The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 253: People in the wild area, lost contact

According to rumors, there is a legend in Dumbledore's family that a phoenix will appear whenever someone is in urgent need. This time, facing the ferocious and brutal basilisk, the appearance of the phoenix Fawkes greatly weakened Tom Riddle's strength.

"A bird, Dumbledore, are you planning to use a bird to fight the basilisk?" Tom Riddle looked a little disdainful.

Dumbledore lowered his eyes and said nothing. Fawkes the Phoenix hovered over the Chamber of Secrets, and its cry made the basilisk a little restless.

The rooster is the natural enemy of the basilisk. The rooster's crowing can harm the basilisk, or even kill it. The phoenix's cry can't do this, but the phoenix can ignore the basilisk's eyes, and its tears can cure the basilisk's poison.

Tom Riddle made a "hissing" sound again, and at his command, the basilisk slid quickly on the ground and rushed towards the crowd.

Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout cast spells at the huge basilisk, but these powerful spells could not cause any damage to the basilisk. Like the dragon, the scales covering the basilisk's body can resist magical damage.

The basilisk's green scales deflected all the spells, and these deflected spells hit the ground or the wall, leaving dents one after another.

Tom Riddle laughed wildly. He said, "It's all in vain. These spells can't hurt the snake king!"

The basilisk raised its huge, flat head, and its yellow eyes swept over everyone present, and it smashed its huge head towards everyone. However, its head failed to smash down, and the water in the secret room flooded up, forming a huge water ball that firmly held the basilisk in it, unable to move.

Although Dumbledore, like everyone else, lowered his head and avoided looking at the basilisk, his unrivaled magic still restricted the basilisk's actions in the first place.

The phoenix Fawkes chirped and rushed into the water ball like a warrior, hitting the basilisk's head.

The originally silent tomb-like chamber became noisy, with the roar of the basilisk, the cry of the phoenix, and the angry hiss of Tom Riddle all intertwined together.

Just when the Chamber of Secrets was in chaos, Ada took advantage of the chaos and ran away. She pulled Harry up, and the two of them supported the unconscious Ginny and walked out of the Chamber of Secrets.

If there was one thing Dumbledore taught Ida, it was to do the right thing at the right time.

There were already enough people attacking the basilisk, not to mention Ada. Harry and Ginny would only be a burden if they stayed here, so it would be better to take the "hostage" Ginny and evacuate first, so that Dumbledore would have no worries and could do whatever he wanted.

Leaving the long, dim room, Ada checked Ginny's condition. The little girl's breathing and pulse were very weak, and her face was pale.

Seeing that Ginny was temporarily out of danger, Harry wanted to turn back and help Dumbledore deal with the basilisk. His courage was commendable, but he was indeed overestimating his own abilities.

Without his wand, how would Harry deal with the basilisk? Throw rocks at it?

Ada reached out and grabbed the real Gryffindor's first reckless man. She shook her head and said to Harry: "Stay here and take good care of Ginny. If there is anything wrong, don't hesitate, take Ginny and run away. Do you understand?"

"What about you?" Harry asked anxiously. Harry didn't know what Ada wanted to do, but it must be dangerous. Harry also cared about Ada. It was she who made Harry experience the wonders of magic for the first time and planted a seed of magic in the boy's heart.

Ada reached out and messed up Harry's already messy hair. She smiled and said, "I am Esmeralda Drizzt. The person who can kill me has not been born yet!"

After saying that, Ada turned back to the secret room, where the battle was still going on fiercely. However, the snake monster, whose body was as thick as the trunk of an oak tree, was at a disadvantage. Its big yellow eyes had been pecked blind by the phoenix.

Black blood gushed out and the basilisk made a painful gurgling sound. Its big head kept shaking in pain, and it also drove away the little Fox.

Tom Riddle shouted angrily, but strangely, his face was full of anger, but he didn't show any worry, as if Dumbledore couldn't do anything to him even if the basilisk died. Was he stupid, or was he absolutely confident? Or was he fearless?
Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout, who had been ignored and played a supporting role for a long time, finally showed their presence to Voldemort.

After the basilisk lost its most threatening weapon, Professor Flitwick also showed the strength of a duelling champion. His spells hit the basilisk's soft belly one after another, where there was no scale armor covering it, and the magic finally caused damage to the basilisk.

Professor Sprout did not take any action. The professor with patches on top of patches just stared at Tom Riddle closely to prevent him from suddenly attacking and hurting people. After all, he still held Harry's holly wand in his hand.

Even a weak dark devil should not be underestimated.

Seeing everything in front of her, Ada did not step forward to help, but stopped. From the very beginning when she entered the Chamber of Secrets, Ada had always felt strange. Although Tom Riddle appeared in front of everyone, he was not a physical entity, otherwise Ada's spell would not have passed through his body and hit the wall behind him.

Since it does not exist in reality, Tom's true self, or subject, must be based on something and will not appear out of thin air. Considering that he comes from a diary, it is obvious that if the diary is destroyed, this Tom between reality and nothingness will be destroyed as well.

But where was the diary? It wasn't on the floor of the Chamber of Secrets, nor on Ginny's body. Could it be on Tom Riddle's body?

Ada raised her wand and pointed it at Tom. She whispered, "Fly the diary!"

After reciting the spell several times, the diary did not fly out of Tom Riddle's body. Even if Ada added a modifier to the diary, these spells were still ineffective.

It seems that the diary is not in Tom Riddle's possession and must have been hidden by him.

Just when Ada was at a loss, the golden glasses on her nose suddenly emitted a faint light. Although the light was weak, it made Ada unable to open her eyes.

When Ada opened her eyes again, she saw a glittering object through her glasses. The vague shape looked like a diary. That object was hidden in the huge statue of Slytherin. As long as she found a way to get in, Ada should be able to get the diary.

Looking around, Ada quickly found a way, she saw the water pipe.

In addition to the huge stone pillars with snakes carved on them, there was only water in the chamber. After Dumbledore used the water to trap the basilisk, the pipes that were originally submerged in the water were exposed.

This was the only solution Ida could find, so she had no choice but to give it a try. Ida was always a man of action, so she immediately turned around and walked into the nearest water pipe.

Drilling the water pipe again, what a gloomy day! Ada swore silently in her heart that after leaving the secret room, she must take a good bath, the kind that uses a piece of soap to wash and eat.

Ada groped her way forward in the pitch-black pipe. Fortunately, she had gradually adapted to the darkness and did not fall to death in the pipe.

Although she could only see the general direction of the diary through the glasses and there was no route hint, it was enough for Ada to figure out the direction so that she would not run around like a headless fly and get lost in the intricate water pipes.

Outside the secret room, the support Harry is taking care of our Crystal Ginny; inside the secret room, the mid laner Dumbledore is suppressing the basilisk; the top laner Professor Sprout is keeping an eye on the opponent's mid laner Tom Riddle who is AFK typing; the ADC Professor Flitwick is scraping the basilisk.

As for the jungler Ada, well, the jungler went into the jungle and never came back. Her behavior would be greeted with a scorn by her whole family in the game. Fortunately, Ada only had one page in her household registration book, so she didn't have to worry about whether her family members who were greeted were happy. This was a blessing in disguise.

After winding around in the long pipe, Ada was getting closer and closer to the target point. In the darkness, Ada had no concept of time. She didn't know how long she had walked or how far she had walked. She finally found the place closest to the target point, but there was no road ahead.

Thanks to the book friend Futu Xuan for the reward

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