Chapter 297 295 He Will Definitely Come Today

Chapter 297 295. He will definitely come today

A bronze door, in such a maze covered with ice, is of course very conspicuous.

At this distance, Jon can see clearly that there is a tiny gap in the middle of the iron door that seems to be integrated into a whole.

This proves that this is a door that can be opened, not a whole piece of copper plate embedded in the ice.

But even if it is a door, he did not find any signs of a handle or a keyhole.

When Voldemort came to this place, he must have done something or taken something behind the door. If Jon wants to find something, he must enter this door.

But just how to open and enter this door is a problem.

Jon leaned against the ice, squatted in the corner, observing the situation around the bronze door, trying to find out if there is an opportunity to sneak up on him with an invisibility cloak.

But soon, he saw an eye hanging in an inconspicuous angle just above the door!

To be precise, it was an eyeball.

Jon had seen such a magic fake eye. Alastor Moody, once an elite Auror of the British Ministry of Magic and now a mainstay of the Order of the Phoenix under Dumbledore, had one of his blind eyes replaced with a fake eye.

And Moody's fake eye has a very powerful ability to see through the Disillusionment Charm and the Invisibility Cloak!

The eye now hanging on the bronze door is likely to have this ability.

These Death Eaters have prepared for the possibility that Jon will sneak in using the Invisibility Cloak, and they have made full protection in the areas that need the most protection.

Jon's current location is just outside the observation range of the eye, so he has not been discovered, but as long as he moves about three meters closer to the direction of the bronze door, the eye will definitely be able to find him.

This made Jon's heart sink to the bottom. He frowned and looked at the magic fake eye. In a short period of time, he had thought of many ways in his mind.

The second gem on the ring has the ability to absorb the magic power of magic items, but the premise of this ability is that the gem itself cannot be too far away from the object to be absorbed.

And he had no way to get close to the eye, and he didn't know how the Death Eaters controlled the eye. If he absorbed the magic power and turned the fake eye into a useless eye, it was uncertain how long the Death Eaters would react.

So Jon could only reject the option of directly destroying the fake eye.

Since he couldn't destroy the eye, he could only start from himself.

But this was even more of a fantasy. The invisibility cloak he was wearing could be said to be the most advanced magic item in the entire magic world, one of the three holy artifacts of death, and nothing could be more important than it.

But even so, the fake eye could still see through the disguise of the invisibility cloak, and Jon couldn't be stronger than the death god who gave the three holy artifacts.

There was no way to solve the fake eye, and he couldn't strengthen himself, so there was only one simple and direct way left for him.

Jon stared at the bronze door without blinking.

Break in!

Try to open the door once, even if he was discovered!

No matter what the result is, he must summon Fox later and let it take Nick and Gabriel away.

Let's not talk about whether the door can be opened or not. Even if he succeeds in opening it, it is impossible for him to break into the door and deal with them in such a narrow place with so many Death Eaters blocking him.

Unless there is a huge space behind the door, just like the maze they are in now.

Jon didn't dare to have such an illusion. Grindelwald asked him to come to the Arctic without telling him what to do, and gave him the power to choose.

Now that he can come to this place now, he has already used all his skills. He can find the location of a gem and find a book from Adrian's map, which is a great harvest.

For the rest, even if he can see a little useful information and bring it back, it will be a profit.

After thinking about these clearly, Jon clenched the wand in his hand, and at the same time, he also grasped the fiery red feather belonging to Fox with his other hand!

Just before Jon entered the open space where the Death Eaters were stationed in the maze.

The French Ministry of Magic, in a banquet hall that is usually only used on extremely important occasions, is now gathering wizards from all over Europe.

The blood-sworn bet between Voldemort and Dumbledore spread all over the world in just one week.

Not only because the stakes are so high, even the future of the entire French magic world is at stake, but also because the Triwizard Tournament has not been held for hundreds of years.

This competition, which was once jointly held by three European magic schools, was suspended because the content was too dangerous and almost always caused the death of students. Now it has been restarted to decide the outcome of a war. This alternative and unique topic has become the focus of discussion among wizards all over Europe.

In peacetime, the bloody Triwizard Tournament should be stopped, but in such a turbulent period, a duel between young wizards to end a war is undoubtedly the best way to reduce casualties and promote peace.

In this regard, when they learned that this idea was first proposed by Voldemort, most wizards found it unbelievable.

If this was a solution proposed by Dumbledore first, most people would still think it was reasonable, because it was very similar to the style of Dumbledore.

He always liked to use some childish means to solve things with great influence. Because of this, not everyone liked him in peacetime. Many rigid and rigorous people privately called him "crazy old man".

Voldemort was completely the opposite of Dumbledore. Even though he was no longer as moody as he was ten years ago in the past ten years, he would not let a group of children who had not yet graduated decide the results of his hard work.

But the fact was that he took the initiative to propose it, and Dumbledore readily agreed.

Although the truth was unknown, this did not stop the wizards who supported Voldemort from praising his merits.

Purebloods said that the "great gentleman" was a kind gentleman who could not bear to see bloodshed again and wanted to have a fair match to give Dumbledore a chance.

Some people also said that he was giving the next generation of young wizards a chance. No matter which side of the Triwizard Tournament won, they would definitely become famous in the end!

If Voldemort won, the winning student would definitely be nominated as the rising star of the British wizarding world or the future European wizarding world according to Voldemort's attitude.

And Dumbledore's side is even more so. Recapture the lost land of France and restore France. Regardless of Dumbledore and the people of the Order of the Phoenix, all the French Muggle wizards will treat him as a hero, and it is not impossible to even ignore his age and directly nominate him as the new French Minister of Magic.

There are many different opinions, but what is certain is that with Voldemort and Dumbledore having made a blood oath, this match that determines the final outcome of the French War must be held.

The specific reasons for the competition, referees and events have not been determined yet, and the selection of warriors will begin a week after the blood oath is made.

On this day, all the magic ministries in Europe were invited, because this game was not just a simple competition between a few magic schools like hundreds of years ago, but it almost determined the future of the entire European continent.

The British Daily Prophet sent a whole group of reporters, and almost all the members of the Starlight under the control of the Wizarding Horizon Liberation Zone were dispatched.

Other countries such as Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Bulgaria, Poland, Norway, Finland, etc., as long as the wizard scale is large enough to establish a ministry of magic, almost all sent officials from the Department of International Magical Cooperation and official media.

Not only in Europe, but even the International Magical Federation, which has not had a chairman for ten years, sent people to participate in this election ceremony.

Even many American wizards far across the Atlantic came. The disputes in Europe will not affect them for the time being, but the pure blood theory raised by Voldemort has attracted considerable attention all over the world.

Wizards from all over the world are looking forward to the outcome of this war in France, because after this game, it will be clear whether the wizard line led by Dumbledore will be able to compete with Voldemort in the future.

Early in the morning of the day when Voldemort and Dumbledore agreed to select the warriors, the students of the two Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were brought to the magnificent hall of the French Ministry of Magic by their professors.

As the leaders of this game, Voldemort and Dumbledore also came here in person. The Hogwarts carriage was led by McGonagall to Durmstrang and all the students boarding there were picked up. Durmstrang's own students were not brought by Grindelwald, but by Vice Principal Vida Rosier.

The same is true for Beauxbatons. Their little-known principal did not come either, but a group of students were led here by a female professor.

The students of Hogwarts Castle were brought here by Vice Principal Snape himself.

The wizard, who was always pale and had empty eyes, brought the pure-blood students from grade one to grade seven to Voldemort, then bowed respectfully and retreated to the back.

As the teaching foundation of pure-blood superiority, Hogwarts Castle will of course only bring pure-blood students to participate in this selection. The same is true for Beauxbatons, a French magic school that just completed the distinction between blood-based schools a year ago.

In fact, in addition to the Hogwarts carriage, the students of Durmstrang only brought students who were in grade three or above and voluntarily wanted to participate in this selection.

Even if there is no age limit for the selection of warriors in the Triwizard Tournament this time, Grindelwald also directly cut off the possibility of students below grade three participating for the safety of his students, and only selected students who met the requirements and were willing to come.

Compared with Voldemort, who truly ruled two magic schools, Grindelwald was willing to provide help to Dumbledore, but this help would certainly not be unreserved.

Dumbledore knew this, and so did John, who had spent some time in Durmstrang and had seen some things with Grindelwald.

This man, who had once turned the world upside down for his ideals and the future of the wizarding world, would not come out of that tower again just to help Dumbledore.

Grindelwald never puts personal feelings first. Helping Dumbledore is just a matter of course. He must have other ambitions.

An ambition that is completely different from Voldemort, Dumbledore, and himself fifty years ago.

All the students in the Hogwarts carriage were brought here. Their number is too small. Even compared with other schools that have been screened, they can basically be said to be about the same.

And all the wizards who came to the banquet hall can see that the oldest of these students led by Dumbledore looks only sixteen or seventeen years old, which means they are just in the fifth grade.

For young wizards, the difference between senior and junior grades is huge.

After all, some things require a certain age before they are allowed to learn, and the first thing to bear the brunt is magic such as Apparition.

From the perspective of age, Dumbledore's side has fallen into a great disadvantage before it even starts.

This made some wizards who supported the Wizarding Line from the bottom of their hearts frown.

However, Dumbledore didn't care about those eyes. He just looked at the students brought by McGonagall with a gentle smile on his face, and patiently asked them how they lived in Durmstrang.

The students excitedly told him about their lives in Durmstrang, and some junior students asked Dumbledore with envy when they could have their own castle.

Dumbledore still had a smile on his face, but his eyes became extremely serious.

"We will definitely be able to retake our castle."

His promise made the little wizards around him nod firmly together.

At this time, Hermione looked at Neville, Neville looked at Ron, Ron looked at Hermione, and finally Hermione asked with a worried look.

"Professor, where is Jon?"

They were taken away from Durmstrang three days ago. At that time, McGonagall had explained to all of them what the Triwizard Tournament was and what it meant.

But it's okay that they haven't seen Jon in Durmstrang. Even if they came here, Jon never showed up, which had to attract the attention of Hermione and others.

Hearing Hermione's question, Dumbledore blinked and said softly.

"Don't worry, he will definitely come today."