Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

At this very moment, the little wizard standing before them categorically refused to believe that his well-ordered, stable and comfortable world could be destroyed, that Voldemort could rise again.

"Voldemort is back!" Dumbledore said again, looking at him coldly, "This is actually not terrible. If you accept this fact immediately and take necessary measures, we may still be able to save the situation and minimize the loss." To the bottom. First, the most important step is to free Azkaban from the control of the dementors..."

"Playing the piano!" cried Fudge again. "Remove the dementors? I'll be kicked out of the office if I make this suggestion! Half of us know there's a dementor on guard in Azkaban, and we won't be able to do it until night. Get some sleep!"

"Connelly, if we knew that you put Voldemort's most dangerous henchmen in charge of guarding those who would serve him at the beck and call, the rest of us would sleep less soundly!" said Dumbledore. It is impossible to be loyal to you, Voldemort can provide them with far more power and fun than you can provide! Once Voldemort has the support of the dementors behind him, his former buddies will return to him one after another, At that time, it will be difficult for you to prevent him from regaining the power he had 13 years ago!"

Fudge's mouth opened and closed, as if there were no words to express his anger.

"The second measure you must take is to unite the vampires." Dumbledore said, "They are very important. Cancel the arrest warrant for them and prevent them from falling completely to Voldemort."

"God, do you know what you're talking about?" Fudge said incredulously, "Those vampires are the purest creatures of darkness, do you know how many things they have done in the past year, they planned Many terrorist attacks, you actually want me to pardon them?!"

"You have to realize that those things are actually all Voldemort's conspiracy. We shouldn't waste precious power on vampires. They can be won." Dumbledore said further, "The third measure must also be done immediately. , is to send someone to deliver a message to the giant."

"Send someone to deliver a message to the giant?" Fudge exclaimed. "What kind of crazy talk is that?"

"Give them the hand of friendship before it's too late!" said Dumbledore, "or Voldemort will win them over, as he has done before, and of all wizards he alone Offer them rights and liberties!"

"You, you, you must be joking!" Fudge gasped in surprise, shaking his head while shrinking back from Dumbledore, "First dementors, then vampires, and now giants, If other people know that I am going to do this, my career will be over, people will not agree, Dumbledore!"

Chapter 715 Emergency Measures

"I know it's hard, Connelly, but we've got to do it!" said Dumbledore.

"No, no, I won't do it!" Fudge shook his head vigorously. "The Dark Lord never came back. This is all a lie fabricated by you. You joined forces to deceive me. Vampires and giants, these bloods are low..."

"Connelly, you are too obsessed with your official position, which makes you lose your due judgment." Dumbledore said, his voice gradually increased, and people could feel the halo of power surrounding him, His eyes glowed again.

"You place too much value on the so-called pure wizard blood, you have always been like this! You don't realize that it is not important to a person's origin, what matters is what kind of person he grows into! Your dementor just wiped out a very The last member of an ancient wizarding family, look at the life path that man has chosen! I tell you now, just follow my advice and take some steps, and the Ministry of Magic and the entire wizarding world will always remember you, and will Think of you as the bravest and greatest Minister of Magic who ever lived. If you don't act, history will remember that you stood by and gave Voldemort a second chance to destroy the world we worked so hard to rebuild !"

"Ridiculous!" Fudge whispered, looking at Dumbledore in panic, stepping back, "Crazy..."

"If you are so obsessed with your own way, Connelly!" said Dumbledore, "we will have to go our separate ways, and you will do as you see fit, and Hogwarts and I will do as I will."

There was nothing threatening in Dumbledore's voice, it sounded like a statement.

But Fudge was furious, as if Dumbledore was approaching him with a wand raised.

"Yes, yes, Dumbledore!" he exclaimed, threateningly waving a finger, "I see what you mean at last, you and your Hogwarts . . . I have always respected you, I may not agree with some of your decisions, but I always keep silent. Not many people will allow you to hire werewolves, keep Hagrid, or decide to teach without consulting the Ministry of Magic. Students or something. But if you're going to fight me..."

"The only thing I want to turn against is Voldemort!" said Dumbledore. "If you turn against him, Connelly, then we're still on the same side."

Fudge didn't seem to be able to figure out how to answer, he couldn't stand on his little feet, he swayed back and forth for a moment, twirling his bowler hat with both hands, completely lost, as if expecting Dumbledore to change his mind.

Finally, he spoke, with a hint of pleading in his voice, "He won't come back, Dumbledore, he can't!"

Before Dumbledore could speak, Snape, who had been standing beside Ivan, strode forward.

As he walked, he lifted the left sleeve of his robe.

He held out his arm to show Fudge, who recoiled in horror.

"See?" said Snape hoarsely. "See, the Dark Mark. It's not as visible as it was an hour ago, when it was charred black, but you can still see it. Each Death Eater has Voldemort's brand on them. This is a way for Death Eaters to identify each other and is Voldemort's signal to call them back to him. When he summons Death Eaters, we must immediately Apparate, Been around him. Over the year, the mark has become more and more obvious. Karkaroff's is the same, why do you say Karkaroff ran away after Barty Crouch Jr. was caught? We both felt The mark is burning and we all know he's back. Karkaroff fears Voldemort will retaliate against him, and he's betrayed many of his fellow Death Eaters, and surely no one will welcome him back among them."

Fudge backed away from Snape, shaking his head constantly, as if he didn't hear what Snape said at all.

His eyes widened, obviously horrified by the ugly mark on Snape's arm!

Then, looking up at Dumbledore, he whispered, "I don't know what tricks you're playing with your men, Dumbledore, but I've heard enough. I don't want to say anything more until you calm down and figure it out. Contact me after what happened, Dumbledore! When the time comes, I need to discuss with you the way this school is run. Now, I must go back to the Ministry of Magic."

He pushed Snape in front of him, passed Dumbledore, and strode out of the room, with the Aurors hastily following.

The door was closed heavily, and in silence, Dumbledore turned to look at the others.

"Fudge's attitude was as I expected, but it certainly made things worse and changed the whole situation!" said Dumbledore. "There is some work to be done right away, Sirius, and I want you to return immediately Ministry of Magic to..."

"I just got fired, I've had enough of that job!" grumbled Sirius.

"You send a letter to Arthur and help him. We must inform all those who can understand the situation under our persuasion. Arthur can contact those who are not as short-sighted as Connelly in the Ministry of Magic. people." Dumbledore said, "When you go back to the Auror office to pack your things, you can find an opportunity to talk to the other Aurors."

"Okay, but I wish you could give me something a little more exciting to do!" said Sirius.

"This matter is very important. After helping Arthur contact all the people in the Ministry of Magic who are willing to help us, you can go to inform Remus Lupine, Arabella Figg, Mundungus Fry Qi, there are a few old seniors..." Dumbledore paused, and continued, "After doing these things, you can go back to Hogwarts. I hope you can help Ivan get in touch with those vampires, Try to convince them. Although I don't have much hope for this, at the very least, we need to know what secret Voldemort has obtained, about the powerful power he is trying to master!"

Ivan nodded, he also wanted to know about this matter, what secrets the Slytherin family kept for generations.

Also, what was the big problem Keresis had been hoping Voldemort would help them solve? !

"Professor, I don't have a way to contact those vampires?" Ivan suddenly thought, he didn't know where Keresis was.

Vampires have many enemies, if their whereabouts could be found so easily, they would be finished long ago!

Chapter 716 The End of the Goblet of Fire

Before that, Ivan planned to tell Dumbledore about it.

For a long time, he had been passively contacting those vampires, waiting for Keresis or Elaine to come to him.

Ivan doesn't know where they are, and the owl probably won't work.

The place where the vampire hides is protected by magic and cannot be easily discovered by wizards or animals outside.

As for their base camp, Ivan speculated that it should be somewhere in Northern Europe.Because Keresis once said that he had conflicts of interest with Karkaroff and Durmstrang, and suffered losses, which shows that their lair must be within Durmstrang's sphere of influence.

But this area is very large, and the whereabouts of the vampires have been hidden in the dark...

"All we can do now is wait, Ivan, I believe they will take the initiative to contact us, we are the only ones who can help them!" Dumbledore said, "But there are some things we must take the initiative to do."

After Sirius left, his eyes shifted to Hagrid and Madame Maxime.

"Hagrid, I want to talk to you about contacting the giants!" Dumbledore said, "Madame Maxime, if you want, you can also come to my office."

"I'm fine!" said Hagrid hastily, looking at Madame Maxime expectantly.

"Dumbledore, if the mysterious man really comes back, Beauxbaton and I will be your most loyal allies!" Madame Maxime said solemnly, "But before that, I have to figure out everything."

"I'll explain everything to you!" said Dumbledore, looking again at Snape. "Well, Severus, you know what I'm going to tell you, if you're okay, if you Ready……"

"No problem," Snape said.

His face was paler than usual, and there was a strange light in his cold black eyes.

"Good luck, then!" said Dumbledore, with a look of concern on his face.

Seeing Snape leaving without a word, Ivan seemed ready to die.

……

After so many things happened, the hegemony match naturally came to an end, and no one was in the mood to continue the game or watch the game.

As for the warriors, Cedric was missing, and he didn't know that he was brought there by the vampires.

Dumbledore had already contacted his parents, detailing the whole incident to them.

Although Aiwen can be sure that Keresis will not kill him, but there is a high possibility of becoming a vampire.

If you think about it carefully, this result may be even worse. The magic world is very prejudiced against dark creatures like vampires.

If Cedric really becomes a vampire, it means that he cannot go back to Hogwarts to study, and people will not accept him.

Just look at their attitudes towards Hagrid and Lupine, and you will know that vampires are more evil than half giants and werewolves.

Krum is receiving treatment from Barty Crouch Jr.'s Imperius Curse and will take a long time to recover.

During this period, he will certainly not be able to participate in the competition.

The Imperius Curse is very damaging to the soul, and Mrs. Pomrad suggested that he be transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Wounds.

Krum didn't know anything about what he did under the lake. After recovering, he immediately apologized to Ivan, Harry, Ron, Fleur, and Gabriel on the hospital bed.

Everyone forgave him, and Ron seemed particularly touched, and told Krum a lot about the Imperius Curse.

He was attacked by Krum at the bottom of the lake, and was dragged into the aquatic plants by the water monsters and bit him hard, his body was covered with scars, he was bandaged like a mummy now, but his mood was still stable, but he was sure Can't continue playing.

In Ron's own words, he was glad those things happened while he was unconscious.

Otherwise, watching himself being eaten away by Grindylow, he will go crazy.

Fleur was the only intact warrior. She followed Ivan's advice and did not approach the waters.

But she was the only one left, and she couldn't continue the game.

The opinion of the Ministry of Magic is also to end the Triwizard Tournament as soon as possible. Fudge has completely broken with Dumbledore and Hogwarts. He is probably studying how to deal with Dumbledore with his cronies.

There were originally five referees, Mr. Crouch died, and his bones were later dug out from Hagrid's cabin. Barty Crouch Jr. used a very powerful Transfiguration spell, and everyone only found one A pile of decaying bones.

Due to the effect of magic and the loss of bones, there is no way to restore his bones to their original appearance.

As for Karkaroff, he just disappeared without a trace.

No one knows where he went, leaving only a bewildered group of Durmstrang's students.

The only referee who objected to canceling the game was Ludo Bagman. He made a bet with the leprechauns and put everything on Ron, hoping to make a comeback. Naturally, he didn't want the competition to end like this. But no one listened to him at all.

After communicating with many parties, Dumbledore personally cast magic to cancel the contract concluded between the Goblet of Fire and the warriors, but he said that the students of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons are welcome to stay in Hogwarts and continue to stay in Hogwarts. until the end of the semester.

Although the news of Voldemort's return was not announced, after that day, the castle became inexplicably tense.

Ivan had an illusion, as if he had returned to the days when the basilisks were rampant in the castle two years ago.

Panic and mistrust spread on the campus, and all kinds of rumors spread at an extremely fast speed. There have been hundreds of versions of what happened after Ivan, Harry, and Cedric were taken away by the Portkey, each of which sounds like a mystery. All seem real.

Ivan, Harry, and Ron have been staying in the school hospital. Although they have nothing to do, Mrs. Penrad does not allow them to be discharged.

During this period, only a few people such as Hermione, Colin, and the Weasley family were allowed to visit them.

According to Hermione, Dumbledore said a few words to the whole school at dinner the next morning.

He just asked everyone not to disturb Ivan and Harry, and no one was allowed to ask them questions, or pester them to tell what happened after they were taken away by the Portkey that day.

Dumbledore didn't intend to keep it secret, he was going to announce the truth of everything at the right time.

This was something Fudge and the Ministry would not allow, but he had to.

Chapter 717 The Giant of Sicily

While the rumors were spreading rapidly in the castle, Aiwen and the others were also discussing what was happening outside Hogwarts.

Voldemort did not make public the news of his resurrection. He disappeared and hid in the dark just like Karkaroff.

Ai Wen knew that he was probably frightened by his wand, and felt that the power was not enough...

In any case, Voldemort did not act on the bright side, which is what Ivan and Dumbledore hoped.

Everyone is not ready, Voldemort needs time, they need time, the real confrontation has not yet begun.

But the most direct result of this situation is that Fudge is more convinced that Dumbledore is talking nonsense.

"Fudge is too much, he dared to question Dumbledore!" Hagrid said unhappily when he came to visit Ivan, Harry and Ron, "If Dumbledore hadn't supported him back then, he wouldn't have been a magician at all. Minister."

"We all know what kind of man Fudge is!" said Ron, the bandages off his body. "My mother always said all these years, stupid Fudge and the stupid policies he made. In this way, very stubborn and prejudiced, look at my father, he was treated unfairly in the Ministry."

"The most unbelievable thing for me is that he actually summoned a dementor from Azkaban into Hogwarts." Harry said, "What the hell was he thinking? Barty Crouch Jr. was subdued And he thought he might hurt him."

Indeed, the dementor thing is too grotesque to be believed by any measure.

Ivan later learned that after the frequent attacks of vampires and Mr. Crouch's accident, Fudge ordered the dementors in Azkaban to be on standby at all times, and then asked the Aurors to take it to Honolulu through the prepared portkey. Germaud...

The dementor that sucked the soul of Barty Crouch Jr. traveled from Azkaban to Hogwarts in less than half an hour.

Judging from the consistent performance of the Ministry of Magic, this efficiency is simply unimaginable.

The Hogwarts defense system has a big loophole in the portkey. As long as someone from the Ministry of Magic cooperates, anyone can make a Hogwarts portkey. Even Keresis can do it. It is estimated that Dumbledore Lido has recognized this.

He'd probably perfect this as quickly as possible, taking the magical authority to make Portkeys away from the Ministry of Magic.

"Yeah, I know Fudge is stupid, but I thought he would be more cautious about that man." Hagrid said, waving his hand impatiently, "with so many facts in front of him, he actually did not see!"

"He just ignored those things, and Fudge is very clear that people don't want to see Voldemort come back." Ivan said, then sat up from the bed, "He wants to maintain the status quo and continue to be his own Minister of Magic, not happen War. If Voldemort returns, the wizarding world will inevitably fall into panic, which is not conducive to his rule. Many people, like him, do not believe in us, and do not want to believe in the fact that Voldemort is resurrected..."

"I've known You-Know-Who's coming back!" said Hagrid. "All these years I've known, I've known he's there, and biding my time, it's bound to happen. Now that it's happening, we have to admit it. "

"You're right!" Ivan nodded, "The first thing we have to do now is to admit the reality."

"Yes, we have to fight. We can prevent the mysterious man from gaining power and dominating the world. Of course, that is Dumbledore's plan. To be honest, Dumbledore is really an amazing person. As long as he is around, I will Don't worry too much." Hagrid continued, "It's no use sitting and worrying, what should come will come, and we will accept it when it comes."

On the matter of Voldemort's resurrection, Hagrid showed wisdom beyond imagination, much better than most people.

Only then did Aiwen understand why Dumbledore was willing to trust Hagrid without reservation.

Although he is careless, always making things worse, and has no resistance to dangerous magical creatures, he is never confused in such a big matter.