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Chapter 344 The One Ring Appears
Upon hearing that it was a plague virus, Dui almost dropped the black medicine bottle with a tremor, and even instinctively wanted to back away.

After all, this is a plague virus!

He quickly cast several spells to envelop and isolate the black medicine bottle, and even threw a few cleansing spells at Peeves and the unconscious student.

After all, they had all handled medicine bottles, even if it was just touching the bottle, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

Gandalf also looked at the black vial with apprehension, and sighed deeply:
"I remember this plague. Back then, it came from the east with a black wind. The terrifying Black Death plague swept across the entire Middle Continent. All those infected died, and the population plummeted!"
King Terenas of Gondor and all his children died of disease; the White Trees of Gondor withered and died, and the capital city of Othgiliath became a ghost town. More than half the population and livestock of the Kingdom of Rovanion perished, and its power waned. The vast majority of the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Kaldoran died of disease, and the kingdom ceased to exist!

“I thought this Black Death plague had long since disappeared, but I never imagined it would still exist after a thousand years, and even be brought to Hogwarts.” Gandalf was filled with disgust and anger.

He said to Dui, “This is clearly a conspiracy by Sauron and Saruman! They are trying to spread the Black Death plague in Hogwarts and infect everyone in the castle with it!”
This Black Death plague is cursed; once you come into contact with the virus, it spreads endlessly. Even if you or I are infected, we will become extremely weak, even if we don't die!

Upon hearing this, Dui was also shaken, and then an endless rage surged into his heart.

Saruman and Sauron are truly ruthless, resorting to such vicious methods.

If it were successfully placed in the food and drinks in the kitchen, then professors like Dui and Gandalf, as well as students, would likely all be affected.

Even if they are wizards and have the help of potions and other magic to survive, the castle will probably fall into panic and chaos.

At that time, Saruman, who is hiding in the shadows, will probably be able to take advantage of the chaos to act.

Worse still, once the Black Death plague spreads out of the castle, not only will the people of Hogsmeade, Bree, and Isengard under Duy's command suffer.

It is even possible that the Black Death could spread to various places and races through students from all over Middle-earth.

At that time, another terrible plague will reappear!
Faced with such a dangerous "biological weapon," Dui dared not be careless. After casting multiple spells to isolate and protect the black vial, he put it into a completely sealed mithril box, and then put several more boxes on the outside to ensure that there was absolutely no possibility of leakage.

This thing is difficult to deal with; for now, Dui can only seal it off and protect it.

Only then did Dui finally breathe a sigh of relief and refocus his attention on the matter at hand.

Dui looked at the bouncy little devil in mid-air and found him pleasing to the eye for the first time.

"You did a great job this time, successfully averting a huge crisis for the school. Think about what reward you want, and I'll grant it to you as long as it's not too outrageous after this is over!"

Upon hearing Dui's words, Pippi's eyes lit up and he grinned widely.

Dui temporarily ignored the ecstatic Pipi Ghost; his primary concern was dealing with the three students lying on the ground.

Two of the students were under the influence of the Stunning Curse, and the other was knocked unconscious by Peeves's knockout. So, with a Restoration Curse, all three students woke up one after another.

Two of them, who were under the spell of unconsciousness, were initially confused, but quickly remembered what had happened.

He immediately showed an angry and confused expression, and his first words were a question: "Eamon, why did you attack us? Uh... Professor, what are you doing here?"

The two students had just sat up when they saw the professors around them and immediately looked surprised.

But at this moment, Dui and the others' attention was drawn to the second-year student from the Dragon Academy named Emon, or rather, to the ring on his hand.

The ring is made of gold and set with a diamond; it looks like an ordinary gold ring.

But Duy, Gandalf, and Galadriel all keenly sensed the evil lurking within.

"Mr. Eamon, can you tell us where this ring on your hand came from?" Dui asked the student, who had just woken up, with a serious expression.

Amon was startled by this and curled up, instinctively trying to hide his hands behind his back. Dui and the others frowned at this.

Gandalf said to Amon in a gentle tone, "Mr. Amon, this ring is very evil. If you touch it for too long, it will cause you very serious harm. Would you like to take it off and let us handle it?"

But these words made Eamon wary, and he gripped his hands tightly, trying to back away.

Gandalf activated the power of the Ring of Fire, trying to calm Amon down and slowly approaching him, attempting to persuade him to remove the ring.

Eamon lowered his head and curled up, muttering to himself in a low voice.

When Gandalf got close to Amon, he put his hand on his shoulder and was about to continue his persuasion.

Amon looked up instantly, revealing a ferocious and terrifying expression, his eyes filled with madness and possessiveness, and pounced on Gandalf.

"My darling, this is my darling! No one can take it away from me!"

Before he could pounce on Gandalf, Dui cast a petrification spell on him, freezing him in place.

Then, Dui walked expressionlessly to the petrified Amon, put on the dragon skin gloves, and, under Amon's terrified and unwilling gaze, took the ring off his finger.

As soon as the ring was removed, the madness in Amon's eyes gradually faded, and a sliver of clarity returned.

Immediately, her eyes revealed disbelief, regret, and unease, and tears streamed down her face.

Dui waved his hand to release Emon from petrification. Once he regained his mobility, his eyes still held greed and possessiveness for the ring, but even more so, fear and disgust, as if he had seen something terrifying and instinctively moved away.

"Waaah... Principal, I didn't mean it. I don't know why I did it. Please, don't expel me!" Eamon's face was filled with despair and unease as he recalled what he had done before.

Dui looked at the ring in his hand, and even through the dragon skin gloves, he could still feel a powerful allure, constantly tempting him to put it on.

Dui suppressed his desire, quickly threw it on the table, took a few steps back, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Gandalf and Galadriel gathered around, looking at the ring before them.

“This is the Ring of Throl, the last of the Seven Rings of the Dwarves!” Gandalf exclaimed in surprise.

The Ring of Thrall is a treasure of the Durin family, and it was passed down to Thrallin II, the father of Thorin Oakenshield.

In the year 2845 of the Third Age, Thrain II was captured by Sauron's minions on his way to the Lonely Mountain to investigate the dragon Smaug. He was imprisoned in Dorgod and tortured, and Sauron also took back the Ring of Thrall.

Unexpectedly, Sauron actually sent this dwarf ring to Hogwarts this time.

The Seven Rings of the Dwarves were imbued with evil power by Sauron, which would have caused the wearers to eventually become Ringwraiths, like the Nine Rings of Man, and be controlled by Sauron.

But Sauron did not anticipate that the dwarves, created by the god of craftsmen Aulius from stubborn stone, possessed an innate tenacity and resistance, enabling them to resist the mental control Sauron exerted through the Ring of the Dwarves.

Therefore, when dwarves wear the Dwarf Ring, it only amplifies their greedy nature towards wealth, but does not change their physical and spiritual essence.

However, the Dwarf Ring, which has little influence over the Dwarfs, is second only to the One Ring in danger in the hands of humans.

If worn for a long time, it will gradually be corroded and eventually become a Ringwraith, under Sauron's control.

(End of this chapter)