Harry Potter: I started checking in from Diagon Alley

Sirius asked again, "What about Horcruxes? You said before that when you create a Horcrux, you split off fragments of your own soul, which are also part of your soul, right? For example, this pendant box, according to the conclusion we just reached, cannot be destroyed by a killing curse, right?"

“That’s right,” Eric said. “The locket has no life; you can’t penetrate the object itself to attack the soul inside, while Horcruxes have strong magic resistance.”

After saying that, Eric drew his wand, pointed it at the locket, and whispered, "Avada Kedavra."

The next second, a dazzling green light shot out from the head of Eric's wand at an extremely fast speed, illuminating the entire room and striking the locket directly.

Sirius was startled and instinctively rolled backward to dodge.

Just looking at Eric's spell, Sirius felt a chilling aura of terror.

At such close range and at such high speed, Sirius was filled with lingering fear. If Eric had been targeting him, he certainly wouldn't have been able to dodge.

"Are you fucking crazy?!" Sirius couldn't help but curse. "At least tell me first!"

He touched his back and found it was covered in sweat.

Sirius didn't ask Eric where he learned the Death Curse; after all, Eric had become Nicolas Flamel's student, so it was perfectly normal for him to know a few dark magic spells.

Eric said, "I'm not hitting you."

"Nonsense! I would have died long ago!" Sirius roared.

Eric pointed to the locket, and Sirius noticed that, sure enough, the locket remained completely still, unaffected by Eric's killing curse.

Sirius managed to calm himself down for a moment and said, "I understand. Just like you said, the Death Curse cannot destroy inanimate objects, but I still don't understand how the power of the soul is transferred."

Eric asked, "Have you tried to destroy the Dementors?"

"……No."

Eric recounted the conclusions he had observed last year when he used the Patronus Charm to banish Dementors while watching a game at the stadium.

Sirius Black, upon hearing this, asked in surprise, "You mean, they can fuse with the bodies of their companions?"

Eric laughed and said, "Yes, imagine this: there are countless Dementors in front of you. You try to kill the one closest to you, and it turns into an invisible cloud of smoke, merging with one of its companions. Then, you try to kill its companion again. What will happen?"

Sirius Black pondered with dread: "Would the second Dementor carry the core of the first Dementor and merge into the body of the subsequent third Dementor?"

Eric added, "Then if you try to kill a third Dementor... let's just say you might end up creating a super-duper huge Dementor."

"What if we try to kill the last Dementor as well?"

“I don’t know,” Eric said, shrugging. “No one has done this before, but let’s use our imagination. It’s known that soul power like Dementors cannot be completely destroyed; it only transfers to other forms of similar power and merges with them. So, if there’s no one else present besides you who killed the Dementor…”

"A Dementor can possess me!?" Sirius couldn't help but exclaim.

Eric smiled and said, "You're right."

Chapter 161 The Transfer of the Soul

The most obvious evidence is Eric's acacia wand.

This wand originally belonged to Ravenclaw.

Through years of use, Ravenclaw's magic influenced his wand, creating a reflection of a part of his soul on it.

This mapping and the soul fragments formed by splitting the soul are of the same nature.

According to Nicolas Flamel's conclusion, this part of the power will only be transferred, not disappear.

When Eric conquered the acacia wand, this power naturally transferred to Eric.

It's like a Dementor devouring its own kind.

Fortunately, the portion of soul power within Eric currently has no effect on him.

This is also a blessing in misfortune.

But when it comes to the complexities of the human body and soul, even Eric himself cannot determine the current state of that soul power.

With Eric's prompting, Sirius keenly realized the most crucial problem.

The soul fragments attached to Horcruxes are essentially the same as the power that constitutes Dementors.

As if they were directly exposed, they would be immune to the effects of magic.

When they attach themselves to inanimate objects and attempt to destroy them, they can only be transferred, not eliminated directly.

This is a proven conclusion.

The fragments of the soul in Eric's body are proof of this.

“That means…” Sirius said, “If I destroy the Horcrux now, the soul fragments on it will transfer to me?”

Eric nodded, giving an affirmative answer.

Sirius felt as if his known world had been completely turned upside down.

His relationship with Eric is no longer what it used to be.

So Eric didn't hold back in addressing his doubts and told him everything he knew.

But Sirius still finds this conclusion hard to accept.

This means that destroying Horcruxes has become significantly more difficult.

In fact, Eric was unaware that soul power could be transferred.

This information was not mentioned in the original work.

It's possible that, like the current powerful Georgian Party, it's the influence of Eric, this butterfly effect.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have dragged out the Horcrux matter until now.

"So how exactly do we destroy the Horcrux?" Sirius asked.

Eric said, "The problem is actually quite simple. If it's a non-living object like a locket, the Fiery Flame Curse, Gryffindor's sword, or the basilisk's fangs can all directly destroy the Horcrux. The most common method is the Fiery Flame Curse, as this dark magic is very good at destruction."

"only……"

"Yes, after that, the soul fragments on it will be transferred."

"You mentioned life, so what if the object to which the soul fragment is attached is a living being?" Sirius asked.

“Death,” Eric said succinctly.

Sirius understood immediately: "The Death Curse can destroy life, plus all the souls on it. When life is gone, the soul also disappears, so this is the real way to destroy Horcruxes."

Eric nodded and said, "Yes, not just the Death Curse. As long as the wizard accepts his death, no matter how he dies, the soul attached to him will also dissipate, including the soul fragments transferred by destroying Horcruxes."

Sirius frowned.

This method is far too cruel.

The method of creating Horcruxes comes at the cost of one's life.

However, even if you want to completely destroy the Horcrux, you still cannot escape death.

Horcruxes, truly the most evil form of black magic.

Sirius suddenly asked, "Wait, let's go back to that scenario. If I leave one Dementor alone and kill the rest of the Dementors, forcing them to form a huge Dementor group, and then kill that group of Dementors, what would happen?"

He asked the crucial question, and Eric didn't have a definite answer to it either.

“We don’t yet know how the soul fragments are chosen, and there are two possibilities in what you’ve described,” Eric said. “First, the massive Dementor horde might attach itself to you based on proximity, ignoring the remaining Dementor.”

Eric said, "The second possibility is that they are attracted to each other. If there are other Dementors on the scene, the group of Dementors you killed will attach itself to that Dementor. If we consider the difficulty of dealing with Horcruxes, then the second possibility is obviously better than the first, because this way the Horcruxes can be relatively concentrated, which is better than scattering them no matter how they are dealt with afterwards."

While discussing with Sirius, Eric himself was also considering various possibilities.

Finding the Horcrux is no longer a problem for Eric.

He knew all of Voldemort's Horcruxes and probably knew where they were hidden.

Unless Voldemort creates a new Horcrux, but Voldemort is already insane enough, his own soul might not be able to withstand it if he rashly creates another Horcrux.

Therefore, Eric didn't think Voldemort would do that.

But what should you do after finding the Horcrux?

Based on Eric's knowledge and memories, in the original timeline, Harry wasn't the only one who destroyed Horcruxes.

Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, and Neville of Gryffindor have all destroyed Horcruxes.

Voldemort created a total of six Horcruxes, plus one Harry that he himself was unaware of, making a total of seven.

The six Horcruxes are his own diary, Marvolo Gaunt's ring, Ravenclaw's tiara, Hufflepuff's cup, Slytherin's locket, and his pet snake Nagini.

Eric went through all this information from beginning to end.

However, based on the original foundation, the possibility of soul fragment transfer has been taken into account.

First, Voldemort's diary was destroyed by Harry, who was in second grade at the time, using the Basilisk's teeth.

So naturally, that fragment of the soul has now been transferred to Harry.

Harry now possesses two fragments of Voldemort's soul.

Then, according to the original plot, Marvologaunt's ring was found by Dumbledore and destroyed with Gryffindor's sword.

Just like Harry, Dumbledore also possessed a fragment of Voldemort's Horcrux.

But afterwards, Dumbledore was killed by Snape with the Death Curse.

That fragment of his soul naturally dissipated with Dumbledore's death.

According to the same theory, Voldemort's pet snake Nagini was also killed by Neville with the sword of Gryffindor in a later battle.

Therefore, these two fragments of the soul vanished completely because the life form that carried them was utterly dead.

However, the remaining Horcruxes are more complicated.

The locket and Hufflepuff's golden cup were destroyed by Ron and Hermione, while the remaining Ravenclaw tiara was destroyed along with the Room of Requirement by the Fiendfyre curse.

If the soul fragments on the Horcrux were to be transferred, even Eric wouldn't know which one would be transferred to.

Based on the available information, Eric could not determine which transfer method it was.

This also means he is currently unable to destroy the locket.

If Voldemort's soul fragment were to transfer to Eric, that would be a huge joke.

In other words, if we continue to extrapolate in this way...

It's possible that not all of Voldemort's Horcruxes were destroyed.