"We took special care to strengthen Inyashadibasta's defenses. We can certainly ensure that you and your old acquaintances enjoy a very long stay there," the blond, exceptionally handsome You Weier Xilieikesi told Voldemort coolly.
"Heh."
His only answer was a sneer. The next moment, Voldemort abruptly raised his hand, pointing a wand he had snatched from some wizard at You Weier. A dazzling green light burst from its tip.
Avada Kedavra.
You Weier had been watching Voldemort intently, on full alert.
The instant his opponent moved, he raised his own wand. A silver beam shot from its tip and met Voldemort's Killing Curse in midair.
Boom!
The two spells gave a tremendous roar the instant they collided.
The collision of magical power threw off great quantities of magical fragments. The instant these fragments broke free of the two spells, they exploded in the air, unleashing powerful shockwaves.
The gusts stirred up by the shockwaves sent You Weier's and Voldemort's clothes flapping.
Voldemort's bald head suffered no further effects, but You Weier's neatly combed blond hair was blown into wild disarray.
You Weier had no attention to spare for that.
He had not participated in the Ministry of Magic Alliance's previous operation to surround and kill Voldemort. He was not a Ministry employee-the direct line of the Xilieikesi family never joined official institutions.
Only some members of the collateral branches occasionally joined the Ministry of Magic.
At present, however, not a single member of the Xilieikesi family worked for the French Ministry of Magic, so naturally none had participated in that attempt to surround and kill him.
This time, however, You Weier-a member of the family's direct line, its first heir, and its current spokesman in outside affairs-had personally come after Voldemort entirely because of Selerus.
Selerus was also a French