Influenced by the Wizard Lookout Station Broadcast, the entire British magical world had been shrouded in an oppressive atmosphere over the past few days, as though a storm was about to break.
Especially after the Death Eaters' Search Teams became active across Britain once more, people realized that something was about to happen. Restlessly, they stayed by their radios, trying to glean more useful information from the daily broadcasts.
The strange abnormalities on this land soon spread to the Ministries of Magic across Europe, which had been secretly watching the British magical world.
To prevent the International Wizarding Federation from dispatching the Auror Alliance to Britain again, and to avoid being caught off guard, the Death Eaters directly mobilized large numbers of people to keep a close watch on every country's movements.
Yet the calmer the European countries appeared, and the more they acted as though they had no interest in Britain, the more uneasy the Death Eaters became. They knew it was the calm before the storm, the sign that a sharp blade concealed in the shadows was about to stab them.
The last time, Albert had used Scrimgeour's power to stab the Death Eaters so badly that they could barely function. How could that not frighten them? This time, with the International Wizarding Federation's help, it would only be more ruthless than before. If they were ambushed by the Auror Alliance, how many of them could actually survive by luck?
The fear and unease weighing on them forced the Death Eaters led by Yaxley to resort to more aggressive means of gathering information, such as using Legilimency to forcibly pry into someone's memories, or using Veritaserum to extract useful intelligence from someone's mouth.
The Death Eaters' actions instead became a useful tool for Kingsley to persuade the International