Chapter 506 New Horcrux

What was it like to solve the maze with Dumbledore?

William had never thought about this problem before, but he knew it today.

It had to be said that it was the first time that he had encountered such a thing that he could only rely on his teammates to fly - just like Professor Marchbaby said, Dumbledore can perform miracles with a wand.

If he couldn't barely understand about half of the magic, he would almost doubt whether what he learned was magic at all.

‘I told Lupine and others before that the existence of the wand actually imposes certain restrictions on wizards. For most wizards, after they get used to the company of the wand, they cannot cast spells without the wand... This is a bit too biased. ’

When Dumbledore easily cracked the hidden mechanism with a variation of a common spell, William finally couldn't help but asked, "Headmaster, was that a barrier spell just now?"

"That's right," Dumbledore summoned a trace of floating soil from the ground to check, and turned back with a smile, "I just made a slight transformation of the spell..."

"Transformation of a spell? You mean - the secondary change after the spell is cast?"

"Absolutely..." Dumbledore stopped what he was doing, "If I have to say it, it's the transfiguration that was completed before the spell was cast."

…

This answer almost subverted William's cognition - the reason why it was almost was because William had once imagined such a spell-casting mode, but couldn't even figure it out.

Variations of common spells are modified by changing the trajectory of the wand when casting the spell and the spell itself. However, Dumbledore's method of casting directly skips the step of slowly improving the spell, which is almost like a joke. The spell is cast - with a wave of the wand, whatever you want comes to you, no need to even shout...

Seeing William's thoughtful look behind him, Dumbledore's casting speed also slowed down, which gave William more time to discover the similarities between those spells.

"Don't worry, Professor William."

Dumbledore even began to recite the spell softly - this was something that William could not imagine at all, but he watched more seriously because of this.

…

"The last level of mechanism."

"at last?"

When Dumbledore stopped using magic, William realized what Dumbledore had said - the last level of the mechanism?

Only now did he have the intention to observe the surrounding environment. The area inside the dilapidated hut was much larger than it looked from the outside. They walked through seventeen renovated rooms before arriving at what Dumbledore called the last place. One level of agency.

But these mechanisms have no effect - although the Dark Lord stands at the top of the wizarding world, the black magic he specializes in is not good at creating, while Dumbledore is a top wizard based on transfiguration. It's so easy to get to those agencies.

"Yes, in the end, Tom hid it very carefully, but unfortunately, I found those things that were hidden."

Dumbledore said the most arrogant words in the most humble tone - but there is no doubt that there is basically no one in the wizarding world who is more suitable to say these words than him.

"The last trap is here, Professor William, see clearly."

Dumbledore easily clicked his wand on the last door, and then the door opened in response - it seemed as if the door was not locked.

'A variant of the lock-opening spell, and then using transformation to make its power extremely enhanced, which completely broke the previous protective magic...'

Dumbledore stepped into the room first, followed by William who was fully protected.

The innermost room looks very normal - except that there is not a trace of dust inside.

"A very ordinary living environment," Dumbledore looked around, "It seems that Tom has not done much to improve this place."

"The thing we are looking for is right here...it should be over there..."

Dumbledore's casual voice suddenly stopped, and then he strode towards the table. William was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously nodded his waist. A glass tube flew out directly, and automatically exploded in the air. The revealing potion was poured directly at Dumbledore.

‘Wait a minute, what am I doing? ’

When the potion was taken, William realized what he had done.

However, something even more unexpected happened. The potion transformed into pearls before it came into contact with Dumbledore, and fell directly to the ground.

Everything in the room seemed to start to flutter in an instant, as if it would change into something else the next second, and the stool next to the table flew up directly, blocking him and Dumbledore, like the strongest shield. .

No - not as if, just.

William felt that the two stools had become the strongest existence, and even his most powerful spell could only barely destroy them...

If he hadn't sensed it directly, he would have thought that this kind of thing was a joke - he had studied magic for so long, but he could only barely destroy a stool?

Dumbledore had already turned his head, his eyes full of disbelief and surprise. William almost instantly felt the floor around him trying to deform and control himself. He tried to explain, but the movements of his hands were much faster than his mouth.

With a snap of his left hand, a stream of smoke shot out, and then burned directly. As the flames passed by, the surrounding floor suddenly became calmer. William's feet turned half a circle almost instantly. Fortunately, he was phantom moving. Xingmae finally remembered to shout, and the wand in his hand instantly added the most obstructive protective spell.

"Principal, are you okay?"

William shouted out and quickly built a defense without showing any aggression. However, he secretly blocked it with his body with his left hand, and a commonly used rope quickly moved along the surface, ready for a surprise attack at any time.

"I?"

Dumbledore was surprised for a moment and glanced at the pearl-like thing on the ground. The surprise in his eyes turned into a smile, "Revealing Potion, Professor William, do you think I am being controlled?"

…

if not?

When taking risks, a person suddenly makes a move that he shouldn't do. Isn't this behavior a sign of being under control?

Looking at William's somewhat convinced eyes, Dumbledore sighed, "Okay, I admit, I did lose my composure..."

"It should be checked..."

As he spoke, Dumbledore looked at the rope that William was preparing for a sneak attack, "Come and check it, Professor William, so that you don't have to worry."

"that…"

"Huh? Any more questions?"

"That's it - Principal, can you pour me a bottle of visible potion to confirm?"

Although it is really rude to say this - but Dumbledore's previous behavior was too abnormal. If both of them fell into this trap, they would probably be ridiculed by the wizarding world for a thousand years...

Looking at the embarrassed but determined William, Dumbledore's face showed an almost unseen helplessness, "Okay, yes, Professor William."

William took out the potion, first unhooked the protection on his left hand, sprinkled half a bottle on himself, and then poured the potion on Dumbledore without hesitation, and Dumbledore nodded helplessly.

He noticed that from the time he interrupted him until now, Dumbledore had tried not to focus on the things on the table.

'The principal knows that thing...'

This is the most likely thing that William came up with after a little thought.

If Dumbledore was controlled, he could be crushed and beaten head-on, but that was obviously not the case with the previous operation - then, it can only be that Dumbledore recognized it and was attracted by its charm. , almost forgetting the basic rules of exploration.

He became more careful and started looking for materials from the bag far away from the table over there. He used the transformation technique to make a table for himself, and then began to take out the potions one by one.

After setting up half of the potion table, he added a layer of gloves to the protective gloves for action, and also put on an extremely bulky protective helmet.

"Professor William?"

"Please wait a moment, principal, there is still a piece of experimental protective clothing left."

William turned his head with a serious look on his face, and then put on the special protective clothing - this suit was customized from Greece. Thanks to the rich local magical biological resources, he customized a set of protective clothing. It's a tool that goes beyond dragon skin protective clothing and is very easy to use.

Dumbledore on the other side was obviously anxious, but he still kept his eyes from drifting in that direction.

This made William even more cautious. He controlled the potion from a distance to float over there, and then began to pour it.

"Super dangerous!"

The first potion worked immediately, and the bright red color was even a little weird—this was almost the strongest reaction state William had ever seen.

Dumbledore, who was anxious at the same time, finally couldn't bear it anymore and cast his gaze on the table over there.

At this time, William's second magic potion had flown over, and the alluring purple light lit up again.

"It's not venom, it's a curse!"

Then, the third, the fourth.

When the seventh potion was sprinkled on, another strange yellow color appeared, "Instant death curse, the effect strength is... beyond the scope of the reagent."

William was speechless at this moment - he thought he had seen the world in Greece. Although he had not seen the most precious things, ordinary curses were really no problem.

But the curse in front of him, to put it bluntly, William felt that it was used to curse the dragon.

This is the most powerful curse he has ever seen, bar none - even the single-target damage of the curse he carries is beyond comparison.

"Try these cursed voodoo dolls again..."

William threw the voodoo doll up again, and in almost the blink of an eye, the few things he practiced on were exploded by the power of the curse.

“…”

Dumbledore could now look directly at the ring in front of him. The wooden box holding the ring was stained with various potions. The extremely precious ring was lying there, emitting a coquettish light.

Only now did he realize that he had almost been attacked... This was something he should be afraid of, but at this moment Dumbledore found that he couldn't be serious no matter what.

There was no way - the self-defense professor at his school was just like rummaging through a treasure chest. All the messy testing equipment was sent over with magic from a long distance, and then he showed the power of the curse.

"Sure enough, professional matters should be left to professionals - voodoo dolls, which are mostly used for curses, are actually the most effective."

William murmured to himself, then took out straw from his pocket, made a voodoo doll bearing the curse on the spot, threw it over, watched it explode, and then quickly copied it on the parchment.

This professional appearance made Dumbledore, who was originally full of teaching, become serious - this is the necessary respect for professionals.

"How long will it take to get it done, Professor William?"

"Done?"

William shook his head violently, "How can it be done? I just calculated the voodoo doll with the best effect, and then calculated the strength of the curse. If I have to use this consumption method to erase the curse, it will probably take I worked about eight hours a day and knitted voodoo dolls for half a year.”

"So, Professor William, you are?"

"Testing the method of making voodoo dolls. This is a very good test prop. The strength of the curse can destroy the voodoo dolls I have made in various ways. I have tried seventeen kinds so far. I estimate that I will come up with the best one in a while. Excellent solution."

"..."

This conversation made Dumbledore regret asking such a question.

But now that the matter was over, he couldn't let William stop - fortunately, William finally stopped after trying nine more methods, and then began to approach the ring box.

After trying to use magic to control the ring, William decisively used transfiguration to change the rope on the spot to pull it up, and then took a closer look.

"There is good news and bad news." William quickly judged the rest of the nature of the curse with the help of his improved identification skills during the holidays. "The good news is that the fatal curse is one-time, and the bad news is that it is not a powerful enough creature." , unable to trigger the curse."

"This is a ring from the Peverell family. It has a logo on it. I think it should be genuine - although the market is full of fakes of their family's crest, the Dark Lord should not be that shabby."

"If I have to say it, the market price should be around 15,000 to 20,000 Galleons..."

His summer career habit kicked in, and William conveniently gave him an estimate.

Dumbledore looked at his self-defense professor helplessly, feeling that something was not quite right about the current situation.

"Do you have any other ideas about the curse?"

"No, I don't have such a high-end curse, or there is no one in the office to deal with it."

After thinking for a moment, William added, "Maybe Professor Snape has some ideas, but I think it's unlikely."

"So it doesn't work?"

"No, no, no," William shook his head and smiled happily, "I can't do anything about the damage and influence of the Horcrux - but for that curse, I just need to find a guy with enough strength to recognize it to wear it."

Just when Dumbledore was about to warn his self-defense professor not to fall towards dark wizards, William gave the answer without any hesitation.

"Actually, it's very simple. Just go to Azkaban and catch a dementor and let it wear it."

"Let the dementors come?"

"Yes, I thought of this last time after I heard that the magic potion in the cave can be swallowed by elves. Anyway, at most one dementor will die, and the ring itself is absolutely safe."

"..."