A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 452 Voldemort's Strength
Dumbledore's blue eyes blinked behind the glasses.

"Very interesting question. Felix, I've rarely been asked so bluntly."

"I mean... Voldemort, who did nothing wrong with Hogwarts during the war, seemed to be... well... very afraid of someone in the school... and in the eyes of the world, it was clear that the two never fought against each other. record." Felix said carefully.

"Perhaps that is the truth," said Dumbledore, smiling.

"It may be only part of the truth." Felix said immediately, "The truth in the eyes of some people - they only saw the result, or a few points in the process, but they couldn't get a glimpse of the whole picture."

Dumbledore frowned slightly, and opened his mouth slightly, as if he was picking the right words.

Felix knew he had to do something, say something... Otherwise, when the old man made a decision, he could only wait for the result.So he cleared his throat and said, "Albus, we all know that Voldemort and Crouch Jr. are hiding out, and the Ministry of Magic has sent a horde of Aurors and Strikers to no avail... I'm afraid we'll have to consider the possibility of his successful resurrection." nature, and I need to know his strength."

After a moment of silence, Dumbledore seemed convinced—

"I can assure you, Felix, that even though I never saw him die in front of me, I have indeed crushed and destroyed his body more than once, leaving him with wounds that ordinary people cannot heal."

Dumbledore quietly revealed a long-buried secret.

"Ordinary people can't be cured?" Felix asked keenly.

"I remember I mentioned to you... that I interviewed him?" said Dumbledore softly, leaning his head back and staring at the ceiling.

"...That's right." Felix said slowly, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

"Here's what he looked like—"

Dumbledore swung his wand violently, and a somewhat illusory figure gradually became clear.His face seemed to have been burned, his facial features were blurred, and there were almost no arcs of ups and downs. The skin on his face was twisted strangely like solidified white wax.The whites of the eyes seemed to be permanently filled with blood, and the black pupils shone with an indifferent light.

Felix looked carefully at Voldemort in Dumbledore's memory, he was not unfamiliar with this image - he had seen it once when he found the locket, but it was obvious that Voldemort looked even less like last time people.

'This seems to indicate that Voldemort completed the production of the locket Horcrux long before the interview. ' The thought flashed through Felix's mind.Thinking of what Dumbledore said just now, he tentatively asked, "Is it the effect of black magic? Or the effect of the Horcrux?"

Dumbledore glanced at him approvingly, and waved his hand to dispel the phantom in the air.

"Both possibilities exist, and my personal preference is the former... Of course, we cannot rule out the impact on his body due to the lack of soul caused by multiple Horcruxes. After all, no one has ever done this like him in history."

"So Voldemort's body is different from normal people? He combined Salazar Slytherin's blood magic and his own black magic, so that the fatal wounds in the eyes of ordinary people are not effective for him?" Felix combined with Dumbledore If so, analyze it.

He couldn't help frowning, how could he fight this?
He suddenly thought of a possibility.Felix looked at Dumbledore suddenly, couldn't hide his surprise, and said in a voiceless voice: "Magic creature?" Has Voldemort reached the realm of Ms. Ravenclaw?
At the same time, he recalled the last time Dumbledore had heard the word 'magical creature' when he had expressed it as a child—

"Felix, I can't give you much useful insights. When I was young, I did think that I was omnipotent for a short period of time... a magical creature? This statement is too modest, and I was It's crazy."

It was also the same time that Dumbledore demonstrated to him the "trick" of flying the spell with his fingers...

Dumbledore straightened up from the back of the chair, put his hands on the desk, and shook his head slowly and firmly: "I don't think it's because of this, at least I have never had this ability. Even... the other founders of the school There are no similar records of people, but Salazar Slytherin - as far as I know, was once suspected of possessing a magic that could draw life force to heal himself."

"Diary?" Felix said alertly.Two years ago, the Diary Horcrux confused Ginny Weasley and absorbed part of her vitality. Fortunately, there were not many of them, and it was discovered in time, and was cured by Madam Pomfrey's superb medical skills.

"Probably so." Dumbledore nodded lightly: "Although magic that makes people lose life force is rare, it is not without it, but to transfer life force from one person (Ginny) to another piece of soul, I never Never heard of it."

"Is it the influence of the Horcrux?" Felix guessed another possibility, "Maybe the Horcrux has the characteristic of absorbing life force." But he immediately realized that it was wrong, he read the chapter about the Horcrux in Black's old house— ——It was an antique book called "Secrets of Cutting-Edge Dark Arts"—the knowledge of Horcruxes was not lacking.

Dumbledore also denied this speculation.

"A Horcrux is to strip off a piece of soul and keep it in a certain corner of the world, so as to achieve the purpose of making the maker indestructible. In short, it is immortal." Dumbledore said, "For this purpose, the soul that was stripped out Your soul should be in a deep sleep state, or at least extremely inactive—unless there is a deadly threat around the Horcrux, it will rise up to resist—this is considered safe.”

Felix nodded slightly, agreeing with Dumbledore.No normal person should hope that the soul fragments in their Horcruxes are active and have independent consciousness. What if they cause trouble and are discovered and destroyed?
What's more, only a small piece of soul is enough to cut the soul, and it is difficult to do much with this little soul.

"...but the diary should be special?" he mused.

"That's right." Dumbledore nodded and said, "When Ginny Weasley wrote in the diary for the first time, she got a response and fell into Voldemort's elaborate trap...I can almost conclude that, Voldemort did not regard it as a life-saving horcrux, but as a key to open the secret room, so he gave his diary many privileges, such as his memory until the age of 16, enough activity... naturally including him Inherited from the knowledge of Lytherin's ancestors in the Chamber of Secrets."

"But all of this is speculation." Felix said with a frown, feeling agitated in his heart, but Dumbledore's tone sounded conclusive. How could he be so sure?
He roughly sorted out the information.Dumbledore fought secretly with Voldemort many times during the war, and he was severely injured more than once, but Voldemort soon jumped up again. It is estimated that Dumbledore is also investigating the reason behind it. Dumbledore thinks it is black magic and blood magic The reason is that it is recorded that Salazar Slytherin has the magic of absorbing life force to heal wounds, and Ginny has been absorbed life force... But there is another possibility, Felix couldn't help thinking, why not?
So, he asked, "Why can't he be resurrected with a Horcrux?"

Dumbledore cast his sharp gaze over, looking sharp: "Why do you think so?"

"It's just a guess," Felix shrugged. "Maybe he did use black magic to transform his body, but there should always be a limit, right? For example, he just delayed death and found a loyal man after escaping." Servant, hold a resurrection ceremony for him... Well, he will use the Confusion Curse or the Forgetting Curse to erase his troubles afterward? Or just discard it..."

Dumbledore bowed his head in silence.

"What you say does exist, Felix," he said. "But no matter what, the information we have at hand is quite limited." He looked at the table legs thoughtfully, and said in an inaudible voice: "Maybe I can be more positive."

"What?" Felix didn't catch him.

"Thank you for reminding me, Felix." Dumbledore said with a smile, "I almost overlooked this. My intuition tells me that this information is very useful."

Felix knew that this meant the end of the conversation, maybe he should go to Professor Marchban, maybe it would be good to tease Clemie's grandfather... But he was a little reconciled, he hadn't asked about Voldemort's strength yet.

He stood up from the sofa and said, "The last question, Albus, I can understand that your strength is far greater than that of Voldemort?"

There was another silence—

"I'm old," Dumbledore said earnestly. "Even 20 years ago, I could barely gain the upper hand. If he is resurrected again, the outcome is hard to predict."

"Barely gain the upper hand?" Felix asked in puzzlement. Dumbledore had said that he had "broken and destroyed Voldemort's body" more than once before. This was more than once, and it was worth pondering.

"I used a special method," Dumbledore blinked his blue eyes happily, "to make Voldemort mistakenly think that I had hidden my strength before, and the purpose was to set up traps... But the fact is that the difference in strength between us at that time was not that big." big."

"Special method..." Felix repeated slowly.

"A little trick to temporarily restore me to my prime." Dumbledore replied with a smile in a coaxing tone.

……

After leaving the principal's office, it was already completely dark.Felix felt that his mind was a little messy, and he urgently needed to sort out the information he had gained today.He hurried back to the office and stayed behind closed doors.As for Professor Marchban, we'll have to wait until tomorrow, since Dumbledore mentioned that she will be staying for a while.

On the other side, Dumbledore was still sitting on the chair in the circular office. After a while, he opened the drawer on the left, where there was a locket and a wand.

Fawkes the phoenix on the perch landed on Dumbledore's shoulder, chirping softly.

　There have been a lot of discussions about the strength of Dumbledore and Voldemort and whether they have fought against each other. Let me talk about my thoughts (from the original book):

　　1. When Dumbledore refused Voldemort's interview, he mentioned that Voldemort had a little trick to launch an attack, but in the end he left without doing anything, maybe because he knew he was invincible or he was not sure;
　　2. After more than ten years, Voldemort formed the Death Eaters, held public activities, and the war broke out, during which he did not commit any crimes against Hogwarts;
　　3. In the battle of the Ministry of Magic after Voldemort's resurrection, throw away the complicated description of magic in the original book, and look at what he said to Dumbledore:
　　"What—Dumbledore?"

　　"Whenever I die, you will die!"

　　"You don't want to kill me, Dumbledore. Is there anything worse?"

　　"There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!"

　　"Kill me now, Dumbledore? If death is nothing, Dumbledore, then kill the boy?" (when Harry is possessed by Voldemort)
　　Space is limited, so I won't post all of them, you can take a look at them yourself.

　　Personally, I think the changes are quite obvious, so in this book the two fought against each other, and Voldemort suffered.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)