Thick black smoke surged out from the black gem on the ring, emitting an extremely dangerous aura.

Voldemort did not use the Dark Arts around Ravenclaw's crown because he feared that Dumbledore would find out if he used the Dark Arts at Hogwarts, nor did he use the protective Dark Arts around the Journal and Hufflepuff's Gold Cup, as he felt that they would be safeguarded by Malfoy and Bellatrix......

However, the Slytherin Locket and Marvolo-Gaunt's ring, two Horcruxes that were placed separately on the outside, were guarded by very complex dark magic to prevent others from destroying them......

If you guessed correctly, the wisp of black smoke in front of you is the culprit who abolished Dumbledore's hand in his previous life and left him with less than a year to live!

But this time, since Dumbledore was prevented from contacting it directly—

"Fawkes!" Jon shouted.

He'd have to try something more secure.

The big red bird heard Jon's command and swooped down on the black smoke, completely enveloping it with her golden wings, and then heard the scream of the phoenix, gold, red, and black all together.

Fawkes's eyes became sad, and his cry gradually became suffocating, and the golden feathers were polluted with black, and the tail feathers fell off little by little......

Finally she let out a scream that turned into a huge fireball, and vanished completely, leaving only a pile of ash on the floor that had not yet been completely extinguished.

......

Albus Dumbledore struggled to get up from the ground with his cane.

"Thank you...... Jon ......" Dumbledore said with a somewhat weak face, "I'm sorry, I lost my temper......"

"Horcrux ......" Jon hurriedly reminded, "It's a Horcrux, Professor, smash it up!"

Dumbledore's left hand trembled as he raised the Gryffindor sword, then shook his head lightly and lowered the sword in his hand.

"You'd better come!" his eyes were still fixed on the emblem on the black gem.

Jon shook his head a little helplessly, took out the Mithra Core from his pocket, and picked up his wand at the same time: "I suggest you get out quickly, the fire will definitely burn the entire old Gaunt mansion to ruins!"

Dumbledore nodded, and walked out of the hut on crutches.

A handful of hair-thin flames, but constantly emitting a predatory aura, began to fly into the silver core of Mithra.

Then, terrible flames surged out of the small silver box in all directions, turning into a gigantic basilisk, a hideous griffon, and a terrifying giant eagle......

With a flick of Jon's wand, the silver octahedron returned to his hand, and he left the Gaunt Mansion without looking back.

I only heard the miserable screams of Voldemort's soul from the ring behind him.

......

After more than ten minutes, after confirming that Voldemort's soul was gone, Jon reopened the door to Gaunt's old mansion.

The flaming beasts that were raging in the house roared towards the door, and one could feel a wave of heat coming towards them...... Jon simply tossed Grindelwald's Mithra Core forward, while levitating it in the air with his wand.

The Flame Behemoths were quickly attracted to the silver octahedron, and they began to return to it little by little, shrinking back...... After a few minutes, the fire had reverted back to its hairy form, and flew out of Mithra's core again.

"Aguamenti!" Jon whispered into it.

A strong jet of water spewed into the small fire, and although the fire struggled desperately in it, it gradually extinguished......

Theoretically, ordinary water cannot extinguish a fire, but when the order of magnitude reaches a large difference, the result will change.

Jon began to look around, and the entire Gaunt mansion was in shambles...... The ring had also been burned, and was surrounded by a black, wriggling, soft substance between liquid and solid.

"This is the form of a soul?" Jon whispered.

Finally, among the fragments of the ring, he saw a black stone—

A stone the size of a thumb cap looks ordinary and exudes a smooth luster...... Intact, as one of the Deathly Hallows, even the fierce fire could not leave any traces on it.

Dumbledore was already on crutches and walked over to it...... Then carefully and tremblingly take it into your hand.

......

Albus Dumbledore closed his eyes and turned the stone in his hand three times.

He was very skilled at this scene, because he had already rehearsed it many times in his memory......

Soon, he knew he had succeeded, for he could hear the slight movement around him, and a figure appeared inside the old Gaunt mansion.

He reopened his eyes and looked at the people in front of him.

Dumbledore knew that these were neither ghosts nor real people, but memories that had been frozen in his mind. They came to him—more unreal than a living person, but more real than a ghost.

Everyone looked at him with almost the same loving smile on their faces.

Percival Dumbledore, who still wears the same black robes he wore when he was tried in the Wizengamot...... This was the last time Albus saw his father, and then he was sentenced to life in prison for violating the law of secrecy by killing three underage Muggles, and died in Azkaban three years later.

Candela Dumbledore, who looked young, much younger than Albus remembered, looked kindly and kindly at her eldest son, who was already full of gray hair and was over a hundred years old, and touched her tears.

And also...... Ariana Dumbledore, Ariana was wearing her favorite dress when she was six years old, before she had been violated by the three Muggle boys, and her magic was not completely out of control...... She was the happiest of all, and she looked at her brother's face so longingly, as if she had never seen enough.

More and more figures appeared behind them.

Marlene McKinnon smiled a little shyly at the principal, then lowered her head and ducked behind her husband, Ronald McKinnon.

Gideon Prewit patted his brother Fabian Prewit on the shoulder and waved enthusiastically at Dumbledore.

Edgar Bones nodded at Dumbledore, still with the same cold face, but the joy on his face could not be concealed.

......

Dumbledore stretched out his hand, feeling the gentle words of his relatives, friends, and students whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and looked at their faces with tears in his eyes......

He bit his lip and, despite some reluctance, finally made his decision.

Closing his eyes, he threw the fingernail-sized stone behind him.

"Jon, you hold it. He said calmly.

Jon Hart took the Resurrection Stone and glanced at Professor Dumbledore with some consternation.

"This thing is useless to me. Jon replied honestly, "All my cherished ones are still alive." ”

"That's why you're entitled to use it!" Dumbledore had wiped tears from his eyes, "and I can't...... If you leave it to me, I'll just be immersed in it and can't extricate myself......"

"Okay......" Jon pouted, "I can keep it for you for the time being." ”

Albus Dumbledore had picked up his cane in one hand and his sword in the other, and he turned to Jon and said gently, "Thank you for the help you've given me all these years, Jon...... Hopefully we will be able to meet next time sooner rather than later. ”

"I also appreciate the care you have taken care of me. Jon also said with a serious face, and at the same time bowed deeply to Jon: "There is only so much I can help you, I wish you good luck and a long life in the future!"

"Goodbye, then......" Dumbledore waved his hand lightly.

Then he heard only a "pop", and he phantom away.

......

Jon put his black hood back on and left Gaunt's house.

Unlike Dumbledore, he doesn't apparilate yet, so he'll have to find a Muggle town to stay in for the night and leave tomorrow.

As he walked down the main road, Jon thought to himself—

Dumbledore didn't know how to give me a ride with Apparition, so he couldn't leave Fawkes behind!

Wait, Fox...... Jon couldn't help but be stunned:

If he remembered correctly, Fawkes's wreckage was supposed to be still in Gaunt's mansion, and Dumbledore and he had forgotten about her......

"Damn!" Jon tapped his head, quickly turned around, and ran back towards Gaunt's old house.

(End of Volume 1)