Volume 5: The Burning Golden Flame Chapter 419 Who are the prisoners of war?
After Jon finished speaking, there was an even louder uproar from the audience.
There is really too much information in it. Not to mention the later incident about the Lestrange father and son cheating in the castle together, just the fact that John said earlier that Emil's death was caused by Voldemort himself was already absurd for all the students.
Their headmaster would appear in the castle in person, and not only would he not attack Jon, he would also kill Emile who was competing on his behalf.
This is sheer nonsense. No matter who comes, it is impossible for them to believe it.
The students didn't believe it, and professors Crouch and Snape certainly wouldn't believe it either.
"Do you think everyone here is a fool?" Crouch said coldly, "The master killed Emile? Even if you want to find an excuse to get rid of the guilt of murder, you should think of a more reasonable lie, right? If you just say that Lestrange and his son cheated in the castle and attacked you, and you were forced to fight back, then maybe someone would believe this reason!"
While Crouch was speaking, Snape had already winked at several professors and castle managers on the lawn.
Then these people immediately understood what he meant and walked up the stairs immediately, trying to enter the castle in front of Dumbledore and John.
"We need to investigate the truth of the third match before we can determine whether we can recognize the result of such a match."
Snape stared at Dumbledore and said calmly.
However, Dumbledore and John just stood in front of the castle gate, with no intention of moving away.
"I'm sorry, Severus." Dumbledore also said calmly, "From the moment the contract came into effect, this castle no longer belongs to you, and now you certainly have no right to enter."
His words undoubtedly made little Barty even angrier. Almost no students on the lawn had ever seen their Charms professor lose his temper like this.
"The final result of this game has not been approved by the master yet! This castle is still ours! Or do you want to start another war?"
Little Barty's extremely tough words and stance made the students behind him even more excited!
They shouted even louder, threatening Dumbledore and John, shouting at them to get out of there. Now that no one recognized the result of the game, the castle would remain in its previous state!
However, Jon just exchanged glances with Dumbledore, and showed no intention of taking any other action.
Dumbledore just looked calmly at the noisy students below, including Barty the Younger and Snape who were glaring at him.
"Perhaps you could try to snatch it away one more time?"
His words further ignited the anger of the students below.
Young people are most likely to get carried away and excited. Plus, the education these pure-blood and half-blood students have always received is that Dumbledore is always defeated by their headmaster, so students like Jon are all stray dogs.
If they met in private, most of them would probably be as timid as Draco was towards Jon and would not dare to say anything excessive.
But now, in public, with professors around, and the principal might come at any time, everyone became bolder.
They vented their anger and emotions, and some of the more extreme ones even raised their wands, waiting for Barty Jr. and Snape to start taking action so that they could come to the back to help.
Seeing them like this, Jon finally found it ridiculous.
In fact, he and Dumbledore didn't need to explain all this after the game. The castle was theirs both legally and essentially, and these people at the moment had no possibility of causing any trouble.
The reason why they continued to waste time here was simply because Dumbledore and John both wanted to expand their victory.
A bet to avoid war has ended, which means another war can begin!
Just as the noise of the students below was getting louder and louder, and Dumbledore and John showed no sign of opening the castle gate, the professors who had already reached the gate were in a dilemma and raised their wands to attack Dumbledore.
Suddenly, the night sky was covered by a white shadow.
Countless wizards wearing white robes with the Wizarding World badge embroidered on their chests rode on flying brooms and covered the sky above the lawn in front of Hogwarts Castle!
Sirius with a cruel and pleased smile on his face, Lupin with a deep face, Moody with a serious look in his one eye, Kingsley who was commanding the large Wizarding World force to start landing, and many other wizards, most of whom were members of the Order of the Phoenix before the establishment of the Wizarding World, came together to this long-lost campus.
Such a scene made all the students below panic.
The former students of the castle who were clamoring to teach Dumbledore and John a lesson and saying that this would be their burial place once their headmaster arrived, lost all color on their faces instantly when they saw that those were the Ministry of Magic's most wanted criminals.
Most of them were spoiled young masters and young ladies, who dared to shout a few words out of excitement for a while, but when the big scene really came and the war was about to begin and they were about to fight for their lives, they began to get afraid.
As long as the purebloods graduate from school honestly, they will have a bright future. Two entire classes of half-bloods and mudbloods are there to serve them. There are still bright years waiting for them to enjoy in the future. Why would they die here for no reason?
But even when they felt scared, Kingsley and the others did not stop their actions.
Soon they surrounded all the students and professors in the castle who gathered on the lawn. Although the encirclement did not look thick and their numbers were obviously not as large as the students, wars between wizards have never been won by the side with more numbers. Even if these people were not there, as long as Dumbledore was here alone, they would not be able to win.
However, Kingsley and his men had formed an encirclement now, and Hogwarts itself was under extremely strong anti-Apparition magic, so it was impossible for anyone to escape from here.
Barty Jr.'s face was extremely ugly. He never thought that Dumbledore would be so bold as to tear his face off and directly call his people over.
But he was not a fool either. He knew that as long as Dumbledore was not suffering from Alzheimer's, he would never do such an uncertain thing, unless he was sure that Voldemort would not show up tonight!
What exactly happened to the castle in today ’s game?
Barty Jr.'s inner uneasiness became more and more intense, and Kingsley, Sirius and Lupin had raised their wands together, pointing them at Barty Jr. and Snape who were standing in the front.
They are the ones with the highest level here . As long as they can be killed in the first place, the remaining students and teachers will be like grasshoppers in autumn, unable to jump much.
The situation at the scene changed direction almost within a minute.
The newspaper reporters who stayed behind also began to panic. They had a premonition that something dangerous was going to happen. Now that such a confrontation had actually occurred, they felt both scared and excited.
Matthew has become extremely indifferent to this situation.
Regardless of whether Snape and the others recognized the result he announced or not, the work of their entire Federation referee team in this Triwizard Tournament had been completely completed. Any disputes between Dumbledore and Voldemort in the future would have nothing to do with them, and Matthew had no intention of getting involved.
This time when he came to Europe, in addition to organizing this competition, he would also go to Northern Europe to complete his work as a member of the Federation. As a member of the Magical Congress of the United States, he would of course have tasks in this capacity.
Just when the atmosphere had reached its freezing point, after Kingsley and Dumbledore made eye contact, he raised his wand and prepared to take the lead in attacking all the adult wizards in the encirclement, when a black mist suddenly swept in from the sky not far away!
His face was noticeably pale, his expression was cold and cruel, and he didn't look as calm and relaxed as usual as Voldemort appeared in front of the castle.
Behind him was a group of black-robed wizards riding on flying broomsticks, and these Death Eaters also followed their master and descended from the sky!
After seeing Voldemort's still handsome and youthful face, the students who were originally worried and afraid suddenly burst into loud cheers!
They believed that the reason why Dumbledore dared to be so arrogant was that he was betting that their headmaster was involved in other things and could not show up. Once he came, Dumbledore would have no chance to be rampant!
All pure-blood and half-blood wizards in Britain knew that it was their great master who defeated the dark wizard Dumbledore in the Astronomy Tower of Hogwarts more than ten years ago.
So much time has passed, Dumbledore is getting older, while their teacher still looks young. It is easy to tell who is stronger and who is weaker at a glance!
As for the previous defeat in France, everyone knew that it was Dumbledore who used some dishonorable means to carry out conspiracy and sneak attack. This further proved that Dumbledore could not defeat the great gentleman at all and could only use such despicable means.
Seeing Voldemort appear, Barty Jr.'s expression, which had originally been extremely ugly, finally relaxed completely at this moment.
For him, winning or losing the game or attending Hogwarts is not important at all. What is important is that his spiritual support cannot be damaged!
Like him, the expressions of the other professors around him also relaxed.
Voldemort's name had an excellent effect in boosting morale. Over the years, his name was synonymous with invincibility. Otherwise, he would not have been able to occupy France and Britain so smoothly and logically.
Voldemort, with a group of Death Eaters behind him, and among them a group of people who were invisible from the outside, came to the outside of the encirclement of the students and professors of the castle by Kingsley and his men.
He looked at Dumbledore who was still standing in front of the castle, but this gaze only lasted for a few seconds, and then turned to Jon.
John had no intention of avoiding the situation. He knew what Voldemort was looking at him with.
He was examining to see if there was any strange change in Jon at this moment.
The other Voldemort would definitely not tell his current self who is in control of the body about his plan, but the two souls have been together for so long that even if he wanted to hide some things, there would definitely be many clues.
The current Voldemort must know that his other self had prepared so much, and his hopes were placed on the Triwizard Tournament and the Hogwarts Castle. But now that John has come out and won the game, Voldemort is even more doubtful about what kind of plan his other self had prepared and whether it succeeded.
His scrutiny caused others present to misunderstand him.
Those students in front of the castle thought that it was their headmaster who was putting pressure on Dumbledore with his eyes!
He was about to force Dumbledore to release them all, otherwise he would make everyone here today suffer!
And just as they were thinking this, the next moment, Voldemort actually spoke, but what he said was slightly... different from what those students were thinking.
"I admit that you won this one Dumbledore."
Voldemort's expression was still as grim as ever, but he simply admitted his failure, causing the students who were still surrounded to look at each other in bewilderment.
How can you admit defeat like this?
If they lose the castle, they will lose it. The name of Hogwarts will only belong to Dumbledore, the wanted criminal. What will they do in the future? Where will they go to school and what will the school be called?
Dumbledore stood on the steps, looking down at Voldemort.
"Of course you lost the bet, but this also means that the short-lived peace is over. The liberation of France is just the beginning, and now is the time for us to retake Britain."
His voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for everyone present to hear.
Except for the wizards on Wizarding Horizon, everyone else looked at Dumbledore in shock, whether they were the former students and teachers of the castle, or even the reporters who were still bold enough to stay, all stared at Dumbledore with wide eyes.
Then they immediately shifted their gaze towards Voldemort.
Dumbledore has declared war so openly, and even launched a war against Voldemort's lair in his original base. How will he respond?
Those students desperately hoped that their headmaster could immediately use his unrivaled strength to wake up the crazy old man Dumbledore and let him know what nonsense he was talking about and what stupid things he was about to do.
But Voldemort just spoke again, and this time, almost all the students almost collapsed.
"Before the war begins, should we talk about exchanging prisoners?"
Prisoners of war?
Who is Dumbledore's prisoner?
Could it be them?
