Failed!
After the Death Eaters evacuated Hogsmeade, the atmosphere in the team was terribly depressing, and many people were secretly glancing at Yaxley from the corner of their eyes. Although they didn't say anything, the strange silence seemed to silently blame Yaxley.
Death Eaters have a hard time tolerating failure, especially when it comes to big things.
Yaxley had long noticed the strange looks others gave him, and he knew he had to say something.
"I feel sorry for the death of Morag and the other two, but... maybe you all realize that something is wrong. This is most likely a conspiracy by Albert Anderson!" Yaxley knew that he had to find a reasonable excuse to convince them and get rid of the label of incompetence that might be attached to him.
"The dark wizard named Percival was very abnormal. Many of you know Morag and should know that he is not weak. Maybe some of you can defeat him, but there are definitely not many dark wizards who can defeat him as easily as Percival."
"And then there are those Patronuses. I've never seen any dark wizard use a Patronus. Of course, there may be such guys, but they are definitely rare. And we just saw quite a few Patronuses, a total of..."
"A total of seven guardian gods appeared."
Noticing Yaxley's pleading look, Snape added expressionlessly.
"Yes, seven heads. Are any of you good at using Patronuses?" Yaxley looked around and breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that he had temporarily convinced the other Death Eaters. He continued to deceive: "No, right? There are seven Patronuses in Hogsmeade. Don't forget that the wizards who go there to do business are all dark wizards. It is very abnormal to have such a number of Patronuses. So I dare to conclude that it must be the work of the Mudblood. He is trying to prevent us from controlling Hogsmeade. What's more... don't you think the previous duel is strange?"
"That guy named Percival is very powerful. I'm afraid no one here can match him. What are your plans next?" Snape took over the topic to avoid the atmosphere being too awkward and to give Yaxley face.
The latter gave him a grateful look.
"Hogsmeade must be recaptured. The dark wizards who remain in Hogsmeade are not as powerful as you think. In the final analysis, it is because they cannot unite like us. That is why that damned Mudblood proposed the so-called life-and-death duel and went on the field to suppress us in order to boost the confidence of those wizards to fight against us." Yaxley loudly told the Death Eaters around him about his speculation: "But when have we ever relied on duels to solve problems? That Mudblood is too naive."
"What if that Mudblood continues to come out and stop us?"
Many Death Eaters were a little afraid of Albert, fearing that they would step into that guy's trap and lose their lives.
Death Eaters who had survived previous confrontations with the Ministry of Magic were particularly worried about this.
Therefore, after Yaxley put the blame on Anderson, the Death Eaters stopped complaining about the failure, and even had the illusion that the failure was natural.
After all, even the mysterious man had been humiliated in front of that mudblood, let alone Yaxley.
It’s good enough that you didn’t die in Hogsmeade, what else do you want
"Then we'll strike when the Mudblood isn't in Hogsmeade. I plan to attack Hogsmeade at night, and I don't believe he'll stay here to help those dark wizards at night." After regaining his spirit, Yaxley began to clean up the mess and prepare for the next time: "Calm down those Dementors. We still need them to help lead the charge and help deter our enemies. As for..."
"The people I have planted in Hogsmeade told me that those guys are planning to hold a party to celebrate their expulsion of us." Alecto took out a very inconspicuous metal card from his pocket, glanced at the contents on it, and suddenly interrupted Yaxley.
"I think tonight should be a good opportunity. Those dark wizards in Hogsmeade will never expect that we will suddenly launch a sneak attack on them."
Everyone looked stunned and curious about what Alecto's piece of metal was.
"I remember this seemed to be... a communication tool invented by Anderson?" Snape recognized what the metal card was.
"Yes, it was indeed something made by that Mudblood. It is undeniable that this thing is very convenient for transmitting messages." Alecto handed the communication bookmark to Yaxley, who understood what was going on after seeing the content on it.
"Anything else? We need similar communication tools." Yaxley's eyes lit up and he turned his head to look at Alecto, as if the other could take out a handful of communication bookmarks from his pocket at any time.
"It's gone. I got it from a student." Alecto was about to reach out to take back the communication bookmark.
"Please lend me this line of yours. I need to keep abreast of the situation in Hogsmeade." Yaxley also stationed people in Hogsmeade, but the communication was not as convenient as Alecto, so it was difficult to facilitate the next action.
"Okay, remember to return it to me."
Alecto hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded in agreement.
"I owe you one."
However, Yaxley had no idea who was on the other side of the communication bookmark.
Looking at Yaxley's departing back, Snape frowned slightly. He always felt that something was wrong.
"What are you thinking about?"
Alecto turned his head to look at Snape, whose brow was tense, and asked curiously.
"If that guy named Percival was really Albert Anderson in disguise, would he really get everyone drunk to celebrate?"
"You think this is a trap?"
Alecto suspected that Snape was overthinking. Unless the dark wizards in Hogsmeade were disguised by the Order of the Phoenix themselves, they would not be able to deceive the Death Eaters' spies planted in Hogsmeade.
This is obviously impossible.
If the group of dark wizards in Hogsmeade village are disguised members of the Order of the Phoenix and the Defense Society, then they should flee Britain as soon as possible.
"I know Anderson, he is not a naive person, and I don't think he doesn't know that we will not give up Hogsmeade easily." Snape murmured: "This celebration seems to tell you, come and attack."
"That's just your guess," interrupted Alecto.
"Yes, that's just my guess, so I didn't try to stop Yaxley, not only because he needed to regain the authority he had just lost." Snape turned and returned to Hogwarts Castle. He planned to take time to talk to Dumbledore about this matter.
Things were also going smoothly at Yaxley's end. It was actually very simple to pacify the Dementors. All he had to do was provide them with enough food and feed them thoroughly.
So, Yaxley kept his promise and prepared a feast for the Dementors, and a remote Muggle village was in trouble.
Looking at the Muggle village that had turned into hell after its souls were sucked away by the Dementors, Yaxley ordered the Death Eaters to turn all the residents in the village into Inferi, and finally prepared to burn the village to the ground so that there would be no evidence.
"I will not fail again tonight. Not even that mudblood can stop me." Yaxley muttered to himself as he looked at the burning village.
He was very clear about his own advantage, which was that they had more people and were more united than the enemy.
After all, the dark wizards in Hogsmeade only came to Britain to make money, and no one was willing to lose their lives in a large-scale war with other dark wizards for such a ridiculous reason.
Therefore, the Mudblood used that duel method to force them back, and at the same time gave the remaining dark wizards the illusion that the Death Eaters were nothing special.
In order to win this battle, Yaxley not only mobilized more helpers, but also planned to mobilize the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic as a backup. He didn't believe that the Mudblood could play any tricks when he had a comprehensive advantage.