"Got you!"
Vaughn caught a flicker of movement and immediately broke out of Apparition, squeezing out of thin air. Before him stood Voldemort, who had only just appeared.
The smoky haze of his arrival had not even dispersed before his expression grew even more astonished!
Vaughn, who had suddenly appeared before Voldemort, flicked his wand. The sinister Sectumsempra shot forth, its invisible blade impossible to evade at such close range.
With a soft puff.
Blood sprayed as a long wound opened along Voldemort's waist, blood pouring from it without stop.
The battle had only just begun, yet the Dark Lord was already injured!
Voldemort's crimson eyes grew more savage. His vast combat experience allowed him to grasp Vaughn's strategy in an instant. Ignoring the wound at his waist, he drew his wand back defensively as black mist began to spread from his body.
The ground sizzled as it was corroded by the black mist.
Vaughn, who had intended to continue fighting at close range, instead drifted away as lightly as a sheet of paper.
At the same time, Voldemort swung his wand, sending out a similar invisible blade. Yet after flying barely three feet, that invisible force was swallowed by a translucent barrier.
A max-level Shield Charm!
Sturdy, with exceptional magical resistance!
The unknown spell cast by Voldemort could not even make it tremble. The next second, Vaughn Apparated again, silently passing behind Voldemort.
A spark flared abruptly the instant he appeared.
Boom!
Harry and Hermione stared blankly at the battlefield where the two fought. The violently expanding flames completely engulfed the area, blasting a huge crater into the ground. Voldemort, trailing thick smoke, was hurled away by the violent explosion.
Even so, the spell power clinging to him did not weaken. As he was blasted away and tumbled through