Chapter 1111 The Rise of the Dark Lord
A man in black robes appeared out of thin air. He looked up at the cold mist-filled manor in front of him. He flew towards the manor in front of him like a big bat. He looked away from the dementor guarding the door and walked through the dense forest with an expressionless face. Wu stepped into the manor.
This used to be an old Muggle manor. Before Voldemort took over, the manor was mostly deserted. Only a middle-aged couple was hired to live here and help take care of the manor, but they have "disappeared".
The man in black robe walked through the foyer and along the passage to the living room of the manor, which was already filled with silent Death Eaters.
"Severus," a deep, hoarse voice sounded from the head of the table, "You are late."
“I’m sorry, Master.”
Snape's eyes met those scarlet eyes with blank eyes, and he lowered his head.
“Sit down, the meeting has just begun.”
Voldemort looked away from Snape and began today's important meeting.
"Lucius, you are an old friend of Cornelius Fudge. How likely do you think he is to surrender?" Voldemort directly set his sights on Lucius Malfoy. As an old friend of Fudge in the past, Lucius Malfoy Malfoy had more say in Cornelius Fudge's case.
"The current Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, is a person with a weak character. If the method is covert enough, through coercion and inducement, or using the Imperius Curse to change the control, there is indeed a chance that Cornelius Fudge will be on our side. "
Lucius Malfoy lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Voldemort's scarlet eyes.
"But it would be difficult to get Fudge to openly side with us. I think no matter how weak Fudge is, he would not dare to do that unless we use the Imperius Curse to control him, but that would not make much sense."
"Cornelly Fudge is weak. We can give Fudge a warning, put pressure on him, maybe... we can destroy an iconic Muggle building, or massacre Muggles to put pressure on Fudge to surrender to his master." Yax Leigh glanced at Malfoy and offered his opinion.
"Although Cornelius Fudge has a weak character, it does not mean that he will give in. Many wizards in the current magical world believe that Fudge is a servant of his master, and Fudge will definitely do his best to avoid this," Lucius reminded him. Fudge has been in contact with him for the longest time and knows the character and weaknesses of this weak minister very well.
“We can transform Fudge.” Yaxley said without thinking.
"There is little point in controlling Cornelius Fudge. He has done too many bad things in the past year. Now the entire wizarding world is asking Fudge to step down." Lucius Malfoy shook his head and said, "As far as I know , the Ministry of Magic has completely given up on Fudge, and reforming him will only speed up the process and make the Ministry of Magic wary of this."
"They believe that Amelia Bones is likely to take over Fudge's position and become the new minister. Scrimgeour even asked the Aurors to strengthen the protection of Amelia Bones, and they also think that we Will do something to Amelia Bones."
There is no Death Eater sitting here who does not hate that woman Amelia Bones.
"I don't think Amelia Bones should be made the new Minister. It would be detrimental to our penetration of the Ministry of Magic. She should be missing even before she is nominated as the new Minister." Yax Leigh was also very afraid of and disgusted with Amelia Bones.
"The Bones are a very old family. It's a pity that they took the wrong path and went against us." Voldemort said softly, "Since her selection has become a stumbling block on our way forward, we can only kick it away. I will personally Tackle her as a sign of respect for this ancient name.”
“Before we act, we need to understand the situation around Amelia Bones. Once the assassination fails, it will be much more difficult to kill her.”
"Master, the Order of the Phoenix seems to have determined that we would take action against Amelia Bones very early on." After Voldemort finished speaking, Snape interrupted and reminded: "They have sent people to strengthen the attack on Amelia Bones very early on. ·The protection of Bones, I suspect that this is probably caused by Anderson. Maybe he predicted the death of Amelia Bones long ago before providing information to the Order of the Phoenix."
"Albert Anderson." Voldemort said the name softly.
“He has a very good relationship with Dumbledore, and it is said that Dumbledore also received an invitation.” Snape continued.
"This mudblood has indeed brought us a lot of trouble." Voldemort turned to look at Snape and asked, "Severus, I hope you can bring us some good news."
“He will be getting married in mid-July,” said Snape.
“Mid July?” Voldemort wasn't too happy about this.
"He was on guard for a long time. All the invited guests did not know the specific time." Snape took out a silver card from his robe pocket and placed it on the table. He explained in a low voice: "Many professors at Hogwarts are There was an invitation, but it didn't include me, and Anderson didn't trust me from the beginning. This was the invitation."
“Invitation?”
Everyone's eyes fell on the silver card, expressing doubts about Snape's words.
"This is an enchanted card. It is said that it will show the specific time and place of the wedding at a certain point in time." Snape explained to Voldemort, "Anderson is very vigilant. I suspect he knew about us from the beginning. Targeted at him."
"Master, we should arrest that old woman McDougal for questioning. We will definitely know the specific time and place." Bellatrix raised her arms and volunteered, "That old woman actually allowed her daughter to marry a mudbag. Seed is simply a shame for pure blood, why not let me do it..."
"McDougal doesn't live at home, but is hiding somewhere. Apart from going to work at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies every day, she doesn't appear anywhere else at all." Snape glanced at the slightly crazy person. Bellatrix reminded softly: "Unless you plan to lead people into St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries to arrest people, but I have to remind you that the other party has already been prepared."
"It only takes a few minutes for me to capture that old woman McDougal from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies." Bellatrix didn't care about Snape's words at all. On the contrary, she was a little eager to try. Obviously, she didn't care at all. Take breaking into St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Magical Injuries and arresting people seriously.
"Although I don't want to admit it, Anderson is indeed a big trouble." Snape frowned and reminded, "I have taught him for seven years and I know his level very well. If you despise him because of his status as a mudblood, you will definitely suffer a big loss. .”
"Master." Yaxley interjected, "According to the news I recently received, Scrimgeour hopes to use the mudblood's prophetic ability to find us."
Voldemort fell into silence for a brief moment, recalling some unpleasant memories. Not long ago, the lair was taken over by Aurors, and various signs indicate that Scrimgeour probably found the specific location through the mudblood named Anderson.
"No matter what method we use, we must get rid of that mudblood before he becomes our trouble." Voldemort gently tossed the silver card, and the card fell in front of Lucius Malfoy, "Don't let me do that again. Disappointed, Lucius, give the mudblood a surprise for me."
"I will get rid of that mudblood, I promise, but..." Lucius Malfoy took the silver card and hesitated for a moment before saying, "If Dumbledore also goes to the wedding, I want to be under his nose. Killing that mudblood won't be easy."
Voldemort suspected that Dumbledore's previous blocking of the door was related to the Mudblood's prophecy?
His Nagini, his Horcrux.
"I don't care what methods you use. Get rid of that mudblood before he causes us trouble. I allow you to mobilize all your power." The murderous aura exuding from Voldemort made other Death Eaters around him feel suffocated. "Dumbledore If so, I will deal with him personally."
The last mission failed and he was caught. He used the portkey to help the captured Death Eaters escape from Azkaban Prison.
Although the Dark Lord did not hold him accountable for his failure,... Lucius Malfoy knew that Voldemort blamed himself for the destruction of the Prophecy Ball, because he was responsible for the entire plan, even if the reason for the failure was not his fault , but Lucius still cannot avoid having to bear the consequences of failure.
"First give Cornelius Fudge a warning. If he is unwilling to stand with us, then teach those hypocritical guys a painful lesson." Voldemort made the final decision, "Yaxley, I need you as soon as possible Figure out the security situation around Amelia Bones. Lucius, I'll leave that Mudblood thing to you, Severus, I need you to keep an eye on Dumbledore and give us more of the Order of the Phoenix information."
“Yes, Master!”
"Master, I have found Igor Karkaroff." Yaxley asked for credit after Voldemort finished his business. "The traitor is hiding in a seaside hut somewhere in the north."
"Very good, very well, I will execute the traitor myself." Voldemort's scarlet eyes flashed with danger.
He, Voldemort, now wants to kill someone.
…
The next day, Cornelius Fudge returned to the office with everyone's strange eyes on him. Since the news of Voldemort's resurrection spread, his situation has become worse. Both his original comrades and former political opponents are working together to Trying to oust him.
Sometimes Fudge wonders whether he should leave his job.
But he was very worried that he would be thrown into Azkaban prison as soon as he left his job.
Even if you really have to leave your job early, you must say hello to the next minister, and Fudge believes that his several years of ministerial experience can also help the new minister.
The idea is wonderful.
But the next minister is likely to be Amelia Bones.
She is a serious, brave and fair lady.
Fudge was really not sure of convincing the other party.
There was a rapid knock on the door outside the office.
Fudge's right-hand assistant Arthur Weasley hurried into the office and reported breathlessly, "Minister, the Brockdale Bridge has collapsed. The mysterious person collapsed the Brockdale Bridge."
“Has it finally... begun?”
Fudge's body trembled slightly. Ever since Voldemort returned, he had long expected such a day, but he didn't expect it to be so early.
“Cornelly Fudge, I am speaking directly to you now.”
At this moment, a high-pitched, cold voice echoed between the walls and the floor. The entire Ministry of Magic employees could hear Voldemort's voice, and those who didn't know thought that Voldemort was now in the Ministry of Magic.
"Throw away your hypocrisy and stand with me. I will let you remain as Minister. If you are unwilling to stand with me, a large number of Muggles will die because of you. That bridge is just a bridge. warn."
Fudge's face was extremely pale. Voldemort's words just now drove him to a desperate situation.
"Minister, are you okay?" Percy quickly stretched out his hand to support the shaky Fudge, and glanced at the Ministry of Magic, which was in chaos.
“I’m fine, I’m fine,” Fudge said weakly. His mind is blank now and he doesn't know what to do.
"Convene a press conference." Amelia Bones came over, looked at the weak Fudge, frowned slightly and reminded, "Now, clarification must be made immediately."
“Yes, yes, this matter must be clarified immediately.” Fudge nodded quickly and said, “Weasley, please.”
“Leave it to me, Minister.”
“Are you okay?” Bones asked.
"Perhaps, I should resign myself." Fudge looked bitter. He knew very well that he was finished. Even if he expressed his stance immediately, it would be useless. Unless he surrendered to Voldemort, no, even if he surrendered, he would not be able to continue to serve as Minister of Magic.
Bones looked at Fudge and fell into a brief silence. She knew what Fudge wanted to say, but she didn't know how to clean up the mess Fudge left.
"Everyone should have heard that we are facing unprecedented challenges." Fudge came to the hall and said to all the employees of the Ministry of Magic, "Ever since the mysterious man was resurrected, I expected this bad day to come, but I will not If you give in because of this, the Ministry of Magic will not give in to such a threat..."
Fudge's speech was indeed met with indifference.
“Minister, what response measures do you plan to take?”
“Minister, when will you resign?”
“Minister, minister…”
“I will resign as soon as everyone elects the next minister.” Fudge looked bitter. He knew he had to give an explanation today.
The entire wizarding world has been clamoring for his resignation for a long time.
If a large number of Muggles were massacred because of his relationship... Fudge simply didn't dare to think about it anymore. Maybe, he should resign early and leave this mess to others.
After receiving Fudge's promise to resign, the employees of the Ministry of Magic could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. They all hoped that the new minister could lead everyone through the current crisis.
However, they thought too much.
Even Dumbledore can't solve the current problem, let alone the Ministry of Magic, which likes to intrigue. In their eyes, their own interests are the most important.
(End of this chapter)