Chapter 1014: The Grotto
Van Lin could smell the salty breath, hear the rushing waves, the moonlit sea and the starry sky in front of him, the cold breeze blowing his hair away, and he was standing on a high rock, the sea rolling under his feet, beating countless foams.
Van Lin turned his head to look behind him. There stood a high, steep cliff looming in the darkness. The huge rocks around them, along with the one at the feet of Harry and Dumbledore, looked like they had collapsed from a cliff. All around was desolate, not a single grass or tree, not even a grain of sand.
In fact, it is naturally impossible to hide such a thing as destroying a Horcrux.
As Dumbledore had said, he needed more clues to find what he was looking for, and there was no doubt that it was a Horcrux.
Naturally, Dumbledore could not have spared the fake Horcruxes that had existed in the cave.
Not only that, but a person's passage will always inadvertently leave something else.
So, Van Lin, Hermione, Dumbledore, Sirius, and Kreacher came here, Regulus's graveyard.
"How does it feel?" asked Dumbledore casually, as if they were talking about something that would normally happen.
"No breath, Professor, I don't feel ......," said Van Lin, "Voldemort's concealment is very clever......
"Oh, it's natural, Tom was very good at this when he was at Hogwarts, and did a lot of things with it that we didn't know about, but ......" Dumbledore cast his gaze into the distance......
"How's it going here?" Dumbledore asked.
"Very, very dangerous, Professor......" Van Lin replied, while Hermione looked uneasily at the water around her, the black waves crashing against the nearby cliffs in the wind.
"Not here, to be exact," said Dumbledore, "there's a village-like place in the middle of the cliff behind us. I think that's where the orphans were taken in the name of smelling the sea and seeing the waves. I think that's the only place Riddle and his young victims visited. Except for a few very good mountaineers, no Muggle could come to these reefs. They couldn't come to the cliff by boat, the water around it was too dangerous for them, even for a wizard. ”
"So, he chose to be here!" said Van Lin, "not to be disturbed, but it was not a good idea. ”
"That was after you knew it. Dumbledore said, "I must admit, though, I would have had a hard time finding this place without Kreacher's hint." ”
"Yes, yes, Master Regulus, it's ......right there," said Kreacher, his body trembling uncontrollably, for he had been given many terrible experiences, fears that were almost impossible for a house-elf to forget.
"But how are we going to get in?" Sirius frowned, it was clear that wandering outside was a bit of a pain for Sirius.
"Oh, I suppose, this way, Kreacher?" said Dumbledore after a pause.
Although they were surprised how Dumbledore found out, after getting Kreacher's confirmation, everyone still followed in Dumbledore's footsteps.
That's right, Voldemort has all the arrangements figured out, it's impossible that all the Horcruxes don't have other defenses, and it's hard to guarantee that there won't be any accidents if Kreacher brings everyone over.
Van Lin walked down the edge of the reef with a slanted stone nest that only allowed him to stand. The slightly concave stone nests extend to the huge boulders that are closer to the cliffs and are half-submerged in the water.
It was a steep slope, and the withered, shriveled plant was getting in the way of Dumbledore, who walked slowly. The reef below is getting more and more slippery by the sea.
Van Lin could clearly feel the cold grains of salt splashing on his face.
"Fluorescent" Dumbledore was already standing on a boulder closest to the cliff. The glittering golden light reflected thousands of points of light on the water not far below him, illuminating even the black rock walls beside him.
"See?" said Dumbledore calmly, raising his wand slightly. Van Lin saw a crack in the cliff, and the black sea water was constantly swirling in.
"You're not averse to getting a little wet, are you? I think our destination is down here. ”
Of course, no one objected.
Dumbledore was surprisingly the first to slide into the water with the agility of a much younger man, clenching his glowing wand and swimming towards the black cracks in the cliff in a standard breaststroke position.
Van Lin cast a bubble head charm on him and Hermione, and followed.
In the cold water, Van Lin's soaked clothes churned around him, falling down on him. Taking a deep breath fills his nostrils with the smell of salt and seaweed.
Van Lin slammed into the shrinking light that was moving deeper into the cliff, and in the end, she had to be assisted by magic, and Hermione's strength was even weaker, and Van Lin kept pulling her.
The gap soon widened into a black tunnel, but the water used to be much higher. The sticky walls on either side were only three feet away, glowing like wet asphalt from the flash of Dumbledore's wand.
Not far ahead, Van Lin could see that the road had bent to the left, continuing deeper into the cliffs. He continued to swim with Dumbledore, numb fingertips skimming the rough, damp rock face from time to time.
At this time, Van Lin saw Dumblebe in front of him standing up in the water, his silver hair and fluorescent faintly flickering.
When the big deal arrives, he finds the steps leading to a large cavern. He climbed the steps, exposed to the cold air. His soaked clothes were dripping with water, and he was shaking uncontrollably.
This is much colder than expected, and the body can withstand a lot of cold after a few times, but the tingling sensation deep into the bone marrow is really unavoidable.
If it's an ordinary Muggle, it's going to be half a life when you come here, and the current is very fast, and it's easy to get lost in the dark illusion.
Dumbledore stood in the middle of the cavern, wand in his hand and looking around the walls and ceiling.
"Yes, this is it," Dumbledore said.
Van Lin looked up and saw that the space inside the cave was much larger than he had imagined, and the air flow here was very weak, and perhaps there were some cracks at the top that connected to the outside world.
A damp sensation swept over me, mixed with the salty smell of the sea, giving it a very dull feeling, and you might be able to get wet after standing here for a while.