Chapter 308 Nurmengard (Part 2)

Although that was Dumbledore three years later, if his true strength is taken into account, it is possible that the current Dumbledore is even stronger. After all, this old wizard is over a hundred years old. Although the wizard's strength will gradually increase over time, it will still slowly decline after reaching a certain age.

But in any case, no matter what time it was, Dumbledore's method of defeating four Ministry of Magic elites at once... Anyway, the current Wright can't imagine what kind of level this kind of strength represents.

But Grindelwald - without a doubt - is definitely on the same level as Dumbledore, maybe a little worse, but definitely not too different.

Wright confidently said that if Grindelwald was imprisoned in Azkaban at that time, he could directly show the world what "prison escape is in minutes."

What makes everyone talk about it, what makes Azkaban so impregnable and secure as a rock, in Grindelwald's eyes, Azkaban may be just like the mountains at his doorstep, where he can leave and come in and out as he pleases.

Putting aside this unbelievable level of strength, Grindelwald's experience in escaping from prison is much richer than that of Sirius, who is now dressed in a miraculous way.

After Grindelwald was sneak-attacked by Newt Scamander with the Crooked Devil, he was imprisoned in various ways in the MACUSA prison: his wand was confiscated, his tongue was removed, he was placed under a magic barrier, he was chained, and he was put under surveillance. ...but can still escape successfully.

Although there are super scary jailor dementors in Azkaban.

But how to put it...

Such monsters who are unjust and self-defeating, and if people with the level of Grindelwald are allowed to be around them, it is estimated that in two days, there will be a mutiny among the jailers in Azkaban, and the jailers inside will be affected. A large number of criminals will become Grindelwald's loyal followers.

So from an objective point of view, locking Grindelwald in Azkaban is completely unfeasible and quite dangerous.

As for why Grindelwald was imprisoned in Nurmengard.

As mentioned before, Nurmengard is the base camp built by Grindelwald himself.

Locking Grindelwald in Nurmengard probably meant confining him to his own home and not allowing him to go out and cause trouble.

Considering Grindelwald's personal identity, status, and influence, there may be a more appropriate way to describe such treatment.

Imprisoning Grindelwald in Nurmengard was just like Queen Mary Stuart. After Her Majesty Queen Mary I was deposed from the throne, she was also imprisoned in Sheffield Castle and Manor by Queen Elizabeth for eighteen years. time.

In other words, although Grindelwald was imprisoned, his identity and status were still maintained. To put it bluntly, he was placed under house arrest in his palace by Dumbledore. (By the way, why do I use the word house arrest here?)

This kind of treatment is much better than that of Napoleon. After the French emperor was defeated at Waterloo, he was directly exiled to a completely unfamiliar Atlantic island, but Grindelwald still lived in his own castle.

Although Wright couldn't quite figure out why after Grindelwald was defeated in 1945, he stopped coming out to cause trouble and stayed in Nurmengard for nearly fifty years, just like a man who had lost his spirit. year time.

But how to say it?

As long as Dumbledore is happy.

…

Wright shook his head and threw all those irrelevant things out of his mind. He came here today to check on Villita, not to study the toothless love between Grindelwald and Dumbledore. !

According to book records, after his defeat, Grindelwald was imprisoned (is it really not under house arrest? Wright still doubted it) in the topmost cell of Nurmengard. A strong anti-Apparition spell has been cast on Nurmengard. If you want to reach the highest level of the prison, there is no other way but to fly.

Just as Wright was about to put on the Flying Galleons, a group of dark undercurrent jumped from the top floor of Nurmengard and landed in front of him with precision like a light mist.

The next moment, the energy of Obscurus shrank suddenly, and the black fluid that was originally wrapped in the outer layer suddenly disappeared, and the figure of the blond girl with a charming smile inside was directly reflected in Wright's pupils.

"Wright." Looking at Wright, Villita smiled lightly.

"Vilita, how did you know I was here?" Wright stepped forward and walked to Villita's side, "I resisted not telling you this before, just to give you a surprise. "

"It was Grindelwald who told me." Villita rolled up the messy golden hair in front of her forehead.

"Grindelwald?" Wright was a little confused, "How did he know I was here?"

Villita pointed to her right eye: "Grindelwald said he saw a black-haired boy coming to Nurmengard at this time today."

With such prophetic abilities, why did Dumbledore hire Sybill Trelawney to be the Divination professor at Hogwarts? How about locking Grindelwald directly with him? No need to endure the pain of this wool sock love! Wright couldn't help but cursed.

"So I immediately thought it would be you." Villita continued, with obvious joy in her tone, "I originally wanted to come down earlier, but the task assigned by Grindelwald was really too difficult. , I just finished it, and then I came down immediately, but I didn’t expect to see you as soon as I came down!”

The two chatted about some things below and exchanged their respective life experiences in Nurmengard and Beauxbatons.

After a long time, Wright raised his head and glanced at the highest level of Nurmengard, "Then are we going up there now? I mean, to see Grindelwald?"

"Okay," Villita nodded reluctantly, "Then let's go straight up now."

As soon as she finished speaking, Villita transformed into Obscurus and flew into the sky with a swish, floating there, quietly waiting for Wright to fly up together.

Wright put on the Flying Galleons and flew to Villita's side, flying with her towards the highest level of Nurmengard.

Not long after, the two arrived at the top floor of Nurmengard. Through the huge lattice landscape window, the scene of the so-called terrifying wizard prison instantly fell into Wright's eyes.

It was completely different from the scene in my memory.

In my impression, Nurmengard, where Grindelwald would live five years later, was a small cell-like room.

At that time, Grindelwald seemed to have run out of energy. When Voldemort broke in to ask him for information about the Elder Wand, he was already very weak, with a skull-like face and deeply sunken eyes. , with almost all his teeth missing, it seems he doesn’t even have the strength to speak.

But at this moment, the old man standing behind the landscape window looked different.