Under the Invisibility Cloak, Elwyn, Harry, Hermione, and Ron walked into the depths of Knockover Alley.
Although Malfoy was nowhere to be found, there was only one path in this place, and it would be easy to get lost.
They carefully observed the black magic shops on both sides of the alley, searching for Malfoy's figure. Most of these shops looked very frightening. The decorations were mainly dark, and the display windows were filled with items that would make one feel terrible or terrifying just by looking at them.
They did not walk quickly, and did not see a single person. The entire Knockover Alley was dead silent.
Occasionally, a black shadow would suddenly appear behind a window, indicating that someone was looking at the street.
These figures did not alleviate the terrifying atmosphere. Instead, they intensified it, because each and every one of them was like a ghost.
"Let's go back, this place doesn't give me a good feeling," Ron said hesitantly, looking very nervous.
"No, we have to find out what Malfoy is doing here," Harry insisted.
"He might have entered one of the shops, and we missed him," Hermione said uncertainly, "What's in the depths of Knockover Alley?"
"Meow!" Iven meowed in a low voice as a reply.
Yes, what was in the depths of Knockover Alley?
This was really an interesting topic.
In the depths of Knockover Alley, behind the dark and dirty alleyway, there was a mysterious underground world.
It was the dark side of the British magic world, the fringe of society, filled with evil black wizards, werewolves, vampires, and other creatures that were not accepted by the mainstream society, as well as species that avoided this place like house-elves who had lost their masters, and other thieves and scammers who went there with all kinds of motives.
Chaos and darkness were synonymous with this area. The laws and rules set by the Ministry of Magic were like sunlight that could never reach this place.
Therefore, the underground world was also known as the Dark Domain.
No one knew its origin, and even whether such a place existed was a hot topic of discussion.
The official explanation from the Ministry of Magic was that the vicious dark Magi had dug a few holes in the depths of the Knockturn Alley to hide in order to escape the pursuit of the Auros. There was no such thing as an underground world.
Moreover, this was something that had happened a long time ago. Even if these dark Magi hadn't been caught, it was impossible for them to still be alive.
Under the propaganda of the Ministry of Magic, most law-abiding wizards believed that such a place did not exist.
Lady Weasley had specifically told them about this. She thought that the underground world was a product of fiction, a ridiculous conspiracy theory, just like how people always said that the previous Minister of the Ministry of Magic, Foggy, liked to eat fairies. It was simply nonsense.
Foggy liked the goblins' gold coins, but he didn't really want to eat them.
But in reality, only those Magi who had come into contact with black magic knew that this underground world really existed.
The first time Elwyn had heard of this place was from Sirius.
After he had escaped from Azkaban, he had hidden in a crypt for a period of time, which was part of the underground world.
More accurately, it was a miniscule part of the underground world.
The so-called Underground World was made up of countless underground caverns under the Knockback Alley. Some of these caverns were naturally formed, while others were man-made. The creatures that lived in these caverns were all different, ranging from human Sorcerers to terrifying magical beasts.
The number of caves was huge, and the area they occupied far exceeded that of Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley on the surface.
No one could walk through all the caves, and no one dared to say that they truly understood this place.
In short, it was a terrifying place filled with all kinds of unexpected dangers. Sirius had warned Elwyn, Harry and the rest not to sneak into Knockturn Alley and risk their lives. It was said that there were many man-eating monsters living in the underground world, and they specialized in capturing children …
This warning was somewhat laughable, but there was no doubt that fellows who specialized in eating children's hearts and livers did exist in Knockturn Alley.
Those old witches who hid in the shadows and muttered furtively, dark Magi who had been transformed by black magic, or demonesses who were known for their cruelty, all had such a hobby. They had a special liking for cute boys' bodies …
The second time Elwyn heard someone mention the underground world was from Lupin.
After the war started, Dumbledore hoped that Lupin could return to the werewolves to gather information and rope in other werewolves.
Hence, Lupin gave up his job as the chief editor of the newspaper and entered the underground world, shouldering this responsibility that he hated and felt pain in his heart.
From him, Elwyn found out that the strongest force in the underground world was the werewolves.
They occupied most of the caves in the middle and upper levels of the underground world, and used them as their main area of activity and territory.
Originally, the werewolves were a minority, and there were not many of them. They were not the strongest force in the underground world.
At least, this was the case a few decades ago.
They stayed away from the Magi, and relied on stealing and killing for food. They were often discriminated against and persecuted.
This situation was completely changed when the King of the Werewolves, Fenrir Greyback, appeared.
As the most cruel werewolf, Greyback's goal in life was to bite and infect as many people as possible.
He wanted to create enough werewolves to conquer the Magi, so he specialized in biting children.
He believed that he had to bite them when they were young, so that they would grow up in an environment far away from their parents. They would grow up with hatred for normal Magi and become a member of the werewolf army. After a long time of persistence, this terrifying plan finally succeeded.
Now, the werewolves succumbed to Greyback's cruel rule, and the underground world became their territory.
They were active there, and continued to do evil.
It was extremely ironic that most of the werewolves were infected by Greyback's persecution.
They should have hated him, but none of the werewolves resisted. On the contrary, they hated normal Magi and those who abandoned them.
They listened to Greyback's orders, and spread the terrible werewolf virus and deep-rooted hatred everywhere.
It was unknown if it was due to Greyback's influence, but the werewolves under him liked to bite children, especially those with strong physiques. This was because these infected boys would grow up to become one of them, and become a strong werewolf …
So, Knockover Alley was really not a friendly place for boys!
The third time Elwyn heard someone mention the underground world, it was from Lord Voldemort's daughter, Delphie.
In the future he went to, Delphie wanted to sneak into the office of the Ministry of Magic's minister. She needed a compound decoction.
Regular shops did not sell this potion, but as long as you had money, you could get anything in the underground world.
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