Hogwarts: Don't call me the Staff Maker

Chapter 827 Harry's Resurrection

Voldemort did not kill Neville because of his resistance, nor did he let Nagini eat him. Instead, he stood there and watched quietly.

Bare-handed and without any cover, Neville struggled to his feet and stood in the open space between the survivors and the Death Eaters, looking at Voldemort with his fists clenched.

"You're a pure-blood wizard, aren't you, my brave child?" Voldemort asked, looking quite pleased.

"So what if it is?" Neville shouted.

"You have shown courage and determination, and you are of noble birth. You will become a rare and valuable Death Eater. I need someone like you, Neville Longbottom." Voldemort extended an olive branch, completely unconcerned about the ugly expressions on the faces of the Death Eaters around him.

"You will become my right-hand man."

Neville looked even worse than the Death Eaters.

"Even if all the wizards die, I won't go with you," Neville said. "Hogwarts will prevail!"

He shouted. The crowd immediately responded with great enthusiasm.

"Very well," Voldemort said, his tone unchanged, but anyone could hear the terrifying danger lurking beneath his smooth voice. "If that's your choice, Longbottom, then we'll proceed as planned, and you—"

Voldemort raised his wand, seemingly pondering something, but the movement abruptly stopped as his gaze inadvertently swept across the crowd.

Voldemort saw someone, someone who, besides Harry Potter, also longed for him.

"Ah, look who I've found—Sirlen Ollivander!" His voice was as cold as if he were surrounded by hundreds of Dementors. Without any hesitation, he immediately turned his wand around!

"Avada Kedavra!"

Siron was also puzzled. The effects of Felix Felicis were still clearly in effect, so how could Voldemort spot him among so many people at a glance—after all, this was hardly a lucky thing.

But at that moment, he had no time to think.

Voldemort seemed determined to kill him, and the Killing Curse he unleashed with all his might flew straight towards him like a green lightning bolt.

Things happened so fast that even Professor McGonagall and Mad-Eye Moody didn't have time to react. By the time they realized what was happening, Voldemort's spell had already passed through half the crowd and reached Siron.

It's clear that Voldemort has lost the sense of ritual he had when facing Harry; he only wants to kill Siron as soon as possible.

But his plan did not succeed.

A black diary appeared just in time to stop the deadly magic from striking Xiren.

Upon seeing the familiar diary, Voldemort's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he frantically waved his wand.

No one had ever seen such a powerful Killing Curse. The green light connected Voldemort's staff tip to Siron's face, like a rope of light tens of feet long.

Even the diary, which was itself a Horcrux, couldn't withstand the pressure and began to expand rapidly. Cracks appeared on the black cover, making it look like a balloon that was blown up and could burst at any moment.

The next second, with a bang, the diary was blown to smithereens, turning into a ball of golden flame. Then, a similar green beam shot out from the explosion, striking the giant snake next to Neville in the exact opposite direction.

Nagini only had time to let out a short roar before losing his life in an instant, crashing heavily to the ground.

Voldemort opened his mouth and roared angrily, but no one could hear him.

Then, many things happened at the same time.

Harry, who had been "already dead," came back to life and jumped off Hagrid's arms.

A commotion arose in the Forbidden Forest, as if hundreds or thousands of people were charging toward the castle. Then came the sound of hooves and drawn bows, and in the blink of an eye, arrows rained down upon the Death Eaters. They cried out in surprise, their formation thrown into disarray, which also masked Voldemort's rage.

Nagini's death served as a signal, and chaos erupted. The centaurs charged forward, scattering the remaining Death Eaters in all directions.

Voldemort was fighting Professor McGonagall, Mad-Eye Moody, and Sirius Black at the same time. His face was filled with cruel hatred. The four of them suddenly disappeared on the playground and then reappeared at the same time. Neither side could finish the other off for a while.

As for Harry, he seems to have disappeared again, and no one knows where he went.

Xiren stood in his original position, and luck returned to his side. In the midst of the chaos of the battlefield, not a single spell appeared around him.

Even though Voldemort didn't intend to let him go so easily, with Slughorn, Kingsley, and Lupin, who had turned into a werewolf, joining the battle, he had no time to worry about anything else.

After all, even someone as powerful as Voldemort would find it difficult to gain the upper hand against six top wizards who had abandoned all moral constraints and were going all out—Mad-Eye Moody and Kingsley had used the Killing Curse more than once, and this curse was equally effective against Voldemort.

Once Voldemort is distracted by Siren, Mad-Eye Moody and Kingsley, two seasoned Aurors, will immediately seize the opportunity to deliver two Killing Curses to him.

Having lost all his Horcruxes, Voldemort completely tore off his disguise, and like a hysterical madman, he loudly cursed everyone.

Xiren walked to where Nagini had been. The giant snake had turned to ash and disappeared completely in front of everyone, leaving only a charred mark on the ground.

Judging from Voldemort's final actions, this Horcrux should have been destroyed as well.

In theory, the Killing Curse should not be able to destroy Horcruxes, but Voldemort's Killing Curse was too powerful, powerful enough to break the limitations of the magic itself and directly destroy the Horcrux.

Siren used Voldemort's own Killing Curse to kill his last Horcrux. The price was that the diary was also shattered along with Nagini.

There was nothing that could be done about it; the diary was also a Horcrux, so of course it couldn't fully withstand Voldemort's final killing curse.

But Xilun still found it hard to accept.

Xiren didn't know if trading it for Nagini was really worthwhile. Besides that, there was another thing that also puzzled him.

The explosion of the Horcrux did not completely negate Voldemort's Killing Curse. This means that when Nagini was killed, Shiren would actually have been hit by Voldemort as well.

But that didn't happen.

While everyone's attention was drawn to the sudden explosion and the giant snake, someone appeared behind Xiren and shielded him from the potentially deadly aftershocks.

There must have been someone; at least Xilun sensed it at the time, but when everything settled down, he turned around and there was no one there.

No one could be seen behind them, except for the imposing Hogwarts teachers and students, not even a single extra footprint.