"Master! This time we almost razed the entire 'Fairy Foundation' to the ground! Not only that, we also looted a large amount of gold Galleons from there!"

In No. 12 Grimmauld Place, little Barty, who had just returned, was reporting the results of the battle to Voldemort.

As he spoke, he flatteringly held a bag of traceless stretching spells in front of Voldemort.

Voldemort smiled and took the bag, then opened it and poured it on the ground.

Suddenly, massive gold coins continued to pour out of the bag.

After a while, a small golden mountain formed on the floor.

But even so, the wave of gold coins pouring out of the bag still showed no sign of shrinking.

It's like there are endless gold coins in the bag.

Seeing this, the Death Eaters and werewolves in the living room burst into laughter.

Voldemort stopped pouring money and said with a strange smile:

"Very good, you all did a great job! Especially John! I will reward you!"

After saying this, Voldemort grabbed Barty Jr.'s left arm.

Large amounts of Voldemort's special magic began to pour into Barty Jr.'s Dark Mark.

Little Barty had a ferocious expression, but there was joy in his eyebrows, and he kept choking and chanting, 'Thank you, Master, for the gift.'

The other Death Eaters looked excited, and under Voldemort's instructions, they happily stepped forward to receive the magic infusion.

It's impossible not to be happy.

For the Death Eaters, Voldemort's magic power is directly equivalent to having more powerful power.

Which Death Eater can resist this temptation?

"And John, come here quickly."

At Voldemort's call, John also raised his left hand.

Voldemort smiled and began to send magic power into John's Dark Mark.

But unlike before, Voldemort used it for a longer time this time.

Seeing this, all the Death Eaters around had expressions of envy on their faces.

Because this obviously means that Voldemort imbued John with more magic.

And this is indeed the case.

John could clearly feel that the magic power Voldemort gave him this time had almost tripled compared to usual.

Through studying the Dark Mark during this period, John also understood some of Voldemort's intentions.

The reason why Voldemort instilled magic into the Death Eaters.

This is not just to temporarily increase the Death Eaters' power as a reward.

It is also to strengthen the control of the Dark Mark over the Death Eaters through the special mechanism of the Dark Mark.

In other words, the more magic a Death Eater is imbued with, the harder it is for him to betray Voldemort.

Unfortunately, this method is completely ineffective against John, who has the ability to 'chew'.

The magic power given to John by Voldemort, and even the Dark Mark itself, are pure magic power that can be swallowed by John.

Voldemort gave this for nothing.

Easily digesting and absorbing all of Voldemort's magic, John thanked Voldemort with a half-smile.

Voldemort did not notice the profound meaning in John's smile at all, and sighed:

"John, your progress is beyond my expectations! I didn't expect that you would have mastered the skills of transforming basic magic and developing new magic at such a young age!

You are indeed my kin, a descendant of Salazar Slytherin! I am proud of you!"

As soon as he said this, the Death Eaters around him were a little envious.

They had never seen anyone who could receive such praise from Voldemort.

John said calmly:

"This is all your credit. Without your guidance, I would never have achieved such success."

Upon hearing this, Voldemort nodded with satisfaction, looking at John with a hint of heat in his eyes.

Actually there is one thing he hasn't said yet.

He could feel that the 'smell' of John's magic had become very similar to his real magic.

This means that John has completed the transformation of his own magic power by relying on these days of research on his magic power!

In addition, John has mastered the technique of 'magic transformation' at this age.

With this talent, if John hadn't been marked with the Mark of the Dark and was a trustworthy one of his own, Voldemort himself would have been so jealous that he wanted to kill him!

And Alice.

Voldemort originally looked down upon this little girl from the Lopez family.

But judging from what little Barty reported today, Alice's achievements in alchemy are truly astonishing.

This can also be a reliable help for him in the future!

"Michael, and Alice, you also did a great job."

Voldemort said with a smile.

Alice didn't speak, just smiled at Voldemort.

And Michael smiled and said:

"Thank you for your compliment. We are the ones who need to thank you. Thank you for helping us fight against the goblins."

After saying this, Michael and John looked at each other.

A smile also appeared on John's face.

The support Voldemort gave this time was really important.

Otherwise, the attack on the Goblin Foundation tonight would not have been as devastating as it is now.

More importantly, tonight's attack is just the beginning.

The goblins will not give up this piece of fat country.

Nor would they give up on John, their important guinea pig.

In the future, they will definitely invest more efforts in trying to erode the country of Yu.

At that time, John will still need to rely on the power of the Death Eaters.

These people are cruel, but it is really useful to use them as tools to kill goblins.

Voldemort nodded with satisfaction, and then finally looked at Fenrir Greyback.

The werewolf watched the Death Eaters receive awards one by one, and he was eager to wait for a long time.

As soon as he finished looking at Voldemort, he knelt down humbly.

"The werewolves did a good job. Let's do this. The pile of gold Galleons on the ground will be rewarded to you. In addition, the werewolves you brought will also live in the servant room and basement on the first floor. [Nothing] has been cast inside.

Mark Stretching Curse] is enough for you.

However, you must not go upstairs.

That's our area of ​​activity."

Voldemort said.

Compared to the way he spoke to the Death Eaters, John and others, his tone became cold and arrogant, even with a touch of contempt.

But the werewolf Fenrir Greyback was not dissatisfied at all.

He kowtowed on the ground excitedly and kept thanking Voldemort.

But Voldemort ignored him at all and just went upstairs.

The Death Eaters hurriedly sent them off.

Until Voldemort disappeared, the atmosphere in the living room suddenly became heated again.

The Death Eaters are "celebrating".

They had a great time 'playing' tonight.

Moreover, they also received praise and rewards from Voldemort.

As the person who gave them this opportunity, John's status in the hearts of the Death Eaters has risen to a higher level.

Almost all the Death Eaters wanted to squeeze in and get close to John and others.

It's a pity that Bella has always occupied the seat next to John and stared at everyone with her eyes, so that they didn't dare to come close.

Fenrir Greyback did not join the Death Eaters' celebrations.

He greeted the two werewolves who had been waiting outside, packed up the 'golden mountain' on the ground with great excitement, and then carried the bag to their servant room.

John stared at their backs with some doubts in his heart.

There are dozens of werewolves following them to attack the 'Fairy Foundation' tonight.

But right now, except for Fenrir Greyback and his two 'guards', John didn't see any other werewolves at all.

'So, the other werewolves were driven into the basement early?'

Just as John was thinking this, Bella reached out and covered both sides of his cheeks, forcing him to turn his head back.

"John, please stop staring at the werewolves! One look at those filthy beasts is a stain on our eyes!"

Bella asked sincerely.

"That's right, I'm so happy with just a few Galleons." Little Barty sneered, "Beasts are just beasts!"

John glanced at Barty Jr. in surprise.

He remembered that little Barty had not been so hostile when he introduced himself and his master to recruit werewolves.

But John soon understood.

It was probably because Fenrir Greyback was at the scene at that time, so he saved some face for the other party.

In fact, little Barty, like Bella, hates werewolves extremely.

No, it's not just Barty Jr. and Bella.

To be precise, all the Death Eaters at the scene dropped their disguises at this moment, with disdain for werewolves on their faces.

In fact, you will know if you think about it carefully.

Death Eaters are mostly pure blood supremacists.

This group of people couldn't even look down on the 'Mudblood' wizards, let alone the werewolves.

The same goes for Voldemort.

He didn't even give the werewolf Fenrir Greyback the Dark Mark.

The reward was just a bunch of gold galleons.

You must know that gold galleons may be very precious in the eyes of ordinary people.

But in the eyes of Voldemort, Death Eaters, John and others, it is really an ordinary thing.

After all, John has captured the entire property in the Black family's treasury. Alice is now the sole head of the Lopez family. Michael has also accumulated a large amount of property by hunting goblins, not to mention Bella.

The Strange family is also a wealthy family...

It can be said that almost all Death Eaters are wealthy people.

Most of their family's fixed assets may have been confiscated.

But in Gringotts, there is still a lot of wealth available.

In this environment, Fenrir Greyback's greed for wealth appears particularly dazzling.

Looking at the Death Eaters around him who were looking down on werewolves, and at the entrance to the servants' room and the basement, John nodded thoughtfully.

…

late at night.

The Death Eaters' celebration party has ended.

The living room was in a mess.

Kreacher was groping in the dark, cleaning up amid the chaos.

Using the cover of the [Disguise Curse], John bypassed Kreacher and went straight into the basement.

As soon as he opened the basement door, John smelled a foul and musty smell.

And as he continued going down, what John was looking for on this trip appeared in front of him.

Dozens of werewolves were huddled in a dark, damp, dirty basement corner.

They were dressed in rags, a far cry from their neatly dressed appearance when they attacked the Goblin Foundation with John earlier.

John was not surprised by this.

Voldemort and the Death Eaters discriminated against werewolves in all aspects.

Werewolves are only allowed to wear Death Eater robes when performing tasks. At other times, they must take them off to show the difference in status from real Death Eaters.

What really surprised John was that in the basement, in addition to some young men that John had seen in battles before, there were also many old, young, women and children.

Compared with young and strong people, they are thinner and can even be described as sallow and skinny.

As if they smelled John's scent, they immediately huddled in the shadows in panic.

The young and strong werewolves also immediately assumed an attack stance, as if they were facing some kind of flood beast.

It was not until John lifted the [Illusion Body Curse] and revealed his true appearance that all the young and strong werewolves became humble again.

They bowed their waists, as if they were kneeling, and seemed to be bowing most sincerely. A one-eyed werewolf stammered and respectfully asked:

"Dear Lord Death Eater... may I ask you what... do you have any orders?"

John said expressionlessly:

"The servants' room has been given to you, so why don't you live there instead of staying in a basement with a terrible environment?"

"That is the residence of Lord Greyback..." the one-eyed werewolf forced out a smile that was uglier than crying. "Those of us who are not his personal guards cannot enter without permission."

"Did he not share the reward given by the Dark Lord to you this time?"

"No...no, that's what Lord Greyback deserves. We don't dare..."

"Aren't you Fenrir Greyback's companions?"

"It's not that...we actually don't know Lord Greyback originally..."

"Then why did you follow him and join the Death Eaters?"

"Because Lord Greyback found us and told us that joining the Death Eaters... life would become better... Lord Dark Lord promised us that he would allow us to live an upright life in the world.

He did not lie. At least there is a shelter here, so he doesn’t have to sleep in the open air or dig through trash cans... It’s just a pity for the other brothers that they can’t enjoy it..."

"Aren't all your people here?"

"Of course not. Those who can be brought here by Lord Greyback are all magic talents. Lord Death Eaters, we are really not werewolves transformed from Muggles. Our fellow Muggle werewolves are not allowed to enter...

…So please, don’t drive us away…”

Amid the one-eyed werewolf's pleading, the corners of John's mouth raised slightly.

Due to the existence of the werewolf virus, the lives of werewolves are indeed miserable.

People like Lupine are actually lucky.

At least he received a complete magical education from Hogwarts and was able to use many magics.

And more werewolves who have magical talents but have been transformed have no chance to receive education. This makes them unable to even basic survival because of their weak spellcasting ability.

They can only be like those Muggle werewolves, digging through trash cans for food all day long, with no fixed place to live.

As for doing evil.

Not to mention it.

Werewolves are magical creatures.

The result of their evil deeds is to be hunted down by the Ministry of Magic.

Because this is violating the Secrecy Act.

Therefore, the vast majority of werewolves do not even dare to commit crimes.

My life is worse than that of a homeless person.

Under such circumstances, it is not difficult to understand why werewolves would join the Death Eaters.

The most critical issue here is.

Fenrir Greyback is a solid bastard villain.

This guy is very famous in the wizarding world. He often bites people after his usual transformation on full moon nights, and he also specializes in biting children from wizarding families.

Lupine was transformed into a werewolf by that guy.

According to Fenrir Greyback himself, he wanted to create enough werewolves to conquer wizards, but in fact?

John felt that he was just using this name to release his animal desires.

You should understand after looking at what happened to the group of werewolves in front of you.

Fenrir Greyback did not regard them as compatriots at all, but regarded them as goods to please Voldemort and exchange rewards from Voldemort.

This guy lives in a servant's room with acceptable conditions, but lets other werewolves live in a terrible basement.

And they were not even given any rewards, they were only allowed to participate in battles and shed blood and die.

Such an approach has exceeded the bottom line of human morality.

But this is a good thing for John.

Because this means that he has the opportunity to intervene in the control of werewolves.

"Gulu——"

In the shadow of the corner, the stomach of a little werewolf girl suddenly rang.

The sound was not loud, but it was particularly harsh in the quiet basement.

Her mother hid her behind her back with a look of horror on her face, fearing that John would see her.

Although the werewolves have now joined the Dark Lord's command.

But the notoriety of the Death Eaters also made them feel deeply afraid.

And listening to this sound, the smile on John's face became even brighter.

He thought for a moment and took out a large bag of cupcakes from the deformed lizard skin wallet - all sent by Sirius.

Seeing so many cakes, the eyes of the werewolves at the scene suddenly lit up.

The one-eyed werewolf was even more excited and crawled on the ground, expecting John to throw the cake on the ground so that he could pick it up and eat it.

This is a habit he developed during his wandering days.

At that time, they were no different from stray dogs.

However, John did not do this.

He said expressionlessly:

"stand up."

The one-eyed werewolf stood up tremblingly.

"Stretch out your hand."

The one-eyed werewolf obeyed and stretched out his hand.

John didn't say another word and directly placed the large bag of cakes in the hands of the one-eyed werewolf.

Sirius baked too many cakes, which made the bag very heavy.

The one-eyed werewolf's knees almost bent again the moment he took the bag.

It seemed that he was being crushed, and he also seemed to want to kneel down and express his gratitude instinctively.

"No kneeling!"

John's cold voice made the one-eyed werewolf freeze again.

He straightened up with difficulty, looked at John with an unbelievable look and said:

"Sir, you..."

"Eat."

John gently interrupted the one-eyed werewolf, turned around and walked towards the exit.

Winning over does not happen overnight.

This is a long-term project, and John decided to take his time.

He believed that as long as he used his methods well, this group of werewolves and even the group of werewolves transformed from Muggles outside would be able to be used to his advantage.

While he was thinking about it, John tripped over something.

He looked down and saw someone lying in the corner near the entrance.

It's Wormtail.

He was lying on the ground like mud, staring at John with a look of hatred.

John remembered that after Nagini broke all his bones, he was placed in the basement for treatment.

Now it seems that Voldemort did not really want to cure him, but wanted him to suffer torture that would be worse than death.

John didn't have the slightest fondness for Wormtail, the guy who had tried to frame him.

He made no secret of his disgust towards Wormtail, gave him a fierce look and left the basement.

"Peng——"

The door is closed.

The basement became darker.

The cakes had been distributed long ago and were now being greedily eaten by werewolves, old, young, women and children.

To the one-eyed werewolf, these eating sounds are simply the most beautiful music in the world.

Because, his wife and daughter are also among them.

What a sweet cake.

He had dreamed of letting his daughter taste it countless times.

But every time he went to the cake shop and wanted to beg or even pay for something, he was kicked away because he was too dirty.

And today, this dream has come true.

"Dad, you eat!"

The daughter came over holding a piece of cake.

Her eyes sparkled with joy.

The one-eyed werewolf swallowed.

He could feel the aroma of the cake entering his nose, which stimulated his hungry body.

But he still said firmly:

"Dad is not hungry, you and mom can eat."

After speaking, he quickly stuffed the cake into his daughter's mouth, and then looked at the closed door of the basement.

This joy and hope was given by John.

He gave them food and asked him to stand up...no kneeling...

Looking back now, the one-eyed werewolf is still a little excited.

This is respect!

How many years?

How many years has it been since he felt respected by others?

'This lord is such a good man!'

The one-eyed werewolf thought so.

But soon, he shook his head again.

He knows John.

Or to be more precise, we just met tonight.

During the attack on the Goblin Foundation, the one-eyed werewolf saw with his own eyes the power and ruthlessness of John Shafik.

There should be no reason for such a powerful Death Eater to be so kind, right?

The reason why he is so nice to them must be because he wants them to do something!

The one-eyed werewolf became excited.

He felt that this must be the case!

Moreover, he did not reject this kind of thing, but felt extremely happy.

Because John gave him respect!

He is willing to do things for John!

But the problem is, the Death Eater didn't give them any instructions!

This confused One Eye.

He thought hard, but could never find a basis for John's instructions.

"Ahem——"

A sudden cough interrupted the one-eyed werewolf's train of thought.

He heard the sound and saw Wormtail in the corner.

This made his eyes light up.

Just now, he saw with his own eyes John's unabashed disgust towards Wormtail.

So, this is the mission of the Death Eater, right?
Chapter completed!