Chapter 311: Peverell's Ring (Part 2)
"It's Dumbledore, don't do it!" Alastor Moody shouted.
One after another, wizards dressed as Aurors emerged from the bushes or from the corners of old houses...... One after another, they walked over and stood behind Mad-Eye Moody, looking at Albus Dumbledore in front of them with some curiosity and the mysterious man in black next to Dumbledore.
Two of the Aurors, using the Anti-Apparition Charm, pressed two unconscious Death Eaters, a man and a woman, approached.
"That's fantastic, Dumbledore...... In the past week or so, we have captured more than twenty Death Eaters!" Mad-Eye Moody said excitedly, "More than we have caught in the previous ten years!"
"That's right, Alasto...... You can't do without it. Dumbledore said with a smile.
Mad-Eyed Moody's gaze began to shift to Jon, and he asked tentatively, "You are the friend that Mr. Dumbledore said he was talking about?"
"Yes!" Since he had almost no contact with the real Moody before, Jon was not afraid that he would recognize his true face, and nodded calmly in his black hood, "Hello, Mr. Moody." ”
Such a young voice surprised Moody...... In his opinion, this friend of Dumbledore should also be an old wizard and witch in his hundreds.
I guess I drank a decoction or something...... Moody thought to himself, after all, he couldn't be sure that an old monster would have such a fetish!
He took the initiative to shake Jon's hand, then took a few steps back.
"I think you can go back and rest, Alasto...... And Gadvin......" Dumbledore said gently, "It's been hard work for you these past few days!"
"What does it matter how hard it is to catch so many Death Eaters......" Auror Dwin Robaz said with a nonchalant expression.
"Leave these two Death Eaters behind. Dumbledore instructed, "It's okay to have me here, I think so many people have been captured by us, and Voldemort won't send anyone more." ”
Hearing that name, Gadwin-Robaz couldn't help but shudder, "Alright then, Professor Dumbledore...... Let's go back to the Ministry of Magic first!"
One by one, the Aurors apparition departed with a tired look, and Alasto-Moody glanced at Dumbledore with an inquiring look, only to see Dumbledore nod slightly, and he chose to dispel away.
Now, in front of Gaunt's mansion, only Dumbledore, Jon, and the two Death Eaters who were tied up.
......
"They might know about the spells the mysterious man has cast around here!" Jon reminded him, gesturing at the Caro siblings.
Dumbledore nodded, brandished his cane at Alector Carlo, and whispered, "Enervate!"
With a red glow, the female Death Eater's eyes opened with difficulty, and then Dumbledore's pale blue eyes stung her, making her unable to take her eyes off her.
"Enervate!" Jon followed Dumbledore's example, pointing his wand at another Death Eater, Amycus Caro.
Then he shouted, "Legilimency!"
......
More than ten minutes later, Dumbledore and Jon looked away.
Together, they lowered their voices and had a brief conversation, and after confirming that they were correct, they moved their eyes to the old Gaunt mansion. As for the Death Eater Caro siblings, they have been knocked unconscious again.
Albus Dumbledore raised his cane and aimed it at the stained door, with a gentle wave.
The door was suddenly opened, and at the same time a cold wind hit...... However, Dumbledore, who had been prepared, conjured a flash of golden shield in front of him, blocking all the threats of the cold wind to them, and the surrounding bushes and grass were frozen into ice.
The two walked slowly into the house...... The house was in chaos, with all the furniture and furnishings in pieces.
Such a bad hut probably won't arouse anyone's desire to search.
Jon and Dumbledore, having read the memories of the Caro siblings, ignored the rest of the room and walked straight to the corner by an open window, where there were a pile of bottles and cans, and a pile of rotten bedding.
This was where Voldemort's mother, Merope Gaunt, lived, many, many years ago, of course.
Dumbledore held out one of his fingers, but Jon moved faster...... He bit the index finger of his left hand and dripped a drop of blood on Voldemort's mother's bedding.
Dumbledore put his hand down again and shook his head, "Blood, Tom always likes little tricks like this!"
A crack appeared in the futon, and then it began to crack completely...... A giant snake made of green smoke suddenly emerged from the futon and rushed towards the two wizards with a fierce look—
A pale blue glow emanated from the top of Dumbledore's cane, and the serpent of green smoke vanished in a matter of seconds.
Jon turned and looked at Dumbledore with an extremely serious and wary gaze.
......
Dumbledore's gaze was no longer available.
He stared at the contents of the futon.
It was a golden ring with a black gemstone set on it...... It looks very ordinary.
But what caught Dumbledore's attention was the emblem on the black gem.
A figure that looks like a triangular eye with a vertical line in the middle of the pupil...... However, the triangle and vertical lines are relatively dim, and the "circles" that make up the eyes are unusually clear.
Marvolo Gaunt called it the Peverell coat of arms because he only knew that the ring was passed down from the Peverell family (who were actually descendants of Cadmus Peverell)...... Unbeknownst to him, this was actually the emblem of the Deathly Hallows. He didn't even know that inside this ring, there was a deathly holy artifact.
Jon could clearly hear Albus Dumbledore's breathing. He had hardly ever been so out of shape and so excited in his life.
"It's Voldemort's Horcruxes, Professor!" Jon shouted.
But Dumbledore had already reached out.
"Impedimento!" Jon didn't hesitate to turn his wand at Dumbledore.
An invisible wall appeared between Dumbledore and Marvolo-Gaunt's ring, and Dumbledore was knocked to the ground by Jon's Barrier Charm.
Like an ordinary old man, he trembled and half-lay on the ground, and the cane in his hand fell to the side.
But he had regained consciousness, "I'm sorry, I lost my temper, Jon. ”
Jon ignored Dumbledore, and after waking Dumbledore up, his wand pointed at Marvolo-Gaunt's ring.
A cloud of black smoke had slowly drifted out of the black gem.