HP's Platinum Temptation

With the cold 'hiss' snake language, the snake group that was besieging Clarence just now stopped attacking and swam back to the big snake.

Lucius fell down without being attacked by snakes, which only shows that the crown did not successfully stop the Dark Lord from controlling the Dark Mark.This fact made Clarence dare not act rashly, but kept on guard, and the two sides confronted each other.

As for the snake group, the other small snakes are not enough to prove it. Just at this moment, more than half of them have been lost under Clarence's hands.Although the Dark Lord still has magical powers, but he is huddled in the body of a snake, so he probably won't be able to exert much influence.The only thing that scares Clarence more is Nagini.If he remembered correctly, Nagini was apparently a magic snake.Although Clarence is confident in protecting himself, if Lucius keeps falling to the ground, the situation of the battle will become less clear.

But at the same time, the snake group was obviously shocked by the destructive power shown by Clarence just now.

Well--

Lucius groaned in pain as he fell to the ground, but it sounded like he was waking up.

"Lucius Malfoy..." The hoarse and ugly voice also rang in Clarence's ears, confirming the identity of the little snake on Nagini's head.

"My master." Lucius' weak voice responded.From the corner of his eye, Clarence saw that the former was getting up from the ground, and then knelt down in the direction of the snakes.

"You are here...my servant..." The Dark Lord's voice was hoarse but his excitement could not be concealed.

"Yes, my master." The lowered head did not lift up, and the tone was very sincere: "I finally found you."

"Where did you find the bodyguards? Eh?" The Dark Lord's tone became visibly unhappy when his gaze touched Clarence, who was still on alert.

"Henry, stand back." Lucius raised his head and immediately reprimanded him in a merciless tone.

"But..." Clarence looked at Lucius, and there was no flaw in his face.Glancing at the situation of the snake group again, he finally retreated obediently and put away the dagger.

"Very good, very good." The Dark Lord nodded in satisfaction, "You have a very obedient subordinate, Lucius."

"It's all for my master." Lucius returned to his low position.

"Hmph," the Dark Lord's tone changed instantly: "It seems that I am not as 'lucky' as you! Look what my servants have done? Huh?" With the sudden surge of anger, Lucius' arm burned again , From Clarence's point of view, such speculation can only be made from his visibly trembling figure again.

Lucius gritted his teeth and endured, not daring to speak, not daring to resist, not even uttering a cry of pain.

"Five years!!" The Dark Lord's growling voice was like torn cloth, piercing: "I am hiding in this dark forest! You are staying in your own manor enjoying a comfortable life! Don't think that I am not I know what you think! I will definitely 'repay' your 'loyalty' twice!"

"We have been looking for you, my master, please forgive our incompetence." Lucius' tone was filled with fear.

"Lies!" was the growl of the Dark Lord in answer.

"Really! We have been looking for you!" Lucius retorted aggrievedly: "We have been working hard to find your whereabouts after you disappeared. But our initial activities were all under the influence of the Order of the Phoenix and the Aurors. Surveillance. So the search has been hampered, and we cannot expose the fact that you are still alive. Dumbledore declares that you have..."

"Don't try to deceive me!" The Dark Lord said, but his tone began to waver.

"We have been looking for you, in the UK, but there is no trace of you. We were restricted from leaving the UK for the first two years, and we left the UK the year before. We were looking for you in France, but then we heard that someone was in the UK. I found you further south. We searched the memory of that Muggle, and he just saw a big snake, but he didn't remember where he saw it." Lucius' answer was completely thoughtless, fluent without any pause, completely It is the gesture of a diehard follower trying to prove his loyalty: "Goyle, Clark, and Nott. We went to the south, but from the memory of a Muggle, we found a picture of a German forest. We plan to go there, and then Nott, that treacherous man, he said he was going back to England to find reinforcements. He destroyed Azkaban, took Lestrange out of prison, under the guise of looking for you, but ended up taking advantage of our absence , ransacked several Gringotts vaults, and escaped by himself."

"Where is Nott?" the Dark Lord asked immediately.

"He killed the Lestranges, but he also died. When he died, he was found near Carlo's house, and all the property in the vault was gone." Lucius replied immediately.

"That bastard!" The Dark Lord, who has always regarded noble property as the cost of his rule, immediately expressed his indignation: "Carlo! Very good."

"Then the last news we got was that at the end of last month, we had been paying attention to the information about the big snake. Then some Muggles here said that they saw a huge snake in the forest to the north. So I rushed over." Lu Hughes accepted it as soon as it was good, and did not go deeper into the issue of property, but continued to explain his innocence.

"Very well, I can pardon your guilt. Get up." The Dark Lord was finally satisfied.Lucius got up immediately when he heard the order, not even caring about the ashes on his robe.Under the gaze of the Dark Lord, he calmly took half a step forward, protecting Clarence's position behind him.

"But your servant has cost me so much!" The Dark Lord's temper changes were more unpredictable than the English weather.The last second was a satisfied appreciation, but the next second it became angry and manic.

"Hehe, my master, are you still satisfied with his performance?" Lucius did not argue, but asked a question that might make the Dark Lord even more angry.

"What do you mean?"

"This is the most delicious gift I have found for you, my master." Lucius smiled and proudly claimed the credit: "Strong body, simple and stupid Hufflepuff. I have reached a cooperation with him Let him help me find your whereabouts. We set an unbreakable spell, and we will work together to find you until you die. So I easily gained his trust."

"Lucius!" Clarence turned around, showing a shocked expression: "What are you talking about?"

"As you heard." Lucius snorted disdainfully, and looked at the Dark Lord again with fiery eyes: "We know that you have not found a suitable soul carrier, so this is our gift to you !"

"Very good, very good! You surprised me, Lucius. As expected, you are my most loyal servant, you are very thoughtful!" The Dark Lord's angry gaze, which had been shooting over Clarence just now, instantly changed to Greedy, his snake eyes looked up and down the tall Clarence, and he kept tsk-tsk in satisfaction: "Very good, I want to have him now!"

"Of course!" Lucius smiled proudly at the Dark Lord again, and turned to Clarence and ordered: "Put down your dagger, it's your honor."

"No! I don't believe it!" Clarence raised his daggers again, but this time the direction of his guard was Lucius.The Dark Lord suppressed all the snakes around him, not planning to intervene in Lucius' actions at all.He enjoyed the process of servant resources offering gifts.

Lucius raised his wand, pointed at Clarence, and ordered in a disdainful tone: "Now, put down your weapon. Are you still trying to resist the wizard without a wand? Stupid!"

"I will never—"

"Cruciatus!" Lucius didn't listen to what Clarence was going to say next, and the red light of the spell hit Clarence's chest accurately.

It was like countless sharp knives drilled into the body along the location where the spell hit, ruthlessly penetrating and cutting every muscle, every inch of bone, and the heart would donate blood with the severe pain.Clarence let out a howl and fell convulsively to the ground, dropping the dagger.

"Quickly imprison him." Lucius took advantage of the opportunity to put on tight shackles, making it impossible for him to escape.

"You can't... like this... this breaks... the oath..." Clarence panted heavily, making a fierce but powerless voice like a wounded beast.

"Of course." Lucius still raised his wand warily, but his tone turned into a kind of fanatical pride: "I am willing to give everything for my master, even if it is my life, what does it matter if I break the oath?"

"Very good, very good!" The Dark Lord's voice became as bloodthirsty as he couldn't stop praising his capable servant: "Now, bring him here!"

"No..." Lucius' full promise was interrupted by a crisp Fengming, and the expression on his face turned into horror: "Oh, no!"

"What's the matter?" The Dark Lord knew that something was wrong when he heard Fengming: "Dumbledore?"

"You informed Dumbledore?!" Lucius asked Clarence, who was still trembling on the ground, in an unbelievable tone: "You traitor!"

"Hehe... are you qualified... to say... me?" Clarence's voice was full of resentment and self-satisfied contradictions, and he tried his best to raise his head and let out a roar: "Go to death, you evil Death Eaters !"

Feng Ming's voice approached in an instant, white light flashed, and what appeared was a raging fire that swept towards the snake group without hesitation.

"Dumbledore!" The Dark Lord's resentful voice disappeared instantly, and the servant and the new body were instantly engulfed in flames.

Lucius fell to the ground, struggling to maintain the protective layer that protected himself and Clarence from the flames with his wand.

The fire gradually disappeared as Dumbledore chased away in the direction of the Dark Lord, and Clarence, who was bound, lay motionless on the ground as if in a coma.

"Why don't you get up, the ground is comfortable?" Lucius angrily picked up a stone and threw it at Clarence.

"No, I'm looking to see if those snakes are still there. They were just frozen to death, and the snake gallbladder is still fresh. Maybe I can get some for you to mend." Clarence raised his head slightly, still looking tightly bound , looking at Lucius: "It seems to be burnt, this old man is such a waste!"

The author has something to say: Snake gallbladder clears away heat, detoxifies, and nourishes yin, so, you know, Clay is doing his best again~~┑(￣Д￣)┍

☆、113 Gaunt

Anyway, I still have to wait for Dumbledore to come back. First, I was exhausted from the journey, and then I mustered all my energy to deal with the Dark Lord. After Lucius fell to the ground, he didn't bother to get up again.Clarence was still lying on the ground in a tied state, so Lucius turned his attention to the two daggers he had just dropped to the ground.

The ground that had been scorched by the flames in the distance still left traces of dryness. Although the snake corpses on the ground had become unrecognizable, they were not turned into fly ash.It can also be seen from the only remaining traces that Clarence's battles were brilliant, and many of the credits were attributed to those two special daggers.

"Why don't you get up?" Lucius asked Clarence, while using his wand, he floated one of the daggers to his hand and observed carefully.

"If you don't untie me, how will I get up?" Clarence said pretending to be innocent.

Lucius glanced at Clarence without even responding.

Clarence's dagger is of medium length, double-edged, similar in shape to a short sword, but noticeably shorter in length.The overall pattern and style obviously have traces of magic.The necessary ridges on the body of the double-edged dagger were replaced by a thin magic pattern, which was carved into grooves and filled with a light blue, slightly fluorescent material.Because the filler is still showing a sense of flow, the blue light that can be seen by others during the dancing process is because of this.The overall material of the dagger is hard, but it is not the silver color of ordinary sharp blades, but black and matte.The position of the grip is engraved with an obvious rune, which is also filled with light blue material.But compared to the body of the sword, this grip with only one rune letter engraved exudes a more obvious magical aura.

Lucius took the wand in his left hand, held the dagger in his right hand, and waved it lightly. His own magic power flowed to the dagger. In the air, an obvious blue light appeared in the area where the dagger was swung.

"It's a waste. If the magic power is infused, don't just wave it in vain. Try reciting a spell." Clarence, who had been watching Lucius' movements, pointed out.

Lucius raised his eyebrows, waved again in Clarence's direction, and at the same time used a spell to stop.

The thick chain disappeared in an instant, and Clarence clapped his hands, got up, and came to Lucius: "Is it fun?"

"Can it act as a wand?" Lucius was surprised by the success of his spell: "Is this a magic item?"

In the current wizarding world, most magic items come from the hands of goblins.In terms of form, they are basically accessories or daily necessities, but there will be no cold weapons.As the use of wands spread, all other weapons were gradually phased out until they became unfavorable.

"Naturally, it cannot be completely equal to the effect of a magic wand. On the one hand, if you have not received training in magic control, the effect of magic spells used with this dagger will be weaker and the consumption will be greater. The filling material of this dagger uses close-to-water and It is a magic material of ice, so if you want to use it to use raging fire, the effect will not only be greatly reduced, but also damage the dagger itself. Most importantly, the cost of this dagger is estimated to be bought from Olifan Two magic wands." Clarence generously picked up the other dagger and handed it to Lucius: "These two daggers are close to ice magic, but the runes on the handles are different, so there will be some difference in effect."

"You just show it to me like this?" Lucius asked, "This should be your biggest reliance during the competition." Of course, this year's summer vacation will be held after the Quidditch World Cup, A duel between two leagues.

"It's okay to show you, you can't prevent it." Clarence motioned Lucius to look at the inscription logo at the bottom of the dagger: "Let me tell you, you paid a price to avoid me from participating in the competition. "

Lucius looked at the position Clarence pointed at, and saw a familiar pattern: "From the Fairy Workshop? I have all the product catalogs they have released, but I haven't seen this one."

"Naturally, your catalog will not record the pair of rings I proposed to you, which are also from the Fairy Workshop." Clarence shrugged.

"You also own the Fairy Workshop?" Lucius showed a dignified expression. Although it was a question, his tone was basically affirmative.

Clarence nodded, took the dagger and put it away: "Actually, I thought you would realize it earlier."

"The goblin from Gringotts? Oh, I'm really slow." Lucius snorted self-deprecatingly.

"The use of cold weapons requires a corresponding physical foundation, so you can't learn it in a short time." Clarence approached Lucius, and squeezed Lucius' waist slightly ambiguously.

"Pack up your things, you will definitely have to go back overnight tonight." Lucius, who was sitting on the ground, did not escape Clarence's attack, gave him a blank stare, and ordered him to go to work.

"Of course, my master." Clarence raised his eyebrows and used a title that irritated Lucius.

Dumbledore's pursuit of the Dark Lord didn't last long.After all, they all know that the body of the Dark Lord cannot die yet.

"I think we should take out the last ring Horcrux as soon as possible." After Dumbledore returned to the two of them, he looked slightly worried.

"Well, I also agree." Clarence nodded immediately. Anyway, the substitutes in the school have been arranged, so it doesn't matter if you really can't go back.

"I'm fine." Lucius glanced at Clarence with a thoughtful expression, but didn't say anything more.

So the three of them packed their things directly, and returned to England overnight through the cross-border door key prepared by Clarence in advance.During this process, the question of why the Dark Lord discovered Lucius was not mentioned again.

That night, the three of them went back to make preparations, and they had better meet at Little Hangleton the next day.Lucius asked Clarence if he wanted to rest at Malfoy Manor.However, Clarence politely declined.If you want to avoid casualties in the process of obtaining the ring, careful preparation is still necessary.

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The last legal heir of the Gaunt family should be the Dark Lord, but apart from a dilapidated house that is about to collapse, the Gaunt family probably has nothing left for the Dark Lord.It didn't take much effort for Clarence to obtain ownership of the house. After all, it was impossible for the Ministry of Magic to retain any inheritance rights for a person they believed to be dead.

Clarence was the first to arrive, staring at the property under his name in a daze.

The Gaunts hadn't cast the Ignore Charm on their house, so Muggles could still see the half-ruined house.However, it has been uninhabited for a long time, coupled with the special location of the only house on the edge of the dense forest, this house is also a famous haunted house in the mouth of the nearby Muggles, and there are few people.

When Clarence was thinking about knocking down the place and rebuilding a resort, or a farmhouse or something, Dumbledore and Snape arrived together, and a minute later, Lucius also arrived.

"Oh, doesn't Professor Snape have class today?" Clarence asked, "Isn't today Tuesday?"

"Believe me, Henry, the students don't particularly mind the Potions Professor's absence because of a little personal matter." Dumbledore said cheerfully, "I think Severus can help us."

"But Professor Snape doesn't seem to be in a good mood," Clarence said.

Snape's mood was not bad, but very bad, his face was so gloomy that he could drip ink, the reason is unknown for now.

"Go straight in?" Lucius looked at Clarence when he asked.

"Wait a minute." Clarence took out something from his omnipotent pocket again and distributed it to the other three people: "These are dragon leather gloves, just in case, wear them if you can. It seems that this Horcrux The black magic on it will tempt people to wear it."

"What's that box of yours?" Lucius took off the dragon leather gloves, and looked curiously at the big leather box that seemed to be full after returning to its normal size.

"Go in, the ring is in the kitchen of the big room in the middle. You'll know what it is in a moment." Clarence lifted the box and pushed open the door first.

The contents of the suitcase are naturally the pile of Muggle religious items that Clarence used to suppress the Horcrux before.These religious items have different suppression effects on different horcruxes. It can be seen that whether the soul used as a sacrifice believes in religion or not has a certain impact on the horcrux itself.

After Clarence threw these religious products all over the kitchen, the black magic aura emanating from the ring was obviously weakened.

"Mr. Lambert can always come up with something surprising." Snape twitched the corners of his lips and said in a neutral tone.

"Fortunately, that's all for my preliminary preparations. There are also a few crosses here, which are used as tools for picking rings. Who will try it first?" Clarence decisively gave up the idea of ​​taking the lead. He also studied black magic. But I think it can't compare with any of the other three people here.Clarence is conscious of standing back.

In the end, Dumbledore walked in the forefront as everyone expected, and stepped into the area affected by black magic.His figure was obviously paused, but he quickly resumed his progress.

Just in case Dumbledore stumbled upon this again, Clarence persuaded Snape to follow.

However, obviously all the previous activities went so smoothly that everyone underestimated the difficulty of this Horcrux.Dumbledore and Snape approached the ring one after another, but they both stopped beside the ring. It was obvious that the influence of black magic had taken effect.

"It seems that this black magic is very deceptive." Lucius is also closely watching the changes between the two.

"Well, why don't I go and have a look, you just wait here." Clarence pulled out his wand and was about to move forward, but was held back by Lucius.

"Let me go." Following Lucius' words, Clarence stopped in his tracks. Just when he was about to mistake Lucius for obviously worried about him, he heard Lucius add another sentence: "You don't know black magic, can you help me?" Clarence turned around and saw Lucius's obvious disgusted expression.