On the flat platform outside Azkaban Prison, three Death Eaters were strapped firmly and helplessly in enchanted magic chairs. The Aurors slowly took a few steps back, making room for the dementors.
Seeing this, Andy also took a few steps back to avoid bumping.
The air around them quickly grew cold, so cold that it sent shivers down to the very core of their beings.
Many of the Aurors involuntarily shivered, and even Scrimgeour pulled his sleeves down, clearly affected.
Andy, however, felt nothing.
After the successful magic transfiguration, this chill could no longer affect Andy.
It was just...
'This chill does come from the death dimension!'
After experiencing it up close, Andy once again confirmed this.
Andy is quite familiar with this power.
When exploring the Death Chamber, this chill almost killed Andy. After the successful magic transfiguration, Andy can even control this cold breath of death.
'So... what is the Ministry of Magic going to do about the Dementors?' Andy wondered.
But this was not the time to think about that.
'It's starting!'
The whole sky turned dark as the Dementors grew restless.
"Aaahhhh!"
The three Death Eaters howled in despair, trying to vent their fear. Their bodies struggled, but there was no escape.
Even the arrogant Dolohov had a terrified look in his eyes, his face contorted with fear.
The Dementor's Kiss is one of the most cruel torture methods in the wizarding world.
It targets the soul.
Soon, the first Dementor swooped down from the sky.
It swooped down in front of the Death Eater, and the latter's eyes momentarily became a little vacant, his despair and fear frozen in an instant.
It was as if something had been sucked away by the Dementor.
It was a happy memory!
Soon, a second, third, fourth... dozens of Dementors plunged from the sky one after the other, feasting on a rare delicacy.
Today, they could feast to their hearts' content!
'A bit cruel!' Even Andy felt that the scene before him was a bit cruel.
Which is crueller, physical harm or psychological harm?
In the past, Andy thought physical harm was more unbearable.
However, at this moment...
No one could fathom the despair the three Death Eaters were going through, but just watching from the sidelines, Andy felt a chill down his spine.
It is truly one of the most terrifying experiences in the world!
Death is instantaneous.
What's really terrifying is the agony of waiting to die!
There was no scream, no wail, not even a plea for mercy.
But everyone knew that those three were in hell!
A few minutes later, all the dementors had enjoyed their feast to the fullest.
At that moment, with a slow glide, three Dementors approached the three Death Eaters, hovering just ten centimetres above their faces.
Then they lifted their hoods.
Andy: "..."
Andy: "?"
What does this mean?
Don't tell me... you guys are really going to kiss?
At this moment, Andy really felt a cold shiver crawl throughout his body!
The faces of the dementors looked as if they had been rotten in water. They had no facial features, just a deep black hole where the mouth should have been.
To be kissed by something like this...
Andy felt like vomiting.
No way! After returning, I must find Hermione to soothe my wounded soul; otherwise, this might leave an unforgettable psychological scar in the future.
So disgusting!
Kissed! They kissed!
They really kissed!
The Dementor placed its mouth on the Death Eater's open mouth!
Andy gritted his teeth to endure the nausea and stared at this scene.
The dementors in the sky became very quiet.
They weren't fighting for the souls; they were just hovering in place, watching the scene in silence, as if they were watching a solemn ceremony.
This was very abnormal.
If human souls were important to the Dementors, they would definitely be fighting for them. Just like before, when they were feasting on happiness, a large horde of Dementors swarmed over.
Even if they couldn't snatch the souls, they would never have been so quiet as they are now.
Andy instantly understood.
For the dementors, human happiness is their food, and as for souls... perhaps absorbing souls is just a ritual.
They are offering the souls to the Death Dimension!
It makes sense.
When the dementors rioted before, they only sucked away human happiness, not human souls.
They never took the initiative to kill anyone when they guarded Azkaban.
The dementors are undisciplined, and their minds are chaotic.
If souls are important, they definitely won't restrain themselves.
Andy watched intently.
The mouth of the Dementor was pressed against the mouth of the Death Eater, and a faint glow seemed to emanate from the place where their mouths met.
The light was very weak.
However, compared to the darkness emanating from the Dementor, the light seemed somewhat sacred.
'Is that a soul?' Andy wondered.
This was the first time Andy had seen a soul manifest.
Unlike the ghosts at Hogwarts or Voldemort's wandering soul, this light, perhaps, was the true appearance of a soul.
The light overflowed from the mouth of the Death Eater and slowly flowed into the mouth of the Dementor before disappearing.
The Dementor did not become empowered as a result.
'That was...'
Perhaps it was because Andy had stolen the power of the death dimension. The moment the soul entered the Dementor, Andy could definitely feel the breath of the death dimension.
Unlike the Dementor's false resemblance, that was the real breath of the death dimension. Andy had felt this breath more than once and would never mistake it.
'It's true!'
'Is this the secret Dumbledore hid?'
'But... if the dementors are related to the Death Dimension, what does that suggest?'
'These dementors are just the experimental products of the Dark Wizard Ekrizdis's research into the Death Dimension—the failed ones at that!'
'What does the Dementor's Kiss signify?'
At this moment, many questions popped into Andy's mind.
After the dementors sucked away their souls, the expressions on the faces of the three Death Eaters eased slightly.
Fear and despair seemed to have disappeared, and Andy even saw a kind of peace in their faces.
Andy's finger moved slightly, and a sound reached his ears.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
It was the heartbeat of the Death Eaters.
They were alive!
Their brains and hearts were still working.
They just had no sense of self, no memories, nothing.
They were just... shells!
Living shells!
'The brains in the Brain Hall!'
At that moment, Andy thought of the Department of Mysteries' Brain Hall.
There were many brains preserved there, human brains.
Those brains were perhaps brains from people who had lost their souls.
'The Department of Mysteries was indeed researching these!'
'So...where did the research results ultimately end up?'
'The Ministry of Magic never interfered with these matters and rarely used these research results.'
Andy suddenly thought of a disturbing question.
Is there another group of people behind the Ministry of Magic?
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