Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 477 The Death Eaters Beset by Internal and External Troubles! Ecclesia's Remedial Idea!

Of course, this is just speculation.

The Death Eaters were uncertain, and this was simply a matter of their hearts being moved.

Moreover, this unrest caused by doubts about Erkris's identity was not felt by all Death Eaters, nor did it concern all of them.

The new Death Eaters recruited from other countries were completely indifferent to this and knew nothing about it.

The mixed-race and Muggle Death Eaters who were born in Britain didn't really care.

They became Death Eaters because they were coerced and lured, not because they were following the name of the already disgraced Voldemort.

As long as Erkris truly possessed the power to overwhelm them, they didn't care whether Erkris was the real Voldemort or not.

Only the corrupt, pure-blooded Death Eaters who were born in England and had paid a heavy price for Ecclesia—who were also Ecclesia's oldest followers and the targets of her corrupting influence—cared deeply about this.

They had been brainwashed, seduced, and indoctrinated with ideologies by Ecclesia multiple times.

Even the pureblood supremacy ideology deeply rooted in his heart has been upgraded by Erkris to the supremacy of the strong, and his loyalty to Erkris, the Dark Lord, has changed from being half-hearted at the beginning.

However, they still cannot accept that all of this is based on a scam.

They initially chose to join Ecclesia because of Voldemort's identity.

Without this prerequisite, what happened next, what we encountered later, and the shift in our thinking—whether that was right or wrong, or whether it was inevitable—would all have occurred...

Just looking back, they seem like a joke, a huge joke!

The power to bewitch the dark energy is far less than that of the variant Imperius Curse, and it cannot help Ecclesia maintain control over the loyalty of her subordinates.

Limited abilities, incomplete thinking, and believing in falsehoods can lead to internal and external troubles.

For Eckeris at present.

External threats include not only the pursuit by the White Wizards, but also Grindelwald's schemes.

The internal troubles are not only caused by the blunder of restoring the old regime, which led to disunity among the old team, but also by a more serious problem of prestige.

Ecclesia, as Voldemort's witch, has been defeated far too many times.

I tried to rob a wand shop, but I couldn't beat the wand maker.

Stealing a second-hand modified wand is no match for a not-so-bright, unknown 'Illusion Master';

They went to clean house, but were attacked by the couple, suffering heavy losses.

He went to seek revenge, launched a surprise attack in the dead of night, but was ambushed beforehand. He only managed to save his life and his men by taking hostages and using moral blackmail, and was even driven out of England.

He tried to win over allies, but ended up becoming their deputy, humble as a lackey to their face.

It takes a skill to survive so many defeats.

But as Eckeris's subordinates, regardless of their background, they couldn't help but feel a pessimistic outlook about their bleak future.

This kind of pessimism cannot be reversed by a few bowls of chicken soup that say "living is victory" or "living means there is hope for a comeback."

Ecclesia's prestige among her subordinates was steadily waning.

The Death Eaters had no choice before; once they were tied to Eccles's pirate ship, they couldn't disembark without the strength of a legendary wizard.

And now, Grindelwald has appeared.

Although they still cannot disembark, it seems that Eckeris's pirate ship may be changing hands.

It's perfectly normal for the Death Eaters to have ulterior motives.

This disloyalty, unlike the disloyalty arising from Ecclesia's identity, applies to all Death Eaters.

Except for Amicus, who is controlled by a variant of the Imperius Curse, all Death Eaters will produce one.

Everyone here is a dark wizard, not a single one of them is a good person. Being a pragmatic person who "chooses the right tree to perch on" doesn't carry any psychological burden.

Gellert Grindelwald, what a legendary figure!

In terms of vision, prestige, wisdom, and even strength, he was superior to Voldemort in the eyes of the Death Eaters today.

Not to mention, even the most senior, decaying pure-blooded Death Eaters are now questioning Erkris's identity.

The twenty-odd elite Death Eaters who had accompanied Ecclesia and Amicus to Nurmengard to recruit Grindelwald spread the news of Grindelwald and what they had seen and heard that day throughout the entire Death Eater community in subsequent activities.

If it weren't for the lack of a way to surrender to Grindelwald, and if it weren't for the curse left by Ecclesia, most of the Death Eaters would have been converted to saints in just a week or two.

Ecclesia was well aware of these internal and external troubles.

She could sense the dissipation of the bewitching black energy, and she could also read the thoughts of most of the Death Eaters through Legilimency.

She saw it all and was very anxious.

He also knew that he had fallen into Grindelwald's trap.

She shouldn't have changed back to her original form so quickly. She should have spent more time doing ideological work on those corrupt, pure-blooded Death Eaters and intensifying her persuasive efforts.

At the same time, maintaining Voldemort's appearance for a period of time after faking his death has other benefits.

This way of recruiting people allows newcomers to directly understand the appearance of the fake death operation, creating the impression that Ecclesia is more skilled and has completely outmaneuvered the White Wizard faction.

This reduces the resistance of newcomers to joining the Death Eaters, making them feel that being a Death Eater or Erkris's subordinate has a good future.

Unfortunately, it's too late to think about these things now.

Hindsight only exacerbates one's regret.

For now, Ecclesia can only think of ways to resolve her predicament.

She was glad she had been careful.

After leaving England, when her Death Eaters needed to disperse, Ecclesia feared they would disappear if they were scattered. So, based on the existing Dark Mark, she applied a new technique to each Death Eater.

This method is a sophisticated curse that does not trigger automatically and cannot affect the thoughts and actions of Death Eaters.

It's like a magical remote-controlled bomb; whenever Eckeris wants, she can activate the curse anytime, anywhere, to kill anyone afflicted with it.

As long as she remains on this planet, and as long as she is not blocked or affected by powerful magic, Eckeris can accurately detonate her weapon no matter how far away she is.

At the same time, this curse also allows Ecclesia to know whether the corresponding Death Eater is dead or alive.

Setting such life-threatening restrictions actually has both advantages and disadvantages.

The benefit, of course, is to ensure her survival and that her subordinates do not disperse.

Generally speaking, dark wizards are afraid of death.

Even now, with people's hearts in turmoil and internal and external troubles, her subordinates are still her subordinates, obediently scattered throughout the magical world of various countries, helping her to gather dark wizards and expand her power.

This proves the point.

The downside is that it will exacerbate the alienation of her subordinates, making it difficult to cultivate truly loyal subordinates.

Eckeris's men were mostly captured or kidnapped, and now they were essentially being forced at gunpoint to do her bidding.

How could a selfish, lawless dark wizard like him be willing to accept this? How could he genuinely support Ecclesia?

This is why Voldemort, despite having such a method, never used it.

The art of managing people lies in winning their hearts and minds.

Using one's life as a threat is a poor choice.

Using persistent threats to one's life and safety, coupled with the inability to constantly monitor the situation of one's subordinates, is the worst of the worst tactics.

But Eckeris can't care about that now. If she didn't have this method, she probably wouldn't even have a chance to find a way to salvage the situation, and the team would have fallen apart long ago.

Christmas is just around the corner.

Why doesn't she use this as an excuse to find a safe and secluded place, just like when she reverted to her original form, to summon her Death Eater followers scattered across various countries for a 'clarification of the facts' gathering?

After much deliberation, Eckeris devised a new set of words to appease her old subordinates, those corrupt, pure-blooded Death Eaters from England.

Let me tell you...