Chapter 519 Moon Storm

The weather was bad throughout October, with strong winds and heavy rain lasting almost until the last few days of October.

On the second day after the establishment of the "Justice Pickets", McLaggen's attitude became even more arrogant and domineering. Many lower grade students were caught and scolded by him in the corridor because of problems such as clothing and appearance. He seemed to have become the second Filch.

In fact, Filch's mental state became worse and worse, and he appeared less and less in front of the students, which made McLaggen quickly replace him and become the most hated character among the students.

As for Harry, he seemed to be stuck in a dilemma. He couldn't find a suitable place to serve as the headquarters of his new organization. This place had to be large enough to accommodate 26 people for combat magic training, and it had to be hidden enough not to be easily discovered by Umbridge.

Sherin was powerless to complain about the incompetence of Harry's trio.

In the original book, Harry was the protagonist, so Dobby, a tool, constantly provided him with help for no reason. Now, without Dobby telling Harry about the Room of Requirement, Harry couldn't even find a place to have a secret meeting.

The establishment of "Dumbledore's Army" is related to Schelling's future plans, and the secret passage in the Room of Requirement connecting to the Hog's Head Inn is also related to the channel for students of Hogwarts to hide and escape safely during the final battle, thereby increasing their success rate of survival, so this main storyline must happen no matter what.

In desperation, Sherin had to take action himself. When Ron was in the toilet, he secretly cast a memory manipulation spell on him from behind and implanted the memory of the Room of Requirement in his brain.

Sure enough, not long after, Zhang Qiu reported to Xie Ling that Harry's organization held its first meeting at 8 o'clock that evening, and the location was the Room of Requirement.

Harry was officially elected as the leader, while Hermione and Ron were called his deputies. The organization also officially had its name, which was exactly the same as in the original book, called "Dumbledore's Army".

The spell practiced at that gathering was Harry's signature spell, the Disarming Charm. Although Zacharias, a troublemaker, had raised doubts, under Harry's strong suppression, everyone obeyed his instructions to practice, which made Harry feel unprecedented satisfaction.

After experiencing the pleasure of controlling others, the desire for power continued to grow wildly in his heart.

Throughout the following October, Dumbledore's Army held four gatherings for practice. The training of Dumbledore's Army was getting better and better - Neville successfully disarmed Hermione's weapon; Colin Creevey successfully mastered the barrier spell; Parvati Patil successfully used the crushing spell to turn the table full of mirrors into dust...

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In the dark secret room, the air was so heavy that it seemed frozen. There were only faint candlelight casting flickering shadows on the cold stone walls.

Ludo Bagman knelt on the cold ground, shaking all over, his hands firmly on the ground, his forehead pressed against the rough stone bricks, cold sweat dripping down his temples, mixing with his trembling breathing.

Voldemort stood before him, looking terribly gloomy, his scarlet eyes glowing in the shadows like will-o'-the-wisp burning in the abyss.

His fingers gently stroked the wand, his expression was unreasonably calm, and the more he was like this, the more frightened Bagman, who was kneeling on the ground, became. He knew that the most terrible anger was never the violent roar, but the extremely suppressed silence that could explode at any time.

"You actually let me see such a failure." Voldemort's voice was low, with a hint of a snake-like cold hiss, echoing in the Chamber of Secrets.

Bagman didn't dare to look up, and tried desperately to explain, but his throat was dry and he couldn't even utter a complete sentence. He thought this plan was foolproof -

He successfully used the Imperius Curse to control Broderick Bode, the Unspoken Man of the Ministry of Magic, and tried to use him to sneak into the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic. However, he never expected that after Bode passed through the first-level defense door, he happened to run into his colleague who came to work overtime - Sol Crocker, a Unspoken Man in the same department as him.

Originally, Bode planned to get rid of Crocker quietly, but who could have imagined that this seemingly ordinary colleague was actually a hidden ruthless character.

Not only did Crocker notice something was wrong, but he also managed to counterattack when Bode attacked him, using some kind of spiritual secret technique to severely injure him, rendering him unable to move on the spot.

After the magical criminal interrogation team arrived and took over, they found that Bode had mental problems and could not get anything out of him. In the end, they had to send him to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

What's really bad is that although Bode is currently unable to clearly express what happened to him, the failure of this mission has exposed suspicious points, and the Ministry of Magic will definitely conduct further investigation into the matter.

"Master... I... I can rearrange it..." Bagman finally managed to say a word, but his voice was trembling violently because of extreme fear.

Voldemort's eyes slowly swept over him kneeling on the ground, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Rearrange?" His voice was soft and almost gentle, but his wand was raised, and the tip was flashing scarlet light.

"Heart-piercing and bone-cutting."

A sharp scream instantly tore through the silence of the Chamber of Secrets. Bagman suddenly curled up into a ball, as if being engulfed by invisible flames. His limbs twitched violently, and a painful wail rang out from his throat. His fingers scratched the ground helplessly, but could not grab anything. Voldemort's eyes were cold and ruthless, as if he was admiring a burning insect, without the slightest mercy.

After a moment, the spell was lifted and Bagman collapsed to the ground, soaking wet, as if he had just been pulled back from the brink of death. His chest heaved violently, and he barely raised his trembling hands, but he didn't dare to beg for mercy again.

Voldemort leaned forward slightly and whispered, "If it happens again... you know what the consequences will be."

Bagman nodded with all his strength. Even though he was almost unconscious in the pain, he did not dare to let Voldemort have any doubts about his loyalty.

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Let's turn the scene back to Slytherin.

Throughout October, in addition to their daily classes, Draco and Pansy were busy with Quidditch training. Except for mealtimes, they had almost no chance to talk to Sherin.

The training of the Sleeping Dragon Society was also in full swing. In the Dragon Head Group, all the third and fourth grade wizards had already mastered the sonic boom spell and the flash spell, and began to train in combination spells. The first and second grade wizards had also mastered the technique of rapid casting and started group combat training.

In the Dragon Eye Team, with the assistance of Bor, the new members have begun to familiarize themselves with the processes of various intelligence tasks, making the operation of the entire team more smooth, and Susan's pressure has been significantly reduced. The Dragon Tail Team, which is responsible for logistics, has made progress in the storage of magic potions far beyond expectations, not only completely making up for Xie Lin's consumption during the summer vacation, but also going a step further, making the various healing holy medicines stored by the Sleeping Dragon Society surpass the storage warehouse of the Hogwarts School Hospital in terms of quality and quantity.

Today, their work is no longer limited to the preparation of conventional potions, but has begun to develop more complex and strategically valuable potions, such as divine power potions that can enhance physical fitness, polyjuice potions used for disguise and infiltration, and truth serums that are essential during interrogations.

The Dragon Soul team in charge of research is not lagging behind, and good news of various research breakthroughs are coming frequently. I am afraid that the invention of the growth-promoting agent is just around the corner, which will allow the overall strength of the Mianlong Society to usher in a qualitative leap.

In addition to the daily tasks of the Sleeping Dragon Society, the 11 team leaders and Fleur Delacour have not slacked off in their respective training. They spend at least an hour every day to run in with their respective Hebridean black dragons, constantly cultivating tacit understanding, and enhancing mutual trust and cooperation. As time goes by, their progress is obvious, whether it is riding skills, combat coordination, or the control and command of dragons, they are far from the initial level.

Xie Ling was not idle either.

During the summer vacation, he had read all the books in the collections of the Selwyn, Yaxley, Avery, and Lestrange families.

After that, he acquired Mr. Weasley's alchemy notes, the human alchemy of the Hohenheim family, the banned books in Durmstrang's library, the fifth volume of Abataar, the banned books in Beauxbatons' library, the private collections of successive headmasters of Beauxbatons, and the most recent books in the restricted area of ​​Hogwarts.

It can be said that he had a vast amount of learning materials at his disposal, and he could take advantage of this peaceful period of campus life at Hogwarts to study and digest them bit by bit, absorbing the vast amount of magical knowledge every day like a sponge absorbing water.

Of course, there is still one thing worth mentioning on ordinary days——

Xie Ling finally came into contact with the two foreign students.

Sirzechs brought Schelling unexpected news. During the summer vacation, the situation in the Italian wizarding world also underwent changes. The Vongola family, a behemoth that had almost dominated the Italian underground world since the Italian Civil War in the 17th century, was actually faced with a challenge.

The one who challenged it was a newly rising mafia family, the Milfiore family.

Originally, this was nothing. After all, the Vongola family had deep roots in the wizarding world, their influence covered the whole of Italy, and since the Italian Civil War, they had been quietly gathering strength and accumulating power. Their real power was not something that any new family could challenge.

However, things did not go as planned, and unexpected changes occurred. Sirzechs's second uncle, the younger brother of the current head of the family, Mugard Vongola, the second in command of the Vongola family, secretly joined forces with outsiders, betrayed the Vongola family, and led his confidants to start a civil war.

Although the rebellion was eventually suppressed and the enemy was successfully repelled, the Vongola family also suffered heavy losses, especially Sirzechs's eldest brother, the first heir to the Vongola family, who was also severely injured in the battle and has been in a serious coma ever since. It is still unknown whether he can wake up.

The Vongola family has always had an ancient tradition - the head of each generation must appoint two candidates for succession, and then let the two candidates go through an ancient ceremony called the "Ring Battle" to decide the final ruler. But now that the only competitor has fallen, it is natural that Sirzechs has become the only hope for the family's future.

Although the main reason why the Vongola family sent Sirzechs to England was to strengthen their alliance with the Malfoy family, it was probably also because they wanted Sirzechs to come and join the powerful Malfoy family and keep him away from the disputes in Italy, so as to ensure his personal safety.

Xie Ling naturally accepted this matter with pleasure.

The alliance between the Malfoy family and the Vongola family has a history of hundreds of years, and the relationship between them is extremely close. It can even be said that they are the most important international allies. Now that Sirzechs has been sent to the UK, it is equivalent to handing the family's future hopes to them. Schelling is of course happy to accept it. Moreover, if Sirzechs is willing to join the Sleeping Dragon Society in the future, it will be icing on the cake for Schelling - after all, an ally who may control the entire Vongola family in the future is much more important than simply supplementing the combat power.

Then, Sazes challenged Schelling to a competition.

He had long heard of Sherin's deeds and was curious about his powerful strength. Not long ago, he also learned that Morozov was defeated by Sherin, which shocked him greatly.

He was very familiar with Morozov's strength and the "Demon Tree Rampant", a notorious black magic in Russia. In his opinion, Morozov, who cast the "Demon Tree Rampant" in the dense forest, was almost invincible. Under normal circumstances, he would need to dispatch at least 20 elite members of the family to fight back. He simply could not imagine how Xie Ling broke through with just a few people.

After a friendly competition, Sazers was completely convinced by Schelling.

He keenly sensed that this boy in front of him, who was younger than himself, might have possessed power close to that of a great magician.

Schelling also began to appreciate Sirzechs, whose fighting style was completely different from that of traditional wizards. In addition to being able to cast spells with a wand, he was also very good at using alchemical firearms modified from Muggles, and had a variety of attack methods. There were several times when Schelling was about to defeat him, but he always turned the tables with various strange firearms.

It can be seen from this that this is also a very rare talent, who can effectively complement the existing combat system of the Mianlong Society.

On the other side, Xie Lin finally met with Akabane Sakurazuki in private.

In the past month, Akabane Sakurazuki finally saw the popularity and prestige of his pen pal, Xie Ling, in Hogwarts. Although the two had been communicating constantly over the past few years, Xie Ling was not in the habit of bragging about such things.

The two met again after a year, so naturally they had a lot to talk about. Xie Ling also kept his promise and played the role of a good host enthusiastically. When he had nothing to do, he took Akabane Sakurazuki to explore the hidden corners of Hogwarts Castle. Except for the secret room of the Dragon Society and the Room of Requirement that had been occupied by Harry, the two of them visited almost all the secret passages.

Akabane Sakurazuki hopes that she can stay in the UK to seek development in the future. She majored in Magizoology and Charms (a branch of alchemy), hoping to develop magic that can use talismans to stimulate the potential of magical animals.

For example, the little pet she brought all the way from her hometown this time looked a bit like a golden wolfhound. She named it Fluffy Tail because it had six fluffy dark brown tails.

But as far as Akabane Sakurazuki knows, her ancestral bloodline can actually be traced back to the legendary nine-tailed white fox (Kyuubi), which is a being that can rival the Japanese demon god "Orochi". Unfortunately, she has never been able to find a way to make the magical creature enhance the power of her bloodline.

In this regard, Schelling can be said to be the leading expert in Great Britain. He has transformed many dark magical creatures and successfully evolved Silver Fang and Beowulf. He casually proposed a few ideas and promised that he would accompany Yingyue to conduct research in this area as soon as he had time.

The laboratory for research was not a problem at all. He only had to ask Snape for it. He could not see the possibility of being rejected. (End of this chapter)