In the quiet night, a figure appeared without warning at the foot of the steep cliff. He looked up and around to make sure there was no one around, then he slowly walked towards the beach ahead, not caring about exposing himself to the bright moonlight.
If there were any Death Eaters here, they would definitely be surprised what Avery was doing here in the middle of the night.
At this moment, Avery stood quietly on the rocks by the beach, letting the cold sea breeze blow through his hair.
The sound of waves hitting the rocks echoed in his ears, but Avery didn't understand why he came here. However, there was always a voice in his heart reminding him that he had to come here at this time to wait for someone.
The funny thing is that Avery didn't even know who he was waiting for, but he knew he had to wait for someone here.
So, here he comes.
There was a sudden crackling sound on the beach not far away. It was the sound of someone Apparating over.
Avery knew that the person he was waiting for had arrived.
When he was about to turn around to see who that person was, he suddenly froze in place, as if frozen by an ice spell. He didn't have time to turn around, let alone figure out what was going on.
I just felt that all the thoughts and worries in my mind were swept away, leaving only a hazy feeling of joy.
The person who came completed everything silently and disappeared without any warning like a gust of wind, without even leaving footprints on the beach.
When Avery came back to his senses, he looked around in confusion, muttered something, and actually reached out to take out a candy from his pocket. He stared at the candy, his expression became extremely stunned, and he didn't understand why there was a candy in his pocket, but the strange thing was that Avery didn't throw the candy away, but put it back into his pocket, and then Apparated away from the beach.
When Avery arrived outside Bella's temporary base and was about to knock on the door, the door in front of him opened by itself and Snape walked out.
"Severus, why are you here too?"
Avery was very surprised by Snape's arrival, but then he seemed to think of something and asked quickly, "Is the plan about to start?"
It seemed that only this matter required Snape to make a personal trip to discuss the plan to assassinate Dumbledore with them in detail.
Although this was a secret mission given to Draco Malfoy by the Dark Lord, everyone now knows that the assassination plan has been taken over by Snape.
If Dumbledore could really be eliminated, many of the troubles the Death Eaters are currently facing would be easily solved.
"Not yet, but it should be soon."
Snape was also surprised to meet Avery here.
"Severus, what's wrong?" Narcissa's voice came from the living room.
"Avery is here." Snape moved aside to let Avery enter the house.
"Avery, what's the matter?" Narcissa was also a little surprised.
"About this assassination plan." Avery turned his head to Snape and said, "If you are not in a hurry to leave, come in and listen!"
"What do you think of our plan?"
"As much as I want to say that your plan is perfect, unfortunately, one of our opponents is a monster named Albert Anderson."
Avery faced Bella's murderous gaze and continued, "We need to make some more preparations. I mean, be prepared to retreat if the plan fails, even if..."
"You thought our plan would fail!"
Bella's eyes became more and more hostile, and Avery's questioning made her extremely angry. If Alecto hadn't stopped her in time, her wand would have been stuck into Avery's mouth to shut him up.
"What are you going to do?"
"Honestly, I don't want to say such discouraging words, but if we delay too long, I am very worried that the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic will reinforce Hogwarts. You know, that damn mudblood is very good at playing tricks like this. I wouldn't be surprised if he really persuaded the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic to ambush us in Hogwarts.
"That's impossible." Alecto shook his head and retorted, "We have people at the Ministry of Magic. If there is any movement, we will definitely receive the news at the first time."
"But we still fell into that mudblood's trap many times. How do you know that this time it won't be a trap..."
"Get to the point," Snape interrupted impatiently.
"I think it is necessary to mobilize a large number of Dementors and dark wizards, and let them besiege Hogwarts when necessary, to at least create some chaos and help us temporarily distract the Aurors and members of the Order of the Phoenix from the Ministry of Magic." Avery stated his plan.
"You know we can't do that." Alecto frowned and reminded, "Besides, many shameless guys have fled the UK directly after seeing the situation is not good. We can't gather many helpers now."
"Someone will tell the Dark Lord about this, if he allows it." Avery looked at Alecto: "I think everyone is clear that nothing is more important than killing Dumbledore now."
"I must remind you that we plan to get rid of Dumbledore, not destroy Hogwarts. I think the Dark Lord would prefer Hogwarts to be under his control," Snape reminded.
"Of course I do."
"If it is to prevent the Ministry of Magic from reinforcing Hogwarts, I think we can suggest that the Dark Lord break into the prison." Alecto glanced at Narcissa and said, "As long as the prisoners in Azkaban are released, not only can we gain a lot of help, but it can also distract the Ministry of Magic and make them have no time to care about Hogwarts."
As she spoke, she suddenly showed a strange expression, "Many wizards believe that Hogwarts, where Dumbledore is in charge, is the safest place in Britain."
"But will the Dark Lord agree?"
Narcissa was very tempted by this proposal. If Voldemort broke into prison, her husband and Alecto's brother would be able to escape, and it would also attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic.
If Scrimgeour allowed the Ministry's Aurors to get involved in the operation at Hogwarts, it would likely cause serious disruption to their plans.
"That's a good idea, but I still think we should spend some effort on attacking Hogwarts, at least to lure away some of the school's professors." Avery looked at Alecto again.
Everyone present knew that Alecto was sent by the Dark Lord to monitor them.
"I will speak to the Dark Lord, but I cannot make any guarantees," Alecto said.
"Thank you for your help!"
Although Narcissa knew that Alecto was here to monitor them, she didn't hate him too much.
Avery looked at Alecto's back and muttered, "That guy can't be trusted."
"She'll be in the next battle too," Bella taunted sharply.
"There is something I must remind you. The more complicated the plan, the more troublesome it will be to implement. Killing Dumbledore is the most important thing. I don't want the assassination plan to fail because of some people's stupidity." After reminding everyone, Snape returned to Hogwarts with the news.
"What a disgusting fellow."
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"What brings you to see me at this hour, Alecto?"
A hoarse and unpleasant voice sounded in the dim room.
After the man turned around, Alecto met a pair of scarlet eyes.
"Master, they have made a plan and should start to act soon." Alecto lowered his eyes, not daring to look Voldemort in the eye.
"A plan?" Voldemort repeated quietly.
He really didn't like the word. They had made many plans, but almost all of them failed.
In front of the Master of Prophecy, the so-called plans almost all became a joke, especially when that guy had a way to mobilize the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic.
This is also the main reason why Voldemort has always wanted to get rid of Albert.
Alecto began to tell Voldemort the key points of their plan to assassinate Dumbledore, including Narcissa and Bella's search for Felicis Felix and their plan to obtain a batch of Felicis Felix from Slughorn.
"So, they are now pinning their hopes on a trick like the Felicis?"
Of course Voldemort knew about the Felicis Lucidum. Perhaps this so-called lucky potion could give the Death Eaters an advantage when facing other Aurors, but when facing truly powerful wizards, that so-called luck was not enough.
"No, they think that Felix Felicis can help them complete the task of assassinating Dumbledore more smoothly." Alecto explained quickly, "Everyone hopes to get rid of Dumbledore, and anything that can increase the probability of success is worth a try."
Seeing that Voldemort didn't say anything, Alecto continued, "Avery believes that the Ministry of Magic is likely to interfere with this assassination, so he hopes to mobilize some dark wizards and Dementors to ambush near Hogwarts to help delay possible reinforcements and create opportunities for Snape, and also..."
Alecto glanced at Voldemort secretly and said in a low voice, "We must attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic. Perhaps we should advance the time of the prison break."
“Is this your opinion or someone else’s.”
Voldemort looked coldly at Alecto, who lowered his head and remained silent, and easily saw through the other's little thoughts.
Alecto lowered her head even lower. Voldemort's gaze brought her great pressure.
"Tell me, Alecto," asked Voldemort.
"Everyone thinks that killing Dumbledore should be the top priority now. They think that as long as Dumbledore is eliminated, we can ..."
"That's enough, Alecto, go down," said Voldemort coldly. "Tell Yaxley to come here."
Alecto couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, she knew that she had successfully convinced the Dark Lord.
In fact, Alecto was never able to convince Voldemort, because only Voldemort himself could convince himself.
Although Snape said that Dumbledore would not live for many years, Voldemort could not wait any longer. The damn old guy had become the biggest obstacle in front of him, and kicking him away was imperative.
Because of Malfoy's relationship, Snape was also involved.
Once Snape, this important chess piece, fails, it will be difficult for Voldemort to get rid of Dumbledore in a short period of time.
It can only be said that Voldemort himself had no choice, because he himself had already been involved and was destined to become one of the characters who set off this storm.