章節 255: Chapter 254 "The End of The Maze"

"She –" Skyler suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a hoarse voice: "Where is she?"

"Hahaha, you really care about her... Let me tell you, there was someone else who took her away. Hogwarts's defense mechanism is no joke. I don't have the ability to get her out of the castle under Dumbledore's eyes... So, don't try to find out her whereabouts from me. Even if you kill her, I have no way of getting her out—"

"You must be in pain now, right? You have only one way to choose now—" Crouch Jr.'s tone was full of cruel pleasure, "That person in the organization, she wants to see you. As long as you take me to see her, maybe you do know her whereabouts?"

Voldemort has not yet returned to the strength of his heyday, and can remain silent in Hogwarts Castle. There was only one person who kidnapped Hermione so loudly –

"Meredith..."

Skyler's heart ached, and the long-lost strong uneasiness hovered in his heart again.

"Meredith, why did you capture Hermione...what are you trying to do?"

The most terrifying thing is, if she really wants to be detrimental to Hermione, what should she do...

Does she really want to fight Meredith...

"Say!" Skyler said in a deep voice: "How to get out of here? How? I want to see Meredith!"

"Did you see that trophy? It's a portkey. It was intended to teleport the first warrior who touched the Goblet of Fire out of the maze and appear in front of the referee's table, but I used a confusion spell to change the teleportation location. It has been changed to the location of that person—" Crouch Jr. pointed out his finger in the direction of the Goblet of Fire, "You take me now, and we can go and touch the Goblet of Fire together, and then we can go see that adult."

"Thank you, I understand," Skyler had calmed down at this moment, and he had to face what was coming, "and –"

"Goodbye, Barty Crouch Jr."

"What do you want to do?!" Crouch Jr.'s face turned pale, and he had a very bad premonition in his heart, "Don't even think about messing around. Don't you want Granger's life?"

"Avada ——"

"Bastard!" Crouch Jr. shouted loudly, "You madman! You will definitely regret it!"

"——Kedavra!" A green light shot out from Skyler's wand, ruthlessly harvesting the minibus. Barty's life was left behind, leaving only Crouch Jr.'s lifeless body slowly falling backward to the ground.

"Fool..." Skyler sneered, "Since you don't know anything, what's the use of keeping your life? Since Meredith's target is me, is it possible for her to turn against me directly for you? I still think so highly of her. You, don't you see at all –"

"You are just an abandoned child..."

The moment Crouch Jr. died, the four shadow demons who smelled the corpse couldn't hold back and rushed to Crouch Jr. The corpse was slowly wrapped in black shadow and began to eat.

Skyler waved his hand, and the Slytherin pendant flew out of his arms and opened. As a green shadow rushed out of the box, it materialized in mid-air.

The whole process was very fast, and the shadow fell from the air to the ground. At the same time, it had transformed into the giant-sized Jörmungandr.

The black shadows reacted quickly and wanted to flee the scene, but under Jörmungandr's glare, they all seemed to be frozen and unable to move.

The snake pupil of the basilisk has the ability to harm the spirit body, and Jörmungandr has already developed his sanity after the battle with the purple flame giant in Susan's bloodline, and has restored all the natural abilities of the basilisk.

It is even possible that because it swallowed the bones of the purple flame giant and the flesh and blood of Skyler, it evolved into something more powerful than an ordinary basilisk.

Although the shadow demon is much more weird and unpredictable than the ghost, it still cannot escape the category of a spirit body.

At this moment, it was invaded by the curse power on the snake's eyes, and it was suddenly transformed into four stiff bodies that were covered in smoke and seemed to be fixed by an invisible container.

Although the method of making shadow demons is not a unique secret, it is only spread among a few big families with ancient heritage, and it is not something that can be seen everywhere. Skyler put them all into the suitcase space. These shadow demons were valuable for his research.

Skyler looked at the bitten and tattered body of Crouch Jr. and frowned slightly. He waved his wand and said, "Evanesco!" and used a vanishing spell to eliminate Crouch Jr.'s body.

As for the evidence to be shown to Mr. Crouch, the people killed by the Death Curse can be traced through specific flashback spells. There is no need to cut off the head or leave the corpse. Disgusting behavior.

"Go back, Jörmungandr," Skyler touched the huge snake body of Jörmungandr lovingly and comforted the big snake that was hissing in protest.

"Jörmungandr finally came out to loosen his muscles and bones but failed. I thought that it was about to be taken back even after one minute had passed –

If I had known better, I wouldn't have killed those shadow monsters so quickly. I should have played with them." Skyler lamented as he saw the expression on Jormungandr's face.

Jormungandr gently tapped Skyler on the shoulder with its snake tail to express its dissatisfaction, then turned into a green light again and flew back to the pendant box.

After cleaning up the shadow demon, Crouch Jr.'s corpse, and Jormungandr, the scene returned to calm again. Skyler raised his head, squinting slightly and looking at the sparkling Goblet of Fire not far ahead.

His eyes turned cold, and then he gently touched the snake-shaped ring on the ring finger of his right hand with the palm of his left hand.

The snake-shaped ring flashed a few times as if it was conveying some message.

"Is everything ready?" The corners of Skyler's mouth raised slightly. At this time, his eyes were indifferent, without any fluctuation. "I am counting on you for this one, so don't let me down –"

"Salff," Skyler whispered softly, his voice carrying a sense of determination.

He carefully checked the equipment on his body.

Sterling silver dagger, supreme wizard robe, night star cloak, dueling gloves, anti-stun bracelet, Ravenclaw's Diadem, Slytherin pendant, anti-gravity boots, ring of guardianship, and philosopher's stone—all were equipped and worn.

Each item got into position, and then Skyler used magic power to activate each one to its strongest state, streams of magic power glowing one after another around him.

Taking a step forward, Skyler strode to the center of the field.

His gray eyes, clear and free of impurity, were fixedly staring into the Goblet of Fire. Blue sparks danced around, rising and falling, as silence engulfed the scene.

Thousands of thoughts passed before his eyes, surrounding him like flashes of light—

Among them were Lucius, Narcissa, Draco, Daphne, Maury, Astoria, Luna...

And others like him. Friends he had made, members of the Serpentis Vigil Club who trusted him...

And then...

The memory picture changed...

It was Meredith, her pretense of arrogance, her charming smile...

And Hermione, her sad and tearful face on the eve of the Yule Ball...

He sighed silently and raised his head, showing a smile as he said softly, "Hermione, Meredith——"

"I'm here..."

His hand touched the Goblet of Fire, and immediately his feet left the ground. He and the trophy turned into a swirling vortex of color, quickly disappearing in the roaring wind.

The base where the Goblet of Fire was placed now stood empty as if Skyler and the goblet had never been there.