Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

Professor Dumbledore turned his head, smiled at Moon, nodded gently and said: "Of course I arranged it. I helped Mrs. Zane, the boss here, with a little help. Later she A hotel specializing in wizarding business was opened here, and I was left with this room alone, so I took the time to slightly modify it and turn it into a good vacation spot."

After hanging the buckled velvet bag back on his waist, Moon nodded in agreement, "This is indeed a good vacation spot. It's quiet and quiet, the scenery is great, and everything you should have is there - but you don't have to worry about it." You have a cupboard full of sugar and you eat so many sweets, is there really nothing wrong with your body?"

"Believe me, Moon, no one values ​​my own life more than me." The old man blinked, then used his wand to select a few pastries, brought the pastries and milk to the table, and gave them to Moon A new chair was conjured. "Come on, let's eat something first. After breakfast, we will set off - you probably haven't had breakfast yet."

"Not yet." Moon sat down opposite Professor Dumbledore and picked out a piece of cake that he had eaten yesterday from the plate with pastries. "So, you must reveal the purpose and purpose of our trip in advance. Land?"

"Don't worry, Moon." Professor Dumbledore smiled and poured a glass of milk for himself and Moon each. "We will discuss this issue later. Now, let me test you first."

"You know...the Unbreakable Vow?"

"Yes, Professor, that is a strange magic. Once both parties make an unbreakable oath, they will reach a covenant that must be strictly observed, and will be bound by the oath from then on. Regardless of whether either party breaks the oath, they will be subject to The backlash of this magic is dead." Moon answered the old man's question, "Furthermore, according to the books I read in the library in the last few months of last semester, Unbreakable Vow does not have a spell, and it is not very similar. The magic we use today that relies on spells is more like a simplified occult spell."

The old man nodded happily, "That's absolutely correct, Moon, but I guess you must be wondering now why I suddenly mentioned this."

"You see, over the course of our entire semester last year, as well as your own personal experience, you have been exposed to seven different secret societies of dark wizards. These are certainly not all dark wizard societies that exist today. At least, there is one The Dark Wizards Association is not known to you yet."

Professor Dumbledore said as he flatly stretched out his hand.

"Snake King Meeting." The old man raised a finger.

"Crow Party, the supreme magic power." Two more fingers were bent.

"Bloodsworn." His fourth finger also curled up.

"Before Voldemort rose to power, these four dark wizard associations were the biggest scourge in the wizarding world in Britain and even Europe. Of course, there were actually five earlier, and after Voldemort gathered his followers, there were also Five. As for now, Voldemort has disappeared without a trace, most of the Death Eaters have been imprisoned, and the remaining ones are either dead or running away, so it is possible that it has become four again."

"You just asked us about the purpose and destination of our trip -" Professor Dumbledore took a sip of milk "- I think you should have guessed it by now?"

"Yes, I found traces of several dark wizards from the Bloodsworn."

Chapter 6 Rolling

The Blood Oaths are a group of serious people with serious illnesses in their minds.

Their joining ceremony is to make an advanced version of an unbreakable oath with their "guide". This advanced version of the unbreakable oath is called a "blood oath" by them, and this is also their "blood oath". The origin of the name "Sworn One".

But the question is, what are the benefits of this blood oath?

In fact, the constraints brought by the so-called blood oath are very powerful. Once the oath is made, the person who takes the oath cannot even think of any resistance to his guide. The slightest thought will cause him to feel the pain of being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.And there is no way to actively or passively do anything that may harm the interests of the guide. If you dare to do it, you will immediately die on the spot.Under the influence of the strong idealistic magic power, there is no loophole to exploit.

But in the eyes of those who join the Bloodsworn, the price is obviously well worth it.

Because there is no binding force comparable to the Blood Oath itself, unlike other secret societies of dark wizards, all the knowledge and wisdom of the Blood Oaths are shared, and they have no concealment or secrets from each other - because Complete honesty between each other is itself one of the blood oaths.

Because of this, under the dual pull of constraints and interests, everyone in the Bloodsworn can be considered a devout believer of this group, the kind that is so devout that they are crazy.

In this case, the Bloodsworn, a secret society of dark wizards, was perfectly hidden. They were hidden deeper than any other dark wizards' society.Not to mention that the Bloodsworn people are not very keen on coming out to cause trouble. They neither breed monsters nor cause large-scale Muggle disasters. They are not even interested in raising high-risk magical animals such as basilisks.

So where are they?

Their secret lies in the fact that in the approximately 500 years since their establishment, the Bloodsworn have publicly taken action three times:

The first time, they massacred two historic pure-blood families in Sweden;

The second time, they destroyed a newly established magic school in Eastern Europe;

The third time, also in the year that Professor Dumbledore was born, the Bloodsworn went to France and wiped out an emerging secret society of dark wizards that was emerging at the time.

And what do these three attacks have in common?Without exception, some people from these three parties disappeared forever, and all their assets and books were plundered.And judging from the fact that all other parts of the magic school in Eastern Europe were bombed and only the library survived, these guys obviously regarded books as their main target.

"It is said, just said, that when the Bloodsworn made their third public appearance, the then headmaster of Hogwarts, Phineas Black, yes, Sirius was his great-great-grandson. At that time, Phineas Yas was once very worried about the Bloodsworn coming to invade Hogwarts, and even canceled numerous on-campus activities because of this." Professor Dumbledore said sadly: "But since that time, the Bloodsworn have been as usual. They disappeared again, and only by chance would a few sporadic traces of people be exposed, but unfortunately they were all hearsay, and nine times out of ten they were false."

"Then how are you sure this time is true?" Moon asked curiously while admiring the beautiful trees on both sides.

"Because I saw it." Professor Dumbledore confirmed the location, and then led Moon straight into the woods. "Actually, this is the main reason why I chose to take you to deal with these Bloodsworn ones. "

"According to my findings and speculations, I am afraid that in order to protect each other to the greatest extent, there are some very strict clauses in the blood oaths of the blood oath takers. For example, they cannot reveal anything about the blood oath takers to outsiders. . But this clause has a very fatal flaw - for those powerful Legilimency users, it is not their own decision whether to expose this information. "

"In other words, if there is no corresponding solution, those powerful Legilimens will become the biggest nemesis of the Bloodsworn. They can easily judge whether a person belongs to the Bloodsworn through Legilimency. , and then used the blood oath to directly kill that person without a burial place."

"Obviously, the inventor of the blood oath is probably aware of this, so when a powerful enough legilimens tries to explore the thoughts of a person who has taken the blood oath, he will be very strongly blocked. This kind of There is an essential difference between blocking and Occlumency, so as long as you see it once, you will remember it forever. Because Occlumency is to close your emotions, fake and cover up your thoughts, and this kind of blocking is very violent. , like putting a layer of armor on his memories and thoughts."

The old man looked at Moon with a smile. "So, in the eyes of wizards who are not good at using Legilimency, it is like a strong-willed person's persistence in his own thinking. But for those powerful Legilimency For those who read, this kind of obstruction becomes quite obvious, because simple determination cannot stop the powerful Legilimency."

Moon was stunned for a moment, then looked at Professor Dumbledore hesitantly, "Then... wouldn't he have passively exposed himself as a Bloodsworn?"

The professor blinked, "Theoretically speaking, what you said should be correct, but for the 'Blood Oath', perhaps the Blood Oath will judge this as the 'Blood Oath' itself exposed the existence of the Blood Oath, rather than It was the person who made the blood oath who exposed the existence of the blood oath, and then—tsk, that’s pretty much it.”

Moon originally wanted to complain about this interesting judgment logic - reasonable, but very strange.But then he thought about it, and it seemed that this was very similar to the judgment logic of various spells and magic here.

For example, if you are not evil enough and want to torture someone, you cannot cast a powerful Cruciatus Curse, even if you hate that person to the core.

how to say.

Reasonable, very reasonable.

The two walked through the dense jungle of unknown location for a while. Not long after, Professor Dumbledore suddenly stopped, and Moon, who was always paying attention to the old man, also stopped.

"Ah, I haven't finished what I just said." The professor took out his wand and continued the topic, "That's why I chose to take you to deal with these Bloodsworn ones - because in the future, your talents will be very good. Might make you the most advantageous spear against the Bloodsworn."

He turned his head and blinked at Moon, then raised his wand and poked forward.

A thin golden film suddenly appeared from the air, like a huge soap bubble with a special color, covering an open space. A beautiful wooden house sat quietly in the middle of the open space, with the chimney on the roof still A curl of smoke drifted upward.

However, before this light golden film was revealed, it was actually filled with tall trees.

"Are you ready, Moon?" Professor Dumbledore added a little more force, causing the area he poked to dent inwards. "Be careful to protect yourself."

"Of course." Moon did not draw out the wand, but still stretched out his finger to point to a tree beside him, and murmured: "Follow my orders——"

The old man looked at the tree with interest. It wasn't until he saw the tree shaking inexplicably that he nodded slightly and used force to completely break the golden film.

"Boom -" It seemed as if such a voice suddenly rang. The next moment, the door of the beautiful wooden house was suddenly pushed open, and two middle-aged men in black robes walked out of the house one after another. He came out, holding a wand and looking wary.

When the two of them saw Dumbledore and Moon standing not far from the wooden house, their vigilance immediately turned into deep fear and a little hidden fear.

Moon raised his hand slightly, waiting for the battle that would start at any time. At the same time, he looked into the eyes of the two middle-aged men walking in front, and quickly felt what Professor Dumbledore had mentioned. That kind of strong obstruction.

Sure enough, unlike the calm and traceless feedback from Occlumency, the protection derived from the blood oath is very stiff, and even faintly reveals a cold and cruel malice, which makes people shudder.

"Albus Dumbledore." The person who spoke was the middle-aged man walking behind. His accent was a bit strange and he didn't sound very British. "The headmaster of Hogwarts, I saw it in the newspaper." Excuse me, why do you want to destroy our protective spell?"

The wizard who was possessed by Munn's Legilimency looked at Munn with a cold expression. He muttered something in an unknown language, which immediately made his accomplice's face look even more ugly.

Although I couldn't understand what that sentence meant, I guessed that it was Moon's unabashed Legilimency that was most likely noticed by that person.

Neither Moon nor Dumbledore cared about this matter - or there was no need to care at all.

Professor Dumbledore was talking about "dealing with" these Bloodsworn ones from beginning to end.

"Unfortunately, I happened to receive a message last month. A friend of mine told me that he saw some very suspicious people in his bar. Just in case, he wanted to ask me to help him check it out. Look at the reality of those people." The professor said softly, without showing any strong aggression. "And I accidentally confirmed your identity, so I think we should have a frank talk. If you are willing, Tell me everything you can, and I can guarantee that you will suffer less and be sent directly to Azkaban."

The expressions of the two people changed and they looked at each other. Then, the next moment, they turned around and rushed towards the hut.

There is no doubt that they are probably planning to use the cover of the hut to find an opportunity to escape - as long as the hut can block it for a second or two, they can leave directly with the help of phantom.

Professor Dumbledore has never cast an anti-disapparation spell since he came here until now.

While Moon was trying to figure out the professor's possible attack methods, the old man waved his wand calmly.

"Boom-!!!"

In Munn's dumbfounded eyes, without any warning, the beautiful wooden house was blown to pieces in an instant, and countless wood fragments that were lucky enough to survive collapsed in all directions under the huge impact. The trees that were closer were even nailed through with light-transmitting holes.

A total of five figures were blasted into disgrace, and their figures emerged from the flying dust raised by the explosion. It is estimated that they used some kind of protective spell to escape - but they just escaped. Among them, there were Two people were already a little unsteady, and even the robes on their bodies were in tatters; another person simply knelt on the ground and vomited blood. In all likelihood, the spell was cast too late or was not strong enough, causing him to be beaten. The shock damaged the internal organs.

Moon felt that he had probably used the Plant and Tree Command Technique in vain.

Seeing that they had completely lost all hope of escaping, the expressions of the dark wizards did not become flustered or frightened, but turned into a look of fanaticism. Even the guy who was still vomiting blood was wide-eyed. He opened his eyes and raised the wand with difficulty.

Two death curses, two explosion curses, just for a moment, they all chose to fight to the end.

Professor Dumbledore shook his head helplessly, pointed the elder wand forward, and two solid clay knights emerged from the ground, bravely catching the two Avada cables. Life - of course, they themselves were blown into pieces of earth.At the same time, the old man took a step forward, waved his wand twice, and blocked the remaining two explosive curses.

"Alas, I'm still as stubborn as ever." Perhaps it was the two cold green lights that made the professor give up the idea of ​​asking. He sighed and gave his final evaluation, and then explained to Moon again what For crushing.

The originally peaceful woodland was suddenly completely enveloped by the surging wind, but in an instant, the wind blew in front of the five dark wizards who had just had time to cast the spell again.Strangely enough, the strong wind that only made the corners of his clothes rustle in Munn's place actually knocked the five dark wizards off their feet. Except for the two dark wizards who were not injured before, the other three could not even stand Stability became a delusion, and he immediately fell to the ground, almost losing his grip on the wand in his hand.

Facing the dark wizard's second counterattack, the professor repeated his old tricks and summoned several clay knights from the ground beneath his feet, blocking all the attacks one by one.

Looking at the fragments of the Clay Knight on the ground that gave off a rocky color, Moon intuitively realized for the first time how exaggerated the principal's attainments in transfiguration were.

Under Munn's gaze, the old man leisurely took two more steps forward. While pulling out countless solid earth shackles from the ground to firmly lock the three fallen dark wizards, he pushed aside a spell. , waved his hand and used a piece of fire to knock away another dark wizard - he used the Iron Armor Curse, but the strong protection was just like paper, and was easily broken by the piece of fire.

The next moment, the strong wind that was still rushing forward suddenly turned around in the air, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground before the last dark wizard could cast a spell, and instantly knocked the last dark wizard just as he was about to cast a spell. The hand that cast the spell was tightly wrapped.

Several dazzling rays of light came out from the gaps between the fallen leaves, followed by a terrifying explosion - but the problem was that the power of the unknown spell was completely suppressed by the weak-looking fallen leaves. Among them, there was no way to escape.

Before the dark wizard could scream, the remaining fallen leaves had already wrapped his arms and lifted him up, hovering in mid-air.

One against five, it took less than 15 seconds from start to finish. Except for the spell that blew up the cabin, the old man didn't even use any particularly ferocious spells to completely subdue the five dark wizards with ease.And there was no sneak attack, no seizing the opportunity - frankly speaking, he actually gave up the advantage in two rounds.

A battle that ended so quickly and couldn't be called cool at all left Munn completely dumbfounded.

He had no doubt that the five dark wizards still had a lot of spells at the bottom of the box waiting to be used, and they even thought about countless escape plans in their minds. Just because the five of them could survive that kind of explosion, There were even two people who were unscathed, which was enough to prove that their strength was definitely not as simple as they showed in the battle.

"What are you going to do -" Moon took a deep breath and was about to ask the old man what he was going to do with these five dark wizards who had all been restrained, when he found that the old man was still staring at them quietly.

So Moon also turned his head and looked over.

All five Bloodsworn dark wizards had given up struggling. Whether it was the one hanging in the air or the four tied to the ground, they all looked at Professor Dumbledore, their eyes and faces full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm. ferocious.

"Me!" Five people shouted in unison, "Bloodsworn——!"

Dumbledore had a 'sure enough' expression on his face.

Immediately afterwards, under Munn's gaze, the five dark wizards from the Bloodsworn all became swollen, and the spherical skin began to become too thin due to tightness, even revealing the lower layers. Rushing blood.

Yes, blood, as if countless amounts of plasma were suddenly poured into their skin.In just the blink of an eye, these five people had all turned into chilling 'blood balloons' filled with blood.

Then, without a doubt, they exploded.

The splattering blood carried a disgusting stench, and mixed with it were countless fragments of muscles, bones and internal organs. If Professor Dumbledore hadn't waved his wand and gathered all those things in one place, Moon would have been destroyed. There is no doubt that this place will turn into a hell on earth in an instant.

"..." Seeing Professor Dumbledore steaming the mixed corpses of the five people cleanly with the blazing fire, Moon's eyes twitched. "Have you encountered these Bloodsworn ones before? They ...Is this the case every time?”

The old man put away his wand and dusted off his robe with a sigh, "Yeah, every time."

Chapter 7 Muggle happiness

"So, I believe that you should have used Legilimency just now?" The two of them calmed down and walked out of the woods with a little regret. "Please, please tell me that you did this, otherwise we will It’s a completely wasted trip.”

The professor's words were full of joking - there was no doubt that it was impossible for Moon to forget this kind of thing.Therefore, this question is obviously just to adjust the atmosphere a little.

"Of course" Moon nodded, "I will definitely recognize him next time we meet him."

"That's good, we have finally completed the most basic task this time." Professor Dumbledore clasped his hands behind his back and walked as leisurely as before. "I have been talking about the Bloodsworn and the like before. I didn’t have time to ask you, how was your summer vacation? Did anything interesting happen?"

Moon thought for two seconds. "If you mean interesting by interesting, there are indeed some. For example, I got to know the professor of next year's Defense Against the Dark Arts class in advance, and accidentally discovered that he is a liar;"

"But if what you mean by interesting is seeing five people explode in front of your eyes... then it's really not the case. Today is the first time."

The old man couldn't laugh or cry as he looked at the young man who had made fun of him in turn, but he understood with some relief in his heart - it seemed that the disgusting scene just now was probably not too difficult for the young man to accept.

"That's good. Ha, it's still early. Do you want to go with me for a drink? I'll take you back later?"

"It couldn't be better." Moon spontaneously raised his arm and reached out to the professor. "I just happen to have some questions I want to ask you."

The old man smiled and nodded, and disappeared into the forest with Moon.

…………

"This is a really good question." The professor held a cup of macchiato with double syrup, took a sip, and said with great satisfaction: "Your guess is right, there is nothing in that hut. Something that interested me because I had already seen it a few days before, which is why I didn’t worry about losing the clue and just blew up the hut.”

Moon stirred his drink carelessly. After receiving the answer, he took out the black pipe from his pocket and handed it to Professor Dumbledore, "Do you recognize this?"

Professor Dumbledore did not answer immediately, but gently put down the cup in his hand and took the pipe with curiosity. "Ah... I'm afraid I don't know this thing, but it does give me an... inexplicable feeling." Familiarity."

He rubbed the cold lines on the pipe and tried to whisper a spell in a low voice, but the pipe did not move at all, not even the slightest abnormality.This suddenly made the professor even more interested. He couldn't help but turn the pipe over and check it carefully twice. "It's strange, it's really strange, very special material, very special power - I can get it from I feel a magic power here, which is very, very deep, but it does exist. Where did you find such a strange thing, Moon, the treasure trove of the Shafiq family?"

"Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a treasure trove at home, unless the treasury in Gringotts can be regarded as a 'treasure house'." Moon rubbed his hair and avoided the occasional threats from the table diagonally opposite. , the strange girl's eyes were full of curiosity and excitement. "Tonks and I have sneaked into the school dungeon before. This is what Tonks found in the dungeon before. Because I did her a favor, she took this strange thing." The pipe was given to me because no spell worked."

"Ah..." The old man suddenly realized, "Then my guess may have been somewhat confirmed, but unfortunately, I'm not completely sure yet. I think I can only try some more unorthodox methods. I don't know. Would you like to lend me this thing for two days to study and see if you can verify what I have in mind?"

Moon nodded and joked. He took it out just to see if Professor Dumbledore could recognize it. Now that he has an idea, just take it.

If someone else were sitting here, Moon might have a little suspicion that that person wanted to take this opportunity to steal something, so he just kept the things secret.However, the person sitting opposite him was Albus Dumbledore, a man who had absolutely no need to have such worrying thoughts.

"Oh, by the way, Professor." Moon took a sip of coffee - well, it tasted worse than it smelled. Professor Dumbledore really liked coming to this shop because of the quality of their syrup, maybe...

He picked up the sugar cubes bitterly and threw two into his cup. Although he never liked coffee as a drink, he could still accept the delicious coffee.

It can only be said that there is a big problem with the product.