Chapter 165 Chaos
When Luke was about to start a new flick in the blacksmith shop on Garnier Avenue.
Beyond Avenue Garnillon, the entire French wizarding world is in chaos.
Ministry of Magic, Auror Office
"What the hell are you doing?! Find someone!"
The owner of the Auror office, Sawa Schmidt, looked at the Aurors who were still chattering and arguing in the office, and couldn't help but let out an angry growl.
The Aurors were taken aback by the boss's anger, but after a moment of recovery, a tall Auror stood up and said: "It stands to reason that Team Leader Mandy Ellis should be on duty today, but he is temporarily on duty today. I asked for leave. The previous field work was to ask Rudy Shipley, the team leader, to take over. But now it is another field work. It stands to reason that we should change to a different person to lead the team, so we are discussing who is better to lead the team..."
Savoy Schmidt could hear the veins popping out on his forehead.He looked at the group of people in front of him, and shouted angrily: "I will lead the team myself now! Everyone gather for me!"
Hearing his order, the first reaction of the Aurors present was not to immediately stand up and gather, but to look at a female Auror. The female Auror also reacted quickly, and took out a file from her clearly classified file pile. Then he trotted over and handed the form to his boss: "Boss, if you lead the team yourself, you only need to stamp two stamps."
"But I'm afraid you have to cover these two chapters yourself. According to regulations, we can't do it for you."
Savoy Schmidt looked at the form in front of him, and finally let out a weak sigh.
……
Somewhere in a villa in the forest
Alice looked at the man who came to report to him, with a gloomy expression on her face, and her beautiful eyes became sharp as knives, full of murderous intent.
"This is what you told me? This is the task you completed????"
Alice can really be said to be shocked and angry.If Luke simply came to France, there would not be so many things, but he did not come to France simply by himself, he came to France with the news of the Philosopher's Stone, or even the Philosopher's Stone itself.
Fortunately, Dumbledore was with him, which dissuaded many people from thinking about it.
She had communicated with Dumbledore before, and it stands to reason that normal invitations can also be passed.
But Dumbledore suddenly separated from Luke, which made her men realize that if they didn't do anything now, they might have to rescue their "His Royal Highness" from other people next.
They still underestimated Luke's strength.The first wave of attackers was killed by Luke himself without much trouble.But her subordinates chose to knock Luke unconscious and bring him here...
This can indeed avoid a lot of trouble, and it can also prevent their hidden power from being directly exposed to the public's vision, turning from darkness to light, and becoming a target.
Logically speaking, although this would make Luke unhappy for a while, as long as the use value is sufficient, Luke will not immediately turn his face and deny anyone.
But no one thought that someone would come out to disrupt the situation, and this disturbance completely muddied the water.
"We have checked, and no one from the Ministry of Magic has seen His Royal Highness Luke, and the gloves on Garnillon Avenue have no information about His Highness Luke. We have not seen it here. We don't know who it is His Royal Highness Luke was kidnapped!"
When this incompetent subordinate told Alice this series of bad news, Alice wanted to reward him with a death curse.
But not for the time being, it is hard to say whether he is rebellious, if he is rebellious, then there is a reason for execution, but if it is pure incompetence...
"Maybe I'm being too harsh on you."
With a cold face, Alice said in the man's desperate eyes: "Keep looking for someone, you can talk about everything you find, if you can't find it... then you can stay in the back kitchen of the villa."
The man was dripping with cold sweat as he looked at Alice, whose expression was getting colder and gradually returning to the familiar look, and replied tremblingly, "Yes, Mrs. Alice."
"Go back."
Alice waved her hand, and the man retreated as if fleeing.
And after the man withdrew, Alice frowned slightly, tapped her fingers on the table, the coldness on her face was still there, and behind her was the tall man who looked like a withered stone.
"Miss, the people in France are indeed a little weak."
It stands to reason that he shouldn't talk too much, but the current situation really doesn't allow him not to take the initiative to ask for his life.
Alice shook her head helplessly, and then said to the big man beside her: "Let's take our people and walk alone, pay attention to concealment, and investigate who else is here to trouble His Highness besides us."
"Especially watch out for the people in France...beware of them, especially the Tin Woodman."
Alice's expression was flat, but it could be seen that she had no trust in that armor called Kidd, who couldn't figure out whether it was a human or something else.
Although her father said that she could trust Kidd when he asked her to take over, at least everyone's ultimate goal is the same.
But Alice is not a little girl who has never seen anything. On the contrary, she knows very well that the so-called different means and the same goal are just boring words.
When people with the same goal face those who have different methods from their own, they are often more aggressive.
Because in the eyes of some people, achieving the goal is important, but how the goal is achieved and who achieves it is far more important than simply achieving the goal.
Unfortunately, Alice is such a process-oriented person.The achievement of this goal is meaningless if it cannot be achieved in her way.
"Hopefully we don't get to this point."
The big man's voice was unexpectedly soft.
"If we really have internal strife, His Highness might be very disappointed with us."
"Even if I really let him down, I can't keep people who don't trust him by his side." Alice looked quite firm, "I have already recognized his ability as a lord, so before I formally contact him , I don’t allow people around me who don’t trust him.”
A ferocious smile appeared on the face of the big man beside him.
"Go, Arthur... find His Highness Luke and bring him to me."
The coldness on Alice's face finally gradually melted away, and finally her hands folded and held her chin, with a smile on her face: "I also want to meet this 'pen pal' of mine."
Of course, if Luke heard this sentence, he would definitely refute it.
He didn't reply, so he wasn't really a pen pal.As for why he didn't reply... Damn there is no reply address at all!The owl dropped the letter again and ran away...
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and read books recently, change sources, and read aloud with many timbres. 】
Arthur shook his head, then walked out of the room silently.He looked at the six wizards in black robes guarding the door, and said, "Let's go."
The six wizards behind them put their magic wands upright on their chests and put their hands behind their backs.
"Yes!"
……
Suburb
After the man lit the tenth bonfire in front of him, he threw the flint in his hand aside.Glancing at his watch, he nodded, and then drew out his wand.
"Round table meeting."
The flames in the bonfire rose up in an instant, then fell in an instant, and then the color began to change, and in it, a figure formed by the flames appeared.
"Come on, everyone, discuss a charter. It doesn't make sense for a group of you to come to me. Either you reach an agreement now, or the one with the highest price will get it."
The man sat on the stump and said with a gentle smile on his face.
Except for him, none of the figures above the ten bonfires had accurate faces.But men believe that even if their faces are revealed, they are all masks.
Treat every magic that may reveal your identity as a magic that will definitely reveal your identity.This is also the principle that dark wizards and most nobles will follow when doing dirty things.
It is said that there is such a saying in the Muggle world, 'Treat every microphone as if it were on. '
Although I don't know what a microphone is, but this kind of truth that wizards understood hundreds of years ago, Muggles actually only know it at this time. It's really... Ha!When a man holds such a meeting, he is habitually distracted, because he knows that the wrangling will last for a long time.But he didn't care about these so-called processes and discussions.
All he wants is a result.Task requirements, deadline, delivery location, as long as these three pieces of information can be given, then he doesn't care whether they reached a consensus through quarrels or fights.
But this time, the efficiency of his clients is destined to exceed his expectations.
"The first requirement is to ensure the safety of Luke Gunter. This is the most important thing."
The figure sitting opposite Kevin made a low, hoarse voice that was unidentifiable.
Hearing the request, the man nodded, but after waiting for three to five seconds, he didn't hear any rebuttal.So he raised his head in surprise.It was found that these ten customers were all looking at him.
"Kevin Ravens. Our first request, Luke Gunter's safety, did you hear that?"
Kevin looked at them as if he had seen something very new.
"Ok, no problem."
So all ten customers nodded.So the following process returned to what Kevin was familiar with.
Arguing, debating, persuading, compromising...
Finally, after 30 minutes, they negotiated two other requests.
"The items on Luke Gunter's body must be preserved and cannot be snatched by others."
"Once Luke Gunter is found, bring him here and someone will take over."
None of these requests exceeded Kevin Ravens' expectations, so with a smile on his face, he waved his hands impatiently and said, "Then I'll go to the contact person to do something."
After finishing speaking, he didn't say much, snapped his fingers, and left the place with Apparatus.But after he left, the ten figures over there did not disperse immediately, but fell into silence.
After a long time, someone finally snorted coldly: "How dare a dog be so rude to us?"
"A fierce dog is a good dog. Have you not hunted for a long time, have you forgotten such things?"
The lazy voice sounded lifeless, but the contempt in it was undisguised.
"But when the dog barks at you, you have to think about whether you want to smash all the teeth of the dog."
Another person said in a calm tone.
"You can't say that. If you want to really smash a dog's teeth, you have to wait for him to bring the rabbit back. Hahaha!"
The people here laughed lightly, as if they had told some very funny joke.
"Okay, let's go, everyone can still use this dog."
The person who sat opposite Kevin at the beginning spoke again, interrupting everyone's conversation and laughter.
"He is just a pair of gloves. When the gloves are dirty enough to stain your hands, just throw the gloves into the fire."
……
Gibson stared at Luke with eyes as big as copper bells, and shouted in a rough voice: "If you really have a way, tell me! As long as I make this sword, I can do anything you ask me to do." Can!"
"I just hit you with a hammer. It was my fault. I admit my mistake, okay?"
The old man's neck looks like that big sword, it seems to be made of iron.
Even when he begged for mercy from Luke, he still stiffened his neck and stared, and what he said didn't seem to be begging for mercy, but more like a threat.
Luke looked at the old man in front of him and knew that he was really giving in, because he said he had a solution to this problem at hand.This is of course the last straw for Gibson.Even if Luke's solution is just to use a whole Philosopher's Stone, as long as he can get it, Gibson will recognize it.
"I do have a way."
Luke looked at the old man in front of him with a half-smile, and said slowly.
"The current situation of your sword is nothing more than a lack of magic power, that is, the powder of the magic stone can't stop the magic power from escaping. Therefore, you can either use the whole magic stone directly. Or, find a way to ensure that the magic power will not be lost. , and absorb the free magic power of the wizard itself and the natural world, and use it to recharge to ensure that the magic power in the battle is sufficient."
Of course, using real Philosopher's Stone powder might also work.But that means really using up a Philosopher's Stone.Luke certainly didn't have such conditions at hand.And even if it is the powder of the Sorcerer's Stone, the cost is unrealistically high.There is no possibility of mass production at all.
but……
"An ancestor of the Gaunt family left behind a spell that increases magic power and absorbs magic power. It should be enough with a few normal magic gemstones."
Although magic gemstones are not cheap, the cost can continue to drop, but it needs to be studied slowly.
"condition."
Gibson wasn't really stupid.He knew Luke had something in store for him.But he also knew that it was impossible for him to refuse Luke's request.And what Luke wants, he also has a basic guess.
"I want the casting method of this sword."
Luke got straight to the point, while Gibson nodded without hesitation.
"No problem, but I also have conditions!"
Gibson looked at Luke with a decisive and firm expression.