The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

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"John Parkinson." After hearing the old Parkinson's plea, Snape frowned and spoke in his usual slow tone. "We have a decisive advantage in this war and will surely win an easy victory. How can you doubt our great master here and spread such news full of defeat?"

After seeing old Parkinson's face suddenly change, Snape continued, "Of course, because you didn't come to me for yourself, and you didn't plan to escape. So this time, I won't report it to our master because you care about your daughter, but I hope you won't say this kind of thing again in the future, and don't tell this to other people."

"Okay, Snape, I'll remember you. I hope everything goes well for you this time." After staring at Snape's face seriously for more than ten seconds, old Parkinson couldn't tell anything from Snape's expressionless face, so he left angrily after saying some harsh words.

The door was slammed shut in front of him, and Snape stood in the darkness of the room for a long, long time without saying a word, until finally, an audible sigh was heard in the darkness.

This was not the first wizard to come to Snape to plead for mercy. Since Bella was no different from a madman, most of the Death Eaters set their sights on Snape, who was also Voldemort's right-hand man. They offered various resources, knowledge, and even the marriage of their daughters as bait, hoping that he could speak well of Voldemort and allow them to escape the next war.

Unlike Voldemort himself who was extremely excited and believed that the war was about to be won, almost all the Death Eaters could feel that the balance of the war was leaning towards those guys in Hogsmeade whom they had looked down upon before, and the possibility of their victory was decreasing day by day.

This is not because Voldemort did not win in several battles. After all, even in the last war, Voldemort's personal strength did not have much advantage. The main reason why the Death Eaters were able to spread all over Britain and Europe in the war more than ten years ago was that the resources occupied by these pure-blood wizards were absolutely advantageous and they were able to completely deal with those rebels.

When this war broke out, the Death Eaters thought they had a greater advantage than in the previous war. After all, they had achieved a goal that they had not achieved in the previous war, completely controlling the Ministry of Magic and gaining control of the British wizarding world.

This is why so many pure-blood families directly and openly turned to Voldemort after the fall of the Ministry of Magic. Because they felt that even with Dumbledore's presence, it would be extremely easy for Voldemort to wipe out those resistance in the north, and the victory of this war could be said to be a foregone conclusion. If they did not express their loyalty quickly, once the war was over, even if they were not completely liquidated by Voldemort, they would definitely be seriously injured.

So one pure-blood family after another publicly turned to Voldemort in the shortest possible time and competed to offer resources to please him, hoping to reap some of the spoils after the war. With their help, Voldemort was able to launch a comprehensive blockade of the northern resistance organization.

These pure-bloods felt that under such circumstances, even if Dumbledore and his loyal subordinates tried their best to resist, Voldemort and the Death Eaters, who had absolute superiority, would easily crush them.

But the facts gave them a slap in the face. The war that they thought would end in a short time was dragged on longer and longer. And those vulnerable rabble in their eyes became stronger and stronger after going through the early chaos.

What was even more incomprehensible to them was that according to their calculations, once the pure-blood wizards began to completely blockade the area, all the resources of Hogsmeade could only last for a week or two at most. They only needed to wait a little while and watch these resistance forces collapse without a fight, and what would follow would be at most some annoying security battles.

But one week, two weeks, one month, two months - time passed slowly as they waited. Now the long tug-of-war has lasted for more than half a year, but in the previous long battles, they were horrified to find that the northern wizards not only did not use up their resources as quickly as they imagined, but their equipment and supplies were getting better and better, and even began to surpass them.

As their greatest advantage of resources completely disappeared, the pure-blood wizards completely panicked, and the subsequent defeats made them even more uneasy. Now that things have come to this point, they are like the German army in Berlin in April 1945, having almost completely lost their morale and only hope to escape.

After entering this underground base, Voldemort has executed several guys who tried to escape or publicly publicize the news of failure, but he still can't boost the morale of the rest. These pure-blood wizards have been looking for all means to escape from this place or avoid the next battle. Therefore, there are many people trying to bribe Snape to get information. But no matter how hard they try, they can't escape Voldemort's order for everyone to attack together. So now this underground base is more and more like an underground tomb, and the atmosphere is getting quieter day by day.

After being trapped in the underground base, these pure-blood families were also thinking about a question. They clearly had a greater advantage this time than in the last war, and they had clearly seized the Ministry of Magic right after the war began, which had taken them more than ten years to take down in the last war. But after putting these two huge advantages together, why did they end up in this situation?

"That's because they never imagined that what they are competing with now is not one person or one country, but several complete worlds." At the same time, Ryan answered Hermione on the puppet production line of the floating fortress.

Ryan and his team came to the floating fortress to check the manufacturing of the first batch of new combat puppets. After learning the manufacturing method of combat puppets in the world of Sky City, after a series of research and improvements, Ryan and his team finally came up with a new model of puppet that was balanced in strength and energy. Today happened to be the first day these puppets went into production.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly after the puppet production line was started. With sufficient materials, it can produce an average of 500 puppets per day. Watching the puppets coming out of this fully automated production line, Hermione asked a question, that is, why Voldemort's side was stronger than last time, but lost so quickly.

Ryan naturally gave Hermione a good lesson from the perspective of productivity, and finally concluded that Voldemort's failure was inevitable because his greatest advantage had become a disadvantage, and he and his subordinates did not know this.

"So the misunderstanding caused by information asymmetry is actually beneficial to us." After Ryan finished explaining, Hermione added: "Although this war has caused huge losses, it has also caused all the enemies to jump out at once. After eradicating them, it will be easier to realize our dream."

"Yes." Ryan nodded. "And I have spent a lot of resources in this war. But from a certain perspective, this is not a loss. All the resources we donated and loaned during the war will play an important role after the war, making our next reform of the wizarding world smoother."

"It's similar to the American Marshall Plan after the end of World War II." Hermione raised her eyebrows and said excitedly. "All we pay is some resources and wealth, which is insignificant to us. But these contributions can help us influence the entire British wizarding community."

Having said that, Hermione clenched her left hand suddenly, with an inexplicable fire flashing in her eyes.

After all, in the original novel, Hermione was the one who eventually became the Minister of Magic. Hermione's personality was not as dull as Ryan's. So at this time, she seemed to be a little out of control, but she soon realized this herself, and her face suddenly turned red.

"It's okay. There's nothing to be embarrassed about pursuing your dreams." Ryan stepped forward and held her hand, then lowered his head and looked into her eyes and said seriously, "After the war, we will definitely be able to start an era that belongs to us, just like Headmaster Dumbledore started his era."

(End of this chapter)