Chapter 836: Plan Ahead
Why do you ask this? Slughorn was so nervous that he subconsciously looked left and right, and even wanted to use magic to probe to see if there were anyone else spying on them; Because the method of making Horcruxes is forbidden knowledge, it is strictly restricted from leaking to the outside world, and he accidentally revealed this secret to Tom Riddle before, which created the current Voldemort.
"I've got to get ready!" Shen Long sighed, "The invention of the wolf poison potion will definitely offend Fenrir Greyback, he is one of the most important Death Eaters under the mysterious man, the mysterious man will find me sooner or later, I can't be unprepared." ”
"Professor, I'm sure you're in their sights." Shen Long warned, this is not just his own business, "The mysterious man has probably started to make Horcruxes, and I must know this knowledge if I want to destroy him." ”
Shen Long searched all over the library, but he didn't find the book "Cutting-edge Dark Arts Decryption" that detailed the production method of Horcruxes, it was estimated that it was hidden by Dumbledore, so he could only come to Slughorn for advice, compared to Dumbledore, it was easier to convince him.
In the past year or so, Shen Long had already gained Slughorn's trust, and coupled with the threat of Voldemort, Shen Long spent a lot of effort and finally asked Slughorn about the Horcruxes.
"The method of making horcruxes comes from ancient Egyptian sorcerers, and the word Horcrux evolved from Horus, the body of Horus's father Osiris was thrown away by Seth, but as a mummy was resurrected, Osiris became a model for all the dead, and in mythology, it was the god Horus who taught humans how to make mummies; The sorcerers of ancient Egypt used this to develop a method of making Horcruxes. ”
After telling the history of Horcruxes, Slughorn began to talk to Shen Long about the method of making and destroying Horcruxes, "Making a Horcrux requires the dark wizard to break and split his soul through evil things such as murder, and then separate a part of the soul from the body and seal it in a vessel, this vessel is the Horcrux, so that even if the body is destroyed, it can't die, because there is still a part of the soul that has not been damaged and remains in the world, but the soul should remain intact, and splitting it is an evil act against nature, Can cause insanity. ”
"In order to completely kill a Dark Mage who created a Horcrux, all Horcruxes must be destroyed, but Horcruxes must be destroyed with great care, as they are often protected by powerful Dark Magic."
Shen Long nodded, he remembered this very well, Dumbledore was in the dark arts when he destroyed Marvolo Gaunt's ring, and even Dumbledore couldn't heal the injuries caused by the dark arts.
So, how many Horcruxes does Voldemort have now, and where are they hidden? Shen Long began to recall that the first Horcrux that appeared in the original book was Tom Riddle's diary, which Lucius had secretly stuffed into Ginny's stack of books, and it was not known where it was now.
The second Horcrux is the ring of Marvolo-Gaunt, kept in the Slytherin family's Gaunt mansion.
The third Horcrux is the Slytherin locket, kept in the cave Tom visited as a child, defended by powerful dark magic, and should not have been taken by Regulus Black.
The fourth Horcrux is the Hufflepuff Gold Cup, which was placed by the vigilant Voldemort in Gringotts and guarded by the dragon, and where the Gold Cup was placed, it was cast with a fire charm and a copy charm, and the object it touched would become hot and copy itself.
The fifth Horcrux is the Ravenclaw Tiara, which was made into a Horcrux by Tom Riddle's clever words, and was hidden in the Room of Requirement when Riddle went to Hogwarts to apply for a job with Dumbledore, and it was hidden in Hogwarts.
The sixth Horcrux is the Great Serpent Nagini, according to the information he received from Lucius, Nagini is now following Voldemort, and it is estimated that he will not be able to find a way to solve it until the end.
Now Harry Potter has not been born, and the seventh Horcrux does not yet exist, so if you want to kill Voldemort, you only need to solve six Horcruxes; Thinking about this, Shen Long thought of the problem of the Voyager again, if Voldemort knew a little bit of science and secretly hid a Horcrux on it or on the lunar probe, then it is estimated that he would really not be able to die.
Hey, this is the disadvantage of not having culture, as long as the Horcrux is still hidden on the earth, how can it be found, or does the Horcrux also have a range of use? Once you fly too far, you can't receive a signal, can't you be resurrected?
To destroy a Horcrux, you also need to take a specific method, and the Horcrux that can be destroyed must be very destructive, so strong that the Horcrux can no longer be repaired with magic, such as the basilisk's venom, the fire spell and the Avada Suo Curse, etc., the Gryffindor Sword itself cannot destroy the Horcrux, it can destroy the Horcrux because it absorbs the basilisk's venom.
So it's also a disadvantage to forbidding the study of dark magic, if you can't use the Fire Charm and the Avada Death Charm, and you can't get the basilisk's venom, what do you rely on to destroy the Horcruxes?
Shen Long thought of the dwarven Mithril longsword he carried in his space, and the Valyrian steel dagger borrowed from Erya, these two weapons also have the effect of removing evil, I don't know if they can destroy the Horcrux?
Forget it, let Dumbledore do these things! I'm still a child, so why should I go through this kind of age-inappropriate pressure? Find an opportunity to secretly find out the Room of Requirement, and then give Ravenclaw's crown to Dumbledore, and let him find a way to destroy it when the time comes; As for us, let's continue to develop lewdly, and by the way, we can enhance our relationship with Lily.
Coming out of Slughorn, Shen Long was quiet for a while, and after the final exams of the second year, he entered the Room of Requirement according to the book, obtained the Ravenclaw crown, and gave it to Dumbledore.
"Severus, how did you find the Room of Requirement?" Dumbledore saw that the artifact had traces of dark magic on it.
"I drank a lot of drinks to celebrate Slytherin getting the House Cup, I was desperate to go to the bathroom, and then I went inside, and there were all sorts of fancy pots in it......," Shen Long told Dumbledore's future experience.
"Well, thank you, Severus, for your great contribution to Hogwarts." Dumbledore was suspicious of him, but didn't show anything, and after sending Shen Long away, he looked at the Horcrux and fell into deep thought.
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