Chapter 383 - 384: Is That All, Tom?

"Avada Kedavra!"

The moment Sagres finished speaking, a blinding green light tore through the air, shooting towards him at astonishing speed.

But Sagres had already vanished before the curse could reach him.

The next moment, he appeared on an empty patch of ground three yards to Voldemort’s left. His wand flicked sharply, and a crimson beam shot towards the Dark Lord like lightning.

Voldemort reacted with unnatural speed, Apparating almost the instant Sagres appeared.

The crimson spell tore through his afterimage and struck a Death Eater behind him who had been too slow to dodge.

Crash!

The Death Eater did not even have time to scream. His body rapidly dissolved beneath the red light, robes and all, collapsing into a steaming pool of blood on the grass without even leaving bones behind.

The pungent smell of blood instantly filled the air.

At that moment, the battle truly erupted.

Without hesitation, Sagres raised his hand and sent another red beam towards Voldemort’s new position, then abruptly stepped aside to avoid another streak of green light hurtling towards him.

"Lapifors!"

"Reducto!"

Several more spells flew towards Sagres from different directions at once. The Death Eaters had finally reacted and joined the fight.

Sagres swept his wand through the air, and an enormous wolf made of flames burst from the wall of fire and charged towards the crowd.

In an instant, spells crisscrossed through the graveyard from every direction, while Sagres’s figure vanished once again.

"Crucio!"

Voldemort sneered as a dazzling red light shot from his wand.

Sagres had only just completed his Apparition when the blinding red curse struck him squarely in the chest.

Wild delight flashed across Voldemort’s face. He immediately raised his wand and fired a Killing Curse at Sagres, who had just been struck by the Cruciatus Curse.

Sagres staggered sideways, and the green light grazed his robes before smashing into a tombstone behind him.

At the same time, a cutting curse silently shot from his wand, aimed directly at Voldemort’s neck.

The sneer had not yet faded from Voldemort’s face when horror flashed through his eyes.

At the last possible moment, he ducked sharply. The cutting curse sliced past his scalp, nearly severing his head from his shoulders.

"It’s a pity, Tom. Crucio doesn’t work on me."

Sagres spoke calmly, no longer showing the slightest sign of unsteadiness.

As soon as he finished speaking, countless black birds formed from magic burst from the tip of his wand and shot towards Voldemort like a rain of arrows.

"Protego!"

A translucent barrier instantly appeared before Voldemort.

The birds slammed into the shield one after another, bursting into showers of sparks.

Their figures flickered wildly throughout the graveyard, the sharp cracks of Apparition rising and falling without pause. Meanwhile, the Death Eaters ran back and forth with their wands raised, unable to find a safe opportunity to intervene.

One moment, Voldemort was standing atop a tombstone casting Avada Kedavra. The next, Sagres appeared behind him.

A moment earlier, Sagres had been hurling lightning from a distance. In the blink of an eye, he appeared directly in front of Voldemort, his wand pointed at the other man’s face.

"Is this all the strength you have, Tom?"

Sagres asked calmly after another Apparition, simultaneously sweeping his wand aside to block an incoming purple spell.

"If so, then you probably won’t escape your fate tonight."

"Arrogance!"

Voldemort’s fury erupted. He raised his wand and fired a Reducto.

"Just you? And Dumbledore’s ridiculous rhetoric?"

Sagres waved his wand and deflected the spell, shaking his head calmly.

"No. I’m different from Dumbledore. He always believes that love can redeem everything, but I believe in only one truth: some darkness must be completely eradicated by power."

"Ha! You’re trying to kill me, Sagres? Do you really think you can do it?"

Voldemort had barely finished speaking when he sharply brought his wand down.

"Bombarda!"

A lightning-like surge of energy tore through the ground, racing towards Sagres.

Sagres remained unhurried. He pointed his wand at the ground.

A thick wall of earth instantly rose, blocking the incoming explosive curse.

But amid the dust from the collapsing wall, Voldemort had already prepared his next spell.

"Avada Kedavra!"

Another streak of green light tore through the air.

This time, Sagres did not dodge.

He stood firmly in place and swept his wand through the air, telekinetically dragging a Death Eater who had been attempting to ambush him directly into the path of the curse.

"Ah!"

The scream was abruptly cut short.

The green light vanished, and the Death Eater collapsed limply to the ground.

The instant he fell, a red spell shot out from behind him like lightning, aimed directly at Voldemort’s heart!

Voldemort hastily Apparated away. The red light struck his previous position with a thunderous explosion, tearing up the ground and sending debris flying.

When Voldemort reappeared, he stared intently at Sagres, his voice filled with malice.

"You cannot kill me! You could never be my equal!"

Sagres lightly adjusted his slightly dishevelled sleeve, his voice as calm as water.

"Nothing is impossible in this world, Tom. Just as you could never imagine how many people will remain in this graveyard forever tonight."

His gaze swept across the battlefield.

Four Death Eaters had already been killed by stray spells during their battle, while the remaining Death Eaters had lost all desire to fight, clutching their wands as they cowered nearby.

Voldemort followed his gaze, the muscles in his face twisting with rage.

"You will pay for your arrogance, Sagres," he hissed, raising his wand once more as black light began gathering at its tip.

The dark aura in the air suddenly intensified, and even the pale flames surrounding the graveyard began to flicker violently.

But Sagres gave him no chance to complete the spell.

" 𝖔𝖋 !"

An invisible wave of magic swept forward like lightning, abruptly cutting off Voldemort’s incantation.

He suddenly felt something awakening inside him, something trying to crawl out of his stomach.

"Waaah!"

A horrifying shriek came from within his abdomen.

The next moment, a bloody, mangled creature tore through the flesh around his waist and emerged from inside him.

In the instant Voldemort was overwhelmed by shock and fury, Sagres unleashed a relentless barrage of attacks.

"Crimson Rend!"

"Reducto!"

"Frenzied Reducto!"

"Diffindo!"

Four spells shot out almost simultaneously.

Voldemort barely managed to block the first three, but the fourth grazed his arm, causing his movements to falter instantly.

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