Why was Dumbledore so nervous when he heard that Lucas disappeared?
Harry thought it was because the day of transferring the prophecy ball was approaching.
After all, Lucas is a quasi-legendary wizard and if he can help, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the success rate of the mission.
"Severus, immediately notify the other professors and ask them to search around the castle."
When Snape left the office, Dumbledore turned to look at Harry and said, "I'm sorry Harry, I still have important things to do now, you can go back to the dormitory and rest first."
"Professor, I can help you search for him as well."
Dumbledore, who had already reached the door, stopped. He stared at the young man behind him, saw the serious look in his eyes, and nodded without thinking.
At this time, the professors have checked all parts of the castle.
Professor McGonagall even questioned Lucas' girlfriends.
Knowing that Lucas disappeared suddenly, the four girls were even more anxious than the professors.
Dumbledore frowned and led Harry to the Forbidden Forest.
As a red firework flew into the sky, the werewolves in the depths of the Forbidden Forest slowly came out.
…
At the same time.
Back in their respective offices, Umbridge and Snape did the same thing one after another.
Snape watched the flames smoldering in the fireplace and his usually expressionless face became submissive.
"Master, Lucas Grindelwald has disappeared from Hogwarts."
"Disappeared?" Voldemort frowned slightly.
At this moment, Umbridge's big face also appeared in the flames.
"Master, I guess Grindelwald should have set off to return to Nurmengard. According to my distant relatives, the situation there is very tense."
"Abernathy of the Saints is personally guarding the gate of Nurmengard Castle, and even clashed with the Ministry of Magic of Germany and France many times."
Voldemort's brows gradually relaxed when he heard the news.
"Lucius, listen to me..."
Lucius Malfoy bowed and exited the room.
Since Malfoy left, the room has become extremely quiet. Voldemort closed his eyes slightly, wondering if this was another trap.
After several confrontations, the cunningness of that kid was beyond his expectations.
At this moment, the boy has formed an alliance with Dumbledore, one old and one young, two foxes, it is hard to say whether this is a trap aimed at him.
"What's going on at Hogwarts?"
Umbridge rushed to answer the question.
Learning that Dumbledore was also in a hurry to find Lucas, Voldemort frowned a little.
Time passed by every minute and every second. After one hour, Malfoy's figure appeared in the room again.
"Master, according to reliable sources, Lucas Grindelwald left with Vinda Rosier a few hours ago, and it is said that he is returning to Nurmengard Castle to preside over the overall situation."
"In order to verify the authenticity of the news, I also went to Grindelwald Manor in person. There are indeed only a few people staying there."
Voldemort nodded slightly, not overjoyed by Malfoy's news.
The same could be said about Dumbledore.
Learning from the Forbidden Forest werewolves that no one has entered the forest recently, he frowned and had to accept the reality that Lucas had truly left.
"It seems that Lucas has really left!"
Hearing his emotion, Harry said with a worried face: "Headmaster, shall we continue with the plan?"
"Of course, the transfer of the Prophecy Ball is imminent, and we're not sure when Voldemort will strike again to claim it."
"If Voldemort learns the complete prophecy, then our plan will come to nothing, so we have to work hard this time, Harry."
A look of joy flashed in Harry's eyes, he patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I will definitely not let Voldemort get the prophecy ball, I will protect it with my life."
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Austria, Nurmengard Castle.
Even though it was getting late now, the grass in front of the castle was still full of people.
There were people standing opposite each other, and it's easy to distinguish their respective camps at a glance.
Abernathy had his arms crossed as he leaned against the gate of the castle with his eyes closed.
The old man was really exhausted at the moment, but he couldn't relax, because if he left, those little kids outside would rush in.
"Audacious to the extreme!"
Abernathy didn't even open his eyes, and the wand in his hand shot a spell into the corner.
A figure slowly appeared in the corner of the wall.
Hit by the quasi-legendary wizard's spell, the sneaky Auror's eyes were glazed over, and it seemed hopeless.
Abernathy's attack was like a signal and the Aurors on the outskirts of the castle immediately started attacking.
"It's finally starting," whispered Abernathy.
He strode out of the gate of the courtyard.
Facing countless attacks coming to him he responded calmly.
With a calm look, he was going to show the people present what a real wizard's battle is like.
These Aurors usually only catch thieves or fugitives. So how could they be the opponents of Abernathy who has experienced war.
After a short time there were very few Aurors left standing.
It's just that Abernathy was panting desperately at this time. He is old after all, it would be better if he fought them one by one.
But beating a group of people is still a bit difficult given his current state.
Not everyone can maintain their form like Dumbledore, Grindelwald and Voldemort.
Don't forget, the three of them were legendary wizards when they were at their peak.
Abernathy took a deep breath.
Seeing the reinforcements from the Ministry of Magic of the two countries coming from a distance, he suddenly said with emotion: "I'm really too old for this!"
"Abernathy, are you all right?"
All the surrounding Saints surrounded him.
Facing everyone's concern, he shook his head: "It's nothing, it's just that I haven't fought for a long time, and I'm a little rusty, I just need to rest for a while."
After he finished speaking, he looked back to the castle, his eyes fixed on the lighted room in the tower above.
"Abernathy, stop, we just want to enter the castle to see Mr Grindelwald's situation, in fact, we have the same idea, and we don't want anything to happen to him."
"Heh~!" Abernathy sneered, "Little brat, do you think I'm a child? When I was wandering in the magic world, your father might not have been born yet."
After finishing this sentence. With a flick of his wand, Abernathy turned a rock into a chair.
He sat on it, looked at the crowd and continued: "You want to enter the castle? If so, you just have to step over my corpse."
The leading Auror had already seen that Abernathy was not in good shape.
After staying here for so many days in a row, coupled with his advanced age, it is already very remarkable to be able to beat so many of their colleagues at this time.
"In that case, I'm sorry."
The leading Auror said with fake politeness, and then raised the wand in his hand.
There were a total of two hundred Aurors from the two countries behind him and this is just a part of the people who came to support.
Looking at Abernathy sitting in the doorway, they all uttered the incantation of the Killing Curse.
Green light illuminated the entire night sky.
The ghostly sounds produced when the Killing Curse is cast were continuous, and people who didn't know would have thought there were a group of demons dancing here.
Facing the oncoming Killing Curses, Abernathy also wanted to make a final counterattack.
But just when he got up and was about to make a move, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
It really appeared suddenly, just like teleportation.
"Time Stop Illusion!"
Countless magic balls appeared, and the Killing Curses were wrapped in the magic balls and disappeared.
When the green light vanished, only then did the Aurors of the two countries see who the figure was that stood in front of Abernathy.
"Lucas Grindelwald!"
When the head Auror pronounced the name, everyone behind him took a half step back.
Lucas is not the same as Abernathy. Although the two are both quasi-legendary wizards, one seems to be the rising sun, while the other is the setting sun.
Abernathy may be worn down by numbers, but they definitely can't drag Lucas down with the same strategy.
The Aurors who understood this wanted to retreat.
With the return of Lucas, their plan has already failed, and there is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices.
"You want to leave? It's not that easy!"
"Time Acceleration Magic!"
Lucas' figure suddenly appeared in the middle of the crowd.
Without waiting for the crowd to react, he opened his hands and said, "Crush!"
Two beams of light flashed, and everything they touched was pulverized.
The Aurors watched the blood rain from the sky, and were immediately frightened by Lucas.
The outermost Aurors backed away slowly, intending to take the opportunity to escape.
But the moment he turned around, Lucas came in front of them.
"Crushing Evil, Spreading The Truth: Empyrean!"
The fist wrapped in Crush Magic hit the Auror in front of him on the jaw.
The opponent was sent into the sky without any resistance.
That Auror flew less than a hundred meters into the sky before being crushed by the powerful pressure. After all, this is not an anime, and no one can really fly thousands of kilometers.
Another burst of blood rained from the sky.
Seeing that the retreat was blocked, many Aurors turned their attention to Abernathy in the direction of the castle.
They were planning to capture Abernathy and the castle, so that Lucas would be wary.
It's a pity that before these Aurors could take any action, the sound of high-heeled shoes came from a distance.
Vinda Rosier.
The proud woman had no expression on her beautiful face at the moment.
Looking at the Auror running towards the castle, she casually sent a killing curse with a wave of her wand.
Immediately afterwards, a series of apparition sounds rang around the castle.
The great army of the Saints arrived at last and thousands of Saint Group members surrounded the few dozen remaining Aurors.
Lucas walked towards the castle at this time, and said indifferently when passing by those Aurors: "Kill them all, and then send their bodies to their respective Ministries of Magic."
Vinda bowed slightly and led some Saints towards the Aurors.
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Tower of Nurmengard Castle.
Lucas took a deep breath and pushed open the door in front of him.
A familiar figure was looking out the window and didn't look back even when he heard the door open behind him.
"If your hands are itchy, I told Vinda to leave you two people, you can go down and deal with them yourself."
"Do you think I'm a thug?" Gellert Grindelwald said disdainfully.
As soon as he turned his head, he saw Lucas holding a silvery cloak and a small squarish black stone in his hand.