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Chapter 698 Past and Present

Under the dim light from the fluorescent flashing spell on the wand, Ryan and the others exited the small building with the book and restored everything to their original state. Then the two of them walked through the thick snow toward the small building under the light of the light.

Go to the exit of the town.

"I wonder how the Christmas Eve dinner in our manor is being prepared today?" Ryan said after taking a look at the brightly lit Weasley family. The Weasley family got a string of magic lights from somewhere and hung them.

On my house, there is a small Christmas tree in the small yard. Although it is a bit simple, it is full of warm atmosphere.

The Weasley family is not a special case. Every room in the street is filled with warm light. At the same time, the whole street is filled with the aroma of various delicacies, and a warm feeling permeates everyone's heart.

"I think those handy gentlemen should be able to give us a surprise." After sniffing the fragrance in the air, Hermione took the initiative to reach out and hold Ryan's arm. "Although we can't spend Christmas with our parents this year,

But it was happy enough to have a little Christmas Eve dinner with the six of us living at home.”

After arriving at the gate of the town to register, Ryan and the others left Hogsmeade. When they followed the path to a place where no one in the town could see them, Ryan returned to his manor through teleportation.

Entering the hall of the manor, Ryan found that a few Mr. Skillful Hands had decorated the room with a festive atmosphere. The ceiling of the hall was already covered with colorful strips and mistletoe, with palm-sized flowers in the middle.

The small lanterns were sparkling. Four Christmas trees were also placed at the four corners of the house, and there were many decorations hanging on each Christmas tree.

The large dining table in front of the fireplace is now covered with a new snow-white linen tablecloth. Six sets of five large and one small pure gold tableware are placed in front of the corresponding chairs. There are also several exquisite handicrafts placed in the center of the table.

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"Master, can we start now?" After changing clothes, a Mr. Skillful Hand floated in and asked Ryan. "Everyone is almost ready, and the banquet can be held at any time."

Soon, everyone in the family sat on their chairs. At the same time, the three Mr. Skillful Hands brought in all the delicacies they had prepared and placed them on the table. The plates contained fat and shiny roasted goose, neatly stacked.

There are a variety of grilled meats on the plate, a variety of sauces on the small silver plate next to it, and a very fresh-looking vegetable salad on a crystal plate.

"May the war end soon, and may our future get better and better." Ryan, as the owner here, raised a bottle of elf fruit wine and said. After the toast, everyone began to enjoy this sumptuous Christmas dinner. Everyone took turns to speak.

A series of light-hearted and interesting stories were told, which made all the unhappiness caused by the previous tense situation disappear.

Ryan also received good news at the dinner table, that is, both wand-making masters could confirm that their relatives were now hiding in a safe place where Voldemort could not find them, and receiving news that their relatives were safe during the festival was worth it anyway.

Let people celebrate.

So when they left the table, the two wand-making masters looked a little shaky because they drank too much wine. For this reason, Ryan specially called two robots to take care of the two old people.

After getting drunk, the two wand masters told Ryan and the others a lot about the past, the most important of which was how the Mysterious Man and the Death Eaters rose. As people who had personally experienced the last war, their narrations allowed Ryan to further understand

It contains a lot of information about the last war. Some of the information has a certain guiding effect on the current war.

At the beginning of the last war, Voldemort only used his eloquence and appeal to promote anti-Muggle ideas through relatively peaceful means, and at the same time squeezed out those Muggle wizards. Although everyone was wary at this time, because there was no violence

There were ethnic conflicts within the wizarding world at that time, so except for Dumbledore who loudly called on everyone to be vigilant, no one stopped Voldemort's actions.

And when Voldemort gathered enough party members, they were naturally no longer satisfied with propaganda or achieving their goals through legal means. Soon, various violent incidents began to occur one after another, and war really broke out.

At the beginning, the Ministry of Magic even had a lot of initiative. Even though many Death Eaters were born into pure-blood families and received complete magic combat training, compared with the professional armed personnel trained in an organized manner like the Ministry of Magic,

It still sounds lacking.

But Voldemort's own power smoothed out all the gaps. As long as he appeared on the battlefield, both the Aurors and the strikers would be defeated. No matter how many advantages these professional armed personnel of the Ministry of Magic had, they could not hinder Voldemort's attack.

After each victory, Voldemort would kill those prisoners who refused to surrender, and at the same time, he and his subordinates would kill their relatives. By creating an atmosphere of terror in this way, Voldemort easily coerced more people to cooperate.

to join the ranks of those who have done so.

Later, as their power increased like a snowball, the Death Eaters' actions became more daring, such as directly applying the Imperius Curse to people, or recruiting various dark creatures. At the same time, the pride of the Ministry of Magic

Luo and the strikers were also shocked by Voldemort's cruel warfare methods. They fell into a semi-paralyzed state and basically did not dare to fight against the Death Eaters.

In this case, even Professor Dumbledore could not turn the tide of the war. Because as the only wizard in Britain at that time who could confront Voldemort head-on, he had too many places and people to protect, which not only distracted his energy, but also

It was impossible for him to arrive at the scene in time every time Voldemort attacked.

Fortunately, in the end, Voldemort made the wrong choice to murder Harry, who was still in his infant state, causing the death curse to rebound on himself. And his temporary death also wiped out the huge criminal organization that was all based on his strength in a very short period of time.

The same is true for this war now. Voldemort repeated his old tricks after the war began, attacking everywhere in an attempt to once again awaken people's memories of the horrific history. However, the appearance of Ryan changed everything.

Unlike Dumbledore, who was born in the wizarding world a hundred years ago and adhered to the fighting habits between wizards and procedural justice. As a person who grew up in the modern ordinary world for two generations, Ryan's understanding of war is also that of ordinary people.

That's what happened. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, Lane took the elimination of the enemy's physical strength and war potential as the only guide for action.

Therefore, his actions are very different from Dumbledore's. He will try his best to kill as many enemies as possible in battle and destroy more resources belonging to the enemy instead of Dumbledore's tactics of limited force, especially before.

Dumbledore often preferred to capture those enemies alive and give them trial, and this method of tying his own hands and feet often resulted in the enemy's escape.

At the same time, the previous actions of sparing innocent people out of humanitarianism also created a group of burdens for Voldemort's side that only consumed resources but could not provide any help, further weakening Voldemort's side of the war.

potential.

From a certain point of view, what Ryan is doing now is very similar to what Voldemort did back then, except that the subject who bears the fear has been changed. And Voldemort is not as willing to risk his life to protect him as Dumbledore was.

His own personnel and property allowed Ryan to spread fear among the Death Eaters much faster than the Death Eaters spread fear in the wizarding world back then.

And Ryan's strength made Voldemort completely afraid to take the initiative to change the war situation like he did in the last war, because he knew that as long as he was entangled for a little time and allowed Ryan and Dumbledore to reunite, he would have to pay a lot even if he didn't die.

price.

So after the outbreak of all-out war, Voldemort chose to hide and try to use his own absolute advantage to slowly destroy his resisters. On the one hand, this approach made it impossible for Dumbledore and Ryan to locate and kill him. After all, this kind of

It is difficult for a high-level wizard to be caught if he deliberately avoids fighting.

But on the other hand, Voldemort's avoidance of the battle allowed many people to see his decline, and the morale of both sides began to slowly change.

Ryan and others on his side no longer thought that Voldemort was an invincible demon as they had in the past. Although the Death Eaters were frightened by Voldemort's brutality and still obeyed his orders, the subjective initiative of most people was greatly reduced.

The kind of behavior that I used to take the initiative to go around basically no longer occurs.

Therefore, three months after the full-scale war broke out, that is, after Ryan and the others fully participated in the war, the number of missing persons and killed people was greatly reduced than before. Ryan can be proud to say that they fought bloody battles to bring peace to everyone.

Christmas, all the hardships and killings before are worth it.


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