"What the heck, there is a cold fog everywhere in the UK now... This is very abnormal, it always feels like something happened that we don't know about."
At this moment, a truck loaded with cement was driving cautiously on the road shrouded in thick fog. The middle-aged truck driver stared straight at the road ahead, but he was chattering to the middle-aged man accompanying him.
The man spoke, "Since July, strange things have been happening all over the UK, just like..."
"Those weird things are really weird!"
The middle-aged man looked at the thick fog ahead and frowned, interrupting the truck driver directly, "The fog is too thick now. Should we find a place to wait for the fog to dissipate before we hit the road?"
"you're right!"
The middle-aged truck driver hesitated for a moment, but was finally convinced by the people next to him. After all, his life was his own, and accidents were indeed easy to happen when driving in this dense fog.
"you……"
After the middle-aged truck driver found a place to stop the truck, he suddenly fainted in the driver's seat before he could say anything.
The middle-aged man in the passenger seat put down his arm, reached out to open the truck door, jumped out of the truck, walked around to the back of the truck to the side where the cement was stored, took out a "small wooden stick" from the bag, and swung it around the truck.
, after releasing a barrier to repel Muggles, mist was sprayed from the tip of the wand, making the surrounding mist thicker and completely blocking people's sight.
With the help of the cover of thick fog, the middle-aged man took out a suitcase from the bag, opened it and placed it on the ground. He raised the "small wooden stick" and waved it towards the cement on the truck body. The neatly stacked bags of cement looked like
As if he had grown legs, he jumped off the truck and entered the seemingly bottomless pit of suitcases one by one. A large truck of cement was emptied in the blink of an eye.
"Next..."
The middle-aged man muttered, closed the suitcase, walked to the driver's seat of the truck, and raised a "little wooden stick" to tamper with part of the truck driver's memory.
The lucky person will wake up soon and be sure that he has delivered the goods to the destination.
As for the pound sterling purchased for the cement, it was naturally paid for, but the price was a little lower, brought close to the cost price.
After doing all this, the middle-aged man lifted the spell around him and disappeared into thin air with a suitcase filled with a truck of cement.
When the middle-aged man regained his sight, he was standing beside an abandoned village. He was holding a suitcase in one hand and a wand in the other. He first used the wand to flick his cheek. The middle-aged man's face began to squirm, and soon
He was replaced by a younger face, and his body shape also underwent some changes. The clothes that were originally just right became loose, and after a tap of the magic wand, they turned into fit casual autumn clothes again.
Even without the use of compound potions, Albert can still easily disguise his appearance through transformation. As long as he does not encounter an extraordinary wizard, his flaws will not be easily seen.
In fact, most wizards cannot understand such advanced things as "magic traces".
Albert walked up to a dilapidated house on the edge of the deserted village, muttered something in his mouth, raised his wand and flicked it gently, like removing a layer of gauze covering his true face. He walked directly in and his whole body changed.
The abandoned village disappeared.
"I guess you must be here!"
After Fred saw that the person coming was Albert, he emerged from the void. Apparently, he had just used the Disguise Charm to hide his whereabouts.
"Well, it's always good to be careful. The protective magic on the outside is not reliable."
Albert turned his head and looked at where George and Lee Jordan were hiding.
"I really can't hide anything from you. I've always been curious about how you saw through the Disillusionment Curse?" George asked his doubts, appeared with Lee Jordan, and greeted Albert with a smile.
"It seems that you have got everything."
"Well, it cost me a lot of time and pounds to get those building materials."
Albert put the suitcase on the ground and waved his wand, summoning several suitcases of the same style out of thin air with a crackling sound, containing steel bars, sand and gravel respectively.
"Actually, I still don't quite understand, what are you doing with these things?" Lee Jordan really didn't understand why Albert was messing with these things.
"We will continue to build several secret safe houses in the future. Although we can also use abandoned Muggle facilities as temporary strongholds, we have to organize them a little before we can live temporarily." Albert made a random excuse.
If he hadn't considered turning this place into a wizard's village in the future, Albert would never have put the secret gathering place here, let alone spent so much effort to get these building materials to prepare for a big fight.
The three looked at each other and shrugged helplessly. They believed that there must be some reason why Albert did this.
As for the reason, Albert didn't say anything, so they didn't ask.
"Where's Shanna?" Albert changed the subject.
"Sanna is helping you sort out the information." Lee Jordan seemed to remember something and sighed softly, "We also want to see the new version of the "Defense Against the Dark Arts Guide."
"The things taught in the Self-Defense Guide are all basic, and at best you can protect yourself." Fred added, "I feel like I am becoming less and less safe now."
"It's useless even if there are too many. The Ministry of Magic won't allow it." When Albert wrote the "Self-Defense Guide", it wasn't just a hot thought. Many things were actually stuck on the Ministry of Magic's tolerance. The contents of the "Self-Defense Guide"
Most of it can be preserved.
"Will a new book be published?" George suddenly asked.
"Probably not. I don't think the Ministry of Magic will allow it. Even if it is published, it will probably be changed beyond recognition." Albert didn't care about this.
"The more I read, the more I look forward to your new book."
George suddenly had a little expectation. The content of the books that were allowed to be published was actually just that, and they must be restricted by the Ministry of Magic.
"There is nothing to look forward to. Your current black magic defense level is already higher than most people. As long as you are careful, there will basically be no problem."
Fred, George and Lee Jordan's defense against the dark arts was taught by Albert. The three of them would not be at a disadvantage when dealing with dark wizards. At worst, they could even take the elixir of fortune and explode their seeds.
"We'll be embarrassed if you say that." Fred pretended to be embarrassed.
"Okay, first take me to see your achievements in the past few days." Albert interrupted the chat and walked towards the newly repaired house.
The entrance to the secret base is hidden under the blanket beside the fireplace in the living room. After opening the hidden trap door, a secret stairway that can accommodate one person appears in front of the four people.
"The air below is not good, it's best to use the Bubble Charm." George reminded.
After the four of them cast funny cannon curses on themselves, they walked along the stairs and into the passage.
The stairs slope downward, about ten meters underground. The space inside is very narrow, and the surrounding walls are as smooth as if they had been cut by a sharp blade.
Under the stairs is the front hall. The space inside can barely accommodate four people. After entering, there are two tunnels on the left and right. There are several narrow rooms that can barely accommodate two people. If you don't use the Bubble Charm, the dull air will not be able to do anything.
breathe.
"It's so depressing in there. I doubt we'll all have to wear the Bubble Curse in the future, otherwise we'll be suffocated to death." Li Qiaodan didn't like the crowded environment inside and couldn't help complaining.
"You don't need to worry about this, it will be fine with a little modification." Albert comforted, he was very experienced in how to modify this place.
"Well, we also need a hidden exit to avoid being blocked by others." After Albert returned to the ground, he said to the three of them, "I remember there is a steep slope to the west, which is very suitable for a hidden exit.
.
"Like Hogwarts?" Fred asked curiously.
"You can think of it that way." Albert indeed borrowed Hogwarts' hiding methods.
"If that's the case, I guess no one can find the specific location!" George joked with a smile, "If you don't know, I'd think you plan to learn the secret passages of Hogwarts."
"If it's possible, it's actually not bad, but it's a pity that I don't have that much energy to do these things." Albert handed the map to George, "Besides, we only need a rough base at the moment. If we really need it when the time comes, we can slowly build more
Complete."
"It always feels like you want to recruit other people to help." Fred couldn't help complaining.
"By the way, Kingsley told me that Kenneth was being targeted." George changed the subject. He felt that if he followed what Albert said, he might get a lot more work.
"Is that guy okay?" Albert asked.
"It's okay. Kingsley saved him in time, but that guy seemed to be very resentful of us."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Someone has to come to the front desk to attract firepower." Albert said carelessly, "But if he acts as a bait a few more times, no one will focus on him."
If it weren't for his father's bad things, Albert wouldn't bother Kenneth. After all, the two parties still have some friendship, but Kenneth has to pay a price if he wants to join now, otherwise he might give them up for something some other time.
sold.
The expressions on the faces of the three people were quite wonderful, and they silently mourned for Kenneth for three seconds in their hearts.
"And about you, I've already told Bill where you plan to meet." George said another thing.
"Find a Muggle cafe and let him use the compound potion. I will give you the address then. Hmm..." Albert's tone paused, as if he thought of something, and suddenly said, "Actually, you can let the Ministry of Magic use it."
Disguise yourself as me and go meet Kenneth to do some fishing enforcement, maybe you can really catch a few fish."
"Don't torment him." Lee Jordan said with a bitter smile.
"We can let the Ministry of Magic disguise it!" Albert nodded vigorously, "It's okay if it's all fake. Anyway, as long as the Death Eaters mistakenly think they have found our hiding place."
"This method is really hard to guard against."
George felt that it would be unlucky for Death Eaters to target Albert. The Ministry of Magic would definitely be willing to spend time setting up this trap, which would be more reliable than hunting down Death Eaters everywhere.
"If they want to kill me in the future, they have to consider whether the target is a real person." Albert thinks this is a good idea. Let the Death Eaters eat a few more times to hold back, and those people will not be looking for him all day long.
trouble.
"You are the only one who is full of bad ideas."
"Okay, we'd better get this done quickly." Albert walked outside.
Fred, George and Lee Jordan saw Albert conjure a crucible out of thin air, then put the cement, water, river sand and gravel in the suitcase into the small crucible in a certain proportion, and then used the wand to
With a gentle tap, several things inside quickly rotate and stir.
"Are all Muggle buildings made like this?" George looked into the crucible and found that the Seamless Stretching Charm had been cast inside.
"Not entirely, but it's stronger this way. Don't forget, we're going to stay underground next, so it's good to make it stronger. If we blew up the base while practicing spells that day, we might have been buried alive.
." While chatting with the three of them, Albert waved his magic wand and conjured a pile of wooden boards out of thin air. They were glued together by the pasting spell and quickly formed the model Albert needed.
The whole process went smoothly, and Albert just moved the wand on his hand and completed it easily.
Then, the steel bars are closely connected together and placed on the grinding tool. After the mixed cement is poured in and tightly combined with the steel bars, the surface is smoothed again and the water on the cement is directly evaporated using a spell.
Traces, a wall is easily completed.
"It looks pretty good."
"Is this a wall?"
Albert's approach obviously subverted the three people's cognition.
"Yes, with four walls and a cement cover, wouldn't it become a house?"
"Are you sure that's a house? And what's going on with this thing..." Li Qiaodan didn't even know how to complain.
"You can move in using the shrinking spell. You should make use of the spells you learned in school."
Albert waved his wand, demoulded the cement wall, and moved it to the side. If an ordinary wizard wanted to shrink the wall, several people would probably have to recite the spell at the same time, but Albert did not have this problem.
Next, in less than a quarter of an hour, a cement box was formed. Although it looked like a simple wooden box with a mortise and tenon structure without nails, it was undoubtedly quite strong.
"Are all Muggle houses made like this?" The three of them stared at the "house" made by Albert with their mouths open.
"It's almost the same. They usually use cement to pour the structure of the house. I'm just using magic to be lazy. Although it does look a bit ugly, this thing is definitely strong." Albert was quite satisfied with his results. "Next, you need to
To expand the space inside, I will shrink this thing and put it in, and then fill in the gaps.
Albert had already thought about it, and he planned to use this cement board similar to building blocks to piece together the underground base.
The thick reinforced concrete structure with mortise and tenon joints and permanent adhesive spell can ensure that there will be no security risks in the secret base.
After all, the space inside is expanded using the Traceless Stretching Spell, so there is no need to worry about collapse due to being unable to withstand the heavy pressure.