Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

"Prefabricated magic rune array?"

Lin Xia saw the arrangement of the group of house-elves and felt puzzled.

This kind of prefabricated magic array is actually not that powerful, and only those who have no idea how to set up a magic array will buy it.

Do the house-elves want to ambush the Death Eaters with these half-baked pre-made magic arrays?
Lin Xia shook her head slightly. She was not optimistic about this arrangement.

The prefabricated magic array itself will be much worse than the magic array set up on site by oneself, and looking at the prefabricated magic arrays they bought, they are all binding and restraining magic arrays.

The offensive power of this magic array was not very strong. Even if a Death Eater broke into the original version, they would be able to break free quickly, let alone this pre-made version.

Lin Xia focused his attention on another arrangement made by the house-elves, which was the dug trench.

This arrangement is even more confusing.

So what if a big hole is dug? The Death Eaters will not jump into the hole as soon as they see it. They will definitely avoid it.

unless……

Lin Xia's eyes narrowed slightly. The house-elf just wanted to bury something underground, and then fill the hole again to restore it to its original state.

Sure enough, within a few minutes, the elf dug the pit and began pouring boxes of sealed things into it.

From the outside, even Lin Xia couldn't recognize what it was.

The seal is very tight, and it feels like it will be triggered with just the slightest touch.

Lin Xia asked in a low voice: "Have you been observing them here all this time?"

Draco nodded slightly: "Yes, I am very curious about how they plan to deal with the Death Eaters. Why does O'Connor dare to gather so many house-elves to resist?

I think it still has some cards to play, and we only saw one of them that time."

When they broke into O'Connor's villa, one of the cards they saw was the potion.

In addition to the truth serum potion placed in plain sight, there are many bottles and jars in the potion room.

Some are ready-made potions, and some are semi-finished products.

Because they were focused on the truth serum placed in the center, they did not pay attention to the other potions.

Now that Lin Xia thought about it, she suddenly felt that it might have been a trick.

If someone really sneaks into the villa, use truth serum to attract the attention of the peeping man.

Of course, the truth serum must have been very useful to O'Connor, but it was definitely not the key to dealing with the Death Eaters.

Lin Xia felt that the answer was hidden in the potion room, and one of O'Connor's trump cards must be potion.

Unfortunately, they did not have enough time to explore. The moment they entered the secret passage in the basement, O'Connor already knew of their arrival.

After a while, Lin Xia saw the new arrangement of the house-elf.

In addition to pre-making magic arrays and digging pits to ambush things, the elf opened one of the heavy boxes.

The exterior of the box is made of oak.

Oak wood does not have many advantages, but the only thing worth mentioning is that its magic output is very stable.

Therefore, a wand made of oak is very suitable for young wizards whose magic power is scattered, fragmented, erratic or too extreme.

It helps them to output magic power steadily without being disturbed by too much emotional fluctuations.

In addition to being used to make wood, if oak is used as a container, it is generally used to store more precious and delicate magical materials.

Some magical materials will not work if they are subjected to too drastic changes in the environment, or if they are subjected to a slight collision or inappropriate contact.

Several house-elves surrounded the oak box, took out an exquisite golden key, carefully inserted it into the keyhole, and then slowly opened it.

When Lin Xia saw the golden key, her expression changed slightly.

A feeling of desire actually surged in the balance of fate in her body.

The Scales of Destiny really wants that key!
The material of this key is definitely not simple!
Maybe it's not made of gold, but it just looks like gold.

For a moment, several precious magical materials that looked very similar to gold flashed through Lin Xia's mind.

For example, "SoftBank" can define its purpose according to its shape.

Softsilver is an almost universal magical material that flows like liquid and can be molded into any shape.

Once the image is solidified, it becomes hard and turns into gold.

For example, if Softsilver is made into a key, then the wizard will have a key that can unlock all locks.

And if Softsilver is used to make a magic wand...

I'm sorry, softsilver is too precious. Even if it is used to make a magic wand, it is impossible to use all of it. At most, some of it can be used at the tip of the wand.

Soft silver will give the wand great power and have a great bonus to the effect of a certain type of spell.

In addition to SoftSilver, there are other precious materials with similar appearances, such as "flash gold".

Flash gold is a material that can be freely applied to the surface of an object and can temporarily give the object magical powers.

To explain in detail, when "flash gold" is applied on the surface of an object, it can instantly stimulate all the potential of the object, which is like turning stone into gold.

But the potential stimulated is only temporary and can only be used by people for tens of minutes or hours. After the effect is over, the "flash gold" will automatically fall off.

From this point of view, the effect of "Flash Gold" is not as strong as that of "SoftBank".

But the problem is that glittering gold can be used by wizards, which means it can be directly applied to the surface of the wizard, which can quickly stimulate the wizard's potential!

At the critical moment, it can save lives.

Not to mention that the flash gold can be recycled. After it falls off, it can be continued to be applied after a period of time to stimulate the wizard's potential for a long time and put the wizard into a good state.

The back of Lin Xia's hand felt slightly hot, but her mind was extremely calm.

Now is not a good time to take action. If you cast a tracking spell on the "golden key" at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be discovered by the house-elves.

After a lot of effort, the house-elf finally opened the oak box, revealing the true appearance of the magical materials inside.

Lin Xia and Draco observed carefully.

Draco was a little shocked and said, "Why is there nothing?"

Lin Xia frowned slightly. From her sight, she didn't see anything else in the oak box.

However, following the actions of the house-elf, Lin Xia and Draco knew that there was definitely something in the box.

Lin Xia pondered: "Maybe it is some special item that cannot be seen by human eyes, but the conditions for use are very harsh, the quantity is small, and it cannot be used normally."

She observed the house-elf's movements, only to see the house-elf carefully take something out of the box, then lift it up and let go. There was clearly nothing in the air, but the house-elf still looked up.

Lin Xia quickly made a judgment: "These items should be used to control the Death Eaters' aerial combat. If any Death Eaters fly into the air, they will be knocked down by these items."

Draco tried to keep his eyes wide open.

But no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find these items.

"These things have such a powerful invisibility effect that even you can't see their true appearance. The material uses such a powerful property for invisibility. Will the conditions of use be very harsh and will it be easily discovered?"

Lin Xia both nodded and shook her head.

"Your judgment should be correct, but the battle has not started yet. We have to wait until the Death Eaters step into the trap in the air before we know the effect."

The house-elves worked very quickly and had finished setting up everything in less than half an hour.

The holes that had been dug had to be filled in, the magic arrays that had been set up had been hidden, and all the items that had been placed in the air for surprise attacks had been placed.

The house-elves came silently and left silently.

If Lin Xia and Draco hadn't been watching them, they wouldn't have known that the house-elf seemed to have retreated, but was actually hiding in a specially dug pit.

These house-elves are quite cruel to me.

They filled the hole, leaving only a few sparse holes for ventilation.

A large group of house-elves were lying in ambush in the filled-in pit, without any fear of suffocation.

Lin Xia suddenly thought of something and turned to Draco and asked, "You heard from these house elves that the Death Eaters' target is Hogsmeade Railway Station. Is this news confirmed?"

Draco nodded quickly, "Sure, they received the message from O'Connor. This was conveyed to them by O'Connor, saying that O'Connor has a spy among the Death Eaters."

Lin Xia thought for a moment and said, "I want to go down and take a look."

Draco was stunned: "What?"

Lin Xia: "If the Death Eaters are really interested in the train station, they definitely don't like the surface of the train station, but the underground."

Hogsmeade train station is not a remote station. Every year, Hogwarts students go to and from school through this station, and the village has developed it very well.

The Death Eaters are also interested in the train station, and they are definitely interested in the underground of the train station.

Lin Xia was a little curious about what was hidden underground that made the Death Eaters willing to make such a big noise.

The balance of fate in his body showed no interest in the underground of the train station. Was it because he had not yet noticed anything unusual underground, or was this piece of news a deception from the beginning to the end?

When Lin Xia was trying to sneak into the underground.

Hermione, Harry and Ron also carried out their next plan in an orderly manner.

As they expected, the staff at Honeydukes were indeed afraid of the unrest outside.

After they hid, they never came out again, and the door was left open. Not only did they not sell candy, they also allowed other wizards to take the candy for free.

However, even though there was no one guarding the shop, candy could be taken for free, but no wizard would stop by Honeydukes.

There are fewer wizards on the streets.

Every wizard looked very alert. Through some secret channels, they knew that Death Eaters were secretly hunting lone wizards.

Those who were able to find relatives to take refuge with in Hogsmeade village have already moved into their relatives' homes.

If they really couldn't find it, they would temporarily find an empty house to hide in.

Most of the wizards still walking on the streets are forced to go somewhere else to complete a task or give an assignment.

Under such circumstances, the three of them blended in very smoothly.

Not only that, they entered Honeydukes and scattered the black potion in every corner in order to spread it more evenly so that every Death Eater could touch or smell it.

Afraid that they would accidentally step on the poison, Hermione drew a layout map and asked Ron and Harry to spread the potion according to the route in the map.

The noise they made was quite loud, and Hermione had been keeping an eye on the entrance to the basement in Honeydukes.

If any of the shop assistants showed up, Hermione would immediately give them a Stupefying Shot.

After a while, the three young wizards gathered together. They had already completed the task of spreading the poison. Ron asked, "What should we do next? Who will attract the Death Eaters?"

When they sprinkled the poison, they held a page of clarity in their mouths, their minds were clear, and their five senses were sharp.

They could feel that the black potion would not cause any harm to their bodies, so Harry and Hermione were not worried.

Only Ron felt uncomfortable all over, as if ants were crawling on him, after applying the potion.

He hit his arms a few times but found nothing. Maybe he was too nervous?

Hermione seemed to be asking for advice, but in fact she looked at Harry: "Why not let Harry go?"

Harry's eyes were determined: "Okay, I'll go."

Ron slapped his arm again, raised his hand and said, "I'll go out with Harry. Everyone knows that I'm Harry's good friend at Hogwarts. We're inseparable. It's normal for us to appear together in Hogsmeade this time. We're celebrating Christmas!"

Hermione looked at him suspiciously, "Make sure you don't run away when you see a Death Eater."

Ron twitched his lips: "I'm not such a coward. I'm a Gryffindor after all."

Hermione thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, you go with Harry, I will meet you at the door, and when you see me, just follow me immediately, don't run around, don't walk around."

As Ron and Harry walked out, Ron hit his arm a few more times, feeling a little itchy.

He couldn't help but ask Harry: "Harry, does the black potion really have no effect on normal wizards?"

Harry shook his head: "No, I don't know if contact will have any effect, but just smelling it won't have any effect. Hermione and I don't think there is anything wrong."

He looked at Ron with concern: "Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere?"

Ron scratched his neck, "No, I just feel a little itchy, but that might be Honeydukes's fault."

A moment later, he and Harry appeared on the street in a swagger.

Ron looked around curiously and said loudly, "Harry, our next stop is Honeydukes for some sweets!"

"I heard that the store has recently introduced a lot of interesting candies. One of them is called Magic Tattoo Candy. After taking it, you can get an interesting tattoo on a certain part of your body. The designs on it are very beautiful, and there are also the emblems of the four major Hogwarts schools!"

Harry nodded and said just as loudly, "Okay, Ron, we'll go now."

He looked around and asked in confusion, "But have you noticed that there are too few people around?"

Ron also looked at it and said blankly, "I don't know, maybe they were delayed by something. We played in the Shrieking Shack for a long time and didn't know what was happening outside."

He speculated: "Do those wizards have other programs?" (End of this chapter)