Ever since the day of Dumbledore's funeral, when Voldemort led the Death Eaters to break out of Azkaban Prison and completed the ultimate, magnificent comeback, the Death Eaters were no longer those pitiful wretches constantly suppressed by the Ministry of Magic and risking their lives at any moment.
Lately, the Death Eaters had grown increasingly active, and their numbers were slowly rising. Voldemort was showing everyone in the British wizarding world through his actions that they were the ultimate victors of this wizarding war.
As for the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort had never truly taken it seriously.
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