Chapter 84: Lure the Snake Out of Its Hole

The next morning, in the Great Hall, Hagrid reported to Dumbledore loudly that he found unknown people hunting illegally outside the Forbidden Forest, and the large amount of blood on the ground showed that the hunters themselves might be injured. Professor Sprout, who heard about this, also stood up and said that several pots of precious difficile were stolen from the greenhouse. Difficile is a precious herb that can treat external injuries.

The students who were eating melons were responsible for discussing and guessing whether the injured hunter was Black. Wizards also need to eat. In addition to magical creatures, there are also wild deer and wild foxes in the Forbidden Forest. It is normal to want to hunt some for food. As for the cause of the injury, it is very likely that he was attacked by dangerous magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest during the hunting process.

That night, when Sirius was sneaking into the greenhouse, he was suddenly attacked by a black shadow again. Fortunately, he was mentally prepared this time and rolled over to avoid the green light of the killing curse.

The attacker was a short bald man with gray hair, a rat-like face and a pointed nose. He was the one Sirius had been obsessed with revenge on—Peter Pettigrew.

Sirius' eyes were red, and he shouted in a trembling voice: "Traitor, you actually have the nerve to appear in front of me!"

Peter Pettigrew didn't care at all, and sneered: "Sirius, who do you think you are? It seems that twelve years in prison have made you unable to recognize reality."

Peter Pettigrew's eyes flashed with a cold light, "I am no longer the person I used to be. I have gained new power and no longer need to be afraid of you. When I kill you, no one in this world will know my existence. I can restore my human body and start my new life again, and you will only die with the infamy of a traitor..."

At this moment, Professor Lupin emerged from his hiding place and stood behind Peter Pettigrew, forming a pincer attack with Sirius. He said bitterly: "It's you! Peter! It's not enough that you killed James, now you want to kill Sirius, you despicable villain, I must kill you today!"

Lupin and Sirius drew their wands at the same time (the latter's wand was brought by Lupin to Sirius), and they launched a fierce attack on Peter Pettigrew, killing him without mercy, and deadly spells flew everywhere.

Peter Pettigrew showed a cold smile, drew a big circle with his wand, and silently released a dark and strange vortex, which seemed to swallow up all the attacks of the two without a trace, like a black hole that swallowed everything. He said calmly, "Why bother? Remus, I only wanted to kill Sirius, but I didn't expect you to know the truth. It seems that my wand will have to add another ghost today."

Lupin said coldly, "You didn't really think you could deal with the two of us just because you learned a little new magic? Do you think you are the only one who has improved over the years?"

Peter Pettigrew's eyes showed undisguised contempt, "Ignorance! You don't know how big the gap in strength is between us now!"

After saying that, his body was permeated with visible black mist, which whirled and danced around him.

Lupin and Sirius saw all kinds of unprecedented phenomena appearing on Peter Pettigrew, and they did not dare to be arrogant. They both launched their strongest attacks at the same time!

Peter Pettigrew's momentum suddenly surged, and he let out a hoarse scream, as if his body was suffering from some kind of pain. A black light shot out from the end of his wand, breaking the spells of Lupin and Sirius at the same time, but it did not disappear, but continued to advance towards the two of them. With a bang, the two were knocked away as soon as they touched.

The black light seemed to be attached to them consciously, and they both felt that their magic power was disappearing quickly, and their bodies became weak and they had no strength to resist.

Pettigrew sneered, "It's over, my friends, let me take you on your way!"

Suddenly, a dazzling and strong white light flashed, and Peter Pettigrew hastily raised his wand to block it, stepped back five steps, looked at the direction of the white light with a wary face, and said coldly, "I didn't expect that even you are here, Dumbledore."

Dumbledore stared at him with a complicated expression and sighed, "Peter, you have fallen. Is your soul so evil that you can kill your former best friend?"

Although Peter Pettigrew's strength has greatly increased, his timid and cautious character has not changed. Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard of this century, and Peter Pettigrew is not arrogant enough to think that he will be his opponent.

He knew that with Dumbledore here, today's plan has completely failed, and he can only live a life of escape and hiding again. Although this kind of life is tragic and aggrieved, at least he can survive first.

Thinking of this, all kinds of humiliation and resentment surged in his heart, and he roared a little crazily: "Best friend? They only regard me as a follower! A runner who comes and goes when called! When did they regard me as an equal friend!" Five strange green sparks appeared at the end of his wand one after another, which were extremely obvious in the darkness. Sirius was stunned for a moment, and his memory instantly returned to the Muggle street twelve years ago. He still remembered this magic. At that time, Peter Pettigrew, who had been sobbing in front of him, also had five green sparks appearing at the end of his wand, and then blew the whole street into ruins.

He shouted: "Danger!" However, he and Lu Ping were seriously injured and could not move, so they could only passively accept the outcome of death. He was not afraid of death, but he was very unwilling to do so. In the end, he could not save his friend Zhan. He wanted to take revenge on Mu, and even dragged down another friend, Lupine.

He and Lupine looked at each other and smiled tragically in unison. They stretched out their hands and held them tightly together, intending to welcome death together.

However, neither of them died. Dumbledore stood in front of them, blocking Peter Pettigrew's attack with a magical barrier emitting holy white light, but this also gave the latter a chance to escape into the Forbidden Forest.

Sirius roared with all his strength in a hoarse voice: "Leave us alone, he is going to escape. As long as he enters the Forbidden Forest, he will be able to apparate..."

Dumbledore showed a meaningful expression and said: "This is not necessarily..."

Peter Pettigrew did take the opportunity to escape into the Forbidden Forest, but he did not directly apparate away as Sirius expected, not because he was unwilling, but because he was unable.

The black magic trick just now is a kind of sacrificial magic. Twelve years ago, he sacrificed one of his fingers when facing Sirius. But this time when facing Dumbledore, he was even more afraid to do it. He directly After sacrificing his entire right hand, the right hand with one finger missing has turned into a puddle of rotten flesh on the ground, becoming the price for using this black magic.

Now, he has become very weak due to consuming a lot of magic power and losing a lot of blood. He could no longer perform the profound and complex magic of Apparition.

He planned to hide in the Forbidden Forest for a while and wait until his body recovered a little before apparating and leaving. Just as he stumbled towards the depths of the Forbidden Forest, a silent and invisible curse suddenly shot out from a dark place in the corner in front of him. Peter Pettigrew was so cautious that he didn't even notice when the curse was approaching him, so he was inexplicably hit by the full body binding spell and couldn't move.

Xie Lin lifted the invisibility spell, walked out of the corner, and said with a smile: "Hello, Pettigrew, first time meeting me, I am Xie Lin Malfoy, you must have heard my name, right?"

(Note: Pettigrew is actually a surname. It was originally supposed to be translated as Peter Pettigrew, or Peter Pettigrew, but in order to correspond with Sirius Black, the People's Society just translated it into Peter Pettigrew. The author narrates both Use "Peter Pettigrew" instead of "Peter Pettigrew" or "Peter" in dialogue, the latter being only used by Lupine and Sirius)

Peter Pettigrew hoarsely said: "I know you, of course I know you. You are the second young master of the Malfoy family and a well-known future star of Hogwarts. Your father and I are both Death Eaters. Please help. Me, take me out of here and I will definitely repay you."

Xie Lin asked interestingly: "Sir, you are so embarrassed to treat a child with nothing, so you should first tell me how you want to repay me!"

Peter Pettigrew heard something was going on, and hurriedly said: "I can give you power, and I can tell you the secret of how I obtained this power. As long as you obtain this power, with your talent, it will be possible to surpass Dumbledore."

Xie Lin nodded and said: "It is indeed very attractive. Unfortunately, I don't need these..."

Peter Pettigrew refused to give up and continued to seduce Schelling, describing the power of this power. Seeing that Schelling was still unmoved, he finally relented and said, "Then what do you want?"

Xie Lin smiled and said: "You know, I am very ambitious like all Slytherins. I want to get your allegiance..."

Peter Pettigrew had a few thoughts in his mind, showed a flattering smile and said: "It is my honor to be loyal to such a talented future strongman like you."

"You agreed very readily, but I don't trust you. You once betrayed the Order of the Phoenix, and then defected and went into hiding after the mysterious man lost power. You are not a loyal subordinate."

"No, no, they are different from you. They are too crazy. Master, you have inherited the character of the Malfoy family. You must be a person who checks the times and protects yourself wisely. It is definitely the right choice for me to follow you."

"Having said that, I still have to make some insurance." Xie Lin took out a bottle of potion from his pocket. "This is a potion that I independently developed. If you dare to betray me after drinking it, you will be pierced by thousands of arrows." The pain will kill you. Drink it all, and I will accept your allegiance and send you away from here."

Although Peter Pettigrew was reluctant, he still drank the potion without any choice.

What I didn't expect was that Xie Lin's unique potion was just a fabrication. There was no potion with such an effect in the world. Even if there really was Xie Lin, it wouldn't have it - it was actually a bottle of ecstasy. Drink it. Afterwards, Peter Pettigrew began to become confused, and Schelling took the opportunity to cast a hypnotic spell on him, revealing the secret of his sudden strength.

Contrary to Schelling's expectations, Peter Pettigrew did not return to join Voldemort.

His power comes from a mysterious underground organization "Shadow of the Dragon", which is full of powerful dark wizards, several of whom are famous wanted criminals of the same era as Voldemort.

After leaving Hogwarts, young Tom Riddle had had encounters with these people, and it was because of this that he learned many secrets about the dark magic, such as transforming his body through dark magic and greatly enhancing his magic power. Tom Riddle, as Voldemort in his student days, was very handsome, and was completely different from the Dark Lord who later made people shudder. He later became that disgusting appearance because of these dark magic.

(Note: In the original book, Dumbledore did mention that young Riddle had "mixed with the most evil guys in the wizarding world, and after many dangerous magical transformations, he finally reappeared as Voldemort." These guys are set as members of the mysterious organization Dragon's Shadow in this book)

Peter Pettigrew didn't know much about this organization.

He only knew that they came for a student in Hogwarts, and Peter Pettigrew's magic power would soar after being baptized by them with some dark power.

At this price, Peter Pettigrew made an unbreakable vow to help them kidnap a student. Peter Pettigrew currently does not know the identity of the student. The organization hopes that Peter Pettigrew will first solve the unstable factor that may interfere with the plan, and then announce the subsequent plan to him.

Why did the Shadow of the Dragon, an organization that never appeared in the original book, appear in Hogwarts? What is their ulterior motive?

According to the author's own personality, he really wants to change Peter Pettigrew to Peter Pedrillu, but... you know.