Luke was about to start a new scam in the blacksmith shop on Ganelon Avenue. Outside the Avenue Ganelon, the entire French magical world is in chaos.
Ministry of Magic, Auror Office
"What on earth are you doing?! Go find someone!" Sava Schmidt, the owner of the Auror office, looked at the Aurors who were still arguing in the office and couldn't help but let out an angry roar.
The Aurors were startled by the boss's anger, but after a moment of recovery, a tall Auror stood up and said, "Supposedly Team Leader Mandy Ellis should be on duty today, but he is temporarily on duty today." I have asked for leave. In the previous field service, Team Leader Rudy Shipley was hired to take over. But now it is a field service. It stands to reason that we should have someone else lead the team, so we are discussing who is better to lead the team..." The veins on Sava Schmidt's forehead popped out.
He looked at the group of people in front of him and shouted angrily: "I will personally lead the team now! Everyone, assemble for me!" Upon hearing his order, the first reaction of the Aurors present was not to stand up immediately and assemble, but to Looking at a female Auror, the female Auror responded quickly. She took out a form from her clearly classified pile of documents, then trotted over and handed the form to her boss: "Boss, If you lead the team in person, you only need to get two stamps."
"But I'm afraid you have to write these two chapters yourself. According to the regulations, we can't do it for you." Sava Schmidt looked at the form in front of him and finally let out a weak sigh.
...In a villa in the forest somewhere, Alice looked at the man in front of her who came to report matters to him. The expression on her face was as gloomy as water, and her beautiful eyes turned sharp as a knife, full of murderous intent.
"Is this what you told me? This is the task you completed???" Alice could really be said to be shocked and angry.
If Luke had simply come to France, things wouldn't have been so much, but he didn't just come to France on his own. He came to France with news of the Sorcerer's Stone, or even the Sorcerer's Stone itself.
Fortunately, he had Dumbledore by his side, which dispelled many people's thoughts. She had communicated with Dumbledore before, so it stands to reason that a normal invitation would pass.
But Dumbledore suddenly separated from Luke, which made her men realize that if they didn't take action now, they might have to rescue their 'His Highness' from other people.
They still underestimated Luke's strength. The first wave of attackers were killed by Luke himself without causing much trouble.
But her men actually chose to knock Luke unconscious and bring him over... This would indeed avoid a lot of trouble, and also prevent their hidden power from being directly exposed to the public. Darkness turns into light, becoming a target.
Logically speaking, although this will make Luke unhappy for a while, as long as the use value is sufficient, Luke will not immediately turn against others.
But no one expected that someone would actually come out to disrupt the situation, and this disruption completely muddied the water.
"We have checked and no one from the Ministry of Magic has seen His Highness Luke, and the gloves on Ganelon Avenue do not have information about His Highness Luke. We have not seen it here. We don't know who it is. Abducted His Highness Luke!" When this incompetent subordinate told Alice this series of bad news, Alice wanted to reward him with a death curse.
But it can't be done for the time being. It's hard to say whether he is rebellious. If he is rebellious, then there is a reason for execution, but if it is pure incompetence...
"Maybe I'm too harsh on you." Alice said with a cold face, looking at the man's desperate eyes: "Keep looking for someone, you can tell me anything you find, but if you can't find it... then you can stay here The back kitchen of the villa." The man was dripping with cold sweat as he looked at Alice, whose expression was getting colder and colder, gradually returning to the look they were familiar with, and responded with a shudder: "Yes, Lady Alice."
"Back off." Alice waved her hand, and the man retreated as if he was escaping. After the man withdrew, Alice frowned slightly, tapping her fingers on the table, the coldness on her face not dissipating, and behind her, there was the tall man who looked like a stone statue.
"Miss, the people here in France are really not very capable." Logically speaking, he shouldn't talk too much, but the current situation really doesn't allow him not to take the initiative to ask for help.
Alice shook her head helplessly, and then said to the big man beside her: "Let's take our people and walk alone, be careful to stay hidden, and investigate who else is causing trouble for His Highness here besides us."
"Especially pay attention to the people in France...be careful of them, especially the Tin Man." Alice's expression was dull, but it could be seen that she was not sure whether the one named Kidd was a human or something else. There is no trust in the armor of anything.
Although her father said that she could trust Kidd when he asked her to take over, at least everyone's ultimate goal is the same.
But Alice is not a little girl who has never seen anything before. On the contrary, she knows very well that the so-called different means and the same goal are just boring words.
People who have the same goal tend to be more ruthless when facing people whose methods are different from their own.
Because in the eyes of some people, achieving a goal is important, but how the goal is achieved and who achieves it is far more important than simply achieving the goal.
Unfortunately, Alice is such a process-oriented person. If the goal cannot be achieved in her way, then the achievement of the goal is meaningless.
"I hope we won't reach this point." The big man's voice was unexpectedly soft.
"If we really have internal strife, His Highness may be very disappointed in us."
"Even if I really disappoint him, I can't leave someone who doesn't trust him by his side." Alice looked very determined.
"I have recognized his ability as a master, so before I have formal contact with him, I will not allow anyone around me who does not trust him." A ferocious smile appeared on the face of the big man next to him.
"Go, Arthur...find His Highness Luke and bring him to me." The coldness on Alice's face finally melted away, and finally she folded her hands and dragged her chin, with a smile on her face: "I also want to meet my 'pen pal'." Of course, if Luke heard this, he would definitely refute it.
He didn't reply, so he wasn't really a pen pal. As for why he didn't reply...hell, there's no reply address at all!
The owl dropped the letter again and ran away... [To be honest, I have recently updated it, changed the source, and had many reading sounds. yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.
] Arthur shook his head, and then walked out of the room silently. He looked at the six wizards in black robes guarding the door, and then said: "Let's go." The six wizards behind him held their wands straight on their chests and put their other hands behind their backs.
"Yes!"... After the man in the suburbs lit the tenth bonfire in front of him, he threw the flint aside.
Glancing at his watch, he nodded, and then took out the wand in his hand.
"Round Table Conference." The flames in the bonfire rose instantly, and then fell instantly. Then the color began to change, and in it, a figure made of flames appeared.
"Come on, everyone, let's discuss a charter. There's no point in you guys trying to find me. Either you can reach an agreement now, or the one with the highest price will get it." The man sat on the tree stump with a gentle smile on his face. said.
Except for him, none of the figures on the ten bonfires had accurate faces. But men believe that even if their faces are revealed, they are just masks.
Treat every spell that might reveal your identity as a spell that will definitely reveal your identity.
This is also the principle that dark wizards and most nobles follow when doing dirty things.
It is said that there is also a saying in the Muggle world, 'Treat every microphone as if it is on. 'Although I don't know what a microphone is, it's something that wizards have understood hundreds of years ago, but it's only now that Muggles understand it. It's really... ha!
When a man holds such a meeting, he habitually becomes distracted because he knows that the wrangling will last for a long time.
But he didn't care about these so-called processes and discussions. All he wants is a result. Task requirements, deadline, and delivery location, as long as these three pieces of information can be given, he doesn't care whether they reach a consensus through quarreling or fighting.
But this time, his clients' efficiency was destined to exceed his expectations.
"The first requirement is to ensure the safety of Luke Gunter. This is the most important thing." The figure sitting opposite Kevin made a low, hoarse voice that made it impossible to identify his identity.
The man nodded after hearing this request, but after waiting for three to five seconds, he did not hear any rebuttal.
So he raised his head in surprise. He found that all ten customers were looking at him.
"Kevin Ravens. Our first request is to ensure the safety of Luke Gunter. Do you hear it?" Kevin looked at them as if he saw something new and new.
"Okay, no problem." Then all ten customers nodded. So the next process returned to what Kevin was familiar with.
Arguing, debating, persuading, compromising... Finally, after 30 minutes, they discussed the other two requirements.
"Luke Gunter's belongings must be preserved and cannot be snatched away by others."
"After finding Luke Gunter, bring him here, and then someone will take over." None of these requests exceeded Kevin Ravens' expectations, so he smiled impatiently and waved. He waved his hands and said, "Then I'll go contact the person and do some work." After saying that, without saying anything more, he snapped his fingers and left the place with his Apparition.
After he left, the ten figures over there did not disperse immediately, but fell into silence.
After a long time, someone finally spoke up and snorted: "How dare a dog be so rude to us?"
"A more ferocious dog is a good dog. Have you not hunted for a long time? Have you forgotten this kind of thing?" The lazy voice sounded lackluster, but the contempt in it was not concealed.
"But when this dog bares its teeth at you, you have to consider whether you want to smash all the teeth in this dog's mouth." Another person said in a dull tone.
"You can't say that. If you really want to smash a dog's teeth, you have to wait until he brings the rabbit back. Hahaha!" The person here laughed lightly, as if he said it himself What a funny joke.
"Okay, let's break up. Everyone can still use this dog." The man who sat opposite Kevin at the beginning spoke again, interrupting everyone's conversation and laughter.
"He is just a pair of gloves. When the gloves are dirty enough to stain your hands, just throw the gloves into the fire."...Gibson stared at Luke with big copper bell eyes, He shouted in a rough voice: "If you really have a way, then tell me! As long as I make this sword, I can do anything you ask me to do!"
"I just hit you with a hammer. It was my fault. I admit my mistake, okay?" The old man's neck looked like that big sword, as if it was made of iron.
Even when he begged Luke for mercy, he was holding his neck and staring, and the words he spoke didn't sound like begging for mercy, but more like a threat.
Luke looked at the old man in front of him and knew that he was really giving in, because he said that he had a solution to this problem at hand.
This was, of course, the last straw for Gibson. Even if Luke's solution is just to use a whole piece of magic stone, Gibson will admit it as long as he can get it.
"I do have a way." Luke looked at the old man in front of him with a half-smile and said slowly.
"The current situation of your sword is nothing more than a lack of magic power. That is, the powder of the magic stone cannot prevent the escape of magic power. Therefore, either use the whole magic stone directly. Or, find a way to ensure that the magic power is not lost. , and absorb the free magic power of the wizard himself and nature to charge it to ensure sufficient magic power for battle." Of course, it might also be possible to use real magic stone powder.
But that means that you really have to use up a magic stone. Luke certainly didn't have such conditions at hand.
And even if it is the powder of the magic stone, the cost is unrealistically high. There is no possibility of mass production.
but……
"An ancestor of the Gunter family left behind a spell that increases magic power and absorbs magic power. Paired with a few normal magic gems, it should be enough." Although magic gems are not cheap, the cost can continue to decrease. Just take your time and study it.
"Conditions." Gibson was not really stupid. He knew Luke had something up his sleeve. But he also knew that he could not refuse Luke's request.
As for what Luke wanted, he also had a basic guess.
"I want the casting method for this sword." Luke got straight to the point, and Gibson nodded without hesitation.
"No problem, but I also have conditions!" Gibson looked at Luke with a decisive and firm expression.
