Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 253: Prisoners Walking Out of the Tower
The person who received their news was the younger brother of the Lestrange brothers - Rabastan.
Even though this area close to the Arctic Ocean is nothing compared to the real oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, it is not something that the Death Eaters can monitor all the time with their limited manpower.
Rodolphus analyzed that if Jon and his team's destination was still the end of the North Pole, then even if they deviated from the route, they would not go too far away and would definitely still follow the shortest route around the center.
Therefore, he divided the sea into two parts, east and west, according to the central route. The western part was from the middle boundary of the Norwegian Sea to the east coast of Greenland, and the eastern part was from the middle boundary to the west coast of Norway.
Rodolphus led his men to search the entire western part, while Rabastan was responsible for the entire eastern part. At the end point of the Arctic Ocean, some people were also left behind just in case.
His arrangement was very safe. Even if the Death Eaters were short of manpower and unable to cover the entire sea area, they could still conduct a quick search due to the convenience of Apparition. And once people in one place discovered a problem, people in other places could quickly provide support.
It was under this arrangement that Rabastan, who was in charge of the entire eastern Norway area, received news that a wizard ship claiming to be from Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was sailing near the northern coast of Norway.
As soon as he saw the report, Rabastan noticed something unusual.
It’s not that he could see any problem from this brief information alone, but according to the current situation, Durmstrang’s position was opposed to Voldemort.
A magic school that condones students to study the dark arts and is rumored to never recruit Muggle-born students is opposed to Voldemort who implements the pure-blood policy. This is actually something that many people who do not know the truth cannot understand.
But in fact, the reason for this situation is just one person.
A demon who was once expelled from Durmstrang and disrupted the entire wizarding world fifty years ago.
But he became a loser later. According to the crime he committed, he should have been unable to leave the tower called "Nuumengard" for the rest of his life. But nine years ago, half a year after the fall of Hogwarts Castle, the tower located deep in the uninhabited forest of Austria suddenly collapsed.
The prisoners who imprisoned themselves there are now missing and their whereabouts are unknown, and they have disappeared without a trace.
Over the years, according to Voldemort's orders, a team of Death Eaters have been searching for news about the loser. They found some signs in Northern Europe, such as the disappearance of Gregorovitch, a wand family as famous as the Ollivander family in Britain, and the resurgence of the "Witch Party (official name of the Saints)", an organization that should have been forgotten in history. These all indicate that the man who walked out of prison did not have any idea of being at peace with the world.
However, in recent years, Voldemort's attention has been focused on how to plot against France. He has not made any in-depth arrangements for Northern Europe. He has only won over some magic departments whose political inclinations are inclined towards pure-bloods, and asked them to suppress this force that is gradually rising again in Northern Europe.
But these people were ultimately unable to go against the former devil. This year, when Voldemort completely revealed his hand and swallowed up the whole of France, a new headmaster named Gellert Bagshot took office at Durmstrang, and he joined the Wizarding World led by Dumbledore.
After all, he was still somewhat concerned about the impact that would be caused if the surname "Grindelwald" reappeared in the wizarding world. After all, fifty years ago, the commotion and taboos he created were too huge, much bigger than Voldemort's now. It could be said that he wanted to blow the sky of the wizarding world.
It was precisely because of this that the situation became one where the whole world was the enemy.
Even now, if the news of his open comeback came out, it would cause great trouble for Dumbledore. The giant MACUSA, which is separated from Europe by an ocean, would never allow such a thing to happen. They would definitely re-imprison or kill this demon who once trampled on the face of the Congress.
That's why Grindelwald chose "Bagshot", the surname of another of his relatives, and did not appear directly on the front battlefield in France, but instead provided logistical support to Dumbledore and others in Northern Europe.
But even though many Death Eaters laughed at the former devil and said he had turned into a timid, toothless tiger because of his performance, everyone actually understood that the man must be accumulating his strength again.
Although his position seems to be the same as Dumbledore's now, many people still doubt that he and Dumbledore cannot get along, otherwise he would not summon his former subordinates and let the "Witch Party" that has been buried in the dust of history reappear.
No one knows what his thoughts and goals are now, but what Rabastan knows is that since they belong to Durmstrang, the people on this entire ship must be Grindelwald's men.
They are Grindelwald's men, which means they are Voldemort's enemies and they might be the culprit of all this!
This is the source of Rabastan's suspicion. Therefore, as soon as he received the news, he first verified all the information about Durmstrang.
Finally, I got some clues from a daily newspaper from the Finnish magic world .
It was a report before last Christmas, and it occupied the front page of this newspaper, detailing that Spence Johnson took the students who could not go home for Christmas out to sea on a boat to have a special Christmas holiday.
This report provided some evidence for the wizard on the ship who claimed to be a professor at Durmstrang School. Furthermore, judging from the time the ship set sail, it was unlikely that they went to Azkaban Island to capture two Aurors. Not only did the time not match, but the distance was too far.
The location of Durmstrang has always been a secret, but its general location should be in the northernmost part of Europe, in the northern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, north of Sweden or Norway.
If they set sail from this location, it would take a long time just to sail to Azkaban, and the time would not match. This undoubtedly reduced the suspicion of John and the others, but now the Lestrange brothers have been killed by Voldemort, and even if there is only a slight possibility, they will verify it at all costs.
So that afternoon, Rabastan personally led his men to meet Helki and Heinz near the coast of Norway.
