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Chapter 1180: Voldemort’s Reward
🕑 Added 2024-07-22 05:45:39 +0000 UTCRawya’s information surprised Evan greatly, it was beyond his expectations.
In Evan's impression, although Voldemort was known as the most evil dark wizard in modern times, his actual power and influence were not as great as his reputation, and were even far less than that of the previous Dark Lord Grindelwald.
The most evil thing about Voldemort was that he split his soul seven times to create Horcruxes.
Although most wizards did not know that he had created the Horcruxes and used this evil magic that was beyond the ordinary sense, they knew that Voldemort was immortal, which was also what everyone feared most about him.
Other dark wizards, no matter how powerful, would eventually be defeated or wait for the arrival of death.
But Voldemort had conquered death, becoming an unkillable, undefeatable monster, which was beyond everyone's imagination.
Not to mention, he was extremely cruel and would not hesitate to kill anyone who opposed him...
There was no one who was not afraid of him, or rather, everyone was more afraid of death itself.
Especially Voldemort's return this time further proved that he was immortal.
It was not surprising that everyone was so terrified that they dared not even mention his name.
But that was all there was to it; fear and submission were two different concepts.
Yes, Voldemort was the most evil dark wizard in the world, but he was not the leader of all dark wizards.
He was only the Dark Lord of the Death Eaters, not the Dark Lord of other dark forces.
In Evan's opinion, Voldemort's sphere of influence was only in the British region and had not expanded outward. He was even far less than the first generation Dark Lord Grindelwald.
It was a fact that Grindelwald had conquered most of Europe at that time.
It was said that his influence had even begun to penetrate the United States...
Voldemort did not have such luck. As the most famous dark wizard after Grindelwald's defeat, his rise was too fast, lacking a solid foundation. The external environment was also unfavorable, with Muggle nations no longer waging large-scale wars, and peace and development becoming the main themes.
Not to mention, he also met Dumbledore at his strongest.
It was both a blessing and a misfortune that the world's most powerful white wizard and the most evil dark wizard appeared in the same country at the same time.
After the rise of Voldemort, the war between the two of them began.
This was the war that modern magic historians called the First Wizarding War. Although this war was brutal and had a huge impact, its scope was confined to Britain.
In fact, this was an exceedingly rare occurrence.
At his peak, Voldemort built a dark army more powerful than Grindelwald's, which attracted the attention of the world.
But his luck was too bad. Unless he defeated Dumbledore, he would have no way to expand outward.
In other words, he had no way to exert his influence on a larger scale.
Especially in areas far from the British mainland like Egypt, the situation should not be so tense.
"After the news of You-Know-who's return, the dark forces in the entire Middle East were restless," said Rawya. "Evan — you know — things here are far more chaotic than in your region..."
Evan nodded. The Muggle countries in the Middle East were in chaos because of territorial disputes, political and religious differences, and conflicts and even wars often occurred. This also provided fertile ground for the development of dark magic and dark wizards. It was not an exaggeration to describe the situation here as a powder keg which could explode at any time.
But this situation had been going on for a long time. What did it have to do with Voldemort's resurrection?
"Are you saying that Voldemort and the Death Eaters have started to move around in the Middle East?"
"Well, originally, it was just various rumors, not as tense as now. Everyone was talking about You-Know-Who's resurrection and return. Some dark wizards and outlaws have headed to Britain to join Voldemort, but quite a few," said Rawya. "Everyone is saying that the Second Wizarding War is about to begin..."
"It has already started, but the main battlefield is in Britain. After all, Dumbledore is still there." Evan replied.
Defeating Dumbledore was the first step. Only after defeating Dumbledore could Voldemort carry out the subsequent actions.
But this was also the most difficult and the main purpose of the war.
Evan was not at all surprised to hear that dark wizards and desperadoes from other countries were joining Voldemort.
He was well aware of Voldemort's appeal to these people. In Dumbledore's words, the dark forces gathered around Voldemort were ‘a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection; the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty.’
The number of such people should not be large; after all, not everyone was willing to leave their country.
As mentioned before, Voldemort was notorious, but his actual influence was not that great.
Only by defeating Dumbledore and leaving Britain could he gain the allegiance and support of dark wizards all over the world.
These people were not fools. They preferred to wait and see until the outcome was decided.
"That was the original thought, but about a month ago, those outlaws and dark wizards who went to join You-Know-Who suddenly came back. They traveled throughout the Middle East and Africa, contacted local dark forces, and frequently launched attacks," Rawya paused and continued, "I heard from my family's tribe that the main purpose of their doing this is to collect corpses and capture magical creatures. They want to take these things to You-Know-Who in exchange for his reward..."
"Voldemort's reward!"
Human corpses, souls, and all kinds of magical creatures, this was really...
After listening to what Rawya said, Evan immediately understood what was going on.
Voldemort's collection of these things meant that he was ready to use that evil black magic to transform himself into an evil god!
Evan's heart sank suddenly, thinking about what to do now.
Voldemort currently did not have the ability to get all of these dark forces to join his army, but it was still possible to use so-called rewards to get them to help him collect materials for that dark magic. His rewards were very attractive.
What Voldemort lacked the least was evil magic and dark power. The magic he knew far exceeded that of other wizards, even more than Dumbledore knew, and these were things other dark wizards craved.
Rawya continued, and Evan knew that the Ministry of Magic in Egypt and other regional magical authorities had been struggling to cope since the attacks.
For more than a month, the whole world had been in chaos, shrouded in the dark shadow of Voldemort.
In order to get Voldemort's reward, all dark forces were taking action.
The British region remained relatively stable, thanks to Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix, but other places were not as fortunate!
People were dying everywhere, and the most chaotic place was the Middle East, where various terrorist activities were emerging one after another.
It wasn't just dark forces serving Voldemort, there were also many dark wizards and desperadoes who took advantage of the situation.
This area was already chaotic, and now it was in total disarray.
Although the victims so far had mainly been wizards and magical creatures, it was said that the attacks were tending to spread to the Muggle world.
