Chapter 319 Voldemort’s Ambition, President of the Pure-Blood Presbyterian Council (2-in-1)

Pureblood Presbyterian Church.

In a spacious conference room, there is a large brown wooden round table in the middle, which is filled with a certain amount of magic power and exudes a light fragrance.

When others smell it, they will find that they are calm and focused.

On the round table, there are a large number of seat cards and pure glass with bright red names engraved on them.

Names of pure-blood families such as Borders, Carlo, Knott, Rohr, Frank, etc.

At the head of the seat, an old man closed his eyes and adjusted his breath. Despite this, he could vaguely sense the majestic aura exuding from his body.

The seat card placed in front of him was engraved with Travers' bright red handwriting.

It seems to indicate that this is an old wizard from the Travers family.

When the old man closed his eyes, occasional black shadows flashed in front of the spacious meeting space.

This is someone using phantom movement to reach the conference table.

Whenever a wizard arrived, he glanced at Vlad Travers sitting in the front, and a trace of respect and fear flashed in his eyes.

Then there was no communication, he just sat in his seat and waited silently.

As time passed by, even though there were wizards sitting at the table, the entire conference room remained silent.

However, from time to time, there were weak magic fluctuations in the entire space, as well as subtle changes in their expressions.

It seems to indicate that everyone communicates privately through magic.

cough!

It seemed that everyone who was supposed to be in the conference room was here. Vlad Travers, the Presbyterian president sitting at the front, coughed lightly.

Suddenly everyone focused their attention on the old man.

"Everyone, a new big change is coming." Vlad Travers said indifferently: "Grindelwald leaves Nurmengard, Voldemort appears in the wizarding world, and the new Lockhart comes out."

"Today, the key discussion is where should our Presbyterian Church go?"

"What do you think? You can tell me."

After hearing what Vlad said, an old wizard from the Frank family stood up and said, "President Vlad, I personally think it is unrealistic to remain secluded from the world."

"Some people have begun to disrupt the pure-blood order created by our Presbyterian Church, trying to dilute the influence of pure-blood families through dumb guns."

"And the opponent is not weak. Herman, Andre, they have been defeated. They are now reduced to squibs, and they don't have much life left."

After hearing what Justo Frank said, a large number of wizards' expressions darkened, as if they were unhappy.

Herman, Andre, they had met before, and they were more or less related to each other. But now that they were completely disabled, it was inevitable that they would not feel the sadness of a rabbit dying or a fox dying in their hearts.

"Justo, Vlad, are you sure that Lockhart can fight Grindelwald?"

"It's basically certain." Justo Frank nodded and confirmed: "Herman saw it with his own eyes, and I also checked the memory to make sure there is no problem."

"And this Lockhart, like Grindelwald and Voldemort, seems to have awakened his wizarding talent, which may be related to the transformation spell."

Hearing this, everyone was a little silent.

Awakened wizard talents, and wizards who have not awakened wizard talents. The combat power is worlds apart.

Among their elders, only Vlad Travers had the talent to awaken the wizard.

This is why the other party symbolizes the leader's main position.

"Can you win over Professor Lockhart? Or is he going to fight to the death with us?" the wizard of the Prewett family on the side said.

After hearing this, Justo Frank was silent for a moment and said somewhat cautiously: "At present, the other party has not completely shown a fight-to-die attitude."

"But according to the information we received, this Professor Lockhart wants to establish a wizarding school dedicated to teaching meditation."

"What the other party wants to do will undoubtedly disrupt the pure-blood order we have established."

Just as Justo finished speaking, the wizard on the side asked in surprise.

"Justo, are you sure? Is Dumbledore willing? In the entire British wizarding world, only Hogwarts has the name to recruit wizard students."

"Yes, Justo, if that's the case, can you enlist Dumbledore to target Lockhart?"

Facing everyone's questions, Justo stretched out his hand and said, "Everyone, Dumbledore, I've done some testing."

"His attitude was very strange, neither confirming nor denying."

"It seems that he wants to see what our Presbyterian Church will do next."

"What's Voldemort's attitude? He doesn't like Squibs." The wizard on the side asked in a deep voice.

"Voldemort has not expressed his attitude. He seems to be watching the next behavior of our Presbyterian Council." Justo replied in a deep voice: "Obviously, they are all waiting for the attitude of our Presbyterian Council."

"If we are weak, I'm afraid."

No need for Justo to say anything else, everyone already knew what might happen.

Pick the persimmons that are soft and pinch them.

If the Presbyterian Council does not take any action, then anyone will come and pinch it.

"I have received news that Lockhart is preparing to engage in a pure-blood duel with us. The first challenger will be our Frank family."

"Everyone, let's see what our Presbyterian Church does now."

When Justo Frank finished speaking, the entire conference room fell into silence.

As mentioned before, Lockhart's strength is comparable to Grindelwald.

They don't have the confidence to compete with Grindelwald, and naturally they don't dare to say that they can beat Lockhart.

Don't look at how alarmist Justo said before, talking about harming the pure-blood order, everyone just depends on the attitude of the Presbyterian Council and so on.

In fact, no one paid too much attention to it, and no one would tell lies.

What they were curious about was building a wizarding school. What would Dumbledore's attitude be?

To put it harshly, the Presbyterian Church is just a sporadic alliance based on pure-blood status and the pursuit of immortality.

When it was good, everyone was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

When there is no benefit, then let everyone live their own lives.

If they win this pure-blood duel, they will all benefit.

After losing, as long as they turned around in time, the impact on them would not be great. The only impact would be on the Frank family.

It is normal for pure-blood nobles to adapt to the changing circumstances.

Even if the order is really chaotic, with their superior wizard blood, they can finally rise, but they need to hide in the beginning.

This is the confidence of being a pureblood.

Even when Voldemort was rampant, their Presbyterian Church was not affected much.

They didn't believe that Lockhart alone could cause any trouble.

Especially now that Grindelwald, Voldemort, and Dumbledore are all present.

Lockhart really dares to attack the Presbyterian Church, isn't he afraid that the Presbyterian Church will turn to others?

When Justo saw everyone's attitude, he sighed lightly and knew what everyone was thinking.

After all, everyone knows what kind of person they are.

If this pure-blood duel hadn't involved the Frank family, he wouldn't have wanted to get involved.

However, he persuaded Vlad Travers to convene this meeting.

What I said before is just to give a suitable reason.

It still depends on how many conditions their family can offer to get how much help they can get.

Otherwise, everyone will just listen and not take action.

Fortunately, this time it is not only the Frank family that is targeted, but other families must also take action together to share the responsibility, especially Lucius Malfoy, who must not try to escape this time.

Otherwise, don't blame the Frank family for falling out directly.

With his thoughts turning, Justo Frank said in a deep voice: "Everyone, we all know the rules."

"As long as we can survive this disaster, our Frank family owes us a favor, and we are willing to borrow five ancient magic books, three Hogsmeade shops, and a small magical creature breeding farm."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard the conditions offered by Justo.

This is right, who would do something that does no good?

They are all thousand-year-old foxes, so they are not playing funny games.

"If this fails, I and our Frank family owe you a favor."

"Here I share an extremely precious piece of information."

At this point, Justo paused, as if to let everyone focus.

"Based on the life-extending technology we found in Professor Lockhart's hands."

"Somewhat similar to the magic stone, it is called the light of life. It can extend the life of the wizard and has a nourishing effect on the soul."

Having said this, Justo observed everyone's expressions and saw that everyone's breathing was slightly rapid, especially when Vlad Travers, who was sitting in the upright seat, opened his eyes.

So he smiled and said word by word.

"Through this pure-blood duel, we have a chance to legitimately capture Lockhart and obtain the Light of Life refining technology he possesses."

Night, Malfoy Manor basement.

tread! tread! tread

Lucius was wearing a black wizard robe and walked steadily, but subconsciously stepped lightly as he walked deeper into the basement.

Deep in the basement, a black notebook lies on the table.

Seeing this, Lucius stepped forward, bent down, and stared at the black notebook placed in front of him with awe.

call!

As if aware of Lucius' arrival, a soul phantom emerged from the black notebook.

Although he is a phantom, he can still see the handsome appearance of the other party, as well as the dark and elegant temperament.

It was none other than Tom Riddle, or the younger version of Lord Voldemort.

"Master, the Presbyterian Church is taking action."

"This time the President of the Presbyterian Church, Vlad Travers, will personally take action and participate in the pure-blood duel."

As he spoke, he lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Voldemort's eyes.

He had not forgotten that his master had cursed so many wizards in the Ministry of Magic to death just in his soul state.

It was simply terrifying.

He is truly the most powerful dark wizard in history.

After hearing this, Tom raised the corners of his mouth slightly, then waved his hand gracefully and said, "Okay, Lucius, help me keep an eye on the duel between the two."

"Who wins and who loses, and what magic Lockhart used, show them all carefully to me, and report back to me when you come back."

"Understood, Master, I will definitely analyze Lockhart's strength clearly."

Hearing this, Tom gently waved his hand to signal Lucius to step back.

Just as Lucius was leaving, Tom suddenly reminded: "Prepare the resurrection materials as soon as possible."

"Peter Pettigrew's side is almost ready, all that's left is your side."

When Lucius heard this, his heart trembled, he quickly nodded in agreement, and then pushed out cautiously.

After seeing Lucius leave the conference room, Tom did not return directly to his notebook Horcrux.

Instead, he stretched out his illusory right hand and gently touched the black notebook in front of him.

Feeling his soul passing through the notebook, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

I finally had the chance to leave Gilderoy Lockhart behind.

However, at the next moment, he seemed to sense something, and a golden dragon magic mark appeared between Tom's eyebrows.

In an instant, Tom's soul face began to change into something ferocious, as if he wanted to howl, but he held back.

Soon, as the magic mark disappeared between his eyebrows, Tom's soul phantom also collapsed.

However, his face remained expressionless and he suppressed his inner thoughts.

I hope I can see Lockhart’s true nature this time.

At that time, when he cuts off the brand and successfully resurrects, Lockhart will definitely enjoy what is called the Unforgivable Curse package.

While thinking, Tom plunged back into his notebook.

Now, he still needs to continue to condense his soul and lay the foundation for his subsequent resurrection.

I have to sigh that Lockhart's soul meditation method is of great help to a split soul like him.

Two days later, in the morning, Frank Manor.

In today's manor, a large number of wizards are scattered throughout the manor. They are constantly wandering around and seem to be patrolling, looking a little wary.

On the green lawn in front of the manor, suddenly.

A red halo emerged.

Immediately afterwards, two figures walked out.

It was Lockhart and his student Ian.

Lockhart, who had just arrived at Frank Manor, made no secret of it and directly exuded his aura, extending it to the entire manor arrogantly.

call!

Almost instantly, most of the wizards in the entire manor suddenly felt in a trance, their chests seemed to be carrying thousands of weights, and they were somewhat unable to breathe.

snort!

As if sensing the aura emanating from Lockhart, a cold snort came from the air, and a huge amount of spiritual power pressed towards Lockhart and Ian.

Feeling the quality of this spiritual power, Lockhart raised his eyebrows slightly.

Without any hesitation, the spiritual power that had undergone soul transformation poured out in large quantities, without using any skills, and directly attacked arbitrarily.

Click! Click!

The two spiritual powers collided with each other, and all the wizards seemed to hear a clicking sound from the air, as if they were in a stalemate.

Although the other party has been practicing for many years, constantly refining and strengthening his spiritual power.

But compared with Lockhart's soul transformation, it is still slightly inferior.

The stalemate lasted for less than half a minute before the situation was broken. Lockhart relied on higher quality mental power to directly counterattack.

However.

Buzz!

As Lockhart spread his spiritual power throughout the manor, he suddenly found that he couldn't seem to find the other party.

Immediately afterwards

tread! tread! tread!

Soon, with the sound of footsteps, dozens of wizards appeared in front of Lockhart.

What surprised Lockhart even more was that even though the other person was right in front of him, he still couldn't feel the other person through his mind, as if the other person was in another dimension.

This made Lockhart feel a sense of vigilance in his heart.

Sure enough, no one should be underestimated.

Purebloods have been able to control the wizarding world for thousands of years, and they really have some tricks up their sleeves.

With his thoughts turning, Lockhart looked at the wizards opposite, especially the leading old wizard.

With a light step, a burst of magic energy spread out around him.

In an instant, the surrounding green lawn turned into a huge circular flat land at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lockhart and many wizards are at the center of the circle.

Then Presbyterian President Vlad Travers heard a voice coming from the other side.

"Gilderoy Lockhart, the founder of the meditation method, and his disciple Ian, are here to seek justice!"