Chapter 158 The First Step

France, the underground of Place de Furstemberg Square, where the Ministry of Magic, the political centre of the entire French magical community, had been established.

And at this moment, there are still two hours before the impromptu council meeting begins, but eighty percent of the council members who are mainly involved in this meeting are already all assembled in a vacated conference room.

There was not only Wizard Chancellor - Adele Roland, but also the Minister of Magic - Eric Amalric, who was her sworn enemy in the political circle, except for the Speaker of the Wizard Council - Gerald Cassel, who always remained as a neutral party, the other two groups of members of the Wizard Council were all in attendance.

What is currently going on in the meeting room is obviously not an impromptu council meeting that has been brought forward, because there is neither a newspaper reporter nor all the council members present.

This is obviously a secret meeting before the start of the council session.

However, this secret meeting let Roland and Amalric, who should have been political enemies, gathered together peacefully.

In the large conference room, no one spoke.

Nearly thirty to forty wizards were sitting here, but all of them were silent as if they were waiting for someone, someone whom everyone needed to treat with their utmost respect.

The wait did not last long, and soon a handsome, tall male wizard appeared in the centre of the room.

He was standing in the centre of this strange conference room, and around him, nearly 70 percent of the councillors who held the authority of the French magical community present, including the Chief Wizard Chancellor Roland and Minister Amalric, all knelt down on one knee and addressed the man respectfully.

"Lord!"

A high-backed chair appeared behind the man at some point, and he sat with a smile on his face right in the middle of all his minions.

"I'm still accustomed to your original face, Bella."

Chancellor Roland, who had always been calm and gentle, fell to her knees and her curvy body couldn't stop trembling.

She excitedly raised her face, which had been completely changed, a witch with black wavy hair, a pale complexion and a demonic appearance looked at the male wizard who had one hand on her cheek and exuded a mesmerizing aura all over his body in fascination.

"Lord! We have not failed you!"

"Ah, that's for sure, you, Rodolphus, and Rabastan have always been the people I trust the most, and that trust is not only limited to loyalty but competence as well."

Voldemort smiled, and along with his words, the Minister of Magic "Amalric" and the male wizard behind him also looked up at their lord with excitement.

"Is the old man who is leading a group of bereaved dogs still in contact with you?" he asked.

Bella grimly shook her head and said.

"Something must have been revealed on Peter's end! Dumbledore asked me about Peter's identity on the French side, and I replied that there had never been such a person in the French Ministry of Magic, and he hasn't been in touch with me since!"

Voldemort's face showed a slightly regretful expression, but he did not seem to actually care much about the matter.

"Him knowing our plans on this side now is irrelevant, since he did not find any anomalies in the final closing, there is no way to stop us anymore now, and they will have even less chance to be our resistance in the future."

He stood up from the chair, and slowly opened his arms, and his handsome face was filled with the intoxication of this supreme power.

"All of you, who are present here, no matter what kind of position and what kind of status you actually had in the French magical world before." He said in a loud voice.

"All the promises made by Bella in my place before are all valid! Your family names will become the most powerful family lines in all of France! In the near future, this will not be limited to Britain and France, we will become the new rulers of this European continent!"

The faces of the French councillors who fell to their knees were flushed with excitement.

"Only a mole will look only at the immediate future! Our vision is far more ambitious than those mortals can imagine! And tonight is the first step we take to welcome a world dominated by pureblood!"

The male wizard who was once the most vicious dark lord in the recorded history of magic, and is now recognized as the greatest gentleman in the British magical world, raised his wand-wielding hand high.

"For the purest of blood!"

In the conference room, all the male and female wizards, the British Death Eaters, and the French magical councillors all raised their hands high!

"For the purest bloodline!"

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Jon only felt a chill run through his body at this moment.

All of this is a plot prepared by Voldemort, who is in Britain, has never boarded this wagon, and has never shown his superior power in another country.

Yet he has controlled the actions of everyone!

Now both Jon and Dumbledore finally understand why Voldemort's mind was never much on their wagon belonging to the rebels, and why the previous plot in Hogwarts Castle was so smooth.

Because that dark lord's attention never focused on them all, after occupying the whole of Britain, he simply did not suppress his nearly never-ending desire for power and authority.

He was plotting for the whole of France, intending to be the master of the two largest magical regimes in Europe all by himself!

By controlling the magical community of Britain and France, he was controlling the wizards of the small half of Europe!

As for the Book of Admittance and the Quill of Acceptance lost from Hogwarts, it would no longer affect him halfway at all, he would have a new land full of muggle wizards to oppress, and another school of magic - Beauxbaton would become a new taming ground alongside Hogwarts.

Cold sweat was rising in Jon's palms as he kept his gaze locked on Dumbledore.

"Professor, so if the French magical community does fall into his hands, what about us? How will it affect us?"

"He would temporarily stop his preparations for expansion." Dumbledore said gruffly.

"To begin to put all his attention on us, and the rebel forces within the newly ruled French magical community, there is a good chance that the start of this operation will be tonight. The impromptu meeting on the French side is ready to be held, and to avoid any more bad surprises for him from our side, he will definitely let his men who are still in Britain do their best to destroy all the living forces we have now."

"Previously, all his energy was focused on a foreign country, and to stabilize me, these several attacks on the wagon were all aimed at completing his goal, but from here on, he will not hold back anymore. Even if he doesn't want to kill all the children, he will definitely be as ruthless as possible, and will not leave us with any more future."

Jon's breathing became much heavier.

"So what are we going to do next?"

Dumbledore looked at Jon with unparalleled seriousness.

"All students can not continue to stay in this land, next a war will begin in this land, you guys have to stay away from this place!"

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