Hogwarts: Undercover Death Eater Replaces the Dark Lord

"I can't believe Malfoy was right about this." Fred looked at Draco in surprise, making a face out of surprise.

George also agreed, "Besides, the seventh graders have already learned Apparition. They can leave this place surrounded by flames at any time."

Following their analysis, the tense atmosphere seemed to ease considerably.

It seems that the person who set the fire was too naive and couldn't even think of such details!

"But since they chose to set the fire... could they really not think of what we can think of?" Lycos frowned.

His eyes moved, and he took out a snakeskin wallet from his pocket, then took out a small notebook.

This was Cassandra's Christmas gift to him - a two-way book.

The notebooks are paired, allowing two people holding matching notebooks to write to each other.

Lycos opened the double-sided book, took out a quill pen, dipped it in ink, and scribbled a few words on it:

"I'm in carriage number four, come find me quickly!"

A few minutes after Lycos wrote this line, the little blonde witch walked gracefully along the aisle to carriage number four where Lycos was.

"Cassandra?" Lycos hurried forward. "So... you saw what I wrote in the notebook?"

His heart was relieved a little.

Since Cassandra could see the writing on the two-way notebook, it meant that the connection between these alchemical products had not been blocked... Then the two-way mirror between the train and the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts might still be able to operate normally.

However, Cassandra's next words shattered Lycos's expectations.

"I didn't see your handwriting." She raised her eyebrows unconsciously when she saw Lycos. "But the way you were flying around just now was so conspicuous, I saw it right away."

Cassandra took out a small notebook identical to the one in Lycos's hand, unfolded it, and handed it to Lycos:

"You can see for yourself what's written on it—"

Lycos frowned and looked over, and found that behind the paragraph in which the two had previously communicated, there was a very blurry line of ink... There was no word written on it at all, and people who didn't know the truth might think it was printed with the previous ink.

"Oh no..." His expression turned completely serious. "Even though Cassandra and I were only a few carriages apart, the words I wrote were still blurred by an unknown force..."

He turned his head and looked at the young wizards around him whose expressions had also become serious.

“So we can basically draw a conclusion…”

"The two-way mirror on the train is quite far from London, so we can't rely on the Ministry of Magic. But the distance from here to Hogwarts isn't that close either, so I don't think the two-way mirror can successfully transmit the information."

"Then this is a huge problem..." Lycos said word by word, "We may not be able to find any external help."

Draco's face turned extremely pale in an instant, in stark contrast to his smug expression just now.

"No... no way?" He said tremblingly, "Aren't there... seventh-year students who can Apparate? They should be able to go back and report..."

However, before Draco could finish his words, a figure ran over quickly, as if to refute his guess.

"Fred, George, you're here!" A student wearing a prefect badge ran over breathlessly. "Hurry up and follow me. The situation is very dangerous now. Let's gather our families together first..."

"What's wrong, Percy?" Fred put his hand on the man's shoulder. "You deserve to be so tired because you don't exercise regularly!"

"So the situation is so dangerous, can't you class leaders think of a solution?" George finally realized the urgency of the situation, so he asked about the real matter.

"Well, the situation is very dangerous." Percy took a sip of the water handed to him by Cedric, and his expression finally looked a little better. "This area is surrounded by Fiendfyre, and the encircled area has been cast with an anti-Apparition spell..."

"Not only that, there's some kind of magic going on nearby. Even the two-way mirror is being disrupted and won't activate... The conductor and I have come up with many ideas, but we can't figure out how to get the message out."

"Now we can only rely on ourselves!"

Percy's words hit Draco like a bolt from the blue. His hands and feet were cold, and he fell limply onto Goyle behind him, his legs still shaking uncontrollably.

Even so, Draco still refused to give in and kept muttering, "Don't let me find out who did it, my father will never let you go..."

The fierce fire in the distance grew larger and larger and came closer and closer.

The little wizards came out of the carriage one by one and looked at the overwhelming red flames.

They had never seen such a scene in their lives. Their mouths and eyes were wide open... The color of their pupils was reflected in the sea of ​​fire and turned bright red.

At this time, Li Huo was getting closer and closer to the train...

Lycos saw that the approaching flames were dancing with scorching sparks. Large balls of flames had transformed into all kinds of huge beasts. Countless magical animals that appeared in the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" emerged from the flames.

Runespoors, Chimeras, Rhinoceroses, Thunderbirds, Manticores, Sphinxes... These ferocious and huge beasts burst out from the flames one after another!

"It's that big bird. We've been being chased by it for a long time!" George saw the thunderbird transformed from flames at a glance and pointed at it angrily.

"That's right, you bastard, pay me for my Seven Stars Sweep!" Fred also shouted at Thunderbird, "Wait, I'll come and get revenge on you right away!"

As he said this, he pulled the broom out of the soil and pretended to ride on it.

"Are you crazy?" Percy grabbed him and said, "How are you going to deal with Fiendfyre? Are you going to die?!"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? I definitely can't go and die!" Fred said as a matter of course, "I was just saying it harshly. It's easier to escape on a broomstick..."

As he spoke, George cooperated and got on the other broom.

Percy: "..."

"Let me be fair... You can't escape even if you ride a broom in this encirclement." Just as the three brothers were about to start arguing, Lycos interrupted them, "Now we have to find a way to save ourselves..."

"But a Fiendfy of this scale is beyond the ability of us students to handle." Percy shook his head in despair. "I'm afraid only Dumbledore himself can put out this flame."

"Have you ever considered all students casting a counter-spell on Fiendfyre together?" Lycos asked. "About sixty or seventy years ago during the Global Wizarding War, Nicolas Flamel used the Curse of the End to break Grindelwald's fire."

"But that's Nicolas Flamel!" Percy fretted. "I've read the history of that period and know of classic cases where curses were finally broken."

He paced back and forth, his tone very anxious.

"Only a wizard of Nicolas Flamel's caliber could use his own magic as a catalyst to link together the breaking spells of all the wizards present and suppress Grindelwald's flames..."

"But we are trapped in this Fiery Land. Where can we find such people?"

Lycos also fell silent.

How to connect everyone's universal breaking spell together is indeed a problem - because the Fiendfyre is actually a powerful whole, and in comparison, each person's breaking spell is just a very weak spell.

Although the universal breaking spell is quite effective, it only works when the power levels are similar... So if you want to suppress the fierce fire with the breaking spell, you must merge everyone's magic spells into one!

This is not something that ordinary people can do.

It seems like these students are helpless against Li Huo...

At this moment, Lycos's eyes accidentally glanced at Draco.

At this time, the eldest young master of the Malfoy family, who was almost fainting, was lying on the seat in the box, being served by a group of people.

Crabbe and Goyle were massaging his shoulders and legs, while the house-elf Dobby brought him a cup of tea...

Wait, house-elves?

"Damn it, how could I forget this!"

Lycos hurried into the box, pushed away Draco who was enjoying his "last pleasure before death", and pulled Dobby out.

"What are you doing, Lycos?"

Draco had tea splashed in his face and sat up dazedly, letting the water drip from his chin onto his wizard robes.

However, Lycos had no time to pay attention to him now.

Lycos's attention was completely on Dobby, the house-elf—

"Dobby, let me ask you, can you still use Apparition now?" he asked at the fastest speed.

In theory, the Disapparition of a wizard is very different from that of a house-elf - therefore, the Anti-Disapparition Charm used to thwart wizards will not usually stop a house-elf.

This is why, even though Hogwarts Castle is under an anti-Apparition spell, the house-elves inside the castle can still come and go freely.

In response to Lycos's question, Dobby blinked his eyes, which were strangely large, and said tremblingly:

"Dobby... Dobby can Apparate..."

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Chapter 116 The Dark Mark Lights Up in the Sky

Dobby's words caused the entire carriage to fall silent.

They stared at the house-elf in amazement, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Why didn't you tell me you could Apparate?!"

It was Draco, Dobby's little master, who jumped up first, with an indescribable look of confusion on his face.

"The young master didn't ask Dobby either." Dobby replied weakly, "The order Dobby received was just to make tea for the young master. Of course, he had to obey the order first..."

"You idiot!" Draco was shaking with anger. "Now! Immediately! Go to Hogwarts and get Headmaster Dumbledore to save us! Quick!!"

He yelled Dobby off and sat back in his seat, breathless.

Everyone present watched Dobby disappear from the spot with a "bang", and some of them were still in shock.

"So we're saved?" Fred asked blankly, still riding on the broom with a large burnt part on it.

"We're not completely saved yet, but we're almost there," George said lazily. "As long as that house-elf can find Dumbledore quickly, we'll definitely be saved."

"But the question now is... does he know where Headmaster Dumbledore's office is?" Cedric was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked.

Everyone else turned their eyes to the wet Draco.

"Um...how would I know? I don't even know where Dumbledore's office is." Draco looked completely confused. "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Lycos: “…”

Lecos didn't know how to comment on Draco's behavior of yelling at Dobby to leave without caring about him.

"So you didn't tell Dobby the location of the Headmaster's office and asked him to go to Hogwarts to find someone?" he asked unhappily.

"But Dobby can ask someone..." Draco said blankly, seemingly unaware of the seriousness of the situation. "He can ask anyone. It shouldn't be difficult to find the headmaster's office, right?"

"The students are all on the train now. Who do you want him to ask?" Lycos said weakly, holding his forehead with his hand.

"Even if we happened to find a professor, ask him about Dumbledore's location, and then explain what happened, at least ten minutes would have passed..."

He looked Draco in the eye and asked, "Look out the window. Do you think... we can wait that long?"

At this time, the ferocious beast transformed by Li Huo almost filled the students' entire vision.

The younger wizards were organized by their prefects to hide back in the carriages;