On the last day of July, after a whole morning without any bounty, Kael and Cedric decided to call off their mission to hunt Dentors for the ti being.
Since the Daily Prophet published the article about the bounty, most of the Dentors roaming outside suddenly vanished.
Of course, this doesn’t an they turned into Galleons... A hundred Galleons is tempting, but there were not many wizards who could kill Dentors, and not that quickly either.
Kael guessed that most of the missing Dentors were likely hiding, since the Death Eaters read the newspaper too.
Now that Dentors have turned from feared calamities into lucrative Galleons, Voldemort certainly wouldn’t just sit back and watch his trusty aides be decimated.
But this was also a good thing, at least now there was no worry about Muggles getting caught in the crossfire.
And with the Dentors hidden away, it would also be easier to capture them all in one sweep; the only problem now was finding their exact location.
However, that would be Dumbledore’s concern.
After coming to a decision, Kael and Cedric got ready to head back, but before that, they needed to check one last address in the booklet.
This address ca up just minutes ago; apparently, soone spotted Dentors and reported them to the Ministry of Magic.
They’d been busy for several days anyway, what’s one more?
"Do you think soone else might have arrived first this ti?" Cedric asked.
"Who knows," Kael said. "But this address just popped up, so there probably isn’t anyone there yet."
"Finally, it’s over..." Cedric rubbed his forehead. "Not that it matters, you have to give a three-day break this ti when we get back."
"Don’t you like flying?" Kael chuckled. "Quidditch matches lasting a week are pretty common, you won’t make it as a professional player like this."
"That’s different!" Cedric said irritably. "There are no Dentors to worry about on the Quidditch Pitch."
"True enough..." Kael shrugged, "But it’s not up to whether you get a holiday or not."
"Either way, I won’t accept a cut in my salary this month," Cedric said defiantly.
Kael was a bit taken aback, it was hard to believe those words ca from Cedric...
"Holidays aren’t the point..." Kael glanced at him, "Try not to hang around Fred and George too much, don’t pick up their lazy, cunning habits."
"They’re far worse than you," Cedric muttered.
The duo soon arrived in Hampshire, but after flying around the given location for half an hour, they found no sign of Dentors. Instead, they saw three wizards hovering above a forest.
Two n and a woman were also riding broomsticks, with a large, locked chest beside them.
Before they could approach, Kael overheard their excited chatter.
"A live Dentor fetches two hundred Galleons, we’re in luck."
"Yeah, who would’ve thought these creatures would beco so valuable..."
"Sha there’s only one, or we’d really hit the jackpot..."
No doubt, the chest contained a Dentor.
"Looks like soone beat us to it," Cedric said softly. "I didn’t expect anyone could actually capture a Dentor alive, they’re quite skilled."
Kael nodded.
Facing a dangerous creature like a Dentor, capturing it was far trickier than killing it, as every breath from a Dentor severely weakened a wizard’s combat ability... unless multiple Guardian Gods surrounded it.
There were three of them, they must’ve used this thod.
Kael glanced at the trio who were chatting and laughing, then turned away with no intention of greeting them, aligning with Cedric to head back to the Ministry of Magic.
But just then, a Bowtruckle suddenly erged from Kael’s collar, poking him sharply in the neck with its pointed fingers.
Almost instinctively, Kael changed the direction of the broom, colliding with Cedric next to him.
The suddenness of the incident nearly caused unprepared Cedric to fall off his broom.
"Kael, what are you..." Cedric began to say, but then saw three spells shoot past where Kael had been.
No further explanation was needed.
"Wait!" Cedric instinctively lifted the Disillusionnt Charm, looking toward those three not far away, "We were just passing by, we an no harm, and won’t take your Dentor..."
"Get rid of the extra one!"
Before he could finish the sentence, another three spells flew their way.
Although Cedric dodged as best as he could, one spell still hit his broom.
The tail of the broom emitted black smoke, wobbling and sending Cedric plumting below.
Kael was about to reach for him when a spell blocked his path, forcing him to change direction.
"I can’t believe you dodged that..." among the three, a bearded wizard said, "Guess you really are the Triwizard Tournant champion."
"You know ?" Kael swiftly glanced downward, feeling a bit relieved to see Cedric had drawn his wand mid-air.
"Of course, you’re quite valuable now," said the other bearded wizard, a glint of greed in his eyes. "The Dark Lord promised unparalleled honor and the richest reward to whoever could kill you."
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