Kael took a few deep breaths before continuing to walk inside.
Dumbledore was enough outside, and he couldn't help much. The most important thing now was to deal with the Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries.
Unlike the quietness from last time, even as he just entered, Kael could faintly hear a series of exclamations and explosions.
At the same time, in a nearby room that looked like a library filled with Crystal Prophecy Balls, Harry was confronting a disheveled woman.
"Where is Sirius," he demanded, holding a wand in one hand and a Crystal Prophecy Ball in the other, "You caught him, I know, he's here!"
"Oh, the baby's awake and scared, thinking dream things are real," Bellatrix said in a screechy voice, so unpleasant it was like a saw on glass.
"Oh, Bellatrix, you know Potter less well than I do," another Death Eater approached, "He has a big weakness, personal heroism. The Dark Lord knows this about him!"
"I know Sirius is here!" Harry said nervously, "I saw you capture him!"
The Death Eaters burst into laughter.
"You need to distinguish between dreams and reality, Potter," Malfoy said, "Now, give me the prophecy, and maybe we'll let you see Sirius!"
Harry did not move.
From the Death Eaters' previous behavior, he gradually realized that Sirius was apparently not really here, Dumbledore was right, this was a trap.
Harry felt cold, his stomach seemed to twist, he believed that dream and brought Ron and Hermione into this place to die...
"Harry..." Hermione patted his shoulder lightly and shook her head slightly.
"Ah, so united," Bellatrix said maniacally, "Look at their serious faces, like they're planning to fight us.
"How touching, if you hand over the prophecy ball, perhaps I can consider letting you die together..."
"Shut up!" Harry couldn't help but shout.
Bellatrix burst into insane laughter.
"Did you hear that, did you hear that, he's ordering me..."
But in the next second, her manic laughter vanished.
"Who gave you the courage to order me!"
"Crucio!"
Harry didn't even react, standing there dazed. Thankfully Hermione reacted quickly, giving him a push to dodge the Crucio Curse.
"Are you insane?" Malfoy yelled, "What if you break it..."
"No one can order me except the Dark Lord, anyone who tries must die!" Bellatrix's chest heaved violently, but thanks to the reminder, she remembered there was still work to do.
"Catch those two around him, I don't believe he'd stay indifferent seeing his companions tortured!"
...
"Don't even think about it!" Sirius suddenly appeared from nowhere, his wand aimed directly at Bellatrix.
"Confringo!"
Bellatrix was blown backward, crashing into a shelf full of prophecy balls.
The room instantly started "raining," over a hundred prophecy balls fell to the ground, shattering into pieces, and milky silhouettes emerged, murmuring like whispers.
But because so many voices appeared at once, no one could hear what they were saying.
"Run!"
Two more people burst in, Moody blocking the Death Eaters, while Mr. Weasley led Harry and the others towards the nearest door.
"Mr. Weasley, why are you here..." Harry said with surprise and joy.
"We received a message from Dumbledore and came right away..." Mr. Weasley spoke rapidly, "You shouldn't have come."
"Arthur is right," Sirius caught up from behind, "Even though you entered this trap to save me, I have to say, you were too reckless, even if I were captured, the last thing I'd want is to see you coming to rescue me... and the worst thing you did was bringing Hermione and Ron along."
"I'm sorry..." Harry lowered his head in shame.
"We insisted on coming," Ron said quickly, "Harry didn't agree, so we followed him secretly..."
"Foolish!" Moody also arrived, glancing at Sirius, "What have you been teaching them? Dumbledore should have had me instruct the lower years."
Sirius said nothing.
"Alright, enough talk," Mr. Weasley mediated, "Run quickly, there are about twenty Death Eaters, we don't have enough people... Damn, where did they gather so many.
"But Dumbledore should be here soon, we need to delay them."
The group ran through doors aimlessly, with Death Eaters close behind.
When Kael found his way to the Hall of Prophecy, there was nothing left but chaos.
Half of the shelves had collapsed, with prophecy ball shards covering the floor.
"Aha, I knew there would be stragglers."
A person wearing a black hood emerged from behind a shelf, speaking with a sinister voice: "You're a Hogwarts student too, right? If I catch you, could I use you to threaten Potter into handing over the prophecy?"
"Nice idea," Kael said with a smile, not feeling anxious at all, instead curiously asking:
"I think I heard Sirius and Moody's voices just now... So are you hiding here because you're afraid and don't dare to follow them?"