Chapter 286: Reduced to Rubble

Chapter 286: Reduced to Rubble

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Chapter 286: Reduced to Rubble

"The anti-apparition charms are gone now," James noted.

"Then let's leave this cursed place," Dawlish said.

"Hold on, something has just occurred to me." Moody appeared to be contemplating something.

"What is it? Dawlish is not wrong. We should not linger here longer than necessary. We don't know if there are more enemies around," said James.

"If this was an attempt by that blasted Minister to take out his opposition, it is very likely we are not the only ones being targeted tonight," Moody concluded.

"Madam Bones!" Dawlish exclaimed. "She left work early today, she should be alone in her manor."

"If that is the case, she is a much more important target than us..." James was very concerned. If they already sent an army of inferi to kill them, what did they send to kill the most influential person in the entire department?

"But there are only a few people who know about the location of t—"

"I'll take you there," Moody interrupted Dawlish. "Hold on to my tunic, we have no time to waste."

The two aurors did as told and in the next instant, they disappeared from Dolohov's house.

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They reappeared in a different grassy clearing. The biggest difference was that instead of being surrounded by a thick forest, there were massive rocky walls all around them, like they were at the bottom of a cliff.

The first thing they noted was the lake a short distance to their right, but after giving the area a passing glance, they all realized that something important was missing from here.Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

"Where is the house?" Dawlish asked what they all had been wondering.

They had never seen the Bones manor in person before, but as all ancient wizard dwellings, they were expecting a castle or some massive mansion at least.

'It is supposed to be..." Moody pointed towards the darkest part of the clearing. "Wait, there is something there." His magical eye began to emit mechanical noises as it moved.

They then began to hear some strange noises. It was loud enough to get their attention away from the mysterious figure.

It was a terrifying and unnatural screeching sound.

They all thought the same at the time... no living creature should make a sound like that.

And what made it worse was that the sound was getting louder and louder by the second... it was getting closer, and fast.

James soon pointed at the dark skies where he saw something pale and gigantic descending upon them.

Before he could even utter a word of warning, that 'something' had already landed.

The creature was massive, beyond anything they had seen before, perhaps it was around half the size of the former Bones Manor.

It was easy to make that comparison because the creature had landed on top of the rubble. And it also solved the mystery of how the manor was destroyed.

Its body reminded them of the inferi they had seen before. The shape of its bones was visible and barely covered by a thin membrane of pale flesh.

Its eyes were bright blood red, even more so than the previous undead they had encountered.

However, this creature did not have a humanoid shape. This was a completely different type of being, one they were all very familiar with.

Despite its current putrid state, it was easy to say what this thing had been in life.

"A dragon?!" Dawlish stared in horror at the undead beast.

"An inferi dragon? How?..." Moody was at a loss for words.

"We need to leave, NOW!" James shouted.

As terrifying as this massive beast was, James's eyes were locked on the dark-robed individual.

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