demon hunter at hogwarts

Regulus was not proficient in ancient magic texts, only to the extent he could in class.

Moreover, he was also convinced that Voldemort's main achievements in magic did not include "a deep study of ancient magic texts".

Fortunately, the magic circle composed of this magic text failed to prevent Regulus from investigating the entire ancient tree.

After the magic circle flickered for a few times, it gradually became dim as if it had exhausted its magic power.

Regulus discovered that although the tree was thick, there was a hollow part in the middle of the trunk, which seemed to be man-made.

Judging from the traces, the tree had been opened at least twice.

Perhaps, the function of this magic circle is to protect the integrity of this tree from being destroyed by any creature or person, so that it can survive far longer than its peers.

With the exploration completed, the magic circle seemed to have completed its mission, unwillingly turning into little stars and dissipating in the air.

Regulus was a little disappointed with this result.

A few months ago, when I was at Gunter's old house in Little Hangleton, the feeling I felt when I discovered the hole under the wooden floor came back to me again.

I thought I had found the location of a Horcrux, but when I arrived, I found that I had just missed the target.

"Who are you...you are not welcome here..."

Regulus, who was feeling depressed, suddenly heard a cold, hoarse voice that sounded like a woman's.

He quickly located the direction from which the sound came.

It was a big snake with a brown body but black patterns on its body. It was slowly swimming towards him along the ground where fallen leaves and branches were piled up.

Judging from its size, Regulus immediately realized that this was the strange snake that almost killed Quirinus Quirrell.

"Are you here to protect this tree?" He tried to speak to the big snake in Parseltongue.

Since annihilating the consciousness in Voldemort's soul fragment and devouring that part of power, he, like Harry, can speak the language of snakes, but the binding force in the language is not enough to completely make the snakes obey orders.

The snake paused visibly, apparently unaware that the human in front of it spoke its language.

"I'm waiting for someone. Someone asked me to wait for him here..." The big snake replied subconsciously. His whole body also changed from the attacking posture just now to squatting on the ground. It was obvious that he could communicate with this sudden appearance. Human beings are still very wary.

The Orochi's humanistic behavior made Regulus suddenly think of something.

He raised his wand, and the big snake was obviously on guard, raising its head and showing its fangs threateningly.

But Regulus did not release magic on it. Instead, he aimed at the open space and recited a spell: "The original body appears."

A smoke composed of gold powder spurted out from the end of his staff, quickly twisting and condensing in the air.

He had seen Dumbledore use this spell at Gaunt's old house, directly recreating the scene where Barty Crouch, possessed by Voldemort, took away the Horcrux.

Later, when he borrowed the magical suitcase that could hold creatures from Newt Scamander, he communicated with the renowned magizoologist and learned a lot about the variations of this spell.

At this time, the golden smoke has taken shape, appearing as a bearded wizard in the clearing.

"Is this the person you are waiting for?" Regulus asked, pointing to the human figure.

This is what he saw from the photo, the Greek adventurer Achilles who died tragically from the Acromantula when he was alive.

Orochi stared at the figure, and after staring blankly for more than ten seconds, he slowly shook his head and said, "It's not him... but he once... fed me for a while... Where is he now..."

"He died," Regulus said. "Not long after you parted, he tried to cross a forest inhabited by Acromantulas."

The big snake's head was slightly lowered.

"Did he give you a name?" Regulus asked tentatively again.

"I have taken some names, but I have my own name." The snake hissed impatiently.

"Nagini?"

The snake's body coiled on the ground immediately tightened a little, staring at Regulus warily.

"I only told that person this name... He told me to wait here and he would come back to pick me up..."

Regulus heard a strange sense of dependence and expectation from the serpent's tone, which made him feel a little bad.

He immediately asked: "Did you choose this name yourself?"

The snake was completely confused when he heard this question.

"Other snakes are hatched from eggs, but it has been like this since I can remember... I can't remember how many years have passed..." After thinking for about a minute, the big snake said in a low voice, "I I don’t know what I should do, I just know that ‘Nagini’ should be my name.”

This time, it was Regulus' turn to be confused.

Whether it is the records in relevant documents or the statements of professionals such as Newt and Dumbledore, it is unmistakable that once the blood curse orcs trigger the curse, they will be trapped in the body of an animal forever and lose their status as human beings. All the memories at that time completely changed from human to beast.

But the performance of the big snake in front of him, Nagini, shattered this view.

Even if she only remembers her own name.

Regulus came to the conclusion that the person who asked her to wait here must be Voldemort.

He remembered what he had seen before, the diary of the Greek wizard Achilles.

After his meeting with Gilderoy Lockhart, it became clear that Achilles was mentally disturbed and that his behavior was completely inconsistent with his original habits.

Obviously, Achilles at that time was already under the control of Gilderoy Lockhart—or Voldemort.

Even Regulus could notice that Nagini was unusual, and so could Voldemort.

Regulus speculated that Voldemort asked Nagini to wait deep in the forest where he had hidden things for a long time, and killed everyone who came near here intentionally or unintentionally to avoid revealing any clues.

While he was deep in thought, Nagini suddenly launched an attack. Her huge body jumped up from the ground like a spring, revealing her sharp fangs, and her target was Regulus's neck.

Regulus suddenly woke up and used a confining spell in his backhand, trying to keep Nagini in place.

But when the spell hit her, it didn't have any effect. Instead, it bounced out in another direction.

"This kind of magic resistance..." Regulus frowned, quickly dodged Nagini's attack, and secretly cursed, "If I make today's experience public to the public, then those who study the blood curse orcs will And those who have received the Order of Merlin are probably asking the Ministry of Magic not to take back their honors..."

Quirrell was not a bad wizard, but he suffered at the hands of Nagini. This magic resistance was probably a major factor. An unprepared wizard could easily be helpless after the spell failed.

In addition, Nagini's movements are quite agile, which is completely inconsistent with her huge body shape.

During the attack on Regulus, her attack changed three directions in a row, and ordinary wizards would have been bitten by her fangs.

But Regulus dodged her attack with ease, and even cast a petrification spell during the process, which accurately hit her seven inches away.

The spell still doesn't work.

"interesting……"

He does not intend to kill Nagini because there are many mysteries surrounding her.

The blood curse is a difficult problem to overcome in the entire wizarding world. As far as Regulus knows, even pure-blood wizard families are troubled by the blood curse. For example, the Greengrass family, every few In this generation, some members will die early due to the curse.

Compared with the werewolves that can be seen everywhere, it is difficult to meet a living blood-cursed orc.

Regulus thought that if Nagini was brought back, it might be a good research material.

"I can help you..." As he said this, he avoided Nagini's attack and instead conjured many vines from the ground, trying to tie up the big snake, but the snake's skin was very smooth, even if it was thorny. The vines could not restrain her.

"Kill... everyone who comes here must die... kill you..." Nagini's tone suddenly became strange and cold, and her eyes turned blood red, revealing a bloodthirsty madness.

"I knew it..." Regulus sighed secretly when he saw this situation.

It appears that Nagini has triggered some kind of magic and has lost her mind, frantically attacking any creature she sees.

This magic was of course set by Voldemort.

It is much more difficult to capture alive than to kill, especially when the opponent is in a violent state and is bent on killing himself.

Fortunately, Regulus had his own simple method.

When Nagini was about to pounce again, he first jumped to the side, then waved his wand, and a huge net bag rose from the ground, covering Nagini's entire body, and the net reached mid-air.

Nagini hissed angrily and struggled desperately to escape from the net bag.

But the net bag was hanging in the air and was not exerting any force, leaving her with nowhere to use her strength.Her fangs are suitable for piercing, but cannot bite and cut. There is nothing she can do with the ropes that make up the net bag.

A series of spells were continuously sprayed out from Regulus' wand, and the net bag became extremely strong.

"You need to calm down." After the reinforcement, Regulus said to Nagini who was hanging in the air.

"Kill you...kill you!"

"We'll talk tomorrow." Seeing that Nagini was no longer able to communicate, Regulus simply hung the net bag on the hollow tree.

He didn't see what magic Voldemort used to control Nagini, so he could only wait for the magic to be lifted by itself.

After struggling for a long time, the light in the forest has dimmed.

Fortunately, this place has become a forbidden area for forest creatures, and Regulus is not afraid of being disturbed by uninvited guests. He set up a tent and planned to spend the night here.

After settling in, he took out some bacon from the Muggle pub and prepared to fill his empty stomach, when he heard a familiar voice coming from the briefcase.

"Rael! Regulus! My stupid brother!"

Regulus couldn't help but roll his eyes and took out the double-sided mirror that Sirius had made him take with him when he left London.

What was reflected in the mirror was not his face, but the stubble-covered Sirius, who was feasting on a chicken leg.

Glancing at the unpalatable Albanian bacon in his hand, Regulus's face turned as black as the bottom of Snape's cauldron.

"What's the matter!" he said angrily.

"It's been almost three weeks since you left home, and there's been no news at all. As a brother, of course I have to do my part to see if you were abducted by a Veela," Sirius said.

Although what he said was far-fetched, Regulus still heard the worry coming from his unreliable brother.

"I haven't encountered any Veela, but I have encountered a few werewolves." Regulus said dryly, "There is no surprise at all."

"How's it going? They attacked...ahem..." Sirius choked on the food in his mouth, couldn't help but coughed a few times, and hurriedly took a sip of water.

"No, it was not a full moon night, and their fighting skills were quite average." Regulus shook his head and said.

Then, he roughly told Sirius what happened to Scabior and the others.

"I'm just saying these people are hopeless!" Sirius said viciously, "Moony Face is a complete waste of time. He should have been doing something more worthy of doing!"

"You can't say that. Since there is a werewolf like Lupin, there may be a second and third one." Regulus said, "If there are such people, they deserve to be...redeemed... Bar."

"The way you talk is exactly the same as Moon Face." Sirius said, "Okay, I'm relieved to see you're fine. When are you going to return to England?"

"There is one last thing to do. I found something interesting and I have to take it back." Regulus said and couldn't help but glance outside the tent.

Nagini was still struggling in the net bag in vain, but there was nothing she could do.

"Did you find the Horcrux?" Sirius asked hurriedly.

"You'll know it when you see it." Regulus let it slip.

Sirius spat, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said mysteriously: "You know, the Ministry of Magic seems to be making some big moves recently. Bertha Jorkins has launched a proposal to start a new semester. Restart the Triwizard Tournament, and Hogwarts will be the first to host it."

"What?" Regulus heard this term, put down the bacon in his hand, and became serious.

"Some people think that this was a risky choice she made in an attempt to prove her ability. After all, the Triwizard Tournament has been suspended for centuries." Sirius was very satisfied with the effect of his message and continued, " Some people think she took the wrong medicine, but others support the proposal because it would be a big achievement if the event could be restarted, and Cornelius Fudge is one of them."

"I think there is something wrong with this matter. She is the puppet that Lucius got into that position." Regulus analyzed, "This is not just a matter of adding capital to his qualifications. If the Triwizard Tournament is really Held, it means that a large number of... 'outsiders' will enter Hogwarts. Do you remember what happened on Halloween last year? Your godson will go to school soon."

"You mean..." Sirius's gray eyes flashed coldly.

"You have to prepare for the worst first," Regulus said, "and then expect better results."