The strikers and Aurors were all summoned, and wizards from all over the country and even from all over the country were notified to go to the Snowton Mountains in northern Wales to carry out the siege of the remnants of the Death Eaters......

The method used by Voldemort to hunt down Lockhart half a year ago was used by the victim to deal with the desperate Dark Lord......

The similarity between the two encirclements is that it was the Dementors who let the Ministry of Magic know the approximate location of the fugitives: when Voldemort pursued Lockhart, the Dementors' role was to search for targets in the encirclement, and they did succeed in finding Lockhart, but this time, the Ministry of Magic only needed to surround the place where the Dementors were found, and they trapped the target being pursued!

"There's also the problem, if the mystery man wants to run, none of us can stop him," Lockhart said, "and he's the most magical and fastest man in the world, and that's ...... Martin, I'll tell you what to do—"

"Don't worry, as long as the mysterious person doesn't see you, ...... run" Martin showed a mysterious smile: "When the single-objective no-fly enchantment of the Mysterious Things Division is completed, he won't have a chance to run even if he wants to." ”

"This must be done, if the magic power is insufficient, you can requisition all energy consumption except for the energy supply of the Ministry of Magic's defense system, and you can even cut off the flying road network in other places first. Lockhart smiled with satisfaction: "Then, Rufus will go to the front to command the Aurors, Martin will prepare other things, and I will arrange the manpower to deal with Grindelwald." ”

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Maybe there's nothing in Snowton Mountain, maybe it's just hiding some Dementors, and if so, it's just a good idea to treat this big move of the Ministry of Magic as a drill, and there's nothing to lose anyway.

Of all Lockhart's helpers, Martin and Scrimgeour were certainly present, Slughorn and Flitwick, two old Chinese wizards, had also been living in the Ministry of Magic's quarters, Cyres had lived in London, and Grindelwald had lived just a Dash of Loyalty Spell away from him......

Lockhart only needs to inform Snape, Dean Bloodney, and Aberforth Dumbledore, who has shown great strength in the defense of Hogwarts and is willing to help. All the helpers are in place.

Eleven wizard helpers with strength between the powerful and the top, even if the strength of the resurrected exceeds expectations and is close to the level of himself without the elder's wand, a group of three is definitely enough to contain one, not to mention dozens of Aurors, more than a hundred strikers, and more Ministry of Magic helpers......

If there are fewer than four resurrected ones, the battle will be in doubt, and if Voldemort has created five or six resurrected ones, or if they are far more powerful than expected, the battle may be bitter......

Don't lose!

It's impossible to lose!

But what if you can't beat it?

Not being able to beat and not being able to fight are not the same thing, the former refers to not being able to defeat the other party, in that case. Lockhart could only return to the Ministry of Magic with everyone, reveal all the secrets of Horcruxes and resurrection magic and Voldemort's plot to the whole of Europe and even the world, and then ask for formal assistance.

What if you find that Voldemort already has a large army of resurrectionists, and has even laid a trap?

The Department of Mysteries has received a top-secret order from Lockhart, Muggle Intelligence agents are ready to take control of British military bases, and powerful magical enchantments have been set up in the dungeons.

As soon as Lockhart is in a desperate situation - not only can he not win the battle, but he can't even run, the missile base closest to the battlefield will be under the control of the wizard and will fire high-yield nuclear bombs at Lockhart's location, killing both warring parties. Death Eaters who were locked up in the Ministry of Magic dungeons were all executed instantly.

At this point, Lockhart gambled that Voldemort would have no will, or ability to resurrect his followers, after the battle - and at that point, the Dark Lord would have no chance of turning over. And the White Lord's Horcrux is still by his wife's side who loves him deeply.

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The resurrection magic Lockhart was also left to Hermione, and the Ministry of Magic has wizards who know potions, and even this girl herself is not bad at potions, and he still has a chance!

It's just a worst-case scenario. It's not going to get to this point...... Lockhart could only console himself with this.

Voldemort had only been in hiding for three and a half months, and if he had started this project three months ago, it would have been enough to resurrect a large number of wizards...... But it can be speculated based on various indications. Voldemort wouldn't have had this plan for long, most likely a few days before the recent attack on Potions Manor.

Ginny's idea made sense: if Voldemort really forced all of his Death Eaters to make Horcruxes, there was no way that the Death Eaters would have been obedient enough to attack Potions Manor and collect the ingredients for the resurrection soup for him after discovering the great danger of this method of "eternal life......

It is reasonable to infer that Voldemort told his men that he was going to teach them the methods of immortality before letting them start collecting material...... Once all the materials were ready, Voldemort locked everyone up in one place and forced them to make Horcruxes.

This would explain why no Death Eaters have turned themselves in until now.

This amount of time is only enough time for a group of Horcrux owners to be resurrected, and maybe even the first batch will not be born. Just find out where they're hiding...... Immediately exterminated, he can still continue to enjoy the comfortable life of the previous villain, and still have the opportunity to watch the wizarding world become stronger step by step!

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North-west of London, 300 kilometres away.

Tom, or Lord Voldemort, now regrets it.

He had left the Dementors behind in order to keep them a guard for him and eliminate wizards who might find him hiding. But two days ago, a few Dementors couldn't hold back their hunger and attacked Muggles down the mountain......

Muggle lives are worthless, of course, and when they die, they die, but they should never be discovered by the wizards of the Ministry of Magic!

These stupid, dirty creatures!

Voldemort was furious at the moment, and he had now made the same decision as his enemies, to end the war and to wipe out the Dementor species.

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He did feel this way when he had fled here with his Horcrux three months ago.

The mysterious wizard who was later confirmed to be Gilderoy Lockhart was no match for himself - and indeed no one else in the world was, but he had recaptured the Ministry of Magic and had cleverly lured himself away and killed a large number of his trusty men at Hogwarts.

There is no strong enough team to make a comeback.

But after calming down for a while, he realized that there was still a chance: he definitely killed Lockhart that day, so since he could reappear, he must also be resurrected...... Now it seems that there is no doubt that Snape resurrected him, and the trust he has always reserved in this guy seems to be correct...... It was only at that time that he was considered to be a potions master, so he told him the method of resurrection......

Resurrection magic was useless to ordinary wizards who didn't make Horcruxes, and there was no doubt about that, but what he didn't expect was that Lockhart guy actually made Horcruxes too, and gave them to Snape for safekeeping!

It's useless to wonder where Lockhart learned to make Horcruxes, when he made them, or regret telling Snape about the resurrection magic. Since there is a second person who has been resurrected in the same way, which means that his success is not accidental, but can be replicated, then, perhaps, let the escaped waste of his subordinates exert a little residual heat?

So, Voldemort found the cave, cast a spell on the cave walls, and after spending two months gathering enough potion materials, locked up all the Death Eaters and their families here, and began making Horcruxes......

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――(To be continued......)