The Return to Hogwarts

Amelia bit her lip. It was indeed a possibility. But behind this possibility lay a fact: the vampire had at least obtained some of Grevis's 'items'.

How exactly do we get downstairs?

Seeing that Amelia had been silent for a while, Sirius asked somewhat anxiously,

"We need to figure out what this vile dark creature is up to, don't we? Can't we take the elevator? If Polyjuice Potion can fool the security downstairs, then there's no reason why Animagus can't."

"The elevator can't go downstairs—"

Amelia shook her head and said,

"As far as I know, the execution chambers and detention cells are located deep underground beneath the building. When it was built, security was taken into consideration, and there are no underground passages leading to Woolworth House. The Aurors can only get in through special key keys."

"That sounds a bit like Azkaban's style."

Sirius frowned and said,

"Presumably the door key isn't kept in an easily accessible place?"

"The location of the door key is top secret and is frequently changed. Of course, the hidden locations are all inside the building, and it is not allowed to be taken out of the building. We cannot find it so quickly."

That means—

Sirius squinted and said,

"Is there a second way to get underground?"

"That's right--"

Amelia nodded slightly.

“Besides that, I heard that the fireplace in Grevis’s office also leads directly over there.”

In other words, if they wanted to get underground, they would have to break into the office of the Director of Security at the Magical Congress of the United States. Sirius looked at Amelia hesitantly, not because he lacked courage, but because he was worried about whether Amelia could overcome her mental hurdle. After all, breaking into an officer's office without permission was a serious crime, and if she was discovered, Amelia's career at the Magical Congress would be over.

"let's go--"

But to Sirius's surprise, Amelia didn't hesitate much; she calmly said,

"Since we don't know where the key to the underground entrance is hidden, the vampire probably doesn't know either. Therefore, he can only use the fireplace in Grevis's office. I think that since he dared to impersonate Grevis and enter the Magic Council, he must have confirmed that Grevis wasn't in the building… More likely, Grevis is already in his hands…"

A person and a dog boarded the elevator, and a moment later, accompanied by a crisp announcement, Amelia and Sirius arrived at the floor where the security department was located.

The corridors and offices here are actually quieter than the other floors. Normally, criminal dark wizards would rather stay away from Aurors than not come to them. There has never been a precedent of them coming to Aurors on their own initiative. Therefore, all the people here have been assigned to various floors to provide defense and to Amostra Blaine's side.

The entire floor was dark, except for the minister's office at the very back, where the light was still on.

Amelia pursed her lips, calmed her disordered breathing, and began to take soft steps.

After hesitating for a moment, Sirius did not revert to his human form. He still possessed considerable combat power in this state, and he could be of help if a battle were to break out. On the contrary, it would be a bigger problem if people recognized who he was.

There was no one moving around in the dimly lit office, and the door was ajar. Amelia went over and checked the doorknob, finding that the defensive magic on the door had not been broken, and what this meant made her very worried.

It's highly likely that Grevis has been kidnapped by these vampires. She doesn't know how these vampires have the audacity or the ability to do this, but given the current situation, this is the most likely truth.

As she confirmed this, a bolt of lightning struck Amelia's mind, jolting her body.

"Now I know why that vampire went underground!"

Amelia blurted it out, her expression horrified.

Woohoo!

Sirius let out two low growls and nudged Amelia's leg with his paw.

"Oh, no time to explain!"

Amelia suddenly became anxious. Without hesitation, she pushed open the office door and rushed inside.

Her sharp gaze swept around the room; the office was indeed empty, but a small fire burned in the fireplace. Amelia rushed to the fireplace, grabbed a handful of Floo Powder from the mantel and threw it in. Then, grabbing Sirius's perky ear, she snapped, "..."

"Detention cell!"

After a dizzying spin, the two found themselves deep underground in the Magic Congress building.

Before them lay a silvery-white space, where the floor, walls, and ceiling were all made of cold, silvery-white metal, appearing indestructible.

Away from the room where the fireplace is located, there are wide, interconnected corridors all around. Each corridor ends in several identical forks leading to unknown directions. If you were to wander in rashly, you would surely get lost.

"Show me the way!"

Amelia held her wand in her palm and chanted the spell. However, her wand spun like a top in her hand, unable to give a clear direction. Sirius also threw the fang onto the hard floor, but the result was the same as Amelia's wand.

"There is a very powerful interference spell here."

Amelia said solemnly that she was not surprised by the result.

He glanced around anxiously. The empty underground prison was devoid of any patrolling guards; everyone seemed to have vanished. This situation was clearly abnormal.

After thinking for a moment, Amelia pointed her wand at the ground.

"Footprints have been found!"

After a gentle breeze, the underground space returned to calm.

Amelia frowned, contemplating whether to remain hidden by the fireplace, for the vampire impersonating the Minister of Security would eventually return upstairs via the fireplace, but then—

Sirius's perked ears and nostrils twitched, and he darted into a passage like an arrow released from a bow.

Woo!

Sirius let out a low growl and beckoned the dazed Amelia to follow him.

The man and the dog ran wildly through the mirror-like passageway. Suddenly, they burst into a passageway with a curtain of water hanging from the ceiling. The slippery ground prevented Sirius from stopping in time. He rolled several times on the ground as he passed through the water curtain, and then, to his astonishment, he found himself uncontrollably reverting to human form.

"It's Honesty Falls!"

Amelia, soaked to the bone, said somewhat disheveledly,

"It can wash away all disguise magic."

She looked at the open gate behind the waterfall, her expression tense.

"I guess there must be someone guarding this place."

"I smell blood!"

Sirius casually brushed the water off himself, stood up, and leaned against the gate. He was about to say something—

Boom!

A violent explosion accompanied by flames shattered the metal wall more than a hundred feet away from them, and to their astonishment, a massive amount of water gushed out from the breach in the wall!

Chapter 947 Destruction

2024-05-31

Like a dam collapsing, a massive amount of water, shimmering with a dark hue, gushed out from the breach in the metal wall. On the surging waves, several uniformed wizard corpses were swept away by the current and slammed heavily against the opposite wall.

Sirius was taken aback by the sudden turn of events. Before he could say anything, Amelia grabbed his arm and dragged him toward the fireplace they had come from.

Amidst the rumbling roar, Sirius shouted loudly,

"What's going on, Amelia? Isn't this where you keep prisoners? How come there's so much water here?"

"That's not water!"

Amelia, her face pale, glanced back at the waves surging into the interconnected passageways. The silver-white metal walls on both sides of the passageways lost their luster as the water swept over them, turning black at a visible speed.

"That's a potion, a highly poisonous potion!"

Amelia's voice was incredibly shrill.

"The Ministry of Security uses it to carry out executions. They put wizards sentenced to death into hallucinations and then sink them into water dungeons. You saw those corpses; those poisons can kill a wizard in just a few seconds!"

"Your security department is really crazy!"

With a whoosh, Sirius broke out in a cold sweat. Pulled back by Amelia, he leaped forward and transformed into his Animagus form in mid-air. He then whimpered a few times at Amelia.

Amelia immediately understood. She gritted her teeth, leaped onto Sirius's back, and lay prone, gripping Sirius's mane tightly around his neck.

The potion gushing from the execution chamber seemed inexhaustible, and like Fiery Blaze, it appeared to possess consciousness, instinctively seeking to annihilate all life. Sensing the roaring waves of potions emanating from Sirius and Amelia, it pursued them relentlessly.

It was no longer a question to ponder who broke the barrier of the execution chamber, but what puzzled Amelia was that the vampire impersonating Grevis was courting death by doing so.

Roar!

Amidst the roaring waves, a sudden shout rang out. Upon hearing this shout, Amelia's face paled in horror, and she turned to look back at the wave crashing behind them.

The roar grew louder and clearer as it approached from afar. Within seconds, a dark figure leaped across the waves and rapidly approached them.

The moment they recognized each other, both Amelia and the man riding the venomous leopard showed astonishment.

It's Morgans—the vampire who was arrested by Amostra at the Muggle restaurant!

The venomous leopard with its eyes turned bloodshot, seemingly controlled by some force, didn't surprise Amelia much. She guessed that the vampire who poisoned them had broken into the underground prison to take it back from the Magic Council. But she didn't expect that this vampire was the same one Amostall had arrested at the Muggle Cafe.

How did this vampire escape from imprisonment, and how did it dare to return to the Magic Council and attempt to steal the Poison Leopard?

Before Amelia could voice her question, Morgans asked in a sinister voice,

"How did you all wake up? Where is Blaine? Is he still being monitored by the Aurors?"

"If you're willing to surrender, I'll tell you the answer!"

Amelia raised her wand and fired several beams of spells at Morgans, who was riding on the succubus, but the succubus, which he controlled with exceptional agility, dodged them.