However, they soon had no time to talk as a pitch-black corridor suddenly blocked their path. It was a darkness that no spell could penetrate, and some despicable wretches had even thrown gas bombs into the corridor, making anyone who approached feel dizzy and nauseous.
Although Yaxley believed this was just a trick devised by the enemy to prevent them from passing through here, after someone nearly fell into a bog and suffocated, no one was willing to step forward and take the risk. Under these circumstances, unless Yaxley wanted to risk his own skin, he had no choice but to take a detour.
As Yaxley led that group of cursing Dark wizards around the blocked corridor, he still had no idea that his movements had long been discovered by the house-elves whom Albert had left in the kitchens to monitor the entire castle.
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