Nuclear Submarine Launch (Seeking Collection and Votes)

Chapter 039

Devon, England, Nicolas Flamel's secluded castle.

The entire castle was filled with walking armor and statues. Many eyeballs circled in the sky, and even cannon barrels were positioned in the higher areas of the castle. The whole castle resembled a dormant war fortress.

In the castle hall, wizards kept emerging from the large fireplace.

Through the Floo Network connected to the fireplace, elite wizards from the Ministry of Magic of various countries around the world successively arrived at Nicolas Flamel's castle. By the time the fireplace stopped transporting, over a thousand wizards had gathered in the castle hall.

Nicolas Flamel looked at the large number of wizards, but felt no joy at all.

Only a small portion of them were there for revenge, having lost their elders to the Phoenix City Lord. The vast majority, while outwardly claiming to quell the rebellion in the British Magic World, were actually there to seize the Philosopher's Stone from him.

For centuries, ever since he refined the Philosopher's Stone, he had lived in constant seclusion.

Because even he could only deal with small groups of wizards. When the number of gathered wizards reached a certain level, being able to Apparate away would be a stroke of luck, let alone defeating so many wizards simultaneously. Thus, he had lived in seclusion for centuries.

This time, inviting so many elite wizards was easy, but sending them away would be difficult.

It seemed he would have to give away the Philosopher's Stone. Fortunately, as long as he could capture the Phoenix City Lord alive, he could obtain that miraculous Spark Energy to refine an even more perfect Philosopher's Stone. Comforted by this prospect, Nicolas Flamel's mood improved significantly.

The coast, a whale-like object slowly rose from the sea surface.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a submarine.

Upon even closer inspection, it was clearly a nuclear submarine carrying a nuclear warhead.

In just a moment, a missile carrying a nuclear warhead from the nuclear submarine locked onto Nicolas Flamel's castle and was successfully launched. The missile's surface was enchanted with a Level 10 Illusionary Body Curse and a Level 8 Silencing Charm. It descended towards Nicolas Flamel's castle like a ghost, silently in the dark night.

A massive Mushroom Cloud illuminated the night. After decades, humanity had once again employed nuclear weapons.

"Such a good opportunity, it would be a shame not to seize it."

Li Mu squinted, watching the Mushroom Cloud from afar.

He knew that Nicolas Flamel would definitely summon wizards from various countries to deal with him again. So, he had found the family of an old wizard beforehand and controlled them with the Imperius Curse. As expected, within a few days, this family received an apology letter and an invitation from Nicolas Flamel.

At that moment, he knew this was the best opportunity to deal with Nicolas Flamel.

All it took was controlling a nuclear submarine with the Imperius Curse, and using the Forgetfulness Curse to make all the countries of the nuclear submarine forget they had such a vessel. Then, he could manipulate the nuclear submarine, using the Illusionary Body Curse to successfully reach the British coast, and deliver a fatal blow to the elites of various Ministries of Magic.

He just wondered how many wizards this time would be capable of using Apparition to escape the nuclear blast?

The next morning, newspapers from the magic worlds of all countries around the globe reported only one event.

[Shocking! The First Dark Lord Grindelwald has escaped from Nurmengard Prison...!]

[Unbelievable, Muggle nuclear weapons are enough to destroy the Magic World and kill all wizards...!]

[We must be wary of Muggles. Only by controlling the Muggle power hierarchy and military can we ensure the Magic World is not destroyed by nuclear weapons. We should destroy all nuclear weapons held by Muggles and restrict the development of Muggle technology..."]

Li Mu put down the newspaper. He had pushed this blame onto the First Dark Lord, Grindelwald.

Although there would still be talk that he was the real culprit, without sufficient evidence, most of the hatred could be redirected to Grindelwald. As for those avengers who were convinced he was the murderer, he would naturally send their families to reunite with God.

War was this cruel. In the end, the victor could write history as they pleased.

Now that the general trend was set, it was time to completely control the British Magic World.

Although sixty to seventy percent of wizards in the British Magic World now possessed the Phoenix Mark and stood on his side, the vast majority of them did so because of Wizard Potions and Gold Galleons. They could cheer him on, but the thought of them forming a wizard army to wage war against the magic worlds of other countries was out of the question.

The only people he truly controlled were a few dozen Werewolf Wizards and over two hundred Dark Wizards, led by former Death Eaters.

With such limited manpower, it was still insufficient to conquer the magic world.

Apparition. Li Mu appeared beside Snape.

Snape was still engrossed in brewing potions, with many failed attempts scattered on the workbench.

"I'm losing my patience..."

Li Mu sighed. "With your abilities and all the information on Magic Plant ingredients I've provided, you shouldn't still be failing after so many days. This doesn't meet my expectations. It seems you're very unhappy that I killed Dumbledore and destroyed Hogwarts."

Snape's hand trembled, and he instinctively wanted to explain that he had no such intentions.

"I want to see what I want tomorrow, or I'll send your family of three to join Dumbledore."

Li Mu said this and Apparated to the British Ministry of Magic.

Snape possessed at least LV9 Legilimency Defense, which was why he could deceive Voldemort's Legilimency and act as a spy back then.

Although his Legilimency was also only LV9, he could sense Snape's inner resistance. Snape could use Legilimency Defense to fool Legilimency, but he couldn't fool his own wand, nor the spells released during his Potion Refining.

His profession was Mind Wizard, which already indicated the uniqueness of wizards in this world.

Too many spells were related to the mind. Spells like the Patronus Charm would be greatly empowered by love in one's heart. A heart filled with darkness and killing intent would greatly empower spells like the Killing Curse and Cruciatus Curse. The mind's thoughts were the hardest to deceive for one's own spells.

Originally, he thought Snape would adjust his mindset quickly.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, Snape's outward compliance and inner resistance had not diminished at all.

This made him very disappointed, and at the same time, he had a clear understanding of himself.

He lacked the charisma of the First Dark Lord Grindelwald. Due to his Hypermnesia, he was already very reclusive, lacking the ability to communicate with others and the eloquence to inspire people to follow him to the death. Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen to buy over wizards with Gold Galleons.

Since he wasn't good at winning hearts, he would honestly be a tyrant.

He wouldn't kill indiscriminately like the neurotic Voldemort, but he didn't mind destroying everything that stood in his way like Voldemort. Since he couldn't gain loyalty through charisma, he would control people through death and fear.

If Snape disappointed him again tomorrow, despite his talent as a Potions Master, he would only have death awaiting him.

He was indeed the youngest Potions Master, but he was not the only Potions Master in the Magic World.