In fact, the underground black market that seemed empty and no longer noisy was actually not as peaceful as the four Hermiones saw on the surface.
The black market will always be the black market, and in these turbulent times, a certain segment of the wizarding world will clearly need it even more.
For example, when Maka released the Azkaban prisoners for acting, those guys took advantage of the chaos and sneaked away.
Yes, after Maka left with Bellatrix and a group of Death Eaters, there were always some criminals who were shrewd enough to take advantage of the chaos among the Dementors and escape across the sea.
And it is absolutely impossible for people like these to go and settle in the newly built settlements under the Ministry of Magic's plan. Even if the black market is severely disturbed by Haierbo, they can only continue to hide there and live a life of resignation.
Of course, in addition to the prisoners in Azkaban, there are more "grey wizards" in the black market who rely on illegal activities to survive all year round. Because they have always been cautious, there is actually no criminal record that would scare them.
But once they have lived a life with a lot of money, it is obviously impossible for them to return to a stable but tight life.
Therefore, regardless of the fact that Maka asked the Ministry of Magic to count and collect a large number of black market people and transfer them to the outside world, the number was even enough to build two small towns composed purely of wizards. But in the black market, there are still many people who stay, hiding in the dark and waiting for this huge storm to subside.
However, these wizards who had various reasons for not leaving almost never thought that Haierbo would come a second time if it was not enough!
When the fog gradually spread in this underground black market and completely enveloped the place, many people secretly cursed and thought of fleeing abroad.
It's a pity that most people didn't have time to take action, but the Witte family suddenly stood up. The old head of this ancient wizard family personally came forward and brought under his control the remaining group of idle wizards in the black market in the name of Haierbo.
According to the old head of the family, Gruvit, it was Haierbo who took the initiative to contact him again and asked him to help him complete the task he had not completed last time - to take down the entire underground black market.
It must be said that the name of the Witte family cannot be underestimated, not to mention the even more embarrassing name of Haierbo attached to it. Old Gru didn't expend too much energy. In just one night, he brought most of the remaining power groups in the black market under his command.
Obviously, the reason why the goblins in the Dark Spirit Pavilion hid in the vault was actually because they did not want to obey the orders of the Witte family.
However, no one knows what the Witte family—especially the old head of the family, Gru Witte—thinks in his heart.
"One or two more cars will come out, and let Norman go over there!"
In the main hall of the Witte family mansion, the old head of the family, Gru, sat at the end of the long table and suddenly gave an order that made everyone in the family a little confused.
"Don't ask anything," Old Gru said expressionlessly, "Just do as I say."
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When the underground black market gradually began to become turbulent again, Hermione and others who were running away could only be regarded as a small accident.
But no matter what, because Luna threw something behind just now, which seemed to delay the other party for a while, they finally put some distance between them and the people chasing behind them.
"But it can be heard that the other party did not stop chasing because of the accident. Even if the target they were chasing had already left the field of vision, they still did not give up."
"They split up and chased us!" Hermione listened attentively, and then whispered, "Get ready! The other party must be much more familiar with the terrain here than we are, and maybe they want to outflank us... However, this may also be our counterattack. A great opportunity!”
Hermione didn't want to fight at all if she could avoid getting into a fight. But if there was nothing she could do, she obviously wouldn't just sit back and die.
The other three people, including Luna, subconsciously grabbed the magic tablet they had just taken out and held in their left hand after hearing what she said.
Although only four people would definitely not be able to exert the same power as the dozens of people at the beginning, in this case, it must be enough.
"Be careful on both sides, there are footsteps-"
When passing another crossroads, Hermione led the three of them and rushed over as fast as possible. And sure enough, the moment they passed by in a hurry, the two magic spells on the left and right suddenly collided together, erupting into a burst of dazzling light.
"It should be a full body binding spell," Hermione glanced back and said, "They want to capture us alive."
At this moment, Ron, who was running a few steps ahead, suddenly asked quickly:
"Hermione, the alley is ahead, which way?"
"Go straight!"
The other party is currently moving separately. Once they turn a corner, they are likely to bump into one of them. If she had no other choice, she thought it would be better to avoid it.
Not long after, Hermione and the four of them rushed from the alley to the street outside.
"Be careful that there are people on both sides!"
In the alleys on the left and right, two figures also ran out, which just proved that Hermione's guess was correct.
"Luna, you and Ginny watch to the right; Ron, let's watch to the left—"
Even if the time to cross this street must be short, after all, no matter how wide the road is, it will not be much wider. But the other party had taken action in narrow alleys before, and now it was obvious that he would not miss a better opportunity.
Sure enough, as soon as Hermione finished speaking, two curses were fired immediately.
"Armor protection...Hermione, disarming spell!"
As Ron was talking, he saw that after putting an iron armor spell on himself, he actually took the initiative to face the opponent's spell. Hermione was stunned when she heard this, but soon understood what Ron was thinking.
He wanted to take advantage of the two of them to give Hermione a chance to fight back.
To be honest, Hermione herself does not agree with this dangerous tactic. After all, it is difficult to estimate the strength of the opponent's spell. God knows whether Ron's Iron Armor Curse can be blocked
But perhaps because of the other party's plan to capture him alive, Hermione hurriedly obeyed Ron's wishes.
Immediately afterwards, Ron took a step slower and narrowly blocked the opponent's spell by Hermione's side. Hermione's silent disarming spell also passed through the exploded light particles, and the red light suddenly shot towards the opponent.
Ron's iron armor spell worked. Although he staggered a few steps due to the impact, he did not suffer any damage. Unfortunately, Hermione's disarming spell was dodged by the opponent by rolling forward.
All of this almost happened in the blink of an eye. Before the two of them had time to sigh, they went into the next alley ahead with Ginny and Luna.
"At least I slowed that guy down a few steps!"
Ron said this, but in exchange for Hermione's "daily glare" today.
"If your Iron Armor Curse can't stop us, it won't be that we are a few steps slower, but that we will have to stay and fight because you are dragging us down!" Hermione said angrily, "And you can only lie down on the ground and stare!"
"Oh! Didn't I block it?" Ron grinned and whispered, "Besides, I also saw the two binding spells colliding together before, and I am confident that I can block them."
"Don't talk back!" Hermione rolled her eyes, "Run faster! Go straight ahead -"
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While Hermione and others were being driven around in the black market, Maka paused for a moment in front of the ruins of the gallery outside the entrance to the Darkling Pavilion.
Although Luna didn't notice anything unusual in the ruins, he found sporadic magic power fluctuations remaining in the ruins.
He could tell that it seemed to be the magic of goblins that blew up the gallery into this state.
"camouflage?"
After a brief observation, he came to the same conclusion as Hermione.
Of course, you can't draw any more conclusions just by standing outside and looking. After making a random guess, he walked towards the inside of the crumbling house.
It didn't take long for Maka to arrive at the place where Ron had been confused before. Looking at the completely blocked corridor in front of him, he closed his eyes slightly and sensed it, and soon noticed that a certain painting above his head was slightly different.
But after he further sensed and analyzed it for a moment, he could not help but shake his head.
"When did those goblins start pricing so fairly? Each of them only charges three Sickles?"