Chapter 245: The True Legend of the Three Brothers
In the Headmaster's office at Hogwarts, a transparent cloak as smooth as fluid floated in the air, the corners of its garment draped diagonally to one side, and no wrinkles could be seen. At the same time, there was no shadow on the ground that was cast down.
Two professors and two ghosts watched closely around the fabled Deathly Hallows.
"I don't feel like there's anything special about it, it's like an ordinary invisibility cloak." The sparkle in Ghost Xiwen's eyes gradually faded, and then he said with a frown. "If it weren't for the fact that this cloak of invisibility blocked a lot of magic for Potter, I really couldn't believe that this was one of the miraculous deathly hallows that was circulating."
Although Dumbledore and Headmaster Dippet next to him did not speak, they could see from their eyes that they also recognized Xiwen's words.
"I think it's because the true function of the Cloak of Invisibility can only be activated by the power of the Grim Reaper." The Dark Knight whispered. Looking at the deathly holy weapon in front of him that had been passed down for more than a thousand years, even he, who had been keeping his waves, couldn't help but be in a trance.
"Relying on the power of the Grim Reaper?" Dumbledore looked away from the Cloak of Invisibility and looked at the Dark Knight and asked sharply. "Do you mean that the Cloak of Invisibility is really an item that originally belonged to the Grim Reaper, as told in The Legend of the Three Brothers?"
"What is The Legend of the Three Brothers?" The Dark Knight asked a little stiffly.
Seeing this, Xiwen casually opened a small dimensional door, took out the book of "The Tales of the Poet Bean" given by Professor Kettleburn again, waved it to float in front of the Dark Knight, and turned the page of "The Legend of the Three Brothers" for him very thoughtfully.
The Dark Knight looked at the pages in front of him and began to peruse the legend.
Xiwen and the two professors did not disturb his reading, and as they thought quietly, the president's office fell into silence, except for the crackling of burning candles.
The Dark Knight read for a long time, until Xiwen couldn't help but look at him several times, and then the knight slowly said in a tangled tone: "I can't read your contemporary writing......"
Xiwen: "......"
Professors: "......"
"I should have thought of it, after all, you lived before Helena, and you should have used Old English at that time." With his hand on his forehead, Xiwen raised his hand to retrieve the "Tales of the Poet Bean", and then opened his mouth to recite the legend to the Dark Knight.
The Dark Knight listened intently, nodding his head from time to time.
"There is a big difference in the details, but on the whole, the general direction is very close to the facts." After listening to "The Legend of the Three Brothers", he slowly nodded to the head wrapped in the helmet and said to Xiwen. "In order to fight the threat of death, the three Peverell brothers once disguised themselves as his followers and lurked beside the god of death."
"And the Grim Reaper, though unscrupulous and sinful, has always been the most obedient to the contract. In order to reward the three brothers for their exploits, he gave them his invisibility cloak. ”
Later, Ignotus, the smartest of the three brothers, figured out how to use the cloak of invisibility and modified it; At the same time, Antioch and Cadmus also created two Hallows weapons, the Elder Wand and the Resurrection Stone, in response to the Grim Reaper's abilities. This is where the three Deathly Hallows come from. ”
In the end, the three Peverell brothers relied on these three Deathly Hallows to defeat the Grim Reaper. But the Grim Reaper can rely on the power of emotions to resurrect continuously, and the three brothers cannot completely destroy it. So they borrowed the function of the invisibility cloak to seal the god of death in another dimension, and it was not until now, more than a thousand years later, that he finally saw the light of day. ”
The Dark Knight rested his hands on the hilt of his heavy sword standing on the ground, and told the true legend of the three brothers to the few people present in a cold tone.
At this time, Xiwen's eyes suddenly moved, and he asked: "Your Excellency Knight, since the three brothers finally defeated the Grim Reaper and sealed it, why did their eldest brother and second brother not get a good ending in the story of "The Story of the Poet and Bean"?" ”
"Did their final ending in the legend ever happen? Or is it just the bard Bidou's guess? ”
The Dark Knight was silent for a few moments before he spoke in a low mood, "Antioch and Cadmus really didn't get the happy ending they deserved......"
"Under the circumstances at that time, although the Grim Reaper was sealed, there were too many of his followers, and basically every believer had more or less residual power belonging to the Grim Reaper."
Under the influence of these remnants, many people were spiritually enchanted, and the news of Antioch's invincible wand spread among the believers. Eventually, the hero had his throat cut by a villain who coveted the Elder Wand in an inn in a wizarding village. ”
"And the second brother of the three brothers, Cadmus, he was seriously injured after the battle, and before he could stabilize his spirit, he was affected by the residual power of death in his body, and the ghost made a god use the resurrection stone in his hand to summon the image of his deceased lover. Eventually, under the lovesickness, he hanged himself on the balcony of his house. ”
"Only the youngest and smartest, Ignotus, escaped the detection of the remnants of death with the Cloak of Invisibility, and was the only one of the three brothers to die properly. However, he also stayed under the protection of the invisibility cloak almost all his life, and finally waited until the power left by the god of death in the world completely dissipated. ”
"In the end, as the legend says, Ignotus came out of the cloak of invisibility before the end of his life and passed it on to his son."
The Dark Knight's tone was extremely complicated when he spoke these stories, and his voice was as cold as the sound of metal rubbing, and it seemed to be mixed with a bit of sadness and respect.
After a long silence, Principal Dippet was the first to break the silence.
"Now is not the time for a moment of silence for these heroes. Only by eliminating the common enemy of the Grim Reaper can we pay them the best respect! ”
"So, do we also have to have someone pretending to be a follower of the Grim Reaper to lurk around him, so as to leave a mark borrowed from the power of the Grim Reaper, so as to use the Cloak of Invisibility to strengthen the seal?" The Headmaster asked softly as he looked at the Dark Knight.
"I don't think a cunning demon god like Death would fall in the same pit a second time." Without waiting for the Dark Knight to reply, Dumbledore suddenly spoke. "The Grim Reaper has already been defeated once by the three Peverell brothers by pretending to be believers, and I don't believe he will be prepared for this."
"Besides, more than a thousand years have passed, and he has more than a thousand years to improve the mark he left on his believers!"
"Indeed, it cannot be ruled out that the sigil has been improved by the Grim Reaper." The Dark Knight bowed. "It's likely that the Grim Reaper will find a new way to eliminate the possibility of betrayal by the believers."
"But if that's the case, how can we really use the power of the Cloak of Invisibility?" Principal Dippet pondered a little dazedly.
"If we don't use the power of the Deathly Hallows and directly face the Death Reaper's body, what are our chances of winning?" Dumbledore asked, playing with his wand and looking at the Dark Knight.
"It seems to me that without the use of the Deathly Hallows, your odds are zero." The Dark Knight said unceremoniously.
Once again, there was silence in the office.
At this moment, Xiwen's eyes suddenly moved.
He sealed his hands and summoned a dark black circle in the shape of a demon's head.
At the same time, an extremely evil black mist-like energy slowly gushed out from the circle, and this energy tentatively made contact with the invisibility cloak under Xiwen's manipulation.
"Strange, what are you doing?!" Principal Dippet asked in surprise as he felt the evil aura that was thick in this power.
"Invincible Begins with Sacrificing to the Ancestors"
"This is the power of a dimensional demon god, and I can borrow it for the time being." Xiwen said with a calm expression. "I used this kind of power similar to the Grim Reaper when I fought against the Grim Reaper's dark enchantment before, and if I didn't have this power, I would not have been able to use that kind of spell that belongs to the Grim Reaper."
Dumbledore had already reacted at this time, and asked Masace, "Strange, do you want to try to use this power to stimulate the hidden ability of the Invisibility Cloak?" ”
Xiwen nodded slightly.
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