"What are you going to do with them?" Asterion asked looking at Dumbledore, ignoring the ants who looked very frightened at the moment. He would rather kill them all until there were no members of this cancer called R left, but since he wasn't acting alone, he asked his temporary teammate.
Dumbledore stroked his long beard and looked at the three of them with a gentle smile for a long time before speaking. "We want to dig the worms out of the ground and the only thing that can do that is make a lot of noise."
Dumbledore's words made the three people's expressions change drastically, even the Pilgrim, who was listening to everything through the magic mirror, couldn't help but change his expression.
If his organization was revealed to the world, he could imagine that the upper echelons would give their lives to calm everyone down. It didn't matter if he was a semi-special class warlock with the potential to reach the special class. As long as he was Semi-Special, he was disposable in the eyes of the organization.
Only a Special Grade Warlock could do anything to protect him, but unfortunately, he was nowhere near the level he wanted to be!
Asterion frowned, although making a lot of noise really did make things a lot easier, but exposing such an extremely powerful organization could cause some problems that he didn't want to expose in front of the whole world.
"Are you sure? This kind of organization is probably already closely connected to countless countries, powerful families, and noble houses. If we mess with them, they might impose economic sanctions against England." Asterion commented in a calm tone. It would be problematic, but that was it, at most it would be problematic to bring down such a large network of economic interests.
However, House Black had been a noble house for a thousand years for a reason, and its political and economic power was very great, even internationally.
Besides, since he was the patriarch of House Black, Asterion assumed that many people wouldn't dare touch House Black's interests.
Still, Asterion didn't underestimate human greed. As Karl Max once said:
"At a profit of 10%, the businessman is stimulated; at 20%, he becomes bold; at 50%, he is reckless; at 100%, he tramples on all human laws; and at 300%, there is no crime that frightens him, not even the risk of the gallows.
Asterion didn't underestimate the greed of greedy businessmen, laws and morals were nothing compared to the money and power he brought with him.
As if reading the thoughts in Asterion's mind, Dumbledore let out a low, cheerful laugh, looked at the red-eyed young man and spoke in reassuring tones. "Don't worry, Asterion, even though I'm old, I've still got a bit of prestige left in these old bones."
Asterion didn't really doubt the man's words, being the most powerful man in the world had its privileges. In the eyes of the world, any Special Grade wizard was no different than a nuclear bomb, but Dumbledore was more, he was on a different level compared to the other Special Grade wizards, he was the Bomb Tzar!
The Pilgrim looked at these two people and thought he saw madmen, how could anyone think of fighting an organization that had existed for over a thousand years?
Even if it was Dumbledore, there was a limit to his arrogance. The man's face was extremely grim. "You ignore me as if I didn't exist, but understand that I am not an ant as you think."
Asterion and Dumbledore turned and smiled at the same time, both not hiding their sarcasm and contempt as they looked at the man reflected in the mirror.
Looking at the man standing proudly in the mirror, Asterion's lips curved into a cold smile, sarcastic words escaping his lips.
"You think we were just talking, little mouse?" Hearing Asterion's words, a bad premonition appeared in the pilgrim's heart.
"You must understand that each magic mirror must be connected to another in order for both sides to be able to conduct a conversation over a distance. This magical signal can be extremely weak for everyone else, almost imperceptible, but for us Special Grade Witches, no matter how weak a magical signal is, we can feel it." Every word that came out of Asterion's mouth made the pilgrim's face sink, he quickly turned off the mirror and even broke the extremely expensive magic item.
Seeing his reaction, Asterion smiled coldly and finished his last words: "If you think you can get away with conspiring against me, you filthy rat, I'll give you a painful and extremely agonizing death."
"I'll leave these three to you, Dumbledore, I'll take care of the cowardly little rat." Looking at Patricia, Verucca and Kazuhiro, Asterion spoke, snapping his fingers with an amused smile on his lips.
His words made the faces of the three people turn pale, they knew they were screwed, incredibly screwed, only a miracle could save them at this point.
"Don't worry about them, I really wanted to know how you found out that every headmaster at Hogwarts possessed the heritage of the magical goddess Hecate." Dumbledore said, stroking his beard while his blue eyes looked at the three of them with a gentle smile.
"Where is the pilgrim?" Seeing Asterion preparing to leave, Dumbledore asked.
"Bratislava, Slovakia." Asterion replied with an amused smile; he hadn't expected his first trip to Europe to be a deadly one. As for asking the Slovak Ministry of Magic for permission to enter Slovakia, he had no idea how to go about it.
A country that didn't have a Special Grade Witch wasn't even considered a country in Asterion's eyes. Weakness was the ultimate sin, especially when it came to entire countries.
Dumbledore frowned when he heard this, he felt it was too abrupt for Asterion to go to Europe, even for a few hours.
He could already hear the complaints that would land on his desk some time later; after all, a weapon with the destructive power of nuclear bombs couldn't just walk into a country.
"Don't destroy the city." Dumbledore warned in a serious tone. He didn't want to spend weeks dealing with international tensions!
Asterion rolled his eyes again, he wasn't a child who didn't know how to control himself. He also knew that entering another country like this, especially in Europe, would put many countries on their guard.
Coupled with the near world war tensions in the world right now, Asterion could be the second Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the fuse for a possible war.
Don't underestimate people's paranoia, especially in pre-war times, any spark can start a huge fire at any time.
"Don't worry, I won't cause any international incidents." Asterion let the words go and walked away with a smile on his face.
Dumbledore turned to the three members of the R Organization and asked in a very soft tone. It didn't look like he was going to take any action against these people. "Now that he's gone, would you be so kind as to accompany me to Hogwarts? I'll serve you a delicious cup of lemon drop tea."
Dumbledore had never been known for his kindness, they called him the Cruel Sun for a reason, the man was extremely explosive when necessary.
"If I tell you everything, can you make an unbreakable vow to spare my life?" Kazuhiro and Verucca opened their eyes wide and looked at their companion with shock, disbelief and anger. They hadn't really expected Patricia to betray them at this point.
If they had been through a long period of torture, they could understand betrayal, but at this moment, when nothing had happened, they were furious at the betrayal.
"Don't look at me like that, my life is more important than anything else." Patrícia spoke without caring for the angry eyes of her companions. She was young, with a good reputation in the British community, she didn't want to die for the organization.
"Wise decision, Lady Patricia." Dumbledore smiled and gestured elegantly for Patricia to walk beside him.
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