"What are you doing here?" Dumbledore exclaimed in surprise. "Shouldn't you be protecting Harry?"
“Don’t even mention it,” Levin said with a furrowed brow and a sigh. “Voldemort has become even more cunning. That medal is indeed a Portkey, but it comes with a more complex spell. I suspect that Crouch Jr. may have marked Harry beforehand, and only marked wizards can be teleported there.”
"Wouldn't Harry be facing Voldemort all by himself?" Dumbledore's expression changed drastically, filled with worry.
“Things might not be so bad,” Levin offered a word of comfort. “Harry has a locator badge on him, so we can find him even without a Portkey.”
After hearing Levin's explanation, Dumbledore's expression eased slightly.
He sighed heavily. "I underestimated them... Levin, I'm planning to go with Fawkes to rescue Harry. Can you stay here and maintain order?"
"It's my duty." Levin nodded firmly.
Given the current situation (4.9), it's impossible for Levin to immediately assemble himself, Dumbledore, and the Auror army to jointly suppress Voldemort, as planned.
After all, his real purpose in capturing Voldemort was to use this achievement to elevate Jaina to power.
Given the current chaos at the Quidditch stadium, ignoring it and trying to catch Voldemort would be putting the cart before the horse. If a few tourists and young wizards die, even if they do catch Voldemort, they will be criticized for not prioritizing the lives of ordinary people.
In that case, no matter how great their achievement in capturing Voldemort was, no one would support them.
Since it's impossible to muster a large force and arrive at the scene of Voldemort's resurrection immediately, his resurrection is a foregone conclusion, making it completely impossible to capture or temporarily kill him.
Perhaps if he were to join forces with Dumbledore now, defeating Voldemort wouldn't be a problem, but if Voldemort is determined to escape, catching him would still be very difficult.
Therefore, their plans need to be changed.
Therefore, he chose to grant Dumbledore's request.
With a flash of fire, Dumbledore vanished from the spot.
Chapter 434 Levin's Big Plan
As Dumbledore's figure gradually disappeared, Levin immediately prepared to act, intending to end the chaos before him.
The Hogwarts students didn't seem to have much to worry about; Levin had already seen Hermione organizing the defenses methodically.
The Hogwarts professors will also focus on protecting the school's young wizards, so he doesn't need to get too involved.
So, let's start by cleaning up these wizards who are controlled by the Imperius Curse.
However, before he could even make a move, a wizard approached him.
Dumbledore's departure seemed to embolden the Death Eaters, who, like sharks smelling blood, launched wave after wave of attacks on Levin.
"You're courting death!" Levin sneered, launching a merciless counterattack.
His wand traced an elegant arc in the air, and [Spell Reversal] caused a [Crunch Curse] aimed at him to return to its original path, striking the caster himself. The Death Eater writhed on the ground in agony, howling in pain.
Levin swung his wand again, and under the effect of Counterspell, the tip of a wizard's wand, which was about to cast a Death Curse, suddenly exploded. The entire wand exploded like a gun that had been detonated, and the splattered magic directly hit him, causing him to scream in agony.
With a third wave of his wand, an invisible barrier quietly rose in front of Levin, blocking the raging flames that were being fired at him.
The terrifying magical flames vanished immediately upon contact with the [Anti-Magic Field], as if they had never existed.
"What a disgusting bug."
Levin was annoyed by these overconfident Death Eaters.
He decided to ignore the unfortunate souls controlled by the Soul-Stealing Curse and kill these audacious bastards first.
Levin first protected himself with a magic shield of 19 strength, and then began to silently prepare his magic.
As the incantation was chanted, the surrounding air seemed to tremble as the magic gathered.
With a deafening explosion, a magical eyeball the size of a fresh apple, shimmering with rainbow light, appeared out of thin air beside him.
This magical eyeball seemed to have a life of its own, its pupils moving nimbly as if searching for Levin's enemies.
The next moment, a scarlet ray suddenly shot out from the pupil of the magic eye, like lightning piercing the night sky.
A Death Eater was accurately struck by the red laser, his entire body instantly engulfed in flames. He struggled in agony, his shrill screams echoing through the night sky.
Immediately afterwards, another beam of blue light flashed by, and another Death Eater, who was focused on casting a spell, was unexpectedly struck by the blue light.
His body instantly stiffened like stone, and he became a lifelike stone statue, frozen in that instant forever.
[Eye of the Rainbow: 7th Ring Evocation - You create a visible sphere that can randomly fire a magical ray of seven different colors, each with unique effects and power.]
Just then, Levin's communications badge reacted.
"Levin, has the Dark Lord appeared? Can we begin the operation?" It was Tonks' voice on the other end of the communication.
“Things have changed. I’m not with Harry anymore. I’m staying at Hogwarts now.” Levin’s voice, accompanied by the screams of the Death Eaters, reached Tonks’ ears.
"Why are you screaming over there? Are there Death Eaters here too?" Tonks' tone immediately became tense upon hearing the sound: "There's something wrong with the Quidditch pitch."
“Indeed, the Death Eaters attacked the arena,” Levin replied briefly. “Send reinforcements immediately. Hogwarts cannot Apparate, so as long as we can wipe out these Death Eaters, we will have achieved our strategic goal of weakening Voldemort.”
“No problem, I’ll lead the team myself!” Tonks said decisively.
“There’s no need for that,” Levin advised, his voice carrying an unquestionable authority. “Leave this to me. You have a more crucial task. You will personally restrain Fudge and ensure he cannot escape back to the Ministry of Magic, thus buying Jaina precious time.”
“Okay, Levin,” Tonks replied immediately.
Levin then instructed, "And you, Cirira, lead your elite squad to hunt down Crouch Jr. He's our most important witness, but he's cunning and we can't let him escape, so this mission is best left to you. If you want to know his whereabouts, you can notify Orianna; I've already arranged for her to keep a close watch on him."
“I understand,” Shirella replied succinctly and firmly.
“In addition, there’s Karkaroff,” Levin hadn’t forgotten the Durmstrang headmaster. “I’ve noticed signs that he’s trying to escape. As planned, we must intercept him. This mission doesn’t require the involvement of any other Aurors. Onyxia, you’re in charge of this. You can contact Gwen; I’ve arranged for her to monitor Karkaroff.”
“Yes, Master.” Onyxia replied immediately.
Although Levin was younger than them, Tonks, Onyxia, and Cirira, who were receiving the communications with him, all obediently followed his instructions.
Levin's original plan was to see if he could find an opportunity to capture Voldemort by taking advantage of Harry's resurrection, relying on himself, Dumbledore, and the Auror army's combined forces.
To carry out this plan, Levin went so far as to collaborate with Dumbledore, deliberately allowing Barty Crouch Jr. to cause trouble at school. He pretended to know nothing about it—to make the plan even more perfect, Levin even went against his conscience, not revealing more information to Potter beforehand, and watching helplessly as his friend stepped into Voldemort's carefully laid trap.
This incident deserves at least half a second of self-reproach from him.
After all, Potter was his "beloved friend and family".
However, you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.
If this scene isn't made more realistic, how can Voldemort be made to willingly prepare for his resurrection?
Levin knew very well that the "bone, flesh, and blood" resurrection ritual required Voldemort to break free of his soul state and possess a basic physical body—that is, his infant state before his resurrection, which was precisely when he was at his weakest.
If he were still a soul, he could run wherever he wanted, and no one could catch him.
In this state, Voldemort is essentially trapped in a weak body, unable to escape or possess another wizard, making it the perfect time to capture him.
Once she successfully captures Voldemort, Jaina will gain enormous political capital from this remarkable achievement, making it almost effortless for her to take control of the Ministry of Magic in the future.
This is a risky, get-rich-quick scheme.
Unfortunately, Voldemort was vigilant enough and used some tricks. He temporarily stalled Levin and Dumbledore with a suicide attack, causing the plan to fail at the last minute.
But it doesn't matter.
After all, this plan to steal chickens was essentially a shortcut, and it was within his expectations that it would fail due to some unexpected events.
After realizing that they could not stop Voldemort from using Harry to resurrect, Levin made a decisive move and returned to their original plan.
If Voldemort cannot be subdued, then capturing more Death Eaters will be futile.
Levin knew that the mainstream group that currently controlled public opinion in the wizarding world consisted of those who had personally experienced the brutal war against Voldemort.
Their most prevalent ideology was appeasement.
To draw an analogy, the current wizarding world is like the Great Shadow and the neighboring Gauls on the eve of World War II.
Although the British and Gallic countries won a Pyrrhic victory in World War I, they not only failed to recover much of the reparations but also lost an entire generation.
The wizarding world also lost "a generation" in the First Wizarding War.
That was truly a generation. You know, among the few wizarding families that Levin knew, more than half of them had lost loved ones.
The Weasley family, Mrs. Weasley's two brothers died in the Great War.
Neville's parents were driven insane by the ordeal and are still hospitalized.
Harry is an orphan.
……
Faced with this situation, the Kingdom of Yin and Gaul began to try their best to avoid getting caught up in another war. They repeatedly yielded to the radical San Dezi and the shampoo boy, turning a blind eye to many dangerous signals, seemingly believing that self-deception could prevent a new war.
According to Levin and Jaina's observations, many people in the Ministry of Magic and even the entire wizarding community in the Underworld are now making the same mistakes as Muggles.
In this situation, as long as they fail to capture Voldemort himself, even if they manage to capture any Death Eaters alive at the scene of Voldemort's resurrection, plus the confession of the captured Barty Crouch Jr., or even if he uses his Arcane Eye to shoot 8"!
The fact that Voldemort was resurrected is not enough to prove that he has returned.
Evidence composed of mind-controlling techniques and truth serums is not fully recognized by law and can only be used as supplementary evidence. Furthermore, the content captured by the secret eye can be regarded as illusion.
According to Wizengamo, this evidence is easy to forge. For example, masters of Occlumency can fabricate false memories out of thin air, certain powerful magic can forcibly modify memories, and even without using magic, false memories can be created through psychological misguidance.
Otherwise, in the original story, Harry Potter wouldn't have needed to fight the case of using the Guardian Charm on Privet Drive; he could have proven his innocence through these two methods.
For the wizarding world to fully accept Voldemort's return, it will not only take time to develop, but also Voldemort's own cooperation.
Since they couldn't defeat Voldemort quickly and achieve instant success, Levin and Jaina decided to stick to their original plan: to proceed steadily, accumulate strength, and wait for the threat of Voldemort to intensify until the appeasement faction's illusions were completely shattered. That would be their moment to shine.
In this situation, Levin and his group would have to make a complete 180-degree turn, shifting from cooperating with Dumbledore to opposing him—or at least suppressing him.
After all, Dumbledore was the most likely candidate to gain support among the pro-war faction besides Jaina.
To prevent this from happening, Levin naturally chose to side with Fudge, prompting him to begin a full-scale confrontation with Dumbledore, just as in the original story.
The case of Barty Crouch and his son has undoubtedly exacerbated the urgency of this need.
The slip-up by Crouch and his son provided Levin's forces with a golden opportunity to completely crush Crouch's faction.
Since we can't achieve instant success by capturing Voldemort, let's make up for it by capturing Crouch and his son.
Jaina has made up her mind to take this opportunity to thoroughly purge Crouch's faction from within the Ministry of Magic.
To achieve this goal, they need to incite Fudge and Dumbledore to fight each other. Otherwise, their major actions within the Ministry of Magic will inevitably provoke a joint counterattack from Fudge and Dumbledore.
Levin desperately hoped that Tonks could calm Fudge down on the spot, at least until Jaina finished cleaning and returned to the scene...
At this moment, Levin was communicating with Tonks while skillfully controlling the [Rainbow Eye] to precisely fire at the Death Eaters who kept trying to attack him. Each of his attacks was as precise as a surgical operation.
Despite Levin's ruthless actions, his opponent seemed to have no regard for his life, frantically hindering Levin's movements, a stark contrast to his cunning hit-and-run tactics when facing others.
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