Hogwarts: Harry Potter and the Glock 18.

Chapter 175 The Cursed Container

"tick.tick"

The sound of water dripping to the ground echoed in the empty basement. The green long snake fixed on the ground by the silver spikes had lost its breath of life at this moment. Countless fine drops of blood filled the gaps in its scales. As the blood solidified, The sound of ticking water drops also disappeared little by little.

The giant eyes of the basilisk were staring at the entrance stone door ahead, but there was no bright yellow light in its eyes anymore, and the gray eyes were filled with dead silence and withered unwillingness.

It is Salazar Slytherin's loyal pet. It has been sleeping here for nearly a thousand years after the loss of its owner, in order to protect the treasure of the owner and obey the orders of the new owner, but its life is sad.

It is regarded as a tool, but its existence itself is indeed a tool. The basilisk is a container cultivated by wizards with magic. It is not a complete creature. It is a living container, used to hold the curse of death. living container.

The curse is carried in the eyes that can kill any life by looking directly at each other. Black magic that is more evil than the Unforgivable Curse exists in the magical world, but most of the terrible evil magic is relatively weak in terms of usage conditions. Harsh, not as light and simple as today's three major unforgivable curses, but you can't underestimate its power. Human beings have an innate talent for destruction. Ancient wizards will not lose to current wizards in terms of intelligence and intelligence. Their only shortcoming is the 'time-bound vision'.

Tom Riddle, the evil wizard who proclaimed himself to the world in the name of Voldemort is not an ordinary person. He has a handsome appearance, a smart mind, a smooth tongue, and a deceptive whisper. His achievements and research have far exceeded the boundaries of ordinary people, and his talent is also extraordinary on the way of cursing.

The curse on the Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts faculty is real, and even Dumbledore could not expel the curse that caused dozens of outstanding or mediocre professors to suffer disaster one after another. Tom Riddle at that time was just He is in his twenties, but he has gone a long way in exploring the dark road.

As the blood heir of the Gaunt family and Slytherin, he has the power to open the secret room and control the basilisk. Tom had already released the basilisk when he was a student. At the same time, he is also a distorted bloodist. He detests the blood of his Muggle father flowing in his body, and thus embarks on the crazy road of chasing pure blood.

The only pity is that he accidentally killed Myrtle who was secretly crying in the bathroom. The death of the student caused huge turmoil in Hogwarts. The headmaster at that time was not Dumbledore, but Amon Do Dippet, this Mr. Principal is not strong, nor does he have the reputation and power to make the Ministry of Magic bow down. At one point threatened to close the school.

His secret room plan was forced to stop because of this accident. Tom blamed Rubeus Hagrid, so that the investigation of the secret room was terminated, and Dumbledore, who succeeded Armando Dippet as the principal, was full of enthusiasm for him As a precaution, Tom's research on the Chamber of Secrets was forced to come to an end, and he also lost the opportunity to return to Hogwarts later, unable to really dig out the real wealth left by Salazar Slytherin in the Chamber of Secrets.

After the failure of the Sorcerer's Stone incident last year, Tom Riddle completely lost one-seventh of his soul and had to be reborn from a Horcrux. As a dark wizard and Dark Lord, he couldn't simply swallow it. With this tone, he wanted revenge, revenge, and made the guy who offended him pay with his life.

Voldemort, who pursues eternal life, is crazy, but also timid. He understands that Dumbledore is a powerful wizard. When he was 11 years old, Dumbledore met him for the first time. The meeting left a deep psychological shadow on him, like a mountain. Before the old guy really showed his fatigue, it was difficult for him to muster up the courage to confront him.

The fear of death that appeared in his heart because of his longing for eternal life is his greatest weakness. Since revenge cannot be at the cost of his own adventures, the choice of tools is particularly important.

He thought of the Chamber of Secrets again, and the prop left by Salazar Slytherin to the heir to 'purify' Hogwarts - the basilisk.

But the basilisk is too conspicuous, even if there are pipes extending in all directions to allow the basilisk to move freely and secretly in the Hogwarts castle, but after all, it is a beast, a beast with no brains, and it fell into the sand in Harry's hands Voldemort would not underestimate this 12-year-old 'little wizard'. He knew better than anyone else what kind of terrifying power this guy possessed.

The dark magic power that he coveted was destined to become an existence in history, and even an achievement. Harry Potter, who mastered this darkness, would never lose half a point to himself.

He didn't treat Harry as a kid, belittle and underestimate his opponent, and even beat his opponent, that was the most stupid idea, he was infected with madness because he was deeply involved in the black magic, but he He didn't become a brainless lunatic, but after suffering a death penalty, his thinking became clearer than ever.

Therefore, he entrusted the heavy responsibility of revenge to Nagini, his most trusted and closest loyal serpent who was by his side when he was weakest and most helpless.

Voldemort discovered Nagini's uniqueness very early on. In order to survive, he lingered in the Albanian forest in the form of a wandering spirit. He had to possess those little creatures and absorb their vitality, whether it was a mouse or a bird. , or snakes, his favorite is snakes, but no small life can survive a week in his possession.

Nagini is different. It has magic power in its body. Although it looks like a bigger viper, it is not a magical creature, but it has magic power in its body, and it doesn't even lose to any of them. wizard.

After wringing the hapless Quirrell dry, Voldemort regained some of his strength, barely fashioned a magical body, and then returned to England with his loyal Nagini, who was going to find his loyal servant , However, after returning to England, he understood that the loyalty he thought was just a piece of shit.

The two wizarding families who followed him most loyally back then were Black and Malfoy. Black had already been destroyed, while Malfoy was in charge of the magic world in England. He naturally chose the richest servant, but what he got was not another Kneeling to swear allegiance, but with fear and trembling eyes.

Voldemort was in a hurry. He felt the taste of betrayal for the first time, so he punished him a little. Even though he was only in the form of a wandering spirit who barely escaped at that time, it was not difficult to deal with a frightened ordinary wizard.

After punishing his disloyal servant, Voldemort originally wanted to get a new body. He knew there was magic to do this, but he didn't act. His disloyal servant brought back news, the news of the Philosopher's Stone , compared to making an ordinary body, he was willing to take a little risk in his pursuit of perfection. At that time, he hadn't raised such fear of Dumbledore as he does now.

So he put more energy into cultivating a loyal helper. The Malfoy family is not worthy of his trust again, but their value is enough. As a punishment, Voldemort took away Lucius Malfoy's last One of the cherished things.

His wife, Narcissa Malfoy, was drained of most of his life force and magic power, and he used this resource on his loyal serpent, Nagini.

Voldemort's research on curses is quite in-depth. After recovering some power, he was able to study this unusual snake. He discovered that Nagini was a blood-cursed orc. She used to be a witch, but Because of the blood curse, she completely turned into a snake. Maintaining the snake form for a long time made her forget everything about being a wizard. Nagini is like a piece of white paper that has been repainted. In Voldemort's eyes, A symbol of her purity.

The blood-curse orcs are not a particularly hidden existence. Like the Malfoy family, the Greengrass family, one of the 28 sacred families, is a wizard family entangled by the blood curse. However, they have found some countermeasures in their long-term research. The method of the blood curse prevents women under the blood curse from turning into beasts, but the price is that most of them will not live to be 40 years old, and 30 years old is the age of longevity.

Voldemort went to 'visit' this family, and easily obtained all the Greengrass family's research on the Blood Curse without being discovered. In a short period of more than a month, he almost understood it thoroughly. This ancient curse that has been passed down for a long time, just like Snape went to study Wolfsbane potion, he also completed the analysis of the blood curse in a very short period of time, and achieved things that people dare not think about.

He reversed the blood curse, allowing the wizard who was transformed into a beast by the blood curse to return to human form again, but because the power to reshape the body came from Narcissa Malfoy, Nagini did not completely return to her former self In terms of appearance, she has some shadows of Narcissa, such as some character habits, brilliant golden hair, and pale skin.

Then a perfect assistant appeared.

He asked Lucius to call his 'allies', and all the wizarding families who were close to the Malfoy family were present, and Voldemort added a new memory for them, about a woman named 'Cassandra Malfoy's girl's memory, as the Dark Lord, everything he did is silky and seamless, for these 'witnesses', they only need to have a little vague impression, and there is no need to implant too real memory.

Hogwarts admission letter is not difficult, the pen of acceptance and the book of admission will only record the newly born qualified wizards in Europe (not all, but a huge area centered on England and radiating outwards) seeds, but it does not mean that little wizards who are not on this list cannot study at Hogwarts. Every year, little wizards from 'outside the school district' want to come to Hogwarts to take classes, such as Parvati and Parvati from India. Sister Dema, as long as you pass the verification, it is not difficult to enroll.

From that day on, people have tacitly accepted the fact that Lucius had an illegitimate daughter. This is not a particularly glorious thing, and it is normal not to be publicized.

However, the newly reborn Cassandra has "flaws", she can't be a good assistant yet, so last year, Voldemort didn't let him participate in any of his own affairs, but he got it back in the second year Part of 'herself' Kassandra already has the ability to be his sidekick.

As a blood-cursed orc who has maintained the form of a snake for decades, Nagini has the ability to talk to snakes. Even after she turns back into a human form, she still has many "characteristics" that are highly close to snakes. The death curse of the basilisk A magical snake must be used as a carrier, and it just so happens that Nagini, who has turned into a human form, is qualified to bear this curse.

Compared to the basilisk with no brains and almost only instincts, Nagini, who has complete human intelligence, is a more perfect container than the basilisk. Those bright yellow eyes of death can be opened at any time when she needs it.

And this moment.

Unheard soft footsteps appeared in the empty corridor, a slim figure walked forward silently, and then stopped at the entrance where they met at the corner.

She blinked her eyes, and in just a few tens of seconds, her clear sky blue eyes were replaced by brilliant yellow snake pupils with dead silence. Her chin was slightly raised, and her nimble tongue licked her lips, licking away The red marks on the lips that looked like blood.

There was a sound of footsteps, in the distance, slowly approaching.

(End of this chapter)