"The Blood Wizard of Hogwarts (
"Master, did Nott also take refuge in Ivan Hals like Lucius?" Snape couldn't help but ask if he looked at Nott, who was ignorant of his life and death surrounded by a serpent.
"No, when I found him, he was already controlled by the Imperius Curse." Voldemort replied in a daze.
During the months of fleeing Knockout Alley, he had sneaked into Knockout Alley many times, with the intention of arresting a few single law enforcement officers for interrogation and snooping on Ivan Hals' intelligence.
But what he didn't expect was that these people seemed to be prepared for a long time. The wizards on duty are always a team of seven, and they never separate. Everyone has a unique fire dragon mark printed on their wrists, and there is no way to start. chance.
Fortunately, the effort paid off. After a few months of staying here, Voldemort also found out the details of Knockout Alley and the personnel situation, and guessed that there is a safe house nearby, but could not find the specific location.
But Nott was his biggest gain in the past few months. The opponent didn't have that special magic mark on his body, and there were a lot of key information in his memory.
It contains images of Ivan Hals leading the law enforcement officers to slaughter in the wizarding market, and intimidating and luring the six pure-blooded families such as Aibo and Parkinson to surrender.
When Ivan Hals spoke at the Wizarding Market last time, the other party was there.
These two decisive memories are enough for Dumbledore to see the threat posed by the other party. If Ivan Hals is allowed to grow like this, there will be an uncontrollable monster in the magic world!
This is undoubtedly what he and Dumbledore didn't want to see!
Since they have a common goal, maybe there will be cooperation between them, such as exchanging some information through Snape, no matter how badly they can change the current unfavorable situation, the battle between the two tigers can be turned into a three-way battle.
"I understand, Master, I will faithfully tell Dumbledore what Ivan Hals has done according to your instructions..." Snape replied respectfully.
"Very well, I hope you can give me good news within three days." Voldemort nodded, with a little smile on his face, very satisfied with Snape's respectful attitude.
Considering that the other party had done a lot of things for himself during this time, and he was so loyal, Voldemort asked again.
"You have done a good job recently, do you want any rewards? Severus?"
reward? Snape's face became a little weird, and the Dark Lord was so down, he didn't think the other party could bring out anything valuable.
But Snape also knew that he must not want nothing, otherwise it would easily cause the Dark Lord's dissatisfaction.
A few thoughts flashed through his mind, and Snape quickly made a decision, with a somewhat enthusiastic expression on his face just right, looked at Voldemort, and said carefully.
"Master, I want to learn more advanced black magic and gain more powerful power, just like...just like you."
Voldemort squinted slightly, looked at Snape carefully, and suddenly laughed. "You are very ambitious, Severus, but I can satisfy your wish. Starting today, if you don't understand anything about dark arts research, you can come to Riddle's Mansion and ask me at any time."
Voldemort agreed very readily. Although Snape's talent was good, it was only that. No matter how advanced and deep black magic he was learned, it was impossible to pose a substantial threat to him, so he was happy to take it as an incentive. Nep's means.
After arranging the task of this loyal man, Voldemort turned his attention to the remaining Death Eaters, and indifferently ordered them not to have any trouble in the near future and pay attention to hiding their body.
Erifan and the others nodded in pleasing eyebrows, but secretly made up other calculations in their hearts.
Voldemort saw the thoughts in their minds clearly and sneered, but he didn't pay attention to the careful thoughts of these people.
If it weren't for the fact that sometimes some people are needed to support the scene, one of these people will have to be dragged down to feed Nagini...
The wandering snake seemed to sense Voldemort's thoughts, propped up the snake's body high, and scanned the Death Eaters present with eager eyes, as if watching a plate of delicious meals.
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Two days passed in a flash, and after an overwhelming propaganda offensive, the news of the mysterious man's aggressive attack on the Ministry of Magic was already known to everyone.
Fudge, the former Minister of Magic, was unsurprisingly the first person to be the first person to hold the pot. A large amount of black material was dug up by the Daily Prophet, and a day later it was revealed that there was some kind of obscure deal with the mysterious man...
The entire magical world was in an uproar, and there were endless verbal abuses. Only Mrs. Ekmo, who claimed to be a friend of the Minister of Magic, and a small number of Fudge’s supporters came out to defend the former Minister of Magic, claiming that Fudge was deceived by a mysterious man. Doing so many wrong things ~com~ But anyway, Fudge neglected his duty, helped cover up the mysterious person's whereabouts, and turned a blind eye to the abnormality of the Dementors, resulting in a large number of Death Eaters escaped from prison and other crimes were stone hammered.
With such a night's effort, Fudge's reputation has become stinky, and he is hailed as the most incompetent Minister of Magic in history!
Thousands of insulting letters were sent to the minister's office every day, but it was a pity that Fudge's body was cold long ago, and he couldn't come out to face everyone's doubts.
These letters also put a lot of burden on the Ministry of Magic that is still being rebuilt. Every day, several employees must be specially assigned to intercept the roaring letters to the Ministry...
In this kind of atmosphere where all the staff were tense and everyone was in danger, a hero of the salvation stepped on Fudge's corpse and showed his face fiercely.
Pierce, the executive director at the time, demonstrated thunderous methods in the battle to defend the Ministry of Magic, leading a large number of wizards to kill and capture 71 Death Eaters, and dozens of Azkaban repeat offenders. Sweeping out all the invading enemies except the mysterious man has greatly boosted the morale of the Ministry of Magic, which can be described as turning the mansion into full swing.
Even in the inauguration speech of the acting minister the next day, Pierce publicly announced that the Second Wizarding War had officially started, and then a large number of Aurors would be sent to search and apprehend Voldemort at all costs.
Such a tough attitude immediately won the support of countless civilian wizards, and no one hopes to return to the era when the Dark Lord was raging and thugs were rampant more than ten years ago.
Every wizard who has experienced a dark period cherishes this hard-won peace and hopes that the mysterious person will be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible.
However, some people think that Pierce is too big. After all, everyone knows how powerful the Dark Lord is. No amount of Auror can be the opponent of the mysterious man. This will only increase casualties...