Chapter 163 Ancient Magic Contraband (Fourth Update)

“Old One-Eye, I’m going to kill him!”

When Amy heard the name of Old One-Eye, her whole body began to tremble, not out of fear but out of anger.

It was because of this dark wizard that she, who was most likely to be the head of the Auror Office in the future, became what she is now.

The most important thing was not the honor and position, but the feeling of powerlessness and frustration that she, as an Auror, had to watch fifty Muggles being brutally killed by dark wizards and could do nothing about it.

After being dismissed from her job, she spent some time frantically searching for clues about Old One-Eye. However, how could she find this dark wizard who was wanted internationally by herself?

After searching in vain, she began to numb herself with alcohol. Since she did nothing but drink every day, her pockets gradually became empty. Finally, she had no choice but to sell her house and move into the Leaky Cauldron.

“Amy, don’t be impulsive. The old one-eyed man is very powerful, and he has many dark wizards under his command. He is not that easy to deal with.

You stay at home, I will catch him myself at night.

Given his crimes, the final judgment must be death penalty!”

Lina hugged Amy and comforted her.

The French and British Ministries of Magic are different. No matter how serious the crime committed by a wizard in Britain is, he will only be imprisoned in Azkaban and there is no death penalty.

But like the Ministry of Magic in France and the United States, if a wizard commits a serious crime, he will be executed directly.

If Voldemort’s Death Eaters were in France, they would have all been executed long ago.

If this old one-eyed man is caught by their French Aurors, he will be tried in the French Ministry of Magic. If the result of the trial is the death penalty, it will be executed on the same day.

“Ancient magical forbidden item, interesting!”

George’s focus was not on the old one-eyed man, but on the ancient magical prohibited items that Lina had just mentioned.

Magically forbidden items usually refer to those items that have been imbued with black magic through alchemy.

Because it is extremely dangerous, the Ministry of Magic prohibits its purchase and sale. Anyone found trading it privately will be arrested and tried.

A few years in jail is inevitable.

Ancient magical forbidden items refer to magical items made with ancient magic that were dug out from the tombs of ancient wizards.

The degree of danger of these magical items is unknown, but because of their archaeological value and the ability to glimpse into the secrets of ancient magic, they are very valuable and many wizards are willing to pay high prices for them.

But according to the regulations of the Ministry of Magic, digging up wizard graves is illegal. After all, no one wants to be dug up by other wizards and cast some inexplicable magic after they die.

The key is that many ancient magical items have terrible curses, and if you don’t use them properly, it will cause a great impact.

One hundred years ago, an American wizard bought an ancient magic item stolen from under the pyramid from a dark wizard at a high price. However, due to improper handling, three hundred No-Maj people in his area died.

Therefore, no matter which country you are in, smuggling and selling ancient magical prohibited items is a serious crime.

With Lina’s persuasion, Amy’s emotions finally stabilized.

But at night, when Lina set out for the gathering, George discovered that Amy had quietly followed her, using the Disillusionment Charm to become invisible.

As for how he discovered it, it was because he also used the Disillusionment Charm to become invisible and followed behind.

The only difference is that Amy followed behind Lina, while he followed her by spreading his wings and flying in the air. Since the old one-eyed man was smuggling ancient magic contraband, maybe there would be some clues about ancient magic.

The two followed Lina to the west side of Magic Street and found Lina and a group of Aurors from the Ministry of Magic coming to the tent of a magical animal show troupe.

It is obvious that the place where the dark wizard Old One-Eye chose to smuggle goods should be in the tent of the Magical Creatures Show.

The Fantastic Creatures Circus is similar to the circus in the Muggle world, except that the animal trainers are wizards and the performers are magical animals from all over the world.

Unlike the performance troupes of decades ago, the magical animals performed here are extremely dangerous magical animals such as runes, kaba, cat-leopards, and zowu.

Now after the rectification, they are all rare but good-looking magical animals like the Moon Beast, the Ball Bird, and the Silent Bird, which are not dangerous.

The Fantastic Beasts Entrance Company is one of the few private groups that can legally use the Traceless Extension Charm tent. The main reason is that the Ministry of Magic is afraid that the magical creatures might accidentally run out and cause a riot.

Here in the French Magic Street, during the two months of summer vacation, there are different magical animal performance troupes coming to perform almost every week. George has been to see it twice before.

Since he didn’t see any powerful magical animals like the Zouwu, he didn’t go there again.

Seeing Lina and the Aurors disguised as ordinary tourists and buying tickets to enter the tent, Amy lifted the Disillusionment Charm and bought a ticket and followed in. George found a place to stay and lifted the Invisibility Charm and also bought a ticket and followed in.

Some counter-spells were cast in the Fantastic Beasts tent, and spells like Disillusionment and Apparition were ineffective.

The main reason is that they are afraid that some wizards will sneak in by using invisibility and teleportation.

“It’s hard to find with so many people!”

As soon as George walked into the tent, he saw a crowd of wizards of all sizes inside, probably numbering several hundred.

Today is Saturday, and the adult wizards are not at work, so they bring the little wizards who are on holiday to watch the show.

This tent looks to be about 100 square meters from the outside, but it is probably as big as one or two football fields inside.

In addition to the stages for various magical animal performances at regular intervals, there are also many vendors selling various snacks and special magic experiences for a fee.

After eating it, your body will become as soft as cotton. When you pull it, it will turn into firecrackers of various magical animals in the sky, such as fire dragons, phoenixes, thunderbirds, etc.

There is also a magic bubble that allows you to float in the air on a big bubble for just one silver Sickle.

As he was moving among the crowd, he was blocked by magic fireworks, magic bubbles and other things, so he couldn’t find Lina and Amy who had blended into the crowd. He could only find a relatively high position to observe them.

He was not worried about not being able to find it. When the Aurors and the dark wizards started fighting, he would naturally be able to discover it.

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, a huge explosion suddenly occurred on a stage six stages away from him.

Then he heard someone shouting with a loudspeaker spell:

“Ministry of Magic Aurors are arresting dark wizards. Unrelated wizards please leave the tent as soon as possible!”

Then the wizards screamed and rushed out of the tent one after another, and as the number of people decreased, he also saw the general situation of the stage over there.

Two groups of people were confronting each other on the stage. One group was the Aurors from the French Ministry of Magic where Lina was, and the other group should be the dark wizard gang led by the old one-eyed man.

The reason why a fight hasn’t broken out yet seems to be that the gang of dark wizards led by Old One-Eye has taken several ordinary wizards hostage.

(End of this chapter)