Chapter 115 Avada Kedavra
A few hours ago.
Tonks was sitting at a table in the Hog's Head Bar, eating clean and hygienic Aberforth's secret roast steak, while scolding Cyrus in her heart:
"Damn Delis, let me keep an eye on you again!"
She'd never hated her Metamorphmagus powers as much as she did now.
"I also want to go out for a walk. I haven't been to Hogsmeade since graduation."
She angrily cut the steak with a knife and fork, then stuffed it into her mouth and chewed it vigorously, as if what she was cutting was Cyrus's body and what she was eating was Cyrus' flesh and blood.
She planned to sneak out for a walk in the afternoon after finishing the meal. Anyway, the goblin stayed in the bar all day and never went anywhere, and Cyrus often didn't come back until evening.
But just as she was thinking this, another wizard who wrapped himself tightly opened the door and walked into the bar.
This kind of dress was not conspicuous in the Pig's Head Bar. The reason Tonks noticed him was because as soon as he entered the door, he immediately glanced around the bar and then walked towards the goblin very purposefully.
At this moment, Tonks was very energetic.
The newly-appeared wizard was tall and thin. He sat opposite the goblin, ordered a glass of fire whiskey and said lightly: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" The goblin repeated the other party's greeting angrily.
Just listening to his voice, Tonks felt that there was a raging fire in the goblin's throat: "I've been waiting here for more than a month! You told me 'long wait'? If you don't plan to cooperate, then Get out as soon as possible! But we will let you know the consequences of teasing us!"
"Don't be angry, sir." The new wizard chuckled softly. Although he lowered his voice, his tone was still arrogant. "It is very risky to cooperate with people of your status. We need to consider it carefully. "
As he spoke, he paused, took a sip of wine, and then continued: "There are different voices in the organization. Most people think that there is no need to cooperate with you. After all, the treasure of the great goblin Lanlock has been mined for a long time." It’s gone, and you people are too greedy.”
Speaking of greed, he felt even more disgusted with the short partner in front of him.
"Are we greedy? It's you wizards who have taken over so many of our fairy treasures——"
“We provided the materials ourselves and paid for the build.”
"The ownership of an item always belongs to its creator!" the goblin said through gritted teeth, so much so that even Tonks could imagine how ferocious his wrapped face looked.
"That's why I say you are greedy."
The ownership rights of the goblin treasures that you spend money to build do not belong to you. The goblins shamelessly want a large number of wands but can't get any out of them. At this time, they don't mention the ownership issue.
‘Hmph, if I take control of the Ministry of Magic, I will kill you all first. Gringotts is best left in the hands of the wizards themselves! ’
However, the wizard did not continue to argue with the goblins. In the final analysis, they just wanted to use the goblins as a sword and intended to use them to chop down the bloated organization of the Ministry of Magic. They did not really intend to reach a friendly cooperative relationship with them.
Then, the wizard picked up his wand and waved it, and the sound of the conversation between the two of them became even quieter, as if there was an invisible glass cover covering their small space, and the sound came from inside. The sound is "buzzing".
Tonks was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Even her ears turned into rabbit ears unconsciously, but she couldn't hear clearly what they were talking about.
After a while, her eyes caught a glimpse of the two people standing up, and the atmosphere between the two parties did not seem to be as tense as it was at first. The tall wizard took the initiative to settle the bill with Aberforth, and then walked out of the Hog's Head Bar with the short goblin.
‘Are you leaving? ’
Tonks couldn't sit still immediately, and quickly took a big gulp of butterbeer to swallow the roasted pork ribs in her throat. She wiped the grease on her mouth with her sleeves and jumped up, rushing to the bar in two or two steps. In front of the door, she paused again with a troubled face and turned back.
"Damn Delis, you know something is wrong even if you're not here at this time!" She jumped anxiously, wrote a line in a hurry, and threw it in front of Aberforth behind the counter, "Bartender, bartender! What if? When my companion comes back, show him this!"
After saying that, she pushed the door open and walked out. The broken door of the Pig Head Bar, which had been overwhelmed for a long time, shook violently back and forth, making a harsh "creak" sound, which made other customers in the bar shiver. .
"Now this young man is not clean even after drinking..." An old wizard with all his teeth shook off the goosebumps on his body, shook his head, and continued to read the new issue of "The Quibbler."
This newspaper is still interesting!
After Tonks left, Aberforth was silent for a moment and retreated into the kitchen. A faint silver light lit up and then flickered out like stars in the sky.
——
Cyrus cast a trace spell, and he could easily find Tonks' traces without the aid of any object. Among the sparkling golden particles, a row of clear footprints extended to a more remote path.
He quickly followed the footprints, and his figure gradually disappeared into the lush bushes. Not long after he left, several shadows appeared behind him and followed Cyrus' footsteps into the dense forest.
Each of these shadows held a wand in their hands and was fully armed. They did not look like ordinary dark wizards, but organized armed forces.
It seemed that they had long been eyeing Cyrus and Tonks, the two "Aurors" of the Ministry of Magic.
Cyrus followed the footprints all the way to the end of the road. Here, the road ahead was swallowed by the wilderness and time. Weeds and dead branches and rotten leaves buried the road, and the footprints stopped abruptly.
"Flew away, or Apparated?"
Cyrus waved his wand gracefully like a conductor, and the magic made the scene here flash back, and the old scene a few hours ago appeared in front of Cyrus:
Two black-robed men, one tall and one short, walked all the way here. The thin and tall wizard threw down a worn-out wand like alms - it looked shoddy - the goblin was also very dissatisfied with it, but didn't say much.
"Go to the ruins." The thin and tall wizard said softly, and then his body was stretched out like a gummy, and quickly spun and shrank into a black dot.
"Snap"
A green light pierced out of the black dot!
"Avada Kedavra!"