The flesh and blood of the corpse had been completely devoured, leaving behind only the skin and bones that were riddled with holes.
The remaining aura of black magic around the corpse was restless. Even though the spell had ended, Elwyn could still feel the deep evil in it. He was not familiar with this type of black magic, but he was no stranger to such a brutal method.
The most taboo black magic would require one's life and soul to be cast. However, only those greedy and bloodthirsty monsters would devour a person's flesh and blood. Of course, there were also evil gods and evil god creations who fed on flesh and blood. This was Lord Voldemort's new magic. After he mastered the power of the evil god, he conducted an evil experiment on the corpse's original owner.
Elwyn squinted his eyes and examined the corpse carefully. The skin of the corpse was riddled with holes, as if countless tiny tentacles were reaching out from it. Many important parts of the corpse were missing, and there was a strong aura of black magic left behind.
"Young Master Elwyn …" Dobby called out in a low voice, clutching Elwyn's sleeve tightly as he looked at the corpse on the ground in fear.
"Yes!" Elwyn responded subconsciously. He gently waved his wand, and the corpse flipped over, revealing the missing right arm. He studied the wound carefully. "The bite mark of the eight-eyed spider. It seems that this unlucky fellow is our old friend! The situation is very clear now. He must have done something that the Dark Demon could not tolerate and triggered the evil black magic. "
"The … the Dark Demon …" Dobby said, trembling.
"Yes, I can infer that Harry was here before. Maybe a few minutes ago, he saw Wormtail here, and the two of them had a conversation. Of course, there should have been a fight. Perhaps because of cowardice, pity, or some other reason, Wormtail let Harry go when he could have killed him. My guess is that he hesitated for a moment, but this is undoubtedly intolerable to the Dark Demon. In his eyes, hesitation is betrayal. Then, something obvious happened. The magic that the Dark Demon left on him was activated, and the black magic or something else killed him. " Elwyn said. "What's noteworthy is the magic that killed Wormtail. It gave me a lot of inspiration … Wait, what's this?"
Turning the body over, Elwyn saw black lines wriggling on the floor. They looked like strangely colored maggots.
Elwyn moved his head closer. This thing that kept twisting was definitely not a bug.
This was a magical creation!
Something made entirely of magic. Ivan touched it lightly with his wand.
Sparks flashed, and the "bug" on the ground twisted even more violently. It struggled and let out a terrible wail. The sound wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear, as if it was ringing in one's head. It twisted and evaporated upwards, turning into black smoke.
The smoke finally condensed into a skeleton. It paused for a moment, then opened its horrifying mouth and rushed towards Elwyn.
Dobby, the house-elf, was terrified. He let out a loud cry.
Elwyn's wand moved quickly in front of him. The smoke skeleton that rushed towards him disappeared, and so did the wailing.
"Young Master Elwyn, Young Master Elwyn!" Dobby said in horror. "Dobby is scared. That thing just now … Dobby is scared!"
"I'm shocked too, Dobby." Elwyn said. "This is a brand new power. It's not traditional magic, nor is it the magic of the evil gods. This is magic that we're not familiar with. It's evil and powerful. He has indeed gone further than anyone else in the field of black magic. If he can master this kind of magic, I'm afraid we'll have a hard time in the future. "
"Dobby doesn't understand, Young Master Elwyn."
"No one understands. We can only guess …"
Dobby paused for a long time before saying, "We should leave this place, Harry Potter …"
"That's right, Dobby. Wormtail is dead. Where is Harry now?" Elwyn stood up. "This is very suspicious. There was someone else there at the time. That person took Harry away. We should go see Lucius Malfoy. He should know something. Come on, Dobby. If you want to find Malfoy now, you should know where he is. Take me there. "
… …
In the study of Malfoy's manor, Lucius Malfoy, who was sitting in a chair, was very vexed. He stared at the exquisite emerald embedded in the opposite wall, reminiscing about the glory of his family in one moment and lamenting the current situation the next.
Before Lord Voldemort returned, Lucius had missed the days when Lord Voldemort was still around.
He had always felt that although Lord Voldemort was not likeable, the ideals he preached were what the pureblood family really needed. Pureblood sorcerers were the noblest, and the Mud Seed and Muggle were naturally enslaved by the pureblood sorcerers.
But when Voldemort really came back, the changes that happened didn't seem to be what he had expected.
To some extent, the pureblood sorcerers had indeed taken the initiative again, but the situation of the Malfoy family was getting worse.
Where did it go wrong?
Lucius sighed. It might be inappropriate to talk about this now, but it was crucial. During the year he was imprisoned in Azkaban, he had thought about it countless times. Of course, he knew what the problem was.
It was not that he did not complete Lord Voldemort's mission, nor was it that the Malfoy family was not important.
The root of everything had been determined the moment he handed over the diary five years ago.
Lucius thought for a long time before he understood the crux of the problem, and this was even after the boy had reminded him. The diary was not an ordinary magic item, nor was it a souvenir valuable to The Dark Lord. It was …
It was what Lucius had been guessing but had never dared to admit.
Damn it, what was the use of saying this now?
The current situation was that Lord Voldemort had given the Malfoy family many punitive missions, and most of them were sending them to their deaths.
How could Derek think of killing Dumbledore?
This was a difficult test. Many people guessed that the Dark Lord wanted to see how the hypocritical Dumbledore would react in the face of his student's assassination. Would he still maintain his hypocritical kindness?
But for Derek, wasn't this an irreversible test?!
Be it success or failure, it was not what Malfoy wanted.
Under Derek's childish assassination attempt, Dumbledore really died just like that, which was really terrible.
Did Dumbledore's death change the situation of the Malfoy family? Probably not.
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