Voldemort looked at the fallen corpse in front of him indifferently, and slowly withdrew his wand.
The surrounding purebloods stood tremblingly on both sides, peeking at the corpse in the middle that had lost all its breath and started to become colder. Some people showed uncontrollable panic on their faces.
"I don't care what kind of agreement I made with you before or what kind of interests we divided."
Voldemort's voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of everyone present.
"From now on, the only thing I want is obedience! Unreserved obedience! I have brought you to a lofty position, so you must be ready to dedicate everything to me at any time, no matter what it is,
Whether it’s your wealth or your life, it will all be part of the transaction. Is there anyone who doesn’t understand it now?”
In the huge hall, everything was quiet, no one made a sound, it was as if everyone had become mute.
Voldemort seems to be very satisfied with the reaction of his men. He does not require everyone to be absolutely loyal to him, because sometimes when a person is strong enough, he can force everyone to be loyal.
Just when the meeting was about to end, a Death Eater suddenly walked over from outside in a hurry and whispered something beside Voldemort.
Only a few people still had the courage to look at Voldemort's face at this time, and these people could obviously find that Voldemort's face became a little strange after hearing the news.
Yes, very strange.
After that, he did not say anything to the Death Eater immediately, but turned to look at the newly appointed director of the Auror Command who replaced Lucius - Igor Karkaroff.
That's right, after he escaped from France and abandoned Beauxbatons, not only did he not receive any punishment, he was also entrusted with an important task by Voldemort, taking over Lucius's position and taking charge of the basic security of the entire UK.
"What about the thing I asked you to check?"
Karkaroff lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Voldemort's eyes.
"I followed your instructions to investigate the name Prince, and found that there was indeed a very high-ranking wizard in the Ministry of Magic who was posted in the Department of Mysteries, and you authorized him to enter and leave any room in the Department of Mysteries. Then
We found out that he once had a special room in the Department of Mysteries for making potions. Based on some remaining materials and things in this room, we found a shop in Knockturn Alley. We just sent someone there today.
I originally wanted to wait until the results on Knockturn Alley are available before reporting to you."
Voldemort sneered.
"Report? What else to report? The so-called Prince is Snape."
His words confused everyone present, and they were even less clear about what Snape could do even if he had used the pseudonym of Prince.
But Voldemort didn't seem to want to explain to them, he just talked about another thing.
"Just this morning, Snape died in his home in Cokeworth. Selwyn and Travers died. One was killed by the Death Curse and the other was killed by the Transfiguration weapon. And just as Snape
In the house where they once lived, there were signs that the Floo network was privately connected and used that day. They followed the Floo network and found a potion shop in Knockturn Alley.
The shop owner also had his memory tampered with this morning. In the hidden memory, a wizard named Prince who had had contact with him in the past suddenly appeared and withdrew a sum of money from him. At the same time, he used
The fireplace in his home was removed, and after that, a mother and son claiming to be Knott broke into his shop and extracted all his memories of Prince."
After listening to Voldemort's statement, an old Death Eater whose real surname was Nott raised his head in panic.
"Master! This is definitely not someone from my family!"
"Do you think I'm too stupid, or are you too smart?" Voldemort looked at him coldly, "Don't I know that this is just a fake identity?"
"No, no, Master, I..."
"Since you think you are so smart, can you tell me why I have to waste time talking about this?"
Nott hesitated, and there was cold sweat on his forehead. Since the Triwizard Tournament, their master's temper has become more and more unstable, and he has begun to kill people more casually, so it's not because he can't guess.
Come out, but his brain is running crazily. The question is whether he will die if he tells it, or if he doesn't tell it, he will die.
"Snape escaped from Dumbledore!" Voldemort looked at him coldly. It seemed that he had been murderous enough today and was not ready to find anyone to kill him again. "Dumbledore's people are chasing him.
And have found his home and met Selwyn and Travers!"
Even before Voldemort spoke, many people had guessed this possibility, but when Voldemort said it himself, many people were still shocked!
Is it really possible for a prisoner of Snape's level to escape?
Is it possible that it was Dumbledore's conspiracy?
Or is it that Snape has been controlled or even surrendered?
After all, everyone knows that this guy who appears to be frigid is actually a bitch. If Lily can really let go of her past hatred and be with him, it is absolutely possible for Snape to surrender.
As for why Snape didn't immediately contact the Death Eaters and return to Voldemort if it was really Snape who escaped back to England, no one asked.
Because everyone knows how he was captured by Dumbledore in the first place.
After the atmosphere on the court was silent for a long time, Voldemort suddenly said.
"Look! Everyone, go find me! I don't care what method you use, you must bring Snape back alive! Remember, bring him back alive!"
The Death Eaters gathered around and knelt at his feet, claiming to be.
Then Voldemort's eyes turned to Nott, who was also kneeling.
"The person who entered the UK to hunt him down is most likely that dirty woman. I remember that she also has a sister and her family staying in the UK. You take a few people to arrest her sister and her family."
Nott raised his head tremblingly.
"Master, master, if, if we meet Lily Potter again now... what should we do?"
Voldemort fell silent.
Because no one except Nott looked up at his face at this time, no one except Nott noticed that his face really showed a thinking expression at this time.
After a few seconds, he spoke calmly again.
"What did you do before, what will you do now? Get her back alive!"
As soon as he said these words, many Death Eaters around him showed bitterness on their faces.
Over the years, because of the special treatment given to her by the Death Eaters, Lily acted unscrupulously in every campaign against the Order of the Phoenix, causing huge casualties to the Death Eaters.
And now, just when they thought Snape was gone and they could finally be freed from such frustration, they still had no way to deal with that woman.
Soon, Voldemort left here, and the Death Eaters could finally breathe a sigh of relief from their master's recent increasing pressure and stood up from the ground.
Some people looked at the body lying on the ground with pity. Just before this meeting started, they were all colleagues.
Most of the people then used Disapparation to leave directly. They didn't dare to delay after Voldemort gave them the order, but some people lingered, watching everyone around them have almost left, and then headed towards
They gathered in the direction of Little Barty.
These people are basically all not listed in the list of pure-blood surnames of the twenty-eight sacred families, but the fact that they are here means that they are the new pure-bloods who benefited from the bloodline reform more than ten years ago.
"Crouch, what are your thoughts on that matter?"
Someone asked Barty Jr., and the new purebloods around him also looked up at this man who was still favored after the Triwizard Tournament, even though Snape was abandoned and Lucius was dismissed.
, a wizard who can still maintain his status.
Little Barty's face was very calm.
"Consider? Why should I consider this?"
The surrounding purebloods were stunned. Originally, they thought that little Barty would not refuse this matter, because many people saw the change in the expression on his face in front of Hogwarts Castle.
Now that Voldemort has changed so much, the small actions and preparations they made in private later allowed them to "anticipate" some of Barty's thoughts.
But now, the result is completely opposite to what they thought.
"Why? Do you really think that the current master is still the previous master?" Someone lowered his voice and said, "What can we gain by working for this madman? Isn't the life-killing curse that will suddenly appear when it will appear? We need to find it.
Our true master! Only he can lead us, and only he can revitalize pure blood!"
However, little Barty still looked unmoved. He just looked at the person who spoke indifferently.
"I won't tell the master what you said today, but you should know exactly what you are talking about. If you want to find the real master, then do it yourself, don't drag me, I will
My loyalty will not be given to someone who doesn’t know what it means.”
After saying these words, he disappeared into the crowd, leaving only these new purebloods looking at each other.
...
"Are you a student?" Penny was really surprised by Jon's words. "Doesn't Hogwarts only admit students who are over 11 years old?"
Jon couldn't help but lift his blond hair when he heard this question.
"How can you assume my age based only on my appearance? Let me introduce myself, my name is Jon Green, a fourth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am 15 years old this year, so I am 16 years old."
His words made not only Petunia, but also Vernon, who was sitting behind and comforting Dudley, couldn't help but widen his little eyes.
Penny even looked at Jon from top to bottom.
"I'm sorry, are you special in some way? Or have you been since you were a child..."
"It's a kind of magic that temporarily changed me like this. I can go back to my original appearance in a month or two at most."
Jon didn't want to dwell on this topic too much, so he changed the subject and said.
"After I send you to France, you will probably have to wait for a while to see Professor Potter. The professor will have to finish his recent business before he can go back."
Penny was silent for a while and then suddenly said.
"She's looking for Snape, isn't she?"
There is nothing to hide. Since Petunia has agreed to follow him, Jon will definitely not let them fall into the hands of Death Eaters again.
"Yes, the professor returned to the UK because of this, otherwise we should be liquidating those scum in France now." Jon said after taking a sip of tea.
According to this time, a liquidation meeting in France should be about to begin. The new Ministry of Magic established by Iniesta advocates equality for all, but the trauma that the hemp wizards suffered when Voldemort ruled France must be paid for.
The price, at the suggestion of Jon at an internal meeting in Wupingxian, the degree of atonement these people have to make for this can only be determined by a public trial.
Even those students who were brought to the former Hogwarts Castle in Lyon had a small public trial within the school. Of course, most of them were not guilty of death, but they would still be held responsible for all the crimes they had committed before.
They were all picked out and punished to varying degrees.
As the sponsor, Jon is actually quite interested in this public trial, but unfortunately he is unable to participate now.
The conversation with Petunia didn't last long, and the Dursleys began to pack up their belongings. As for Vernon's job, Jon assured him that someone would help him sort it out later, even if he came back from France to rejoin the job.
There won't be any problems.
As for their life issues after arriving in France, of course they are guaranteed by the Wu-Ping Line.
In this way, Jon waited at the Dursley's house until the sun set. When he looked at the clear yellow sky outside, the remaining sun was about to completely set, and he felt that today's waiting was in vain.
An owl suddenly flew across the sky, and then landed in front of the Dursley's window, with a letter in its talons.
Jon suddenly became energetic. He opened the window and took the parchment from the owl's talons. He just glanced at it and finished reading the letter, which had neither addressee nor sender.
letter.
Then, his eyes narrowed and he turned to look at the Dursleys.
"Have everything been packed?"
Penny nodded nervously.
"Then hurry up, let's leave now!"
And the next moment Jon finished these words, a different kind of spell suddenly enveloped the yard where the Dursleys lived!
Muggle banishing curse!
Then, the door to the living room burst into pieces!
Three figures wearing black robes and iron masks appeared outside the door!