Cyris and Harry were certainly not idle, and even Hermione did not hesitate to use the Death Curse, and the three of them attacked Voldemort floating in mid-air at the same time. Although his strength was beyond imagination, something even more unimaginable happened to them, Voldemort and Lockhart's mana were consumed at the same time, and they actually teamed up three death curses without dodging - with a slight flick of their wands, three of the green pillars of light that were frozen with each other immediately separated, blocking the death curses of the other three.

Why don't wizards hold wands in both hands, because no matter how many wands they hold, the total speed of mana output is a certain amount, and multitasking can sometimes make the strength decrease. Voldemort can dodge attacks, but he has to show four uses - Dumbledore can cast two spells at the same time, this skill can't be practiced in a decade or two, Voldemort is younger than him, and he has lost his body for more than ten years, how the hell did he do it!?

This is a demonstration, and more of a disdain for the strength of the other three.

But Lockhart no longer had the strength to applaud Voldemort's performance, and he could only grit his teeth at the moment and insist on not passing out.

Of course, even if he didn't dodge, he was single-mindedly devastated, causing Voldemort to retreat a few steps in a mana duel with Lockhart, and Lockhart's death curse was more than a meter closer to him before he could stabilize himself.

"Not dead yet?" Voldemort was suppressed for a few seconds, and he did not show weakness in increasing his mana output.

After a few more seconds, Lockhart was still standing, and Voldemort began to get terrified - after hearing the news that Harry and Lockhart had been found here, he flew all the way from Hampshire in the south to Perthshire, and then forced his way back and forth through the no-fly zone at the end, consuming nearly two-thirds of his mana. Some of the battle was consumed just now, and at this moment it is still suspended in mid-air, and the magic power is already less than one-tenth!

One-tenth of Voldemort's magic power is also more than the entire magic power of a normal wizard, at least more than the remaining magic of the other four people present now combined, not to mention that the strongest of them, Lockhart, may explode on his own before he can use up his mana...... But he still panicked. It's rare to use less than half of your magic, so you can't risk it!

So he took the same step that Lockhart had been waiting for him to take: he ordered the Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic to cut off the no-fly zone's power supply, and to connect the Floo network so that the other Death Eaters could apparition into the battlefield to help.

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"Let's go!" Lockhart shouted hoarsely, and the moment the Floo Network was connected, he noticed the slight fluctuation of spatial magic, and he immediately alerted the others loudly. "I'll hold him back!"

"Harry, Hermione, you go first. Sires said calmly, harassing Voldemort incessantly.

"Want to apparition in front of me?" Voldemort sneered, his eyes fixed on the three of them. "Just give it a try. I can't stop them all, but I can guarantee that no one will be apparitioned alive!"

If Voldemort hadn't shown his multiple spell casting hand just now, Cyrus might have left with Harry, but now no one dared to move first, and it was not possible to go on like this, and no one would be able to leave when the Death Eaters apparitions came over.

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It's not enough.

Something has to be done.

Lockhart gave up resistance, and the hand holding his wand shrank slightly, withdrawing the death curse. But then the deadliest spell he knew of was used.

"Death Declaration!"

This spell is cast with all of his life force, and the damage caused by the flow of mana on his body is no longer increased. A formless, colorless wave poured out from the tip of the wand, and pounced on Voldemort with a strong aura of death, and the young grass and trees that had just sprouted along the way. All withered, died, and rotted rapidly under the effect of this spell.

It was more of a ghost than a spell, and instead of colliding with Voldemort's death curse, it pierced through it - and in fact there were no known magical means or substances that could perfectly defend against such an attack. You can only choose to dodge it or block it with a lifeform large enough.

In a sense, this spell is the real "death curse", and once used, it will surely die.

The curse of death has no opponent. Shooting straight at Lockhart, Lockhart dodged and grabbed Hermione with his back to Voldemort, and began to apparate, and in just half a second, the weeks of escape and hunting would be over.

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Voldemort knew that dodging with all his might would make the "death declaration" completely untouchable, but that would make it impossible to cast the Death Curse before Lockhart and their apparitions. He hesitated for a moment, then began to cast a death curse as fast as he could, towards Lockhart's initially blurry back, flashing to the side as he could.

The death wave gently brushed the fabric on Voldemort's shoulder, disappearing into the air far away from the woods, and the clothes it touched began to rot wildly, spreading to his shoulders in the blink of an eye. Shocked, he waved his wand and sliced off almost the entire flesh on his shoulder, including a collarbone, to stop the decay.

Voldemort used his magic to stop the bleeding in his shoulder, and after thinking about it, he began to regret it: the last death curse was completely redundant, even if he had to leave one, he should choose to hit Harry or that Sirius - Lockhart used two forbidden spells in a row, and without the Philosopher's Stone, he would almost die, and hitting him with the death curse would only turn him from almost certain death to certain death, and even faster death.

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Lockhart and Hermione apparitions appeared on a beach, chosen because of its proximity to Fleur's home, and because they could fly across the sea with their broomsticks to hide in a foreign country even if Voldemort re-cut the Floo net and wanted to continue chasing them.

The moment the death curse struck Lockhart, Hermione also seemed to be electrocuted, and her body shook and broke away from his hand, so that their apparitions did not grasp each other when they appeared. She still felt numb in her hands, but she didn't care much, and rushed over to hug her lying husband.

"Don't let anyone know—"

It's cold...... I don't know if it's because death has already begun or if there is too much blood loss, but the mutilated soul collapses faster after being hit by the death curse...... Lockhart only had time to say the last half of the sentence to Hermione before he was completely plunged into darkness.

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"Gildero......" Hermione was a little stunned, she didn't pay attention to the blood on her body, Lockhart died like this, the sentence just now should have been to let herself not tell others about the Horcrux......

After a few weeks of marriage, her husband died...... She didn't shed tears this time, but she was a little dazed, and subconsciously touched the small golden ball hanging around her neck, after becoming a Horcrux, its original compass function had failed, and it could only be turned around blindly when it was infused with magic power.

Was this really a Horcrux, or did Lockhart know he was going to die and coax himself with something? Combined with some of his recent anomalous behavior, this speculation was really possible, but she chose not to think about it.

This must be a Horcrux! Otherwise, what would he mean by his last words, don't let anyone know anything?

Sitting on the cool beach, Hermione was dazed for a moment, until Lockhart's blood clotted on her clothes, and she realized that she should get out of here first. She stood up, put away Lockhart's wand, and used the levitation charm to float his body, slowly walking in the direction of the shell hut in her memory.

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――(To be continued......)