Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 251 The Lestrange Brothers
After the two wizards left, Jon did not relax like Neville and the others.
"Don't go straight ahead. Change course immediately and head closer to the Norwegian coast."
Ron asked doubtfully.
"What's wrong with these two guys?"
Jon didn't explain much, he just said calmly.
"No matter how normal they act, two Scottish wizards riding broomsticks to this sea area is a big problem. In any case, we should at least get close to the coast first, just in case."
Jon knew full well that their current situation was completely different from Azkaban and the two times they had been in the tower.
Before, they were in the dark while Voldemort's arrangements were in the light, which gave them enough time and a relatively safe environment to solve some problems.
But now that their actions at sea have been exposed, the situation is completely different. Voldemort will definitely send sufficient manpower to search for their whereabouts. In the end, whether out of revenge or because he does not want them to continue searching, he will definitely choose to catch them all in one fell swoop, or even kill them on the spot.
This puts Jon and the others in great danger, otherwise Dumbledore would not have been so careful to keep Fawkes with them.
Otherwise, if Fox was left in France due to its convenience, it could actually provide a lot of help to the wizards on the wizarding horizon.
Even though everyone else thought that the two wizards did not seem to be behaving abnormally, John's orders were still faithfully carried out. They had been sailing along the area close to the Norwegian coastline according to Dumbledore's advice. Now, as long as they turned their course to the east, they would reach the northernmost port in Norway in about two days .
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The brothers Rodolphus Lestrange and Rabastan Lestrange received an order from Voldemort to go out to sea with four teams of Death Eaters on the day that John and his companions entered Sir Stoke's tower.
Because they had never been to the sea, they had no way of using Apparition to quickly explore the sea. Voldemort told them all the places they were going.
But on the day the tower was blown up and John and his friends escaped from there, the Lestrange brothers brought their men to Azkaban.
The leader of the Dementors, who had concealed all information about his mistakes, personally led them to the underground secret room where Voldemort hid the diary.
They didn't get any useful information here. When breaking into Azkaban Castle, Jon and Fred both disguised themselves as two Aurors. Based on these, their identities could not be distinguished at all.
However, these Dementors did provide Lestrange and his companion with a piece of information that sounded a little unbelievable.
"That person summoned two guardians?"
Rodolphus frowned as he looked at the Dementor leader, his expression the same as when he heard that someone had been hit by the Killing Curse but survived.
His younger brother Rabastan also emphasized loudly in disbelief.
"Are you sure that one person summoned two Patronuses? And not that the other one actually ran over from somewhere else?"
After being summoned, the Patronus does not necessarily have to stay with its master. Under Dumbledore's development, many wizards in the Order of the Phoenix will use some advanced applications of the Patronus.
Including but not limited to asking them to help deliver messages, be on guard, and even provide support and coordinated combat.
These are not like the magic spells invented by Snape. Anyone can learn them as long as they know the spells and the principles of casting.
A person with a dark and cruel heart cannot summon a Patronus no matter what, which is why almost all of Voldemort's men are unable to learn this trick secretly, after all, they cannot even summon the most basic Patronus.
But even if you have never eaten pork, you must have seen pigs run. They don't know whether it is possible in history for one person to summon two patronuses, but there is absolutely no relevant record in the officially recognized history of magic!
That's why the two Lestrange brothers reacted so strongly.
It was precisely because of this that no matter how certain the Dementor leader was that two patronuses were summoned by one person, it was impossible for them to be summoned by another ghost, and Rodolphus and the others remained skeptical.
They speculated that there might be someone who was invisible nearby at the time and was not noticed by the Dementors. This led to the situation that the two people actually summoned the Patronus together, but the Dementors had the illusion that one person summoned two.
Of course, if it is true, this can be said to be a very important clue. After all, there is only one person who can summon two guardian angels. As long as his identity is confirmed, this can become a symbolic identification.
It can also be said that this clue is completely irrelevant, because in the conventional concept of wizards, although the Patronus Charm is powerful, it is only the most effective spell against some dark magic creatures. In a normal wizard duel, this spell cannot play a critical and effective role like other spells.
However, after obtaining Nick's appearance characteristics from the Dementors, they quickly confirmed the judgment of the Aurors who had come to Azkaban Island before, that this ghost was one of the resident ghosts in Hogwarts Castle.
Afterwards, they rode on their broomsticks and continued to search the area marked for them by Voldemort. Since they couldn't Apparate, they could only fly on their broomsticks over the sea.
The Death Eaters implemented a two-shift plan, divided into two groups. One group continuously flew over the sea towards the target point, while the other group rested in the UK. When it was time to change shifts, the Death Eaters on the sea would Apparate back to the UK, take the resting people back to the point they had flown past, and continue to move towards the target.
Although the Hogwarts, the ship that John and his companions were on, was sailing day and night without human power, flying was always faster than flying on the sea. In addition, they stayed in the tower for three or four days. On the fourth day after John and his companions left the tower, Rodolphus and his companions found the sea area where the tower was located.
But the tower had collapsed, and even though there were still traces of magic on the sea, they could not find the building that Voldemort had marked for them and the old man named Stocker.
Something big went wrong!
This was the first thought that came to the minds of the two Lestrange brothers, and as expected, when they were capturing mermaids around and asking them what was going on here.
A Howling Letter from Voldemort was also delivered to them.
