Influenced by the Wizard Watchtower broadcasts, the entire British wizarding world had been shrouded in an oppressive atmosphere of an impending storm over the past few days.
Especially after the Death Eaters' Seeker Squads became active across England again, people realized that something was about to happen. Uneasy, they stayed by their radios, trying to glean more useful information from the daily broadcasts.
The strange unrest in this land soon spread to the Ministries of Magic across Europe, which had been secretly watching the British wizarding world.
To guard against the International Confederation of Wizards sending another joint Auror force to England and avoid being caught off guard, the Death Eaters directly mobilized large numbers of people to keep a close watch on the movements of every country.
Yet the calmer the European nations were, the more they acted as though they had no interest in England, the more uneasy the Death Eaters became. They knew it was the calm before the storm, the precursor to a blade hidden in the shadows plunging toward them.
How could they not be afraid after Albert had used Scrimgeour's power last time to stab the Death Eaters so badly they could barely function?
This time, with the International Confederation of Wizards behind them, it would only be more ruthless than before. Once they suffered a surprise attack from the joint Auror force, how many of them would be lucky enough to survive?
The fear and unease gnawing at them forced the Death Eaters led by Yaxley to adopt more aggressive methods to obtain information, such as using Legilimency to forcibly pry into someone's memories or using Veritaserum to extract useful intelligence from others.
The Death Eaters' actions instead helped Kingsley persuade the International Confederation of Wizards. Though those politicians had flatly rejected the