harry potter book of crimes

Most of the unlit torches were now leaping into blue flames, gradually pushing away the darkness that had shrouded the hall and replacing it with soft light.

After holding a torch and igniting the torches one by one, the living corpse boy returned to the steps. After doing all this, he nodded slightly to his sister who was standing beside the throne at the top of the high steps.

Then he turned around and stood silently again.

However, the tacit understanding shown by these living corpse twins is obviously not something that anyone cares about now. Because when the light in the palace gradually dissipates the previous shadows, and when the throne on the high platform is finally no longer hazy and difficult to distinguish, the people gathered together

The attention of Hermione, Lupine and others was immediately attracted to Hermione in the center of the hall, and there was no time to distract him.

Of course, everyone first saw the tall and strong black figure sitting firmly on the throne - even the bright light emitted by the wall-mounted torches that were all lit up and suspected of being Gubrai's fairy fire could not

It made his pitch-black body a bit lighter.

In contrast to the bright environment at the moment, just sitting there became more and more like a bottomless abyss, as if he wanted to swallow everyone's sight into it.

And on his left, is the zombie girl who has become more and more familiar with everyone recently. As the actual leader who is currently only under the master, the master of the zombies who just stepped aside, and He

Min and others had a conversation.

In addition, there are some figures that no one noticed at first.

At first, the hall was so dark that the human wizards under the stairs did not see that there were a row of high-level living corpses standing diagonally behind the throne on both sides of the throne. These high-level living corpses were standing against the wall.

Some of the living corpses have already been seen by everyone, and some have even fought side by side on the battlefields of slaying demons several times before, but there are also some relatively unfamiliar faces.

But now, these high-level zombies of different heights, appearances and abilities are all standing silently behind their "king", and no one knows what they are thinking.

Of course, no matter how intriguing the scene that suddenly appeared in front of everyone was, it was probably not as interesting as the last figure in front of the throne.

That should be a figure lying at the feet of the Lord of the Living Corpses - the reason why I say "should" is because the figure looks very distorted. It is not easy to see at first glance, so maybe it turns out that

Or a humanoid creature.

But Hermione and others quickly identified it. Isn't it the demon that no one has seen since this time - Gluttony?

Originally, when Hermione and the others heard that the demon Gluttony had been found, they thought that another battle was about to begin! Judging from the information about Gluttony that everyone had, it was probably going to be another battle.

It was a very difficult battle, but no one expected that this expected battle would be over before it even started.

Just for "that ball" of motionless figures lying on the ground, let alone fighting, Harry, who was carefully sizing up the opponent at this moment, was not sure whether "that thing" was still alive.

And while most of the wizards in the center of the hall were in deep contemplation, the zombie girl next to the throne finally spoke again...

"Miss Granger...and of course Mr. Potter. I believe you have seen that this is the demon 'Gluttony'. At this moment, it has surrendered at the feet of its master and can no longer threaten you and me! Then, kill

I will hand over its glory to you on behalf of the master."

Demons are the natural enemies of the living zombies. This is something Hermione and others already knew when they agreed to cooperate with the latter. It is precisely because they cannot confront the demons head-on and cannot kill each other that this directly contributes to

The alliance between living corpses and a group of elite wizards headed by Hermione.

At this moment, everyone saw that Gluttony had become such a miserable appearance, but it still seemed that it was not completely destroyed. They had to wait for them to deal the final blow, which proved that this should be correct.

Hermione looked at the demon Gluttony sitting in a puddle, and then at the Lord of the Living Corpses on the throne who had not opened his mouth so far tonight, and seemed to have thought of something. But in a flash

After hesitating, she turned around and nodded to Harry who was not far away, and said softly:

"Hold your sword and let's go."

On the other side, although Harry also had some doubts in his mind, after seeing that Hermione had made her decision, he said nothing more. After giving Hermione a firm look in return, he walked forward side by side with her.

Step by step, he climbed the stairs leading to the throne.

The living corpse boy guarding the stairs did not react to Hermione and Harry's actions because his sister was speaking in front of him. He just glanced at the two of them lightly, and then continued to focus his vigilant eyes on the other people in the center of the hall.

As for human wizards, we no longer look at them.

The footsteps of Hermione and Harry echoed softly in the quiet hall, and no one spoke anymore.

It must be said that there was something wrong with today's atmosphere from the beginning. This was something that almost everyone could feel. What's more, those high-level zombies who usually wouldn't come here are now there.

It makes people feel even more uneasy.

But if we have to dig deeper, no one can tell what is wrong, because so far, nothing seems to be abnormal... and there seems to be no reason for anything abnormal.

Hermione is no longer the little witch who hesitated at critical moments in the past. In this case, she would rather trust her own decision. After all, she has already thought about the current situation countless times, right?

?

Therefore, although her and Harry's pace was not very fast, they did not pause for a step. Soon, the two of them had reached the end of the stairs and came to the front of the throne for the first time.

At this moment, there was only the remains of the demon Gluttony between them and the Lord of the Living Corpses sitting firmly on the throne.

"please."

The living corpse girl was still so polite. She nodded gently towards Hermione and Harry who had already stepped forward, and raised her right hand to signal to Gluttony on the ground.

Hermione didn't say anything else at this time, but just glanced at Harry. Upon seeing this, Harry stepped forward with the shining Gryffindor sword, and the extremely sharp blade immediately hit him.

Aiming at Gluttony's neck, he was just waiting to chop off another demon's head with his sword.

However, just when Harry was about to lower his sword, a dull voice sounded in the hall, shocking everyone.