Chapter 1255
Ever since Voldemort had led the Death Eaters into Azkaban to break out its prisoners on the day of Dumbledore's funeral, completing a spectacular ultimate comeback, the Death Eaters were no longer the pitiful lot 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 shown everyone in the British magical world through his actions 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 had no need to keep worrying about anything. Bringing the Ministry of Magic completely under his control and ensuring it could no longer threaten him was the goal he most urgently wished to accomplish.
He intended to completely snap the knife in that Mudblood's hand, so the other man could no longer keep causing him trouble through the Ministry of Magic.
Of course, fully controlling the Ministry of Magic had many other advantages. He could use its power to completely destroy the Order of the Phoenix, effortlessly seize firm control of Hogwarts, accomplish his later goals, and deal with Harry Potter.
Voldemort had never regarded Harry Potter as a threat, but he knew he had to kill Harry Potter with his own hands, so those foolish Death Eaters would understand that those so-called prophecies had never been trustworthy.
The famous Savior, Harry Potter, was utterly unqualified to be his nemesis.
It was all nothing but a terrible joke.
After the meeting ended, every Death Eater was assigned a task