Harry Potter and the Legend of the Temple

"What is this?"

Not only Harry, but even Sirius was curious about the golden ball.

"Azes metal is a kind of magic metal, and its quantity is extremely rare." Nicolas Flamel fiddled with the ball in his hand, "It's mainly because it's too troublesome to refine this thing, and I only have this much in stock now."

"The effect of this kind of magic metal is that it can suppress the magic power in the wizard's body without any side effects. In ancient times, wizards used this kind of metal to blend in with the Muggle group and live with them so as not to be discovered."

To be honest, this was the first time Louis saw magic metal. The fluid-like metal reminded Louis of mercury in the Muggle world.

"I have a question, Mr. Flamel." Louis asked, "Since you can suppress magic, why don't you bring Dumbledore with you?"

"You think I don't want to, but the old guy's magic is too strong." Nico Flamel shook his head, "Besides, Azes metal can only be suppressed by contact, and it can only suppress two people at a time, and the other person's magic cannot be stronger than mine."

"Okay, put the metal away." Dumbledore waved at Nico Flamel, "It's time to get down to business, old friend."

Alchemy is indeed a big subject, and each magic metal has its own specific advantages and disadvantages. It seems that the study of alchemy is still lacking.

Dumbledore took Nico Flamel to patrol the island, and Harry and others followed behind. Louis took a wand and carefully observed the island. It was about the same size as Dumbledore's office. There was nothing on a smooth black stone, only a green light source attracted their attention.

As they approached, the green light became brighter, and Louis found that the light was emitted from a stone basin, which was placed on a high base.

Dumbledore approached the stone basin and observed it carefully. Harry and Louis looked inside. The stone basin was filled with emerald green liquid, and the green light was emitted by this liquid.

For some reason, Louis felt a vague sense of uneasiness when looking at the liquid, which seemed to be a fear from the bottom of his heart.

"What is this? Professor?" Harry was a little confused. He did not feel the inner impact brought by the liquid.

"I can't be sure." Dumbledore said, "but it is something more terrible than the corpse."

"But fortunately, we don't need to take the things inside."

"Kreacher, you should know." Sirius turned to ask the house elf, "The liquid inside..."

But Kreacher trembled all over, and it seemed to remember the feeling when it drank that thing:

"No, Master, this is the potion that makes Kreacher live a life worse than death. No, it is more uncomfortable than death."

It suddenly stopped talking, its eyes were as big as copper bells, and it watched Dumbledore's actions with a very horrified expression.

"Don't touch it! Professor!" Harry shouted from the side.

Dumbledore reached into the liquid, but stopped just a few centimeters away from it.

"I can't touch it, Harry." Dumbledore smiled faintly, "See, it seems to prevent me from touching it, you can try it too."

Louis and Harry both tried to touch it, but an invisible force prevented them from reaching their hands further.

"Well, maybe there is another way, please let me go." Dumbledore picked up the wand and cast a complicated spell on the stone basin, muttering something in his mouth and waving the wand continuously.

But nothing happened.

"It's not that simple, Albus." Nicolas Flamel said beside him, "Since he dared to put the Horcrux here, he should be fully prepared."

"Do you have any ideas?"

Nicolas Flamel shook his head: "With my six hundred years of experience, I'm afraid I haven't seen this kind of potion. You can't put your hand into this potion, it can't be poured out, separated, scooped up and sucked away, and you can't cast a spell to deform it or improve it in other ways."

"It seems that there is only one way, that is to drink it."

Silence, several people looked at Dumbledore with surprise. Although they had learned from Kreacher that drinking this potion would work, they didn't expect that there was only this way to get the things under the stone basin.

"But, in this way, it won't kill the drinker, right?" This is also what Harry is most worried about. In order to get a Horcrux, he lost his life. It seems that Regulus is like this. It's not worth the loss.

"Oh, no, that's not the case. Voldemort won't let those who want to take the Horcrux die so easily. In other words, he won't use such a crude method to kill people. And judging from the reactions of Kreacher and Regulus, this potion brings them more pain."

"But Regulus..."

"Regulus did die here." Dumbledore pointed to the island, "but his life was not taken away by the potion. According to Kreacher, Regulus was dragged into the water by the Inferi in the lake."

"If I guess correctly, the effect of this potion brings people more pain that is worse than death, and then they want to drink water. However, there is a spell in the stone basin that prevents the formation of clear water. In this way, the drinker can only quench his thirst by scooping water from the lake, but don't forget that the lake is full of Inferi. This will only wake up the Inferi and drag the drinker into the water."

Everyone took a breath of cold air. What Voldemort did was really terrifying to think about. The feeling of the potion was extremely painful, but it did not cause death. What really brought death to people was the lake full of inferi. No one knows and no one will remember the painful and silent death in this place where the Apparition Cave cannot be used.

From this point of view, Regulus can be called a hero among heroes. He has made a huge contribution to the cause of destroying Horcruxes. This is not only life, but also clearing mines for them in advance.

If it weren't for Kreacher and Regulus, I'm afraid who would have suffered the painful baptism of the potion this time.

"Sir, the body of Master Regulus..." Kreacher looked at Dumbledore with pleading eyes.

"We will find him, Kreacher." Dumbledore picked up his wand. "We have to bring the Inferi ashore. Kreacher, tell me where Regulus was dragged into the water."

"Here, sir," Kreacher said, pointing to the western shore. "Kreacher will never forget it."

"Okay, Kreacher, stay back, we will use this as a breakthrough point to let the Inferi run here." Dumbledore said, "Old friend, please, Sirius, come here and help."

Nicoléme sighed, and then he raised his wand high and muttered something. Louis seemed to hear two spells repeated in his mouth:

"Guard safely and protect everyone."

Rays of light came out from his wand, and Sirius did the same, and suddenly a hemispherical transparent protective bubble enveloped them.

Dumbledore waved his wand lightly and opened a small opening in the front of the bubble, allowing only three or four Inferi to pass through.

"Everyone, be prepared to fight against the Inferi. Sirius, you and Kreacher should recognize Regulus. If you see him, bring him over directly and we will close the gap."

Louis took a deep breath. Even though he was protected by the outer protective shield, he still felt that this was destined to be a difficult battle. After all, looking for Regulus among thousands or even tens of thousands of Inferi was very important to them. It's not easy to say.