In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter

Chapter 284: The Death Eaters on the Ice Field (2 in 1)

Eric prepared adequately for Jon, not only the invisibility cloak that could cover the whole sledge, but he also added some small spells to the sledge's skid so that it would not leave traces on the ice surface.

He also gave Jon a goggle to protect his eyes from the sunlight reflected from the snow and ice.

After expressing his most sincere thanks, Jon finally waved to Eric, and then the two polar bears in charge of pulling the cart in front of him marched on all fours and ran in the direction of the Arctic Pole.

And in front of the ice fortress, after watching the back of the sledge fade into the wind and snow, Eric re-entered the fortress, which had been isolated in the Arctic for five whole years.

He did not stay in his room, but came to the utility room, then opened a piece of moving floor, went down the steps cut in the ice, and finally came to a secret chamber under the ice.

He put on the gloves and changed into the most familiar white coat, the original gentle smile on his face faded, as he looked at the ice wall in front of him, in which strange-shaped creatures were frozen, and his smile turned into a maniacal and obsessive.

"Aha. I'm back, my darlings."

The sleigh cart, spearheaded by the polar bear, sped across the ice field.

Gabrielle looked very happy. Along the way, she had proposed three times to adopt a beluga whale, twice asked for a polar bear, and once pleaded for a walrus ride, all of which were refused by Jon.

Now she finally had two legitimate pets and was sitting proudly on the back of one of the polar bears, letting the cold wind curl her long silvery hair, like a flag flying backwards.

Jon did not bother to interrupt Gabrielle's happiness at the moment, according to the map Eric had given him, they were now some distance away from the area where the Death Eaters had chosen to scout, so there was no need to be so cautious for the time being.

"There's something wrong with his research in the Arctic."

After staring at that map for a while, Jon's gaze turned to the bear underneath Gabrielle, while deliberately lowering his voice, he spoke to Nick beside him.

Nick frowned slightly.

"I took Gabrielle to wander around the place after lunch, and nothing unusual transpired. But that does present the biggest problem as well."

Jon pondered for a moment, and then he asked quietly.

"Have you ever heard of any bear-like magical creatures throughout your time in Hogwarts Castle before?"

Nick followed Jon's words to think, but soon he shook his head.

"No, I at one time got along quite well with the Professor of Care of Magical Creatures class at Hogwarts, he and I talked a lot about magical creatures related things, but I have never heard of any bear magical creatures. The only thing that seems to have been recorded is the creature called the panda in another continent, a kind of animal that has the blood of extinct magical creature."

But soon he patched up his judgment again.

"But the world is a big place, and there are many kinds of magical creatures, so no one can be sure that they know all of them, not even a certain Hufflepuff student who was once expelled. Not to mention the fact that this is in the far Arctic, where few wizards can be found, so there may be a polar bear magical creature species that no one knows about. Are you suspecting that young male wizard of hiding something mysterious on these two bears?"

Jon's gaze was deep; it was unknown what he was thinking.

"Just some unfounded suspicions, and it's certainly not about the mystery or doubt concerning that young male wizard named Eric."

He didn't say anything more but focused his mind on studying the map.

Grindelwald's purpose for having him come to the North Pole on this trip was very clear: to go to the location where Hogwarts' originally established voyage would have reached at the end.

Jon had the destination of that place deep in his mind when he was on the ship, at a place twenty to thirty miles northeast of the North Pole.

And this place was also marked with a prominent red dot on the map Eric gave him, at the same time not far from this red dot, is the place where he had deliberately emphasized that not many Death Eaters had gathered there at the beginning, but now the majority of them in the Arctic had gathered there two months ago.

The two locations are very close to each other, probably less than two miles according to the scale estimate on the map.

Jon is still about 400 miles away from the North Pole, the two polar bears can maintain a speed of 35 miles per hour without rest for a long time, that is, if he does not take a break in the middle, it will take about 13 or 14 hours to reach the destination.

But of course, Jon will not be that inhuman to himself and the bears, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon when he set out, and even if the daytime is long as he gets closer to the pole, ten hours later the sky would certainly become dark.

So for today's goal, he settled on a place not far from the pole, which is relatively far from several spots where the Death Eaters are stationed, a good place for concealment.

After continuing on for about two or three hours, Jon asked Gabrielle to come over and no longer let her continue to wander around the sledge, and concealed her under the cloak of invisibility.

The invisibility cloak Eric prepared for them, obviously cannot be compared with the one Lily lent him.

The invisibility cloak in the magical world is made using only two manufacturing processes, one is to directly peel off the hide of the Demiguise and weave it into the fabric, and the other is to use a Disillusionment charm on special fabric.

The invisibility cloak made of Demiguise fur is more expensive, and its invisibility effect is better, but as time passes, the invisibility effect on it will weaken until it will become completely ineffective.

The invisibility cloak made with Disillusionment charm is cheaper, but the specific invisibility effect depends on the caster's personal level, and the shelf life is even shorter, basically not more than three months, after which the invisibility cloak will completely become an ordinary cloak.

The one that Eric gave them is obviously the invisibility cloak made with a Disillusionment charm, and because of this, the fabric was large enough for him to envelop the entire sledge.

Just as they continued to drive forward for an hour, Jon and Co. finally met the first Death Eater since they arrived at the Arctic Ocean.

...

Mike followed Voldemort and began to fight for him since the 1970s, and it is because of his long enough seniority, plus enough loyalty, he has a prominent identity and position today.

But with it, he also has to do more important and dangerous tasks.

Just like this trip to the North Pole, before he was transferred here, he had already heard that dozens of his colleagues had died at the hands of the wizard who had been renowned worldwide fifty years ago, and even Rabastan, who had just returned to the homeland to receive the reward from their lord after making great achievements in France, had died at the hands of a boy.

Yes, at the hands of a boy.

This news simply can not be suppressed, at least among the Death Eaters it is a common secret.

After all, many of the Death Eaters who saw the scene at the time escaped with Rodolphus, and before the hush order was issued, they had already passed the incident to the rest of their colleagues.

A boy who looked at most fifteen or sixteen years old used a killing curse to kill Rabastan Lestrange on the sea, a great man of great status even among the purebloods.

The vast majority of Death Eaters who did not witness that scene reacted with disbelief upon hearing the news.

Rabastan dying under the killing curse is nothing, after all, no one has ever survived under this curse, but what is really unbelievable is that the person who used the killing curse is a child who is still in magic school!

Until it was ordered by the top, to let all those who know about it shut up and to prevent the news from being spread, those who were still suspicious all believed that it was true.

This can't help but make some people wonder in their hearts, is the boy who killed Rabastan a student under Dumbledore or not?

At this age, he could use the killing curse; if he comes from Hogwarts Castle, where Voldemort took charge as Headmaster personally, they could easily throw a black pot on Voldemort, suspecting that he had received some advice from Voldemort by chance.

But this incident also let the group of Death Eaters who were transferred to the North Pole all raise their vigilance, from the incident of Rabastan's death to now, it has been so long, but they still have not relaxed their vigilance, always faithfully patrolling in their designated areas, at most, will only secretly complain in their hearts, after such a long time there is no change, why the people above still didn't let them withdraw from here.

Mike this afternoon also thought of this question in his mind once again.

In fact, many people suspect that their head, Rodolphus is resentful of his brother's death, but did not have the guts to go to the territory of the wizard who saved the boy to kill him and could only try his luck here to bet that they will come again.

But Mike only thinks that this is Rodolphus's fantasy.

No one is stupid, they have been attacked in the sea once, as long as a person has a little brain they will guess that there will be an ambush here in the Arctic, and will not come over in a short period of time, even if they do come over, there must be a wizard at the same level as their lord will follow, such a wait-and-see is meaningless.

With this in mind, Mike, whose entire body was shrunken in his robe, was suddenly attracted by two polar bears running side by side.

The two bears seemed to be chasing each other, one in front of the other, running wildly on the ice field.

Mike did not feel anything special in his mind, here polar bears are certainly the most common animals, these stupid bears as if they had never seen people, they gathered at all their locations, and basically, a few such bears could easily be found crouching in their vicinity.

The Death Eaters didn't care about them, and some even wanted to use them to practice their magic, but unfortunately, although these bears look bulky, their movements are actually very flexible, moving left and right on the ice field to easily avoid any spells flying at them, and those Death Eaters who are interested in killing will at most find a few Arctic foxes and seals which are easy to deal with that this bear.

Watching the two stupid bears running further away, Mike shoved both of his hands into his sleeves and continued to walk on foot on the ice field, silently thinking about when such a day would come to an end.

What he didn't know was that there were six eyes just staring at him as he passed by.

The concealment of the invisibility cloak is certainly very useful, although the effect of the invisibility cloak made by the Disillusionment charm is generally very poor, but, this is Arctic, every single aspect here is white, so even if the effect is poor, it will not have any impact.

The sunlight shining on the ice field during the day will cause a great impact on people's eyes, the Death Eaters are not familiar with the situation here, so many people's eyes are getting sore, and so far they have not slowed down.

Not to mention at night, the darkness is the best protection.

"That guy looks a little dumb."

After that Death Eater was no longer visible, Gabrielle whispered.

Jon patted her head.

"Just as dumb as Gabrielle."

"Ah~ No! Gabrielle is the smartest!"

Unlike Jon who was playing around with Gabrielle, the expression on Nick's face became serious.

"The Encounter with the Death Eaters represents that we have entered their reconnaissance circle, next we have to be more careful."

Jon pressed Gabrielle's head so that her hands could not hit him, and he also nodded with a serious countenance.

"Let's slow down a bit, it's not like we're in a hurry anyway."

His words attracted Gabrielle's attention, the little girl who wanted to get back on him just now, volunteered to slow down the two "sledge drivers" in front of the sledge.

This little thing; Of course, Jon did not refuse her. The two polar bears are indeed very special, not only do they have enough stamina, but they can actually understand human language, and after receiving Gabrielle's instruction, they automatically slowed down.

And so it went on until darkness fell, and Jon and co. were only less than a hundred miles from their destination.

Without choosing to keep travelling through the night, they arrived at the previously intended location, and pitched a tent, while also allowing the bear, which had been running for almost seven or eight hours, to stop and rest.

Without bothering to do anything else, Jon went into the white tent to rest after putting the cloak of invisibility over the sledge.

Tomorrow they will reach their final destination, so it is best to get a good night's sleep tonight to refresh.

However, things often do not go as planned, after about four or five hours of sleep, Jon was woken up by Nick, who was on watch outside.

"Someone's coming, Jon! We better find a place to hide quickly!"

Jon sat up extremely fast, he only took off his jacket when he slept, and now he can just put it back on and get out of the tent.

After he got out of the tent, he knocked on the top of the tent with his wand, and it disassembled itself on its own and then fell neatly on the snow.

"They're coming!"

Gabrielle, who was lying next to a raised snow mound, shouted to them in a whisper.

Jon and Nick immediately walked bowed in the direction of Gabrielle quickly, while walking, Jon also pulled out of the invisibility cloak from his pocket that Lily had lent him, and after getting to Gabrielle's side, he enveloped it over them all.

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