Chapter 54: The Chamber of Secrets

"If the board wants me to go, Lucius, of course I'll give up my seat." Looking at Lucius in front of him, Dumbledore responded helplessly.

"Butβ€”" Fudge stammered.

"No way!" Hagrid growled.

Their opposition didn't help, and Dumbledore had been dismissed from the school council. However, when Dumbledore left, he left a message

"It was only when everyone here betrayed me that I really left the school. You will also find that at Hogwarts there is always help for those who ask for it. ”

Hagrid was taken away, and Dumbledore was relieved of his duties. Some people feel that the school is already safe, such as Lockhart, who thinks that the Ministry of Magic has taken away the true heir. Yang Su really didn't know what he thought, he actually thought that a half-blood giant could become the heir of Slytherin.

More professors became more vigilant, and Dumbledore was forced to leave the school. If there is no greater vigilance, it is likely that incidents of student injuries or even deaths will continue.

At the end of the semester, one of the momentous events that freed the students from their fear of the Slytherin heirs was the final exams.

Every day, everyone is immersed in heavy revision homework. And it was at this time that Professor Sprout brought good news.

The mandrake is finally ready to be harvested. Tonight, Professor Snape will be able to refine it into a potion that will bring the petrified men back to life.

But along with this good news comes another bad news. That afternoon, another attack occurred, and Ginny Veles, the poor girl, had been taken captive by the basilisk into a secret room. There was still a line on the wall: her bones would remain in the Chamber of Secrets forever.

Professor McGonagall gathered all the teachers and prepared for them to send all the students home.

At this time, the door of the faculty lounge was slammed open again, and it was Lockhart, who seemed to have no idea what was going on, and asked with a smile on his face: "I'm sorry - I took a nap - what did I miss?"

He didn't seem to notice that the other teachers were staring at him with what could be described as hateful gazes. Snape took a step forward. "The one who solves the problem has come," he said, "and this is the man." Lockhart, a girl who has been captured by a monster. Taken into the secret room. The time has finally come for you to show off your brilliance. ”

Lockhart's face turned pale.

"Yes, Gildero," interjected Professor Sprout, "didn't you say last night that you knew exactly where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was?"

"I-this, this, I-" Loha stammered.

"Didn't you tell me you knew with certainty what the monster was inside?" Professor Flitwick also chimed in: "Iβ€”did I say that? I don't remember.."

"Of course I remember what you said, and you said that you were sorry that you didn't get to fight the monster before Hagrid was captured." Snape said, "Didn't you say that the whole thing was a mess and that you should have been left to deal with it from the beginning?"

Lockhart stared dumbfoundedly at his co-workers with straight faces. "I... I really never have.. You're probably misunderstood."

"Well, Gildero, we'll let you deal with it," said Professor McGonagall, "and tonight is your perfect opportunity to show what you can do." We promise that no one will get in your way. You can deal with that monster on your own. Now it's finally up to you to do it. ”

Yang Su didn't interject, looking at Gildero's pale face, Yang Su knew that this guy was bragging to these colleagues. But that's when he received an impromptu assignment.

Kill the basilisk

Hogwarts is in danger of closing, and in order to complete the mission, you must kill the dangerous monster as soon as possible.

Mission Failure: Dissipate Robin Hulos's memories. Permanently close the Dimension Walker class.

There are no quest rewards, but the basilisk's fangs can kill souls, so unblock the Blood Mage class early and end the quest world directly.

"It's really unfriendly," Yang Su felt very tricky as he looked at the mission information he received. Although he was not afraid of the basilisk, he did not know the location of the secret room.

"Maybe I should go find Harry Potter, who is the main character and should be looking into it. Maybe there's some clue to the location of the secret room. ”

When Professor McGonagall told everyone to dismiss and prepare to send the students home, Yang Su walked to the Gryffindor common room, ready to go to the protagonist and ask if there were any clues.

However, he did not find Harry and his friend Ron Willes. However, when night fell, he heard them in Lockhart's office.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ You're the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher!" Harry said, "You can't go now!" There's so much evil stuff going on here!"

"This, this, how to say it.. When I took on this position..." Lockhart muttered indistinctly as he piled his socks on top of the clothes in the box, "It's not included in the work regulations. I didn't expect that.."

"You're saying you're running away?" Harry said incredulously, "But you've written so many amazing books?" Books can deceive. Lockhart said slyly.

"You wrote it!" Harry shouted, "My dear child,"

Lockhart straightened up, looked at Harry with a frown, and said, "Use your common sense to think about it." If I didn't make people think that I did all of that, the book wouldn't sell well. Readers won't want to read about an ugly old American wizard who saved a village from the scourge of werewolves. Put his picture on the cover, and it won't be hard to look at. He has no taste at all in his clothes. And the witch who expelled the female ghost of Wanlun, she is an open-mouthed! I mean, you think about it......"

"So you're just putting all the stuff that other people do on your own account?" Before Lockhart could finish speaking, Harry asked out loud in disbelief.

"Harry, Harry," Lockhart said, shaking his head impatiently, "it's not as simple as you say. I have a lot of work. I'm going to track these people. Ask them how they could be so proud of those things. Then I'm going to give them an Oblivion Charm so they can forget about it. If there's anything I'm proud of, it's my Oblivion Curse. You know, Harry, I'm going to have to work a lot, a lot. You know, it's not just book autographs and celebrity photos. If you want to be famous, you have to be prepared to work hard for a long time. ”

He ping-pong put the lid on the suitcase and locked it. "Let me think," he said, "the east and west are all in order." Oh, by the way, and forgot one thing. ”

He drew his wand and turned to Harry and Ron.

"Lockhart, I told you you had to be restrained." At this moment, Yang Su walked into Lockhart's office and spoke.

"Disarm your weapons." As he spoke, Yang Su waved his wand. A flash of green light struck Lockhart and caused his wand to drop off.

"Tie him up Harry, it's a pity he's not a villain like Voldemort, or I wouldn't mind letting him try the power of dimensional magic." Yang Su looked at the two people in front of him and said, "By the way, why are you here now?" Professor McGonagall is going to send you home. ”

"We guessed the entrance to the chamber, and we knew that Professor McGonagall had asked Professor Lockhart to handle it, so ......"

"So you're going to let this unworthy creature deal with the basilisk?" Yang Su was indeed laughed at by these two little guys. "After all this year of getting along, don't you know what kind of person he is?"

"We just want to save ......"

Before Harry's words were finished, Yang Su waved his hand to stop and said, "Tell me what you know, and I'll rescue that little girl." ”

Harry knew Yang Su's strength, and he had seen Yang Su kill Professor Quirrell possessed by Voldemort with a magic spell last year. So when Yang Su was willing to help him, he felt very happy.

"We know it's there, come with us." With that, Harry and Ron led Yang Su to the door of the women's bathroom on the first floor.

The three of them walked in together and saw a crying myrtle sitting on the tank of one of the innermost toilets.

"Oh, it's you," she said, seeing Harry, "what do you want this time?"

"I want to ask you how you died." Harry said. Myrtle's whole demeanor changed all at once. It seemed that no one had ever asked her such a question that honored her.

"Ouch, it's horrible," she said with relish, "and that's where it happened." I died in this toilet. I remember it very clearly. At the time, Olive Humbe laughed at me for wearing glasses like a four-eyed dog, so I hid here. I locked the door and was crying inside, when I suddenly heard someone coming in. What they say is funny. I guess it must be another language. But what annoyed me the most was that I heard a boy's voice talking about life. So I opened the door, yelled at him to go out of the way, went to his boys' bathroom, andβ€”" Myrtle puffed out her chest and looked radiant in what she thought was remarkable.

"I'll die."

"How did you die?" Harry asked.

"I don't know," Myrtle said mysteriously in a low voice, "I just remember seeing a pair of frighteningly large yellow eyes." It was as if my whole body was caught, and then I floated away......"

She looked at Harry in a trance. "Then I came back. You know, I'm hell-bent on settling accounts with Olif. Oh, and she regretted laughing at me for wearing glasses. ”

"Where the hell did you see those eyes?" Harry asked.

"Pretty much right there." Myrtle said, gesturing vaguely to the pool in front of her.

Harry and Ron hurried over. Lockhart hurriedly stepped aside, a terrified expression on his face. The pool looked normal. They checked it inside and out, up and down, and didn't let go of the water pipes underneath.

Then Harry saw a small snake carved into the side of a bronze dragon's head. "This faucet never comes out of the water." Myrtle said happily when she saw that Harry wanted to unscrew the faucet.

"Harry," Ron said, "you say a few words. Say a few words in a parseltongue. ”

When Harry tried a few times, he successfully opened it using the Parseltongue cavity. Suddenly, the dragon's head emitted a dazzling white light and began to spin rapidly. Then the pool moved. They watched as the pool slowly faded from view, revealing a very thick pipe that could fit a person in.

"Looks like this is the entrance to the secret room." At this time, Yang Su looked at the passage in front of him and said, "You two go back first, and leave it to me here." By the way, you should inform Dumbledore. If something happens to me, he can come and replace me. ”

Harry seemed to say something, but Yang Su stopped, "This is not something you can meddle in, Harry, if something happens to me, I need you to open the door for Dumbledore." There's no way we're going to beg that heir to open the door to the Chamber of Secrets for Dumbledore, are we? ”

"Okay, let's go inform Headmaster Dumbledore right away."

……

Looking at the figures of Harry and Ron leaving, Yang Su slipped into the passage in front of him.

The passage kept going down, and Yang Su let himself slide down.

It felt like speeding down a dark, slimy, endless slide. He could see that there were many other pipes that were branching out in all directions, but none of them were as thick as this one. Their pipe twists and turns, and the slope is steep all the way down. Suddenly fell to the ground. The water pipe became horizontal, and Yang Su felt very uncomfortable when he looked at the surrounding scene after walking out of the pipe mouth.

Looking at the mud covered in his body, he immediately released a cleansing spell. Although the blood mage profession has been sealed, Yang Su still has the most basic night vision.

Walking in the silent pipeline, Yang Su looked for the traces of the basilisk, only to see a huge silhouette appear in front of his eyes, lying in the passage, motionless.

"Without the breath of life, is it dead?" But a closer look at Yang Su found that it was not the basilisk, it was the snakeskin it had faded from.

Using flash magic, the snake's skin was green and bright, and at first glance it looked like the skin of a poisonous snake, coiled and lying on the floor of the tunnel, and the inside was empty. Apparently, the animal that had just shed this layer of skin was at least twenty feet long.

Pi Yang Su, who had walked past the basilisk, continued to move forward, and after several turns in the tunnel, Yang Su finally came to the end. In front of him stood a sturdy wall, carved with two intertwined snakes, their eyes studded with large, glittering emeralds.

"That's terrible, I don't know how to snake." Looking at the wall blocking the way in front of him, Yang Su thought for a while and decided to break it violently.

Gathering the magic power on his body, Yang Su attracted the power of another dimension, and when the magic power reached its peak, Yang Su controlled the magic to attack forward.

"Dimension: Particle Waves."

As this terrifying force bombarded the wall in front of him, the real door of the secret room opened.