People are in Hogwarts, and werewolves block the door at the beginning.

Chapter 80 The Curse of Sleep

Seeing this scene, the teachers led by Professor McGonagall stopped at the castle gate.

Decided to stop the students who wanted to rush out to help.

And issued instructions.

"Mr. Filch and Madam Pomfrey, you are responsible for preventing the students from leaving the castle. The other professors and I will be at the edge of the Forbidden Forest to intercept any enemies who attempt to attack the castle. Quick! Quick! The students are still waiting for us! Percy, put down your wand!"

In the eyes of Professor McGonagall and others, these surging eight-eyed giant spiders were just appetizers and vanguards.

There will definitely be more evil dark wizards and more dangerous magical creatures to come.

"You don't have a brother outside!" Percy, who had just put down his review materials and didn't see what just happened, looked at Professor McGonagall angrily with messy hair.

Percy was not the only one who shared this idea. There were many students who were eager to go out and fight together to help their friends and classmates.

Just as they were about to rush out, break out of the castle and rush to the battlefield.

A voice sounded.

"There are no enemies, only a swarm of cursed spiders. I am all that is needed."

With a flash of fire, Dumbledore emerged with a large golden-red bird sitting on his shoulder.

The auditorium, which was so noisy just now that the ceiling seemed to be lifted up, suddenly became quiet.

Everyone found their backbone.

The students, led by Percy, also put down their wands.

They all believed that with Dumbledore around, all crises could be resolved.

Dumbledore has such charm that as long as he is there, darkness and evil will not come to this castle.

Professor McGonagall's tense face calmed down and she asked in confusion, "Didn't you leave an hour ago? I received an urgent letter from the Ministry of Magic via owl and flew to London immediately."

"The school needs me." Dumbledore said, took a step forward, a flash of fire passed by, and the next second he appeared at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

With a flick of the wand, a golden line appeared at the junction of the forbidden forest and the venue.

At the golden line, an invisible wall of air appeared.

The eight-eyed giant spiders that tried to rush out crashed into it one after another, as if they had lost their minds.

Their bodies were torn apart by the power of the golden thread.

Only their green blood and broken limbs successfully crossed the golden line and reached the venue.

Dumbledore looked around, pausing for half a second on Harry and Balkyrie.

"You all did a great job!" His voice was not loud, but it was very penetrating, and even the students and professors in the castle could hear it.

"The root of all this comes from the forest in front of us. It is a curse rooted in the source of these spider bloodlines."

"Unfortunately, this is something only I can handle."

"Minerva take care of the students. Severus, you know where to go."

Then, there was another flash of fire, and Dumbledore disappeared from the spot.

The Forbidden Forest is located on the west side of the castle. Its name - the Forbidden Forest - comes from the school's rule that students are not allowed to enter here except when taking the Care of Magical Creatures class.

Because there are many dangerous magical creatures living there, including unicorns, werewolves, groups of centaurs, the giant eight-eyed spider Aragog and his family, trolls, and so on.

It also has another name - Dark Forest.

But this is a title that only those who know it best can say.

Anyone who has entered it knows that the lush trees here block out the sunlight, and it is very dark in the forest even during the day.

When you reach the deepest part, it feels like you have entered a deep cave where no light can be seen. It is so dark that you cannot see your hand in front of you.

However, now, in the depths of the forbidden forest, which should have been dark, a dazzling light was descending here.

It hangs above a clear stream, reflecting the surrounding vegetation, including a profusion of thorn grass, yew, oak and two-ear grass.

And the magical creatures sleeping nearby.

There is a unicorn with a moon-white glow all over its body; there is a round ball-bird that fell asleep and got stuck in the branches during teleportation; there is a centaur who is taking a nap by the tree with a bow ready to shoot; there is a werewolf who is biting the leg of the goblin and preparing to eat, but now has his eyes closed.
They all seemed to be affected by an invisible force and fell into a sudden deep sleep.

The eight-eyed giant spiders that passed by the winding path turned a blind eye to the "beautiful meat" in front of them, and walked towards the exit of the forbidden forest and the direction of the castle. "What is this?" A voice came from the fire that exploded in the air.

As soon as Dumbledore and Fawkes the Phoenix appeared in purple robes, they walked towards the ball of light.

He muttered a difficult spell, the Elder Wand danced in a strange rhythm, and the contents of the ball of light gradually appeared.

It was a pale, pointed head with grey eyes. It was Lucius Malfoy!
The long light blond hair was shaved clean, revealing a smooth scalp covered with black magic runes.

Judging from his expression, he was very shocked and never expected that he would be killed.

Dumbledore was also very surprised. Ten minutes ago, Lucius Malfoy might still be alive.

His body was bound by the power of the curse, he couldn't break free, and even the muscles on his face couldn't twitch.

All that could be seen except the head was gradually illuminating and disappearing.

What kind of hatred is this?
Why in such a cruel way?
And he also wasted the privileges inherited from Slytherin.

He finally understood why Tom could accomplish such a feat in such a state.

The sacrifice of a wizard, and the offering of authority.

But in this case, the curse rooted in the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor would also disappear.

Without authority, Voldemort was left with only the title of Slytherin's descendant and Parseltongue.

However, even if a wizard had to be sacrificed to create this curse, that person shouldn't be a member of the Malfoy family, Voldemort's favorite wizard family, right?

But soon, his brain connected all the recent events.

"The reason is the destruction of the diary, one of Tom's Horcruxes."

"It wasn't Malfoy who went to prison, it was someone else who took Polyjuice Potion."

"He was used as a sacrifice and has been hiding here, unable to move. He spent several months merging with the magnetic field of the entire Forbidden Forest, and finally sacrificed himself today."

"Is all this Quirinus's active help?"

"The reason for choosing the Forbidden Forest is because Tom noticed my gaze? So Quirinus remained normal and in the castle."

Dumbledore sighed and waved his wand. The dead branches and leaves on the ground gathered together and turned into a piece of gray cloth, which wrapped the head.

The curse was broken.

The next second, the forbidden forest, which was once filled with only the rustling sound of spiders moving forward, suddenly had other sounds.

The sleeping creatures woke up again.

Faced with the eight-eyed giant spider so close, they all launched attacks one by one.

At this moment, Quirrell, who was not in the auditorium and was playing chess after passing through the three-headed dog, the Devil's Snare, and the flying key level, let out a hehe laugh from the back of his head.

During this time he had figured out Dumbledore's secret of keeping tabs on every corner of the castle.

It was a spell or alchemical tool that was rooted in the headmaster's authority and created using the magical magnetic field of Hogwarts Castle itself as a route.

Therefore, as long as the surrounding magical magnetic field is chaotic, Dumbledore will not be able to trace back what happened during the period when the magnetic field was chaotic.

Before this, Voldemort and Quirrell had never used this method.

The ink spots on the white paper will be more obvious.

So he boldly asked himself and answered his own questions.

"Is it so easy to remove Lord Voldemort's curse? You even used the power of the greatest giant Slytherin. Sure enough, when faced with the head of a recently dead wizard and an old eight-eyed giant spider, you chose the former."

"So-called kindness and love will prevent you from destroying Lucius's body and choose a gentler approach."

"How stupid!"

"You must be curious about why I would give up the power and authority of the true Slytherin heir."

“But who could have imagined that this was aimed at the younger me?”

"How long will it take you to resolve my curse of immortality?"

"After you solve this, how much energy will you have to deal with me who has obtained the Philosopher's Stone? I am really looking forward to it. The great sage Albus Dumbledore."

(End of this chapter)