Chapter 12: Dumbledore has a question mark
Dumbledore's long white eyebrows twitched twice, and his azure eyes looked at Sirius:
"Of course, Sirius, this is a request that cannot be refused, and a request that should not be denied."
Then he looked at Zhang Xiao again: "Zhang, will you come with you too?" ”
Zhang Xiao also nodded, how could he not go, not to mention the emotional, it was not a dangerous activity in the first place.
It's a practical, protective measure set up by Voldemort himself.
The stone of the mountain can attack jade, and it can not see the character of the undulating earth demon, but it cannot look at the power and knowledge of the undulating earth demon, in the area of black magic, Voldemort has definitely surpassed the despicable Helbo.
So it's nice to have a chance to see what Voldemort is up to.
Sirius wiped his tears, this always lazy expression, cynical, uninhibited young master Black, but at the moment he was full of a sharp feeling.
He tapped his clothes with his wand, and with the light of the transformation, the suit on his body was transformed into a mobile suit.
Dumbledore looked at Kreacher and said gently:
"Kreacher, we want to go to that cave and bring Regulus home, will you help us?"
Kreacher covered his eyes and nodded desperately, tears flying everywhere with its movements: "Kreacher is willing, Kreacher wants to take the young master home." ”
"It's a cave, isn't it? If you can, I'd like you to take us outside that cave. ”
Dumbledore continued to speak mildly.
"Outside? Why don't we just fly to that damn island? Sirius asked, puzzled, with a frown.
Because Dumbledore suspected that he had been to that cave, he just wanted to make sure, I am afraid that Dumbledore had already figured out a little bit of the pattern of Voldemort's hiding things.
That's the correlation and ritual, such as Gaunt's old mansion, the former cave, if he found the crown, he would probably be able to guess what the next Horcrux would be.
"I'd like to confirm something, Sirius, we're not in a hurry, and I'm sure it will help us defeat the Dark Lord." Dumbledore replied calmly:
"I think Regulus would have preferred us to defeat the Dark Lord than simply get his body back"
Sirius was silent for a moment, "You're right, Dumbledore. ”
The feeling of phantom shifting was always so uncomfortable, but Zhang Xiao felt that he seemed to adapt quickly, and when it was over, he even had the leisure to pay attention to which part of himself came out last.
The salty sea breeze and the cold mist rushed towards him, and soon his face felt wet.
The sound of the waves and the rocks crashing against you was heard.
He looked at the moonlit sea and the starry night sky in the distance, and the black hair on his forehead swayed gently.
It was a high black rock outcropping out of the sea, with Dumbledore, Sirius, and Kreacher at his side.
Dumbledore's expression became serious and serious, as if it meant that it was so.
He turned his head to look behind him, and behind him stood a cliff, the steep rock wall falling straight down, black and blurry.
There was nothing around, bare, desolate, nothing to see but the vast sea and the reef with dogs' teeth, not a single tree to be seen, no grass and no beach.
"Tom, Tom," Dumbledore muttered, and he sighed and said to Zhang Xiao:
"Zhang, I'm afraid I've found another important clue, but let's sit down and talk slowly when we go back."
Zhang Xiao estimated that it should be Voldemort's favorite place to bury Horcruxes in places of great significance in his childhood.
But the most important takeaway was not this, but Dumbledore's willingness to tell himself about the clues he found, rather than hiding everything in his heart.
This is amazing, in the original plot, no one knows what Dumbledore is planning except himself, and only every step forward does he know that Dumbledore has already thought of it.
Even Professor Snape, the most important member of the project, only learned part of it at the end, such as Harry being the last Horcrux.
Highlight an old riddler.
Now that Dumbledore is willing to discuss Horcruxes with him and share clues, is this sure that I will not be confused by Horcruxes? And the special attack of the Dao Gate on the soul?
Zhang Xiao was quite surprised, but still nodded and agreed.
"I mean, how long are we going to have to blow the cool breeze here?" Sirius was a little impatient, and he was desperate to take his poor brother home, and this urgency was like a fire burning his heart, and his blood was burning all over his body.
Dumbledore was worthy of being a professor, and he fulfilled his obligations all the time:
"Sirius, I can understand your eagerness, but I don't agree with it, we're not going on an outing, we're going to break through Voldemort's carefully set defenses.
This state will only make you make mistakes, calm, which is a very good quality, remember your ultimate wizarding exam?
At that time, you could obviously get quite a high score, or even a full score, as long as you did it step by step.
But you have to do it all at once.
What did I say to you after that exam? ”
Zhang Xiao noticed that Sirius's face was a little red, he lowered his head and muttered:
"What is more terrible than failure is frivolity."
Dumbledore nodded, "It's gratifying that you still remember him after all these years, but only remember." ”
He turned and stared at the cliff:
"If I'm not mistaken, I shouldn't be here, it's still a little bit away from the destination."
Dumbledore motioned for the two to walk to the edge of the rock, where there were many jagged crevices to step on, leading to the massive pebbles below that were half-exposed around the cliffs.
The rocks in the lower places are slippery and slippery with the sea.
Zhang Xiao felt the cold splash of water that smelled of the sea splashing on his face.
Dumbledore descended to the giant pebble closest to the cliff front, crouched down and chanted an incantation that he didn't know what it was.
A golden light shimmered on the dark surface of the sea a few feet below him.
The pitch-black rock wall around him was also illuminated.
"See?" Dumbledore asked softly, pointing to the cliff in the distance, where there was a crack that you would never notice if you didn't look at it, and the dark waters swirled in it.
"I think everybody knows how to swim, right?" He then asked.
Sirius spread his hands, "I won't, but I can after becoming Animagus, and I can swim quite well." ”
Zhang Xiao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly reacted, isn't it a dog!
But it's really powerful, and it can swim back from Azkaban hard, or when it's extremely weak.
"Professor, do we have to swim? Can't you use some spells or something?
I remember Professor Flitwick having a beautiful Frozen Charm. ”
Zhang Xiao asked curiously.
Dumbledore sighed, "I'm afraid this is exactly what Tom wants, in his mind, all the powerful wizards who can find this place are powerful, and there must be countless spells that can help them enter that chasm."
So once magic is used, it's likely to trigger some mechanism, and I guess it's some kind of alarm mechanism. ”
He rolled up his sleeves, as if thinking of something happy:
"But if you think about it carefully, you will eventually lose something, for example, he never considered that the wizards who came here would come in the way Muggles swim.
Of course, the Animagus is different, it is a special spell, and there is very little that can prevent the Animagus from transforming except for a special spell.
They can't be detected either. ”
At this moment, a hoarse, timid voice came: "Venerable Deng. Dumbledore, Kreacher won't"
Only then did everyone remember that there was another Kreacher, and Dumbledore seemed to be prepared, and he said briskly:
"Kreacher, I think you can go back to Black's old house first, find a quiet and warm place to stay, and when Sirius calls you, then go straight to the island that once was."
Sirius snorted, "Kreacher, do as Dumbledore says." ”
Kreacher obediently obeyed, bent down deeply, and then disappeared, since they decided to come and retrieve Regulus's body and destroy the locket, Kreacher's attitude could not be more different.
Seeing that Dumbledore moved his body and was about to slide into the water, Zhang Xiao's mouth moved, wanting to say if he wanted to try the water avoidance charm, but he was afraid that the eastern charm would also cause any reaction.
Forget it, it's better to be cautious.
Dumbledore suddenly became as agile as a young man, and he slid gently from the pebble into the water, swimming towards the dark crack in the rock's surface.
He held his wand in his mouth and adopted the perfect breaststroke position, which looked like he was practicing in the pool.
I heard that the principal's bathroom is amazingly large
Sirius pounced forward, and in the process of falling, he had turned into a large, shiny black dog, apparently recuperating well.
He jumped into the cold sea, let out a dog bark of unknown meaning, and chased Dumbledore in an extremely standard dog planing style.
They all grew fat, I don't know if the blood of this big dog can ward off evil spirits, Zhang Xiao thought wildly, and then jumped in the air on tiptoes, turning into a peregrine falcon fluttering its wings and chasing the two of them.
The crack turned into a dark tunnel, surrounded by damp marks, indicating that the tunnel would be filled with sea water at high tide.
The clayey rock walls on either side were only three feet apart, shimmering like tar in the flash of Dumbledore's wand.
The peregrine falcon flapped its wings and turned to the left, entering the deepest part of the tunnel, where steps led to a large cavern.
Flapping its wings again, flapping towards the sky, the peregrine falcon turned into Zhang Xiao again, and landed lightly on the slippery ground in front of it.
After a while, the sound of rushing water sounded, and Zhang Xiao reached out and dragged Dumbledore and Sirius up.
"Excellent Transfiguration, Zhang, it seems that you have gained a lot this summer, even in Vagado, which is very popular in Animagus, I have not seen a little wizard who can complete the transformation at such a young age."
Dumbledore looked at him appreciatively, not paying any attention to the water stains that kept dripping down his body.
"It's cold, I don't think the sea where Azkaban is is cold is here." Sirius wrung his wet clothes vigorously, and the air around him was silent and cold, and he shivered uncontrollably.
"Ah, Sirius, I think we should be able to use magic, Tom's low-level fun, boring tricks, but it's easy to get tricked."
Hearing this, he hurriedly dried the water on his body with his wand, and Zhang Xiao also helped.
Wait until Sirius finally feels a little warmer.
Dumbledore was already standing in the middle of the cavern, wand held high in his hand, and he slowly spun in circles, carefully examining the rock walls and the ceiling.
"That's right, this is the place." Dumbledore said.
Zhang Xiao opened the magic eye, and saw that on the stone wall, an arch appeared faintly in front of him, but countless evil and strange things like chains blocked the arch tightly.
"Yes, Professor, I saw it too, it seems to be an antechamber, and there's a lot of space in it."
See? What do you see? How did I not find out?
Sirius looked blankly at the old and the young who were communicating something, as if to say something that he didn't understand at all.
"Zhang, where is the door you see?"
Dumbledore approached the cave wall and surveyed it.
A scorching crimson spell burst out from the tip of Zhang Xiao's wand and struck the wall.
As if some switch had been triggered, I saw the outline of an arch appear at the site of the spell strike, radiating a dazzling white light, and countless pitch-black chains swam staggered on it.
Is there a door?
Sirius looked at the arch in astonishment, and was about to say something, when the outline was gone, and the rock was as hard and thick as before, and there was nothing on it.
"What's going on?" Sirius felt that he was a child, and that Dumbledore and Zhang were adults.
Zhang Xiao can only say that he can't help, he can only say that the rank here is too high, and it is the fighting method of Dumbledore and Voldemort.
Although Sirius is talented, after all, he has been abandoned in Azkaban for ten years, and his strength is actually not advancing but retreating.
I relied on the unique spell system of the East to take advantage, and I'm afraid Voldemort never thought of having a thing called the Eye of the Law.
Dumbledore's full attention turned to the solid walls of the cave.
He didn't try his magic, just stood there, staring intently at the cave wall, as if something extremely interesting was written on it.
After a while, Dumbledore sighed and whispered, "Oh, of course not. It's too low-level. ”
There was contempt and even disappointment in his tone, as if Voldemort had failed to live up to Dumbledore's expectations.
Dumbledore turned around and was about to say something, only to see that Sirius had turned into a big black dog again.
And Zhang Xiao had a serious expression, as if he was doing some major experiment, holding a small bowl of black dog blood and splashing water.
It was poured directly on the stone wall.
This pouring seemed to have turned on some switch, and I saw a crackling sound erupt from the stone wall, and countless sparks of magic spells swirled and swirled with the crisp sound.
Sparks and lightning along the way, under the gaze of the three of them, finally the entire stone wall fell straight down and slapped on the ground like crispy biscuits that had been fried, shattering into powder.
A huge cavern behind it was revealed.
Dumbledore:???
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