The magic that bound Harry's body suddenly vanished. He only felt a heart-rending pain in his left knee, so painful that he couldn't stand at all, and he fell to the ground.

"No !!"

But it wasn't Harry's voice. Riddle's hoarse roar echoed through the chamber, his eyes were truly blood-red, and there were not even pupils in his sockets.

"Damn it, my basilisk! You ruined it! ”

He said resentfully, turning his hideous face to a bewildered Ron. Ron seemed to be startled by Riddle's expression, and stood there motionless, his mouth open enough to swallow a duck egg. "I want you to pay the price of blood!" He raised his wand, its head glowing a miserable green.

"Avada suo!"

A sharp heart-rending pain suddenly bloomed from Harry's forehead. In a trance, he heard a lot of people screaming, wailing, or some other chaotic sound around him, it really hurt, and his broken knee was nothing compared to it. But even the pain didn't stop Harry from pouring out his fear out loud.

A fear of death.

"Run! Ron! ”

Hearing Harry's warning, Ron woke up from a dream, and he subconsciously wanted to turn around...... But it was obviously a little slower, and even with his back to Riddle, the sudden burst of intense green light pierced his eyes. He knew the spell, and it was unlikely that the Death Curse, which would survive anyone but Harry, could do it better than Harry.

Thinking of this, Ron couldn't help but feel sad. But suddenly he felt a strong tug, something around his waist, and threw him aside with incredible force, and the death curse almost brushed Ron's robe past him.

He slammed his head into the stone, and Lockhart's wand, a carved and hollowed-out work of art, could withstand such an impact, and it fell into two pieces on the spot. And Ron himself was no better, he was smashed so that Venus in his eyes was scattered, and for a while he covered his head and wailed desperately on the ground.

But at least the little life was saved.

Seeing this, Brandi dissipated and flew towards Ron's rope bondage spell. The situation was urgent, and Brandi had just come out of the petrified state, and he couldn't control the effect and power of the spell at all, so it was already his limit to be able to throw Ron out.

It's really strange how I suddenly recovered. Brandi subconsciously looked at his left arm, just now he seemed to feel some strange attraction in his left arm, and even drained almost half of the magic power in his body. As far as the eye can see, it is empty except for a row of shallow tooth marks on the forearm. At the same time, his wand didn't know what was going on, and it was flickering and faintly emitting that unsettling blood-colored light, just like it had been when Hey had eaten the Philosopher's Stone last year.

…… Uh, is it hehe? Thinking of the small row of tooth marks on his arm, Brandi had a bold idea, but how?

He didn't have time to think about it, though, and in just a few minutes, he had already fought Riddle for more than a dozen rounds. Riddle was apparently like him, having seen the nimble fighting styles of ancient wizards, and was more intelligent than the clones in the Fifth Seal. Although his own strength seemed to be far from being restored, except for the protection made by Neville's life force, and with the use of a death curse that he had just lost his mind, he didn't have much power anymore. But even so, Riddle still relied on his combat experience and ruthlessness, and brought a powerful basilisk to force Brandy to parry.

He doesn't go head-to-head with Brandi at all! With Brandi throwing a bogeyer at the barrier in front of him, Riddle very simply gave up on short-range movement and defense. None of the spells really meant to attack Brandi's thick and terrible tortoise shell, but instead deliberately targeted Ron and Harry, who were incapacitated next to him, while instructing the basilisk to hinder Brandi's support movements.

"Despicable!"

When Brandi cast his magic for the third time with a flick of the basilisk's tail and raised a wall of earth to help Harry and Ron resist the curse from Riddle, he finally cursed. The basilisk without eyes is much less threatening...... But after all, it has infinite strength, and it has rough skin and thick flesh. What made Brandi even more uncomfortable was that he couldn't understand what this person and a snake were saying! Sometimes the basilisk was still biting its shield, but suddenly it turned around and reflexively swept at Harry and Ron's position!

Even the earthen walls that have been strengthened by excessive magic power can't withstand the tail of this battering ram to beat again and again! After a long time, Brandi even felt the emptiness of the magic in his body for the first time in a long time!

"Despicable? This is a life-and-death battle, naïve little ghost! With another tap of his wand, he watched as Brandi was frustrated by the basilisk as he dodged the spikes protruding from his feet. Riddle said viciously, "How can a real battle give you a chance to fight in the open!" Unscrupulous means for victory are justice on the battlefield! ”

Brandi didn't have time to answer, he gritted his teeth, waved his wand vigorously, and the serpent carved on the two stone pillars beside him suddenly came to life, swam down from the swirling stone pillars, and pounced on the basilisk that was more than twice his size. One large, two small and three giant pythons fiercely bit and entangled with each other, and roughly broke a stone pillar.

"It's horrible magic." Riddle was stunned for a moment, and the fierce light in his eyes was even worse. "After such frequent and massive consumption, it is possible to manipulate two skeuomorphic shapes at the same time. I'm starting to rejoice that I was able to get rid of you before you even grew up. ”

"Then you're daydreaming!" Brandi was sweating profusely on his forehead, and while dodging attacks from under his feet or from the sky, he manipulated two pythons and basilisk to fight. The basilisk had already suffered a lot of injuries due to the collapse of the tunnel, and at this moment, Brandi had an advantage, but Brandi's heart still sank little by little.

These two big snakes had almost drained the mana in his body, and his mana regeneration rate was completely unable to keep up with the consumption. The deficit part is all based on the willpower cultivated by the magic exhaustion last year, and it is squeezed out of the whole body little by little, but in Brandi's experience, this state of overdraft definitely lasts no more than a minute.

Can you get rid of the basilisk in a minute? That's a dream!

…… Unless, bypass the basilisk and get rid of Riddle directly?

Brandi struggled to eat another burn spell and finally found an opportunity to look around. At this time, they were already in the middle of the battle, and they unconsciously felt that they had changed directions. From the direction near the door of the chamber, gradually moved to the side of the platform, Riddle was still standing in the center of the platform, laughing wildly and pouring a disturbing spell on himself, with a bright protective charm in front of him.

Only in front of you...... That is, if someone is able to launch another surprise attack from behind or from the side......

Looking around the chamber, Harry had lost his ability to move, Ron should be okay? But Voldemort would certainly not be stupid enough to let Ron complete the rearing so simply and rudely...... Not to mention that Lockhart's wand was no longer working, and Ron's ......

Hey? Is that......

His eyes, which maintained his night vision spell, pierced through the deep darkness...... Suddenly, he made a new discovery.

"Ultra Magic Fluorescent Flash!"

A dazzling sun was born in the secret room. Accustomed to the darkness, the vision suddenly ushered in a bright light, even if it was to cover his eyes and turn his back on his body, it didn't make any sense. Everyone's eyes were white, they heard a scream, Brandy's last trick finally exhausted his potential, and the two pythons entangled with the basilisk turned back into stone and freed the basilisk with the location of Brandi in his memory. Losing his shield, Brandi collided head-on with a speeding heavy truck, and with a pain in his chest, he flew out like a rag doll and landed on the edge of the platform.

By the time he had barely recovered his senses, he felt that he had few intact bones left in his body......

"Not a bad idea, Longbottom. Are you trying to escape? "In the white world, Riddle's voice came from afar." But can you stand up with your injuries now? Or do you think you're still able to cover Potter and the red-haired little imp and get out of my nose unharmed? ”

Riddle laughed playfully.

"Don't dream, just wait until your sight is restored, and you're dead."

He heard Brandi reply, his voice sounding very weak, but instead of sneering or swearing, Brandi chose to ask himself a question at the last minute.

"Riddle, did you learn this protective charm that you can't break from the front at the cost of your life force, and you also learned it from that place?"

Riddle hesitated, feeling that the question seemed somewhat inconsequential.

"For your sake," he said triumphantly, "didn't you also get a spell after passing the trials there." ”

There was silence in the distance.

"There's a weakness in this spell." Brandi struggled to raise his voice, and the violent movements made his mouth foam with blood. "If I could have attacked you from behind, you wouldn't have been able to stop it."

"Yes, but you can't have that chance, Longbottom. How could I possibly show you such a big hole in my back? "You're just trying to make a lame excuse for your failure." ”

"Perhaps......" Brandi stopped talking.

Time passed little by little, and everyone's attention began to gradually recover. Since Brandi, who had already turned his head and covered his eyes, was going to recover slightly faster than the others, he vaguely saw Riddle next to him, and he laughed out loud with relief.

"What are you laughing at?" Riddle became wary.

"Oh, nothing." Brandi's eyes narrowed into a slit, "I just feel like what I said wasn't for nothing. Then he yelled excitedly.

"Opportunity! Professor! ”

The look of shock on Riddle's face froze for this moment.

A milky white spell crept into his back like the most mysterious ghost, and he heard the trembling voice of a mature man. "Forget it."