Hundreds of white flashes flickered rapidly across the hilltop, like a camera shutter being pressed repeatedly. Figures appeared out of thin air one after another.
All of them wore black wizard robes and silver masks, their eyes filled with bloodlust and fervor.
Standing before them was a black-robed wizard with a body as thin as a skeleton, yet radiating powerful magical fluctuations. It was Voldemort.
Surging black smoke carried Voldemort a hundred meters into the air. He looked down at everything below and gazed toward the manor five kilometers away, its lights shining brightly beneath the night sky.
Compared to the small and dilapidated Avery Manor, Malfoy Manor was magnificent and luxurious. Malfoy Castle at the very center of the estate was no smaller than Hogwarts Castle.
As Voldemort looked at the brightly lit Malfoy Manor and recalled the ramshackle Avery Manor where he had stayed these past few days, anger flashed in his eyes, followed by a bloodthirsty gleam.
Yet just as Voldemort and the Death Eaters arrived atop the hill and discovered Malfoy Manor,
the three members of the Malfoy Family living within Malfoy Manor also detected the arrival of these unwelcome guests.
The Malfoys were cunning and cautious. Even if they could not protect Malfoy Manor with the Fidelius Charm, how could their means of protecting themselves possibly be so simple?!
The Undetectable Charm, which prevented enemies from using coordinate-locked spatial teleportation to reach Malfoy Manor, covered a five-kilometer radius centered on the estate. Meanwhile, the large-scale Composite Detection Spell that detected unfamiliar wizards covered a ten-kilometer radius centered on Malfoy Manor!
Under the dual coverage of the Undetectable Charm and the Composite Detection Spell, even if someone found a loophole and used shifted coordinates to teleport near Malfoy Manor, they would likely never notice the large-scale