Once Shawn's figure vanished from the Hall of Death, only the flickering purple light of the magic array remained in the Death Chamber.
After an unknown length of time, the gently swaying veil suddenly began to flutter violently.
Waves of ashen mist suddenly spilled from the ancient archway, taking the forms of undead armored soldiers clad in tattered armor, a flicker of soul fire burning in their eye sockets.
The magic array reacted at once. Purple arcs of electricity erupted, carrying the power of faith as they swept toward the mistlike undead armored soldiers.
The undead armored soldiers offered no resistance. They endured the attacks head-on and were soon shattered into wisps of bluish smoke.
Afterward, the Veil of Death returned to its slow, gentle swaying. A deathly silence settled over the hall, as though nothing had happened.
Strangest of all, the magic array's warning mechanisms had not activated, as though some force had blocked them.
Thus, the disturbance drew neither the attention of the guards outside nor Shawn's.
Shawn left the Department of Mysteries and, invisible, entered the opulent atrium, ready to head back to school.
During his earlier brief discussion in Asgard, he had found time for a short chat with Grindelwald. The latter had brought up ideological education at the school and been full of praise for Lupin.
So Shawn now intended to go and meet Lupin.
While he was delayed in the Death Chamber, Fudge, Lucius, and the others happened to return to the Ministry of Magic.
Naturally, Ilvermorny's two heads had followed them, unwilling to give up. Unable to get an answer from Dumbledore, they had nowhere to turn but the Ministry of Magic.
Outside the Minister's Office, Fudge was thoroughly irritated after being cornered by Helena and Fontana, and let some of his displeasure