Chapter 420: Who Are the Prisoners of War? (2 in 1)

Chapter 420: Who Are the Prisoners of War? (2 in 1)

Jon's words made the crowd erupt in an even bigger uproar.

There was really too much information in it, not to mention the later thing about Lestrange's father and son cheating in the castle as a team, but just the fact that Jon had said earlier about Emil's death being caused by Voldemort himself, was beyond absurd to all the students.

That their Mr Headmaster would show up in the castle in person not to kill Jon, but to kill Emil, who was competing on his behalf.

It was simply nonsense, something that no one would possibly believe, no matter who had brought it to their attention.

The students didn't believe it, and there was no way that Crouch and Snape, who were professors, would believe it.

"Do you think everyone here is a fool?" Crouch's face was cold, "Lord killed Emil? Even if you wanted to make an excuse to get away with murder, you should have thought of a more plausible lie, right? If you had just said that the Lestrange father and son had cheated and attacked you in the castle, and you were forced to fight back, then perhaps that reason would have been believable!"

As Crouch was speaking, Snape glared at several of the professors and castle caretakers on the lawn.

In response, these men immediately understood and instantly stepped up the steps, trying to enter the castle in front of Dumbledore and Jon.

"We need to investigate the truth of the third tournament before we can determine if we can recognize the outcome of this tournament or not."

Snape said flatly as he fixed his gaze on Dumbledore.

Yet Dumbledore and Jon both just stood in front of the castle doors, not even remotely trying to move out of the way.

"I'm sorry, Severus." Dumbledore said calmly as well, "This castle has not been yours from the moment the pact went into effect, and you certainly have no right to enter it now."

His words certainly made Barty Jr. even angrier; hardly any of the students on the lawn had ever seen their Charms class Professor lose his temper like that. Read latest chapters at novelhall.com Only

"The final result of this tournament has yet to be approved by our lord! This castle will still be ours! Or do you want to start another war!"

With such unbelievably strong words and stances, Barty Jr. caused all those students in the crowd behind him to boil up even more!

They shouted even louder, trying to intimidate Dumbledore and Jon, shouting chaotically for them to get the hell out of there, and now that the result of the tournament had not been approved by anyone, the castle would remain as it was before!

However, Jon just exchanged a glance with Dumbledore, otherwise, there was no intention of making any movement at all.

Dumbledore just looked down at the rowdy students below him in a bland manner, then at Barty Jr. who was already glaring at him angrily, and at Snape.

"Perhaps you could try and snatch it away from me one more time?"

Such words from him ignited the anger of the students below even more.

Young people were the most prone to be hot-blooded and emotionally aroused, combined with the fact that these pure and half-blooded students had been taught that Dumbledore had always been the defeated enemy of their Mr Headmaster and that Jon and the rest of the students were bereaved.

If they had met them alone in private, then most of them would probably have been like Draco who looked too scared to say anything excessive to Jon.

But now, in public, with the professors around and Mr Headmaster likely to arrive at any moment, everyone's nerves were all up.

They vented their anger and emotions, and some of the more radical ones even raised their wands, waiting to help out in the background once Barty and Snape had started their fight.

Seeing this look on their faces, Jon finally felt ridiculous.

In fact, he and Dumbledore didn't even need to explain this after this tournament was over, the castle was already theirs both legally and substantively, and there was no chance of these people making waves at the moment.

The only reason why they continued to waste time here was that Dumbledore and Jon self-evidently both wanted to maximize their gains in battle together.

One bet to avoid war was over, and that meant another war could begin!

Just as the commotion below grew louder and louder, and Dumbledore and Jon showed no sign of moving away from the castle doors, the professors who had made it to the main doors were forced to mount a tiger by the command and raise their wands against Dumbledore.

Suddenly, the night sky was covered by a white shadow.

Voldemort, with a group of Death Eaters behind him, and a group of people who could not be seen from the outside, arrived outside the encirclement where Kingsley had surrounded the former castle students and the professor.

He looked at Dumbledore, who was still standing in front of the castle, but such a gaze lasted only a few seconds before turning to Jon.

Jon didn't half bother to avoid it, he knew what this Voldemort in front of him was trying to do with such a gaze at this time.

He was examining, examining whether there was anything strange about Jon at the moment or not.

The other Voldemort would certainly not have told the current master of the body about his plans, but the two souls had lived together for so long that some things would surely reveal themselves even if they tried to hide them.

Voldemort at the moment must have known that his other self had prepared so much, hoping to bet on this Triwizard Tournament and this Hogwarts castle, and now that Jon had walked out and won the tournament just like that, it made Voldemort at this moment even more suspicious as to what kind of plan his other self had prepared and whether it had succeeded or not.

He scrutinised him in such a manner, it caused the others in the crowd to get the wrong idea.

Those former students of the castle thought it was their Mr Headmaster putting pressure on Dumbledore with a glare!

He was about to speak up and force Dumbledore to let them all go, or he would make everyone here today suffer!

And as they thought so, the next moment, Voldemort did speak up, only what he said was slightly different from what the students had thought.

"I admit it was you who won this one Dumbledore."

Voldemort's face was still as cold and stern as ever, but he simply admitted his defeat like that, causing the students who were still surrounded to look at each other together.

How could he admit defeat just like that!

If they lost, they would lose the castle, and the name of Hogwarts would only be used by Dumbledore, the most wanted man, and what would they do in the future? Where would they go to school and what would it be called?

Dumbledore stood on the steps and looked down at Voldemort.

"Of course, the bet was yours to lose, but that would equally mean that the short-lived peace would be over, the liberation of France would only be the beginning, and now it is time for us to reclaim Britain."

His voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for all present to hear.

Everyone except the wizards of the Witching Horizon looked at Dumbledore in shock, whether it was the former students or the faculty of the castle, or even the journalists who still had the audacity not to leave, all stared at Dumbledore with wide eyes.

Then, they immediately shifted their gaze towards Voldemort again.

How would Voldemort respond to the fact that Dumbledore had declared war in such an open manner, in his former home base, against his base?

The students were desperate for their Headmaster to immediately wake up this mad old man with unrivalled strength and show him what nonsense he was talking about and what foolishness he was trying to pull.

But Voldemort simply opened his mouth once more, and this time, it nearly caused almost all the students to nearly break down.

"So, before the war starts, do we need to talk about exchanging prisoners of war?"

Prisoners of war?

Who were the prisoners of war that Dumbledore had?

Could it be them?

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