Night, Hogwarts, Snape's office.
Snape looked gloomy, grading homework and supervising Neville's handling of slugs.
Half a day, just half a day.
Professor Snape in a dress spread throughout Hogwarts.
The initiators were the young wizard Neville and Lockhart.
Looking at Neville, who was handling slugs with trembling hands, Snape said gloomily: "Take good care of these slugs. If you don't handle them well, we'll do it again tomorrow."
"Okay...Professor Snape." Neville lowered his head and said timidly, his expression full of fear.
Although he was full of disgust at the slug in his hand, he did not dare to look up into Professor Snape's eyes.
Today's class was refining potion. Professor Snape was standing next to him. He suddenly panicked, and the half-refined potion exploded.
Not only did he get a rash on his face after it splashed on it, but it seemed that Professor Snape and some of the students around him were not spared either. There were also a lot of rashes on his hands and face.
Fortunately, Professor Snape prepared an antidote on the spot and suppressed the rash.
otherwise
He didn't know what was going to happen either.
But as punishment, he came to the office of Professor Snape, whom he feared the most, this evening to deal with the slugs.
"Yeah." Snape hummed in a nasal voice and continued to correct his homework.
After a while, suddenly
There was a knock on the door, and Neville glanced at the door subconsciously, as if he saw a familiar figure.
"Please come in!"
As Professor Snape responded, a familiar figure walked in.
"Hi, Neville, good evening." Lockhart saw Neville dealing with slugs and said hello with a smile.
"Good evening, Professor Lockhart." Neville raised his slightly sticky gloves that he had just finished handling and greeted Lockhart.
Seeing some viscous liquid falling to the ground as Neville waved his gloves, Lockhart's smile froze and he subconsciously took a step back, but still nodded.
Immediately, he smiled at Snape who looked unhappy and said: "Snape, it's a good thing you prepared the potion in time, otherwise the other students would have been seriously injured, which would have been bad."
Well, he heard about what happened in Potions class in the afternoon. Fortunately, Snape handled it in time, otherwise many student would probably have to go to the infirmary.
"Yeah." Snape nodded slightly and hummed through his nasal voice without saying much.
Seeing Snape looking unhappy, Lockhart naturally knew the reason.
However, he still have something important to come to Snape for today, and he can't let it go.
Immediately, his thoughts turned and he said to Neville: "Neville, I'm here. I have something to do with Professor Snape. You can go back and rest first."
After hearing what Professor Lockhart said, Neville looked up at Lockhart, and then looked at Professor Snape.
Seeing Snape nodding slightly, he breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "Okay, Professor Lockhart, Professor Snape."
"I'll go back first."
With that said, he quickly took off his sticky gloves, put them aside, lowered his head and ran outside.
He had long wanted to leave this oppressive space.
Lockhart looked at Neville's leaving figure, his eyes revealing his thoughts.
How many rounds of transformation did Neville go through before he could become the future Sword Master of Gryffindor?
This is an interesting topic. Does he want to give some guidance?
Kamar Taj's melee Sorcerer route, maybe Neville has a lot of potential.
While Lockhart was thinking, Snape's faint voice suddenly came to his ears.
"Professor Lockhart, you make Neville leave, why don't you take care of the remaining slugs?"
"I'll still be useful in class tomorrow."
Hearing this, Lockhart lowered his head and looked at the sticky, squirming slug on the plate, which looked very disgusting.
He still don't know, but this is Snape's revenge on him
However, he didn't want to deal with such a disgusting slug.
All he could do was smile and say: "Snape, slugs are a trivial matter. Let's get the keys first and let me buy the potion. We can deal with any slugs later."
After hearing this, Snape remained expressionless and looked at Lockhart.
It made Lockhart's hair boil.
Helpless, ge could only pretend to be in pain and said: "A bottle of catalyst blood."
Seeing Lockhart's pained expression, Snape nodded with satisfaction.
With a wave of his hand, he put away this slug and prepared to let the next student who violated the rules deal with it.
After all, slugs are a commonly used ingredient in potions.
"Professor Snape, can we set off?" Lockhart said seriously.
Last time, he wanted to buy many top-notch potions through Snape's channels.
Well, most of them are banned from circulation by the Ministry of Magic.
And Snape lived up to his expectations. As a potions master and as a former dark wizard, he had a wide range of channels.
It didn't take much time to contact a dark wizard who had a lot of magic potions.
However, because the other party is a dark wizard, it is impossible for the other party to choose to trade without Snape as a middleman.
No, as soon as he received the news, Ihecame to see Snape.
Snape was not surprised when he heard Lockhart's request, and said calmly: "We can leave now."
At the same time, he reminded: "Lockhart, when you get there, don't make any hostile moves. They are all dark wizards and they are very vigilant."
"And the Ministry of Magic has been stricter about investigations recently, so be careful of being misunderstood."
In response, Lockhart nodded slightly to express his understanding.
Then, Snape took out two black loose wizard robes and two pale masks.
He handed Lockhart one set and put on one himself.
Lockhart thought for a moment and dressed like Snape.
It seems that the place he will be going to this time may not be peaceful.
Lockhart then followed Snape and walked behind to the magic fireplace nearby.
After seeing Lockhart getting ready, Snape stood in front of the fireplace and reminded: "Our destination is Knockturn Alley, don't pronounce the name wrong."
With that said, he held a handful of green floo powder in his hand, entered the fireplace, and shouted: "Knockturn Alley!"
boom!
A green flame suddenly rose from the fireplace.
But soon, the flames disappeared and Snape disappeared.
When Lockhart saw this scene, he sighed lightly., it would be inconvenient to cast space magic in front of Snape, to be precise, in Hogwarts.
If not then he had already opened a portal and entered the alley.
news that he can teleport in Hogwarts cannot be leaked.
With his thoughts turning, Lockhart stepped forward, grabbed a handful of Floo powder, and entered the magic fireplace.
As the green flames rose, there was a burst of space distortion.
The scene changed, and Lockhart found himself in an alley with a slightly dirty ground.
Opposite him was Snape, wearing a pale mask and thick black wizard robes.
"Clean up and follow me." Snape's voice came from in front of him. Lockhart nodded slightly, looked at the large amount of dust on the wizard's robe, and stretched out his wand to tap lightly.
With a silent cleaning spell, the wizard's robe took on a new look.
After Snape saw it with his mask on, he turned around and left without saying anything, with Lockhart following closely behind.
After walking out of the alley, Lockhart saw many dark wizards with gloomy or ferocious faces, exuding some aura of despair.
There were others who were dressed like them, wearing black wizard robes and various masks, hiding their identities and walking in a hurry.
Soon, Lockhart followed Snape forward and passed through several complicated alleys. Finally, Snape stopped at a gray wall.
Lockhart saw Snape stretching out his wand and tapping on the wall a few times.
Immediately afterwards
boom!
The gray wall door panel tiles moved back and forth, left and right, and opened with a bang.
Seeing this familiar scene, Lockhart was thoughtful. This was very similar to the way to enter Diagon Alley.
"Lockhart, this is the real Knockturn Alley, the real gathering place of dark wizards."
"Although there are many dark wizards in Knockturn Alley outside, most of them are not very powerful, and the items they sell are naturally mediocre."
Snape's voice came to his ears, and Lockhart nodded slightly to express his understanding.
He just said that most wizards know that Knockturn Alley is a gathering place for dark wizards, but although most of those outside are also dark wizards, their appearance is really average.
This is the essence of Knockturn Alley.
without a real elite dark wizard leading the way, it would be difficult for ordinary dark wizards to get here.
After seeing Snape giving a few brief introductions, he walked inside, followed closely by Lockhart.
After entering, he instantly felt enlightened, as if he had entered a new space.
What came into view was a broad avenue. There were relatively few dark wizards on the road, but every dark wizard exuded a strong dark aura, which was different from the ones outside.
Except for the wizards who wear masks to hide their identities, although the dark wizards here have a gloomy temperament, most of them have normal faces, and some are even extremely handsome, with a strange aura, as if they are not human.
As expected, truly powerful dark wizards rarely make themselves less than human unless unexpected.
Along the avenue, there are many shops open for business.
Lockhart looked around for a moment and saw the various dark items they were selling, dark materials full of evil aura, or magical items with blood stains that looked like stolen goods.
Lockhart even saw the tortured souls of Muggles and even wizards here.
This made Lockhart's eyes harden, and he once again raised his heart towards the dark wizards here.
The strength is not yet clear
With his thoughts turning, he continued to follow Snape deeper.
Soon, Lockhart followed Snape into a tavern.
As soon as he entered, he heard bustling sounds coming from inside.
Lockhart raised his eyebrows when he saw the scene inside.
There were many dark wizards, as well as some goblins, vampires, and even Lockhart saw a werewolf gathering together, accompanied by more or less female squibs, witches, and goblins.
On the high platform not far away, there were some hot-bodied, scantily-clad female squibs, and even a witch dancing passionately on it.
The dark wizards and creatures of other races below raised their wine glasses, shouted loudly, and moved their hands and feet to the female goblins and squibs next to them.
At a glance, you can feel the rotten atmosphere of the entire bar.
Seeing this scene, Lockhart looked indifferent. No matter which world, dark places are the same.
When Snape saw this scene, there was only a trace of disgust in his eyes, and without saying anything, he led him directly into a quiet box behind Lockhart's bar.
As soon as he opened the door, Lockhart discovered that there was a wizard also wearing a mask in the box.
What surprised Lockhart was that although the other person was wearing a mask, he could clearly see that his eyes were obviously red.
" Umbraxis, you're early." A cold, hoarse voice came from Snape's mask.
"Let's start trading, Avenger." A low and hoarse voice came from the opposite side: "The person behind you is the buyer, how do I call you?"
"Just call me Nightmare." Lockhart also changed his voice and said the nickname he just thought of in a cold, mechanical tone: "Have you brought everything?"
"The potions you want are all ready." Umbraxis nodded and said in a hoarse voice: "I explained my requirements before, 4,000 gold galleons, and two pieces of magic item with a total value of no less than 3,000 gold galleons. A magic item used for attack and escape."
"Okay." Lockhart simply replied, then waved his hand and three items appeared in mid-air.
A space extension bag, a pair of gray magic boots, and a light gold magic bracelet.
At the same time, Lockhart introduced in a cold, mechanical voice: "There are 4,000 Gold galleons in the space extension bag."
"Magic boots can increase speed and a simple space jump. They can travel through short distances multiple times. They are worth at least 2,000 gold galleons."
"The magic bracelet is equipped with three offensive black magic spells: Dark Spear, Thorn of Despair, and Killing Blade. The value is no less than 1,000 gold galleons."
After hearing Lockhart's introduction, Umbraxis especially felt that the boots exuded a strong space aura, as well as a large amount of dark aura attached to the bracelet.
Umbraxis couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
Snape, who was standing next to him, also had a flash of surprise in his eyes. He found that Lockhart seemed to be very accustomed to this kind of environment, and there was nothing unfamiliar about him.
And he actually came up with a very good dark magic item.
Sure enough, this Professor Lockhart is not simple, he has secrets.
But he didn't delve deeply into this. Who doesn't have secrets, he also has them.
However, his goal is very pure, just like the title he gave himself - Avenger.
In his life, revenge is the first priority.
When Lockhart saw Umbraxis performance, he nodded slightly, and then with a wave of his hand, the three items disappeared quietly.
At the same time, he asked in a cold, mechanical voice: "Where is the potion I want?"
Umbraxis looked deeply at the pale mask on Lockhart's face, a trace of greed flashed in his eyes.
Then, he reached out and took out a fastened space extension bag.
With a tap of his wand, the space extension belt automatically opened, and bottle after bottle of potions of different colors floated out from the space extension bag.
Lockhart felt the strong energy fluctuations emitted by each bottle of potion and nodded slightly.
Then
After taking a look at Snape, Snape understood that it was time for him to act.
So he stepped forward to observe the quality of each bottle of potion, and randomly checked a few more bottles.
Umbraxis was not surprised to see this and watched silently.
After a moment, Snape raised his head and nodded slightly to Lockhart, indicating that there was no problem.
Seeing this, Lockhart took out the space extension belt and two magic items, controlled them and told them to fall in front of Umbraxis.
Silently watching each other count and check.
After a while, Umbraxis raised his head and said in a hoarse voice: "No problem, the cooperation went smoothly."
"If there's no problem, I'll leave first."
After putting the potion away, Lockhart nodded slightly and said, "Okay, the cooperation went well. I look forward to the next cooperation."
"If there is a potion of this quality next time, I will still accept it."
"You can contact me or Avengers directly."
After hearing what Lockhart said, Umbraxis stared deeply at Lockhart, nodded slowly and said, "Okay, I look forward to our next cooperation."
After saying that, he stood up, passed Lockhart, and left behind.
After Umbraxis left, Snape returned to his normal tone and asked Lockhart: "Lockhart, are you going to stay here for a stroll, or come with me and choose to leave."
Lockhart smiled and expressed his thoughts: "Snape, please go back first, and I will see if there is anything good here?"
After hearing this, Snape nodded slightly and reminded: "Okay, I'll leave first."
"Pay attention to the dark wizards here, most of them are not very peaceful."
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