Click, click, click—
With a clatter of mechanical rotating sounds, the cart slowly came to a halt at the entrance to the underground vault.
The entrance door was tightly closed, and Andy stood there, feeling a little unsure.
It was so quiet.
It was unnaturally quiet!
After Andy had destroyed the vault door, the alarm sounded in Gringotts. Logically, the Gringotts' guards should have rushed in to capture Andy.
However, Andy has not seen a single goblin along the way.
This is really strange!
Andy has thought about it repeatedly and has come up with a more reasonable explanation: the Death Eaters have arrived, and they have helped Andy get rid of the Gringotts guards.
At this moment...
They may have already left or are just waiting outside the door to ambush Andy.
'Hmm...'
Andy muses slightly.
If it turned out to be an ambush, Andy felt it would be difficult for him to defend against a barrage of exploding charms, let alone a barrage of killing curses.
Andy is powerful, but he is not a god.
Weak physical defence and almost non-existent magical defence are the greatest weaknesses of wizards.
After thinking for a while, Andy waved his wand and summoned the Fat Cat Patronus.
'Go and have a look,' Andy instructed.
The Fat Cat Patronus wagged its tail, then found a hidden spot and went through the wall, taking a sneaky look at the situation on the other side.
The situation in the hall was more or less what Andy had expected.
When Andy attacked the Gringotts Bank, he used the Breath of Death to freeze the entire hall, freezing the bodies and minds of all the goblins in the hall.
The Death Eaters naturally knew that someone had attacked Gringotts when they saw such a scene.
It goes without saying that it must be Andy who broke into Gringotts.
Although the risk of fighting Andy was extremely high, to relocate the Horcrux, Barty led the elite Death Eaters, whose loyalty to Voldemort bordered the line of insanity.
However, before the Death Eaters could enter the underground vaults, the shrill alarm sounded throughout Gringotts.
The guards of Gringotts also rushed to the lobby to check the situation.
Then...the two sides started fighting.
The battle in the hall was fierce, and the place was littered with dead goblins. The goblins that Andy had frozen were also brutally killed by the irate Death Eaters.
At this moment, a dozen Death Eaters were standing in front of the entrance to the underground vaults, their wands aimed at the door.
In the corner of the hall, the Fat Cat Patronus poked half of its head out of the wall and slyly observed the situation in the hall.
Since the Death Eaters were all facing the underground vault door, no one noticed the Fat Cat Patronus.
"Why isn't he up here yet?"
Barty looked at the huge metal door in front of him with a fierce expression. Barty clenched his wand, veins bulging on the back of his hand, and beads of sweat glistening on his forehead. He was extremely nervous.
Even though they held the advantage of being in an ambush and even though they held a numerical advantage, Barty didn't feel confident that they would surely win.
Because the one they would be facing is Andy Collins.
He is a magical genius whose talent far surpasses Voldemort's.
He has not even graduated from Hogwarts yet already possesses the magical power capable of suppressing Voldemort head-on.
This ambush is a very risky move.
But Barty Jr. has no choice but to do it.
Because this is the only chance they will ever have to kill Andy.
If they missed this chance, once Andy and Dumbledore joined forces, Voldemort would be defeated.
They would have no way out!
Snape, who was standing nearby, also said with a grave face, "I just went outside to have a look. Collins didn't fly away with the dragon; he's still inside."
While he was talking, Snape was also cursing in his heart.
What's Andy doing inside?
Could he be transferring Bellatrix's assets?
In Snape's opinion, this is entirely possible.
Andy is not a principled person like Dumbledore, and he pays no heed to rules. It is only natural that Andy would be tempted to loot Bellatrix's vault.
It is entirely possible that Andy would transfer the assets!
This left Snape feeling extremely frustrated.
Come on, man, this is not the right time.
We're at war!
Dumbledore is fighting Voldemort one-on-one, and this is their only chance to defeat Voldemort.
At such a critical moment, you're here transferring assets?
Can't you do it some other time?
Taking a deep breath, Snape looked around.
No one could survive a dozen killing curses.
There was no way to Apparate here, and once Andy came out, he would face a situation of certain death.
He had to think of a way!
Snape thought, 'Once the door opens, I will use the Exploding Charm to interrupt the Death Eater's casting. The huge explosion will also serve as a warning to the Collins boy.'
But...
A close-range Exploding Charm will inevitably injure Snape himself.
Just as Snape was cursing Andy in his heart, a blazing fire dragon instantly burst through the door and quickly spread out, pouncing on all the Death Eaters.
The Fiendfyre Curse!
Snape's pupils instantly contracted.
This kid is crazy!
Without thinking, Snape raised his wand and shouted, "Finite Incantatem!"
A white magic light shroud spread from the tip of the wand, enveloping Snape and blocking the raging onslaught of the flame.
"Finite Incantatem!"
Barty Junior and several other Death Eaters reacted just as quickly, almost as soon as they saw the raging flame.
The Fiendfyre spread rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, it filled the entire hall.
As expected of the elite Death Eaters, only five of them failed to react to the sudden Fiendfyre attack, and everyone else put up the correct resistance.
However, they were filled with despair.
So what if they had blocked the Fiendfyre?
The Fiendfyre Curse does not require much control.
But to defend against it, they must use their wands!
What made them even more desperate was the fact that they could not Apparate inside Gringotts.
In other words, Andy could finish them all off!
A green light flashed.
Barty Crouch Jr. fell to the ground in despair.
With this, the Death Eaters, who were prepared to fight to the death for Voldemort, not only lost their first-mover advantage but also lost their commander and the most powerful Death Eater among them.
Another green light flashed, and another Death Eater fell to the ground.
The remaining Death Eaters were filled with despair.
They had to withstand the Fiendfyre.
But if they did, they wouldn't be able to withstand Andy's attacks.
"Severus, do something!" one Death Eater shouted.
Snape paid no attention to this, his eyes looking past the raging Fiendfyre to Andy, who stood opposite him. "Collins, don't use the Killing Curse; it will taint your soul!"
Death Eaters: "..."
Another Death Eater suddenly had an inspiration. "Severus is right. The Killing Curse is dark magic. Using it to kill someone will have a seriously negative effect on a wizard's mind."
"Collins, why not try the Stunning Spell instead!"
"And capture some enemies while you're at it!"
Andy: "…"
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