While the Anti-Voldemort Alliance prepared for the coming decisive battle at Hogwarts, Voldemort, who had just endured a brutal beating in Nurmengard Prison, was pulling back his forces, intending to retract the tentacles he had previously extended into England.
Now that the Deathstick was in his hands, remaining on the European continent would only invite endless trouble.
As for the grudges he had formed with the Ministries of Magic across Europe, Voldemort believed no country would be foolish enough to come looking for trouble on his turf.
However, this order greatly disappointed the Dark Wizards who had been itching to cause trouble. They had thought Voldemort would stir up a massive storm across Europe, only for it to end hastily like some childish game.
Most Dark Wizards were particularly dissatisfied. Having grown accustomed to a life of "feasting on meat," how could they be willing to return to the miserable days of "living on bran and vegetables"?
Unfortunately, after Voldemort returned to England, without the Dark Lord's protection, the people who had previously committed evil everywhere under Voldemort's name were all blacklisted by the Ministries of Magic in various countries. If they did not flee soon, they would sooner or later be wiped out by enraged Aurors. The Dark Wizards who had caused the greatest uproar were directly abandoned by Voldemort as sacrificial pawns to ease the anger of the European countries, lest those people, with nowhere to vent their fury, truly rush to England to fight them to the death.
Unfortunately, peace had ceased to exist the moment Voldemort went to Europe to stir up trouble, and certain people consumed by hatred would not allow their own Ministries of Magic to compromise with the Dark Lord.
This left Yaxley, Voldemort's right-hand man, exceptionally busy. Not only did he need