Chapter 535: The Water of Punishment
God's love for human beings has made human beings, creatures who have only lived for a few decades, become the masters of the world. Not only does human beings have emotions that other creatures don't have, but they also have extraordinary intelligence.
Wisdom creates a brilliant civilization, and rich emotions bring strife. It can be said that human beings are contradictory creatures, good at creating and at the same time extremely destructive.
But God seems to be fair, giving human beings rich emotions and wisdom, and at the same time creating infinite suffering for human beings. From the moment a person is born, he has experienced birth, old age, sickness, death, love and hatred.
After breaking through the stone wall with the method of 'blood sacrifice', there was not much magic left in Dumbledore's body. But with a lot of combat experience, follow Tom. Riddle, a student's understanding, did not act rashly in the face of the natural cave full of magic crystals.
Harry. Potter looked at the natural cavern in front of him filled with magic crystals and sighed. "Headmaster Dumbledore, are so many magic crystals naturally formed?" Harry. Potter asked. Harry of the Weasley family has traveled many times. Potter had also seen the Weasleys' Dark Arts Defenses, but the Magic Crystals that sustained them were only the size of a fist. In a cave like this, the smallest magic hedron is at least the size of a football.
Dumbledore shook his head, "It's unlikely that the 'Black Sea of Death' is the home of the Kraken, and this is not a place rich in magic crystals, it seems that these magic crystals were plundered by Tom when he led the Death Eaters to run rampant in the wizarding world of England."
Although I have seen in the books about the dark ages that Voldemort-led Death Eaters brought to the entire British wizarding world for more than a decade, the descriptions in the books are only a few words. This is also a means deliberately downplayed by the British Ministry of Magic in order to eliminate Voldemort's negative influence among wizards, and used it to whitewash the peace. When Harry. When Potter really saw the magic hedron of the entire cavern, he realized how many wizarding families the Death Eaters led by Voldemort had slaughtered in the first place.
Looking at the bottomless water at his feet, an inexplicable fear haunted his heart. Potter stared at the dark waters. He asked, "Then how do we get there?" ”
The passage of magic and the blood shed in the 'blood sacrifice' made the one hundred and fifty-year-old Dumbledore turn pale. Rubbing his beard, Dumbledore smiled, "Tom's magical talent is a once-in-a-century experience, whether it is potions or magic arrays, there are wild imaginations, but one thing will not change!" That's his conceited and suspicious character! Because of his personality, he absolutely believed that the rock wall would be able to withstand the powerful wizard. This is the work of his conceited heart! And his suspicious side will cause him to set many traps in this cave... All those who say that we use magic here will definitely be attacked!! ”
Faced with the constant boasting of his father-killer by Dumbledore, the greatest wizard of the century, Harry. Potter was filled with emotion in his heart, and it was not easy for him to get rid of Decora. Coming out of the shadows of Malfoy's defeat, and now hearing Dumbledore's praise for Voldemort, Harry. Potter couldn't help but ask himself, "He's so strong, can I beat him?" ”
From a little boy under the fence in the Muggle world, he entered the wizarding world and suddenly became a respected savior and lived a high-profile life. From the beginning, it was impossible to go with the flow from the present. But Harry. Potter knew in his heart that he was even Decora. Malfoy, whose peers can't be defeated, can he fight Voldemort, who is not inferior to Dumbledore?
Dumbledore seemed to see Harry. Potter's thoughts, sighed helplessly, his body eroded by the toxin has not been long in time, if he gives himself ten more years, Dumbledore is fully confident that he can take Harry. Potter trained to be a first-class wizard.
"Hehe, Tom is strong, but Harry! Remember, evil can never defeat good! Think of so many righteous wizards. In order to stop the Death Eaters, James and Lily are not afraid of any representative of power, I believe you," Dumbledore said slowly.
When it comes to his parents, Harry. Potter's eyes lit up with confidence again. Said firmly, "Headmaster Dumbledore! Don't worry, I'll fight Voldemort to the end! I believe that the darkness will pass one day! ”
"You know, it's just how to get over? Hehe, I think with Tom's suspicious personality, the Horcrux is about his life! And the magic crystals in this place can last for about four hundred years at most, and all Tom must have reserved a way back" Saying that, Dumbledore mobilized the little magic power left in his body, and bursts of magic fluctuations surged, with Dumbledore as a circle, and the faintly visible magic fluctuations spread in all directions like water waves. Sensing everything around him with his eyes closed, suddenly Dumbledore's wand slammed towards the inky black lake, and a wrist-thick, rusty iron chain burst out of the water.
Harry. Potter hurriedly grabbed the chain and pulled desperately, and a dark shadow slowly emerged from the dead water. With a 'bang', a flat boat the size of a bathtub burst out of the water. The other end of the boat is also linked to this iron cable. The iron rope stretched out to the other side. Harry. Potter helped Dumbledore onto the boat. Young and strong Harry. Like a slender man, Potter dragged the iron rope connected to the bow of the boat, dragging the boat slowly. And standing Harry. Dumbledore, behind Potter, watched vigilantly with his wand in hand.
Repeating the action of pulling the chain, Harry. Potter's hands were already sore. After crossing three or four hundred meters, Harry. Potter clearly felt the resistance of the chain being dragged on, and with a sharp tug, the entire chain was pulled out of the water, and the other end of the chain was actually linked to an island made entirely of magic crystals. At the top of the island, there is obviously a square magic crystal that has been artificially polished.
"Right there!" Dumbledore squinted at the square magic hedron and muttered.
An old man and a young man cautiously stepped on the magic spar and landed on the island. Stepping on the magic hedron under your feet is like stepping on glass. The sound of 'click' kept coming.
When he saw the square magic crystal, Dumbledore had a helpless look on his face, "Hehe, are you a brilliant genius or a crazy maniac?" Tom, Tom, such a crazy thing is something that only you can do, right? Dumbledore sighed as he looked at the hand-polished magic hedron.
Harry. Potter leaned over, only to see the magic crystal that had been erected in the middle of the island, as if it had been cut by man. A groove was dug in the middle, and the groove was filled with transparent liquid, and next to it was a conch the size of a porcelain bowl, and among the transparent liquid, a women's necklace was faintly visible, and a delicate small box hung from the necklace.
"This is Voldemort's Horcrux?" Harry. Potter was shocked.
Nodding. Dumbledore explained slowly, "This necklace counts as one of our Hogwarts treasures, and his name is 'Salazar?' The Slytherin Golden Crate was left behind by the Gaunt family, who founded Slytherin House, but I didn't expect it to be made into a Horcrux by Tom."
Although I don't know what those liquids are, they are used to protect this Horcrux and see how dangerous they are. Harry. Potter drew his wand, 'Salazar? The Slytherin crate flew in, but the necklace that had settled in the clear liquid didn't move.
"Useless with the protection of the 'Waters of Punishment', no spells can be used," Dumbledore whispered.
"Waters of Punishment? What's that? It's really not good, let's just scoop up the water here? "Harry. Potter wondered.
"If only it were that simple, otherwise how could I say that Tom is both a genius and a madman? This 'water of punishment' is a very special and rare spring. Under the protection of this spring. Can prevent any spells! If you want to scoop up these springs, then this 'water of punishment' will continue to bubble up, and unless you drink it, this 'water of punishment' will not be exhausted," Dumbledore explained. Potter was stunned.
After saying that, Dumbledore headed towards Harry. Potter instructed: "This 'water of punishment' does not do much harm to the body, as the name suggests, the 'water of punishment' is the punishment of the heart, as long as you have done something guilty, you must accept the punishment of the heart, no one dares to drink three bowls, because the punishment of the heart is more terrible than the physical torture, and I will drink it later." If you feel unwell, even if you force it into my mouth, you have to force me to drink this 'water of punishment', you know? ”
Harry. Potter looked at Dumbledore's determined expression. Nodding heavily, it was only then that he really understood the meaning of Dumbledore's evaluation of Voldemort, the genius of magic, and the behavior of a madman. Only a madman would leave this kind of prohibition behind, and if Voldemort personally came back to retrieve this Horcrux one day, I believe Voldemort would also drink this 'water of punishment', right? Killed so many innocent people. Under the effect of the 'water of punishment', how much punishment of conscience did Voldemort have to endure? I didn't expect Voldemort, who was fierce to his enemies, to be even more fierce to himself.
Dumbledore picked up the porcelain bowl-sized conch, scooped the 'water of punishment' from the groove, and drank it down. Except for the coldness, the 'water of punishment' slid down his throat and into his abdomen, and Dumbledore's eyes suddenly glistened with tears. A sense of guilt occupied that resolute heart, and the past in his mind surfaced one by one, and the fact that he fought with his friends in order to compete for the 'Elder Wand' and caused his sister's death came to mind.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry I shouldn't," Dumbledore choked and muttered, tears rolling down his eyes. The death of his sister became the most guilty thing in Dumbledore's life.
Holding back the condemnation in his heart, Dumbledore scooped a bowl from the groove and poured it into his mouth again.
Everything in front of him, let Harry. Potter was at a loss, Dumbledore, the great white wizard, in Harry. Potter's memory was always that of the kind of person whose face did not change, and now Dumbledore was lying on the ground and crying convulsively after drinking three bowls of 'Punishment Water'. When he stood up again and was about to scoop the fourth bowl, he didn't dare to pour it into his mouth, so he directly dropped the conch in his hand, and the whole person fell to the ground and choked.
And the little reduction in the 'water of punishment' in the groove was a little higher again. At this time, Harry, who was standing aside. Potter then remembered what Dumbledore had just confessed. Pick up the conch that fell to the ground and scoop up a bowl. Pick up Dumbledore, the weeping old man, and pour a ruthless heart into the other's mouth.
The once majestic white wizard has now become a helpless little old man, with tears and snot in the corners of his eyes all over his face. "Harry, Harry, please, don't let me drink, oh, sister, I'm sorry for you," Dumbledore couldn't stop crying.
Harry. Potter was like a doctor coaxing a child to take medicine, and kept saying "One more bowl, one more bowl, Headmaster Dumbledore, after the last bowl, we can get the Horcrux, and after drinking, we can destroy Voldemort" (to be continued......)