Chapter 232: Cooling Rune VS Avada Suo
As soon as Maca stepped into the study, she immediately spotted the two black flame-like shadows in Voldemort's eyes.
Although it is not mentioned in detail in the Book of Sin, this obvious inhuman feature is mostly inseparable from the influence of the Monument of Bewitchment.
Under the silent gaze of the crowd, Maca calmly walked to the end of the table and sat down, facing Voldemort at the end.
"Good evening, everyone." He even smiled at the others.
Just as the atmosphere became more solemn, Voldemort's cold gaze approached Maca.
"Don't you have anything to say?"
Voldemort's voice was still slightly hoarse, and his tone was much deeper than before.
It can be seen that he is very unhappy now, as if he is a poisonous snake ready to attack, which may choose someone to devour at any time, and inject the venom in the fangs into the other party's body unscrupulously.
But Maca was still smiling, as if she didn't care about Voldemort's aggressive momentum.
"You mean the tentative plan for the second project?" He shook his head slightly and said, "No plan is perfect. When things changed, I stopped Barty Jr. from rebelling, and I think you should thank me. β
"Rebellion?" Voldemort's face remained unchanged, staring at Maca and asking, "Barty Crouch Jr." β
"Why do you think he survived this year?" Maca chuckled, "In Azkaban, he should have died a long time ago, but the truth is that he is still alive......"
ββ¦β¦ I think you already understand what's going on, don't you? β
Voldemort's eyes narrowed, and the black flames that kept beating in his pupils became a little more intense, indicating that his inner activity was intensifying.
"He's a traitor?" Voldemort muttered, "Dumbledore's man?" β
Instead of answering Voldemort's rhetorical question, Maca reached for a set of hands on her waist and slid a letter down the long table to Voldemort's face.
"Before he died, he thought that I didn't belong to either you or Dumbledoreβ" he said, "this is a suicide note he wrote to his father, which he asked me to pass on to his father, you can see it." β
However, Voldemort did not immediately open the envelope, but reached out and pressed it, and leaned forward slightly, an inexplicable sense of oppression made all the Death Eaters feel cold in their backs.
"Suicide note? Evidence? Voldemort said coldly, "Do you think I'll believe you with just a few lines of paper?" β
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but snort coldly, and continued: "Don't you need me to tell you, how little Barty ......"
"Bertha Jorkins, that stupid woman from the Department of Physical Education at the Ministry of Magic, am I right?" Maca chuckled and preemptively said, "Yes, you broke that powerful Oblivion Charm and got the news that little Barty was being held home by his father with the Imperius Charm...... Well, of course, there's the Final Three......"
"But," he said, as soon as his voice changed, "do you think that a piece of information that has been easily sent to your door is more valuable than a few pieces of paper from me?" I don't think it's much worse......"
Bertha Jorkins suddenly lost contact while on vacation in Albania, and this incident has been causing trouble at the Ministry of Magic for a while!
At that time, Maca also remembered that there was such a thing after hearing about it.
On the other side, Voldemort's gaze was still cold.
He didn't say anything more, but opened the envelope first, pulled out the two thin pieces of stationery, and spread them out on the smooth table.
In Voldemort's reading and identification, time passed bit by bit, and the clock on the wall rattled regularly, making the silence a little breathless.
In fact, there is not much reliable information to capture about the contents of the suicide note, most of which are just his confessions to his father.
But there was one sentence that caught Voldemort's attention:
ββ¦β¦ Father, you must be wary of Dumbledore. β
A few minutes are a few minutes, but most people seem to be like years.
After all, the tentative assault on Hogwarts Castle ended in nothing. Even if the main fault should be on Maca's head, but such a group of people didn't even touch the door of Hogwarts, and everyone had to be punished together.
Finally, Voldemort finished reading the suicide note, and he tossed the letter aside.
When he was young, Voldemort was handsome and had straight features, and even though black flames were looming in his pupils now, it added an evil color to him.
At this moment, the young Dark Lord frowned slightly, with a hint of understanding on his face.
ββ¦β¦ Be wary of Dumbledore. He chewed on the sentence gently, feeling more and more the reality that the letter brought to him.
For people like Tom Riddle, he can understand the so-called "good and evil", but the "fraternity" like Dumbledore is an existence that he can't understand at all.
So, what is the significance of Dumbledore's actions in his opinion?
There is no doubt about "hypocrisy"!
Maca's so-called "suicide note" is just talking nonsense throughout, and only the sentence that Voldemort noticed is what he really wants Voldemort to see.
And it was such a specious statement, but it just confirmed Voldemort's speculation about Dumbledore.
"Hmph, what a rebellion, it seems that Barty Sr. has some value to use......" Voldemort said in a calm tone, "So, Barty Jr. was planning to thwart your internal response at the time?" β
Maca shook her head and said, "He was indeed instigated by Dumbledore to thwart me, but I found out...... But in the game, I was caught in Dumbledore's back hand and trapped in the depths of the labyrinth. β
Even the audience doesn't quite know what's going on in the maze, and it's not up to him to make it up as he wants.
Voldemort closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, but just when everyone thought that the matter was almost closed, he suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed his wand, and a green light shot towards Maca.
The deterrent effect of the Death Requisition Curse was evident in the green faces of all the Death Eaters.
The green pillar of magical light was so fast that the distance between the two ends of the long table was not too far, and before the others even had time to think about it, the pillar of light had already pierced the air and came to Maca.
But Maca seemed to have been waiting for this lightning strike.
I saw that his wand was already in his hand, and at this time, he suddenly raised it back, and an invisible rule rune quietly flashed on the tip of the wand.
Immediately afterwards, everyone present felt a chill deep into the bone marrow very intuitively.
Frost, snow-white frost!
The frost of ice crystals, formed by the condensation of water vapor in the air, centered on the tip of Maca's wand, spread extremely quickly onto the long table, on the floor, on the bookshelves, on the couch, and even on the roof......
In the blink of an eye, half of Maca's study was covered in a fine layer of frost.
The green pillar of light of the Fortune Seeking Charm, which was the key object, had been rapidly frozen in the air of the long table at this moment, and the crystal icicle spread rapidly towards Voldemort in an instant.
Voldemort reacted quickly, and with a flick of his wand, he stopped the Death Reminder Charm. The green icicles fell on the long table one by one, shattering into pieces of ice slag.
Compared with the original use of the Phoenician magic script to forcibly mobilize the rule runes, this application method really made the rule runes representing cooldown play its due effect.
Even the rule that the flow of mana can cool down the freeze is undoubtedly extremely powerful. Correspondingly, when using the rule runes, Maca's mana consumption is really not ordinarily large.
The amount of mana he consumed in such a single move was enough to use three or five life-requirping spells.
Although it was still more of a deterrent than a use, it was time for him to figure out how to increase his mana reserves.
But there is no doubt that just his moment has definitely made everyone, including Voldemort, feel great pressure.
What level of power is this, so that almost half of the study room is coated with a layer of snow-white frost in an instant?
The Death Eaters looked up, and the one who approached Maca reached out and patted the frost and snow on her body, the shock and fear in their eyes.
Voldemort, on the other hand, didn't say a word, he just stared into Maca's eyes, as if trying to see something out of them.
But Marca, still smiling, sat calmly in her chair and let Voldemort scrutinize herself.
"It's ...... What power? β
In Voldemort's hoarse voice, Maca could hear the deep-hidden longing.
"Before I answer your question, I think it's necessary for me to ask you a questionβ" he said with a smile, "Dark Lord, is the way you greet your hometown by using the Avada Suo Curse on your guests?" β
Maca actually knew very well that the reason why Voldemort suddenly erupted was simply to test it.
If he hadn't taken it, he would have died, and Voldemort wouldn't have cared much; But if he reluctantly took it, or dodged it, it would have been a very good dismount.
But Voldemort didn't expect that Maca could easily counter him, and the momentum was not ordinary.
This...... It's a little embarrassing.
However, Voldemort, who had the Monument of Bewitchment as his hole card, didn't think he would really be able to resist it. But at least, in his eyes, Maca already has the strength to talk to him on an equal footing with the current him.
In this regard, even if Voldemort didn't want to admit it, he was still subconsciously a little more cautious than before.
"No......," Voldemort smiled rarely, "I just wanted to make sure you had what it takes to be my ally." β
Maca nodded, and set her wand aside.
"In that case, we should also talk about it...... For more information on the content of the last event of the Triwizard Tournament......"