Chapter 267: Method
The boat was driving on the surface of the lake, the four fields were quiet, only the soft rustle of the bow penetrating the water, the boat was moving automatically, without their hands, it seemed that an invisible rope pulled it towards the green light in the middle of the lake, and it didn't take long for the cave wall in the direction of coming to be invisible, as if floating in the sea, but there were no waves around.
The boat wasn't moving fast, and it gave the few people on board plenty of time to 'admire' the corpses floating beneath the surface.
Amosta half-squinted, his cold, condensed gaze fixed on the dead corpse floating by, without saying a word.
Remus pursed his lips tightly, every breath he took seemed like he was trying his best, including Sirius in his arms, and at this moment, those dark, bloody years jumped back into their minds.
No one likes the arrogance of death singing and dancing, and after watching for a while, several people in the cabin looked away, hoping to reach the other side as soon as possible.
After a few minutes, the green light in the center of the lake became brighter, and the hull of the boat shook, as if it had hit something and stopped.
Kreacher was crouching on the surface of the lake, anticipating their arrival, and Amosta jumped out of the cabin, then took a few steps forward, surveying the island, and Remus cautiously descended with Sirius in his arms.
As Amosta said, the ghostly boat did not return to the other shore after being devoid of passengers, but remained silent, waiting for them to return or die.
The island in the lake was not large, about the size of Dumbledore's office at the school, and the ground was a flat black slab of stone, not like it had been formed naturally.
As they stood on the island, they both noticed that the green light they had seen earlier on the shore had become brighter, and Amosta blinked, knowing that this was the stone basin filled with green liquid described in Kreacher's story, and in curiosity, he walked over.
Sirius's face was dull, and now that he was here, he didn't shout to retrieve Regulus, but walked with Remus into the green halo.
The three people are centered on a stone basin and surround the base. Inside the stone basin, there is a slowly basin of emerald green liquid, emitting a sparkling phosphorescence.
Amosta glanced away for only a few moments, tilting his head instead to look at the base that connected the stone basin, which seemed to be more interested, and rubbed his fingertips down the curve of the curve until his palm pressed against the smooth, cold black slate.
The green liquid in the basin was not so clear, Sirius couldn't see the fake locket that his brother had thrown into, and after a moment's hesitation, he looked at Amosta, who was behaving strangely,
"You have a way. I mean, take out that fake locket, that. It's Regulus, after all—"
"Sirius--"
Remus snorted softly in a reproachful tone,
"You've heard Kreacher say what will happen to you if you drink the potion in this potion, and you shouldn't embarrass Amosta. Oh, seriously, I'm missing Snape a little bit at this point, he's a master of potions, and he might have had something to say about Voldemort's potions—"
Maybe this potion is made from snot -
Sirius opened his mouth, but he held back considering Amosta's presence.
Kreacher also wanted to get Regulus's relics back, but apparently it cared more about Regulus's body, and its eyes kept tilting in one direction, which was the place where Regulus was dragged into the water by the Yin corpse, which was a memory that it could not face, but it could never forget
But now, it did not dare to make a loud noise to remind the three of them what they had come for, and especially, it did not dare to disturb Amosta, and Kreacher could see that it was up to the new owner of the old Black Mansion to get the body of Master Regulus out of the lake.
"It depends on how much you're willing to pay--"
Amosta clapped his hands and stood up and said,
"Two ways, as simple as Regulus back then, just drink the stuff in the basin and it's not fatal, but it will incapacitate people, I guess Voldemort's purpose is to interrogate and interrogate how the wizards who came here found out about this place, and the purpose of the locket-"
Truth be told, if it weren't for the search for Regulus's body, Sirius would have drank
Sirius wouldn't let Remus and Amosta on the island drink potions, he wasn't qualified to do so, and even if they offered to mention him, he would refuse, and Sirius was grateful to accompany him to this cave full of dangers.
And Kreacher Sirius stopped the eager Kreacher with his eyes, and even Regulus knew to sacrifice himself, he would not be so despicable as to order Kreacher to drink the potion.
"What about the second option?"
Remus asked for Sirius.
"There's more to the potion than drinking one of the potions in the stone basin."
Amosta tapped his wand rhythmically on the palm of his left hand, and he scanned the darkness around the island, smiling indifferently,
"The base of the stone basin is connected to the earth, and the magic power in the entire huge space is hooked, if you want to destroy the potion in the stone basin in a violent way, you must consume the magic power of this cave to a very low level, but because of the existence of the phenomenon of 'magic negative pressure', there is a certain possibility that this will cause the mountain above to collapse.
Normally, this is a very stupid and thankless approach, but unfortunately I have this leisure tonight. ”
Landslides –
Hearing this word, the two middle-aged men subconsciously looked at the roof of the cave hidden in the dark, and shivered a few times in unison.
If this cavern really collapsed, then at least hundreds of thousands of tons of rocks would fall on top of their heads, and no wizard would be able to face a disaster of this magnitude without being able to escape directly from the apparition.
"Let's find Regulus first, Amosta."
Sirius, who made the request, quickly reversed course and tried to dispel Amosta's madness.
Finding Regulus' body was indeed the number one priority, and Amosta nodded slightly,
"So, Kreacher, you must remember where Regulus was dragged into the water, right?"
"Kreacher will not forget until he dies, sir!"
The old house-elf wiped tears from its cheeks, and it pointed in one direction.
"Very good--"
Amosta nodded in satisfaction, and he saw that Remus had pulled out his wand and assumed a defensive posture, and Sirius had taken out the wand of a certain Black family ancestor that he had found in the old mansion, and his eyes were firmly fixed in the direction that Kreacher was pointing.
"The Yin Corpses probably won't rush up one by one, until Regulus appears, you'll need to deal with it yourself, I won't make a move--"
(End of chapter)