157: The End of the Chamber of Secrets (5.5K chapter)
"Hailes!" Joel was anxious in his heart, but his body was extremely weak, and his magic power had been overdrawn by frequent form transformations and spell casting. He bought a bottle of magic recovery potion in the mall and poured it into his mouth, but the magic power in his body was still there.
It will take some time to recover and there is no time to rush over.
Ron was avoiding the basilisk that was going crazy, and he couldn't cast the spell. He saw that the girl was about to die.
Haylis was having trouble breathing, and due to the lack of oxygen in front of her eyes, Bernie's fat hands strangled her fair neck, and the tip of the wand emitted a soul-stirring deep green light. He was already murderous.
"Bernie..." Haylis called softly, with a gentle tone, like a sister comforting a naughty child, "You don't want to kill me, do you?"
Riddle found that he was losing control of this body. The suppressed soul of Bernie in his body was struggling. The strength of his hand became smaller unconsciously, and the green light from the tip of the stick flickered on and off.
Calm down! Have you forgotten what you said to me before? Don’t you remember how those people treated you before?
Riddle scolded in his mind.
After hearing these words, Bernie's soul stopped. The struggle was not strong, and Riddle could easily solve it.
Riddle manipulated Bernie to increase the strength of his palm, and the green light on the tip of the staff lit up again.
Haylis gently raised the corners of her lips, and her white teeth were stained with traces of blood, making her look extremely coquettish. She successfully delayed the time, and now everything is under her control.
"Avada Kedavra!" Riddle no longer hesitated, he shouted the spell loudly, intending to mobilize all the magic power in his body to kill this girl who was in the way.
But he suddenly found that his whole body was extremely stiff, and even the flow of magic power was surprisingly slow. Riddle could feel a slight tingling sensation in the legs of this body. When he looked down, he found a pile of long and thick
The vines wrapped around it, and the spikes dug into the thighs through the trousers.
Damn it, he must have launched the attack while he was fighting for the body with Bernie Selwyn's soul. Riddle felt as if his body was under a petrification spell. No matter what instructions he gave, his body would not obey.
Joel ran over quickly, clutching his back.
"Are you okay?" He used the newly recovered magic power to conjure a set of ropes, cast a coma spell on Bernie, then tied him up and took away the wand. Haylis probably used it.
A lot of magic went into setting up plant traps on the ground, and a group of plants of various shapes were distributed in the area between Riddle and Haylis.
Hailis covered her neck and coughed violently. Bernie's physical condition was definitely considered strong among his peers, and he almost choked her.
She waved her hand, and the wound on her abdomen opened again in the battle just now, and blood flowed outwards and seeped into the gaps in the stone slabs.
Joel couldn't help but put one hand around her shoulders and the other hand on her calf, and directly picked up Haylis.
The basilisk was still furious. After losing its vision, the snake could still judge its location through its sense of smell. It aimed at Ron, who was closest to it. The snake's head was raised in mid-air and it was slashing wildly. It seemed that it wanted to bite Ron to death.
"Joel!" Ron rolled on the ground to avoid another attack from the basilisk, "Hurry up and help!"
During this time, Harry had been trying to use Parseltongue to command the stone wall to open, but the stone wall remained motionless. Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick on the other side of the stone wall had given up trying. They knew it was Slater.
Some kind of restriction placed by Lin is difficult to open with their abilities, so it is better to store more magic power just in case.
He turned around and saw that the frontal battlefield was almost settled, and quickly stepped forward to help Ron. The basilisk had lost its most powerful eye, and without Riddle's command, it was wandering around like a headless fly.
One end, bumping around aimlessly.
But even so, it was very troublesome for Ron and Harry to deal with it. With their magic conditions, the spells they cast could not penetrate the basilisk's scales at all. Instead, they were worried about its huge body and sharp fangs and were in a hurry.
"Get out of the way," Joel put Haylis in the corner, put the bottle of fresh juice in her hand, and rushed over, "I can handle the basilisk by myself, you two go take care of Lockhart."
professor."
The two looked at each other. Although they were very unhappy, they had no reason to refute. They really couldn't deal with the basilisk, so they could only let Joel deal with it.
The two of them obediently went to find Lockhart, who was lying on his back and unconscious.
Joel can look directly at the basilisk and have more offensive methods to use. Various spells hit the basilisk's scales like scraping. Every time the basilisk attacks, he transforms into a raven to avoid it. The basilisk can't keep up with Joel at all.
With its high mobility, he consumes the basilisk's physical strength like walking a pet.
It was blind in both eyes, and there was a big gaping hole in its waist. Black blood was flowing everywhere. Its constant movement would only aggravate its injuries. Five minutes later, the basilisk was dying. It curled up and stopped swinging its head greatly.
After realizing that Joel was approaching it, he moved his body in self-defense.
Lockhart slowly regained consciousness under the care of Harry and Ron. His eyes were still covered with black cloth and he couldn't see what was in front of him. He sensed someone touching his body and quickly stepped back. He didn't think the four children could
After getting rid of the basilisk and Bernie Selwyn, who was possessed by Riddle, he felt the pill after he woke up. It is estimated that as soon as he pulled off the black cloth, he would see the big Kazlan eyes of the basilisk.
"It's us, Harry and Ron!"
"Huh?" Lockhart quickly pulled off the black cloth and saw the concerned eyes of Harry and Ron.
Seeing Lockhart's confused expression, the two people quickly explained everything that happened after he fell into coma.
The frontal battlefield was finally over. Joel found an opportunity, accumulated his magic power, and struck the basilisk's wound with a thunderbolt explosion. The originally bloody wound continued to be dug inward, and a large hole as wide as the mouth of a bowl appeared. Joel's explosion
The curse directly penetrated the basilisk's body.
The basilisk could no longer hold on, and the heavy snake head smashed down.
Joel looked at the motionless basilisk and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Even if this spell didn't kill the basilisk, it was enough to take away most of its ability to move.
A black mist appeared in the position of Bernie, who was tied up in the corner. The mist condensed into a human figure in the air. He was tall and handsome, with black hair neatly combed back, and he was wearing a Hogwarts school robe.
, the Slytherin house emblem was shining brightly, and it looked like a gentleman, but the evil expression on his face ruined it all.
He grabbed his arm from the air and took the magic wand from the ground.
Joel turned his head when he heard Haylis' loud call and saw Tom Riddle suspended in mid-air. He was holding Hayley's wand, muttering some mysterious and complicated spell.
arts.
"What are you doing?" Harry realized something was wrong and shot a disarming spell, but the distance was a bit far away. Tom just turned sideways and dodged. He kept talking and flicked the wand in the air.
One stroke abstract pattern.
Joel knew that the only way to stop Tom Riddle was to find the diary and completely eliminate the Horcrux.
Diary... Joel did not hesitate anymore and spent another 100 points in the system store to buy a bottle of magic restoration agent. This BUG item for restoring magic power has a usage time limit. Only the first bottle within every 48 hours is 100% effective.
Each additional bottle consumed will reduce the effect by half.
But at this time he had no choice but to resort to this method. Feeling that his magic power was full, Joel turned into a raven again, spread his wings and headed directly towards Bernie Selwyn, searching for him. Tom seemed to realize something, and his face
There was an obvious expression of surprise on his face.
He held the wand and pointed it at the raven transformed into Joel from a distance, and a huge burst of force rushed towards him, knocking Joel away.
"Harry, Ron!" Joel turned into a human in the air, "Come and help!"
"Bernie Selwyn should have a black diary on him," he shouted, "find it!"
Harry and Ron obeyed the order subconsciously. The two children rushed towards Bernie, who was tied up, and started groping up and down. The atmosphere in the scene instantly became anxious.
Joel, on the other hand, went to look for a weapon that could destroy the Horcrux. Currently, all he could get was the basilisk's fangs. He moved directly in front of the basilisk and waved his wand.
Another thunderbolt blast, this time aimed at the basilisk's mouth.
The basilisk woke up from its sleep. It screamed in pain and spit out a thin and long fang. Joel held the fang and dodged to avoid the impact of the basilisk and moved towards Bernie.
Tom knew that he could not stop the three of them from moving at the same time, so he focused all his attention on the incantation. The speed of waving the wand became faster and faster, perfectly blending with the sound of reciting the incantation.
"Found it!" Harry searched all over Bernie's body and found the black diary in the back pocket of his trousers.
Joel is moving here at high speed, and the Basilisk is following closely behind. It no longer considers the issue of survival. It has been teased by this human cub for a long time, and has been injured repeatedly. It is full of anger and just wants to kill it.
This man was cut into eight pieces.
The basilisk scales rubbed and slid on the stone road, leaving a thick black trail of blood.
Joel flew towards the diary and stabbed the center of the diary with the fangs in his hand.
At the same time, the basilisk's heavy head also smashed down, and Tom Riddle in his soul state also finished chanting the incantation.
Everything happened in a flash of lightning.
Tom Riddle said the last cruel words, "You all stay here to be buried with me...ahhhhhhh!"
After that, he transformed into a groundhog, twisting and struggling with his body, waving his arms in the air, and screaming loudly. The screams almost penetrated the eardrums of Joel and others. The severity of the screams can be imagined.
Streams of ink spurted out from the diary. Riddle disappeared before he could finish his words. Haylis's wand also fell from mid-air. Everything in the secret room became silent, and only the ink could be heard coming from the diary.
The ticking sound seeped out of the book.
The basilisk's venom burned a hole through the diary, still hissing and emitting black smoke.
The basilisk's head did not hit Joel. Lockhart stepped forward in time and blocked the basilisk's huge body with an iron armor spell.
The huge snake body hit the transparent barrier heavily. Lockhart's body had not yet recovered from the torture of the Cruciatus Curse. The Iron Armor Curse he cast was not powerful enough, and the barrier was shaky and almost collapsed.
The next moment, the barrier was completely shattered, and Joel, who was under the shadow of the snake head, had no room to move at all. At this time, his palm was holding the basilisk fangs hard. If he was hit by the basilisk with all its strength, he would not die at this moment.
He will also be left half disabled.
At the critical moment, thick vines flew from the side, entangled Joel's limbs, and pulled him out directly.
It was Haylis. Although she lost her wand, the ability given by her talent allowed her to still control the plants on the slate. She made full use of her paralyzing tentacles to save Joel from the head of the basilisk.
The basilisk's body landed heavily on the stone slab, causing a tremor in the secret room, and a lot of gravel fell from the surrounding stone pillars.
The full force blow just now has exhausted all the remaining strength in its body. It is very sleepy now and just wants to have a good sleep.
The previous human boy was dead. The basilisk was very sure of this. It was extremely sad in its heart. Since Salazar Slytherin left Hogwarts, it had been trapped in the secret chamber without seeing the light of day for thousands of years.
There is no one of its kind, and no one is willing to talk to it. For thousands of years, it has been alone as a snake and can only play with itself. It can be regarded as an alternative form of "playing with snakes".
When it was just born, it could only curl up in Salazar's palm and take a nap. Gradually, its body became stronger and stronger. The strength did not make the basilisk happy. It usually hunted small animals very easily and had no need at all.
Such a huge body.
The lonely days lasted until 50 years ago, when a black-haired human found him. He could speak fluent Parseltongue and had a familiar smell that he had not seen for a long time. The Basilisk determined that it was Salazar's bloodline. It saw
The moment he arrived at this human being, he asked about Salazar's whereabouts.
"He died a long time ago, and I am his descendant," the boy hissed coldly, "I spent several years finding the secret room just because I wanted you to do something for me."
The simple-minded basilisk wanted to find someone to chat with. It agreed to Tom's conditions without hesitation. It followed the boy and left the secret room. As soon as it got into Hogwarts Castle, it saw a human girl.
.
It took just one glance and the poor girl was dead.
What happened after that was simple and clear. Hagrid took the blame for Tom and was expelled from school, but Tom didn't come to the Chamber of Secrets for a long time.
It didn't blame him. Salazar was also very busy at that time and only came to see him after a long period of time. This made it feel more satisfied after being lonely for a long time.
But this wait lasted for 50 years. When I saw the boy again, he seemed to have changed into a different form. He was still young, just like 50 years ago. The basilisk asked him about the outside world, but Tom asked it to help another person.
busy.
The Basilisk could hear the pleading in his Parseltongue, and it agreed to Tom's request again, and under the arrangement of a fat human cub, it turned Hogwarts upside down.
It's a pity that this time it took his own life.
In the last moment of its memory, it returned to its childhood. Salazar Slytherin held it in the palm of his hand as it had just hatched from the male egg, with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Give you a name. What is it?"
The old man murmured in Parseltongue. Before he could think of an answer, another guy who looked like an old naughty boy opened the door.
"Hurry up, Salazar!" The old naughty boy has a very strong body and nimble hands and feet, "Royna and Helga have already prepared dinner! Just waiting for us, there are your favorite fried chicken legs!"
"Come right away!" the man promised, placing the wet thing on the stone slab, "I will give you a name when I come back."
It's a pity that it didn't wait for the answer in the end.
The basilisk fell into a deep sleep, and everyone in the secret room finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"By the way," Ron looked at the head of the basilisk close at hand and shuddered, "That soup, Tom..."
"Tom Riddle," Joel returned to the corner of the stone wall and held the blushing Haylis in his arms, "or you can call him Mysterious Man."
"Oh, Riddle..." Ron said belatedly, "Wha, what the hell?"
His face turned pale.
Joel waved his wand, and the letters of Tom Marvolo Riddle appeared in the air. He rearranged the letters like arranging characters, and now it appeared to be I Am Lord Voldemort.
"Okay, okay..." Ron looked like it would take him a while to accept the news, "What did the mysterious man mean when he said he wanted us to be buried together?"
"Is he going to blow up this secret room?"
As soon as Ron finished speaking, the secret room began to shake violently. The dust and stones above his head fell down one after another. The stone slabs under his feet cracked little by little, exposing the rocks below. The big snake climbing on the stone pillars was also chopped off.
With his body broken, the statue of Salazar Slytherin was hit by a stone, revealing a sinister smile.
"What should I do?" Ron suddenly panicked and didn't know what to do. Wouldn't his mouthful of poisonous milk really kill the secret room milk?
"Harry, open the door quickly!" Joel ordered loudly. He held Haylis's body and jumped on the basilisk's head. With a wave of his wand, he cut out the bloody eyeball in the basilisk's eye socket. This big eyeball
It was difficult to hold his hand, and it was even bigger than his fist.
"Bernie!" Haylis huddled in Joel's arms, patted his back, and signaled him not to take the unconscious Bernie Selwyn in the corner.
Joel stuffed a pair of eyeballs into his pocket, then waved his magic wand, causing Bernie's body to float and follow him.
After Tom Riddle's soul died, the Slytherin heir's orders also disappeared. Harry easily opened the stone wall with Parseltongue, and everyone gathered together and rushed out.
After leaving the secret room, they discovered that it was not just the collapse of the secret room. The entire tunnel was collapsing, and huge rocks were falling like dense raindrops. In this emergency, Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick
Still waiting outside.
When they saw four students and a professor escaping, they couldn't help but beam with joy.
"Professor!" Harry was so anxious that he didn't dare to stamp his feet, "How are we going to get out now?"
There is still a long way to go from the outlet pipe, and Riddle's calculations were very precise. Without the ability to use apparation, it was impossible for them to escape underground before the tunnel collapsed.
Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick used a series of armor spells to block the falling rocks from above. They were very optimistic.
"Don't be afraid, as long as your thoughts don't slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties." Professor Flitwick's life quotes come right from the beginning, and I don't know where he got his optimism.
But Joel soon knew where the source of optimism came from. A fiery red bird was waiting there. It was as big as a crane, with a golden tail as long as a peacock's tail, and a pair of golden claws.
There is also a long, sharp golden beak and two shining black eyes.
Dumbledore's pet - Fawkes the Phoenix.
When it saw the crowd, its golden beak opened slightly and made a loud chirp. It ducked in front of the crowd. In Joel's opinion, it was like traveling through space. This ability was similar to apparation. He
I also saw it in Tom, the tiger with heterochromatic eyes.
It turned its back to everyone and raised its butt, and its tail feathers stood up.
"What does it mean?" Ron had never seen this bird before, and he stood there in a daze.
"Grab its tail feathers!" Professor McGonagall roared, and everyone obeyed the order and stretched out their arms to grab one of the tail feathers.
Even the unconscious Bernie was pulled out by Joel with two fingers and pinched them.
The moment everyone reached out to grab Fox's tail feathers, it turned into a burst of fire and disappeared with everyone.
Huge boulders fell one after another, blocking the tunnel tightly without any gaps, making the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets officially disappear into history.