Yunus Makes His Move

As a veteran Auror of the Ministry of Magic, Moody naturally knew all about the Ministry's shady dealings.

Unfortunately, although he too came from a Pure-blood family, his family was nowhere near as powerful as those ruling families. Thus, when faced with all kinds of corruption, all Moody could do was remain silent.

But he had never expected that his indifference toward such injustice would nearly cause the entire Auror force to collapse.

"Woooooo!!!"

Though they were deep underground, with the appearance of a large number of Dementors, chilling gusts of wind continuously swept through the offices on the third basement level.

The Aurors closest to the Dementors bore the brunt of it. Before the Dementors even attacked them, the debuff they naturally carried had already caused many Aurors to lose their combat ability on the spot.

What was more, even the Pure-blood wizards some distance away from the Dementors were affected to varying degrees.

However, the effects on them were minor, nowhere near as severe as those suffered by the Aurors.

This was not because those pampered officials possessed unshakable willpower, but because they had never encountered any setbacks or anything that truly frightened them in their lives.

Just like in the movies, Harry fainted in terror the moment he first saw a Dementor, while the other students merely turned pale with fright.

Did that mean Harry was a coward?

Harry Potter had dared to confront Voldemort head-on during his very first year at Hogwarts. He was absolutely the sort of person with outrageous courage.

Yet such a remarkably brave boy had actually been frightened unconscious by a single Dementor.

The reason was simple: Harry had witnessed the most horrifying scene of his life—Voldemort killing his parents with the Killing Curse.

That was why the Dementor had stirred up Harry's painful memories and frightened him unconscious.

As for these nobles, born with golden spoons in their mouths, their lives had naturally been smooth sailing. Forget terrifying experiences; they had rarely even faced setbacks.

Therefore, the Dementors' appearance only affected them slightly and did not prevent them from casting spells.

As for Lester's group of prisoners, they were affected the least.

After all, these prisoners had lived alongside Dementors for years and had long since grown accustomed to their presence.

And judging from the situation, the Dementors seemed to be on their side. Naturally, they were not afraid; instead, their spellcasting speed increased considerably.

"Woooooo!!!"

The Dementors that had just been teleported in first let out terrifying roars, then immediately flew toward the nearby Aurors who had lost their will to fight.

Their tattered black robes rustled sharply through the office. Whenever they wrapped an Auror's head inside their robes, it meant that Auror's soul had been sucked away!

In an instant, the moment the Dementors entered the battlefield, quite a few Aurors lost their lives on the spot, their souls becoming nourishment for the Dementors.

At the same time, while the Dementors devoured souls, Lester was not idle either.

"Fire Shield!"

Although his Magic Power was nearly exhausted from using too many spells, Lester still chose to cast Fire Shield, delivering a devastating blow to the Auror force.

As Lester chanted the spell, the blue Fiendfyre Serpent appeared in the air once more. Unlike before, this time it materialized directly in the center of the Auror force.

The moment it appeared, the terrifying Fiendfyre instantly swallowed several Aurors who failed to react in time. At the same time, the scorching flames made the surrounding air hiss.

Roar!!!!

The giant serpent opened its mouth and roared at the surrounding Aurors. At the same time, a ball of blue Fiendfyre erupted from its mouth, instantly taking several more Aurors' lives.

[ Ding! Obtained Fear Points from Kaon +140 ]

[ Ding! Obtained Fear Points from Nawa +165 ]

[ Ding! Obtained Fear Points from Mad-Eye Moody +800 ]

[...]

At once, as the Aurors died, another batch of Fear Points was contributed to Lester.

At the same time, Lester's Fear Points officially reached a terrifying 1 million.

[ Ding! Detected that the host's Fear Points have reached 1 million. The system is upgrading. ]

This time, reaching 1 million points was different from before, when only a higher-tier lottery had been unlocked. The system had actually entered an upgrade state.

Fortunately, the system upgrade did not take much time. Only a few seconds later, the system's pleasant notification sounded beside Lester's ear once again.

[ Ding! System upgrade successful! ]

[ Dark Lord System ]

[ Host: Lester Bide ]

[ Magic Power: 10 + (10,000 Fear Points/point) ]

[ Mastered Spells: God-tier Invisibility Technique (Max Level, cannot be improved) ]

[ Wall-Piercing Technique (Basic spell, cannot be improved) ]

[ Transfiguration (from Boggart, cannot be improved) ]

[ Level 2 Fire Shield (934/1000) ]

[ Mission: Angry Prisoner ]

[ Lottery: 0 draws (1,000,000 Fear Points/draw) ]

Lester discovered that the newly upgraded system had unlocked a new function in addition to the higher-tier lottery he had anticipated: he could use Fear Points to increase his Magic Power!

"Great!"

Even in the midst of battle, Lester could not stop a flash of joy from appearing in his eyes.

He was only ten years old. Although he possessed a pile of high-level magic, he lacked enough Magic Power to support better spellcasting.

If he had possessed the Magic Power of an adult wizard, would the Fiendfyre Serpent he summoned have been dispersed so easily by others?

Just as Lester hesitated over whether to put all his Fear Points into Magic Power, a chill ran down his back.

Before he could react, a vicious Killing Curse was already speeding toward him.

"Fire Shield!"

With no time to think, Lester instinctively cast Fire Shield after suddenly being ambushed, summoning a mass of blue Fiendfyre before him.

Boom!

With a deafening explosion, the oncoming Killing Curse collided with the Fiendfyre in midair and exploded.

The massive shockwave directly sent Lester flying, slamming him fiercely into the office wall.

"Lord Khalifa has arrived!"

Suddenly, cheers erupted from the Pure-blood faction. Everyone excitedly shouted the same name.

Yunus Khalifa!

As though the name possessed some kind of magical power, the Ministry officials, who had been somewhat timid moments earlier, all regained their spirits the instant Yunus Khalifa appeared.

As if injected with adrenaline, they frantically hurled curses at Lester's prisoners.

Unlike Lester and the others, who did not understand the situation, Ludo had been hiding amid the ruins.

The moment he heard the name Yunus, the fat all over his body trembled in fright.

Others might not know how formidable Yunus Khalifa was, but how could Ludo, the head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports, not know?

There were several top ruling families within the Ministry of Magic, each controlling one of the Ministry's important departments.

The Khalifa Lineage, which controlled the Ministry's only violent enforcement body, was naturally no ordinary force.

In fact, some people speculated that Khalifa was a powerful wizard capable of rivaling Dumbledore, but had always kept himself hidden and refrained from acting.

At the same time, Sang Biao's expression turned extremely grim. As the former top enforcer of the Khalifa Lineage, he understood Yunus Khalifa better than anyone.

It could be said that Sang Biao believed that, in the Wizarding World, aside from the few towering figures within Hogwarts whom he could not defeat, there were very few people capable of fighting him to a draw.

But Yunus Khalifa was one of the few powerful beings who could utterly crush Sang Biao.

There were even rumors that Yunus Khalifa's strength was on par with Severus Snape's.

Of course, that was only a rumor.

In truth, the two had never fought.

But the rumor alone was enough to demonstrate Yunus Khalifa's terrifying strength. After all, that was Professor Snape, whose name was renowned throughout the circles of Dark wizards!