Harry returns from Hogwarts Legacy

Chapter 217: Let Voldemort see the power of the senior students of Hogwarts! (8000 words)
"But we have to go there first." Dumbledore pointed to the lake and said, "See? There is a small boat over there. We can take it over there."

The three of them looked in the direction Dumbledore pointed, and sure enough, they saw a small boat floating in the lake, rising and falling with the waves.

It's just that this ship...it...

Isn’t it too small?

"Let's not talk about whether this boat can accommodate the four of us," Sirius squatted on the shore and turned around to ask Dumbledore: "Let's say this boat is just placed on the shore. Would Voldemort be stupid enough to leave this boat here and let us pass?"

"Voldemort must be very confident that no one except a very great wizard will discover the ship," said Dumbledore with emotion. "He must feel that after setting up those obstacles that only he can pass through, it seems impossible that anyone will find it. I think he is willing to take this tiny risk because we will soon find out whether he is right or wrong."

"How do you know?" Sirius frowned and asked, "Wouldn't Voldemort have cast a spell on this ship?"

"As you can see, Sirius." Dumbledore patiently explained to Sirius, "You also know how we entered this cave just now. Normally, even if Voldemort wanted to enter this cave, he would have to go through this procedure. He is too conceited and too confident, but this has become his weakness."

"So why don't we Apparate to that island?" Sirius frowned and asked, "Do we have to squeeze onto this broken ship that may sink at any time?"

"Voldemort needs to create a way to cross the lake that will not incur the wrath of the Inferi he has placed in the lake, in case he needs to check or relocate the Horcruxes," Dumbledore said calmly.

After that, Dumbledore walked to the lake, stretched out his wand and seemed to be groping for something in the air.

Harry followed the path of Dumbledore's wand and seemed to see him setting off some invisible chains.

At this moment, Dumbledore suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed something in the air, then dragged it back with force. At the same time, the sound of dragging chains was heard.

"Is that a chain?" Harry wondered aloud.

Dumbledore said nothing. He raised the wand in his other hand and pointed it at his clenched fist. Then, a thick copper-green chain appeared in the air, extending from the depths of the lake to Dumbledore's clenched hands.

Dumbledore tapped it gently, and the chain slid in his hand like a snake, clanking as it coiled itself around the ground, pulling the small boat floating on the black lake towards it.

"How do you know the chain is here?" Sirius asked curiously.

"Magic always leaves traces," Dumbledore replied as the boat bumped gently onto the shore. "Sometimes, the traces are clearly visible. I taught Tom Riddle, and I know his ways."

"So this is the boat we are going to take, right?" Weiwei lowered her head and carefully examined the boat. "As long as we take this boat, we won't attract the attention of the Inferi under the lake, right?"

"It turns out that this is the case, Miss Grindelwald." Dumbledore nodded and said, "Look, at least the Inferi in the water did not attack us. For the time being, everything is fine."

"In addition, I don't think Voldemort can come back here smoothly, because you have seen the situation just now. A soul like his cannot pass the test he set." Dumbledore added again.

Harry looked down at the boat. It was too small. "It doesn't look like it was made for two people. Can it hold us? Will it be too heavy for the four of us?"

Dumbledore chuckled and said, "Voldemort doesn't care about how much weight is needed to cross the lake, he cares about the amount of magical power - I'm sure the boat is spelled to ensure that only one wizard crosses the lake at a time."

"Then..." Harry remembered that he had absorbed the Philosopher's Stone. With his current level of magic power, it was likely that he could overwhelm the CPU of this boat.

"You and Miss Grindelwald are not included, Harry. You are still underage and will not be detected. Voldemort did not expect any underage children to come here." Dumbledore explained to everyone: "Voldemort is a conceited person. Everyone knows this. He will only detect the magic of adults. As for Harry and Miss Grindelwald, as minors, they are exempt. You should know that with Voldemort's conceit, the magic he left behind will definitely not detect minors."

"That's true." Harry nodded in agreement. He looked at Sirius again: "What about Sirius? What about him?"

As he spoke, he looked at Sirius, only to find that he had turned into a big black dog.

"Woof!" Sirius barked.

"Animagus, you are still as smart as before, Sirius." Dumbledore stroked his beard and smiled with satisfaction. "Yes, this is one of the reasons why I brought you with me. Not only because you are Regulus's brother, but also because you are an Animagus."

At this point, he began to criticize his former student: "Voldemort was extremely wrong. This was Voldemort's mistake... It is imprudent and foolish to underestimate young people... But this is also human nature. After all, normal people would not expect that a thirteen-year-old young man would have such surging magic power. I think I should make an exception for you next year..."

At this point, Dumbledore realized his slip of the tongue and stopped talking.

"Exception to what?" Harry asked curiously.

"I'll make an exception and let you skip a grade." Dumbledore quickly changed the subject: "But this is not the point. We now need to cross this lake and head to the island in the center where the Horcruxes are stored. So, you go first this time, and be careful not to get wet."

After saying that, he stood aside, and Harry carefully climbed into the boat, followed by Vivi and Sirius, who had turned into a big black dog.

It was a bit crowded, but there was enough room for everyone to stand. As a qualified seeker, Harry had a stable center of gravity. He could even put his arm around Vivi's slender waist to help her stabilize herself.

Vivi's face flushed a little pink, but she didn't say anything. She just pretended not to care and looked at the dark lake. No one knew what she was thinking.

Seeing this scene, Sirius nudged his nose against the edge of the boat. Knowing that he couldn't stop it, he could only turn a blind eye to it.

If I can't control it, can't I hide?

Dumbledore coiled the chain on the ground and stepped in.

There were so many people inside that they couldn't sit down and could only stand in the boat.

Soon the boat was off, and except for the soft rustling of the bow as it broke through the lake, everything was silent.

The boat sailed automatically, as if an invisible rope was pulling it towards the green light in the center of the lake.

Soon they could no longer see the walls of the cave, and it seemed as if they were sailing on smooth seas, except that there were no waves.

"Need a lighting charm?" Harry asked quietly.

"This is not a good choice." Dumbledore said, "Let's wait until we reach the shore."

The purpose of their trip was not to clear out the Inferi in the cave, nor to find the fake Horcrux, but to find Regulus.

So they had no choice but to resort to this last resort. It wasn't that they couldn't deal with these corpses, but that they were facing a huge project.

Yes, Regulus Black was chosen from among thousands of Inferi.

This is a pretty fucking big project.

"Look, there's a hand in the lake." Weiwei suddenly pointed at the lake and said, "It's right there, and it looks pretty white..."

Harry looked in the direction of Vivi's finger, and sure enough, he saw a hand stretched out. The hand was extremely pale, and it looked like it was not the skin color of a living person.

"Oh, Inferi." Harry said calmly, "It seems we should have brought Hermione and Ron here to test their learning situation on the spot. You know, in the second year, Ms. Rosier taught us how to deal with an Inferi..."

"It's not too late to bring them here now, as long as you want." Weiwei said, "These Inferi are indeed good learning materials. How about keeping these Inferi and letting them be your assistants in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Professor Black?"

"Woof!" Sirius barked happily. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with this suggestion.

"That's settled, Harry." Vivi lowered her head and said, "Remember not to use large-scale destructive magic later. It would be bad if these teaching equipment were damaged. Do you understand?"

"Okay." Harry nodded.

Their tone was very relaxed, and to someone who didn't know the situation, it seemed as easy as catching a few frogs to use as teaching equipment.

Dumbledore was also in a relaxed mood. Among the wizards present, Harry's magic power was surging, Vivi's practical level was no less than that of the battle-hardened old Dumbledore, and Sirius... well, Sirius was also very humorous.

He didn't feel much pressure during this trip to the cave.

"We're almost there," said Dumbledore suddenly.

Sure enough, the green light looked brighter.

A few minutes later, the boat gently hit something and stopped.

Harry raised his wand and a light shone at the tip.

He found himself on a small flat rocky island in the middle of the lake.

"Be careful not to get any water on it."

Dumbledore warned Harry again as he climbed out of the boat.

The island was not much bigger than Dumbledore's office, and on this huge flat black rock, only the dazzling green light shone.

Harry squinted at it, thinking it was a lamp of some kind at first, but soon he saw that the green light was coming from a stone basin with a pedestal, similar to a Pensieve.

At this moment, Vivi also got off the boat with Dumbledore, followed Harry to the stone basin, and looked at it shoulder to shoulder.

Sirius stood up, leaned on Dumbledore's body, and stretched his head to look at the green basin.

The basin was filled with a phosphorescent emerald liquid that looked like science...magic and life.

"What's that?" asked Harry.

"I'm not sure," Dumbledore said uncertainly, "but it should be something more threatening than blood and corpses. It looks like a potion?"

With that, Dumbledore rolled up the sleeve of his injured hand and extended his fingertips toward the surface of the liquid.

"Dumbledore!" Harry shouted, trying to stop Dumbledore from doing something stupid.

"Don't worry, Harry, I can't touch you." Dumbledore smiled, "See? I can only get so close, you guys try too."

Staring at the water, Harry tentatively reached his hand into the stone basin.

However, an invisible barrier stopped his hand a foot away, and no matter how hard he pushed, he could only touch something that seemed to be solidified elastic air.

Vivi stood beside him and also stretched out her hand, but like Harry, she was unable to reach into the basin at all.

"Move aside for a moment," said Dumbledore. He stretched out his wand to separate the boy and girl, tapped the edge of the basin, and muttered something.

When he stopped, Harry looked from the green basin to Dumbledore.

"Do you think the Horcrux is in there, Professor?"

"Oh yes."

Dumbledore looked more closely at the basin, and Harry saw his face reflected in the smooth surface of the green potion.

"But we tried. We can't touch the potion with our hands, so we can't separate it, scoop it out, or suck it out. I also tried the Transfiguration and Vanishing spells just now, but they didn't work. Other methods can't change his condition either."

At this, Dumbledore raised his wand and waved it absently in the air, conjuring a crystal goblet from thin air and grabbing it.

"But I can infer that the potions were drunk."

"Drink it?" Harry suddenly remembered Kreacher's words, "I remember now, Kreacher told us before that when Regulus brought him here, it was Regulus who drank these potions to let Kreacher leave here - this is the potion he mentioned!"

Dumbledore nodded and said, "Yes, I think so. Only after I drink it all can I empty the stone basin and see what is at the bottom."

Harry was a little confused. We knew that the Horcrux was fake, so why did we still drink the potion to get it out?

"So, just drink the potion?" Vivi said uncertainly, but her eyes were looking at the goblet in Dumbledore's hand.

"Yes, let me make these potions..."

Dumbledore was interrupted by Harry before he could finish.

"Dumbledore! You hold a cruel fate in your hand, but it does not belong to you!"

"Harry?" Dumbledore said with a relieved smile, "Don't worry, Voldemort doesn't intend to kill everyone who arrives on the island."

"But we must drink all the potion to find the fake Horcrux and thus Regulus." Dumbledore nodded and said, "And I used to be Regulus's headmaster. This potion is of course..."

"Not necessarily." Harry suddenly said, "I do have someone who can drink the potion, but you need to close your eyes..."

As Harry said this, he was thinking viciously in his heart.

Aren't you going to have people drink these potions, Voldemort?
Well, today I will let you see how powerful an old Hogwarts senior is!

"Who?" Dumbledore asked with interest.

"Of course it's the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets." Harry said with a smile, "As we all know, there is a saying in poisonology that talking about toxicity without talking about dosage is just hooliganism. Maybe these potions can poison us, but for a basilisk that is dozens of times larger than us, it may not be enough for it to lick it with its tongue."

"This is indeed a good choice." Dumbledore put down the goblet in his hand and said to Harry, "Voldemort's spell has loopholes. These potions do need to be drunk by people, but house-elves can also drink them. So this spell does not restrict what can drink the potions... Then, of course, the basilisk can also drink them."

"Then I let him out," said Harry.

"Let it go," said Dumbledore.

Only Sirius' eyes were as big as copper bells. He didn't know when his godson became so fierce and even secretly raised a basilisk.

Then he felt ecstatic!
Look! This is James' son! He is indeed my godson! In terms of adventurousness, he is just like the two of us!

"Sirius?" Harry saw Sirius's eyes wide open and thought his godfather was shocked by the basilisk.

He comforted her and said, "Don't worry, Sirius. Professor Dumbledore allowed me to raise this basilisk. But you have to close your eyes, because looking at it will have some adverse consequences."

Sirius closed his eyes immediately, knowing the consequences. Harry saw that everyone had closed their eyes, so he opened his wallet and called out to the inside, "Alfonso! Alfonso!"

"Yes, my dear master!" said Alfonso flatteringly.

"I need you to help me drink some potion." Harry said truthfully, "This potion won't be fatal, but it will be uncomfortable enough for ordinary wizards. But you are a basilisk, your body is hundreds or even thousands of times stronger than wizards, so drinking some potion will be no problem."

"Ah...this..." The basilisk was a little at a loss.

No, sir?
When you were eating... Oh, no, you thought of me when you were eating, but you can't think of me in this situation!

What is that potion? I...

Seeing that the basilisk was a little worried, Harry rolled his eyes and continued to persuade: "This is a trap set by the half-blood mudblood Tom Riddle. As long as we break this trap, we can destroy his Horcrux..."

No, wait a moment?

And what about that half-blood mudblood thing here?
When the basilisk heard Tom Riddle, its entire body straightened up.

If you mention him, I won’t be sleepy anymore!

"Drink!" the basilisk said angrily, "You must drink! Let me see who is defiling the noble blood of the old master! This ignorant mudblood, I must kill him with my own hands..."

"You have no hands," Harry reminded him considerately.

"It doesn't matter! Master!" The basilisk said indignantly, "As long as I have to deal with that guy, I will do my best! Tell me what you want me to do, Master!"

"You come out first." Harry shook his wallet and let the huge basilisk swim out.

Alfonso landed on the rock with a thud, causing a small vibration.

"Here it is," said Harry, pointing to the rock. "But we need to scoop out the potion. I'll find a bigger container—"

As he spoke, Harry took the goblet from Dumbledore's hand, enlarged it a little, and picked up a cup of potion.

The basin that originally contained the potion was suddenly filled with potion again, and Harry handed the cup of potion to Alfonso.

"Try it, Alfonso," he said.

Alfonso changed his posture and raised his mouth to open his bloody mouth.

"Is that so, Master?"

Harry poured the cup of potion into Alfonso's snake mouth, and Alfonso smacked his lips and spat twice.

"It tastes good, Master. It has the fragrance of venom... I quite like this smell. Do you have any more?"

Harry said nothing, scooped up another cup and poured it into Alfonso's mouth.

"How do you feel?" Harry asked concernedly.

“It’s OK.” Alfonso nodded. “Drink a little more, but I can’t taste any more flavor. Maybe I didn’t taste it carefully enough.”

Dumbledore, who was standing next to him, felt something was wrong when he heard this.

This snake monster could actually be used like this? He really didn't expect...

Young people nowadays are really good at having fun.

But this was a good idea. In fact, he had originally planned to drink a few sips himself - although it would not be fatal, it would also be educational, allowing Harry and Miss Grindelwald to understand the importance of sacrifice.

"Anything else?" Alfonso asked again.

Harry said nothing and gave Alfonso another glass of potion.

With each drink, Alfonso's spirits grew better and better.

In the end, the potion was finally gone.

"What a pity." Alfonso said listlessly, "I thought this was some kind of strong poison. Is the old master's bastard descendant such a bastard? It's really laughable..."

Before he could finish his words, Alfonso suddenly shook his head.

"Ahhhh!" He screamed miserably, as if he was experiencing great pain.

Retribution came quickly. He, who had just despised Voldemort for not having enough poison, was now immediately hit back.

"What's wrong with you, Alfonso?" Harry asked concernedly.

"Water! Water! I want to drink water!" Alfonso twisted his body hard and leaned his body toward the surface of the water, as if he wanted to drink water.

Even though he had tricked the basilisk into coming here, Harry couldn't bear to let it die like that.

He patted the basilisk's scales and said, "I don't recommend you drink that. Just hold on. I'll get you some..."

After that, he took out his wand and pointed it at the basilisk's head.

“Aguamenti (clear water like a spring)!”

A thick stream of water gushed out from the tip of Harry's wand and hit the basilisk's mouth.

The basilisk drank the water created by the water purification spell with gulps. It seemed that it was really thirsty and had no intention of stopping at all.

After about half a minute, Weiwei suddenly said, "Harry! Something is crawling up! It must be an Inferi!"

"Can you get into the purse, Alfonso?" Harry asked.

"Still thirsty," Alfonso hissed weakly.

"Come in and drink." Harry reached into his wallet, opened it again and asked Alfonso, "Can you swim?"

"I have gills," Alfonso said simply.

Harry held open the wallet and said to him, "The wallet is full of water, just go in - be careful not to drown, or I will laugh at you."

"Don't worry, Master."

Alfonso said, and dove into his wallet with a thud.

Harry stuffed his wallet back into his pocket when he felt a cold hand grip his wrist.

The cold and sticky hand was slowly pulling him back. The surface of the lake was no longer as smooth as a mirror, but was rolling. Countless pale heads and hands were emerging from the water everywhere.

Men, women and children with sunken eyes and lifeless eyes were moving towards the rocks.

From the black lake rose an army of the dead.

It is the army of Inferi left behind by Voldemort.

"The Basilisk has left!" cried Harry. "And the Inferi are coming up!"

He looked intently at the Inferi in front of him, and seeing that it was not Regulus, he used magic to make it float in the air, then pulled up a stone nearby and smashed the Inferi to the other side of the lake with a bang.

The corpse struggled a few times after landing on the ground, and then stopped moving.

"Don't hurt my teaching aids!" Sirius, who had turned into a human form, shouted loudly, and at the same time used the petrification spell to freeze a corpse.

The corpse was hit by the curse, its body stiffened, and it fell into the lake.

"Can you tell which one is Regulus?" Harry shouted back at Sirius.

"I can't see clearly, but if he appears in front of me, I will recognize him!" Sirius said loudly.

However, Regulus did not appear, and more and more Inferi came forward, until even Sirius was surrounded by them.

"They're coming!" he shouted loudly, raising his hand and casting a petrification spell on the Inferi that was confirmed not to be Regulus.

But he was so eager to rescue his brother that he delayed expelling the Inferi in order to identify Regulus.

At this moment, a corpse grabbed his wrist.

Before Sirius could shake off the Inferi, Harry's spell hit it.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

The Inferi struck by the curse stood at attention immediately and fell asleep.

"Well done! James!" Sirius shouted subconsciously.

Harry knew that Sirius mistook him for James Potter, but he did not answer, instead pointing his wand at the ground.

"Protego Gubraithian (Fire Shield Protection)!"

A bright azure flame suddenly rose up, with Harry as the center, isolating the Inferi from outside.

Fire is the natural enemy of the Yin corpses. They roared and dared not approach. They could only surround the flames in three layers inside and outside, forming a dark mass.

"This is not a good idea, Harry." Vivi said to Harry: "If we use the fire shield to protect us, I don't know when we can filter out Regulus Black."

"Let's take a look at this first." Harry turned around and fished out the small golden box from the green stone basin.

It's a fake Slytherin locket.

The small island in the center of the lake was temporarily safe. Considering that it would take some time to find Regulus, Sirius came to Harry's side.

He wanted to see what the fake Horcrux that Regulus had hidden was.

A strange scene appeared in the center of the lake: a circle of azure flames was burning by the water, and outside were three layers of corpses, while four people inside were gathered together, looking at the small box in their hands.

"This must be a fake." Dumbledore nodded and said, "But to be honest, it is quite realistic. At least if we don't know it in advance, we will never know that it is fake."

Since it was something Regulus had hidden, Harry didn't worry about whether there was any dark magic on it.

The main reason was that he had just thrown several detection spells and even secretly used Avada Kedavra, but there was no response.

This was the important reason why he finally confirmed that the small box was safe.

"Take a look." He opened the small box and took out a piece of paper which read:

[To the Dark Lord:
I know that when you read this letter, I will be dead, but I want you to know: I discovered your secret, and I have taken the real Horcrux and destroyed it as soon as possible.

I risked my life for you, but I was only a flesh-and-blood mortal when I met my opponent.

R.A.B.]

Seeing the handwriting on the note, Sirius suddenly fell silent.

"RAB?" Weiwei asked.

"It's the abbreviation of Regulus Arcturus Black," Sirius said softly.

"I can imagine why Regulus joined the Death Eaters and then rebelled." Vivi murmured, "He was too young, and the cruel world of the Death Eaters in reality was completely different from what he imagined - but what really changed him was the moment when Voldemort tried to kill Kreacher."

"But why did Regulus know that what Voldemort gave him was a Horcrux?" Harry asked puzzledly, "And Voldemort trusted him enough to not even care that he knew..."

"Horcruxes were not invented by Voldemort, but no one has done as much as he has." Dumbledore sighed and said, "Voldemort was too arrogant and conceited that no one would know such advanced magic. But Regulus became suspicious because he was so sure that he would not die. He had heard of this kind of magic before, and after verification, he guessed it was right."

Harry handed the note to Sirius, who took it and held it tightly in his hand.

"We have to find him!" Sirius had already burst into tears without knowing when, "We must find him!"

"But there are too many of these Inferi, Sirius." Dumbledore looked around and said to Sirius, "It is not easy to eliminate them one by one and then find Regulus. It is a huge project..."

"I might have a way," Harry said suddenly, "a way to find Regulus quickly—"

"What method?" Sirius asked quickly.

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