Harry had originally thought that when he opened his eyes, he would see an evil god's projection.
A phantom of Alvasar had appeared during Voldemort's earlier battle at the Ministry of Magic. This time, however, there was none.
But even without Alvasar's phantom appearing, something was still wrong around Voldemort's body.
Counting Harry, only four wizards were still in the air: Voldemort, Dumbledore, and You Weier.
The magical flame around Dumbledore blazed like the sun, casting brilliant light in every direction. Voldemort's was not as large as Dumbledore's, but its radius still exceeded twenty meters-a pitch-black fire of magical power that seemed almost solid.
Although it still fell short of Dumbledore's, the gap looked considerably smaller than it had back in the cemetery in France, which Harry found very hard to understand.
As You Weier was the next head of the Xilieikesi family, Harry was somewhat surprised that his magical flame was black, but only a little.
After all, the Xilieikesi family had long been as well known for their dark magic as for their achievements in potions.
Even when Harry looked at his own magical flame, nearly a fifth of it was black, mixed into the gold.
He did indeed use quite a lot of dark magic.
You Weier's magical flame was much smaller than Voldemort's, but it still exceeded that of any other wizard Harry had seen-he had not seen Jacques's earlier.
Even the school's several headmasters seemed to fall a little short of him.
Of course, this could also have been because all three were flying in the air, making their flames appear somewhat larger.
What concerned Harry more, though, was their soul projections.
Dumbledore's soul projection was the same as the last time Harry had seen it: a towering giant, tall as a mountain, exerting an