bioinnovel Chapter 423 The Dark Mark Reappears
Chapter 423 The Dark Mark Reappears
Chapter 423 The Dark Mark Reappears
Igor Karkaroff was, after all, the headmaster of Durmstrang, and even without his wand, he could still Apparate.
To everyone's dismay, the reef was protected by an anti-Apparition spell, leaving Karkaroff with no way to escape.
At this moment, there are only three things Igor Karkarov can do.
First, just wait to die; that's the simplest option.
Secondly, the chances of Dumbledore coming to their rescue are slim.
Third, persuade Belvina to reduce her murderous intent to a minimum, and then put down the knife she had already raised.
"I am not a Death Eater!" Igor Karkaroff cried out. "I have not been a Death Eater for a long time, have you forgotten?"
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"If you're referring to betraying the Death Eaters to the Ministry of Magic, I haven't forgotten," Belvina said. "Igor, betraying the Death Eaters doesn't mean you aren't a Death Eater yourself."
"I am truly not a Death Eater. I have confessed my crimes to the Ministry of Magic," Karkaroff continued, weeping. "The Ministry of Magic has forgiven my crimes, and Barty Crouch has acquitted me."
“No, no, no, you’ve got one thing wrong, Igor.” Belvina shook her finger. “Barty Crouch gave you your freedom because you betrayed the Death Eaters, not because you were innocent. It was a dirty deal.”
Igor Karkaroff was a criminal whom Alastor Moody spent six months capturing, but he was released after making a deal with Barty Crouch and even became the principal of Durmstrang years later.
This greatly displeased Moody. In Moody's opinion, even if Karkaroff revealed enough important and numerous Death Eater accomplices, he should still be thrown back to Azkaban and made to repent his crimes in the dark wizard prison, where he would eventually die from the torture of the Dementors.
Not only was Alastor Moody, who had arrested the man, unhappy, but Belvina was also very unhappy. She had been holding a grudge against Karkarov for quite some time.
"Listen to me, listen to me, Miss Black!" Karkaroff, who had collapsed to the ground, continued to sob as he crawled backward. "If I were a Death Eater, I should have rushed to the Dark Lord's side immediately. Why am I still staying at the school?"
"That's because you're afraid to go back, Igor," Belvina said sarcastically. "You're afraid of death, you're afraid of being tortured, you know you can't be forgiven, you're afraid to go back."
Igor Karkaroff didn't have Snape's skills, nor did he have Snape's audacity to be a mouse serving as a bridesmaid for a cat.
"I have truly turned over a new leaf. I provided the Ministry with the list of Death Eaters, I stayed by Dumbledore's side, and it was I who told the Dark Lord to regroup the Death Eaters!"
With tears streaming down his face, Karkarov stopped crawling backward and lunged at Belvina's feet, even making a gesture as if to kiss her shoes.
It seemed that Karkaroff was willing to do anything as long as Belvina would let him go; he just wanted a way to survive.
"Abandon darkness for light?" Belvina kicked Karkarov away in disgust. "No, Igor, it's you who's afraid of death. You've never repented for your crimes; you're just afraid of dying."
She kicked Karkaroff away again as he lunged at her, and continued, "You betrayed the other Death Eaters because you feared Azkaban and the Dementors; you didn't want to die in despair. You stayed with Professor Dumbledore because you feared the Dark Lord and the Death Eaters' revenge; you didn't want to die a miserable death in cruel torture."
Igor Karkarov didn't know he was wrong; he just knew he was going to die.
Both were Death Eaters and both betrayed Voldemort, but Belvina respected and missed Regulus because he corrected his mistakes in time after realizing them and stole Voldemort's Horcruxes.
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Then there's Severus Snape, who walks the line between light and shadow, risking his life to infiltrate Voldemort's inner circle, trying to atone for his past sins with his own life.
As for Igor Karkaroff, he kept saying he was wrong, yet he was unwilling to contribute anything to the fight against Voldemort, even though he knew all along that Voldemort would not let him go.
Perhaps—maybe—Kakarov really realized his mistake; he only dared not resist because he was afraid of death.
But that didn't matter to Belvina; in her heart, she had already sentenced Igor Karkarov to death.
Whether it was remorse or fear of death, let the gods judge Igor Karkarov's true feelings!
If there really is a God in this world.
"What have I done to offend you? Why do you want to kill me?" Karkarov knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
"You're wrong again, Igor," Belvina said coldly. "If you bravely take up your wand and defy the Dark Lord, although I will still look down on you, I will praise your courage."
"I'm afraid of dying! You'll never understand how terrifying the Dark Lord is!" Karkaroff sobbed. "I'm afraid of dying, I'm just afraid of dying—"
"I'm scared too, Igor, scared to death." Belvina's voice was icy cold, colder than the waves crashing against the rocks.
"Why did you have to kill me? Is being afraid of death a sin?" Karkaroff's sobs gradually subsided, and his body stopped trembling.
Belvina looked coldly at the kneeling Karkaroff and said softly, "Because you are a Death Eater, Igor. When you tortured Muggles and plotted against wizards who did not support the Dark Lord, you should have thought of this day."
The crimes of the Death Eaters are too numerous to count, and cannot be excused by a simple "I was wrong".
"So, you're saying I have to die today, is that it?"
"Yes," Belvina said, "but your death was meaningful."
Suddenly, Igor Karkarov lunged at Belvina, attempting to grab her legs and slam her down.
Karkaroff, who had no wand, thought of a way to break the deadlock: to use his gender advantage to get close to Belvina, wrestle her, and then snatch her wand.
If Igor Karkaroff could simply knock down Belvina and steal her wand, he could escape and fly away, with Norway waving to him from across the sea.
Unfortunately, God did not wish.
Although Karkaroff successfully approached Belvina by kneeling and begging for mercy, he was far too unaware of his opponent. Belvina was constantly on guard against the kneeling Karkaroff, preventing him from suddenly launching an attack and engaging in close combat.
When Karkaroff grabbed Belvina's leg, he suddenly realized that he couldn't move her at all, as if Belvina's feet were rooted to the ground.
Normally, a weak woman, lacking both size and strength, would be unable to defend against a man's sudden tackle, but Belvina is a witch, which is not the usual case.
Belvina stood firmly in place, and no matter how hard Karkarov tried, he couldn't budge her an inch, as if Karkarov were trying to wrestle a large tree rooted in the ground.
Just as Karkaroff, unable to keep up with the takedown, was about to give up, Belvina flicked his head with her fingers.
In an instant, all of Igor Karkarov's strength was drained away. He no longer had the strength to hold Belvina, or even to maintain his current posture.
Taking advantage of the moment when Karkarov collapsed to the ground with a thud, Belvina casually stepped back, creating distance between herself and Karkarov, no longer giving him a chance to get close to her.
"You knew I was going to kill you, so you tried every possible way to resist, even attempting to throw me like a Muggle," Belvina said slowly. "You also knew the Dark Lord wanted to kill you, yet you couldn't muster even the slightest thought of resistance."
Karkarov, who was lying on the ground, was struck dumb.
He dared to defy Belvina because he knew that although Belvina was stronger than him, she was not strong enough to frighten him.
Karkaroff dared not defy Voldemort because he felt Voldemort was terrifyingly powerful and that even if he resisted, he would have no chance of winning.
"How pathetic, Igor," Belvina said coldly. "If you had resisted the Dark Lord the way you resisted me, you wouldn't be dying today."
Even today, although many people know that Belvina once fought Voldemort, no one places her on the same level as Dumbledore and Voldemort.
Igor Karkarov, who was lying on the ground, also believed that Belvina's survival was purely by chance.
After all, Belvina Black was only thirty years old, far too young compared to Dumbledore and Voldemort.
Just as Karkaroff was filled with regret, his body was suddenly pulled up by an invisible force. His hands hung limply at his sides, and his feet dangled limply a few inches off the ground. His posture was like that of a strangely shaped puppet.
Igor Karkarov floated into the small, pitiful, dilapidated wooden hut in this strange posture.
As soon as he floated into the wooden house, the invisible force on Karkaroff dissipated, and he fell onto the cold, damp ground once again.
As Karkarov lay sprawled on the ground, listening to the approaching footsteps, this time he did not weep or beg for mercy. He took one last look at the simple roof of the wooden hut, and then reluctantly closed his eyes.
Belvina, standing at the door of the cabin, raised her hazelwood wand.
Avada Kedavra!
A pale green magical light instantly illuminated the dilapidated wooden house on the reef.
This time, Belvina's killing spell did not miss intentionally; the spell struck Karkaroff squarely in the chest.
Igor Karkaroff, the Death Eater who betrayed the Death Eaters, the unpopular Principal Durmstrang, has come to the end his hateful and pathetic life.
Belvina silently walked out of the cabin, wand in hand, and stopped at the door. She raised her wand again, the hazel tip pointing to the gray sky above.
Skeletons reappear!
The shimmering green Black Magic Mark leaped onto the roof and flew into the sky.
A colossal, emerald-green skull, a python emerging from its mouth like a tongue, and the Black Magic Mark hanging high in the sky like a new constellation.
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