Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 348: Heroes Return Home, Endless Tower

It was cold and gloomy in the cave.

Ted casually threw out a ball of light that floated on the top of the cave.

In front of me is a small lake with a wooden boat, but you definitely can't ride the boat.

You knew you were here to steal Voldemort's things, so how could you possibly take the boat he prepared?

Ted simply reached into his small bag and pulled out a handkerchief, then shook it and it turned into a giant carpet of two meters by three meters.

The carpet floated in the air, with the front part raised up, and the tassels swaying gently, giving it a feeling of coming alive.

Flying Carpet: Uncle, come and play~
Great Britain had banned flying carpets the previous year, but it was clear that no one present wanted to pursue the matter.

Besides, this is not imported from the Middle East, but made by Ted himself. Don’t you see how charming and anthropomorphic it is!

Ted got on the magic carpet and called out to the others.

Dumbledore and his companions boarded the flying carpet, with Sirius being supported by his elf.

The flying carpet flew slowly over the water, and the dark water surface was one meter below.

According to Kreacher, the Black family's house-elf, when he Apparated away for the last time, his poisoned little master had been dragged into the water by a large group of Inferi.

This cave was set up with an anti-Apparition spell, and it was also equipped with many other defensive spells, so most of the movement magics were useless, including the door keys and the like.

Not only is there no way to escape, there's no way you can even get the locket.

There is a strange potion in the stone basin, and you cannot reach the locket that is so close to you if you put your hand in it.

You just have to find a way to get the potion away.

But you can't pour out the potion, because if you pour it here or there it will magically return to the stone basin.

Unless someone drinks it, only this can reduce the potion in a short period of time.

It was only after several unsuccessful attempts that Regulus finally decided to sacrifice his own life to take away the thing that Voldemort valued so much.

Thanks to the flying carpet, everyone arrived at the "island" at the end of the cave safely.

This is actually an irregular pile of stones about three or four meters in size.

In the middle there is a stone platform only half a person's height with mysterious reliefs carved on it. It looks a bit like a wash basin in a restroom.

You know what, there is a small pool in the middle of the stone platform, and inside it is a magic potion emitting a faint blue light.

Although Kechery had already explained the whole process, Ted and his friends still gave it a try.

Sure enough, none of the five or six methods I had thought of before could get the potion out of the stone basin.

And since the potion is in the basin, no one can touch the locket in the basin.

If Snape were here, he might have tried to break the potion.

In fact, the real locket has been obtained. Ketchelli placed the locket in Regulus' bedroom for more than ten years.

This thing was left by Slytherin to the Gaunt family. Later, after being abandoned by Voldemort's father, Voldemort's mother Merope was starving and wandering the streets. In order to survive, she sold the locket to Mr. Borgin, the owner of Borgin and Burke's shop, for 10 Galleons...

Voldemort should have discovered this heirloom in Borgin and Burke's right after graduation.

Originally, Regulus's last order was for Kreacher to destroy this thing, but he overestimated the house-elf.

Horcruxes are extremely advanced creations of dark magic. Not to mention a house-elf like him, even a wizard of Professor McGonagall's level would probably be unable to do anything about them.

Unless it fell into Snape's hands, Ted believed that he would definitely find a way to destroy the Horcrux - invent a potion like magic Aqua Regia to turn it into slag!

……

Ted took out a red and white "Poke Ball" and threw it to the ground.

"Bang~" An ugly fishman appeared, chattering. Although he had no weapons in his hands, he still pounced on Kcheli, who was closest to him and looked the easiest to bully.

Then Ketcheli pointed his finger and knocked the fishman down.

Ted grabbed the fishman and brought him to the stone platform, took out a big spoon, and started pouring!

The fishman's little arms and legs struggled at first, but after drinking a few big spoonfuls of Voldemort's special tonic soup, he became obedient, and even the chattering stopped, leaving only groaning.

When Sirius and Kercheri saw the fishman trembling in agony and an expression of pain on his ugly fish face, they thought of Regulus who had suffered the same pain and burst into tears.

There was another reason why Kecheli cried - she didn't expect there was such a way!

Regulus had tried to feed the goat a potion, but it didn't work.

When setting up this thing, Voldemort set the condition that it would only count if someone drank it.

In the end, Regulus, who couldn't bear to hurt others, chose to hurt himself.

Now, there was not much potion left in the stone basin, which proved that Ted's rather damaging trick was effective.

Fishmen are also human beings!
Moreover, this magic potion will only cause severe mental pain and will not kill people.

What really killed Regulus was the intense pain after drinking the potion and the dissipation of his magic power in a short period of time.

At that time, a large number of Yin corpses underwater were activated and pounced up.

Regulus lost all his magic power and couldn't even stand.

Finally, he had to give the locket to Kechery and let him escape with it - the house elves' apparition was different from that of wizards, and it was completely different. Even in Hogwarts, they could use it.

Voldemort was too proud to have thought of this kind of servant race, so he left a loophole and let Kechery escape with the locket.

But because of the spell that counters displacement magic, Kecheri couldn't bring Regulus, a human, with him...

Sirius trembled as he picked up the imitation locket and opened it with trembling hands. Inside was a piece of paper with clearly visible handwriting.

To the Dark Lord:

I will be dead before you read this, but I want you to know that I discovered your secret.

I stole the real Horcrux and planned to destroy it as quickly as possible.

I am willing to die in the hope that you will be killed when you meet your opponent.

RAB
"Regulus, my brother..." Sirius held the note in his hands, tears streaming down his face, unable to speak anymore.

Lupin held him, afraid that he would fall.

Ted took out a small test tube from his arms, used magic to form a bubble to wrap the note inside and pour it out without being contaminated by any other scent, then put it into the locket and threw it into the stone basin.

The potion inside is still effective, and it will take at most ten minutes for the potion to slowly appear. By then, everything will be the same as before.

Sirius had come here only to retrieve his brother's relics - the note, which was also a token of Regulus' noble sacrifice, and his body.

Now, the note had been retrieved. Ted had even put a new one in, hoping that Mr. Voldemort would like it later.

Now, the operation to salvage the bodies is about to begin.

In fact, there is no need to salvage them because they will climb up by themselves.

When the potion in the stone basin was gone, the group of Inferi at the bottom of the lake had already been alarmed. However, they were slow in movement and not good at swimming, so they climbed out of the water one by one.

Now, we have to find Regulus' body from among these more than 300 Inferi.

The Inferi are a kind of dead body monster, awakened and controlled by black magic. They are monsters without life, soul or mind.

They are afraid of fire and light, and like darkness and dampness. They are the walking dead. Not only human corpses can be used to make infernal corpses, but also animal corpses. But human corpses are stronger!

The death-related magic of Yinshi is also a black magic that has been passed down for thousands of years. After all, for humans, death is a great terror that has existed since ancient times.

Wizards must have studied magic in this area.

And Voldemort would not let him go. He was most afraid of death and he had studied all the magic related to death.

For example, the Yin corpses here are a modified variety.

Not only are they stronger, but they can also enter a standby state and exist longer. They also have a very powerful ability called "infectivity". The bodies of people killed by these Inferi will also become new Inferi.

In order to protect his Horcrux, Voldemort slaughtered all the ordinary people in the nearby villages, and the corpses were piled here.

Ted released the little soft...

There is basically no better way to eliminate monsters like Yin corpses than burning them.

Shattered into pieces? This thing is as tough as that old wood. A single cut will only leave a one-centimeter mark. Even if it is very powerful, it is difficult to dismember it.

In fact, even if the body was dismembered, the hands and feet could still move!

It would be a better idea to smash it into pieces, just blow it into pieces.

The problem is that this consumes too much energy and we can’t kill many.

It is better to use fire. It is efficient and saves trouble.

Moreover, the Yin corpses are afraid of light, and the fire can prevent them from rushing over together.

Dumbledore didn't even use his wand. He simply waved his hand and summoned a circle of fire that surrounded the "island", leaving only a large gap that allowed one or two Inferi to come in.

Ted released Little Soft, while Kreacher and Sirius carefully identified it. If it was not Regulus, they would let Little Soft eat and digest the Inferi.

Even if the Yin corpse has a tough body, it is not a problem for Xiaoruan.

Even that "poisonous" magic is just a dish to Xiaoruan.

Just like that, they were identified and destroyed one by one, and after about 20 minutes, a corpse with different clothing was finally recognized...

When I returned to school, it was already a day later.

Hermione found Ted and was curious about where he had been for the past two days?

Ted said he had something to do with Dumbledore.

Hermione didn't ask any more questions. After all, she had been watching Fleur and Ally for two days and found nothing unusual. What Ted said must be true!

The sixth level of the competition was about to begin, so Ted and his friends had a meal together to relax.

After all, we have come this far, and the road ahead will definitely be difficult.

There is a high possibility that my friends will be eliminated, so I should remind them myself so that they won’t be too disappointed.

However, he found that he had underestimated his friends a little - after going through so much, his friends had become very mature.

And their attitude towards the top seven competition is also relatively calm.

To quote Ron: "I never thought I could make it to the sixth level. You have no idea how corny my mom's compliments to me were! That's enough! It's enough! Even if I'm eliminated in the next level, I'll accept it!"

Jerry nodded as well. His mother and Sydney had seen his performance through Utopia. His fellow villagers also praised him highly, saying that he brought honor to Asians.

"That's good! Victory is a joy, and defeat is also a joy. This is just a small scene in our long journey of life, and we will eventually pass it and move on. Whether it is victory or failure, it is our precious experience. Let us give it our all and leave no regrets!"

After all, Ted got some information from the original mission and had some guesses about the content of the next level of the game.

Sure enough, two days later, the judging panel announced the content of the competition.

"We call the sixth level of the competition - the Endless Tower!"

As Dumbledore finished speaking, the young wizards in the audience were all agitated. After all, the name of this level is very impressive!

Endless! High tower! Just listening to it is exciting!

Then Dumbledore explained the specific content and rules.

This time it was a complete "single player competition" because everyone's assessment was the same, but independent, and there was no contact between them.

But in the end it depends on who has better grades.

The assessment is also simple - climb the tower!
Everyone will keep climbing up a tower that has no end.

Each level of the tower is filled with monsters, which grow in number, strength, and variety.

And all the warriors have to keep climbing, defeating layer after layer of monsters, climbing higher and higher, towards the endless tower.

This will be a great test of fighting power, endurance and will.

Not only do you have to defeat the monster, but you also have to defeat it with the least consumption.

Then another level of monsters will appear and you have to continue fighting.

Keep fighting and keep fighting...

Because you don’t know the situation and results of other players, you can only fight with all your might until you fall.

The little wizard and the audience watching the live broadcast were excited after hearing the explanation!
Each of them felt more excited than the Warriors who were about to participate in the game.

This kind of challenge sounds so exciting!

This is the challenge that real warriors should face!
In three days, the competition will begin.

Ted discussed countermeasures with his friends.

In order to ensure "absolute fairness", warriors are not allowed to bring any potions, herbs, pets, magic props, etc. except a magic wand.

Therefore, magic recovery, physical recovery, and even injury recovery magic are all very necessary.

Ted wasn't really afraid of this. With his total magic power, he was probably able to compete with Snape. If he added cards and other means, he could consume two Snapes to death.

And my friends, you need to intensively learn spells during these three days.

There are many spells in white magic that can heal injuries and restore physical strength. The friends practiced late into the night.

As for magic power, I can only rely on using the spells I am best at to reduce consumption and strive to recover it.

In fact, the wizard's magic power recovers very quickly. Generally speaking, it is rare to encounter a situation where the magic power is exhausted but the winner is still unknown.

But this time climbing the tower is a special case.

It depends on each person’s luck!
……

There are only 14 warriors left, each of them an elite among the elite.

For example, Krum and Furong are the top students in the school.
Moreover, they are two years older, which means they are in their complete form! They have an advantage in terms of magic power.

But the final result depends on will.

Magic power is the embodiment of the wizard's will. If the will is shaken, even if there is plenty of magic power, the wizard will fall quickly.

Even Ted couldn't help but admire the content of this level.

(End of this chapter)