Chapter 842 Hufflepuff’s Gold Cup
A week passed in a blink of an eye, and the mysterious man's assassination of Dumbledore caused a stir in the wizarding world. Many people could not believe that the most recognized wizard had died like this.
A mood called panic gradually enveloped everyone's hearts.
The powerful Dark Lord seems unstoppable. Some pessimistic wizards are almost desperate and believe that the British magic world has lost hope!
Fortunately, the new Acting Minister Pierce was not discouraged. Instead, he showed unimaginable courage in such a critical moment. On the day of Dumbledore's funeral, he announced that Voldemort was listed as the most wanted criminal in the Ministry of Magic, and at the same time dispatched a large number of Aurors went out to search for Voldemort's whereabouts and captured him at all costs.
Any wizard who provides information about Voldemort will receive a large reward.
However, as many people feared, Pierce's tough move soon attracted a backlash from the Dark Lord.
A week after Dumbledore's funeral, "Voldemort" took action again and personally led a large number of Death Eaters to attack Gringotts, which was said to be absolutely unbreakable. Hundreds of goblins were injured as a result, and many Gringotts officials died. Under the Avada Kedavra curse of the mysterious man.
Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic's Aurors provided timely support and did not allow the Dark Lord's plot to succeed. Instead, they once again severely dampened Voldemort's spirit and captured more than a dozen Death Eaters who had no time to escape.
Naturally, Pierce made a big deal about the outcome of this war, publicizing that the Ministry of Magic had once again defeated the mysterious man.
The Daily Prophet has been continuously publishing articles to boost the confidence of British wizards in these days, trying to make everyone understand that as long as they unite, the Dark Lord is not invincible!
Under such bombardment of publicity, various initiatives of the Ministry of Magic quickly gained support from all walks of life. Pierce even took advantage of Gringotts' shortage of staff and forcibly arranged for some Ministry of Magic officials to temporarily replace those vacant positions. , so as to maintain the normal operation of Gringotts.
Not only that, the twenty Aurors brought by Pierce also stayed in Gringotts to take charge of daily defense work to prevent the mysterious man from attacking again.
After such a combination of punches, relying on the threat posed by Voldemort, the Ministry of Magic became more and more powerful. Several centralization bills were passed in succession. As the Acting Minister, Pierce was naturally very proud.
It can be said that no minister has ever had such huge power.
Fortunately, Pierce was not dazzled by the power in his hands. The magic mark on his arm always reminded him of his position, so after finishing Gringotts, Pierce rushed there immediately. Arrive at the safe house in Knockturn Alley and meet Ivan.
"Mr. Hals, I've got what you asked me to find..." Pierce held a box, placed it on the table in front of him, and then continued.
"According to your request, I asked people from the Department of Mysteries to make a magic-isolating storage box in advance. I put this thing in it as soon as I found it. No one touched it during this period."
"Very well, your caution is correct, Pierce! This is a black magic item made by a mysterious person. It is very dangerous..." Ivan nodded and gently waved his wand to unlock the protection on the storage box. A magic wand and a simple golden trophy appeared in front of me.
After thousands of years of wind and frost, this Hufflepuff relic is still gorgeous. The golden cup is engraved with various exquisite magic runes, which shines brightly under the setting sun at noon.
Ivan didn't reach out to touch, he just watched it for a while...
Pierce, who was waiting, complained secretly in his heart. In his opinion, Ivan Hals simply took this precious magic item into his pocket in the name of the mysterious man.
Just as he was thinking this, a gray-white flame suddenly lit up on the wand held in Ivan's right hand.
A feeling of palpitations suddenly surged into Pierce's heart, and before he could react, the Hufflepuff golden cup placed on the table began to shake violently as if it felt threatened, and then endless black mist fell from the cup. The words came out of his mouth, and in an instant the entire room was enveloped in a thick mist.
Pierce was startled by this sudden abnormality. He pulled out his wand in a panic, only to find that he could see nothing but black mist around him, making it impossible to tell where the danger came from.
And these strange black mist seemed to have magic power, reflecting what Pierce wanted most in his heart, so that he had the idea of destroying this place directly, or even killing Ivan Hals. .
If I kill him I will be the real Minister of Magic... Just kill him!
The malice in Pierce's heart became stronger and stronger, but before he could take action, a piercing scream rang out in the room. The thick black fog began to gradually dissipate, and about five seconds later the whole room changed back to normal again. It turns out that everything that happened before was like an illusion.
Piers froze on the spot, and it took him a while to wake up. Thinking of the thoughts that had appeared in his mind before, his body trembled involuntarily, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes as he looked at the Hufflepuff Gold Cup.
"Mr. Hals, that was..." Pierce asked cautiously.
"Obviously, Voldemort has placed a powerful black magic on this thing, which can arouse evil thoughts deep in people's hearts..." Ivan explained casually without mentioning the Horcrux, and then put away the wand. come over.
On the wooden table in front of him, Hufflepuff's golden cup had a burnt round hole, and the beautiful magical inscriptions had become extremely dim. This magical item had been completely damaged.
Ivan regretfully put the gold cup in the cabinet. Maybe it would be possible to repair it in the future.
Pierce on the other side was in a state of fear. Fortunately, he had some restraint and was not completely deceived. Otherwise, once he took action, the consequences would be disastrous!
However, Pierce didn't know that every move he made and even what Ivan was thinking were clear to me, but Ivan didn't care.
After all, he had seen the ability of Horcruxes to affect emotions. In addition, the acting minister had been suppressed by him for so long, so it was impossible for him to have no thoughts at all.
But as long as the opponent still has some brains, he can think that rebelling against him will only lead to death, because now the senior officials of the Ministry of Magic are his own people, and the most elite strikers are in the hands of Flan. Without him, the so-called Pierce The acting minister is just a polished commander, and no one will listen to him at all.
Not to mention, after Dumbledore's death, Ivan has become truly the strongest in the wizarding world!
His strength alone is enough to rival an army of wizards. This is why Ivan feels at ease to let an outsider like Pierce take charge...
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