"So Rake had joined forces with Muggle elites, used the Scourers, and allied himself with the Goblins."
Wade said, "Because he knew that orthodox wizards—even Dark Wizards—would never support him."
"He sought out every resource he could exploit and freely spread the Wizarding World's secrets. It wasn't that he didn't know the consequences; it was that he didn't care... Other than his own goals, nothing in the world probably meant anything to him."
Dumbledore nodded slightly. "Sophelus Lake... he is not a Dark Wizard in the traditional sense. He may even disdain calling himself a Dark Wizard."
"When facing such an existence, most of our past experience and understanding of combat may prove useless."
The two fell silent at the same time.
After seeing Abigail's memories, both Wade and Dumbledore understood one thing—
In the past, they had both believed that the threat to the British Wizarding World came from Voldemort.
Broadening it a little, there was also Grindelwald, whose influence was steadily deepening, and the Ministry of Magic, which had become increasingly wary of Dumbledore.
As for the Scourers, Prometheus, the changes within the American Magical Congress, and so on...
To be honest, all of those could be considered internal affairs of the American Wizarding World.
Given the Wizarding World's habit of keeping itself isolated, wizards could not even be bothered to understand their own Muggle neighbors, much less concern themselves with the circumstances of foreign wizards.
Thus, by the time those towering waves in the American Wizarding World spread to Britain, perhaps they would be no more than faint ripples.
Just as when Voldemort had run rampant through the British Wizarding World, wizards from other countries had merely watched from across the shore. Aside from the unlucky fellows targeted by Voldemort—such as Nicolas Flamel and Karkaroff—no one had