The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 663 Sacrifice
Voldemort's anger, which had just been extinguished, flared up again, and his scarlet eyes were about to spew fire.

This is not pointing at a monk and scolding a bald donkey! The children of Huo Village bully me because I am old and weak! This is intolerable!

The furious Dark Lord looked in the direction of the sound, but he saw no human figure, only the UFO flying towards him. Voldemort immediately pointed his wand at it, and heard -

Bang! Boom! A series of loud noises exploded in Diagon Alley!

The first bang was the sound of the UFO being blown up by Voldemort. The following series of rumbles was the sound of Gringotts collapsing. The white building, which was already "full of holes" from the bombardment of the curse, finally couldn't bear it.

As Gringotts collapsed, Diagon Alley was instantly covered in dust, and the dust stirred up was even higher than the original height of the white building.

What was strange was that in the blinding smoke there was an extremely unpleasant stench, as if the bathroom in Gringotts had been bombed.

The smell makes people want to die immediately, rather than continue to breathe the unbearable stinking air.

The stench did not come from Gringotts, but from the UFO that flew towards Voldemort. It was a concentrated dung egg produced by Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, one of which was worth five.

In addition, the detonation method was incorrect, resulting in the smell after the explosion being comparable to that of biological weapons.

The smell near the center of the explosion was the strongest. Voldemort quickly waved his wand, and a bubble head curse like a glass fish tank appeared instantly, covering his head. Even so, he still smelled the stench at that moment, and his pale face wrinkled into a ball, with his facial features distorted.

Voldemort's face was scary enough, but now it looked even more hideous, scarier than anything in the scariest horror movies.

He swung the yew wood wand with a huge amplitude, and the place where he was instantly became the eye of the storm. The fierce wind blew away the unpleasant smell around him, as well as the smoke and dust.

His vision and sense of smell were restored, and Voldemort looked at the collapsed ruins of Gringotts. The dung egg just now attracted too much of Voldemort's attention, so he did not see the appearance of the building when it collapsed, nor did he see clearly whether the fallen Vader escaped.

"Hey, Noseless, what are you looking at?"

It was that same mean voice again, and Voldemort looked over there again.

First, he saw Vida Rosier, who should have been crushed under the building but was intact; then he saw Laura Fournier, who had been knocked down earlier, and was retching, as if she wanted to vomit but couldn't; finally, he saw the Weasley twins, who were waving their hands in a sarcastic manner, as if they were afraid that Voldemort couldn't see them.

When Voldemort walked out of Gringotts, the shopkeepers, vendors, and customers in Diagon Alley were all running away, and Fred and George followed the crowd. However, they did not run away, but assisted the Ministry of Magic in evacuating the crowd.

The two brothers knew their own weight very well. If they stayed in front of Gringotts, they would only become a burden and would do more harm than good. Instead of doing this, it would be better not to be a hero and do something within their ability.

After evacuating the crowd, Fred and George were still a little worried, so they quietly turned back. On the way back, they first returned to their shop and packed some small gadgets.

Thanks to their return to Wizard Wheezes, the twins arrived at Gringotts just in time to see Voldemort's mighty power and knock Vader to the ground.

Without time to think, or even to be afraid, Fred and George split into two groups and launched their rescue operation.

Fred was responsible for diverting Voldemort's attention. He was so brave that he shouted "Watch out, you noseless man" and threw out the concentrated dung balls in his pocket.

George was responsible for rescuing Vader. George first Apparated to Vader's side, and then Apparated her away from the building that was about to collapse, so that Vader was not hit by the collapsed building.

Next to the three of them was Laura, who was retching non-stop. She was dragged here by Fred. Unfortunately, Laura was hit by the exploding dung balls, and she smelled the smell that she would never forget.

As for Hartman, the miserable Titi endured the stench and crawled to the side little by little, thus avoiding the fate of being suffocated to death. As for Scrimgeour, neither the twins saw him.

After the winter of their thirteenth year, Fred and George once again faced Voldemort, but that time they used snowballs, and this time they used concentrated dung eggs.

Voldemort, furious, attacked with hatred. Long, black flames shot out from the tip of his staff. The flames, carrying Voldemort's raging rage and endless hatred, wrapped around Fred and George.

The twins reacted quickly, raising their wands to block the attack, but someone was faster than them. Vida, who had recovered, blocked the black flames, and the barrier formed by the magic power blocked the resentful flames.

Although the flames of hatred were temporarily blocked, Vida seemed to be struggling, and her hands trembled as she clenched the wand. It was not so easy to take on Voldemort's full-strength attack.

"Go!" Laura shouted to the twins. She knew the lethality of the flames. The three of them had to get away immediately, otherwise they would harm Vida. Only when the three of them left would Vida let go.

Laura and the twins ran away without hesitation, and Fred and George threw the gadgets in their pockets at Voldemort as they ran.

The Peruvian smoke bomb exploded in mid-air, and thick smoke appeared instantly; the decoy bomb made a loud noise, making people upset; the Weasley whoosh-bang fireworks were even more powerful!

Fire dragons made of sparks, swear words, and rolling wheels all bloomed around Voldemort.

This was a blessing in disguise. Under the cover of smoke bombs and whoosh-bang fireworks, Vader, who was the only one left, was able to retreat calmly.

When the invisibility smoke and the brilliant fireworks appeared, Voldemort's plan to kill Vader today was thwarted. More and more Aurors ran over from both ends of the street, and the sound of the fireworks pointed out the direction for them to provide support.

Seeing the arrival of reinforcements from the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort knew that he could not stay any longer. Neither the time nor the place was the best choice for a decisive battle.

When the last spark dissipated, Voldemort's figure had long disappeared, as well as the giant snake named Nagini.

According to the more popular historical theory, the oldest building in Diagon Alley is Gringotts Wizarding Bank, and other shops were built around it. It can be said that Gringotts is the center of Diagon Alley.

But now, this snow-white marble building has become a collapsed ruin, and Diagon Alley has become a devastated place.

Under the rubble, there are bodies of the victims. No one knows how many bodies there are, or how many can be recovered. All we know is that the list of dead and missing will become very long.

Rufus Scrimgeour's name should also be added to the long list of deaths. Voldemort failed to kill Vader, but Nagini brutally killed Scrimgeour.

The magical explosion caused by Voldemort not only helped the surrounded Nagini escape, but also provided it with an excellent opportunity to attack.

The ferocious Nagini bit Scrimgeour's neck. The venom injected into Scrimgeour's body made him unable to make any sound. He was like a poor rag doll, enduring Nagini's fierce bites.

Scrimgeour's body was torn to pieces, with horrific wounds all over the body. The Auror who found him was able to barely recognize Scrimgeour's broken body through his broken gold-rimmed glasses and the broken wand.

Scrimgeour died, falling in the darkness before dawn.

(End of this chapter)