"Harry!"
Hermione's curly hair had been badly singed by the purple Fiendfyre pouring out of the room behind her, and her cheeks were blackened with soot.
But after scrambling up from the floor and seeing Harry, she still showed a look of delight.
Hermione being unharmed made Harry relax, but when his gaze fell on Ginny, his face immediately turned livid.
One of Ginny's sleeves hung half-torn as if it had been slashed by a blade, and her arm was covered in blood.
"Who did this?!"
Ron immediately roared,
"I'll kill him!"
"It was that McNeil!"
Ginny shouted as she ran toward them,
"But I didn't let him off easy either—he's completely disfigured now!"
The arrival of two more young wizards immediately darkened the expressions of the three remaining Death Eaters in the room. But then Lucius Malfoy, who ran in through the purple Fiendfyre, made them happy again.
"Lucius, help us catch Potter first!"
The Death Eater who shouted had had his mask torn apart during the fierce fight, revealing half a thoroughly unremarkable face.
He called out to the Death Eater who had entered first, then hurled an Avada Kedavra at Harry!
Before Harry could react, a swarm of black shadows flapping their wings erupted from Ginny's wand tip and blocked the path of the sickly green curse light. Amid the bats' miserable shrieks, the curse dissipated.
"Idiot!"
Lucius was terrified by what he saw, and he roared at the Death Eater,
"Have you forgotten the Dark Lord's orders? Potter belongs to the Dark Lord. No one is allowed to kill him!"
Rabastan and Lickwood followed Lucius into the room. The moment they saw Potter, joy visibly appeared on their faces.
Though every one of those little brats had a Prophecy Orb, they still believed the real one