In This Hogwarts Without a Savior Chapter 290

  Chapter 290 288. King vs. King

  The time when Jon dived into the ice pit, to be precise, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening according to London's time zone.

   It's just because the pole is covered by the polar day, so there is no difference between day and night for him.

  But for the wizards in France, the situation is quite different.

   It must have been an extremely difficult night for the employees of the French Ministry of Magic.

  After the gang of "rebels" occupied all areas except Paris, the French Ministry of Magic began to implement the highest alert state, and every pure-blood MP dared not leave this underground square for a moment.

   Not only that, there are also many pure-blood wizards who actively responded to the pure-blood policy once it was promulgated.

  Most of them escaped in a panic before Wu Pingxian occupied their city, avoiding the fate of being liquidated, but they could only hide in the French Ministry of Magic in fear all day long.

All the Aurors in France are required to be on standby in the Ministry of Magic 24 hours a day, and those support Aurors whose origins are unknown, who only speak pure British English but never speak French, are also guarded in the French Ministry of Magic .

   This is the final bottom line Voldemort drew for them. All other places in France can be lost, but only Paris cannot fall into Dumbledore's hands.

  Both Voldemort and Dumbledore clearly understand what it means if the entire territory of France is occupied by the Wupin Line.

If the nearly ten years of exile in the Hogwarts carriage belonged to Dumbledore's strategic defense, then after the victory in the correctional facility, the organization led by Dumbledore has entered a strategic parity with Voldemort. situation.

   Once the entire territory of France falls, it means that Voldemort is gone, and even his prestige in the UK will be greatly shaken, thus entering Dumbledore's strategic offensive.

   Therefore, whether Paris can be held is of great significance to Voldemort. This is the bridgehead for his plan to rule the whole of Europe, and it is also the start of his ambition.

  The same is true, whether Paris can be liberated is also extremely important to Dumbledore.

  This will not only completely blow Voldemort's personal reputation, but also shake the superiority theory that is the basis of blood rule, directly shake the foundation of his rule, and prepare for the next attack on the British mainland.

   Therefore, the pure-blood wizards in France are still sticking to the Ministry of Magic, and the wizards of Wupingxian have not stopped their offensive.

   On the night of March 29th, at nine o'clock, there was an explosion at the only entrance to the Ministry of Magic, causing everyone stationed here to panic.

  The violent vibration made the whole ground tremble, and every floor in the French Ministry of Magic was shaking, and broken stones and dust were scattered everywhere.

   This noise made many French wizards think of that night half a year ago.

  It was just a few days after Voldemort announced that he was the Minister of Magic. At midnight, which was darker than tonight, seven wizards wearing white robes used their lives to blow up half of the Ministry of Magic.

  That night was also like the ground shaking, but that night shocked the purebloods by the determination of these "Mudbloods" to resist to the death, and it was also the beginning of Voldemort's establishment of his absolute authority.

  That power is so powerful that people dare not even look up, so that every pureblood who decided to stand on his side at that time did not feel that the implementation of the blood policy in France would have the slightest obstacle.

  The situation at the beginning was indeed the same, obviously everything was developing in a good direction at that time.

  But why now, people like them who should be high above are hiding in the "burrow" like mice?

   Such a huge difference before and after is unacceptable to every pureblood who fled here.

   But no matter what emotions they had at this time, after the siren sounded after the loud bang, everyone hurriedly gathered towards the location of the wizard court trial chamber, which was a designated wartime refuge.

   The Aurors of the French Ministry of Magic are almost always guarding the entrance.

  Each of them held their magic wands, swallowed nervously, and looked at the entrance occupied by the thick dust. In fact, they had already anticipated the current situation long ago.

After the wizards of Wupingxian won the victory in the correctional center, they never stopped their pace of occupying France. Under the leadership of Dumbledore, the French Ministry of Magic continued to shrink its defenses, and now only the Ministry of Magic is left. This is the only isolated island.

  So in fact, everyone expected that today's situation would happen, but when Dumbledore and his people actually appeared in front of them, the psychological pressure brought by it could not be dispelled by thinking in advance.

  The dust gradually dissipated, and countless wizards in white robes stood at the blasted entrance.

   And in front of everyone, it was Dumbledore himself.

   He held an ordinary cherry wood wand in his hand, and looked at the French Aurors who were blocking them with a calm expression.

   "I think, if you are generous enough to put down your magic wands, then this war that shouldn't have happened may be resolved. What do you think?"

  His words made the Auror's palms holding the wand sweat, but no one was shaken in the slightest.

  The Aurors who were finally able to defend the Ministry of Magic must be diehards of pure blood. They themselves had done some things that "pure blood" should do during Voldemort's rule.

   Such things cannot be forgiven by the wizards of Wupingxian. They may die if they resist, but if they surrender, they will die 100%!

  So, the first spell was uttered by an extremely nervous Auror, and a miserable green light suddenly shone on the tip of his staff!

   "Avada So..."

   "Boom!"

   But behind Dumbledore, the wizard of Wu Pingxian reacted faster than him!

   No one uttered the spell at all. Although the power of the blasting spell under the silent spell casting has been reduced, the combined effect of the countless spells has far exceeded the imagination of normal people!

   There was a fierce confrontation between the blazing fire and the Iron Armor Curse that lit up on the Auror!

  Countless teeth-piercing voices sounded, and the terrifying explosion effect forced most of the Aurors to start retreating unbearably.

  Even if they had no intention of surrendering, it was impossible for them to defend with their lives. Everyone had little hope of keeping the Ministry of Magic with them alone.

  Just as Voldemort can rely on his personal strength to suppress everyone's resistance, in the absence of him, Dumbledore alone is enough to suppress the entire French Ministry of Magic in terms of mentality and strength.

Once there are signs of a complete fall here, these Aurors will not hesitate to take their families to escape from France, and go to any other place in the world, even if they go to live with giants or even giant monsters in those inaccessible valleys. Well, they will never come back to France in their lifetime.

  Of course, the reason why they didn't run away immediately was because there was only a glimmer of hope in their hearts, a glimmer of hope that Voldemort would not give up France so easily, and would definitely stand up!

  With this hope, they fought and retreated, relying on the complex terrain of the Ministry of Magic and the wizards of the Wuping Line to carry out street fighting.

   It is impossible for the wizards of Wupingxian to directly blow up the entire Ministry of Magic.

  They are not a terrorist organization. Once the Ministry of Magic located underground is completely blown up, it will inevitably directly affect Paris on the ground. At that time, it will not be solved by a few forgetting curses.

   And they also have to prepare for things after occupying the whole of France. The French Ministry of Magic must be reorganized, and the current Ministry of Magic can be killed, but other things must be preserved as much as possible.

  Because the occupation of France is not the final victory, they still need to rely on the back-feeding of the land of France to liberate the island of Great Britain.

  Because of the battle between wizards, it became extremely fierce, but because of Dumbledore's existence, the Wu Pingxian side always had the absolute upper hand.

   The Aurors guarding the Ministry of Magic kept retreating, and finally retreated to the trial court where all the wizards who did not participate in the war gathered.

Until now, Voldemort has not shown any signs of appearing. Even those with long eyes can see the support Aurors from the UK. Only a few of them are still here, and most of them have already died. disappeared.

  It seems that Voldemort completely abandoned them after that failure, and dared not appear in front of Dumbledore again.

   Just like that, the Aurors retreated into the courtroom, and the wizards of Wupingxian also raised their wands and aimed at everyone in this hall.

Dumbledore's face was still calm. In fact, he didn't make a few moves in this battle. In most cases, he just rescued a few wizards from the death curse, but even so he brought a lot of trouble to the Aurors. Great deterrent.

  The Aurors and the wizards of Wupingxian faced each other in this trial court full of crime and punishment.

  Those pale-faced pure-blood wizards who were close to each other were like a group of prisoners in shackles who were about to be read out for their crimes.

   But, suddenly Dumbledore stopped in his tracks.

  Behind him, those who followed him also stopped.

  The air suddenly fell silent, only soft sobs, tense breathing, and swallowing sounds mixed together.

   "Riddle, since you're already here, why didn't you come out to see me earlier?"

  Dumbledore's voice echoed in the trial court.

After hearing the surname he called, most of the wizards in Wu Pingxian turned dark, while the faces of the pure-blood wizards in France were blank, as if they had never heard of this ordinary incomprehensible wizard. Who is the person with the most common surname.

   "Because I enjoy this feeling very much, Dumbledore."

A faint voice came from behind those French purebloods. They all turned their heads and made way for a passage, so that everyone behind Dumbledore could also see the man sitting on a chair with his face on his hands. youth.

  His appearance seems to have been fixed on this handsome face forever, even the years that can kill everything can't leave the slightest mark on it.

  Voldemort was still the same, his eyes were cold and his expression was plain mixed with indifference, staring straight at Dumbledore who was more than ten meters away from him.

   "Pawns against pawns, kings against kings. Just like wizard chess, everyone has set up their positions, and people of the same status should be opponents with people he can look up to."

  After seeing him, the hearts of all the pure-bloods who were originally terrified turned into ecstasy at this moment.

  They don't want to give up everything they have in France, whether it's status or power, and now the only one who ensures that they can have these is this man in front of them.

  Even if this man failed once not long ago, his reputation has been spread for decades. As long as he stands in front of Dumbledore again, there will still be people who have great hopes for him.

   Just like Dumbledore, after experiencing that failure on the Astronomy Tower, some people will continue to believe in him.

  People stare at the two people who are facing each other. Their appearances are very different in age, but they carry the beliefs of different groups.

  Dumbledore looked at Voldemort, his blue eyes seemed to be examining something, and he seemed to be thinking about something.

  And Voldemort did not avoid Dumbledore's gaze, and he was a different person from himself who fell from the sky like a black meteor and returned to the French Ministry of Magic to suppress those two-hearted wizards.

   "It feels like I'm back to my old self, doesn't it?"

  An intriguing smile appeared on Voldemort's face. He casually held the wand with Fox's phoenix tail feathers as the core between his index and middle fingers, as if this was not a battlefield filled with gunpowder, but a celebration dinner.

  Dumbledore frowned slightly. He could see that Voldemort wasn't being aggressive. He had indeed gotten rid of his previous state and returned to his heyday.

   This is very strange. Regarding the problem of Voldemort's soul, Jon naturally told Dumbledore that the influence that obviously came from the soul is not easy to get rid of at all.

  But Voldemort's current state has no possibility of cheating, and based on Dumbledore's understanding of him, if he has not returned to normal, it is impossible for him to have the courage to reappear here.

   It is only possible that something unknown happened to make Voldemort recover so quickly.

   It's just that his state has been completely recovered, or it's just temporary, which is unknown from the current appearance.

   But whether it is permanent or temporary, the restoration of Voldemort's strength is real, which makes the current situation frozen.

  Dumbledore first raised the wand in his hand, his face was still as calm as water.

   "Since there is no way to study the process in detail, let's see the result."

  (end of this chapter)

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