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"Don't worry, it's not far from here, and it's also in Diagon Alley." Hollican said softly, "Are you still afraid that we will do something bad to you here?
"If we attack you, we will be torn to pieces by those shop owners."
"Who's afraid?" Kyle seemed to be convinced, straightened his neck and said, "Where is your base? Take me there now. If it is really a black dragon, I can pay an extra fifty Galleons."
"Please follow me." Horliken held out his arm courteously. "It's not far from here."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 835 They might be sleepy
Compared to the daytime, Diagon Alley at night is not as pleasant, especially after the shops on both sides close. The cold moonlight and the dim lights that flicker on and off are intertwined, adding a somewhat eerie feeling out of thin air.
Holicen and his group walked quickly on the street, two in front and three behind, vaguely surrounding Kyle in the middle, as if trying to prevent him from escaping.
Although Kyle also saw their intention, he pretended to know nothing and even urged them impatiently.
"Why is it so far away? Haven't we arrived yet?"
"It's just ahead." Huo Liken said, turning his head.
He turned a corner and entered a small alley.
Kyle stopped where he was, a little hesitant, "Are you sure the area ahead is still Diagon Alley?"
"Of course, I promise." Hollican said in a low voice: "This is the back street of Diagon Alley, also known as Knockturn Alley."
"But I've never heard of it."
"Because... well, this is where the shop owners rest." Holicen explained, "They stay in the shops during the day and come back here to rest at night. Maybe there's nothing to see, so no one told you."
Knockturn Alley is the shopkeeper's quarters?
Kyle sneered...Will he believe such a ridiculous excuse?
Others might have thought this excuse was ridiculous, and they subconsciously moved closer to Kyle.
"I see."
The next second, Kyle nodded and walked in on his own initiative, "Hurry up, don't waste time."
"No problem." Huoliken showed a sneer of success and came to the front again to lead the way.
Knockturn Alley at this time was even dirtier than it would be a hundred years later. Strange things that looked like bones could be seen everywhere on the road, and the air was filled with a suffocating stench.
"Is this really the place where the owner rests?" Kyle couldn't help but cast a head-bubbling spell on himself and asked again.
But this time, he got no answer.
At this time, they had come to an even more gloomy and secluded alley. Holicen stopped and several people around him tacitly surrounded Kyle in the middle.
"It wasn't easy to trick you here." Holicen turned around and stared at Kyle coldly.
"Lie to me...what do you mean?" Kyle's voice was a little muffled, "Aren't you afraid that I will hire those shop owners to kill you?"
"Of course they are afraid," said Holicon, but his eyes were filled with sarcasm and ridicule. "But they don't dare to come in here. Knockturn Alley is our territory. Although those guys are greedy, they can also tell the difference between gold coins and lives."
"What do you mean?" Kyle narrowed his eyes. "Forget it, just take out the black dragon egg quickly. This place is really disgusting."
"Haha, hahaha..." Huo Liken suddenly laughed out loud, "No problem, give it to you..."
He picked up a stone from the ground and handed it to Kyle. "But we have decided to temporarily increase the price. You need to pay us 10,000 Galleons."
"Are you crazy... a rock?"
"No, this is a dragon egg."
"What if I refuse."
"It doesn't matter. After we kill you, we can slowly search for it from your body." Holicen and the surrounding wizards approached Kyle again.
Perhaps they felt they had a sure win, or perhaps they thought Kyle posed no threat, so they did not take out their wands right away. Instead, they surrounded him with smug looks on their faces... They looked as if they were playing with their prey.
"You want to kill me?"
"Smart! Otherwise, why would we trick you into coming here? Do we really want to make a deal with you?" Holicen laughed even more happily. "Why don't you scream and try to get someone to rescue you?"
"Ah, someone come..." Kyle muttered perfunctorily.
But this behavior angered Horican.
"Be afraid, why aren't you afraid?"
"I hate people like you the most. You always act so superior." He roared and took out his wand. "It doesn't matter. I want to see if you can still maintain this...disgusting expression under the torture of the Cruciatus Curse."
"What a pity." Kyle sighed.
"It's a pity for you."
"No, I mean, I thought I could get another dragon egg." Kyle shook his head. "What a waste of time. Goodbye then."
"Ha, you thought you could still walk..."
puff!
Before Horliken could finish his words, a sharp stone spike suddenly pierced his chest.
The stone cones extended from the nearby wall, and there were not just one but five, exactly corresponding to all of them.
But fortunately, the stone spike did not hit any vital points and they were still alive.
"Transfiguration spell..." Horliken spat out a mouthful of blood, "You clearly...didn't take the wand...when."
"It's just a simple Transfiguration, why do you need a wand?" Kyle said casually.
"I seem to have underestimated you..." Huo Liken took a step forward and broke free from the stone spike. "But it's a pity. You should have aimed at our heart."
"Do it!" he shouted, pointing his wand at Kyle, "Avada..."
But no one responded to him, and Holicen suddenly realized that Kyle's box had been opened at some point.
It should be when he was stabbed by the stone spike. After all, before that, the box had always been held in Kyle's hand.
As one of his main targets, Holicen had been keeping an eye on the box, so he remembered it very clearly.
Then he saw a pair of orange eyes.
"Thump...thump..."
There were no screams, and several people lay on the ground as if they were asleep.
The alley became quiet again.
A few minutes later, Kyle came out with a bag, ready to leave Knockturn Alley.
He originally thought that Holliken really had a black dragon egg, so he followed him here, but he didn't expect that this was just an excuse for the other party to trick him into coming here.
But think about it, the black dragons have been in the Hexagonal Islands for centuries, and there has never been any trace of them anywhere else. With just these few people, I'm afraid they don't have the ability to bring the dragon eggs out.
Although he had expected this result, Kyle still felt a little disappointed.
He walked around a patch of mud of strange color in front of him and headed towards the entrance of the alley.
At the same time, a figure happened to be walking towards this side hurriedly.
Although the man was wearing a black cloak, Kyle recognized his identity at a glance.
Dumbledore... young Dumbledore, of course.
When Kyle first came here, he was taking his final exams. After that, he stayed in Diagon Alley for so long that, calculating the time, it seemed that Hogwarts had been on vacation for a long time.
When Kyle looked over, the other party also noticed him.
"Oh, you are the sixth-year Hufflepuff." Dumbledore was a little surprised and a little panicked. "What kind of trouble did you get into when you appeared in Knockturn Alley at this time?"
"No." Kyle shook his head and said, "I just wanted to go to Gringotts and walked here accidentally."
"I'm afraid Gringotts is closed at this time."
"Yeah, they closed the gate right after I came out," Kyle said.
"That's good, but you'd better leave quickly. This is not a good place." Dumbledore looked absent-minded and deliberately avoided Kyle's eyes.
Inadvertently, he saw a few people lying in the alley not far behind him, "What's wrong with them..."
"I don't know, maybe I'm sleepy." Kyle looked back and said, "I noticed it just now, but I didn't dare to look closer."
"You are right," said Dumbledore. He seemed to think it was normal for wizards to sleep on the roadside in Knockturn Alley and didn't care.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" Kyle asked enthusiastically.
"No, I'm just here to buy some things." Dumbledore shook his head, his tone becoming more urgent. "The regular stores are closed at this time, so I can only try my luck in Knockturn Alley."
Kyle noticed that his hand subconsciously moved to the side of his pocket, where he could pull out his wand at any time.
Is there anything you don't want him to know?
"In that case, I wish you good luck." Kyle didn't ask any more questions.
Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, passed Kyle, and continued walking deeper into Knockturn Alley.
Kyle continued walking towards the entrance of the alley. He did not look back out of curiosity and went all the way back to Diagon Alley.
There was a very obvious light on the originally dim street, coming from a magic item store.
Kyle had been to this store before. It sold items with special functions, such as fecal stones that could detoxify, and crystals that could remove black magic curses.
But Kyle remembered that when he went to Knockturn Alley, the door was clearly closed, so how come it was suddenly open again?
The boss was yawning and preparing to close the door again. When Kyle walked over, he could still hear him muttering, "Annoying little devil... knocking on the door late at night... not buying anything... something like that."
But after noticing Kyle, his expression changed immediately, quickly switching from impatience to surprise.
"Oh, sir, I'm so glad to see you." He opened the door enthusiastically. "How can I help you?"
Since Kyle never used his name when buying things, the shopkeepers here usually just called him "Mr."
"I'm just taking a look." Kyle walked into the store and picked up a piece of blue crystal.
"That's a sound storage stone. It can store sounds and play them automatically with just a little bit of magic power."
"Yes, I bought it." Kyle put it on the counter and asked naturally, "That's strange. I remember when I came here just now, this place was still closed. Do you have business hours in the evening?"
"No." The shop owner said with a smile, "In fact, I was ready to take a break, but a student just came in, probably from Hogwarts, and knocked on the door rudely, wanting to buy something."
"Oh, what did he buy?" Kyle asked curiously.