The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 717 Entering the Bureau of Mysteries

After reading the letter, Moriarty passed it on to Lilith and the others.

After Lilith, Jericho, and Soldaya finished reading, expressions of surprise appeared on their faces.

"Is Director Stan being held captive?"

"Isn't this just a puppet!"

What exactly is inside the Bureau of Mysteries?

They followed Moriarty and saw and experienced all sorts of strange and bizarre things.

But now, a bizarre scandal has emerged in the Department of Mysteries, the most inconspicuous department in the Ministry of Magic.

Yes, it was a scandal.

Although nothing has happened yet, even a fool could tell that something big is about to happen!

"Gamp, it must be Gamp."

Moriarty said with absolute certainty that, apart from Yurik Gamp, the first minister, who else could remotely control the Department of Mysteries?

However, a problem arose.

What exactly is inside the Bureau of Mysteries?

Lilith pointed this out again, saying that she felt something was wrong after reading the letter.

"Gamp valued this place too much. At the height of his power, he did not assign any tasks to the Department of Mysteries, and at the height of his decline, the Department of Mysteries did not give itself away."

"But just at this crucial juncture, Director Stan was discovered!"

"This means Gamp is going to activate the Bureau of Mysteries. What does he want to do?"

Moriarty and Lilith exchanged a glance. They both knew that Hermione had been given a death prophecy, and that the prophecy hinted at the veil of death.

But was Gamp's goal really the veil of death?

No one can be sure about that.

Moriarty made a quick decision.

He smirked. "A night stroll tonight."

Lilith and the others exchanged glances.

It's been a long time since I went out at night.

Any nighttime outing is bound to be significant.

……

Midnight at Hogwarts.

Silence and peace.

The Moriarty Quartet slipped out of the Slytherin dungeon without a sound.

"Let's take off now."

"Target: The Ministry of Magic!"

Under the night sky, the shadows of Moriarty and his three companions were exceptionally blurry.

After flying out of Hogwarts and the magic that prevented Apparition from fading out, the four immediately used Apparition to arrive in Whitehall, London.

The Ministry of Magic is located in the basement of Whitehall, and Lockhart is the minister, so Moriarty naturally doesn't need to use the usual passageways to enter the Ministry.

Leon was sent by Lockhart to meet Moriarty.

"Sir, please follow me."

He bowed deeply to Moriarty with great emotion.

With Leon leading the way, Moriarty and his party entered the Ministry of Magic and soon met Lockhart and the elite Aurors.

Moriarty spotted the tall Tonks immediately. "Nymph? Weren't you abroad on official business?"

"I came back to report for duty eight hours ago and haven't had a chance to go home yet." Tonks restrained the urge to throw himself into Moriarty's arms and wrap his long legs around Moriarty's waist.

Many people are quite embarrassed to do that.

But her body language betrayed her, and she moved closer to Moriarty.

Lockhart then reported to Moriarty: "Everything is normal, sir. The Department of Mysteries has not violated any mission regulations, but the Silent Ones are disobeying orders! That's the biggest abnormality!"

“That’s right,” Moriarty looked approvingly at Lockhart, who had indeed improved. “Let’s go straight in and capture all the wizards in the department.”

"Including the Silenced?" Lockhart was taken aback.

He hadn't expected Moriarty to be so decisive, and so uncharacteristically.

"Including the Silent Ones," Moriarty said forcefully, "but it must be done in secrecy."

He noticed Lockhart's confusion and chuckled softly, "The situation has reversed; this is our home turf."

Lohat nodded and sent someone to make the arrangements.

Led by Moriarty, the group headed toward the Department of Mysteries.

The Department of Mysteries is located on the second-to-last floor of the Ministry of Magic building and can only be reached by elevator.

Moriarty cast a spell on everyone, and the thirty-odd people boarded the elevator together and arrived at the second-to-last floor.

"Splash!"

The elevator doors opened.

What comes into view is a black corridor, at the end of which is a dilapidated black wooden door.

The black tiled walls on both sides of the corridor were bare, without any windows or doors.

Only rows of torches, emitting a faint blue light.

Moriarty and his entourage emerged, with Jericho being the last to step out of the elevator. He poked at the elevator door and said, "If I were the minister, I would replace the elevator door."

Lockhart said casually, "We've already struck a deal with Muggle merchants to replace a batch of the department's basic equipment."

The group chatted as they walked down the dark corridor.

Jericho saw the wooden door at the end of the corridor and shook his head: "I've noticed that the doors in the department are always dilapidated."

Soldaya laughed and said, "It's alright. If a battle breaks out inside, you won't feel bad if it gets damaged, right?"

A few scattered laughs rang out from the group.

Moriarty beckoned to the wooden door, which opened automatically. Moriarty led the way, and the others went in one after another.

A huge circular room came into view.

The room also has twelve doors without handles.

Lockhart quickly explained, "To confuse any wizards who enter here without permission, this circular room rotates every time a door closes, making it impossible to find the way forward or backward."

Moriarty smiled slightly, releasing abundant magic that spread throughout the entire room and aggressively invaded the twelve handle-less doors.

Through magic, Moriarty could see the situation in the various halls behind the door.

"Brain Hall".

"The Hall of Death"

"Love Hall".

"Space Hall".

"Time Hall".

"The locked room."

Having already learned about the Department of Mysteries from various sources, Moriarty did not carefully observe the various halls.

He had already memorized everything inside perfectly.

He came here to see if there was any trace of Gamp, but there was no trace of light.

And then there are those mysterious, silent people.

as predicted.

In the Hall of Death, Moriarty found remnants of light and dark elemental magic.

"That's the veil of death!"

"Gamp and Hikaru have indeed arrived!"

Moriarty turned back and told Lockhart and the others to stay put, then slowly walked alone toward the Hall of Death.

Suddenly, Lockhart said urgently.

"Young Master?"

"They are the silent ones!"

From the darkness, one figure after another appeared.

They stared at Moriarty and his group with blank expressions, wands in hand, their eyes filled with ill intent.

The number of people is approximately fifty.

This number surprised Minister Lockhart, who had never known there were so many Silents.

Moriarty didn't even turn his head; he casually said, "It's up to you."

Behind.

Lilith instantly transformed into her snake queen form, and the golden and white snakes launched an aggressive attack.

Jericho held his wand in his right hand and cast a spell, while his other hand held a magic pistol, firing magic bullets at the Silent One.

Sordaya's Unforgivable Curse was also thrown out indiscriminately, even more vicious than that of the dark wizard.

Led by Tonks and Leon, the Aurors launched a series of attacks.

Lockhart twirled his wand like a pen, casually casting a Forgetfulness Charm. Leon had to run back to stop Lockhart, because otherwise they would only catch a bunch of idiots.

Moriarty walked into the Hall of Death with a clear conscience.

The hall is square, dimly lit, and recessed in the center.

It formed a huge stone pit, about twenty feet deep.

Stone steps surround the entire house, like stone benches, descending gradually step by step, each step very steep.

This arrangement reminded Moriarty of alchemical lecture halls.

They are exactly the same.

However, in the center of the stone pit, there is a stone platform.

(End of this chapter)