The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts
v3 Chapter 246: small town on the edge of the forest in
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Albania is a country located in southeastern Europe, southwest of the Balkan Peninsula. The ancestors of the Albanians, the Illyrians, were one of the ancient nations on the Balkan Peninsula, but they did not bear the brilliant flowers of civilization like other ancient civilizations—this land was successively occupied by the Roman Republic and the Byzantine Empire. , the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Serbia, the Republic of Venice, and the Ottoman Empire. It was not until after World War II that a stable country was truly born in this land.
At the beginning, this country belonged to the Soviet camp, but in 1968, Albania withdrew from the Warsaw Pact and completely broke with the Soviet Union. The long-term war and hostility with the world's superpowers have left this country with no sense of security at all—this country is called the "Bunker Kingdom". In a country with a population of 3 million, hundreds of thousands of bunkers are densely distributed. On average, there is one bunker for every three people. This is obviously not a manifestation of magnanimity and a sense of security.
In fact, the country is extremely closed due to terrain and politics.
In Albania’s 28,000 square kilometers of land, there are 7,800 square kilometers of forests, which means that nearly a quarter of the land in this small Eastern European country is covered by forests, and the mountains and hills combined account for 3/4 of the country’s area. …
Closed and mountainous, this means it's a good option for seclusion. Voldemort thought so.
After being hit by his own Killing Curse, Voldemort turned into a wandering spirit, wandering around, with nothing to support. With the loss of most of his magical powers and the inability to use his wand, Voldemort was left with only one ability: Possession. He can attach himself to animals or people. But most of the time he was possessed by animals. Even if he possessed humans, he would not dare to go to crowded places, because he felt that Aurors were always searching for him.
And the hiding place he chose was deep in the dense forest of Albania.
He once bewitched a young wizard here, attached himself to him, and then returned to Hogwarts to steal the Sorcerer's Stone to resurrect him. But his plan ended in failure. Two young wizards thwarted his plan, and he fled back to Albania in embarrassment.
After that defeat, Voldemort despaired. He didn't think he would be lucky enough to meet the second wizard, step into this jungle in a daze, and then be fooled by himself. After I went out, I realized that the subordinates who I thought were loyal had no intention of coming to me at all. The most loyal Death Eaters either died in the war or were thrown into Azkaban, and those who stayed outside were greedy for life and afraid of death.
Voldemort fell into the lowest point of his life, and this kind of life has been going on for two years. During this period of time, many major events took place in Albania, and the local area became more chaotic and turbulent.
This is a good thing for Voldemort.
Only chaos and turmoil can make him lurk better...
"There are so many bunkers here...cough, Peter."
"I've heard stories about this country before, Batty. It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of bunkers in this country, all of which are made of extremely high-quality materials, which also makes them extremely difficult to dismantle..."
Two men chatted as they trudged through a wilderness dotted with abandoned bunkers. The content of the chat is the land under their feet.
Of the two men, one had light yellow messy hair and a few freckles on his pale skin, the other was short and fat with a bald spot on the top of his head, looking like a mouse.
The two, one named Barty Crouch, the other named Peter Pettigrew. They went to Albania not to waste the special product here: arms, but to find a man, a man who had been "dreaming" for decades in the magic world.
Their mission is to get the man back.
The two walked across the wilderness and came to a small town. This small town is located on the edge of a forest, quiet and peaceful.
"Are you really sure that 'it' is here? The tourist brochure in my hand told me that a quarter of the country's land is covered by forest—" Barty Crouch hesitated.
Peter shrugged his shoulders: "I have communicated with hundreds of stray dogs, and they are sure that there is a 'forbidden place' deep in this forest, and all the small animals that get close to it are possessed by a black shadow, and then Just died. This information is hard-won, and every time you communicate with the dogs, you have to convince them—"
Barty was silent.
"Okay, but we can chat with the residents here. That person should have left some strange legends after staying here for so long."
In this way, the two turned into a tavern on the side of the street - there is no better place to inquire about news than a tavern.
The two went directly to the bar, ordered two glasses of beer, and chatted all over the place. After a few glasses of wine, the two quickly got closer to the bartender.
"Hey, my friend, are there any mysterious legends around here?" Peter asked the bartender seemingly unintentionally, shaking his glass.
The official language of Albania is Albanian, but as a bartender, I still have a bit of business ability.
So the bartender stammered and told the two about the legend of this town.
It took a lot of effort for Peter and Batty to understand that in the depths of this forest, there is a forbidden area, which can be called the restricted area of life.
The bartender tried his best in poor English to vividly talk about the horror and mystery there. In the end, his purpose was also revealed.
"Friends, if you need, Xiangdao, I will help you, introduce."
The English spoken by Peter and Batty is the best business card. Their pockets ~lightnovelpub.net~ are full of British pounds or US dollars. If you miss out a few, it can cover a month's salary of a local.
How much money can you make by letting them drink? Take them on adventures in the forest to earn more money!
Equipment, guide fees, insurance... The bartender believes that this trip can earn his salary for three years.
Peter and Batty were thinking about how to refuse, when a figure came to the bar and said in a British accent, "A glass of wine, thank you."
Then she saw the two people next to her.
Her eyes widened in surprise, and Peter and Batty also looked like they had seen a ghost.
The person who came to the tavern was Bertha Jorkins, an employee of the British Ministry of Magic, and this person happened to know Barty and Peter.
"Peter...and little Barty?" Bertha Jorkins was also stunned when she saw these two people. She couldn't figure out why the dead Barty and the absconded Peter appeared here.
Barty, Peter: …
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Weakly ask for a few monthly tickets.