Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

No ordinary fire would be enough to dispel the suspicion that Voldemort had been here, because Newt was very good at tracking spells and could use images to restore everything that had happened in an area over a period of time.

Only by burning everything around, or even destroying the stability of space, can the tracking spell be made ineffective.

The only ones who can do this are Lihuo and the fire of the same level as Lihuo - Fire Shield.

Black flames erupted, stained the entire forest in a murky black. The trees trapped by the fire sizzled as they were licked by the dark flames, and in the blink of an eye, they were reduced to black ash.

The flames raged, and the surrounding animals howled and fled in all directions in the forest.

Some weak animals had no time to escape the black flames and stepped on the dead leaves scattered on the ground. They were burned by the flames in despair and let out miserable cries...

Then they found that the flames seemed to have no temperature and there was no sign of burns on their bodies.

"Chirp?"

"Cuckoo?"

"..."

The little animals looked at the flames blankly and found that only the corpses of animals whose vitality had been absorbed by Voldemort would burn in the flames. The living little ones did not need to hide.

Lycos smiled with satisfaction.

He had finally made some progress with his fire shield, though he still couldn't distinguish between friend and foe like Grindelwald, automatically filtering out his believers and those who distrusted him...

But now Lycos can at least screen out living things and allow them to survive in the flames without being burned by the flames.

The black flames rose higher and higher, almost reaching the sky. Combined with the billowing smoke produced by the burning flames, the sky was dyed as black as ink, as if a rainstorm would fall at any time.

Seeing this exaggerated scene, Newt, who was on the outskirts of the forest, quickened his pace and rushed to the central area of ​​the forest with his old-fashioned suitcase.

However, in the black flames that filled the sky, Lycos' figure was hidden in the flames, and he quietly took out a tattered pair of sneakers.

That was the portkey he used to get back and forth.

Before Newt reached the core area, Lycos clutched the portkey in his hand tightly.

At the moment before takeoff, Lycos waved his wand.

The black flames that swept across the entire forest suddenly stopped. In the blink of an eye, they turned into a group of crows returning to their nests and swarmed back into Lycos's wand, leaving no trace of fire in the Albanian forest.

When Newt arrived, he saw only ashes and a group of intact, bewildered little animals...

……

It took less than a week to solve the problem of Voldemort.

There was more than a month left in the summer vacation. After thinking for a while, Lycos finally decided to book a room at the Leaky Cauldron.

So, in the following days, Lycos stayed in his room in the Leaky Cauldron almost every day, practicing the magic he learned from Voldemort to stabilize his life and prevent his vitality from being sucked away.

This spell plays a crucial role in Lycos's next plan!

It's just a magic that stabilizes life. Although it was learned from Voldemort, it can only be used for protection and has nothing to do with dark magic.

As a result, Lycos's unreasonable talent for black magic is of no use...

For this reason, he could only use the stupid method, just like he usually did in Charms and Transfiguration classes, practicing it over and over again, preparing to learn this magic through continuous practice.

It must be said that although Lycos's magical talents in other areas are not as good as those in the unreasonable black magic, they are still quite decent. If he really puts in the effort to learn a spell, it is not difficult to learn it...

A month and a half later, with only a few days left before school started, he finally mastered the magic of stabilizing his life.

……

August 1992, 8, was an ordinary Wednesday.

There are still five days before the start of the second school year. Lecos has already contacted Draco in advance and decided to go to Diagon Alley together to buy textbooks and school supplies for the new semester.

"Lex, are you up there?" Draco's voice shouted from the alley outside the Leaky Cauldron.

"I'm here." Lecos pushed open the window of the room and waved to the little wizard with light blond hair downstairs. "Don't shout here, or my sleepy neighbor will come down and beat you up!"

After saying that, he took the snakeskin wallet and walked down from the guest room floor.

"Good morning, little Lecos!" The bar owner, who was almost bald and looked like a shrunken walnut, greeted Lecos with a smile.

"Good morning, old Tom." Lycos also greeted him with a smile.

During the more than one month at the Leaky Cauldron, he had become close friends with the owner, and even Old Tom waived half of his accommodation fee, saving him a lot of gold galleons.

Lycos went around to the back door of the Leaky Cauldron and came to a brick wall.

"Count three from the top of the trash can... then count two from the inside..." Lycos muttered softly, "Who came up with such a complicated method? I have to think of the password all over again every time..."

He tapped the wall three times with the tip of his wand.

The brick that had been struck began to shake and move, and a small hole appeared in the middle... Then, the hole grew larger and larger, and soon a spacious archway appeared in front of him, leading to a winding, endless cobblestone street.

"Lex, why are you so slow?" Draco seemed to be getting impatient and was shifting around in place.

"Can I blame you for this?" Lycos shrugged. "If I have to blame you, it's because it was so difficult to open this broken passage. I should have just jumped out of the window."

He looked back and saw that the old window of the Leaky Cauldron was on a medium-sized building behind him, only a dozen meters away from the street outside... If Lycos was willing to use the flying technique he learned from Voldemort, he could just jump down.

"Draco, are you here alone?"

Lycos looked around and didn't see anyone else, so he asked.

His next plan required something from Lucius Malfoy, and he couldn't do it without him...

Lecos even had some doubts. Could it be that Lucius Malfoy didn't come today because Draco had made an appointment with him in advance?

"Oh, I'm not alone." Fortunately, Draco's words made Lycos feel relieved. "My father sent me here, but he said he was going to Knockturn Alley over there, and he didn't say to take me with him..."

"Knockturn Alley..." Lycos was stunned and inadvertently thought of the two dark wizards he had robbed in Albania.

He suddenly laughed and said, "It's better for a rookie like you not to go, to prevent being kidnapped by the dark wizards there and asking your father for a ransom."

"You must be joking! Those despicable dark wizards dared to kidnap the heir of the Malfoy family?" Draco raised his chin. "But you, you still have the gold Galleons given to you by Cassandra. Be careful not to be robbed by them."

"Oh yeah, speaking of that..." Lycos pulled a handful of gold Galleons from his snakeskin wallet and stuffed them into Draco's hand, "Here, I'll return your money. This should be enough."

"Wait...you're paying me back with Cassandra's money?" Draco's eyes widened in disbelief. "Are you really planning on living off me?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lycos patted him on the back. "I'm not a freeloader... Well, I made a little money during the summer vacation, so I'm not short of money now."

"How did you get rich?" Draco still looked skeptical.

"It's nothing, I just robbed two dark wizards who wanted to rob me." Lycos curled his lips.

"Now that I think about it, those two dark wizards were really good people."

……

Chapter 107 Lycos showed a provocative smile

Of course Draco didn't believe Lycos's nonsense and thought he was bragging.

Lycos didn't bother to explain, just smiled casually and let Draco change the subject.

"Lex, you don't know, my father said he would buy me a broom for the competition..." Draco hadn't met his peers much during the summer vacation, and when he saw Lex, he started chattering.

"What's the point of buying a broom if I'm not a member of the Slytherin team?" Draco complained angrily. "Harry Potter got a Nimbus 2000 last year and was specially authorized by Dumbledore to represent Gryffindor..."

"But he doesn't deserve it at all! It's just because he's famous... because he has a stupid scar on his forehead... and everyone thinks he's so wonderful, the Great Potter with his scar and his broomstick..."

"But Potter really led Gryffindor to win the Quidditch Cup." Lycos suddenly interrupted and added.

Draco's face froze.

"This... this is not important!" He forcibly changed the subject. "What's important is that I must join the Slytherin team after school starts and show Potter who the real genius Seeker is!"

"Well, I do believe that." Lycos nodded, "You will definitely be able to join the Slytherin Quidditch team."

After he finished speaking, he silently added in his mind: Because your father will give each Slytherin member a Nimbus 2001, so that you can become a backdoor relative...

However, Draco obviously had no idea what Lycos was thinking, as he looked smug.

"Lex, just because you said that, I'll cover today's expenses!"

Draco waved his hand magnanimously.

The two of them wandered along the winding cobblestone streets, a pile of gold Galleons and silver Sickles jingling in Draco's pockets as he spilled them out handful after handful...

Apparently, in the new semester, Draco received a lot of pocket money from home again.

So, Draco picked out the most expensive things and bought two giant blueberry ice creams, two large bags of Bibibi Every Flavour Beans, and boxes and boxes of chocolate frogs.

The two of them ate snacks leisurely while shopping for school supplies for the new semester in Diagon Alley, and browsed the dazzling array of shop windows.

"What kind of broom do you think I should buy?"

Draco asked excitedly as they stood in front of the window of the Quidditch boutique.

The window was filled with rows of neatly arranged flying brooms, each of which sparkled in the candlelight, looking dazzling and charming.

Not only that, there are also full sets of robes from various famous Quidditch teams, as well as souvenirs from the last Quidditch World Cup teams...

"I think you can just forget about it. You definitely can't afford it with your pocket money anyway." Lycos ruthlessly broke his dream. "Why don't you guess what kind of flying broom your father will buy you."

"That's exactly what I mean!" Draco said. "I've made my choice now and will tell my dad my decision later. Then I can get the broom I want earlier, right? And I don't have to worry about him buying the wrong one..."

"I think you'd better wait for him to buy it for you..." Lycos shook his head helplessly, "Our focus right now is on the remaining school supplies. Oh, and we haven't bought the textbooks yet."

As he said that, he dragged Draco to the door of Flourish and Blotts.

A large crowd gathered outside the bookstore, all trying to squeeze in. A large banner was hung upstairs:

Gilderoy Lockhart's autobiography, "The Magical Me," is available for signing and sale today from 12:30 to 4:30 PM!

"Is this person famous?" Draco asked doubtfully. "I mean, has he made any outstanding contributions to the wizarding world? Why do people around here seem to admire him so much?"

"Little kid, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!" A fat lady heard what Draco said and expressed extreme dissatisfaction.

"Mr. Lockhart is a true master of Defense Against the Dark Arts. He has published a number of bestsellers based on his own experiences, including 'Breaking with a Female Ghost,' 'Traveling with Ghouls,' 'Traveling with Trolls,' and more. He has also won the 'Wizard Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award' five times and is highly praised in the wizarding world!"

The aunt was obviously a die-hard fan of Gilderoy Lockhart. She recited all the titles of Lockhart's books as if she was reciting a monologue, and could also recite his resume clearly.

Judging from the enthusiastic scene, there are probably many fans like the fat lady...

"Sure enough, even in the magical world, star-chasers are really scary..." Lycos sighed silently as he looked at the huge crowds in front of Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

"Why don't we wait until this... Chicken Mule Lockhart's book signing is over before buying the textbooks?" Draco asked. "There are too many people here. I wonder how long the line will end."

"I'm afraid not." Lycos shook his head. "If you don't believe me, take a look at the textbook list the school gave you and see the specific subjects..."