Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 239: Slaughter the Inferi and transform into a werewolf, Professor Lupine!

The plan to go to the cave to retrieve Regulus's body was quickly approved. After all, Sirius was a man of action, and Kreacher was eager to support him with both hands and feet.

Harley also wanted to explore the cave very much, and she had enough strength to guarantee it, so she would not object to the godfather's actions.

Originally, Hermione wanted to dissuade them and ask them to be more cautious and seek help from Professor Lupine, but Professor Lupine also acquiesced in Harry's decision.

In Professor Lupin's heart, although Phineas was the most annoying principal in the history of Hogwarts, his knowledge and strength were among the best among the strongest wizards of that era.

The portrait now possessing all the memories and thinking abilities of Phineas himself did not refute this plan, and it was impossible for him to make fun of the last bearer of the Black family name.

Therefore, Professor Lupin also made a judgment based on this. There was a certain danger there, but it was within a tolerable range. At least there was an escape route through Kreacher.

Of course, Phineas did think it was safe there, but his basis was not an escape route, but Harley's existence.

Phineas knew very well that as long as Harry Potter used the magic of the blue halo, these dark magical creatures would have to stop.

Not to mention the magic arranged by Voldemort himself. Voldemort himself has stopped working, and he was smashed to pieces by Harry three times. Who is the magic that he arranged?

Phineas, who had spent so much time in the principal's office and gained a wealth of information, felt completely unfazed, and was even able to have a cup of tea with Mrs. Black.

Instead of worrying about the safety of Sirius and the others, he might as well care about the safety of those Inferi as a member of the Inferi Protection Association.

So after Harley made some brief preparations, the three of them, led by Kreacher, went directly to Voldemort's cave.

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Under the leadership of Kreacher, the three of them came directly to the small island in the center of the cave.

This is a huge natural cave, and the island is at least seventy meters away from the top of the cave.

The island was about the same size as the headmaster's office at Hogwarts, with a flat black stone slab in the center and a stone basin placed above it.

Various symbols are engraved on the stone basin, and the base connecting the stone basin and the stone slab also has a large number of patterns. The smooth and flat black stone slab exudes strange magic power.

There is a pot full of emerald green potion in the stone basin, which is full of curses and malice.

If there are some people with particularly high spirituality, such as mid-level Extraordinaries of the Destiny Path, then just being close to this pot of potion will evoke the most painful thoughts.

Surrounding the small island is a black lake. The lake is extremely wide and stretches as far as the eye can see. It is impossible to see the other side clearly.

Professor Lupine and Sirius lit their wands one after another, but the light could not cast very far.

The darkness here has been blessed by magic and is denser and thicker than ordinary darkness. Even Harley's night vision ability is slightly hindered.

"Is this the place where Voldemort kept his Horcruxes?" Sirius couldn't help but hold his breath and asked in a very soft voice,

"Those damn Inferi are beneath this lake?"

Professor Luping nodded silently, still looking around vigilantly.

"Master Sirius, what should we do?" Kreacher lowered his voice and asked respectfully.

When Sirius decided to come to retrieve Regulus' body, Kreacher had already changed his attitude towards Sirius, at least he was no longer so hostile.

Sirius thought for a moment, scratched his hair hard, and then looked at Professor Lupin for help.

Faced with the behavior of his old friend, Professor Luping rolled his eyes: Can't you see who you should listen to here?

Afterwards, Professor Lupine looked at Harry sharply: "Harry, what should we do?"

Harley walked to the lake in small steps and looked down at the water.

The island has probably been renovated. The lake at the edge is still relatively shallow, but it soon becomes very deep, and you can't see the bottom at a glance.

Through the lake, Harry could clearly see the inferi facing the water, floating slowly and silently.

The lake was so big that after a simple assessment, Harry realized that even if he borrowed the power of the mythical creature form, he would not be able to freeze it.

Perhaps only after he returns to Sequence Four can he directly freeze such a huge lake.

"Bring them up," Harley decided. "I will freeze all the inferi that come ashore, and we will slowly identify them later."

"Isn't this a bit too risky?" Professor Lu Ping asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, Uncle Remus." Harley shook her head, "I have read information about the Inferi from the book, and I have a general understanding of their strength."

Of course, I have also killed a few living zombies, and even killed two more powerful ghosts of the same sequence, and almost killed a puppet.

Harry added silently in his mind, feeling coldness in his hands.

Seeing that Harry was so confident, Professor Lupine also nodded.

Anyway, there was Kreacher here and there was an escape route, so he wasn't that worried.

After Harry made his judgment, the anxious Sirius immediately wanted to pull out his wand, explode the lake water, and lure the Inferi ashore.

But Harley stopped him with a wave of his hand.

"Godfather, even if you use an explosive spell, how many Inferi will be attracted by the noise you make?" Harley looked at Sirius with a slightly caring look,

"There are so many Inferi in this large lake. How many explosive spells do you need to use to attract them all?"

"This is so inefficient."

"Then what should we do?" Sirius asked after a brief thought and found that his behavior was indeed lacking consideration.

"Just take this potion and the stone basin away." Harry said softly while stroking the stone slab, finding a high-sounding reason for his behavior.

"These Inferi are used to protect the Horcrux. Once the Horcrux disappears, they will definitely come ashore one after another."

As he spoke, the cold air began to spread, slowly covering the entire stone slab and the stone basin above it.

The bottom of the stone slab is connected to the island, but the island itself has no magic attached to it.

So Harry controlled the cutting spell slightly downward, cutting out part of the island's surface and freezing it with ice.

Sirius and Professor Lupin were dumbfounded as they watched Harry's skillful operation, watching her seal the items left by Voldemort in less than three minutes and put them into a specially vacated pocket.

The black lake exploded instantly, and countless white corpses jumped up from the dark lake, then floated on the water and moved towards the island driven by inexplicable power.

Soon the first batch of Inferi clung to the edge of the island and quickly climbed up.

They walked forward stiffly while staring at the place where the stone slab was placed in the center of the island with their sunken, blind eyes.

The tips of Sirius and Professor Lupin's wands burst into flames instantly, but neither of them actively controlled the flames to attack the Inferi to avoid damaging Regulus' body.

The two just suspended the flame in mid-air, and prepared various control spells such as the binding spell.

Kreacher also raised his hands, magic energy condensing on his fingertips.

But they don't need to be the main force, after all, Harley has already taken action.

Harry took a step forward, tapped his toes lightly, and a circle of blue ripples instantly spread.

Although winter has long passed, the temperature in the already cold cave has dropped a few points out of thin air.

The first batch of Inferi that landed on the island turned into ice and were frozen in place.

"Godfather, Uncle Remus, Kreacher, please check quickly to see if there is Regulus in here?"

Harley asked without looking back, "If not, I will destroy them."

Sirius and Kreacher looked around at the ice statue as quickly as possible, and then answered loudly:

"Never had!"

"Miss Potter, there is no Master Regulus!"

Professor Lu Ping did not participate in this move, but looked around vigilantly to prevent any fish from slipping through the net.

Hearing this, Harry tapped her toes again, and black flames rose out of thin air in the distance. The Inferi frozen by the ice instantly turned into torches, and soon turned into ashes.

Harry didn't care about the unlucky ones who didn't even leave their bodies behind. After all, judging from the clothes on the bodies, these people were probably Muggles during their lives.

According to Voldemort's character, the old man probably simply captured people from a village and soaked them in the bottom of the lake.

And the constant appearance of the Inferi in the shape of old people and children also confirmed Harley's guess.

For this kind of family situation, Harley couldn't find a family for them and let them return to their roots.

Letting them die completely and their bodies no longer being used is the greatest mercy of the Ageless Witch.

Harley used ice again and again, quickly freezing the inferi that climbed up.

However, Sirius and the others still found nothing, and began to become a little anxious.

Suddenly, there was an explosion in the water twenty feet away, and two behemoths emerged from the water.

They were more than ten feet tall and still wore the same animal skins they had worn when they died.

It's a giant inferi.

Harry frowned slightly, she didn't expect Voldemort to leave such a guard here who had reached the fifth level of the sequence.

This is probably the strongest guard here, and it can't be dealt with quickly.

You know, the giant's magic resistance is very high.

Although facing a giant alone, Harley was confident that he could be defeated within two minutes, but she did not think that she could just freeze it like an ordinary Inferi.

And if the giant inferi are taken seriously, the ordinary inferi around them will lose control again.

Harley sighed helplessly and stretched out her right hand.

She had quietly formulated the rules before, using the "Law of All Laws" and "Judgment" abilities to weaken the basic physical qualities of the Inferi within the island.

Now it seems that she will enact more laws to restrain those two behemoths.

But before Harley could activate her gloves, a wolf howl suddenly came from behind.

Harley subconsciously raised her hand, and the magic mirror flew into the air from the bag, reflecting the scene behind Harley.

The image in the magic mirror shocked Harry, because Professor Lupin's head was elongated and his body was also growing longer.

His shoulders were arched, gray hair grew on his face and hands, and his fingers turned into sharp claws.

Professor Lupine has transformed into a werewolf!

But this is not normal. Not to mention that Professor Lupine had just passed the full moon a few days ago and turned into a werewolf, so the current date does not match up.

You know, it's afternoon now! It's not evening yet, the moon hasn't risen yet!

Harley's loose hair lifted up slightly in an instant, without any wind.

If Professor Lupine attacks Harry or Sirius because he loses his mind, Harley can control him at any time.

Sirius and Kreacher even took a step back at the same time.

They didn't have time to think about why Professor Lupine turned into a werewolf when it was not a full moon night, so they just subconsciously pointed their wands and fingers at Professor Lupine.

"Collapse!"

"Everything is petrified (silent) (house elf system)!"

Two rays of light flashed instantly, but Professor Lupine rushed forward, instantly dodging the spell.

The direction Professor Lupine rushed towards was not towards any one of Harley, Sirius or Kreacher, but towards the ordinary Inferi.

Harry's movements on his hands did not slow down, but he focused part of his energy on observing Professor Lupin.

After becoming a werewolf, Professor Lupine's speed and strength have significantly increased, but he seems to have forgotten how to use magic.

He just used his fists and sharp claws to knock away the Inferi that climbed ashore one by one, and beat them directly back into the water.

This seems to be more efficient, but it is not as effective as directly restraining the Inferi.

Moreover, Professor Lupine's control of strength is not very good, giving people the feeling of suddenly gaining strength but not being able to use it.

Although this time Harley did not feel the intervention of outside forces like the time she made the prophecy to Professor Trillani.

But Harley still had an intuition that a great being was taking action.

After all, the aura of the Rose School that Professor Lupine exudes cannot be faked. Harry has been with Professor Lupin for so long, but he has never felt this aura before.

Moreover, Professor Lupine's sudden surge in power is extremely unreasonable.

"It seems that after returning to sequence four, I must go to the spirit world." Harley thought to herself.

She had a hunch that the answer would be found there.

But this is not the point now. The unknown existence has not shown any malicious intent for the time being, so it is better to deal with these Inferi first.

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(Thanks to "Nine-tailed Yanhu" and "1_1_4_7" for the rewards!)

(ps. In the sixth part, when Harry used the flying spell to summon the Horcrux directly, a big white guy walked through the lake 20 feet away from the shore.

Taking into account Harry's own size, and the fact that people look smaller and blurry when seen from a distance and in the dark, the thing that made Harry think it was a big guy was most likely the Inferi. )