Initially, Yaxley planned to turn Hogsmeade into the most popular black market in the whole of Europe, of course not only for the superficial purpose of making money, but also to help the Dark Lord absorb criminals from Europe, expand their own power, and also to consolidate their own power.
However, things are not always as we wish.
Hogsmeade had indeed become a famous black market in Europe, gathering many ruthless guys, but Yaxley overlooked an important thing: most dark wizards joined the Dark Lord's camp, more in order to make more money.
Voldemort's reputation might be able to intimidate these vicious guys for a short time, but when it comes to their own use, even Voldemort can't do it.
Conflict was inevitable from that moment on.
The fact that it broke out so quickly was purely because someone secretly instigated and intensified the conflict between the two sides.
The Death Eaters were certainly not as terrible as expected, but if those who died were all actors, it would naturally give the dark wizards from foreign countries the illusion that the Death Eaters were a bunch of trash.
Since they are trash, they have no right to bully them, let alone control the place.
The black market that advocates free trade has successfully ushered in freedom, which is what everyone wants. No one is willing to share the money in their pocket with others.
People who have enjoyed the sweet fruits of free trade are naturally unwilling to easily give up the black market of Hogsmeade, and naturally unwilling to give up a place where they can make a lot of money.
It's ironic to say that since Hogsmeade got rid of the control of the Death Eaters, the public security has improved all of a sudden and it has become the most popular place in the whole of Europe.
It was not as chaotic as Yaxley had imagined due to the loss of the Death Eaters. On the contrary, Hogsmeade today was less like a black market and more like a trading area like Diagon Alley.
If the items displayed in the shops and stalls were not all banned items, I'm afraid no one would regard this place as a black market.
After all, dark wizards are not crazy, they are all educated people. They are involved in the black market more to make money, and Hogsmeade is undoubtedly such a good place. It is difficult for them to find a comfortable place like Hogsmeade in other parts of Europe. The dark wizards who come here to trade will even spontaneously maintain the environment here, and some unwritten rules have gradually formed.
Such a harmonious scene was undoubtedly a great irony to the Death Eaters, imprinting an expression of incompetence on them. You have to know that during the period when the Death Eaters controlled Hogsmeade, there were always several unpleasant conflicts every day.
However, this peaceful scene was destined not to last long.
This is Hogsmeade village, the Death Eaters' territory. How could the Death Eaters, who have been domineering in Britain, tolerate fat meat that is out of their control in their territory
Of course, all this has nothing to do with Zuo Ke, and he doesn't even think about these things.
After recording the name of the dark wizard who came to order the defensive cloak in the account book, Zuo Ke tore off the receipt and handed it to the other party. He raised his hand and knocked on the blackboard next to him. He slowed down his tone and said to the outsider who was not good at English, "The deposit is one Galleon, and the goods will be picked up in two days. The deposit can be refunded during this period."
"OK, OK."
The black man gave him an OK sign, left a Galleon and left with a receipt.
Looking at the half receipt in his hand, Zuo Ke felt that this world was truly amazing. Dark magic defense items were surprisingly selling very well among dark wizards.
It’s really ironic to think about it, it turns out that dark wizards are the ones who need more defense against dark magic
A sharp alarm interrupted Zuo Ke's thoughts and brought him back to his senses from his dream of getting rich. When he went to the window and looked out, he found that everyone had come out of the houses and the originally bustling street fell into a brief chaos.
But the chaos was quickly quelled because no fool would dare to joke with everyone about the alarm unless he wanted to die.
So the sudden alarm meant that the Death Eaters were back.
"Look over there, it's a Dementor."
I don't know who suddenly shouted.
Everyone looked towards the entrance of Hogsmeade, and saw a large dark cloud moving towards them.
After a brief commotion, the chaos quickly calmed down.
They had long expected the Death Eaters to come back with Dementors.
As early as a few days ago, someone spread rumors in Hogsmeade that the Death Eaters would definitely not be willing to lose control of this black market and would come back with Dementors.
The dark wizards who stayed in Hogsmeade to do black market business even held a brief meeting to discuss the matter.
Although this was a scattered group and everyone had their own ideas, no one was willing to fight the Death Eaters head-on, but the Death Eaters had behaved too uselessly some time ago.
When their numbers are greater than those of the Death Eaters and their strength is stronger than that of the Death Eaters, no one is willing to give up their interests in Hogsmeade and the great environment here.
How can they lose as long as they don't run away in a hurry
They will naturally win, and they naturally don't mind teaching a lesson to those guys who like to parade around in Voldemort's name and bully them.
Who doesn't like to give someone a beating when they're down
As for Voldemort.
This famous second-generation Dark Lord was not even as famous as Dumbledore in Europe. Most wizards had only heard of his name, and some did not even know him, so there was naturally no question of being afraid of him.
"Know the Patronus Charm and drive away those Dementors!"
I don't know who shouted.
There were actually three dark wizards who knew how to use the Patronus Charm who stood up and began to summon their own Patronus to resist the Dementors.
In fact, most dark wizards are not afraid of Dementors, but they still feel uncomfortable with that thing around them, especially when it is from the enemy.
However, faced with the huge number of Dementors pressing on, the three patronuses were obviously unable to drive them away completely.
Dementors hovered over Hogsmeade, a cold atmosphere enveloped the entire village, and a layer of white mist appeared on the window glass.
As if sensing a threat to their lives, some people Apparated away again, but Dementors alone could not scare them, let alone make them surrender, not to mention that they were a powerful enemy that prevented them from making money.
Several more silver lights flew out from all over the village and joined the team fighting against the Dementors.
In fact, this is normal. After all, they are a group of strangers you don’t know each other, so it’s normal to be reserved.
Of course, it is quite rare to find dark wizards who can use the Patronus.
Not only is there no need to protect yourself with the Patronus Charm, but many Dark Wizards believe that using the Patronus Charm carries the risk of backfire.
…
Outside the Hogsmeade village, Yaxley, who had led the Death Eaters back, had a very ugly look on his face. He could never have imagined that the dark wizards would actually use the Patronus Charm, and more than one.
Could this be a trap
At this moment, Yaxley even had such a thought.
There was nothing he could do, since his biggest trump card had been tied up.
Without the help of these Dementors, it would be difficult for them to subdue the dark wizards in Hogsmeade village in a short period of time.
Yaxley wanted to retreat temporarily, but the current situation did not make it easy for him to take a step back.
"We must let these outsiders know whose place this is and whose rules they must obey if they want to trade with dark wizards in the Black Seat."
After the final mobilization, Yaxley led the team towards the entrance of Hogsmeade village. He regretted not bringing the giant and the werewolf with him.
"No troublemakers are welcome here."
"You are not welcome here, wimps."
A line of fire ignited in front of Yaxley, blocking the Death Eaters' way forward.
"This is the Dark Lord's territory."
Yaxley brought out Voldemort.
"Don't use Voldemort to scare us. No one here is scared."
"How dare you..."
A sharp voice rang out from the ranks of the Death Eaters.
"No troublemakers are welcome here."
"A life-and-death duel between wizards to decide who owns this place?"
Percival jumped out of the team and challenged the Death Eaters on the opposite side, "Do you dare? You little bastards."
This is the solution they discussed.
At least, this method is more in their interest than engaging in a melee with the dark wizards.
After winning, everyone in Hogsmeade must give him two Galleons.
You can get a generous reward of thousands of Galleons in one go.
Others didn't lose out either, it was just two Galleons, not only could it solve the problem, but they also got to watch a wonderful duel, it was definitely worth it.
The most important thing is that they all have confidence in Percival. After all, he is a ruthless man who dares to hunt the eight-eyed giant spider alone. He has also been among the top in the duel competition. Naturally, he cannot lose to that group of trash.
Yaxley's face looked very ugly. Although he really wanted to go on stage and kill the guy opposite him, this... was too ridiculous.
"It seems that you are afraid. Do you think you can drive us away with those Dementors?" Percival challenged. He didn't want to miss this opportunity to make money. "Or is there a bastard among you who wants to secretly cast the Killing Curse on me
"What do you think this is..."
"We are all dark wizards, so naturally we speak in this way."
Percival didn't care about the murderous Death Eaters and continued to challenge them, "Or do you want to start a full-scale war with us? But I see that you don't have as many people as we do. Who gave you the courage?"
"Very well, duel," Yaxley gritted his teeth.
"It's a duel of life and death," Percival corrected. "Of course, if you're scared, I don't mind if there are more of you."
"Very good, you are allowed to bring two assistants."
Although Yaxley felt that this so-called life-and-death duel was problematic, it was better than a direct fight between the two sides, so he agreed after pretending to hesitate.
Yaxley ignored Percival and turned to the Death Eaters behind him.
"Who's coming?"
He looked at Snape, but the latter made no move to step forward.
"Kill them, one thousand Galleons each." Yaxley offered a huge reward.
As the saying goes, there will always be brave men when there is a big reward.
After hearing that Yaxley offered a reward of one thousand Galleons, the crowd quickly became lively and many Death Eaters were eager to try.
"You, you, and you."
Yaxley quickly selected the candidates, among whom there was only one Death Eater of considerable strength, and the other two were his favorite thugs.
"Percival, kill those bastards."
Hundreds of dark wizards were clearly divided into two sides, forming a semi-arc to surround the two people in the middle.
"Since you have initiated a duel, if anyone does not abide by the rules of wizard duels, we will work together to kill him."
Yaxley took the initiative to stand up and said to those present.
"Now, both sides, get ready!" Yaxley shouted, holding his wand to his throat. "Wait for the count of three. One-two-three--"
The duel begins.
Percival raised his wand over his shoulder, counted to three, and swung it at the big blond man opposite him.
There was a loud bang.
A fireball flew out from the tip of the wand, blasting the man away before he could finish reciting Avada Kedavra.
Then there were two consecutive explosions, and the big guy fell to the ground, his life or death unknown.
"Percival, Percival!"
Seeing that Percival had defeated the opponent so easily, applause and cheers resounded throughout Hogsmeade.
"You are such an idiot! Are all of you British wizards going to stand there and listen to you finish reciting Avada Kedavra?" Percival raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and walked forward slowly. "This is how the Avada Kedavra spell should be used!"
The next moment.
A green light completely submerged the Death Eater whose life or death was unknown.
"you… "
Yaxley stared at the other person with wide eyes. He really wanted to raise his wand and use the Avada Kedavra curse to kill the guy in front of him.
"This is a duel of life and death, not a child's play." Percival showed a cruel smile to the Death Eaters, "Well, I think he must be dead now. Next."
Yaxley looked at Snape, who shook his head, not knowing what that meant.
Anyway, I have no intention of going on the field to duel with the opponent.
This can't be blamed on Snape, because the opponent's duel style looked somewhat familiar.
Yes, that looked familiar to Snape.
That seems to be the case with Albert Anderson.
That guy's silent magic is incredibly fast.
He even suspected that the guy in front of him was actually Anderson in disguise
Sure enough, the remaining two assistants were no match for the man named Percival. Even though they had been prepared from the beginning, the gap between the two sides was still huge. They were easily killed in just a few rounds, and they looked so relaxed, as if they had stepped on a mouse to death.
"You have already lost. If you still want to continue the duel, I will accompany you to the end." Percival spat on the corpse on the ground and said contemptuously: "But you can't defeat me with just a bunch of rubbish. Let Voldemort come in person."
"You're going to pay for this."
After saying these harsh words, Yaxley retreated with his Death Eaters in a rage.
"Look, those so-called Death Eaters are just a bunch of rubbish. They will never be able to take away our black market, our freedom, or the gold coins we have. To hell with that bunch of rubbish!" Percival raised his bag full of Galleons and shouted to the dark wizards, "I'll treat you tonight to celebrate this great victory."
Percival! Percival! Percival!
Countless shouts echoed over the village of Hogsmeade.