As soon as he opened the door and walked into the principal's office, Harry heard a cry of surprise and almost bumped into Mrs. Weasley who came out.
"It's great that you're okay, Ally."
Fleur also stepped forward to hug Harry and kiss his cheek.
"How's the situation over there in the Astronomy Tower?" Professor Slughorn asked nervously, "Where are the Death Eaters and what's going on with the Dark Mark."
"The battle at the Astronomy Tower is over. Everything went smoothly. Basically no one was injured. When we rushed over to deal with the Death Eaters who were blocking the way, Dumbledore had already successfully dealt with the Death Eaters who tried to murder him.
only."
Harry placed the Phoenix chick in its ashes-covered nest, took out the Marauder's Map from his robe pocket, turned it to the location of the Astronomy Tower, and asked casually: "Are there any other members of the Order of the Phoenix coming?"
"Only Wade Dallow Digg came here first." Fleur said, "However, he should have gone out not long ago. Didn't you meet him?"
"No, Mr. Di Ge probably went to the school gate to help. Some Death Eaters destroyed the school gate and directly led people to invade Hogwarts. Everyone is going to the gate to reinforce now. I suspect that those guys are actually trying to attract our attention.
." Harry found the location of the Astronomy Tower on the Marauder's Map, and his expression suddenly froze because he didn't see Dumbledore's name on the Astronomy Tower, but Snape and Malfoy were still there.
there.
"How is this possible!" Harry couldn't help but scream, unwilling to believe his guess.
"I have to go to the Astronomy Tower." Harry ran towards the Astronomy Tower at an alarming speed.
After Mrs. Weasley and Fleur exchanged glances, they quickly chased after each other, leaving only Professor Slughorn with a confused look on his face.
On the top of the Astronomy Tower, Bella, who was reawakened by Snape, looked at Dumbledore's body in disbelief. She could not imagine that Snape had succeeded in killing Dumbledore with a sneak attack.
So what’s the point of her and other people’s previous efforts and sacrifices?
"This is the original plan. What makes you doubt my loyalty to the Dark Lord?" Snape glanced at Bella and said coldly: "There is no need for you to be angry. If I can't even deceive you, I'm afraid.
There is no way to deceive Dumbledore so easily and kill him in a sneak attack when he is relaxed."
"But, having said that, Alecto is much smarter than you. That guy probably saw this, so he escaped first."
"How do you know that coward didn't run away because he was afraid?" Bella's face turned red and she roared angrily at Snape.
However, no one paid attention to Bella's quibbles.
At this moment, the Death Eaters all looked at Dumbledore's body with disbelief, and some Death Eaters even shouted excitedly.
After seeing Dumbledore's crushing strength, they never imagined that they would be the ultimate winner.
"If I were you, I would keep my voice down instead of shouting at the top of my lungs to let everyone know we are here." Snape glared at Bella dissatisfied and continued to untie Dumbledore to the other Death Eaters.
The spell. If the person cannot be fully awakened after using the Restoration Charm, Snape will directly slap them several times to forcefully awaken them.
"Without Dumbledore, do you think those professors and members of the Order of the Phoenix would be our opponents?" Bella said contemptuously.
"Don't forget there is Albert Anderson. God knows if that guy will pop out suddenly." Snape looked at the group of Death Eaters eager to cause trouble, frowned and reminded, "I still want to
Go back to the Dark Lord to claim the glory that belongs to me. If you want to seek death, don’t drag me into this. I plan to leave this damn place now.”
"There are still people below who have been subdued by members of the Order of the Phoenix. Aren't you going to save them?" Charles couldn't help but ask.
"They are handed over to you!" Snape looked at the stranger: "You take them away from the Forbidden Forest when the time comes, and I won't wait for you."
Charles scolded Snape countless times in his mind, but he did not move. Those so-called colleagues were just strangers they had chatted with, and they were not worth risking their lives.
"Bella, you brought them here, you handle them yourself."
After speaking, Snape motioned for Malfoy to follow.
"Are we really going to jump right from here?"
Malfoy stood at the crenellation of the wall and looked down, the night wind from the tower making his face twitch.
"Why don't we take the stairs?" he suggested, "and we can also rescue those who were subdued by members of the Order of the Phoenix..."
At this moment, a rush of footsteps suddenly came from below the Astronomy Tower, startling the Death Eaters who were whispering.
"That's too slow. The sooner you leave, the better. Don't forget that there is also Albert Anderson. That guy is as powerful as Dumbledore. I don't believe this ambush was not done by him." Snape
Without giving anyone any time to hesitate, he jumped directly from the top of the astronomy tower.
Malfoy hesitated for a moment and jumped down too. Now he had no choice but to trust Snape.
A scream came from below, and finally Snape recited a shock-absorbing spell, successfully suspending himself and Malfoy in mid-air.
"I definitely don't want to experience it again."
Malfoy felt that his pants were wet. Jumping off a high tower was definitely not a good experience, especially after looking at the broken body next to him.
"Get out of here, quickly!"
Snape reached out and pushed Malfoy to remind him that it was time to leave.
When the other Death Eaters saw Snape and Malfoy jumping, they all looked at each other. In the end, they did not choose to save their colleagues.
After all, they are all unrelated strangers, and no one would make fun of their own lives.
The Death Eaters who felt that they had been tricked by Snape were all angry at Snape's actions, but they also admired him. Not everyone could successfully kill Dumbledore.
Facts have also proved that only Snape successfully did it.
However, just as Snape said, there is an equally difficult Albert Anderson who has not yet appeared. Leaving here as soon as possible is the wisest choice.
The Death Eaters jumped off the astronomy tower one after another like dumplings.
By the time Harry rushed to the top of the Astronomy Tower, there was no one else here except for the two Death Eaters who had been knocked down by Dumbledore's curse in the previous battle and whose lives were still unknown.
"Oh, no, no, why, why is this happening!"
Harry reached out to pick up Dumbledore's body and gently called his name, trying to wake up the sleeping old man, but he knew that Dumbledore was already dead, he was already dead.
"Traitor, you damn traitor, I will definitely kill you, I swear I will kill you." Harry walked to the crenellations of the astronomy tower wall and looked down, looking at the blurry ground, knowing that the group of death eaters
The disciple jumped directly from the tower and escaped.
"You can do it Harry, there's nothing to be afraid of!" Harry gritted his teeth, tightened his wand, stuffed another elixir into his mouth, and jumped off the top of the astronomy tower.
The night wind whistled in his ears, and Harry felt that his tears and nose were about to flow out.
Before falling to the ground and turning into a pulp, the Elixir of Fortune gave Harry a lift, and used the shock-absorbing spell at the most critical moment to successfully prevent Harry from falling into a pulp.
Harry struggled to get up from the ground, glanced at the corpse of the Death Eater smashed to pieces next to him, and continued to chase forward. He would not easily let go of the traitor who killed Dumbledore!
Outside the Forbidden Forest, Bella, who had just burned down Hagrid's hut to vent her anger, was laughing crazily, as if this was the only way to vent her suppressed emotions.
"Who is there, come out!"
Snape suddenly raised his wand and pointed it somewhere in the woods.
"It's us. It seems that you succeeded."
Alecto appeared in front of Snape with the first two people to evacuate. After looking past Snape to observe the remaining Death Eaters, she turned her head and said to her colleagues beside her: "Look, I can tell you."
That's right, Snape succeeded, he succeeded in killing Dumbledore!"
"Okay, you won!" Avery shrugged, not caring at all about the content of the bet with Alecto, and turned to the people behind him and shouted: "Bella, and you, it's time to retreat.
.”
With that said, Avery raised his wand and fired green retreat sparks into the sky to fulfill the promise.
"What are you doing?"
Bella frowned slightly and glared at Avery who acted strangely.
"I need to warn the people over there at the school gate, lest the whole army there is annihilated." Avery withdrew his gaze and explained to everyone, "When Snape successfully killed Dumbledore and retreated, I
The agreed green sparks need to be fired to remind them to retreat."
"We should go." Alecto reminded.
No one will look for trouble with Avery. Although the actions just now may indeed cause trouble for them, this place is already outside the school and they can use Apparation to leave at any time.
"you……"
Snape, who was just about to apparate away with Malfoy, realized that something was wrong. They had clearly left the scope of Hogwarts, but they still could not apparate.
"It's not enough here, we have to walk a few more steps into the forest." Avery seemed to see the confusion on Snape's face, and explained: "You have to stay far away from the school before you can Apparate and leave."
Snape frowned and looked at his old classmate, then continued walking inside with Malfoy. Bella and Alecto were noisy from behind, obviously because of Alecto's escape just now.
After Snape successfully killed Dumbledore, the Death Eaters were in a particularly happy mood. Although they paid a huge price for it, it was all worth it.
Without Dumbledore as a roadblock, no one can stop the Dark Lord, not even the Ministry of Magic.
However, no one noticed the dark shadow approaching quietly, and a ray of magic even flew out of the dark forest without warning, silently knocking down Malfoy who was following Snape, not only causing his hand to
The wand flew out of his hand, causing Malfoy to faint immediately.
"who?"
Snape pulled out his wand and looked ahead warily.
"Good evening everyone, it looks like you had a great time tonight!"
A sudden voice came from the forest. Under the gaze of all the Death Eaters, Albert Anderson walked out of the forest, stopped in front of all the Death Eaters, and looked at them with a smile on his face.
It's a bit like looking at meat on a chopping board.
"Albert Anderson!" Bella growled through gritted teeth, and the spell in her hand flew towards Albert faster than her voice.
"You really look like a mad dog, Bella!" The tree next to Albert seemed to come alive, bending down to block Bella's Avada Kedavra on behalf of Albert.
"Come together and kill him!"
Bella's whole body was trembling with excitement, now was undoubtedly the best time to surround and kill Albert.
However, just as Bella finished shouting, she heard the sound of someone falling to the ground behind her, as if in response to her words.
When Bella turned her head, she was shocked to see that the several Death Eaters who had originally evacuated with them fell to the ground, and it was Alecto and the other three who attacked them.
Bella never imagined that a Death Eater would dare to betray the Dark Lord.
"Is it weird? It's not weird, after all, Snape successfully killed Dumbledore in a sneak attack." Albert narrowed his eyes, but never took his eyes away from Snape and Bella.
When faced with Bella's incompetent rage, Albert waved his wand and subdued Bella easily, like an adult punching a child to the ground.
A duel has never been about who can win by using more powerful magic, and Bella's series of rash actions caused her to fall into the abyss.
After subduing Bella, Albert returned his attention to Snape. This guy was much more cautious than Bella and did not take the opportunity to make a sneak attack when Albert subdued Bella. This was undoubtedly a wise move.
decision, otherwise his fate will probably not be much better than Bella's.
"It seems that you are going to duel with me." Albert said softly, "Don't worry, I won't kill you. After all, everything has to be according to the script: you will take Malfoy, Alecto and Avery with you."
He narrowly escaped death during my encirclement and suppression."
Snape glanced at the Death Eaters who had been subdued by a sneak attack, and then looked at the arrogant guy in front of him who was looking at him with a smile, and fell into a brief silence. He had expected that this might happen, but he didn't expect that it would be like this.
.
When did this guy use the Imperius Curse to control the three of them? It was just now, or... it had been like this a long time ago.
Snape had no time to think about these questions.
The two magic spells collided in mid-air, deviated directly from their original trajectory, and broke a thigh-thick tree in half.
Snape's silent spell casting was very fast, so fast that he could easily counter most wizards. However, in front of him was the youngest duel champion in history.
After several spell collisions, Snape's consciousness was not good. When he faced Albert, he felt powerless against Dumbledore.
Just as Snape was thinking about how to solve the current problem, his whole body was violently blown away by a strong force, and he was placed heavily on a big tree, and the vines on the tree seemed to come alive.
Before Nap had time to react, he was tightly entangled.
"I've never quite understood why Dumbledore would trade himself for the lives of both of you, just because he doesn't have a few more years to live?" Albert stretched out his left hand and lightly hooked it.
The wands on the ground automatically flew into Albert's hand one by one, and were stuffed directly into his robe pocket.
Snape pursed his lips and said nothing, but Bella next to him could no longer bear it.
It's a pity that Albert didn't have time to listen to Bella's nonsense, so he sealed his mouth.
"Actually, there were better choices, but Dumbledore chose to do that in the end." Albert looked at Snape and murmured softly, "He wanted to save your life."
"Who knows?" Snape said expressionlessly. He knew that there was a huge gap between himself and Albert, but he didn't expect that the gap would be so big.
No matter how cautious Snape was, he was still disarmed. This guy didn't even use any dark magic.
"Don't get excited Bella." Albert glanced at the fierce female madman beside him and said in a very calm tone, "If Dumbledore hadn't voluntarily welcomed death, why do you think Snape could kill Dumbledore?"
After saying that, he suddenly turned his head and looked in a certain direction and said gently, "Oh, it's Potter, come out, I know where you are hiding!"
"You caught him, you caught the traitor!"
Harry glanced at the three Death Eaters next to him who were attacking his colleagues, looked at Snape who was tied to the tree trunk with hatred, and raised his wand: "Avada..."
Before Harry finished reciting the Killing Curse, the wand flew out of his hand and was taken into Albert's hand.
"Why?" Harry roared at Albert angrily, "Why did you stop me? He killed Dumbledore. This beast killed Dumbledore. I want to avenge him."
"I know." Albert said calmly: "But that's what Dumbledore meant. From beginning to end, everything is going according to Dumbledore's designed script: Snape is the most lax when Dumbledore is.
Kill him with a sneak attack. Oh, I have to say that this script is really bad, but Dumbledore is unwilling to follow the script I wrote, and there is nothing I can do."
"Wait, you mean...Dumbledore was killed by this beast voluntarily." Harry's mind stopped for a moment, and he really couldn't accept this answer.
"Why, why did Dumbledore do this?" Harry roared with tears on his face, "Is he crazy?"
"Perhaps it has something to do with Dumbledore's imminent death." Albert said calmly, "The injury to his arm is incurable and he has only a few years to live."
Harry stared at Albert in disbelief, but the elixir told him that Albert was not lying.
"Although I have always believed that he did not need to do this, Dumbledore still intends to put his future on you and choose to end his life in this way. I can only respect his choice because I have no choice.
Convince him to change his mind."
"To be honest, I still admire Dumbledore. That guy didn't even blink an eye, and he used his own life to plot against the mysterious man. Anyway, I can't do such a thing."
"Although his choice makes me a little unhappy."
"But..." Harry looked at Snape with hatred, he still couldn't understand.
"You made a private deal with Dumbledore, right?" Albert looked at Snape who was silent, curled his lips and said: "If you don't want to say it, forget it, you can go, I promised Dumbledore to let you
Take Malfoy and leave.
The vines that had originally bound Snape loosened silently.
Albert made a gesture of invitation towards Snape, and also reminded him kindly: "If you want to Apparate, you'd better go farther away. I have cast an anti-Apparition spell on this area."
Cursed."
"You're just as annoying as Potter."
Snape glared at Albert fiercely, and just as he was about to go find Malfoy, he saw Alecto and Avery walking towards him with the unconscious Malfoy.
Before Snape could walk over to join them, he suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground. Then he was beaten by Harry all over his body.
Elixir told Harry that if he didn't teach Snape a lesson now, he might not get the chance in the future.
So, Harry took action.
It wasn't until Albert stretched out his hand to grab him that he stopped.
Looking at Snape and Malfoy being helped away, Harry suddenly turned around and asked Albert: "Why did Dumbledore do this? I mean why did Dumbledore help Snape and Malfoy."
"Snape has an unbreakable oath on him. If he kills Dumbledore, he will die." Albert said softly, "He probably felt that since he was about to die, he might as well use his last remaining energy. As for Malfoy,
, our principal hopes that he can take the right path and not completely degenerate because of Voldemort's order to kill him. I have to say that he is a competent principal."
This sentence contained countless emotions. Harry heard both sarcasm and exclamation.
"If you want to know more, I suggest you ask Dumbledore yourself." Albert reached out and patted Harry on the shoulder, returned his wand to him and continued: "If you fail to get it from him
If you want to ask something from the portrait, you can ask me something in a few days. When I go to Hogwarts to distribute Dumbledore's will to you, I will tell you some things I know."
"Now, please take these Death Eaters back and let them face justice at the Ministry of Magic. Of course, this mad dog next to you is an exception."
"I thought you would kill them directly." Harry opened his mouth slightly.
"No, these are all fish caught by Dumbledore using himself as bait. I think the Ministry of Magic can kill them in one go to scare the mysterious man for a while." Albert said to Harry: "You need this paragraph.
time."
"I know what to do. I hope you can tell me the truth when the time comes. I hate being hid from others like a fool." Harry stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from his face and cast a spell to drag those who were stunned and restrained.
Death Eaters return to Hogwarts.
"I have arranged your future." Albert withdrew his gaze, looked at Bella who was still struggling, and said happily: "Believe me, there will definitely be a better place for you than Azkaban."
After Bella slowly closed her eyes, Albert looked at Hogwarts for the last time and murmured: "It seems that Dumbledore guessed that I knew the whereabouts of the last Horcrux? When was it revealed?
The flaw... when it came to divining the snake or the Slytherin locket?"
"But, why do you think I won't pursue power? If you think I will help keep the wand, is it really okay to just give it to me?" Albert took out the elixir from his pocket.
Put it in your mouth and analyze the parts you can't see clearly with the help of Fuling Elixir.
Dumbledore was actually right. Albert really didn't need this wand. He had very powerful magical power and was more suitable than anyone else to keep the Elder Wand, and...
"Has he noticed it a long time ago? Perhaps, he feels this way. After all, he is an old man who has lived for a century, so it is not surprising that he feels something like this."
Although Albert has been providing help to the Order of the Phoenix and helping the Ministry of Magic to fight against Voldemort, he never thought of carrying it all by himself. Instead, he chose to guide the British wizards to fight against mysterious people and food.
Dead Apostle.
The latter obviously needed to pay a huge price for peace. Dumbledore was obviously aware of this, so he left the Elder Wand to him as a legacy.
"He killed several birds with one stone, but I'm not at a loss either." Albert murmured.
Although he did not need the Elder Wand, he also knew the power of that wand, perhaps as Dumbledore said.
It might come in handy in the near future.
Three wins at a time.
No, win-win.
After all, Voldemort's hole had already been dug after Dumbledore's death.
As for the British wizarding world...
"It's really annoying." Albert murmured, "But I still want to say that your script is really bad. You should follow the script I wrote."
That's right, everyone has their own little calculations, especially geniuses, who are a bunch of arrogant guys. Don't expect others to follow his plan. It's obviously unrealistic.
He knew it from the beginning, and that's why he finally accepted everything calmly.
After all, everything has been written according to the script, and he is just an actor in the script.
"We should go!" Albert retracted his gaze, looked at the unconscious mad woman beside him, and murmured, "You have tried to kill me so many times, and now it is your turn to bear my revenge."