harry potter book of crimes

Dead silence, dead silence,

A dead silence that seemed to swallow up any temperature completely;

Cold, bone-deep cold,

It was so cold that even the sound was frozen into ice, distorted into silence in the clear crystal.

After everyone stepped into the icicle city that was once called London, even Ron, who was chatting and laughing freely before, gradually lost his words and just followed everyone silently forward in the deep and long ice cave tunnel.

These occasionally crisscrossed tunnels were originally dug out by Hermione and others watching the living zombies. However, after the previous Buckingham Palace incident, the project here was abandoned halfway. To this day, walking through it again, every time You can also see many traces that make them feel quite familiar.

Just like the fork in the road that I just passed by, where the living corpse girl once asked Hermione, Luna and others about the naming issue after the subsequent development of the city. It was said that after the initial completion, it could still be established there. There are road signs or something to guide you in the direction of travel.

It's a pity that this ice city failed to turn out the way they originally expected, and the "person" who was most eager to achieve that future was long gone.

"...Maka."

Hermione's voice suddenly sounded in the tunnel, causing everyone to pause, and then subconsciously stopped moving forward.

"What's wrong?"

Looking at the slightly sluggish back of Hermione walking at the front, Maka asked.

But Hermione didn't say anything else, and she didn't even look back. Everyone saw that she just shook her head and walked forward again.

Everyone hurriedly followed her pace again.

It could be heard that maybe Hermione wanted to ask a question just now, although even Maka couldn't guess what she was thinking of at this moment.

But no matter what the question was... Maka understood that she must only be hindering him now, and she might not know a lot about what happened here in the past, so she simply swallowed the question back.

Obviously, just hearing some things from Sarah or others is not enough. Without real experience, he is not qualified to answer, and it is impossible to give her an answer.

So... keep walking! When she came back here this time, Hermione didn't come here for the Maka behind her - although he also came with her - she just came for herself.

Therefore, probably only Ginny, Hannah and others...and Rebes had some idea of ​​what person or thing she might have recalled just now.

Several boys and girls who had lived here for a while, and of course there was a living corpse among them, they all looked at each other a few times in the crowd, and most of their eyes were vaguely moving...

A touch of obscure heaviness.

…

Compared to Hermione and the others who had been active and fought in this disaster area, as the first time these gentlemen and ladies from the three major families set foot in this area that has now become a restricted area, the thoughts that kept popping up in their hearts during this journey were The shock is undoubtedly obvious.

Naturally, their first impression of this disaster place in old Britain was that it was dilapidated and devastated.

After collectively apparating across the English Channel, they, who could no longer rely on magic spells to penetrate deep into the disaster area, of course flew over all the way.

Although the flying speed of the broomstick was very fast, it was obviously impossible for them to miss the sights they passed along the way - the bad gloomy weather, the post-war mess everywhere, the strong smell of black magic, and of course, the occasional

The scattered living corpses that can be seen are in groups.

Compared with the torrent of living corpses before, this scene was much less ferocious and dangerous, but more endlessly desolate and desolate.

Then, another wave of shock hit us.

The sky-high icicle that had only been seen in my life rose from the ground and pierced into the gray clouds in the sky. The icicle was so thick that it could be faintly seen thousands of miles away.

When I got closer, I was even more shocked to discover that the entire city of London was actually imprisoned in that icicle.

Apart from the legendary wizard Merlin, who else can do it... No, such a great power is probably difficult even for the legendary Merlin, right?

It is only in those ancient legends that have been passed down to this day like myths that we can occasionally read about such magnificent and bizarre magical scenes.

And then, they actually followed the group of teenagers in front of them and entered the frozen city in person!

"Mr. Rossi, I have to admit, I think you are right... Some things happening here are far beyond our imagination. Even... after seeing this ice city, I have to start to doubt,

Will this counterattack be successful..."

At the end of the team, Matusejevich's butler had a solemn look on his face, and there was no longer any pride or pride in him.

The old wizard who was walking a few steps ahead beside him looked much calmer after all, although the shock in his heart was actually no less than that of the other butler.

"Whether it will succeed or not has never been something we can decide." Lao Luo Xi looked at this long tunnel from left to right as he walked, "What's more, your job is just to see what you see here.

Everything is just relayed faithfully to your master... isn't it?"

"yes."

The slightly bored butler nodded, and then looked forward wordlessly.

He knew that the old head of the Rossi family was right. After all, he was just the butler of the Matuseyevich family. Even though he was also given the surname Matuseyevich,

After all, he is just a butler.

"But speaking of it... the actual situation here is really unexpected! I have to go back to the family to explain it... This disaster is far from as simple as those guys in the family council thought - although now

The situation outside is already 'not simple' enough."

The great steward of the Matuseyevich family couldn't help but think so in his heart.

On the other side, the old head of the Rossi family, who casually dropped a word, had already taken a few steps to the side, and while walking forward, he wiped on the tunnel wall.

The white frost was blown away with the wiping, and the old wizard looked out through the clear ice window. Suddenly, a new wave of shock suddenly hit him.

He saw that in the frozen city streets outside the tunnel, there were countless living corpses frozen in them, including some advanced and strong individuals, all of whom were strong and muscular.

And they look ferocious. But now they have been frozen in that moment together with the city, as if even time stopped at that moment when it was frozen into ice.

That scene...

The old wizard couldn't help but take a breath at his left hand, which was a little sore from touching the ice. White mist rose from his mouth, making the expression on his face look vague.