Chapter 282 The Sledge

The wizard who was stationed here at the North Pole by Grindelwald is called Eric.

He is a male wizard who looks very young in appearance, only in his twenties at most.

He welcomed Jon and the others into the castle made of ice, which was warm inside, and the fireplace dug out from the ice wall was burning with a vigorous fire, and the heat didn't affect those ice blocks in any way.

"Sir Headmaster has told me in advance that you would come, but to be honest, I am still surprised that you are so young."

Eric seemed to be a very talkative person, and he invited Jon to sit at his leisure while picking up the teapot and pouring him a cup of warm black tea.

Jon thanked him and took the cup of tea from him.

"I didn't expect Mr Eric to be so young as well."

This was not some modest remark from Jon, but he had always thought that Grindelwald's men were a bunch of old men and women, and given Eric's current age, it was obvious that he had joined the Acolytes only in the last few years.

"I just graduated from Durmstrang six years ago, and in terms of age, it is indeed a great deal of trust that Sir Headmaster has placed in me by letting me carry out some important task in the Arctic alone."

A curious expression appeared on Jon's face.

"So, what kind of work are you doing here?"

Eric smiled.

"I'm sorry, Sir Headmaster has explicitly instructed me on this matter, and I can't tell you about it yet, because as of now, my research is just a little too ordinary to make it feel like anything worth continuing."

At his answer, Jon's heart was scratched with curious ticking, but on the surface, he nodded with understanding.

"Well, then let's get to the point, Mr Eric, what information do you have for me about the Death Eaters?"

Eric waved his wand in his hand, and a piece of parchment as big as a table-top flew over from a nearby wooden cabinet and unfolded in front of them.

A map was drawn on the parchment.

"In the Arctic Ocean, the vast majority of the area is occupied by floating ice, the location of these pieces of broken ice floating on the surface of the sea is not fixed every moment, and will continue to drift with the temperature as well as seasonal changes, so it is difficult for people to accurately locate the places here. But we are now in the ice field, which is a huge area of ice connected to the centre of the pole, even in the highest temperature of August and September, the ice here will not melt. So in this ice field, I made a simple map, which will help you to identify the main activities of those Death Eaters."

Eric used the tip of his wand to point to a few prominent red dots on the map.

"These are the places where I have found Death Eaters staying for long periods of time, but they seem to rarely appear above the layer of ice, instead they dive deep into the solid ice hidden underground, probably on guard, or maybe they are looking for something."

Then he turned the tip of his wand to the largest of the red markers.

"This place is where the largest number of Death Eaters had gathered now; when they first came here, they did not pay much attention to this place, but just two months ago, a large part of the Death Eaters scattered all over the Arctic gathered here, as if they had made some new discovery here."

Jon listened carefully to his explanation, the map depicted very clearly, Eric said nothing wrong, but there is a very puzzling point on this.

"Is there anyone else here besides Mr Eric?"

Eric showed a smile, he caught the exact question Jon wanted to ask.

"You think it is basically impossible for me to monitor and find out the location and trajectory of so many Death Eaters simultaneously by myself, is it? This question is actually very easy to answer, forgive me for a while, you will soon be able to know."

Jon shrugged, unconcerned about it.

The research base in the North Pole here would obviously hide some secrets about Grindelwald, just like that Norwegian monastery.

Even if Eric refused to answer this question of Jon, he would not feel anything.

Today's lunch is naturally settled in the ice castle, Eric's handicraft is very good, he is Italian, and the pizza he made is very delicious, Jon also had the sense not to ask him why he did not add pineapple to the pizza.

After the meal, Jon rested on the couch for a while longer while Nick took Gabrielle with him to wander around the ice castle, and then they prepared to take that map and say goodbye and leave.

Although Eric seems to be a relatively easy person to get along with, Jon is not here to make friends on this trip, and Eric did not stop him either, he just suggested something to Jon.

"When you leave from here and continue to move ahead, you will be in the scouting range of the Death Eaters, they are not many in number but have always insisted on patrolling the surrounding area, if you still ride your flying broom like this, you will be very conspicuous and have a great probability of being discovered by them, so you'd better leave your broom with me first and move around here in other ways instead. "

His suggestion was undoubtedly correct, and Jon placed the Firebolt in his hand down and looked at Erik.

"So you have a better means of transportation?"

Eric smiled mysteriously.

"Follow me."

He led Jon and the others to the back door of the ice castle, and after going outside from there, they saw a pure white sledge cart parked in front of the door, and what acted as the driving force in front of the sledge was not some sledge dog.

"White Two!"

Gabrielle shouted excitedly.

Yes, it was the two polar bears with the reins on them!

Jon looked at this unique sledge cart with amazement, but then he said hesitantly.

"Polar bears are inconspicuous here, but this kind of animal, even if it can be tamed, it is not suitable for pulling a sledge when it comes to endurance, right?"

"Well, of course, but this is not an ordinary polar bear."

Eric said while clapping his palm, the two polar bears like soldiers who received orders, stood up from the ground with their feet upright and naively saluted Eric!

Jon was even more surprised, seeing this scene, he recalled the question he had asked this morning.

"You're able to see what these bears see from afar!"

"They are natural scouts in the Arctic, the Death Eaters basically won't notice them, and they don't run slow and are different from ordinary bears, with enough endurance to be perfectly equal to even the most specialized sledge dogs."

Eric stood next to the sledge.

"Of course, even if it is pure white, a sledge is also will attract attention, so I also specially prepared a wide enough stealth cloak for you, you can cover the whole cart when the bear is running up. So that even if a Death Eater spots you, the odds are they will only think it's two bears playing around are high."

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