Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Ivan muttered in a low voice, turned and turned into a black cat.

There was no place on the boat, he took a look, jumped onto the boat lightly, and landed right in Hermione's arms.

Hermione's face turned red instantly, looking very embarrassed.She didn't expect Ivan to do this, especially when Dumbledore, Sirius, and Harry were still on the sidelines.

She turned her head and saw that other people were not looking at them, trying to pretend not to notice this, but the faint smile on the corner of her mouth said everything.

Hermione's face became redder, almost to the extreme.

Just when she was hesitating, the boat suddenly shook and sank suddenly.

Hermione screamed and subconsciously hugged Ivan tightly.

Ivan didn't have time to feel the warmth in Hermione's arms, he was surprised to find that the boat was sinking rapidly.

After he jumped aboard, the reaction of the boat was much greater than the reaction when Harry and Hermione climbed aboard just now, even greater than the reaction when Sirius came up.Originally, there was only less than a quarter of the space left from the edge of the ship, but soon it sank more than half of it, the speed was getting faster and faster, and there was no sign of stopping.

If no action is taken, the boat will capsize and sink immediately.

Dumbledore looked at Ivan in surprise, he quickly shook the wand in his hand, muttered a spell in his mouth, a white light mist emerged from the end of the wand, circled around the crowd, and then gathered under the boat, dragging Live in a sinking boat.

The boat swayed violently, and gradually stabilized. Under the drag of Dumbledore's magic power, it was almost at the same level as the lake.

Now, everyone is floating on the water, and there is a danger of capsizing at any time.

Everyone was in a lingering fear, and even their breathing became cautious.

They looked at Ivan in Hermione's arms in disbelief, wondering how he did it, how could a little wizard have such strong magic power? !

In fact, even Dumbledore did.

A look of astonishment and surprise flashed across his face, and it was the first time Ivan saw Dumbledore like this.

He didn't seem to have thought that Ivan would have such a strong magical power, which was almost impossible for a 12-year-old wizard.

Aware of other people's gazes, Ivan didn't know what was going on.

It stands to reason that his magic power might surpass that of Harry and Hermione, but it should be much worse than that of Sirius.

There are four ways to increase magic power, which are natural growth with age, increase after taking various potions, enhancement effect after equipping magic items, and using black magic to transform the body.

Needless to say, natural growth, Aiwen is only 12 years old this year, and belongs to the stage where the magic power in his body has just been developed, and he has not even reached the stage of rapid growth.

As for taking potions, although Aiwen's actual magic power level has increased considerably after taking the potions for enhancing magic last summer, far exceeding the level of young wizards of the same age, it should not be possible to achieve this effect.Even though he has brewed various potions this year, many of them are indeed helpful to increase the magic power, but the effect is very small, and it needs to accumulate over time to see certain progress.

As for the use of black magic to modify the body, let alone this one.

Aiwen didn't know such a high-end black magic at all, and even the black magic book "Secrets of Cutting-Edge Black Magic" didn't have any records about it.

To increase the wizard's magic power has surpassed the level of cutting-edge black magic in the general sense. Ivan only knows that there is such a method, but he doesn't know how to do it.

No wizard other than Voldemort has mastered the Dark Arts, not even Dumbledore.

Since none of these three are true, only magic items are left.

Dumbledore just said that the draft of this ship is not measured by weight, but by the amount of magic power on it.

Although Aiwen didn't feel that his magic power had increased significantly, it didn't rule out that he was carrying a very powerful magic item.

Aiwen tried hard to remember what he had on him. Apart from the college standard wizard robe and wand, there should be a few pieces of candy that he kept with him after he bought it at the Honeydukes store. sugar.

Besides, the heaviest ones should be those magic books.

Although Sirius took these books as Christmas gifts and allowed them to take away the ones they were interested in, Ivan chose almost all black magic books.

He shrunk them down and carried them with him.

Before he took them away, these black magic books had been passed down in the Black family for centuries, and many of them had never been opened at all. Maybe there was a powerful magic power or other things hidden in the book.

Although unlikely, it cannot be ruled out.

In addition, the Slytherin locket also repeatedly appeared in Ivan's mind.

He recalled Slytherin's emblem again, the capital S inlaid with emeralds like a poisonous snake.

Chapter 211 The Liquid in the Stone Basin

What concerned Ai Wen the most were the strange lines on the locket.

He always felt that there was some secret hidden in it, although Dumbledore and Voldemort both touched the locket and found nothing.

But I don't know why, Ivan just feels this way.

Dumbledore glanced at Ivan, and immediately returned to normal, with an extremely calm expression on his face, as if nothing had happened.

With a wave of his wand, he dragged the boat with his magic.Now, except for him, no one knows how much Aiwen's magic power is now.

Sirius, Harry, and Hermione were also a little surprised, but they didn't think much about it.

In their view, it is already a miracle that such a small boat can carry so many people.After Aiwen came up, the reason why the boat sank quickly may be because it had reached a critical limit.

Pulled by Dumbledore, the boat set off at once, and there was silence save for the soft rustle of the bow piercing the water.

The boat was moving automatically without their hands, and it seemed that there was an invisible rope pulling it towards the green light in the middle of the lake.Soon the walls of the cave were out of sight and they felt as if they were on the sea, only without the waves around them.

As the boat moved forward, the light of the wand reflected on the dark water, flashing golden light.

The boat cut deep ripples on the glass-smooth surface of the lake, like grooves on a black mirror...

At this moment, Harry suddenly screamed in horror, "I see, those Infernal corpses are not far below the water."

Ivan looked to where Harry pointed, and under the light of the wand, he saw a dead man lying on his back a few inches from the water: his open eyes were misty, as if there were cobwebs in them, Hair and robes swirled around him like smoke.

It was obviously a dead body, but his eyes, which were covered with cobwebs, followed them very strangely, and the eyeballs in them rolled quietly.

The corpse seemed likely to jump out and attack them at any moment, but it didn't move until the boat passed by.

"They didn't discover our identities, but I believe that when we touch Voldemort's mechanism, we will find that they are not so quiet!" Dumbledore said softly, "It's almost here, Voldemort's goal has been achieved, for Holding this boat from sinking has already consumed a lot of my magic power."

Ivan turned his head to look at Dumbledore, listening to what he said, the white mist he used to drag the boat consumed a lot of mana, or he was already consuming his own mana, which had reached the requirements of the ship standard.

He was suddenly worried, what would they do for a while if Dumbledore had no magic power.

Apart from Dumbledore, no one here is a match for a thousand Inferi.

After a few minutes, the green light in the center of the lake seemed to finally grow bigger and brighter.The boat bumped lightly against something and stopped.

Ivan didn't see it clearly at first, and when Harry raised his glowing wand, he saw that they had come to a smooth rocky island in the middle of the lake.

"Here we are, be careful not to touch the lake." Dumbledore warned again.

Everyone climbed down from the boat one by one, and Ivan was the first one. He jumped off the boat and returned to his original state, and quickly pulled out his wand.

Behind him was Hermione, who finally looked relieved.

Then Harry, then Sirius, and finally Dumbledore, using his wand to draw back the fog of light that was floating under the boat.

Ivan carefully looked at the small island in front of him, which was about the size of Dumbledore's office: a large flat black slate, empty on it, only the light source emitting that green light.Looking closer now, the green light appears much brighter.

Aiwen squinted his eyes and looked at it. He saw that the green light came from an ancient round stone basin with a base under it.

Dumbledore approached the stone basin, and the others hurried to follow.

With the stone basin as the center, they stood side by side around it.Inside the stone basin was a basin full of emerald green liquid that shone with phosphorescent light.

According to the method Dumbledore just gave him, Ivan tried hard to feel the traces of magic left on these liquids.

The magic power is very strong, but it is not the magic power he is familiar with. It is very strange that he can't tell what it feels like.

In addition to these liquids, the stone basins and bases used to hold the liquids seem to be unusual, with strong defensive magic on them.

Aiwen observed carefully, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became.

There is powerful magic power hidden in the green liquid in front of him, and it is evenly distributed. He doesn't know what kind of magic potion it is, and what kind of magic has been cast on the stone altar. Among all the knowledge he knows, None of them worked.

If he didn't already know the result, let him use his own strength to solve it. To be honest, Ivan didn't know what to do at all.

As for the confused Sirius, Harry, and Hermione standing aside, it was even more impossible to know.

It can be seen that Voldemort's strength and level of magic theory are far beyond them and beyond ordinary wizards.

"Professor, what is this?" Harry couldn't help asking.

"I'm not sure!" Dumbledore said softly, observing the stone basin and the liquid inside carefully, "The only thing that is certain is that this is something more worrying than blood and dead bodies. We are glad that we have hidden the inside of it." Things were taken out."

Dumbledore watched for a while longer, then shook the sleeves of his robes up, his fingertips reaching for the surface of the liquid.

"No, don't touch it!" Everyone shouted in unison.

"It's not that simple, I can't touch it." Dumbledore smiled faintly, "See? My hand can no longer be stretched forward, you can try it."

Sirius, Ivan, Harry, and Hermione hesitated for a moment, and at the same time, they stretched their fingers toward the stone basin, wanting to touch the liquid.

But they encountered an invisible resistance, and their hands could not get close to the liquid.

No matter how hard you stretch it down, what your fingertips touch seems to be extremely hard and indestructible air, and the liquid itself remains unchanged.

"Excuse me, I think I can try this spell, maybe it will work!" said Dumbledore, raising his wand, making some complex movements on the surface of the liquid, muttering silently.

However, nothing happened.

The phosphorescence from the green liquid seemed brighter, and Ivan and the others watched Dumbledore silently until he retracted his wand.

"professor?"

"It's amazing, it's amazing!" Dumbledore said appreciatively, "If I'm not wrong, this should be the potion invented by Voldemort himself. One of the best."

"But you're sure to be able to crack it, can't you?" said Harry hopefully.

"No, I can't, Harry!" Dumbledore shook his head, "You can't stretch this liquid, separate it, scoop it up or pump it up, and you can't make it disappear with the Vanishing Charm. Magic deforms it or otherwise alters its properties. I can only conclude that this liquid needs to be drunk!"

"Drink it?!" Except for Ivan, everyone else looked at him in surprise.

"Yes, at least I think so, only by drinking it can the stone basin become empty and get the contents." Dumbledore said calmly, "From this point of view, I have to admire Regu Ruth, his sacrifice was very meaningful."

Chapter 212 The Upcoming Challenge

"Kreacher, when Regulus..." Sirius said sadly.

"Yes, Master Regulus drank the green liquid here." Kreacher said while wiping away tears, "Kreacher should have done this, that's how the Dark Lord is." Asked Kreacher, but Master Regulus disagreed, he let Kreacher go home alive, he drank those potions himself, how kind and merciful he is..."

While talking, Kreacher suddenly cried out loud.

Ever since he set foot on this small island, tears have been rolling in his eyes. Now that he heard Dumbledore's evaluation of Regulus and recalled what happened back then, he finally couldn't help but burst out with tears, He punished himself crazily and slammed his head to the ground.

The scene was chaotic, and Sirius and Hermione hurried over to stop him.

"Professor!" Looking at the out-of-control Kreacher, Harry's face was full of panic, he hesitated for a while, and continued to ask, "But if, I mean if, one of us drank the liquid, what would happen? What? Will it be poisoned to death?"

"I'm sure it wouldn't have that effect," said Dumbledore lightly. "Voldemort wouldn't be willing to poison anyone who came to this island."

Harry blinked, he couldn't believe it, could it be that Dumbledore was so absurdly looking for the best of people again? !

"Professor!" Harry tried to sound reasonable, "We are facing Voldemort..."

"I'm sorry, Harry! I should have said that he would not be willing to kill anyone who came to this island immediately." Dumbledore corrected himself. "He will let them live for a while and find out how they are. To be able to get past his defenses, and most importantly, to find out why they were so eager to empty the stone basin. Don't you forget that Voldemort believed that he alone knew about his Horcruxes."

Harry tried to speak, but Dumbledore held up a hand to silence him.He frowned slightly at the emerald green liquid, obviously thinking hard about something.

"There is no doubt." Dumbledore finally said, "This potion will definitely prevent us from obtaining Horcruxes. From Kreacher's description, we can infer that this potion will probably paralyze the person who takes it, making it forget me. came here for the purpose and were in excruciating pain, unable to concentrate, or otherwise incapacitated."

"They will feel as if their internal organs are on fire, and they will want to drink water. The only place with water around them is the lake in front of them." Ai Wen then added, "But the lake is full of corpses, and the water in the lake is also Bewitched by black magic..."

"What if you conjure water by magic?" Harry asked.

"It won't work. Voldemort has planned it all. There is only one way to get water on this island. If you don't believe me, we can try it." Ivan took out his wand and said softly, "Clear water is like a spring! "

Clear water rose from the end of his wand and fell to the ground in a splash, but disappeared in an instant.

The water that fell on the ground evaporated strangely, at an astonishingly fast speed.Moreover, there seems to be an invisible force coming from the ground from bottom to top, and the clear water that is spewing out from the end of the wand in Ivan's hand flows back quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Clear water is like a spring, clear water is like a spring!" He shouted hastily.

Aiwen increased the magic power output, but it didn't have much effect. The water flow at the end of the wand became smaller and smaller until it disappeared completely.

He could feel an invisible force preventing himself from using this magic.

Harry looked at what was happening in front of him in surprise, and he tried it with his own wand, and the final result was exactly the same as Ivan just now.

"Good reasoning, good reasoning." After seeing Ivan and Harry's experiment, Dumbledore appreciated, "You two have very good ideas, this is probably a mechanism designed by Voldemort, and you want to get Horcruxes It is necessary to drink the potion in the stone basin. After taking the potion, you will be extremely heartburning and thirsty, and want to drink water. However, as we have just seen, spells such as clear water like a spring have been banned here Well, there is only one way to get water, and that is the lake, and those who are close to the lake will be dragged into it by the corpses inside, just like Regulus did back then..."

Everyone listened to Dumbledore's description, and the horrible picture repeatedly appeared in their minds, and their faces were very bad.

Looking at this eerie and weird island, surrounded by the depressingly silent black lake, and the floating corpses that appeared on the lake from time to time, the fear deep in everyone's hearts was awakened.