Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

Kevin then took out several boxes and stored the ring in a nesting doll-like fashion.

Besides the resurrection stone, the ring also exudes an irresistible allure, compelling people to wear it.

Kevin doesn't want to destroy the Horcrux just yet, because it's covered in Voldemort's curse, and he plans to use it to study what Voldemort's curse is all about.

Of course, this was also agreed upon by Dumbledore.

Kevin has fully demonstrated to him the strength of his will.

Just as the two were about to Apparate away, with a snap, Fudge suddenly Apparated in front of them.

"Dumbledore! What's with that snake?"

"snake?"

Dumbledore and Kevin exchanged a glance, both stunned for a moment before reacting.

Holy crap, we got so caught up in fighting Voldemort that we forgot about the giant python that Dumbledore had locked up in Gaunt's old house.

When Dumbledore held off Voldemort, Kevin entered the house and violently broke the seal, destroying most of the old house.

Then Voldemort controlled the fire and burned the entire old house to ashes, leaving only ruins.

They all forgot there was a snake inside.

And judging from Fudge's attitude, the snake doesn't seem to be dead yet.

"I sent people to restore the destroyed old house, but as soon as the rubble flew up, a huge snake emerged from below and almost bit my men."

"We originally wanted to get rid of the snake directly, but we found that no spells had any effect on it, so we could only temporarily surround it with layer upon layer of walls."

"You guys are the ones who left this mess, so you'd better get on with it and clean it up."

Fudge quickly explained the whole story. It turned out that although the snake could ignore the magic spell, it was helpless against this kind of physical blockade.

"Kevin, let's go."

Kevin and Dumbledore immediately Apparated to the forest outside Gaunt's old house.

The first thing I saw was the giant python just as it was about to climb over an earthen wall and come out.

However, the Ministry of Magic immediately created another earthen wall to surround the giant python.

It seems this snake is just an ordinary snake, with no special abilities other than the spell-ignoring effect granted by the Horcrux.

Great, two Horcruxes in one day, Voldemort must be crying in the toilet.

However, judging from the fact that it keeps running outwards, it seems to be trying to escape the range of the Apparition Reversal Curse.

Kevin acted decisively, jumping directly into the earthen wall. He couldn't let the snake escape any further; if Voldemort could control it to Apparate and escape, it would be a huge loss.

When the snake saw Kevin enter, it immediately recognized him and opened its blood-red mouth to bite him.

However, Kevin grabbed its neck, which was thicker than a fist, and then stepped on a section of its body, making it unable to break free no matter how it twisted.

In the end, all it could do was use its limp half-body to try and resist by wrapping around Kevin's ankle.

Upon seeing Dumbledore and Kevin arrive, the Ministry of Magic staff naturally removed the earthen wall and left it to them to handle.

"Principal, should we just get rid of him?"

Seeing Dumbledore approaching, Kevin raised the snake in his hand and asked.

Dumbledore said he was used to it, watching Kevin hold the giant python like a toy.

"Hmm, this snake isn't like other Horcruxes, which are inanimate objects; it's a living thing."

"If a living thing's Horcrux is still attached to Voldemort's soul, then it is very likely that Voldemort will manipulate it and even use it to obtain information."

"It's safer to get rid of it."

Kevin nodded; he thought so too.

At this moment, the python's inverted triangular pupils suddenly began to dilate and turned red.

Its eyes were filled with venom, and its snake mouth opened, emitting a sound that Kevin and Dumbledore could not understand.

"Has he been possessed by Voldemort?"

"What are you babbling about?"

The next moment, Kevin used his other hand to pull out a basilisk fang and plunged it directly into the giant python's head, piercing through the snake's skull.

The giant python twitched a few times before collapsing weakly to the ground, finally turning into wisps of black dust that flew into the sky.

The scene took on a more tragic and poignant quality.

However, Kevin then set the fire again, burning away the black debris as well.

Hmm, it's all dark and doesn't look like anything good...

......

After this matter was settled, Dumbledore and Kevin returned together to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.

This trip yielded two Horcruxes, bringing the total number of Horcruxes found to four, including the diary and the locket.

The results were excellent.

Upon seeing the two return, the members of the Order of the Phoenix came out to greet them.

Fudge had already informed the Order of the Phoenix. When Sirius and the others went there and returned, they brought back news that they had just experienced a great battle and had repelled Voldemort.

The morale of the members of the Order of the Phoenix has soared.

Since it was Christmas Eve, Dumbledore stayed to spend the Christmas dinner with everyone.

He probably didn't expect that he would call Kevin out during the day and then come back with Kevin that night.

After dinner, Kevin and Harry shared the details of what had happened that day.

He also told everyone that the snake was also a Horcrux, and Harry exclaimed in surprise, "So we've found four Horcruxes now?"

"How many Horcruxes does Voldemort actually have? Doesn't he have enough souls to go around?"

Ron, who was standing nearby, made a comment.

They had long understood the requirements for making Horcruxes. Each Horcrux required splitting one's soul, and with so many Horcruxes made, Voldemort's soul was probably almost gone.

"It's probably thanks to this that Voldemort's soul was already shattered, so he couldn't sense that a Horcrux had been destroyed."

Hermione also analyzed that it wasn't unheard of for Horcruxes to be made in history, and the owners of Horcruxes could sense their location.

But this is the first time someone like Voldemort has created multiple Horcruxes.

This is why Voldemort's soul was already extremely fragile and unable to connect with his Horcruxes.

"By the way, Kevin, the locket we destroyed today was a Slytherin relic, as was the Gaunt family ring, and the snake—the snake is the symbol of Slytherin."

"Could there be some connection between these things, or does Voldemort just like to use things related to Slytherin as Horcruxes?"

Harry suddenly had a flash of inspiration and recalled the Horcruxes that had been discovered so far, all three of which were related to Slytherin, and made a conjecture.

You know what, that makes a lot of sense.

From the story Dumbledore tells Kevin about Voldemort's past, we learn that Voldemort was actually a half-blood wizard.

However, he continued to tout his pure-blood status and even abandoned his Muggle name, Tom Riddle, changing his name to Voldemort.

He was clearly severing ties with Muggles, positioning himself as the heir of Slytherin and the representative of purebloods.

According to Kevin's speculation, the diary was Voldemort's first Horcrux.

Because that happened 50 years ago, Voldemort found the Chamber of Secrets back then and used the Basilisk to kill a Muggle girl, Myrtle, before creating the first Horcrux.

Kevin felt that the Horcrux was more of an experiment, which is why Voldemort chose an ordinary diary.

It was after that that Voldemort began to purposefully select items with special meanings to create Horcruxes.

Even that diary bore Slytherin's mark.

Perhaps Voldemort really did specifically seek out Slytherin-related items to create Horcruxes.

"That's a good idea, Harry, but I think there's another possibility."

Just then, Dumbledore's voice rang out. He had appeared beside them at some point, leisurely eating candy.