Ever since the day of Dumbledore's funeral, when Voldemort had led the Death Eaters into Azkaban to break out the prisoners and completed his ultimate, glorious comeback, the Death Eaters were no longer pitiful wretches constantly suppressed by the Ministry of Magic and liable to lose their lives at any moment.
Recently, the Death Eaters had become increasingly active, and their numbers were slowly growing. Voldemort had used his actions to tell everyone in the British wizarding world that they were the ultimate victors of this Wizarding War.
As for the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort had never truly taken it seriously.
At a recent meeting, Voldemort had once again brought up the plan to kill Scrimgeour and seize control of the Ministry of Magic.
Now that Dumbledore was dead, Voldemort no longer needed to hold anything back. Completely taking the Ministry of Magic into his own hands and ensuring it could no longer pose a threat was his most urgent goal.
He intended to snap the knife in that Mudblood's hand once and for all, so the man could no longer keep using the Ministry of Magic to cause him trouble.
Of course, completely controlling the Ministry of Magic came with many other benefits. He could use its power to utterly destroy the Order of the Phoenix, seize Hogwarts without any effort, accomplish his subsequent objectives, and deal with Harry Potter.
Voldemort had never regarded Harry Potter as a threat, but he knew he had to kill Harry Potter himself and make those foolish Death Eaters understand that those so-called prophecies had never been trustworthy.
The famed Boy Who Lived, Harry Potter, was simply unqualified to become his nemesis.
This was all nothing more than a terrible joke.
After the meeting ended, every Death Eater was assigned a task of