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So he defied public opinion and appointed Azkaban.

This is the origin of Azkaban.

However, today, this prison, which is known as the most secure in the UK, welcomed an uninvited guest.

This uninvited guest didn't care about Azkaban's history; he only cared whether the people imprisoned inside had been driven mad by the Dementors.

The person who appeared here was none other than Voldemort, who had returned from the underworld.

After gaining control of the power of death, he went straight to Azkaban to gather his old followers.

At that time, the Ministry of Magic was in the process of electing a new minister and was completely unaware that Azkaban had been invaded.

Moreover, this desolate island is not usually guarded by any Ministry of Magic staff.

So Voldemort swaggered in.

The Dementors on the island sensed the arrival of strangers and gathered in large numbers from all directions.

They couldn't wait to absorb the joy emanating from this human who had intruded on the island.

The closest Dementors rushed in front of Voldemort and began to suck on his face.

To its surprise, it discovered that it hadn't inhaled anything at all.

The Dementor's not-so-developed brain couldn't understand: could it be that the person in front of it couldn't experience happiness?

That’s not right either!

If there were no happiness, he should have directly sucked away their souls!

Could it be that I've run into some tough opponent?

Just as the Dementor was thinking this, Voldemort raised his right hand and grabbed the Dementor by the neck.

Black mist billowed from Voldemort's hand, like some kind of dye, turning the Dementor's originally gray skin black.

The blackness spread continuously across the Dementor's body, and the areas where the blackness crawled quickly withered away.

Finally, black covered the Dementor's entire body.

The next moment, the Dementor turned into dust and vanished into nothingness.

Voldemort looked at the black mist in his hand that had not yet completely dissipated and sighed, "As expected of the power of death, it can even kill Dementors."

This is the most basic application of the power of death that he has mastered in the past few days.

Voldemort surveyed the Dementors around him and said, "Submit to me, or be killed by me. Choose."

He desperately needs manpower, and subduing these Dementors is a good option.

Although they are not very intelligent, they have the advantage of large numbers and are extremely dangerous to wizards who have not mastered the Guardian Charm.

As Voldemort finished speaking, the Dementors did not hesitate for long and chose to submit.

They're just not very intelligent, they're not stupid.

They are quite shrewd when it comes to assessing situations.

All the Dementors saw what just happened, and their sucking has no effect on Voldemort.

So even though they exhausted Voldemort's strength with sheer numbers, they still couldn't do anything to him.

Moreover, they may not even be able to do that.

Voldemort deliberately did not dispel the death energy in his hands, clearly threatening the Dementors.

Sensing the immense threat posed by the power of death, the Dementors surrendered without hesitation.

Chapter 272 The Traitorous Dementor, the Steadfast Voldemort

Seeing that the Dementors had chosen to submit, Voldemort issued his first command.

"Bring all the prisoners from Azkaban to me."

Voldemort had only just realized this.

As the Dark Lord, is it reasonable for him to lower himself to save his subordinates one by one?

That doesn't sound sophisticated at all!

So Voldemort chose a more sophisticated method—having the Dementors bring the people over for him.

However, what he didn't know was that there were two traitors mixed in with the Dementors.

Or rather, these two Dementors were never truly subservient to Voldemort from the beginning.

Their true owner is Zicomo.

That's right, these two Dementors are the same two that Zicomo captured more than a year ago.

Zicomo has imprinted a mark on their souls, making them utterly incapable of harboring thoughts of betrayal.

So after getting away from Voldemort, the two Dementors contacted Zicomo through the mark on their souls.

They told Zicomo what had happened and begged him to come and rescue them.

The two Dementors said that Voldemort was truly terrifying.

They didn't want to stay on this wretched island for even a second longer.

However, Zicomo did not grant them their wish upon receiving the news.

Zicomo's instructions to them were to temporarily follow Voldemort's orders.

Now those two Dementors have truly become traitors.

Zicomo had considered that Voldemort might make a comeback with his last Horcrux.

But he didn't expect Voldemort to return so quickly.

Zicomo was unaware that Voldemort's return was aided by Death.

His only surviving Horcrux is still buried beneath the forests of Albania.

The Dementors' barren brains (do they even have such things?) were unable to describe in detail what had just happened to Zicomo.

Otherwise, Zicomo should have been able to detect from the subtle clues that Voldemort's power was not right.

The camera then cuts back to Voldemort's side.

Not long after, a group of Dementors brought the prisoners of Azkaban back to Voldemort.

They threw the prisoners in front of Voldemort and stepped aside to await Voldemort's next command.

Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar faces in front of me.

Voldemort slowly spoke, "Gentlemen, it's been a long time. I wonder if you still recognize me?"

A disheveled woman pushed aside the prisoners in front of her and came to Voldemort.

Azkaban's long imprisonment had left her looking haggard and withered.

But you can still vaguely tell from the contours of her face that she was once a beautiful woman.

The woman knelt before Voldemort.

She said, "My Lord Dark Lord, Bellatrix has never forgotten you."

Following Bellatrix's action, prisoners began to emerge from the crowd.

These prisoners all bore the mark of the Dark Lord.

Without a doubt, they were all Voldemort's Death Eaters, and most of them were Voldemort's die-hard followers.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been imprisoned in Azkaban.

After these people came out, they all followed Bellatrix's example and expressed their loyalty to Voldemort.

Looking at Bellatrix in front of him, a hint of nostalgia flashed in Voldemort's eyes.

The woman before him was, besides Little Barty, his only other woman.

I heard that when I disappeared more than a decade ago, Bellatrix, along with several other Death Eaters, kidnapped the Longbottoms and interrogated them in an attempt to find my whereabouts.

However, Voldemort now dares not fully trust such a loyal subordinate.

Because this woman's surname before marriage was Black.

Yes, Bellatrix is ​​a member of the Black family. She is Sirius and Regulus's cousin.

With Regulus as a precedent, Voldemort dared not easily trust the Black family again.

Who knows if she might suddenly have a brain fart and betray him like Regulus did?

So Voldemort decided to give Bellatrix a test.

He said, “Bellatrix, do you know? Your cousin Regulus betrayed me and caused me great losses.”

Because one of his Horcruxes was destroyed by Regulus, Voldemort has already held a grudge against the Black family.

“My Lord Dark Lord, I know nothing of this,” Bellatrix replied. “Where is he now? I’ll go and kill him right now!”

Voldemort stopped him, saying, "No need, he's already dead."

Bellatrix said, "That's too good for him."