of wizards in Germany and France alone exceeds two thousand. The majority of those killed were adult male wizards, which to this day still far fewer Germany and France have than the United Kingdom in terms of the number of high-quality combatants (unlike Muggles, wizards are stronger as long as they are not broken).

Unless Voldemort can pull out World War III, Grindelwald will never be able to surpass it in some respects.

Lockhart rode a broomstick directly across the English Channel to France, and now he certainly has the strength to fly directly over, but that consumes too much mana, he is not as rich as Voldemort, and the curse on his body is much stronger than Voldemort's - if he pretends to fly directly across the sea without a broomstick, he will probably have to kill and suck blood to regain his sanity when he arrives in France.

After entering the French Floo network system, Lockhart directly phantomed to the German-French border, and after easily crossing the Floo network separation zone, he phantomically moved to the border between Germany and the Netherlands.

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The climate on the European continent was obviously a little different from that of the United Kingdom, and the continuous flight coupled with two consecutive ultra-long-distance apparitions made the White Lord, whose soul was incomplete, feel a little dizzy and tired, and he was ready to take a break.

After sitting in a Muggle village for a while, he changed into a black robe in the same style as Voldemort's, and used a Transfiguration Charm to make himself bald—although he had made up for his transfiguration magic, he was not a natural transfigurative Magus like Tonks or his godson Teddy. The deformation was imperfect, and it had to be made to do - it really couldn't get Voldemort's hair.

The Germans don't know Voldemort either.

It's a big deal to modify it with memory.

Some of the exterior walls of the village are plastered with German government wanted notices, but there are no photos, only for residents to beware of strange figures in black robes and masks, and to call the police directly when they see them.

It is clear that the Death Eaters were already wanted in Germany.

Lockhart smiled disdainfully, the Death Eaters weren't always wearing black robes and masks, so it would be amazing if they could be caught.

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Located on a small island in the North Sea west of the border between Germany and Denmark, Neumengard is built on an island, unlike Azkaban, which stands alone in the sea. The size of the island is not large. The scenery is not bad - the prison guards make this island their home, and when they are bored, they even plant trees, flowers and crops on it......

As he flew close enough to see what was happening on the island, a magical aura swept over him, and Lockhart was already within reach of the Muggle Expulsion Charm.

The tower of Neumengard comes into view, the prison is built against a rocky hill in the middle of the island, and the tallest tower seems to be embedded between two rocky mountains......

There was no-fly magic in the sky above the prison, and while that didn't bother Lockhart, he landed in front of the gate and looked up. There is a line of German on the gate. Although he did not know German, Lockhart knew that it must be Grindelwald's famous phrase: "The greater good".

"What people!" the two wizards on duty at the door pointed their wands at him: "There is no visitation arrangement today, who are you!"

Lockhart looked up at them. A cruel smile appeared on his distorted face: "Voldemort." ”

Before the prison guards could realize who Voldemort was, Lockhart had already flicked his wand at a speed that the other could not see with the naked eye, and two white lights rushed towards the two wizards......

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Easily subduing the guards, Lockhart walked towards the tower with his wand in hand. Along the way, several more wizards tried to stop them.

He didn't kill anyone, and he wouldn't kill these innocent people unless he lost control completely. And he also wants them to pass on the news that Voldemort has come to rob the prison. In order to create this illusion, each wizard was sent flying far away by a powerful and extremely swift repulsion spell, and he was not lightly injured.

Communicating the magic of the island, Lockhart could sense that there were some other wizards in the complex, presumably the remaining guards and their families. But now they are all hiding and dare not come out, and they are presumably reporting or have reported to the German Ministry of Magic.

The prison's guards are surprisingly weak, but understandable. Maybe when Grindelwald was holding his political enemies here, the defense measures were very tight, but after so many years, the people who were locked up were released and died, and now there are only a few prisoners left, how many guards and how strong the defense is needed!

He has to hurry up a little, although he is not afraid of anyone, but if the German Ministry of Magic comes with a bunch of people, he can't defeat a hundred.

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Maybe it's because Gellert Grindelwald deserves special treatment in Numengard, or maybe it's because there are more cells in the prison...... He was held in solitary confinement in that separate and tallest tower. The tower was said to have been protected by Albus Dumbledore's own magic, but Lockhart didn't feel any powerful magical fluctuations...... Maybe Dumbledore wasn't that strong back then?

Lockhart didn't break through the wall to enter, but honestly broke the door from the bottom of the tower and climbed the stairs.

The tower was relatively high, and he climbed two or three steps to the top floor at a rapid pace - if Voldemort was to kill someone, he might have slowly ascended the stairs step by step, and let the prey suffer from fear on the top floor, but Lockhart was neither here to kill nor pretend to be forced today.

As he reached the last door, the White Lord finally encountered traces of powerful magic - the room where Grindelwald was imprisoned, and the door and the surrounding stone walls were firmly and fully imprisoned and sealed...... An ordinary wizard can't break it with a wand outside, let alone the poor man inside, who has not only had his wand confiscated, but is also shrouded in a magical confinement spell.

But Lockhart is no ordinary wizard.

All the magic on the door, and it itself, had been shattered by the spell, and had been scattered to the ground in pieces, and Lockhart had stepped into the room vigilantly with his wand in hand.

An old, thin old man, cowered on a bed by the wall, looked at a newspaper in his hand, and didn't even look up at him.

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Lockhart lowered his wand and looked around the cell...... A bed, a table, a stool, a toilet, on the table was a large plate of what was estimated to be today's lunch, and some books and newspapers were piled up on the side of the bed, both in English and German. One of them, "A Detailed Explanation of Transfiguration", was written by Dumbledore in 1960, and should have been sent to Grindelwald to relieve his boredom.

The overall environment is refreshing and clean, much better than the dungeons of the Ministry of Magic...... No wonder he wrote to Dumbledore that it was "okay".

Grindelwald sensed Lockhart's gaze, put down the newspaper in his hand, and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"You should have come a long time ago. ”

"Oh?" Lockhart knew that the other party thought of himself as Voldemort, and it was no wonder that Grindelwald had already left England when Voldemort was born, and he had never returned since, so it was impossible to see Voldemort.

But Voldemort hadn't come to him before?

This was good news, otherwise he might have been killed by Voldemort, and Snape, who had "killed" Dumbledore without offering the Elder Wand, might have been killed by Fury.

Lockhart looked down at the Daily Prophet that Grindelwald had put down from his hand and spread out on the bed, the photo on the cover was Dumbledore, and he only then noticed that it was a British Daily Prophet, which should have been an article published by the Ministry of Magic a month ago to rehabilitate Dumbledore.

It seems that Grindelwald is quite preferential here, and he can see whatever he wants.

"I knew you were going to be a Dark Lord when Albus first mentioned you to me, and you were better qualified than I was in that regard. The old man seemed to be talking to himself, maybe he hadn't spoken to anyone for too long, he didn't even know to see the other person's reaction, waiting for the other person's response: "You are more cruel and crazy than me......"

"yes, more cruel, more crazy. Lockhart agrees.

"Hey, hey......" seemed to be amused by Lockhart's comment on the third person, and the scrawny old wizard laughed at him, revealing his toothless mouth: "You're really happy to admit it, I'm starting to like you a little, if you're not this ghost, I can consider having a guy with you or something, the two strongest dark wizards in history are together...... It sounds tempting—but I have to tell you that the thing you want isn't with me, and I'm not going to tell you where it is, you can't use the Templar on me, and I bet you didn't bring the Elixir, and even if you did, you wouldn't be able to put it in my mouth!"

Grindelwald smirked, as if he had made Voldemort deflated: "To sum it up simply, I mean - you don't get that wand, and even if you do, it will never, never obey you-"

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"You mean that?" Lockhart held up his Elder wand and showed him, "Not only did I get it, it seems to be obedient." ”

Grindelwald's eyes were already a little cloudy, and his gaze was still glazed...... But the moment he saw the Elder's wand, two sharp rays of light shot out of his eyes.

The next second, Grindelwald bounced up from the bed and pounced on Lockhart with an instantaneous burst of fierce killing, trying to snatch the wand.

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――(To be continued......)