The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

The mention of Horcruxes did not arouse Link's too much surprise. Dumbledore had obviously expected this, and said pointedly:

"It seems like you already know what a Horcrux is, right?"

"A cruel and evil magical creation." Link said expressionlessly, "The user can perform a murder as a ritual to peel off part of his soul from the main body and save it on an item to create Become a Horcrux. Before the Horcrux is destroyed, the main body of the Horcrux owner will not die."

What Link said was the original text recorded in "Advanced Dark Magic Revealed". After hearing this, Dumbledore immediately fell silent. After a long time, he sighed:

"It's too early to read that kind of book at your current age. You should understand, right? Whether it is a Horcrux or other black magic rituals, the essence is unequal exchange, just like a Horcrux. Although it can It allows the user to achieve a kind of theoretical immortality, but in fact, without the nourishment of the body, the soul also has a lifespan, and its lifespan is much shorter than we imagined."

Link glanced sideways at Dumbledore and said:

"I understand what you want to say. I have no interest in all evil rituals, including Horcruxes. In my opinion, stripping one's own soul is simply the most stupid thing in the world."

Dumbledore's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this. Although he didn't speak, his brows still showed a desire for Link to continue talking.

Link did not disappoint him and continued:

"Think about it, the soul is the most basic existence of a human being. It holds all the elements that make a person a human being. Stripping the soul will not only cause unimaginable horror and pain, but will also affect the personality, character, and personality of the person being stripped away. Human nature and even IQ are irreparably damaged.

You will understand if you study Voldemort's entrepreneurial history carefully.At the beginning of his career, he was not only powerful, but also talented and had a strong personality.The most important thing is that the ideas he puts forward are valuable in a certain sense, and even have the potential to develop into great ideas like Grindelwald.That's why so many pure-blood wizards and wizard aristocrats are willing to leave their families and careers to follow him.

But what about the later stages?Voldemort's entire personality changed drastically, becoming extremely dictatorial and cruel.His IQ also began to decline rapidly, and he even began to believe in prophecies.Moreover, the ideas and theories he proposed in the early days of his business have not been perfected after so many years. Instead, he is thinking about the development of extreme pure-blood supremacy.

I think all these bad changes stem from the fact that he stripped away too much of his soul in order to make Horcruxes.

At the same time, it is initially estimated that the creation time of the Horcrux in the diary I destroyed during the Chamber of Secrets school year should be during Voldemort's student years.Judging from this combined with the changes after Voldemort and the fact that Voldemort is still active, I speculate that Voldemort should have multiple Horcruxes. "

After finishing his thoughts in one breath, Link looked at Dumbledore with a smile.

Now that it has been decided to start a full-scale war with Voldemort, the plan to collect and destroy the Horcruxes must be carried out immediately.

And when his own power alone cannot do it, forcing Dumbledore to participate together is what must be done.

In Link's opinion, regardless of whether Dumbledore knew about Voldemort's Horcruxes in advance, or whether Dumbledore wanted to start destroying the Horcruxes now, but now that he has exposed this matter, Then Dumbledore must make some efforts in this area, otherwise Dumbledore's great and upright image will collapse.

What Link didn't expect was that Dumbledore's behavior was very strange after hearing this.

Dumbledore seemed to have heard something that made him very happy. His eyes were shining, and his whole expression and mental state became high. He rarely asked Link in a rather urgent tone. :

"You think Gellert Grindelwald's ideas are great?"

These words made Link fall silent.

After thinking of all the weird rumors about Dumbledore and Grindelwald in his previous life, Link looked at Dumbledore and his eyes became even weirder.

At the same time, he silently took a few steps back, trying to stay as far away from Dumbledore as possible.

"From a purely theoretical perspective, Grindelwald's ideas are indeed correct and forward-looking. The technological explosion of Muggles in recent years has directly led to an explosive growth in their military strength, which has indeed been compressed to The survival of wizards has even threatened the rule of wizards on this planet. However, he was too idealistic and too eager in the actual behavior of realizing his ideas. This directly led to his failure."

Link finally expressed his views on Grindelwald, and then said calmly, "But Principal Dumbledore, I think the focus of our discussion should be on Horcruxes, isn't it?"

"Yes! You are right!"

Dumbledore looked even happier. He hammered his palm hard and said. He didn't know whether he was saying that Grindelwald was right or that he was right to return the topic to Horcruxes.

Then he seemed to finally calm down a little, and said to Link with a smile:

"You don't have to worry about the Horcruxes. In fact, we were already investigating Voldemort's Horcruxes as early as last year. According to current intelligence, Voldemort does have more than one Horcruxes. As for the specific number, I personally My guess is 7."

"7?"

Although this was information that Link already knew, after hearing this, Link still asked again knowingly.

Sure enough, Dumbledore took a deep breath, blinked at Link mysteriously and said:

"7 is the most magical number!"

Link nodded and stopped talking. He felt that Dumbledore's pretentious appearance was a little embarrassing, and he even wanted to laugh.

Dumbledore also knew the truth behind the point.

He shook his head cheerfully, and instead of arguing with Link about the number 7, he said directly:

"All seven of Voldemort's Horcruxes have been scattered and hidden in various secret locations. Through investigation, I have tentatively identified several locations where Horcruxes may be hidden.

You don't have to worry about finding and destroying the Horcruxes, I will handle it myself. "

After saying this, Dumbledore smiled and patted Link on the shoulder, acting very kindly.

But when Link heard this, he jumped up and shouted anxiously:

"No! I'm going too!"

"Uh, why?"

Dumbledore asked with some confusion, and this question also made Link stuck.

What can he say?

Could it be that destroying the soul weapon gives skill points, so he has to grab monsters to gain skill points?

Fortunately, Dumbledore didn't seem to care about Link's reasons. Before Link could make up an excuse, he waved his hand and said:

"If you want to go, then come with me. Meet again in my office tomorrow evening. The password is still vanilla ice cream."

"Tomorrow? So soon?"

"Opportunities are fleeting. Since you have decided something, you have to do it as soon as possible, right?"

After saying that, Dumbledore took out a whole box of vanilla ice cream from the cabinet and placed it in front of Link. Although he didn't speak, his intention to expel the guest was very clear.

Link didn't bother, stuffed the ice cream into the Seamless Stretch Spell bag, and quickly left the principal's office, greeted by Phoenix Fox and the portraits.

The horn of counterattack against Voldemort has already sounded. Although Dumbledore, a legendary wizard who is considered invincible in the world today, is accompanying him on this trip, Link feels that he still needs to make some preparations.

After all, this time we are going to grab someone's head.

Link had actually been quietly improving these preparations for combat several years ago.

Today, he has even designed a complete set of combat suits for himself that are different from conventional Auror equipment.

The most important part is the specially made battle suit that Link commissioned Tuofan Clothing Store to make based on the principles of the three imitation suits in his previous life.

The overall appearance of this combat uniform is similar to common work clothes in Muggle society and armed-style upper and lower suits. The main color is black, and the construction material is made of multiple layers of dragon skin, poison-horned rhinoceros skin, melee wool and other magical animal materials. It has excellent resistance to magic and physical attacks.

If combined with the protection of the Voldemort Bat, it can basically help Link block most of the sixth-grade spells at Hogwarts.

In addition, the combat uniform also has armed belts and a large number of storage pockets, which store various magic potions made by Link himself. Link even included some special passages for Arkham crawling, so that he can It can carry out surprise attacks from all angles.

Finally, Link also brought items such as a battle wand sheath, a heart protector against the Life Curse (with many living mice sewn into the inner liner to disperse damage when hit by the Life Curse), and a night vision device. Alchemical goggles, a magic map similar to the Marauder's Map but with much poorer functions, an alchemical communicator for real-time contact and calling for help, an alchemical hand crossbow, etc.

The result of all these preparations was that when Link, fully clothed and looking like a moving fortress, appeared in Dumbledore's office again the next day, not only the antique former principals on the wall were shocked speechless. , even Dumbledore fell into an eerie silence for a while.

After a long time, Dumbledore said with a complicated look:

"Link, just treat this as an ordinary adventure. With me here, you don't have to be afraid."

"I'm not afraid, I just made some necessary preparations."

Link said while checking his equipment again.

Link knew that his behavior seemed to Dumbledore or others to be a fuss.

After all, wizards' conventional way of fighting has always been to just pick up the wand and do it!

Even top combat powers like Aurors are not much better than regular wizards in terms of equipment configuration.

But Link didn't think so.

There is only one life. As a time traveler, he has always believed in Taizu's theory of "strategically despising the enemy and tactically focusing on the enemy", and regarded the lion as the lion to fight the rabbit with all his strength as his life creed.

Therefore, Link felt that he was not afraid of death, but rather avoiding risks reasonably.

Let’s use an analogy.

In the original book, Sirius Black was killed during the battle between the Ministry of Magic and the Death Eaters by his cousin Bella, who shot a death curse into the Death Curtain (an execution tool of the Ministry of Magic of the United States).

But what if Sirius had had a set of equipment like Link's now?

I'm afraid it's not that easy to die, right?

At least a single Killing Curse would never be able to kill him protected by a Voldemort Bat, a tactical uniform, and an anti-Kingling Curse vest.

"call!"

After completing the final inspection, Link took a long breath, stood up and said solemnly to Dumbledore:

"I'm ready and ready to go!"

Dumbledore looked at Link dumbfounded, then shook his head after a while and said:

"Then come on, take my hand."

Link obediently stretched out his dragon-skin-gloved hand and grasped Dumbledore's arm tightly.

Fawkes, the phoenix on the side, fluttered its wings under Dumbledore's cheers. It grabbed Dumbledore's shoulders with its claws and let out a pleasant neighing sound.

Orange-red flames instantly spurted out from his body, enveloping Link and Dumbledore and disappearing into the principal's room.

Being transported by a phoenix is ​​truly a wonderful experience.

Unlike the floo network, portkeys, and the apparation of wizards and house elves, the phoenix's teleportation is extremely gentle.

When the flame wrapped around his body and broke through the space to jump, Link not only did not feel the slightest bump, but felt very warm.

And when Link found his feet on the ground again, the scene in front of him had changed drastically.

At this moment, he and Dumbledore were standing on a hillside.

This should be the highest point nearby. Looking down from here, you can easily see the smokey small village below.

What stood before Link's eyes was a manor villa that was built on the top of the hillside and was neither small nor large.

This manor villa seems to have been abandoned for a long time.

It is surrounded by all kinds of yellow weeds and dead trees that have long lost their vitality.

Even the main part of the villa looks dilapidated.

Not only were all the doors and windows sealed with wooden battens, but the tiles on the roof were also incomplete, and clawed ivy vines covered the entire big house, as if outlining the cracked exterior walls. A stream of consciousness painting.

The newborn moon was slowly climbing up from behind the villa, rarely meeting the setting sun that had not completely set.

Under the echo of the sun and the moon, the entire manor and villa was shrouded in a hazy color that could be called a dream.

All the muscles in Link's body tightened unconsciously, and his nerves were stretched to the extreme.

He held the wand and stared nervously at the mysterious and dilapidated villa.

Arkham and Yo-Yo seemed to have sensed his emotional changes, and began to stir uneasily and nervously.

Link didn't appease them this time.

Because he needs them to be as alert as he is.

He knew very well how dangerous the villa in front of him was.

At this moment, Dumbledore, who was also staring at the villa, finally said softly:

"Riddle House, we're here."