Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 164, Section 162: The Basilisk Will Never Be a Slave

What they were waiting for was this moment when Voldemort was distracted.

Dudley's hands glowed red, and countless arms made of stone appeared out of thin air, grabbing Audrey (Voldemort) and holding her in place, especially her wand, which was taken away.

"Senior Tom, it seems I've won."

Dudley's voice rang in her ears, and his figure appeared before Audrey (Voldemort).

"No!"

Amidst Audrey's (Voldemort's) screams, Dudley removed the crown from her head.

The moment her crown was removed, Audrey's skin gradually turned from its normal color to grayish-white, and she began to age rapidly. Her skin became wrinkled, countless wrinkles appeared on her face, and her long golden hair began to turn gray.

This is a phenomenon that occurs after vitality has been taken away.

She only has herself to blame for believing the Horcrux's nonsense; if she had learned from Madison, none of this would have happened.

"Never trust anything that can think independently unless you see where it hides its mind." This is an important principle that Xun Ge'er advises everyone to follow in the magical world.

The crown in Dudley's hand gradually heated up and became hot, and kept vibrating as it tried to escape from his palm, while countless whispers rang in his ears.

It seems both tempting and threatening.

It is now trying to control Dudley.

For a Horcrux to be fully resurrected, the life force of a single wizard is definitely not enough; at least a dozen or so would be needed.

Voldemort (the Coronet) had a good plan: first, kill Dudley alone, then use the Basilisk to kill many young wizards, and then secretly absorb their life force in the chaos until they were fully resurrected.

Unfortunately, the plan was good, but plans can never keep up with changes.

It failed as soon as it took its first step.

The noise around him made Dali unconsciously pick at his ears, and the next moment, golden light enveloped Dali's entire arm.

Bathed in golden light, the crown emitted a sharp sound, accompanied by plumes of black smoke.

Ripple Qi Gong is the nemesis of all dark creatures.

Horcruxes happen to be in this category as well.

Unfortunately, Voldemort's remnant soul was completely fused with the crown, making it virtually impossible to remove the remnant soul separately.

A perfectly good magical item has been corrupted into this terrible state.

To waste such a precious resource.

To be fair, Voldemort was truly the number one spendthrift in the wizarding world. Just look at his Horcruxes; they were either items passed down from the founders of the four houses (the crown, the pendant, the golden cup) or the Deathly Hallows (the Resurrection Stone).

"What a pity."

Dudley took a box from his pocket, put the crown away, and quickly left the secret chamber.

There's something more important to do now—deal with that thousand-year-old serpent monster.

When Dudley arrived, Fox was using agile maneuvering to fight it in the narrow passageway, with Pixie snapping his fingers to support him. The students had already been dispersed beforehand.

As a top-tier magical creature, the phoenix is ​​not much inferior to the basilisk, and this basilisk is in poor condition because it has been sleeping for thousands of years and has not eaten for a long time.

Incidentally, this basilisk has a tuft of scarlet crest hair on its head, indicating that it is a male basilisk, which is not present in the other basilisk in the secret chamber.

Pixie's magic is quite useful against small creatures, such as house-elves, but it is much less effective against large magical creatures with outstanding magic resistance, such as basilisks and dragons.

They can only serve a harassing purpose; the main force in fighting the basilisk is still Fox.

"Stop, the order has been received."

"There is no heir."

Whether it was Dali's Parseltongue that worked or not, the basilisk slowed down slightly after hearing it.

"Hungry!"

"eat!"

"Idiot!"

There are three sentences in total.

When Dudley first heard the basilisk's voice, it was so hoarse it sounded as if his throat had been ripped open.

From the moment the secret chamber was closed, the basilisk basically stayed in the secret chamber and slept for thousands of years. If it hadn't been awakened by senior Tom fifty years ago, it would most likely have died in its sleep.

Even after it was awakened, Tom did not fulfill his obligation to feed it, but instead kept it locked up for another fifty years.

If it weren't for the basilisk's extraordinary talent, it would have starved to death long ago.

It's starving.

"I can give you food, but you have to stop first."

"eat!"

"Idiot!"

The basilisk didn't want to bother with Dudley, it just wanted to eat Fox to fill its belly, even though Dudley spoke the same basilisk dialect.

It has decided that it will never listen to the nonsense about the heir again, and will leave after eating this stupid bird.

In any case, with the death of the previous heir, the contract on it had already expired.

Listening to the heir's orders is a complete lie. We're starving every day, going hungry nine meals in three days.

It wants freedom!

It needs to eat its fill!

The basilisk will never be a slave!

Suddenly, the basilisk felt a tightness in its tail, as if it were being held in place by something. Before it could turn its head to look, it felt an overwhelming force surging towards it.

The next moment it took flight.

bang

The basilisk's enormous body slammed into one side of the castle corridor, causing some of the surrounding walls to collapse.

The ancient Hogwarts Castle -10 HP. Luckily, there are repair spells, otherwise it would have been a damaged artifact.

"It hurts!"

"Whoever it is, I'm going to eat him!"

The churning stomach acid in its stomach was pushing the basilisk to its limit.

Those who have never experienced hunger will never understand that feeling.

Suddenly it smelled a strange fragrance that it had never smelled in its thousand years of history.

Following the scent, it spotted a bag of unidentified objects.

Granular.

Fantastic Beast Food (Snake-Specific)

"Incense"

The basilisk had its eyes only on the bag, ignoring even Fox in the sky, and rushed forward impatiently, swallowing the bag of food whole.

It smells so good.

The wonderful taste filled his mouth, and the basilisk was so comfortable that he almost closed his eyes.

It could never forget the taste after just a little bit.

too delicious.

"Want some more?"

A voice rang in the basilisk's ear.

Someone appeared on its head at some point.

Dudley rode steadily on the basilisk's head, so he didn't have to see the basilisk's eyes and could still talk to it.

"think!"

Without a second thought, the basilisk replied that its intelligence was not low, at least not much worse than that of the phoenix.

"Then, become my companion, just like you and Slytherin!"

"That's impossible. You're not the heir; the heir is dead. I'm free!"

"I also speak with a snake accent."

"But I'm free now! I absolutely cannot be restricted like that anymore!"

The basilisk now only wants to live its own life.

It seems to have already glimpsed the future of freedom it dreams of! Unrestrained! Going wherever it wants!

"I'll provide you with that kind of food, all you can eat."

One sentence left the basilisk stunned.

Provide the food mentioned earlier

Full capacity?

The word kept swirling in the basilisk's mind.

To hell with freedom!

The basilisk will never be a slave, unless it is provided with food and lodging!

(End of this chapter)