Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

The atmosphere in the ant cave was a little anxious, but Benjamin and Franklin acted very naturally. They completely ignored the army of ants that surrounded them, and instead were doing their own work.

Earlier, they took advantage of Mike's conversation with the ant queen, and they had already pulled the two-five boy, and identified the identity of the man in the windbreaker who was hanging upside down - the patriarch of the Avery family!

After confirming the identity of the target, Franklin and Benjamin cleaned each other very neatly.

Patriarch Avery, who was covered in clumps, had obviously never suffered such humiliation. He struggled to cover his vital parts with his hands, and at the same time glared at Erwu Zai beside him with bloodshot eyes.

"I remember you, old Jerry's son! You traitor! Merlin will punish you!"

"Shut up, you old fellow! I'm not your subordinate now, and now my leader is... these adults in front of you!"

Facing the curse of his patriarch, the second or fifth boy reacted very excitedly. He waved his wand violently, and then a golden long whip composed of magic power extended from the tip of his wand and slammed it into Egypt. There was a bloody whip mark on the white and fat body of Patriarch Fri.

Patriarch Avery let out a miserable howl, followed by even more unpleasant curses. Of course, the second or fifth boy beat him even harder when he heard the words.

He seems to want to use this method to prove his loyalty, but unfortunately, everyone present didn't take him seriously, after all, he can't even name the master he is loyal to now.

Franklin and Benjamin ignored him even more, as they were rummaging through the clothes ripped off from Patriarch Avery.

Patriarch Avery was obviously a man of wealth. Franklin and Benjamin found a gold Galleon full of unmarked stretch pockets from his jacket pocket, as well as an antique with the emblem of the Avery family. Lingge vault key.

But these are secondary, the real gain for the two of them is a pendant box and a tattered parchment!

Looking at the pendant box engraved with the Slytherin symbol and the parchment full of ancient Latin in his hand, Benjamin's breath became heavier!

"Mike, we seem to have found it!"

Franklin's excited and trembling voice pulled Mike's attention back. He turned his head and glanced at the pendant box quickly, and the corners of his mouth rose.

With a weird smile at the queen in front of him, Mike put down his wand and turned around slowly, exposing his entire back to the other side.

This seems to be an extremely wise behavior, after all, the queen ant is still his enemy at this stage.

But Mike doesn't care.

To know that you are the opponent's nest, this may mean a perfect home field advantage for other races, but for ants, the interior of the nest is precisely the place where they least want to fight.

After all, the queen ants are everything to their population. If something happens to the queen ants during the battle, then their population will be declared extinct.

What's more, Mike is very clear that with his own strength and the attainment of the flame spell, these ants are simply vulnerable in front of him, and no matter how many they are, it is useless.

And the fact is just as he expected, after Mike put down his wand, the queen ant was obviously relaxed a lot.

But in the face of this excellent sneak attack opportunity, she didn't react at all, just looked at Mike quietly.

Mike looked at his main target this time, Patriarch Avery.

At this moment, he was struggling and crying under the whip of the second or fifth boy, and when he noticed Mike's gaze, the second and fifth boy hurriedly stopped and stood aside with a flattering expression.

"First meeting, Patriarch Avery, I'm Townley, Mike Townley. You can call me Mr. Townley." Mike looked at each other with a smile, "I'll ask you a few questions next, but I guess You will not answer truthfully,

so……"

As he spoke, Mike gave Benjamin a look beside him.

The latter immediately understood, took out a bottle of potion and poured it directly into the mouth of Patriarch Avery.

This is Veritaserum, which is different from the variant of the anaesthetic in the Muggle world. Its potion version is much stronger and can be talked about almost anywhere, but as a side effect, those who have taken it will directly change Become wise.

Because its effect is too powerful, the Ministry of Magic has strictly sealed the sale and manufacture of this potion. Only a small number of potion masters in Europe have mastered the method of making Veritaserum, and Benjamin is now taking out this share of them. The only one I have now!

Patriarch Avery was obviously also knowledgeable. He realized what he had drank shortly after being drank the Veritaserum, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to dig his throat, trying to spit out the potion again.

Unfortunately, it is too late.

Patriarch Avery only pulled a few times and then stopped. The original ferocious expression quickly became calm and gentle, and then quickly became sluggish.

He didn't take out the hand in his mouth, but instead of picking at his throat, he sucked his hand as hard as a baby sucking on a pacifier.

The scene of a middle-aged man eating his hands made Mike feel a little sick. He shook his head impatiently and quickly asked:

"Where is Chris?"

"I have no idea."

Hearing the pale and hollow voice of the other party, and looking at his wise expression, Mike was a little sluggish.

But soon he reacted.

It was because he was stupid. Now the other party should only answer the question passively, and he should ask more detailed questions.

"What did you and Chris all disappear at the same time?"

"Chris came to us and told us a lot of things, including Dumbledore's preparations and the news of Voldemort's upcoming return. He told us that the next country and even Europe would be at war, and we had better talk to him. Hide all the same, and wait until the end of the war to choose the superior party to be loyal, so that we can maximize the strength of the family and obtain future security. We believed in him, so we hid."

"The hiding places of each family are separate and secret, so you don't know where other families are hiding, right?"

"Yes."

Nodding his head, Mike took the string of pendant boxes from Franklin, held them up in front of Patriarch Avery, and said:

"Where did this come from?"

As soon as this statement came out, Patriarch Avery's expression suddenly became hideous. He stared at the pendant box viciously, as if he wanted to tear it to pieces.

Mike looked at Benjamin with a blank expression, this would not happen to people who took Veritaserum.

But Benjamin was also confused. After all, he didn't have a deep understanding of the super banned drug, and he didn't know anything about why this happened.

Fortunately, Patriarch Avery's abnormality only lasted for a short moment, and soon he returned to his original stupid appearance, and continued to answer in that pale and empty voice:

"Chris gave it to me."

"Do you know what this is? Why did he give this to you?"

"This is Slytherin's pendant box. I specially asked someone to identify it. It is genuine. Chris wants to use this to thank me for supporting his plan. This is a gift, and I love it."

"But now," Mike smiled sarcastically, "it seems like it's just a trap, a trap that will make you die without a place to die."

"Yes, that's right."

"Then next question." Mike took out the parchment. "What is this."

"A pact used by the Avery family to control ants."

Mike smiled. He glanced at the uneasy queen and said slowly:

"Teach me how to sign this special contract."

As soon as this remark came out, the queen ant suddenly made a squeaking sound, from which Mike could hear the unwilling taste, and the surrounding ants also rioted when they heard the sound.

It's just that the next moment they were all misfired, because a string of dangerous black flames suddenly appeared in Mike's palm!

The ants quickly retreated, and upon seeing this, Mike snorted coldly, crushing the flame in his palm.

At this time, after a brief silence, Patriarch Avery finally spoke.

"I can't. The method of making this ancient contract is lost."

Hearing that, Mike and the others and the queen ant on the side were all stunned. No one thought that such an important contract curse, the Avery family, would be lost!

A burst of laughter sounded from Mike's heart. This was the voice of the queen ant. At this moment, Mike could feel infinite happiness from her laughter.

It's just that her laughter didn't last long, because Mike lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then continued to Patriarch Avery:

"Then, can the power enjoyed by this contract be transferred from you to me by an unbreakable oath?"

"Can."

Hearing this, Mike laughed, but the laughter of the queen ant stopped abruptly.

She didn't actually understand what Mike said about the unbreakable oath, but that didn't stop her from feeling a little uneasy.

The next thing is very simple. Under the effect of Veritaserum, Patriarch Avery was in a state of confusion. Mike effortlessly made him say the oath to transfer the validity of the contract. Benjamin on the side cast an unbreakable oath.

With a golden chain appearing from the hands held by Mike and Patriarch Avery and slowly spreading to the two of them, the oath was officially established. Mike didn't feel it, but the queen was different.

Her contract with the Avery family is actually very simple, that is, she must obey all the orders of the Avery family and cannot harm any member of the Avery family, otherwise she will suffer severe pain equivalent to the Crucifixion torment.

And now, she can clearly feel that the limitation of the contract on her has been transferred from the Avery family to Mike. This made her really unacceptable.

As Mike said before, the reason why she provided so much help to Mike was that she wanted to use Mike's hands to get rid of the Avery family, so that she could regain her freedom.

But now the Avery family has been wiped out, but his freedom has been grasped by the man in front of him!

What if you just don't accept it?

What Mike did on the fifth floor just now was seen by the other ants. The man who has mastered that terrifying spell is afraid that he can wipe out his entire clan alone!

So, the queen ant trembled and slowly lowered her head towards Mike.

With her movements, hundreds of ants in the entire rock cave also knelt down and offered the most noble gift to Mike.

Of course, this sublime is only for humans.

It can only be seen from the twisted and stiff movements of those ants when they kneel and worship, they themselves do not understand what kneeling means, this is just something that the Avery family forced to teach them in order to satisfy their own vanity. Just an action.

Shaking his head, Mike looked at the back of the ant and asked expressionlessly:

"Your name is Lilith, right?"

"Yes, my master."

"There's no need to bow when you see people in the future."

"Um... what?"

There was a strong sense of surprise and puzzlement in Lilith's words.

Unlike her own children, Lilith, who is extremely intelligent, knows the true meaning of the action of kneeling. In her opinion, the wizards are such a group of rejoicing, brutal and brutal guys.

How could such a creature voluntarily give up this opportunity to be worshipped?

"I'll tell you the order, and you can execute it." Mike continued to order, "In addition, your future work will remain unchanged, and you will still be harvesting those mushrooms in the secret territory. I can give you more power, and even allow you. Independent self-government in this secret territory. My only requirement is that your production must be doubled, understand?"

This time, the queen ant was even more stunned. The pair of tentacles above her head kept shaking and said:

"But……"

"It's nothing, I will send someone to hand over the work here to you after a while. If I can't fulfill my request, then don't say the power I gave you, even your life, I will take it away!"

After saying that, Mike never looked at the frightened ant queen behind him again, and walked directly out of the cave with Benjamin and the others.

As he thought before, he couldn't guarantee that this secret realm would have other entrances and other door keys controlled by the enemy. After all, the Avery family had ruled this place for countless years in the past. What will be left behind.

In this case, it is impossible for Mike to invest a lot of resources in building himself, and the risk is too great.

So the best way to deal with it at this stage is to drain the resources in this secret territory in the shortest possible time. In this case, Mike is also willing to give these ants some better treatment. After all, Mike is not the Avery family. I still know very well that if you want a horse to run, you have to feed the horse grass.

As for where these ants will go after the development of this secret realm is completed.

That depends on how they perform at that time.

Mike doesn't mind taking them to the Overworld if they do well!