As Steve looked toward Voldemort and the other four, the five of them saw Steve as well.
"What the hell is that thing? I only knew Hogwarts had ghosts. Since when did it have... skeletons too?" Bellatrix frowned and looked at Snape in confusion.
"Perhaps it is another puppet made by that alchemy professor." The instant Snape saw Steve arrive, he used a masking spell to blur his features beyond recognition.
"Just an annoying nuisance. Kill it." Voldemort said, waving a hand casually.
"Your will be done." A Death Eater quickly stepped forward, seemingly hoping to make an impression before Voldemort. As a Killing Curse flew toward Steve, everyone assumed he would die far away like any ordinary extra. Then came a clang.
An ornate rapier left its sheath, and the Killing Curse was blocked by indestructible Netherite without leaving so much as a mark.
"M-Master?" The Death Eater turned back at Voldemort in bewilderment, praying he would not be angry. Unfortunately, before he could make out what emotion was on Voldemort's face, he felt something cool pierce his body, and his consciousness sank into darkness.
In everyone else's eyes, Steve's Netherite sword pierced his chest, then flicked lightly upward, cutting him into... X.
With a thud, he fell onto the cold floor of Hogwarts' Great Hall.
At that moment, Voldemort felt as though Steve had an unbelievably long health bar above his head. He was the boss of Hogwarts, while Voldemort and his three remaining subordinates were adventurers challenging a dragon in a dungeon...
That strange feeling... It even made him the righteous side. After all, he might not have had a nose, but the thing opposite him did not even have flesh...
It was abstract enough.
Meanwhile, after Steve instantly killed one person with the sword in his