Late at night, the Room of Requests.
Draco Malfoy sat in a tattered armchair, holding a two-way mirror in his hand, and was whispering to Bella on the other side of the mirror to get the latest information.
Through Bella, he got the news from the nails planted by the Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic that Dumbledore was currently in Azkaban prison, discussing with Minister of Magic Scrimgeour how to deal with Voldemort's possible prison break.
Draco knew that he had to wait for Dumbledore to return to Hogwarts before taking action. He believed that by then they would have a greater advantage facing the old man who would be physically and mentally exhausted after a busy day.
After all, the opponent is Dumbledore, so it’s never wrong to be cautious.
Draco waited for a long time, until late at night, when everyone went back to rest, before he finally learned from Bella that Dumbledore had left Azkaban and returned to Hogwarts.
With the gentle push of the Felicis, Draco knew that the best time had come and they should act.
Bella reacted quickly, and soon some noises began to come from the vanishing cabinet. Draco knew someone was coming through the cabinet, so he quickly stepped back a few steps to make more space for the other person.
A few seconds later, the door of the vanishing cabinet opened and Bella walked out of it. She was not wearing the mask that Death Eaters used to conceal their identities, and her face showed no sign of hiding her malice.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, Aunt Bella."
Watching the masked Death Eaters coming out of the Vanishing Cabinet one after another, Malfoy couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although Snape was the core of the whole plan, the more people there were, the more at ease he would feel. Perhaps they could kill Dumbledore with their numerical advantage.
However, what surprised Malfoy was that there were many unfamiliar faces among this group of Death Eaters. They were probably new Death Eaters or hired dark wizards.
In order for the assassination to proceed smoothly, both the Malfoy family and the Strange family paid a large amount of Galleons as hiring fees.
Although many Death Eaters have no shortage of Galleons, there are still people who need these Galleons.
Draco nodded slightly to everyone as a formal greeting, and then began to explain the original plan and the next course of action.
"Where's Snape?"
Alecto looked around and didn't see Snape. He couldn't help but laugh at himself and said, "It seems that guy really intended to use us as bait from the beginning."
"Snape must have his own plan. We'd better not force him to participate, so as not to disrupt his plan." Avery had a good relationship with Snape, and he also knew that for this plan to succeed, it would probably require Snape's sneak attack.
"Quiet! We didn't count on that coward Snape from the beginning!" Bella shouted at the noisy crowd. She was very upset because the plan didn't go as smoothly as she had imagined. The disappearance of her sister Narcissa directly led to the loss of the Felicis Felix. She even suspected that her sister gave the only bottle of Felicis Felix to Draco, so she was embarrassed to go back and face them.
"According to the original plan, we need to send a group of people to surround and kill Dumbledore, and the rest of the people will delay the school professors to buy time to surround and kill Dumbledore." Bella said the most important thing tonight.
No one would be stupid enough to think that Dumbledore would take on everyone here single-handedly.
Of course, this is not a difficult task, as we had discussed it before coming here.
When Malfoy saw Bella take out the Felicis Felix from her robe pocket and take a small sip, he realized something and reached out to take out the remaining Felicis Felix from his own pocket.
"Narcissa really gave you the only bottle of Felicity Potion she got."
Avery took the potion from Draco with a smile, drank some and passed it to Alecto beside him, "But this should be enough for the felicity potion. We don't need luck for too long."
Of course, there was not enough Felicis Felix for everyone to drink, but it was enough for the Death Eaters who went to kill Dumbledore.
Their movement went smoothly, perhaps because the Felicis was working, or perhaps because it was already night and everyone had gone to bed, and the group arrived at the astronomy tower without encountering any obstacles.
"Let's get started!" Avery looked at Malfoy and reminded him, "When the dark wizards outside see your Dark Mark, they will attack from the main gate of Hogwarts. Help us attract other people's attention. After we kill Dumbledore, we will leave from the Forbidden Forest. We don't know whether the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic will reinforce Hogwarts, and the whole plan is based on the Ministry of Magic's reinforcement of Hogwarts."
"You need to wait here for Dumbledore later and help us attract the old guy's attention. Create an illusion that you are the only one here, and give us a chance to launch a sneak attack on Dumbledore. Although the probability of success is not high, we have to try it, okay?" Alecto continued to say to Malfoy.
"No problem, I'll start!" Malfoy nodded to show that he understood, then raised his wand and pointed it to the sky.
"Reappearance of the Corpse"
Although he had never actually used this spell, he was able to perform it easily with the help of the Felicity Potion.
A green light flew out from the tip of the wand and turned into a huge green skull smoke in the air.
Looking at the Dark Mark flying higher and higher, floating over Hogwarts Castle, Draco couldn't help but mutter, "This will definitely be a big surprise for Dumbledore who just returned!"
Dumbledore didn't let Draco wait too long. His appearance was even beyond Draco's expectation. He didn't come up the stairs, but appeared out of thin air with a flash of fire. There was a phoenix beside the old man, smiling at him: "Good evening, Draco."
Draco said nothing, his eyes fixed on Dumbledore.
"It's late now. You should go back to the dormitory and rest instead of standing here in the wind."
Dumbledore ignored the boy's vigilance and hostility, looked up at the Dark Mark above his head, and said softly: "And becoming a Death Eater is not a good choice."
As he spoke, the old man raised his wand and lightly deflected Draco's disarming spell. He looked at the fearless boy in front of him and said, "Voldemort has always lacked wisdom. At least I don't think it is a good choice to let an underage wizard assassinate me. He obviously wants to kill you. You should be very clear about this."
"I have no choice," Draco said, staring at Dumbledore.
"I know you have accepted the mission. I understand your situation. I can help you make the right choice before you do something irreversible." Dumbledore said soothingly.
"I won't listen to you." Malfoy shook his head.
"Why don't you listen to my suggestion?" Dumbledore said in a reassuring tone, "I can convince Stringer to hide your family in a safe place where even Voldemort can't find you until the end of this wizarding war. Believe me, it won't be long before Voldemort will be completely finished. You should have noticed that the Death Eaters have suffered heavy losses in the past year, and even Voldemort has to keep his tail between his legs."
"Really? But... why?"
Draco suddenly fell silent, because Dumbledore did not lie, but he did not understand why Dumbledore would help him, a Death Eater.
"Of course it's true. Voldemort can't be a match for Albert and I. They will soon... suffer heavy losses." Dumbledore suddenly waved his wand towards the entrance, forcing Bella and her gang, who were preparing for a sneak attack, to show up.
"Good evening, Bella. Oh, you actually brought a group of people to kill me." Dumbledore's tone was very calm, as if he was welcoming the other party to a tea party. "However, if I were you, I would definitely slow down my steps before the sneak attack!"
"Alone and helpless, old man, you're doomed." Bella raised her wand and pointed it at Dumbledore, sneering.
"Helped and helpless? You probably haven't realized that you are the ones who are helpless. This is a trap from the beginning to the end!" Dumbledore was not panicked at all because he was surrounded by Death Eaters. Instead, he said in a relaxed and cheerful tone, "Who do you think suggested that you come to Hogwarts to kill me? Who do you think provided the Vanishing Cabinet? Who do you think repaired the Vanishing Cabinet?"
"That's impossible."
Draco couldn't help but break down his defense. He looked at Dumbledore in shock and told him directly that the other party was not lying and that he had been at his mercy from the beginning.
"Nothing is impossible. Snape has been my man since the beginning, and reinforcements are on the way. None of you can escape tonight." Dumbledore stood there with his wand raised, looking like you are all surrounded by me.
"You're using me?"
Malfoy read the Dark Arts to Dumbledore viciously.
However, Dumbledore easily subdued Malfoy, "You are not ready to kill, child. Do not let yourself fall."
"Get him out of here, Severus."
Snape appeared out of nowhere, used magic to catch the controlled Draco, and prepared to take him away from here.
The sudden change stunned the Death Eaters who came to surround and kill Dumbledore.
Didn't they say that Snape was on their side
Didn't Snape sign an unbreakable contract with Narcissa
Didn't it say that Snape planned to take the opportunity to assassinate Dumbledore
But now it was Snape who betrayed them and led them all into the trap carefully woven by Dumbledore.
Narcissa's sudden disappearance.
Could it be that even her sister had betrayed the Dark Lord and joined Dumbledore
"You damned traitors."
Bella's anger was about to overflow from her eyes, and she fired a deadly black magic directly at Snape, but was deflected by Snape's spell.
"Your opponent is not me." Snape took Draco out of the battlefield.
"The Dark Lord will not let you go easily." Bella roared at Snape.
"Don't worry about Snape, now is the best opportunity for us, do it!"
Both Alecto and Avery realized something and directly called on other Death Eaters to besiege Dumbledore.
They have no other choice. Once other professors get involved, it will be difficult to have such a good opportunity again.
The Death Eaters huddled together, forming the tight formation most commonly used by the Ministry of Magic, with their wands pointed at Dumbledore.
"Kill him."
Colorful black spells all enveloped Dumbledore's location, completely blocking all his space to dodge.
This was the human wave combat that the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic often used, relying on numerical superiority to defeat the enemy, but the Death Eaters were now forced to use it against Dumbledore.
The breath of death was overwhelming, but Dumbledore did not panic at all. Fawkes, who was originally flying above everyone's heads, suddenly swooped down from the sky and withstood the first wave of attacks from the Death Eaters for Dumbledore.
Fox let out a scream, fell heavily to the ground, burst into flames, and turned into a pile of ashes.
Dumbledore seized the opportunity created by his old friend, swung his wand and slashed the air violently. A powerful force attacked the Death Eaters, forcing them to give up their attack and instead defend against Dumbledore's unknown spell.
There was a loud bang, as if something collided with each other, making people want to cover their ears.
The magical barrier that was supposedly indestructible actually began to crack, causing the Death Eaters who had successfully blocked the spell to gasp in surprise.
Fortunately, they chose to believe the warnings of the elixir.
However, before they could recover, the magic barrier was pierced through by a golden spell. One unlucky guy was hit by the spell and all his strength was instantly drained. He fell backwards, and it was unknown whether he was alive or dead.
Everyone was shocked. They probably didn't expect Dumbledore to be so ruthless. The golden spell just now made their scalps tingle.
spread!
Someone shouted, causing the Death Eaters to break their dense formation and attack Dumbledore separately.
If they had not been so close to each other just now, the unlucky guy could definitely avoid the golden spell with the help of the elixir.
However, this was undoubtedly a wrong instruction.
If they stick together, they might have a chance to replace Dumbledore. When the Death Eaters are scattered, they will be no match for Dumbledore.
Dumbledore always used dexterity that was inconsistent with his age to dodge the deadly spells cast by Bella, and he even shook his wand quickly to shoot several spells, directly deflecting the spells of other dark wizards.
Just when the sneak attack was about to succeed, Dumbledore seemed to have eyes and used his wand to easily push the dark magic aside.
"How is this possible!?"
Seeing that his sneak attack was easily seen through and the dark magic was easily deflected, the Death Eater was unable to accept it. There was a brief moment of shock on his face, and then Dumbledore seized the flaw. His cloak seemed to come alive and suddenly rolled up to cover his head. His robe seemed to come alive and tightened, binding his whole body tightly like a belt.
After just one encounter, a Death Eater temporarily lost his fighting power.
Although the Fuling agent can greatly improve the user in all aspects, it still cannot make up for the huge gap between the two sides.
What's more, the place chosen by Malfoy is not suitable for them to perform.
The observatory can indeed take advantage of numbers, but the prerequisite is that they must occupy the upper hand and use the advantage in numbers to strike the enemy.
However, the current situation is clearly that Dumbledore has the upper hand, causing the original advantage of numbers to become a burden, because the limited space is not conducive to their dodging spells, resulting in the advantage given by the Felicity Potion being largely weakened.
A Death Eater seemed to want to rush down to seek help from the Death Eaters who were responsible for intercepting reinforcements below, but he was hit from behind by a spell and fell directly down the stairs.
In fact, even if rescue was available now, it would be too late, because there was a sudden commotion below the Astronomy Tower. It was obvious that the school's professors were fighting with the Death Eaters below.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A deafening explosion suddenly sounded, and in the distance, dense fireballs flew towards Hogwarts, hitting the iron gate outside the school hard, almost blowing the gate off.
"It's really lively." Dumbledore glanced in the direction of the school entrance and murmured, "It seems that the net has caught more fish than expected."