The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 560 Returning with a Full Load
The dragon's roar echoed between the stone walls, amplified many times, and it seemed to vibrate people's brains. The sound of its sharp claws rubbing against the ground was even more piercing, making people feel upset.

Compared with the huge dragon, Ada seemed so small, but there was no fear on her face, she was very confident in herself. No matter how scary the dragon was, could it be as scary as Dumbledore?
Ada pointed her wand diagonally upwards, and a fluorescent spell like a flare pierced through the darkness, and the underground space instantly became as bright as day. The dragon turned its head to face Ada, allowing her to clearly see the terrible scars on the dragon's face.

I think that was the scar left by the dragon tamer. It was such deep pain that could make the dragon feel afraid and make this powerful creature humble, and feel pain when it heard the jingling sound.

With the illumination of the fluorescent charm, the wand was used as easily as an arm, and the eye-spell pierced the dragon's pink eyes like an arrow.

The scales all over the body make the fire dragon extremely resistant to magic. Many magic spells cannot cause any harm to the fire dragon. The eyes are the most vulnerable part of the fire dragon's body.

The severe pain brought by the eye disease curse made the fire dragon very painful. Its roar became hoarse, and the huge wings with spikes on both sides of its body tightened, and its ugly head shook helplessly.

Without the spiral takeoff method of stepping on the left foot with the right foot, Ada can still float in the air. She waved her wand like a whip, and a flaming rope whip as thick as a child's arm appeared out of thin air and lashed the dragon's scar again and again.

I don't know if it was because the flame whip was too painful, or this method reminded the dragon of its terrible dragon trainer, but the dragon, which was ferocious not long ago, immediately became much more obedient. The two hind legs with heavy shackles kept moving backwards, and the dragon was moving away from Ada. It didn't want to be whipped anymore.

The dragon retreated, but Ada did not stop. She knew that she looked a little cruel, but she had to teach the dragon a profound lesson so that it would not dare to jump out again. She was responsible for the safety of herself and the twins.

The roars became lower and lower, the dragon trembled and retreated, even lowering its huge body, in order to reduce its presence and let the terrifying human hanging in the air let it go.

It is better to show mercy when you can. The dragon was already in a miserable situation, so Ada stopped attacking it after forcing it to retreat.

Perhaps death is the only relief for the dragon, but once the dragon dies abnormally, the fact that someone broke into Gringotts will inevitably be exposed, so she cannot do this.

Seeing the dragon hiding in a corner, the twins rushed over with Cosmo in their arms, and the two brothers ran straight to a vault. While Ada scared off the dragon, Fred and George questioned the goblin.

With years of tacit understanding, the twins figured out what Ada said last night and knew that she sneaked into Gringotts for Lestrange's vault. Cosmo reluctantly put his hand on the vault door, and the vault door disappeared, revealing a hole.

The three men standing at the door looked inside. The cave was filled from floor to ceiling with gold coins and golden goblets, silver armor, the furs of various strange animals with spines or wings, potions in vases, and a skull that still wore a crown.

"What are we looking for?" George asked. "There are too many things in here." The treasures in Lestrange's vault were piled up like mountains. George swore that he had never seen so much treasure in his life, nor had he ever heard of it.

"I don't know." Ada said a little embarrassedly. The plan to enter Gringotts was a spur-of-the-moment idea. She just wanted to come here to try it out. As for what Voldemort gave Bellatrix, she didn't know, and she couldn't even confirm whether it was a Horcrux.

"Maybe it's a cup, maybe it's a locket. Or maybe it's something else," Ada continued uncertainly.

Based on the known information, it is speculated that Hufflepuff's gold cup and Slytherin's locket may have fallen into Voldemort's hands and were probably made into Horcruxes by this prodigal. But it cannot be ruled out that Voldemort gave Bellatrix other items.

"Then let's look for it!" George encouraged everyone, "If you're lucky, a cup you pick up at random may be what you're looking for." There was another possibility that George didn't say, which is that it can't be found.

The three of them walked into the vault together. The mountains of treasures exuded an alluring luster. Fred and George looked at this and that. The Lestrange family's collection opened the eyes of the two brothers.

As for Cosmo, he was thrown near the cave entrance by Fred, who was not comfortable leaving him alone outside the cave.

Although the treasures in the cave were enormous, Ada was not shocked. She took out her glasses from her pocket, wiped the gold-rimmed glasses, put them on, and began to look for what she wanted.

Fred picked up a cup from a pile of gold. The cup was inlaid with various gems, showing the richness of the man. Before Fred could take a closer look, he felt a burning sensation at his fingertips. He let go of the cup immediately due to the pain, and the cup rolled away.

"It's hot!" said Fred, sucking his blistered fingers.

The thrown away wine glass continued to split and turned into many identical wine glasses. After a while, Fred couldn't tell which wine glass burned him. "Fire curse and copy curse." Cosmo said helplessly, "If you can't find what you want as soon as possible, you and I will die here."

Now we are all in the same boat. If the treasures in the cave continue to be replicated, no one will be able to survive.

Gold is a good thing, but no one wants to be buried alive by gold, or be scalded to death by gold. For the sake of his own life, Cosmo had to give a reminder.

Just as Cosmo spoke, George also picked up a gold pendant box, and he was also scalded and got a big blister.

As the gold locket fell, more lockets appeared. The temperature of the vault suddenly rose, becoming hot and stuffy, and there was a faint sense of suffocation. The twins did not dare to touch anything casually, and could only search with their eyes, but the rising temperature made them irritable. The twins' brows were all knitted, and their mentality became more and more urgent.

Ada, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, walked carefully, not daring to touch the hot gold. When Ada's eyes passed over the shield and the helmet made by the goblin, she suddenly found a different light!

Ada's eyes moved upwards, and at the top of the vault she saw a small golden cup.

That's what I'm looking for! This feeling welled up in Ada's heart, and it was very strong.

Ada aimed her wand at the golden cup, but the flying spell failed to make the golden cup fly to her. Whether it was Helga Hufflepuff or Tom Riddle, the flying spell was too simple for them. How could such a simple spell work?

Fortunately, besides the flying curse, Ada had another way. A ribbon shot out from the tip of the yew wand, and the ribbon was as flexible as a snake, passing through the handle of the golden cup and tying a knot.

With a little effort, Ada pulled the golden cup down from the height, and the cup was pulled to her feet. Ada did not take it in her hands immediately, but leaned over to check the cup at her feet.

The cup appears to be made of pure gold, with a very finely crafted handle and a Hufflepuff badger carved on the cup. It is clearly the Hufflepuff cup, one of the two treasures lost after Hepzibah Smith's death.

The twins also came over, and to avoid getting burned again, George picked up the gold cup with his sleeve-wrapped hands.

There was no burning sensation. Apparently, the Hufflepuff cup had not been cast with the Replication Charm and the Fire Charm. However, George's irritability did not disappear, but became even stronger.

Negative emotions such as bloodthirstiness, rage, and anxiety appeared in George's heart one after another.

Ada snapped her fingers next to George's ears, and George's blurry eyes regained some clarity, and his negative emotions also eased a little.

"That's it, we should go," Ada said, taking the gold cup from George.

Fred, who noticed something was wrong, decisively pulled George out, and Ada also used magic to lead Cosmo out of the vault. After everyone left the vault, the vault door that had disappeared reappeared, blocking the tempting smell of the treasure.

The three people returned with a full load and got back on the cart, but Cosmo was reluctant to drive away.

Ada lowered her head and said nothing. She was resisting the whispers of the devil in her ears. This voice tried to destroy her mental defenses and turn her into a monster that only knew how to kill. This was the influence of the Horcrux, and even Ada could not get rid of it immediately.

"Drive!" George said viciously, "if you don't want to be thrown off by me!"

The twins would use a similar tone when joking around, but they were all jokes and never taken it so seriously. The brief contact with the Horcrux magnified the violent side of George's heart, making him eager to kill, even though he had never tasted blood.

(End of this chapter)