Chapter 189: Rise of the Dark Lord

On the narrow starlight trail, a thin figure with a hood walked past dense and low thorns.
From time to time, the croaking of frogs and silkworms were heard around him, and his steps were very fast; he only raised his head alertly when he walked to a gorgeous iron gate.
He took off the hood on his head, revealing a thin face and a big hooked nose, and his empty eyes looked at the knocker on the iron door.
"Password?" The door knocker looked like the head of a Welsh green dragon, and it made a hoarse voice.
"Pure blood is supreme!" Severus Snape said coldly.
The door opened with a creak, and Snape walked into the manor...He followed a path made of stone and through the yew hedgerow; at the end of the road, a majestic house flashed out of the dark night.
"Who is it!" A vigilant female voice came from the gate of the house: "Oh... Severus..."
Narcissa Malfoy breathed a sigh of relief. She walked a few steps forward and came to Snape, while lowering her voice: "You are four hours late..."
"I'm about to explain this to the Dark Lord, Narcissa!" Snape's voice was not high, but he didn't deliberately lower it, "Can you take me to see him?"
"Okay, come with me..."
? The corridor is very wide, dimly lit but luxuriously decorated, and the stone floor is covered with gorgeous carpets.
As Mrs. Malfoy took Snape through the corridor, the pale statues on the wall looked at them intently.
They kept coming to the door of the basement of the manor, Narcissa Malfoy stopped and winked at Snape: "The Dark Lord is inside!"
...
There was a gorgeous long table in the basement, surrounded by people, but all of them were silent. Dark green flames erupted from the marble fireplace, making the basement not completely dark, but even more gloomy.
"Look who's here, Severus Snape!" A clear and loud voice came from the table: "Wormtail, get a chair for Severus!"
In the light of the fire, the speaker showed a pale, snake-like face, and at the same time, there was almost no nose in sight on this face.
A short wizard, he heard Voldemort's order... He quickly moved a bench and placed it at the end of the long table.
Snape ignored the bench and walked straight to Voldemort, knelt on one knee, kissed his robe, and then took a few steps back.
"You're four hours late, Snape!" On the right hand side of Voldemort, a black-haired wizard shouted sharply; he looked a little bit ashamed, with a new scar on his face.
"Yes, Avery...because it took me four hours to fully tell Dumbledore about the changes in the Dark Mark; then he obeyed his orders and returned here!" Snape said as he spoke. , And bowed gracefully to Voldemort.
"Dumbledore..." Avery looked a little angry.
"This is the task the Dark Lord gave me!" Snape said with a smile, then looked up into Voldemort's eyes: "Thirteen years ago, the last time you called me."
Voldemort's red eyes fixed on Snape's hollow eyes.
After a moment, he smiled: "Nott, pour Severus a glass of pumpkin juice."
The Death Eater named Nott stood up from his position, then took out a kettle from his pocket and poured the liquid in the kettle into a wine glass.
Then he waved his wand and was flown to Snape.
Snape, who took the glass, picked it up, and drank it without hesitation.
Voldemort nodded to Avery, then began to close his eyes to rest.
"Snape, where did you go when the Dark Lord lost power?" Avery said viciously.
"I'm where the Dark Lord ordered me to go, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, because he wants me to spy on Albus Dumbledore there." Snape replied calmly.
"Then how did you survive Dumbledore?"
"Because Dumbledore thought I was his person... He thought I had been'repented' by the'mistakes'..." While talking, Snape let out a sneer. "Dumbledore's greatest weakness, he It's easy to trust others without reservation!"
"Then whom are you really loyal to?"
"There is no doubt that I will serve the Dark Lord to the death..." Snape said with a serious face: "Since the age of eleven, it has never changed!"
Avery still wants to keep asking...
"Enough!" Voldemort interrupted him roughly.
"Severus, you have been at Hogwarts for thirteen years..." Voldemort opened his eyes again.
"Dumbledore trusts me very much, Master..." Snape whispered, "I have discovered many secrets over the years. What other prediction about that boy Harry Potter..."
Snape glanced at Avery and the other Death Eaters with some worry, then leaned to Voldemort's ear, and began to talk in his smallest voice!
...
Ten minutes later... Snape stopped whispering.
Voldemort looked at him gently, took his hand, and pulled him up.
"Welcome back, Severus!" he said gracefully.
"I'm honored, my master!" Snape said excitedly.
"Avery, go sit on the stool Wormtail just moved!" Voldemort ordered coldly.
Avery was taken aback for a moment, but he immediately stood up obediently, not daring to disobey Voldemort's orders.
"Severus, you sit on my right hand side!" Voldemort pointed to the spot where Avery had just been.
Snape sat down ~EbookFREE.me~ Lucius Malfoy on the other side exchanged glances with him.
Like Avery, Malfoy was a little bit ashamed, as if he had just fought a battle.
But Snape glanced at the opposite location with some doubts, and there was no one on Voldemort's left hand.
Voldemort seemed to see through his thoughts and explained with a smile: "It belongs to my most loyal servant. He is still at Hogwarts. With his efforts, I can reappear in front of you... Of course, he immediately You can come back to me!"
"It seems that everyone is here!" Voldemort glanced at the crowd: "There is only one missing. I think Karkaroff should leave us forever... He will be executed..."
There was a small commotion among the Death Eaters, and they exchanged glances secretly.
"Of course, the rest are you!" Voldemort continued: "You will get my award!"
"Well, let's start the meeting now!"