Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Everything happened so suddenly that Ivan didn't even react.

He took a heavy breath, and couldn't believe that the powerful monster was so finished, it just disappeared? !

Also, the magic that Salazar just used left him too much shock.

The phantom of Salazar turned his head and glanced at Ivan, and he dispersed into countless silver floating objects again, pouring into the locket floating in mid-air in front of Ivan.

The fluorescence of the emerald faded, and a dull gold flashed along the inscription on the locket.

Slytherin's locket slowly fell into Ivan's hands and returned to its previous appearance.

The stone room became quiet, and darkness shrouded from all directions again.It was like an absurd nightmare, whether it was a huge eyeball monster or Salazar Slytherin's powerful magic, all disappeared, as if they had never been there.

Ai Wen got up from the ground, his whole body was soaked in sweat, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Luminescence!" The faint fluorescence at the end of the wand illuminated the surroundings again.

He was extremely impressed and had too many doubts about what had just happened, but no one could explain to him what was going on.

What should I do now, Ivan doesn't have much strength, he doesn't want to climb out of the deep pit with the unconscious Malfoy alone, it will be another nightmare.

Maybe it's a good choice to stay here and wait for rescue, Dumbledore will definitely find them.

Taking advantage of this time, I can reorganize my thoughts.

Boom, boom, boom...

Just when Aiwen completely relaxed, the thunderous sound resounded, the surrounding rocks were shaking, and the tiny cracks on the stone wall expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Unable to withstand the powerful magic that Slytherin had just used, the underground ruins were about to collapse, and large chunks of rubble fell from above.

You must leave here quickly, or you will be buried alive deep underground...

Ivan had to cheer up, he hurried to the side of Malfoy who was fainted, and quickly waved his wand, Malfoy floated up from the ground and floated around his body.

They rushed towards the gate in a hurry, looking extremely funny.

"Hey, what is this?"

Ivan took Malfoy past the place where the huge eyeball shattered just now, and found a crimson sign on the ground with a strange coat of arms engraved on it.

He picked it up and looked at it briefly, and it was the monster that appeared just now on the coat of arms.

Its appearance was scarier and larger than what Ivan had seen before, as if it wanted to spread fear to the whole world.

It just floated in mid-air, and below it was a pattern of human beings with painful and distorted expressions. The souls were being stripped from their bodies and poured into the bodies of terrifying monsters.

This crimson listing should have appeared after the monster disappeared, so there should be some connection between the two.

Ai Wen didn't have time to take a closer look, so he took it in his hand and planned to study it carefully when he returned to the castle.

Chapter 322 Discussion in Dumbledore's Office

As the sun sets, everything on the ground is coated with a layer of golden yellow.

The setting sun strives to shine the last rays of light on the huge Hogwarts castle.

The same is true in Dumbledore's office. The sunlight shines in through the rectangular windows, and the exquisite silverware stands on the table with slender legs, quietly puffing out smoke and spinning.Not far away, the glass container containing Godric Gryffindor's sword flickered dimly.

Phoenix Fox stood on the huge shelf and let out a strange cry.

Otherwise, the office was quiet.

Dumbledore frowned in a rare way, sitting on the huge armchair, looking at the things in front of him with light blue eyes.

On the surrounding walls, the previous Hogwarts headmasters and headmasters were all staring at the crimson nameplate in front of Dumbledore.

This nameplate is exactly the one that Ivan picked up in the underground ruins. It is engraved with terrifying monster patterns, as well as the human souls that are being sucked by it.

"What do you think about this?" Dumbledore asked softly.

"Terrifying monsters, incarnations of nightmares, immortal beings that feed on the souls of humans and other creatures!" An old man lazily replied, his voice full of jokes, "Tsk tsk tsk, it's really scary, this kind of monster should be It only exists in fairy tales!"

He was Phineas Nigellus Black, Sirius' great-great-grandfather and the most unpopular headmaster Hogwarts has ever seen.

"But it showed up at Hogwarts, Phineas!" A shrewd-eyed witch said sternly, shaking a very thick wand in her hand, "Albus just told us everything, and this monster just It appeared in the Forbidden Forest not far away, and the boy named Evan Mason discovered it."

"He's lying. Guys from Gryffindor College can't be trusted. They're a bunch of pushy brats." Phineas said disdainfully, "If he really encounters this kind of monster, how can he get away from it? In my opinion, he is a complete liar!"

"Shameless, that kid saved your great-great-grandson's life just a few months ago and proved the Black family innocent," cried the portrait of Dexter Fusco, a red-nosed Fat wizard, "How could you insult him like that."

"Since my useless great-great-grandson is mentioned, I have to..."

"Okay, we should get back to the topic!" Dai Lisi Deventer said slowly.

She is an old witch with long curly silver hair, and she is also the most prestigious headmaster in the history of Hogwarts, and her portrait is required in many important institutions.

"This nameplate and the monster on it are obviously magical creations of ancient warlocks." Dai Lisi continued, "They are different from current wizards. We all know how terrifying those lunatics are. For those taboo research, they can pay any price. It is not impossible to create such a terrifying monster."

"But with the changes of the times, they have all disappeared. No one can live for thousands of years, not even magical creations." Phineas retorted, "Now is not the ignorant Middle Ages, those old antiques thousands of years ago they..."

"Not all, not all, they're not completely gone," said a frail old wizard slowly.

He is Quentin Trimble, master Defense Against the Dark Arts and author of the must-read textbook, The Powers of Darkness: A Guide to Self-Defense.

"Those ancient warlocks' research on necromancers, demons, and life magic has exceeded ordinary people's imagination. I am afraid that some of them have escaped the trial of death." Quentin continued for a while, "There are many methods known so far. There are two ways, but there is only one way that can be practically passed down, and we have discussed this topic many times before."

"It's all just speculation, don't think I don't know, you have always been prejudiced against the outstanding students of Slytherin House." Phineas said dissatisfied.

"It's not a guess. The diary of last semester has confirmed everything. The locket with a powerful magic reaction on Ivan's body should also be one." Dumbledore crossed his fingers and said calmly, "The problem now is Of the remaining quantity, he must have produced a lot, there is no doubt about it.”

There was silence in the office, and no one spoke.

"Okay, okay, I don't understand why the topic is brought up here again, we're talking about this damn nameplate now," Phineas said rudely.

"Indeed, in order to escape death, ancient warlocks and dark wizards have conducted a lot of research, and no one can guarantee whether there are other successful methods other than making Horcruxes." Quentin said slowly, " According to the description, that monster is more like a co-creation of necromancer magic and demon magic, it basically meets all the characteristics, maybe a dark wizard directly carried out an evil transformation on his body..."

"Nonsense, it's ridiculous, I've never heard of such magic." Phineas whispered.

There was a murmur of discussion in the office, and the other male and female principals also expressed doubts about Quentin's reasoning, because it sounded too scary.

"I seem to have seen the pattern on this nameplate somewhere." A dry voice suddenly sounded, the owner of the voice was an old man with a gloomy face, he was wearing a set of very old-style black wizard robes, "In our time , Because of the protracted war in the Muggle world, black magic was once very popular, and many magic books have not been destroyed. I must have seen this pattern in some magic book. But the time is too long, I can’t remember... "

"What's the difference between this and saying nothing?!" Phineas said disdainfully, he raised the volume to drown out the voices of other people's discussions, "Regardless of whether this monster is real or not, no matter what it is, I think There is no need to worry, as it has been wiped out by the great Salazar Slytherin himself!"

He was smug and very proud of it.

Hearing him mention Salazar Slytherin, the other male and female old principals rarely refuted. They held respect for the four founders of the school.

Dumbledore looked at the nameplate in front of him calmly, wondering what he was thinking.

At this moment, the door of the office was suddenly opened, and Snape, who was dressed in a black robe and had a gloomy face, strode in.

On the wall, all the portraits of the male and female principals returned to their usual postures, sitting on the chairs with serious faces, as if they had never moved.

Chapter 323 Rapid Strength Improvement

"Severus, how are the two children?"

"Draco was frightened. He was bitten by an acromantula. The venom spread all over his body. There were traces of black magic on his soul. It's not the magic I'm familiar with. It's very bad, but he still can't die!" Pu said stiffly, "Lucius just picked him up. He asked me to tell you that this matter will not end like this. He will file a complaint with the Board of Directors and the Ministry of Magic about this matter."

"It's really bad. I regret what happened to Mr. Malfoy." Dumbledore said calmly, without taking his eyes off the red nameplate in front of him, "I do have an inescapable responsibility for this matter." , I should have found out what was hidden in that spider's lair earlier, so that I wouldn't..."

"What the hell is that monster?" Snape asked, "Why did Salazar Slytherin keep such a thing in the school?"

"I don't know, we can only guess at the moment!" Dumbledore tapped the nameplate in front of him lightly with his wand, but there seemed to be no reaction, "Probably the same as the basilisk last year, Salazar probably wanted to help him His heirs leave a little legacy.”

Snape's face was very bad, he obviously didn't agree with Dumbledore's statement.

"The ruins located in the deepest part of the ground have collapsed, and no one can enter again." He said with a sense of enlightenment, "Only Mr. Know-it-all said that he saw that monster, would it be..."

"The aura left on it is very evil, it cannot be produced by a little wizard!" Dumbledore explained, "And, why did he lie?"

"Obviously, that's because..."

"Well, Severus!" said Dumbledore, with a hint of warning in his tone, "I trust him as much as I trust you completely. Instead of discussing these unreal things, you should tell me, Mr. Mason What is the current situation?"

"It's a real honor to have your trust!" Snape said sarcastically, "He doesn't seem to have any serious problems, and he hasn't been exposed to the dark arts. On the contrary, the magic reaction in his body is very strong, which is better than what he saw this morning." When it arrives, it will be much stronger. His magic power is increasing rapidly, and it has exceeded the level that a normal little wizard should have. If it continues to grow at this rate, it will soon be at the same level as mine. I wanted to check it out, but Black didn’t Let me touch him, probably thinking that I will take the opportunity to kill him."

Dumbledore nodded, but said nothing.

"Principal, this is really abnormal. No one's magic power will increase for no reason. I think it is necessary to check Mr. Know-it-all's wand to see what kind of spells he has used. If necessary, you can even Use Veritaserum to test whether what he said is true." Snape hesitated for a moment, and said persistently, "You have also been to that cave, so you should know what happened inside."

"Magic is wonderful, Severus!" Dumbledore looked up and said, "This world is full of unknown secrets, and no one can guarantee that he has mastered them all."

"You're changing the subject. You know what magic he used in it. It's the Fiercefire Curse." Snape said angrily. "This is not the kind of magic a young wizard should be able to master. We should take action immediately."

"What do you think I should do?" Dumbledore asked back, "expel him, or send him to Azkaban? If it wasn't for him to save Mr. Malfoy, trigger the magic that Salazar left in the ruins and defeat the unknown Creatures, the consequences will be disastrous."

"But..." Snape said unwillingly.

"What matters is the heart, not the magic itself." Dumbledore said gently, "You should understand this, Severus, after all these years..."

"I don't understand. I promised to help you only for Lily and her son." Snape turned around, paused, and then frowned, "I'll take care of him for you. If there is anything out of control dangerous move, and I propose to nip all of that in the bud, while we still can."

After he finished speaking, he left Dumbledore's office without looking back.

Dumbledore was sitting on the chair thinking about something, the portraits on the wall moved again, and the discussion continued on the topic Snape had just mentioned.

……

As Snape said, Ivan felt that his magic power was growing rapidly.

After returning to Hogwarts for more than half a month, a lot of magic power was reversely poured into his body from the Slytherin locket hanging on his chest.

With the return of these magic powers, Aiwen's own magic power level increased rapidly.

Most of the external magic power eventually dissipated slowly, but a small part of it was transformed into Aiwen's own magic power, which was permanently preserved.

Now, his body is full of strength, and there is no slight discomfort.

Although he still knew what the specific principle was, he knew what was going on.

You know, after using that powerful magic to kill the monster, the phantom of Salazar finally turned into countless silver floating objects, all of which were collected in Slytherin's locket.

All those floating objects have powerful magic power. Aiwen just inhaled a little bit into his body before, and he recovered all the magic power consumed by his whole body.

The powerful power accumulated for thousands of years has been continuously poured into Aiwen's body from the Slytherin locket to transform his body.

And these magic powers can only be absorbed by Ivan alone. He tried to give the locket to Harry and Hermione who came to visit him, but there was no response.

Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Snape, and Sirius all knew about this. Although they were shocked, they all thought it was a good thing.

Snape was brewing potions for Ivan every day, which could help him absorb as much magic power as possible.

With the help of Sirius to check, Ivan is not worried that Snape will put some strange things in it, even if the eyes looking at him become more and more strange.

The benefits brought by the increase in magic power are obvious. Many spells that Ivan could not master before can now be easily used.He felt that he had never been as strong as he was now, carefully measuring his current combat power, if he had another duel with Snape, he might not lose to him.

Now, Dumbledore visits Ivan in the school hospital almost every night.

He asked Ivan about his physical condition, and taught him many tips on how to use magic power and some rare spells.

Of course, what he said was more about his views on life, and I hope Ivan will not indulge in powerful power.

Being taught by Dumbledore himself, Aiwen has benefited a lot from his recent gains.

In any case, he is more confident about the future.

Chapter 324 Attempt to interpret

Even though he couldn't match that terrifying monster and the strength of Salazar Slytherin in his youth, the sudden increase in strength still greatly increased Ivan's confidence.

He was blissful, happy, like Harry had won the Quidditch Cup.

Now is not the horror barbaric age full of wars, dark wizards and dangerous magical creatures a thousand years ago. Wizards no longer need powerful magic and fighting skills.

With the advancement of civilization, the overall strength of the magic world is gradually weakening.

Not to mention the evil, dark magic that everyone hears and the white magic that has a complex casting process and high requirements, such as the Patronus spell. Even the most common dueling spells are not mastered by many people.

No one would believe it if they said it, and many employees of the Ministry of Magic couldn't even use the Iron Armor Charm.

They only know common spells related to their work and life.

It is undeniable that with the development of the times, these convenient spells have indeed made great progress, and after continuous testing and modification, they have reached the most perfect state.With them, wizards can do almost anything they want.

The resulting negative effect is that the ancient, esoteric, and unpopular magic is gradually forgotten.

Wizards have less and less demand for their own magic power. In addition to brewing potions, they no longer need complicated spellcasting materials to assist in casting spells. Most wizards even think that casting spells is as simple as chanting a spell and waving a wand.

In this case, Aiwen's current level of magic power is enough to squeeze into the ranks of first-class wizards.