Chapter 296 294 Bronze Door

Chapter 296 294. Bronze Door

The way Rodolphus and Bella get along with each other is very strange.

Even in the eyes of most other Death Eaters, they can feel that they are more like a couple in name only, and in fact, they have little affection for each other.

This is indeed the case.

Even in private, Bella has never given her husband a good look, even though this is the first time she met Rodolphus after learning of the death of her brother-in-law Rabastan.

"The Lestrange family can no longer disappoint the master, you should know this better than anyone else."

In the depths of the icy maze, in front of a huge bronze door, Bella said coldly.

Rodolphus is still silent. Since his brother died, he has obviously become more decadent than before.

"Why is the master sure that this place is no longer important?"

He asked in a hoarse voice, and at the same time looked up at the bronze door beside him, which was old and worn, but seemed to be completely welded to the entire ice layer, and did not move at all.

Bella's face was expressionless.

"It's not that this place is unimportant to the master, but it is very important. But he knows that no one in the world can open this door except him, not even Dumbledore himself."

"So, this is actually a bait?" Rodolphus tilted his head and looked at her.

"The master didn't expect this bait to work at first, because those people are not stupid. They can't fail to find such an obvious bait and send people to die."

Bella looked at Rodolphus' eyes coldly.

"So I have always said that this is your chance, a chance to make up for the previous failure. We can't infer why they are willing to let that evil student in since they know it is a bait, but as long as they enter this maze, his only goal is the thing behind this door, otherwise it is meaningless for him to come here."

"Stay here and kill him. This is the only chance for you and the Lestrange family to regain the master's trust and favor."

Bella paused here for a moment, and then continued.

"You don't want Rabastan to die like this and be meaningless and worthless."

Rodolphus's expression did not change, but the hand holding the wand had been tightly clenched at some point.

Of course he didn't want all this to become worthless.

Not only was Rabastan dead, but also the merits they had made by sneaking into the French Ministry of Magic before.

Only by redeeming their mistakes here can they enjoy the rewards and value brought by those merits again, otherwise without Voldemort's trust, everything in the Lestrange family will become a complete joke.

A joke created by a teenager.

"Have you asked the owner about the gem?"

After a moment of silence, Rodolphus raised his head again and looked at the inconspicuous blue diamond gem embedded in the ice not far from the bronze door.

Since they found this stone, they have tried many ways to take it out, but all ended in failure.

Unless they can destroy the entire ice layer connected to the copper door, there is no way to take this strange gem out from inside, but this ice layer itself is just like the door and cannot be destroyed at all.

"Only I know about this matter. I remind you again that the master has no way to take care of these things in his current situation." Bella said coldly.

"Otherwise, since you think he attaches so much importance to the boy, why doesn't he come here in person? His condition is not as good as others can see, and he has no energy to take care of other things. He is preparing for another more important thing, so he has given you and me so much power! If he needs to do everything in person, what do we need to do? Become termites to suck his blood?"

As she said, she stared at Rodolphus' eyes tightly.

"Remember to keep all the words I said to you in your heart. We have been in France for so long, you should know what words can be said and what words can never be spit out from your mouth in this life!"

Rodolphus did not make any promises, he just nodded silently.

He shouldn't have any dissatisfaction. Bella rarely spoke in a family tone about something that should have been known to her alone. He really shouldn't have any dissatisfaction.

But inexplicably, he just felt a wave of sarcasm, and that sarcasm was groundless, just like it was normal for her to say these words to him without reason.

Jon didn't move forward.

When they were less than a mile away from the target, the number of Death Eaters patrolling nearby was obviously much larger.

He stopped in a corner with his invisibility cloak on, holding Gabriel's arm, staring at a group of Death Eaters walking not far in front of them, and his breath that had been held slowly relaxed.

In the invisibility cloak, Jon reopened the map, looking at the last straight road from the marked point, and said softly.

"Obviously, this location is not only the location of the gem, but also the area that the Death Eaters focus on. It is very likely that this is the final destination that the Dark Lord came to when he came to this maze."

Gabriel looked up at Jon.

"So what should we do now?"

This question also made Jon think.

The passage of the maze is too narrow. It is not impossible to continue to move forward with the invisibility cloak, but the probability of problems will become higher.

In these few hundred meters, Jon has seen no less than three waves of Death Eaters passing by him, which means that if he is discovered, these people can gather and surround him at the fastest speed.

In such a situation, Jon can't go on at all. He can only use Fox's feather to summon it and take him away from here.

But he can't think of other safer ways. The current situation cannot be solved by any strategy. There will be no better way except relying on pure strength to force through.

Jon thought about it and finally decided to give it a try.

He wrapped the invisibility cloak tightly on his body and let Gabrielle always hold his arm and follow him, and that hand was holding the Fox feather.

Wearing the invisibility cloak, he could sneak as deep as he could. If something unexpected happened, he would just crush the feather in his hand and not stop for a moment.

Jon knew very well that if he took the risk, he would not only risk his own life, but also the life of Gabrielle who was with him!

At the same time, he put Nick, who was still hard, in front of him again. Nick, who was petrified, was an excellent shield. He could block the killing curse without being destroyed by the curse itself, which could provide great protection for Jon's safety.

After making all these preparations, Jon and Gabrielle continued to move forward very carefully.

Whenever they met Death Eaters again, they would stop and wait until this group of Death Eaters passed by before continuing their actions.

After walking slowly for about two hours, they finally saw a relatively open area compared to other places in the maze.

There were about a dozen Death Eaters stationed here, and there were tents set up on the open space. It was as if they knew in advance that Jon would come to such a place, and they were ready to wait for him.

Jon did not enter the open space rashly, but hid at the edge of the maze entrance first, observing the people guarding here.

The first person who caught his attention was undoubtedly the "old acquaintance".

Rodolphus was sitting by a fire, warming his hands. Compared with what Jon saw him on the sea, his beard was sloppy now, and his face was pale and haggard. Obviously, he had not had a good time during this period.

The second person who attracted Jon's attention was a woman with wavy black hair, black nail polish on her nails, cold face and sharp eyes.

This woman was the first time Jon had seen her, but the temperament she possessed, coupled with her identity as a female Death Eater, made Jon think of someone, a woman who was very famous in the original book.

Bellatrix Lestrange!

One of Voldemort's most loyal followers, and also a fanatic with cruel and despicable means.

She is related to Sirius, but she is the one who killed the big black dog with her own hands.

Jon didn't expect that she would come here, but it's not surprising to think about it carefully. Rodolphus is already a loser who has failed once. Even if Voldemort is willing to give him another chance, he can't let him take full responsibility for this matter.

Although Bella is Rodolphus's wife, compared with the master-servant relationship between Voldemort, the so-called husband-wife relationship can be said to be shit.

After seeing Bella, Jon's heart was alert again.

He knew very well that even if this woman was known for her madness, she could be said to be the most shrewd and capable subordinate of Voldemort.

After the fall of France, Dumbledore always suspected that the person pretending to be the chief justice "Roland" was Bella. She was the biggest contributor to the entire France falling into Voldemort's hands. Even Dumbledore himself was deceived by her at the beginning.

In addition to the couple Rodolphus and Bella, what attracted Jon's attention the most was the door facing him, which seemed to be made entirely of bronze.

The door looked very old, and only some long strips of patterns could be vaguely seen carved on the surface, and it was impossible to know what these reliefs were.

Jon frowned and looked at the door. His intuition told him that what the Death Eaters were really guarding was here, and the place where Voldemort had really stayed when he came to this maze was also here.

But the door always gave Jon a very unusual feeling. There was no crack in the whole door, as if a huge bronze plate was directly embedded in the ice.

Then his eyes drifted, and when he saw the ice wall on the left side of the bronze door, Jon's pupils shrank slightly!

It was a blue diamond-shaped stone, very small, so small that even if it was embedded in a ring, it would be enough to accommodate five of them.

The gem seemed to be completely integrated with the ice layer, and there was no difference between them.

Jon suppressed his excitement and turned to exchange glances with Gabrielle.

Gabrielle nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. In this situation, she didn't even dare to breathe and followed Jon's instructions.

Wearing the invisibility cloak, Jon led Gabrielle to leave the maze passage very carefully. He had already put a layer of thick cotton cloth on the soles of his shoes so that there would not be any sound when he stepped on the ice.

He held his breath, and passed by a Death Eater who was delivering a teapot to Rodolphus, almost face to face, along the corner of the wall. He barely passed through two tents next to each other, and finally approached the ice surface inlaid with gems.

Jon did not immediately try to take the gem off, as he knew very well that things would not be so simple.

If this stone could be taken away so easily, Adrian would not have left it here. He came to the Arctic specifically for this thing. Even if he could not use it, there was no reason not to try his best to take it away.

And these Death Eaters, they are not blind. This gem is not conspicuous, but it is not so that people who stay here cannot find it.

Such a strange stone, Jon does not believe that the Death Eaters have not tried to take it out of the ice, but now it is still here, proving that neither Adrian nor the Death Eaters succeeded.

Paying attention to the things of other people around him, after making sure that no one was paying attention to him, Jon took the ring off his finger very carefully, and then used the missing groove on it to slowly approach the gem on the ice.

But even though he had completely put the ring close to the blue gem, the stone did not have the slightest intention of being embedded in the ring.

This disappointed Jon, but it was also expected.

He stared at the gem for a long time, and the more he looked, the more he felt that the stone was completely integrated with the surrounding ice layer. Unless it was possible to shatter the ice layer, it would be impossible to take it out.

This discovery made Jon even more confused. How did Adrian make such a tight stone here?

The doubt did not stay in his mind for long, and soon Jon temporarily gave up the idea of ​​forcibly taking the gem away.

Since he couldn't get it now, it didn't mean that he couldn't get it in the future. Anyway, he already knew this place, and the Death Eaters couldn't always send people to guard here. There would be plenty of time for him to come back and try again in the future.

And now his main goal should be the guarded door!

Jon stared at the bronze door and narrowed his eyes.