The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

"Slytherin's Locket. What a beautiful creation. No matter how many times I see it, I can't help but be fascinated by it..."

No. 1 murmured quietly, while still gently stroking the complicated patterns on the gold pendant box and the emerald green snake-shaped S logo in the center.

It's a pity that this intoxicated expression only lasted for a moment on No. 1's face. Soon No. 1's expression darkened, and his movements in stroking the pendant became rough.

"No, no, no! This is a fake! We were deceived..."

No. 1's action seemed to touch a certain switch. The originally closed pendant box suddenly opened, revealing a note hidden inside.

I saw clearly written on the note:

'To the Dark Lord:

I know I will be dead when you read this letter, but I want you to know: I discovered your secret, and I have taken the real Horcrux and will destroy it as soon as possible.

I'd risk my life for you to meet a mortal of flesh and blood when you hit your opponent.

RAB'

No. 1's pupils suddenly expanded, and a violent magic power almost burst out from his body.

The fully armored Death Eater who was originally standing next to No. 1 as a guard also seemed a little panicked at this moment.

He could clearly sense that in the darkness around him, there was something terrifying and thicker than the darkness slowly squirming.

And just when these substances were about to touch his body, No. 1, who was standing in front of the stone basin, let out a burst of laughter.

"Hahahaha! Another betrayal! This guy named RAB is such an amazing guy. He actually tricked No. 4? It's so funny! I must bring this thing back to No. 4. I really want to see what he will do then. What an expression! Hahaha!"

Following the sound of No. 1, the material in the surrounding darkness quickly disintegrated as if it had encountered something terrifying.

The full-armored Death Eater just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw No. 1 hand the pendant box to him and said:

"Ha! You should do this immediately! Not only No. 4, but also No. 2 and No. 3 should also take a look at this thing. Tell them by the way and let them speed up their deployment in France!"

"Yes, my master!"

Hearing this, the full-armored wizard felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He knelt down on one knee and took the pendant, then twisted and disappeared.

Only No. 1 was left in the dark cave, still laughing.

……

What happened in the cave that night was naturally unknown to outsiders, but the news that Dumbledore and other members of the Order of the Phoenix failed to seize the Horcrux from the cave was no secret. Nep reached Link's ears.

Looking at Snape, who had a gloomy expression and said nothing after what he said in front of him, Link suddenly wanted to laugh.

He tapped the table lightly and said:

"As I said, you should really thank me. I dragged you out of the quagmire. Without me, I'm afraid you would have had to play the thankless bad guy again, right?"

"You still expect me to thank you?" Snape said calmly, "Do you know? They all regard me as a deserter now."

"Come on Professor Snape, I know you don't care about this."

"Of course I don't care what they call me!" Snape stood up and said, "What I really care about is that Dumbledore and his group of idiots failed to snatch the Horcrux. Now the damn Horcrux has probably returned to Voldemort. It’s almost impossible for us to take it back, do you understand?!”

Hearing this, Link smiled and shook his head.

It is not surprising that Voldemort in this world would think of collecting his own Horcrux Link.

After all, there is still that mysterious force behind Voldemort this time, so it is normal to think of this step.

What really shocked Link a little was that the Order of the Phoenix led by Dumbledore actually lost!

This means that the power of that mysterious force has reached an extremely exaggerated level!

As for Snape's concerns, Link didn't think it was anything.

Having read the original work, he knew very well that the Horcrux in the cave was simply a fake.

Thinking this, Link smiled and shook his head:

"Okay, Professor Snape, don't think about this matter anymore. Your first priority now is to accompany me to Durmstrang."

After saying that, Link stood up and walked out.

Even with Occlumency suppressing it, Snape's expression was still ugly.

But in the end he followed Link firmly.

After all, his mission in Germany this time was to protect Link.

On the lake below Beckman Castle, a ferocious ghost ship has already docked.

On the shore, nearly a hundred heavily armed hunters gathered.

These were the early troops that Link had urgently deployed from the country after he signed the "Unbreakable Oath" with Beckman. Although they were small in number, they were the most elite.

At this moment, they were obviously very curious about the ghost ship in front of them. The Durmstrang student in charge of the ship was also very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about introducing the ghost ship to everyone.

However, when Link and Snape appeared, the originally excited hunters returned to their original serious appearance.

"Link, hurry up, I'm waiting for you!"

Emily, wearing a ladylike dress, excitedly waved to Link surrounded by the crowd.

Emily had never been worried about Link's decision. She really regarded this trip to Durmstrang as a trip.

The difference was that Old Klei and Beckman, two people who knew the depth of Link's plan, had serious faces.

After Link and Emily held hands and were greeted by Krum, who came to pick them up, they entered the ship's cabin with a group of hunters.

Immediately afterwards, with a loud noise like the roar of a monster, the entire ghost ship slowly sank into the lake and disappeared.

"Link, we are currently aboard the 'Black Pearl', one of Durmstrang's two existing ghost ships. It has been cast with countless spells by our Durmstrang ancestors, the most astonishing of which is the Black Pearl. , is the huge phantom transformation array!

As long as the entire ship sinks completely into the water, this magic circle can be activated and instantly transferred to most lakes and seas in the world that are not covered by anti-Apparition spells! "

Listening to Krum's introduction, Link curiously touched the wooden cabin with his hand and sighed:

"What a wonderful alchemy technology! By the way, you just said you have two such ghost ships?"

"Of course, the other ship is the 'Flying Dutchman' that originally carried us to Hogwarts to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. However, it is undergoing maintenance this time, so we can only use this ship to pick you up."

"Fly...the Flying Dutchman?"

Link's expression was very exciting. He thought the Black Pearl in front of him was just a coincidence, but now, he really didn't expect to hear such a familiar name from Krum and others.

At this moment, the Black Pearl's hull shook violently.

Emily, who was originally looking around and looking at the interior of the cabin, staggered suddenly. Fortunately, she reacted in time and stepped forward to hold her tightly in her arms.

"Don't worry, this is an old problem of the Black Pearl. It will shake every time it apparates. Other ships don't have this problem. You know, we originally had five ships. It's a pity. We have no money for maintenance, and now all these ships are scrapped."

Krum hung on the ceiling with one hand very easily and explained to Link and others, "Okay, if you don't say this, we should have arrived already, let's go quickly."

Before Link and Emily could complain, Krum sent them up.

At this time, outside the deck, it had completely turned into a black and white world composed of white snow and black mountains.

Durmstrang Magic School is located in front of the lake where Link and others are now, surrounded by mountains.

Compared with Hogwarts, Durmstrang, one of the three oldest magic schools in Europe, is obviously much shabbier.

The main body of their school cannot be described as a castle at all, but a large continuous fortress. Its height is so low that if the traceless extension spell is not taken into account, Link estimates that it is only four stories high at most.

However, unlike the simplicity of Durmstrang Castle, the students here are exceptionally strong.

Seeing the ship docking, countless Durmstrang students wearing single clothes gathered on broomsticks from all directions.

They happily greeted Link and others, and some even boldly used the side of the ship and the mountains to perform difficult flying maneuvers one after another.

The most important thing is that it can be seen just from their red faces and excited and happy expressions.

They didn't do such hard and dangerous things specifically to meet Link, but they just liked doing it.

"What a crazy group of people..."

Watching another Durmstrang girl flying over the rugged mountain stream, Emily couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't be surprised, we like to fly around outside every summer." Klum explained, "After all, we can only stay in school in the winter and can't go anywhere. Now that it's warm, we naturally want to be more active."

"Is it warm...?"

Emily said with a dull expression.

She had begun to doubt the body temperature sensing ability of these Durmstrang people.

Now that the temperature outside is so low that several Forley family hunters have runny noses, these people actually say it's warm?

Emily instinctively pulled Link's sleeve, but Link didn't react at all.

Now Link's attention has been completely focused on the other ghost ships docked on this blue lake.

Just like what Krum said, there are indeed a total of five ghost ships here with a dilapidated appearance.

Among them, the 'Black Pearl' they are currently on and the 'Flying Dutchman' currently under maintenance are only medium-sized ships among them.

The other three ghost ships, one large and two small, were completely stranded on the black beach at this moment, and were obviously unusable.

Link's eyes kept wandering back and forth on the three ships, with a hint of excitement hidden in his eyes.

He admitted that he was a little excited by what Krum had just said.

If these scrapped boats can really be repaired, can I use my identity as a school director to get one back and drive it?

Let’s not talk about whether it is practical or not. The key point is that it is so handsome!

"Link, it's time for us to disembark."

Just when Link was thinking about building a ghost ship for fun, Klum's voice suddenly rang out, "I'm sorry Link, the person who came to greet us this time is not Principal Doug, but our Vice President. I hope you can understand that Professor Doug is too old and he really can’t stand the snow and wind here."

This statement suddenly woke Link up from his deep thoughts.

He looked at the crowd coming from a distance to greet him, and also lowered his voice and asked Krum:

"Of course I can understand Professor Doug's difficulties. But...whose side is your vice-principal on?"

"That's one of our people, there's no doubt about it!"

Hearing this, Link nodded, put on a smiling face and led a large group of people towards the welcoming team.

However, when he got closer, he unexpectedly discovered that he was facing Maxim at the front of the welcoming team.

At this time, Maxim was completely no longer the amiable person he had been at Hogwarts. Not only was his expression stern, but his whole person also exuded a tough and fierce aura - this was rarely seen in a woman, even this The woman is over 3 meters tall and has giant blood.

As for the middle-aged man who should be Vice President Durmstrang, he seemed to hesitate to speak. Like other professors and students who came to greet him, he was tightly restrained by Maxim behind him.

It's a pity that Link, who specially brought hundreds of hunters with him, will not be frightened by Maxim.

Seeing this, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly and waved:

"Good morning, Ms. Maxim, it's a pleasure to meet you again here.

Also, I want to convey to you that Hagrid is thinking of you and that he hugs you again. "

Hearing what Link said, many people present who knew the inside story couldn't help laughing.

Even Maxim himself blushed, and most of his strong aura disappeared.

However, she adjusted quickly and immediately returned to her previous serious look. She took a deep breath and said to Link:

"Link, we are old acquaintances. Do you really want to get involved in this matter?"

"How can you say that I got involved?" Link said with a frivolous expression, "I just came to donate a sum of money to Durmstrang School at Klum's request. As you know, I People are just so kind.”

When Maxim heard this, the muscles on his face visibly twitched a few times.

She really couldn't figure out where Link could get the nerve to say he was kind.

However, the tough stance in Link's words was still felt by him.

She said gloomily:

"In that case, let's meet at the negotiating table!"

After saying that, she led a group of Beauxbatons students wearing blue and purple coats and turned around and returned to the castle.

And it was only then that Link discovered that Fleur had been hiding behind Maxim. At this moment, she was not walking with the large group, but was waving to Link with a smile.

Her smile looked a little forced, especially when her eyes focused on the hands held by Link and Emily, and the wedding rings on their hands.

But even so, she still walked slowly towards Link.