Chapter 163 The Hogwarts Express Robbery
Chapter 163 The Hogwarts Express Robbery
While Dumbledore was away from Hogwarts, Cornelius Fudge, the current British Minister of Magic, stormed into the peaceful Hogwarts with a group of Aurors.
But Dumbledore was not there. After Fudge got a thumbs-down from Vice Principal Magna, he left with his men in dejection.
Due to the time difference, when Albert and the others had their midnight duel, MACUSA was probably about to get off work.
Therefore, when the attack occurred, some of the more slick veterans had already skipped work and gone home early.
After learning about what happened in the United States, the International Federation of Wizards also sent many personnel to the United States to help maintain order.
People from the International Federation of Wizards and a group of survivors from the original Magical Congress of the United States formed the new Ministry of Magic of the United States.
It didn't cause much trouble.
It's just that now the Ministry of Magic all over the world is on guard, for fear that that person will suddenly come knocking on their door.
But this has nothing to do with Albert.
The top priority is to improve one's own strength.
TheOne has already started to take action. If he doesn't speed up, is it really possible to defeat the powerful wizard who can easily defeat Dumbledore or Grindelwald in the future?
Sitting on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Albert stroked Toothless's head while thinking about the future.
In two months, Toothless has grown from a tiny little boy to over one meter long.
Now it was like a naughty cat, lying next to Albert, teasing a beetle crawling on the ground.
The biggest problem facing Albert now is that he doesn't have enough time.
So, should I use that?
Albert pulled the Eye of Agamotto out of his collar and unconsciously rubbed his fingers back and forth on the magic lines engraved on the pendant.
The amount of magic power required to activate the Eye of Agamotto and travel to the past at the expense of one's own magic power is too huge.
But what about using some form of transportation?
That train that can travel through time and space was built by him in the future, right?
So, is it necessary to travel to the past, survive long enough, and grow in peace and contentment without affecting the timeline?
Albert thought about this tempting decision.
In this way, there will be enough time to grow, and eventually we will reach the final boss step by step.
Albert quickly made up his mind.
Then he set his sights on the main entrance of the school in the distance.
Go out from the main entrance, take a carriage pulled by the Thestral, and walk a short distance to reach Hogsmeade Station, the terminus of the Hogwarts Express.
If you want to build a time shuttle train, the best option is to modify an existing train.
So Albert came up with the idea of the Hogwarts Express.
Yes, he was going to steal the train.
The Hogwarts Express was jointly built by the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts a long time ago. It has extremely powerful protective magic cast on it by many alchemists hired by the Ministry of Magic.
It's just not activated normally.
Because there is no need for it. After all, the students of Hogwarts will not encounter any danger if they stay on the train.
Except during the war.
But even when Voldemort caused panic in Britain, he was not crazy enough to attack a group of young wizards who were still in school.
In fact, many of the students are descendants of his Death Eaters.
It is one of our own.
So Voldemort is even less likely to attack him.
The Hogwarts Express, it actually has a spare.
Therefore, Albert stealing it did not have a great impact on the little wizards going to and from Hogwarts.
As long as you don't steal around the holidays and give them some time to activate the backup train, you'll be fine.
Thinking of this, Albert rubbed his hands excitedly.
He likes this kind of banditry.
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In the auditorium on the first floor of the castle, Albert looked at Neville Longbottom who appeared at the Ravenclaw table with some surprise.
What is this little fat guy doing with him?
"Study...senior..." The little fat man felt the eyes of the little eagles around him. He was very nervous and even stammered when he spoke.
Albert picked up the cup and took a sip of the drink, then looked at Neville, "What's the matter?"
"Senior, I want to learn magic!" Neville's face turned red and he whispered vaguely.
The night before, he had lost the small piece of paper recording the password to the Gryffindor common room and was trapped outside the common room, unable to enter. He happened to run into George and Fred who were about to go to the date of the date.
The Weasley twins were accompanied by the two parties involved - Harry and Ron, as well as a little beaver who was going to watch after hearing about the duel.
That's why so many people gathered in the abandoned classroom that night.
Albert put down the cup in his hand: "Give me a reason to teach you."
Neville lowered his head and looked at his toes. Well, actually he only saw his belly. "My parents were tortured crazy by Death Eaters using the Cruciatus Curse. I want revenge..."
"You can't hear me, you still want to learn magic in such a low voice!?"
Neville's face turned even redder. He took a deep breath, as if he was brewing something. Suddenly, the little fat man raised his head and shouted loudly: "I want revenge!"
Almost the entire auditorium heard Neville's roar, and curious eyes turned towards the Ravenclaw table.
At the teacher's desk, Professor McGonagall also glanced at the two of them. She pursed her lips tightly, as if she was thinking about something.
"Good! Very energetic!" Albert took out a piece of paper from his arms and patted it into the little fat man's hand.
Neville took the ordinary-looking piece of white paper from Albert's hand, looking a little confused.
"Put your magic into it."
Although he didn't understand, Neville obeyed obediently.
With the input of magic power, the white paper suddenly wrinkled into a ball.
"Thunder attribute..."
"Senior, this is?"
"It's okay, you can go," Albert waved his hand, "Tonight you ask the twin brothers to take you to the Room of Requirement to find me."
The blank piece of paper that was just handed to little fat Neville was an alchemy product that Albert accidentally made, called a magic attribute test paper, which can detect the types of magic elements that wizards are familiar with.
However, this effect is a bit useless, because which element the wizard is familiar with can be known as soon as he practices elemental magic.
This piece of paper just lets the wizard know the result in advance.
Albert was thinking about the specific plan to teach Neville. According to the little fat man's talent, learning those complicated magics was basically out of the question.
Since he has an affinity with thunder, then let the little fat guy practice witchcraft and lightning escape to protect the body?
Use thunder escape to strengthen your body, put on the clothes of thunder and lightning, improve defense and movement speed, and then conduct devilish training in physical skills for the little fat man. In the future, you can build a hammer for him, and maybe let him cosplay the God of Thunder. Sol.
Plan pass!
Then throw a clone over and teach the little fat man personally.
Albert stopped thinking about how to teach Neville. After applying a few anti-eavesdropping magics, he turned his head and continued to discuss the Hogwarts Express Heist plan with Woz. .
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