Before going to Dumbledore to interrogate Sirius about his escape from prison, Dracula decided to take a visit to Azkaban first.
In order to snipe Voldemort, Dracula had already visited the island where Azkaban was located. This time, he walked into the dark moon with ease and came to the outside of the fortress that stood lonely between the high walls.
The fortress of Azkaban is built of marble that is full of historical vicissitudes. Because the island is in storms all year round, the marble has long been eroded by rain, leaving countless spots and white lines of varying widths running from high to low.
There is not a single window on the outside of the fortress, only an entrance designed specifically for Dementors. It is narrow and long, and even the thinnest wizards would find it difficult to pass through the entrance.
Only incorporeal species like Dementors can come and go freely and suck away the little happiness left in the prisoners' hearts.
Seeing Dracula coming, a few Dementors patrolling the surroundings flew over excitedly.
Few outsiders come to this island all year round, and there are few opportunities to bring them new happiness. The prisoners have been almost drained dry, and the occasional positive emotions are not enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.
So, these evil creatures are always in a state similar to hunger.
Dracula's arrival made them very excited. The first group of Dementors who discovered Dracula flew over one after another, opened their black hole-like lips, and made excited and strange "crunching" sounds.
"Oh? It's only been a short time, and there are already so many Dementors?"
Dracula squinted his eyes and looked at the Dementors swooping down from the air, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
When the Dementor that was in the lead approached, it seemed to sense the too familiar and too terrifying dark aura on Dracula, and its diving momentum suddenly stopped.
Then, the Dementor retreated at an even faster speed than when it came, and almost in an instant it flew to the edge of the island, trembling all over.
Although the other Dementors nearby had no eyes and could not witness the funny behavior of their fellow Dementors with their own eyes, they had their own unique perception and could feel that the first Dementor who rushed forward actually retreated very quickly.
Those Dementors were all stunned.
They were very puzzled. Fresh food finally appeared here, so why didn't they go to eat it, but instead left so hastily
After all, the other Dementors could not resist the temptation of food. They ignored the abnormal behavior of their fellow Dementors and continued to fly towards Dracula.
At that moment, the figure suddenly produced a magic wand, and a silver bat flew out from the tip of the wand, circling around him and illuminating the dark land covered by dark clouds.
Several Dementors suddenly became nervous, sensing a great threat from the not-so-big silver-white bat.
More importantly, even though they were newly born Dementors and had not witnessed the spectacular sight of the Bat Patronus sweeping across the entire island last Halloween, they seemed to be born with a deep fear of this Patronus.
That is the shadow engraved in the hearts of all Dementors!
As a result, these Dementors retreated at a faster speed than the first one, and flew to the outskirts of the island as if they were escaping, for fear that this patronus would suddenly grow in size and increase in number, leading to another terrible incident of cleansing the island of Azkaban.
"You have a good memory." Dracula sneered and took back the wand in his hand.
Although he really hated creatures like Dementors, he had no intention of cleansing the island of Azkaban again.
In the secret realm at the top of Mount Olympus, Herbo used some unknown method to absorb some of the dissipated Dementor energy into the secret realm to increase his own strength.
Dracula didn't want to cause more trouble to Andros, who was already having a hard time, so he had no choice but to give up the idea of destroying the Dementors.
What's more, Dementors are a species that is even more difficult to eliminate than cockroaches. Their energy does not disappear after one is eliminated, but will continue to be condensed by the next Dementor.
Therefore, a widely circulated saying in the wizarding world is that Dementors cannot be destroyed but only dispelled.
Even if Dracula's high-intensity Patronus Charm could truly destroy it, it would not take long for new Dementors to gather again. This is why, after only half a year, the island of Azkaban, which was almost cleared out, had enough Dementors for daily patrols and guarding.
Ignoring these annoying Dementors, Dracula walked straight towards the narrow passage of Azkaban Fortress.
This passage does not only rely on the terrain to restrict the entry and exit of wizards, that would be too hasty. Many wizards who are proficient in transfiguration can change their body shape through advanced human body transformation, so there is always a way to enter the passage.
Naturally, the Ministry of Magic would not allow such a thing to happen. Many ancient runic characters were engraved inside the passage, and many protective spells were arranged to completely isolate the effects of all spells and prevent anyone from using magic to cheat.
As for the normal entrance to Azkaban, it is located in the heavily guarded area where the Ministry of Magic employees gather. It is filled with numerous magical devices and an alarm device that leads directly to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. It is difficult for anyone to enter from there without disturbing the Ministry of Magic.
Of course, neither of these two points is difficult for Dracula.
The reason why he chose the narrow and long Dementor entrance was because it was closer to the location he was familiar with and relatively easier...
Dracula jumped lightly and instantly transformed into a small bat in the air, flying easily into this narrow and long passage.
His transformation is different from simple human body transformation. The bat form is not so much a product of transfiguration as it is another form of Dracula, an animal that is so real that it cannot be more real.
Faced with a seemingly harmless bat, the protective magic in the passage naturally did not make any unnecessary noises, allowing Dracula to fly through it easily.
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The tiny bat flew through the narrow passage and emerged into the interior of the fortress.
Dracula appeared quietly, landed lightly on the wet ground, and looked around curiously.
Azkaban prison was very dark, filled with an eerie, gloomy and cold atmosphere. From time to time, a few Dementors would float by to "eat" or "have enough to eat".
When these Dementors saw Dracula suddenly appearing inside the prison, most of them behaved in the same way -
At first, he showed great excitement and envy, thinking that some new prisoners had been sent in, and hoped to taste some fresh and happy emotions from the new prisoners.
Soon after, the fear in the hearts of the Dementors would make them realize that the suddenly appearing figure was not a newly arrived prisoner, but an extremely dangerous and ruthless man who could cleanse an island of Dementors.
So when the Dementors realized what was happening, they immediately scattered and fled, fearing that they would not be able to escape quickly enough and be easily destroyed...
"Don't leave in a hurry." Dracula grabbed the slowest Dementor in his hand, then frowned and showed a disgusted expression, "Put away your ability to absorb emotions, don't disgust me."
The Dementors trembled for a long time, but they really understood Dracula's words. They withdrew their ability to absorb other people's happy emotions anytime and anywhere, which had never been turned off. This made Dracula's frown relax.
"Very good, now show me the way. Which cell is Sirius Black's?" Dracula asked.
"Crackling..." The Dementor made a strange sound in confusion, and it was unclear whether it did not understand what Dracula meant or did not know where Sirius Black's cell was.
"You could understand me just now, didn't you?" Dracula frowned again. "As a guard of Azkaban, you wouldn't be unaware of where the escaped prisoner lived before, right?"
When the Dementor heard Dracula talking about prison escaping, he understood this time and nodded his strange-looking head.
It seems that it is not that it does not know where Sirius lives, but that it does not know the names of these prisoners.
The Dementor looked at Dracula hesitantly, and thought for a moment with its extremely poor brain, thinking of the Patronus Charm that enveloped the entire island of Azkaban more than half a year ago... So it decisively chose to be a Dementor's spy!
It fluttered its tattered black cloak and pointed one of the corners of the cloak in the direction of the prison, motioning Dracula to follow it, and then floated in that direction first.
Dracula looked at the Dementors' odd movements and followed them with interest.
Along the way, he walked through one dark cell after another and saw many prisoners with haggard and pale faces.
This seemed to be a corner forgotten and despised by the world. The prison was filled with the smell of decay and mold. A feeling of desolation and pain was pent up in the fetid air, which was particularly distressing.
There was not a single window in the Azkaban cell, but occasionally a chill wind blew in through the tiny cracks in the wall, making a mournful "Woo... Woo..." sound, blowing up the thick dust on the ground, making it float in the air and filling the entire dungeon. It also caused the sour, rotten, and decayed smell to spread and penetrate into the minds of every prisoner, making them all terrified.
In this silent prison, a sudden clinking sound or the unwilling roar of a prisoner is like awakening the evil spirits that have been sleeping for years, stinging everyone's eardrums. Only the darkness that seeps into their hearts is their eternal companion!
However, these prisoners tortured by Dementors have long been numb to the heavy darkness and bleak environment. What they fear most is that the Dementors come to the prison to eat every day, which will take away the glimmer of hope that they have spent several hours forcing themselves to rise from the bottom of their hearts...
Therefore, more prisoners choose to numb themselves, letting themselves lose their minds and fall into madness in this prison without daylight!
Dracula followed the Dementors and saw the horrific scenes around him. His expression showed no fluctuation and he seemed particularly indifferent.
Azkaban Prison is divided into seven floors, divided into prison areas of different crime levels from low to high.
Most of the prisoners on the first two floors have sentences of less than one month. The mental state of the prisoners on this floor is relatively normal, and most of them still have hope of returning to a free life in the near future.
The Ministry of Magic also does not allow Dementors to excessively visit wizards on this floor, and only allows them to come to this floor to "feed" once every three days.
Most of these people only showed a little curiosity about Dracula's arrival and did not pay much attention to him. They all thought that this person with Dementors leading the way was a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Magic who came here to patrol the place in a pretentious manner.
The people in the third and fourth layers are prisoners with sentences of more than one month and less than three years. Although their mental state is depressed, there is still a glimmer of hope in their eyes to regain their freedom.
Starting from the third floor, few people noticed Dracula's arrival.
They only hope to hold on to the last bit of clarity in their hearts, to prevent themselves from going completely insane under the torture of the Dementors before the end of their sentence, thus making their long struggle come to naught.
The fifth and sixth levels are filled with prisoners serving sentences of more than three years.
In these two levels, it is hard to find people who have not gone crazy. Only the wizards with the strongest willpower can maintain their consciousness.
These two floors are also where Dementors frequent the most. There are no restrictions on "eating" like in the first four floors, and there is still a trace of positive emotions that can be squeezed out, but it is hard for the wizards imprisoned here...
Unconsciously, Dracula followed the captured Dementor to the seventh floor of Azkaban Prison -
This layer is basically filled with unforgivable dark wizards, most of whom are Death Eaters arrested during the last wizarding war started by Voldemort.
Compared to the fifth and sixth floors, Dementors don't really like coming to this floor where there are no restrictions at all...
This is because every dark wizard imprisoned here is originally a madman. They either enjoy torturing others or have a special liking for some unscrupulous black magic. The Dementors cannot absorb any positive emotions from their hearts, so they naturally lose interest in this aspect.
Sirius Black was imprisoned on this floor before escaping from prison.
"Hahahaha... Let me see who comes to visit us this time? I guess it shouldn't be that incompetent idiot Fudge."
Just as Dracula reached the last step of the seventh floor, the voice of a crazy witch came over.
Although her voice was a little weak, it was more powerful than the prisoners on the previous floors.
"Hehe... I haven't seen you before. Fudge, that idiot, really stepped down, right?" The witch laughed crazily and mocked Dracula, "My stupid cousin actually escaped from Azkaban. He must have suffered a lot for this, right?"
Dracula looked over and saw a witch with thick black hair, probably in her thirties.
She has a thick jaw, thin lips, heavy eyelids and thick long eyelashes. Although her face looks a little haggard and haggard, one can still tell that she must have been very beautiful in the past.
Seeing this face that was very similar to Regulus, Dracula raised his eyebrows in surprise:
"Hey, another Blake?"
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