Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 444 Heading to Nurmengard! Upgrading the Hogwarts training area!

Voldemort and his approximately three hundred Death Eaters were caught in a storm of emotions: Voldemort's rage and outbursts, Amycus's frustrated screams, and the panic and repression of the other Death Eaters...

After taking multiple routes, forcibly changing trains for free on several Muggle trains, and using some inconspicuous speed-up magic that could also help the wounded, they finally left the territory of Britain after about a day and a night.

It was more than a day earlier than the time agreed upon by Voldemort and Dudley.

During this time, their group also encountered some patrolling British Ministry of Magic Aurors from afar.

Fortunately, none of the Aurors were able to see through Voldemort's temporary concealment magic, and the journey was relatively uneventful.

At this moment, they had just left the British border and were still a long distance of over a thousand kilometers away from their destination, Austria.

But they no longer have to abide by the restrictions of the magical contract.

In other words, they won't have to go through as much trouble as before for the rest of the journey.

"Ha~ Hahaha—"

Voldemort tilted her head back and let out her signature eerie laugh, then said to her cheap henchmen with obvious delight:

"That Dursley brat is still just a little kid, too inexperienced!"

I only said we'd evacuate Britain within three days, not that we'd never return. Once we're strong enough, we'll fight back and make that Dursley brat cry with regret!

Furthermore, it was emphasized that no one should be injured during the evacuation process. Now that we have left the UK, it is no longer considered an evacuation.

Go! Anyone who's not injured, quickly go and catch some Muggles and bring them back to me. I don't want to walk any further like this!

"Yes, Master!"

The uninjured Death Eaters immediately obeyed and used the Smoke Flight Charm to fly to a nearby Muggle town.

The plan is to capture Muggles so Voldemort can absorb their life force and then transfer it to the injured elite Death Eaters, allowing them to recover quickly.

In this way, they could move without worrying about the wounded, and use the Smoke Flight Charm and short-range Apparition Charm to quickly reach Austria.

There is an island in the sea off that country.

There is an ancient tower on the island called Nurmengard, which, like Azkaban in England, served as a wizarding prison.

At the very top of that tower was imprisoned a renowned dark wizard tyrant—Gellert Grindelwald.

Dudley's clone, just like before, remained hidden and followed Voldemort.

Along this journey, he didn't need to walk; he could fly, invisible and free, without needing to turn into black smoke.

Seeing that the Death Eaters were going to capture Muggles, just as they had influenced the house-elves before, it affected their judgment, and in the end, they only captured evil Muggles.

Dudley didn't take Voldemort's insane, raving insults to heart.

When Voldemort returns to England and Hogwarts with her people, Dudley will finally give Voldemort a big surprise and a grand closing ceremony.

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Voldemort was healing and traveling, so there's no need to elaborate.

Let's return to the perspective of Dudley himself.

In the two weeks since the start of the new school year, Dudley has not only been keeping an eye on Voldemort's situation, but has also accomplished a number of significant tasks.

It also witnessed many novel and interesting things.

Inside Hogwarts.

Dudley, following the same method as before, selected and categorized the new magical knowledge he had gained after defeating Death, recorded it all with magic, compiled it into a book, and stored it in the library.

This includes the spellcasting skills of all previous Elder Wand holders obtained through the fusion of the Elder Wand, which are free from major hidden dangers;

Including the principles of the Ollivander family's secret rod-making knowledge;

This includes the practical and relatively safe content found in the family collection that the corrupt pure-blood family handed over in its entirety.

In addition to compiling and editing magic books.

The plan to form a joint team of four colleges at the opening banquet of the new academic year, and the subsequent training program for students.

Dudley, together with the greatly expanded Hogwarts faculty, carried out extensive magical modifications to the Forbidden Forest and the Labyrinth within it.

The forbidden forest is divided into five zones of varying difficulty: outer perimeter, primary, intermediate, advanced, and core.

Each level features magical traps and puzzles of varying difficulty, with prizes matching the level of difficulty placed behind each trap and puzzle.

They also collaborated with the magical creatures of the Forbidden Forest to establish many dangerous but not fatal training programs.

These magical creatures include Hagrid's three-headed hound, hippogriff, dragon, Thestrals, and other small and medium-sized magical animals...

It also mainly includes the centaur and unicorn races that have signed a magical covenant with Hogwarts, as well as the eight-eyed spider race that Dudley forced them to sign the covenant with.

The three allied creature groups in the Forbidden Forest are: the unicorns, who are friendly and willing to help; and the giant spiders, who resign themselves to their fate and help out of necessity.

The centaur tribe, though allies and able to communicate, are extremely arrogant and xenophobic. Apart from their good relationship with Hagrid, they are unwilling to have much contact with other wizards.

They were even less willing to "lower themselves" and play what they considered "playing house" with the young wizards.

But when Dudley produced the Star Magic, a technique the Black family had lost, which he had obtained from Voldemort's (also known as Ecclesia's) memories, the centaurs abandoned their pride and reserve and became willing to help.

The centaur race, who rely on astrology and celestial omens for all their actions, simply cannot resist magical knowledge that can harness the power of the stars.

Although they couldn't use these star magic spells exactly as they saw them, the ability to draw inferences and manipulate starlight was enough to drive them crazy.

And so, Dudley dealt with all the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest.

Dudley did not overlook the Black Lake, another natural wonder of Hogwarts besides the Forbidden Forest.

He also modified the Black Lake, setting up magical puzzles and placing magical items as prizes.

At the same time, the allied creatures in Black Lake—the ugly mermaid clan and the giant squid—created some training projects, bringing some surprises to the senior students who came to Black Lake for training.

After several attempts, Dudley has essentially normalized the competition events of the original story's Triwizard Tournament, including fire dragons, Black Lake mermaids, and mazes.

Moreover, it's a super-enhanced version that also takes personal safety into account.

Dudley has added a passively triggered conceptual repair spell specifically for this purpose.

Within the Hogwarts grounds, whether student or faculty member, anyone facing mortal danger will be teleported back to their Hogwarts residence just moments before death.

At the same time, the serious injuries on my body will quietly become minor injuries that the school hospital can handle, and the psychological shadows that are difficult to heal on my own will also be reduced to a level that Professor Queenie, the psychological counselor, can handle.

In this way, one can maximize the gains from training while ensuring personal safety.

Beyond field combat and survival training.

The trial space inside Hogwarts Castle, which is dedicated to helping students hone their courage and improve their resourcefulness, has also been upgraded and expanded.