Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

The scene that happened on the lake made Sirius break into a cold sweat. Only now did he understand the existence of the dead hand in Klee's incision. At the same time, he had to feel afraid of his irrational behavior just now.

"Is this the Inferi?" Harry on the side also shouted in surprise.

Dumbledore nodded and said: "They are corpses awakened by black magic. They have disappeared since Voldemort lost power last time. I didn't expect that there are so many left here."

Soon, these ragged corpses climbed onto the island from the cold lake water.

They move slowly, but are extremely powerful, tireless, and not afraid of pain. It can be said that this is one of the best cannon fodder units.

"Lend me your wand first, Harry." Facing these swarming enemies, Sirius once again asked his godson to borrow the wand.

Harry, who was still only in his first year, certainly couldn't refuse. He didn't have much fighting power now, and he didn't know what magic to use to deal with these Inferi.

Dumbledore had already raised his Elder Wand at this time, and without hearing him reciting any spells, a circle of orange flames suddenly rose around several people.

This is indeed a good way to block the advance of the Inferi. The hot flames prevent these corpses from getting too close.

But this method alone would not allow them to go down into the lake and fish out Regulus' body.

So Andre also started to attack. He still used his old habit of using transformation to deal with the enemy.

However, there was no suitable stone on this island, so he could not summon his favorite stone puppet, so he had to use soil instead.

Five clay puppets with a height of more than two meters easily defeated these Inferi.

It's just that there seem to be endless Inferi hidden under the surface of this big lake, and just five puppets can't wipe them all out.

Fortunately, there was Dumbledore beside him. The greatest white wizard of this century, even Voldemort himself did not dare to confront him head-on, let alone some of the Inferi he created.

And without drinking the potion in the stone basin, Dumbledore's combat power was not lost at all, and he could use his magic to his heart's content.

"Invoke God's Guardian!" As soon as the voice of the spell fell, a silver phoenix quickly emerged from the tip of the Elder Wand.

Immediately afterwards, the phoenix shuttled back and forth between each infernal corpse at an extremely fast speed. Any infernal corpse it touched would stop any movement at the next moment and turn into an immobile corpse again.

"Is this your physical patron saint?" Andre asked in surprise. It was the first time he knew that the patron saint spell could also fight against physical enemies. He thought it was just a magic specially used to deal with dementors or ghosts. .

"It seems that you have a deep understanding of senior magic, Andre." Dumbledore said with a smile: "This is indeed my patronus."

"But doesn't this magic only deal with spirits?" Andre expressed his doubts.

"Indeed." Dumbledore nodded and said, "But you must first understand the cause of the Inferi. They are not just pure corpses. There are still broken souls in the dead bodies. That is the power that drives them, and the Patronus Charm is effective against any dark magic involving the soul, especially against the evil witchcraft of the necromancy."

So it turned out that Andre finally understood, so he also recited this spell: "Calling the gods to protect you!"

Unfortunately, his accomplishments in the Patronus Charm could not be compared with his accomplishments in the Transfiguration Technique. What appeared on the tip of the ebony staff was only a vague silver-white light group, with no specific shape at all.

On the other hand, Sirius on the side immediately used Harry's wand to summon a big silver dog after hearing Dumbledore's words.

This time, the Inferi were eliminated much faster, but Andre's Patronus Charm did not play a big role in it. His silver light ball could only slow down the movement of the Inferi. There is a clear gap between Dumbledore's phoenix and Sirius's big dog.

As long as these two physical guardian gods touch the body of the Inferi, they can directly annihilate the incomplete souls in the corpse, leaving them no longer able to move.

"This spell is called the Patronus Charm?" Harry seemed a little idle at the moment because Sirius had taken away the wand, and he asked Andre curiously.

"Yes," Andre nodded as he continued to control his own light group: "This is a magic released based on the memory of his own inner happiness. I originally thought it could only fight against dementors and the like. But I didn’t expect it to be miraculous against the Inferi.”

"Then can I learn this spell?" Harry's face showed a trace of desire.

Andre smiled and said: "I can't teach you, I can't use it myself, but I think you might be able to learn this magic from Sirius during the remaining months of the holiday. He is very fond of the Patronus. The understanding of the curse is far superior to mine, you see, that big dog is his physical guardian angel."

Harry glanced longingly at Dumbledore's phoenix and Sirius's big dog, and he was even more looking forward to living with his godfather in a month.

While the two first-year wizards were talking, the Inferi that had crawled onto the island had almost been cleared away.

Piles of corpses were piled up together, looking a bit creepy.

"Now, how should we find Regulus's body?" Andre asked when he saw that there were no more Inferi emerging from the lake.

"I'll just go into the water." Sirius said without hesitation. Apart from him, there were only an old man, two children and Kreacher. Obviously he felt that he was the only suitable candidate.

Dumbledore had no intention of objecting. He just cast a Bubble Curse on Sirius, then looked at Andre with a smile and said: "You don't understand the Patronus Charm deeply enough, otherwise according to your The level of magic power should be able to summon a complete patron saint."

Andre was a little surprised. In fact, he spent a lot of time studying this spell last year, but he never really found the kind of happy memories that were enough to support him to fully release this magic. So after learning the magic Animagus at Christmas , he basically stopped trying to practice this spell.

He could only say to the principal embarrassedly: "Sorry, Professor, but I really can't think of any happy memories."

"No, child, you haven't understood one thing. The most important thing about the Patronus Charm is not the happy memories, but the protection. The thought of protecting that happiness is the fundamental reason why a wizard can use this magic." However, Dumbledore countered his argument and patiently explained.