#680 - Dark Wizard (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

But no matter how conflicted Malfoy was at this moment, the Dark Mark in the sky was already visible to everyone.

This suddenly appearing, eerie mark constantly emitted dangerous signals to the outside world, causing everyone in Hogwarts who saw it to feel a sense of inexplicable panic.

Inside Hogwarts Castle, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, Quirrell was趴 on the window, staring dumbfounded at the Dark Mark in the sky.

"What exactly is going on, Master? Is this your arrangement?" Quirrell's voice echoed in the empty office, as if talking to someone ethereal.

"You're asking me? Who should I ask?"

A hoarse voice, like a snake spitting its tongue, without a trace of warmth, slowly sounded in Quirrell's ear, and one could hear the other party's confusion from the voice.

What exactly was going on? The fact that he was possessing Quirrell was a top secret, and only he knew about it.

And he knew even more clearly that the Dark Mark in the sky had nothing to do with him. He was currently very weak and could not possibly do such a blatant thing.

So who did it?

Even the owner of this voice began to doubt his life. Could it be one of his former followers?

But this person must be out of their mind. Launching the Dark Mark at Hogwarts in the middle of the day, are they planning to attack the school?

"Then what should we do now?" Seeing the signal in the sky, no one was more nervous than Quirrell.

Since falling into darkness, he had been constantly worried. Now his body was inextricably linked to Voldemort. Once Dumbledore and Anduin found out his secrets, he would be in deep trouble.

Especially that Anduin!

Quirrell recalled what he had seen and heard when he traveled abroad. This former schoolmate of his was not as amiable in the dark world as he usually appeared.

This guy was once the destroyer of a vampire family. If he was caught with a weakness, even with his master by his side, he might not even be able to escape.

"Put away your cowardly thoughts!" Voldemort, who was residing in Quirrell's body, could clearly feel the other party's thoughts. Seeing that this guy was so afraid of a wizard in his early twenties, he was furious.

"Sorry, Master, please spare me!" Quirrell suddenly felt a burst of pain in his brain, knowing that his master was angry, and had to beg for mercy quickly.

"Now, wait and see. Don't be frightened by this sudden little thing. Your current task is still to lie low, it's the Philosopher's Stone! And that damn Potter!" Voldemort reiterated coldly, his hateful voice piercing Quirrell's brain like a sharp thorn.

Apart from Quirrell, the rest of the people in Hogwarts were also at a loss, staring at the mark in the distant sky.

"Professor Snape, please go and contact Dumbledore immediately! The rest of you, immediately notify all the young wizards to gather here. I'll go and see what's happening outside."

Professor McGonagall, on the faculty table in the Great Hall, looked at the Dark Mark outside the window and nervously held the seat next to her. Although she didn't know what was going on, she still tried to calmly fulfill her duties as the Deputy Headmistress.

The rest of the professors present did not hesitate and immediately acted according to McGonagall's instructions.

They quickly greeted the young wizards staying in the Great Hall, told them to stop lunch immediately, and then used magic to put away the four long tables on the spot, so that the young wizards could concentrate in the Great Hall.

Obviously, these professors were preparing to turn the Great Hall into a temporary shelter, only here could they concentrate all the wizards in the academy as much as possible.

After completing all this, after discussion, several professors poured out of the Great Hall and dispersed, they had to find all the stragglers as soon as possible.

After all, this was a break time, and students might be scattered in any corner of the castle.

After rushing out of the Great Hall, Professor McGonagall did not rush to act, but first found a safe place to summon her Patronus.

She wanted to use the Patronus Charm to notify Amelia, the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Now there was a Dark Mark in Hogwarts. Even if it was a prank, the Aurors would have to intervene.

On the other side, Snape did not delay either. He rushed to the eighth floor in three steps and two steps. During this period, he even used magic to jump over several moving stairs. After arriving at the Headmaster's office, he spoke the password without even saying hello and barged in.

For Dumbledore's office, although Snape had always had the authority to enter and exit freely, he would usually say hello in advance.

But today he was really anxious. This suddenly appearing Dark Mark awakened his long-sealed memories of fear, the memories belonging to the Death Eater identity.

After breaking into the office, Snape looked around, searching for Dumbledore's figure. Soon he saw the old man standing in front of the Headmaster's window, watching the spectacular mark in the sky with great interest.

"How can you still be in the mood to watch here?" Snape felt Dumbledore's actions were incomprehensible.

Dumbledore had already noticed Snape behind him, but he still appeared very calm at this time, and even had the mood to joke, "This Dark Mark is really like the one in my memory, oh no, it should be said that it is exactly the same, don't you think, Severus?"

"Now is not the time to joke, there is a Dark Mark at school, go down and help quickly! No one knows what this means, it is very likely that Vol... the mysterious man has appeared." Snape's face was extremely gloomy. If the worst happened, in his mind, only the old man in front of him could stop all this.

As for Anduin? Although Snape had never underestimated him, in his eyes, the other party was still too young, and this guy was now an alchemy master and a thorough profiteer. He was probably not enough to deal with opponents of the mysterious man's level.

"Don't panic so much, isn't there no danger yet?" Dumbledore's sight still did not shift from the mark. "To be honest, even I didn't expect that he would make such a big commotion."

"He?" Snape reacted after hearing Dumbledore's words, "Could it be that all of this was done by that Anduin? Launching the Dark Mark at Hogwarts in broad daylight? Is he crazy?"

Snape crossed his arms with a rather absurd feeling, frowning with an unkind expression.

"This may be the 'safety drill' he mentioned before." Dumbledore sighed helplessly, "When I first saw the mark, I was also taken aback, but when I saw the interesting things that appeared in the distance, I finally understood Anduin's thoughts."

"The distance? Is there anything strange in the distance?" Snape leaned closer to the window and looked out in confusion. He had come in a hurry before, and had no time to figure out what strange things had appeared in the school besides the Dark Mark.

When his sight gradually focused on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, his eyes could not help but gradually widen, and his expression changed from the previous irritability to shock.

At this time, from all directions of Hogwarts, dozens of wizards wearing black cloaks and Death Eater masks had appeared at some point, and were slowly walking towards the surrounded castle with their wands in their hands.

These dark wizards were full of murderous intent, and even from a distance, one could detect the cold aura emanating from them!

"You call these wizards interesting?" Snape glared angrily, even beginning to suspect that the old man next to him had lost his mind, or had been hit by the Imperius Curse.

"It seems you haven't been able to see the essence under those black robes, Severus." Dumbledore smiled leisurely, "I won't intervene in this attack. This is the kid's warning to me, and all I can respond to is trust."

Dumbledore sighed secretly in his heart. He knew that Anduin had always disliked his procrastination, and it took so much time to deal with a Quirrell, so he used this play to remind him.

In fact, he didn't know what Anduin wanted to do today. Making such an exaggerated commotion was very easy to get out of control. Now he was vaguely worried that this would trigger a chain reaction, causing the teachers and students in the school to be injured.

But he and Anduin had already agreed that he would be responsible for dealing with Quirrell, and Anduin would be responsible for the safety of Hogwarts, especially Harry's safety.

If he chose to take action now, not even to say take action, as long as he chose to appear in the sight of those teachers and students, Anduin would think he had crossed the line.

Once he crossed the line first, it would mean that Anduin could also reach out to Quirrell, but this would disrupt his plan.

So now Dumbledore could only hope that Anduin was strong enough and could really control the situation on the scene.

Snape glared angrily at the old man in front of him, "Are you still the Headmaster of Hogwarts? Even if this scene today was caused by Anduin, are you not worried that something will go wrong? Anduin is not omniscient and omnipotent, he may also make mistakes, can you take responsibility if something happens to those little wizards?"

"If you have the mood to reprimand an old man like me, you might as well go down and help quickly." Dumbledore stretched out his hand and pointed to a certain direction below through the window, "That boy seems to be in danger soon. To be honest, I don't know what those black robes will do."

Hearing this, Snape quickly looked over and found that, as Dumbledore said, three black wizards dressed as Death Eaters were walking up the stairs of the dock cliff towards the castle.

In a little while, they would run into the first-year students from Gryffindor and Slytherin who were still outside the castle, discussing the Dark Mark.

"You..." Snape glared at Dumbledore fiercely, then rushed out of the office without stopping. Although he didn't like that boy very much, when the other party was in danger, his body couldn't help but react immediately.