Harry Potter and the Temple of Tales

"What's this?"

Not only Harry, but also Sirius was curious about this golden ball.

"Azes metal is a type of magic metal, and its quantity is extremely rare." Nicoléme held the ball in his hand, "The main reason is that it is too troublesome to refine, and my current inventory is only this much.

.”

"The effect of this kind of magic metal is to suppress the magic power in wizards without any side effects. In ancient times, wizards used this kind of metal to mix with Muggles and live with them so that they would not be discovered."

To be honest, this was the first time Louis had seen magic metal. The fluid metal reminded Louis of the mercury in the Muggle world.

"I have a question, Mr. Flamel." Louis asked, "Since we can suppress magic, why not bring Dumbledore with us?"

"You think I don't want to, but that old guy's magic power is too strong." Nick Flamel shook his head, "Moreover, Azes Metal can only be suppressed through contact, and it can only suppress two people at a time, and the other

No one’s magic power is stronger than mine.”

"Okay, put the metal away." Dumbledore waved to Nicolas Flamel, "Let's get down to business, old friend."

Alchemy is indeed a large subject, and each magic metal has its specific advantages and disadvantages. It seems that there is still a lack of enthusiasm for learning alchemy.

Dumbledore took Nick Flamel to patrol the island, followed by Harry and others. Louis took a wand and carefully observed the island. It was about the same size as Dumbledore's office. There was something on a smooth black stone.

None, only a green light source attracted their attention.

As they approached, the green light became brighter, and Louis discovered that the light came from a stone basin, which was placed on a high base.

Dumbledore approached the stone basin and observed it carefully. Harry and Louis looked inside one after another. The stone basin was filled with emerald green liquid, and the green light was emitted from this liquid.

For some reason, Lewis felt a vague uneasiness when looking at the liquid, which seemed to come from fear in his heart.

"What is this? Professor?" Harry was a little confused. He couldn't feel the inner shock caused by the liquid.

"I'm not sure," said Dumbledore, "but it's something more terrifying than the Inferi."

"But fortunately, we no longer need to retrieve the contents."

"Kreacher, you should know." Sirius turned to the house elf and asked, "The liquid in this..."

But Kreacher trembled all over, as if he remembered the feeling when he drank that stuff:

"No, Master, this is the potion that makes Kreacher's life worse than death. No, it is even more uncomfortable than death."

It suddenly stopped talking, its eyes were as big as copper bells, and it was watching Dumbledore's actions with a very horrified expression.

"Don't touch it! Professor!" Harry shouted from the side.

Dumbledore's hand reached into the liquid, but stopped a few centimeters away from the liquid.

"I can't touch it, Harry." Dumbledore smiled faintly, "See, it seems to prevent me from touching it. You can also try it."

Both Louis and Harry tried to touch it, but an invisible force prevented them from reaching out.

"Well, maybe there is another way, please give me a moment." Dumbledore picked up the wand and made a complicated spell on the stone basin. He muttered words and kept waving the wand.

But nothing happened.

"It's not that simple, Albus." Nicoléme said from the side, "Since he dares to put the Horcrux here, he should be fully prepared."

"What can you do?"

Nicoreme shook his head: "I've probably never seen this kind of potion in my six hundred years of experience. You can't put your hands into this potion, it can't be poured out, separated, scooped up and sucked away, and you can't cast spells.

Transform it or use other methods to improve it."

"It seems like there is only one way, and that is to drink it."

In silence, several people looked at each other in surprise at Dumbledore. Although they knew from Kreacher's mouth that drinking the potion was useful, they did not expect that there was only one way to get the things under the stone basin.

"But, in this case, it won't kill the drinker, right?" This is what Harry is most worried about. He lost his life in order to get a Horcrux. It seems that Regulus is like this. The gain outweighs the loss.

"Oh, no, that's not the case. Voldemort will not let people who want to take Horcruxes die so easily. In other words, he will not use such clumsy means to kill people. And judging from the reactions of Kreacher and Regulus

, this potion brings them more pain."

"But Regulus..."

"Regulus did die here." Dumbledore pointed to the island, "But it was not taken away by the potion. According to Kreacher, Regulus was killed by the Inferi in the lake.

Drag it down."

"If my guess is correct, the effect of this potion is to bring people more pain than life, and then they want to drink water. However, there is a magic spell in the stone basin to prevent the formation of clear water. In this way, the drinker

You can only quench your thirst by scooping water from the lake, but don’t forget that the lake is full of inferi, and doing so will only wake up the inferi and drag the drinker into the water.”

Everyone took a breath of cold air. What Voldemort did was really terrifying. The feeling of the potion was extremely painful, but it did not cause death. What really brought death to people was the lake full of inferi.

This painful and silent death in a place where the Apparition Cave cannot be used is unknown and no one will remember it.

From this point of view, Regulus can be called a hero among heroes. He made a huge contribution to the cause of destroying Horcruxes. This not only cost him his life, but also cleared mines for them in advance.

If it weren't for Kreacher and Regulus, I'm afraid who would have suffered the painful baptism of the potion this time.

"Sir, the body of Master Regulus..." Kreacher looked at Dumbledore with pleading eyes.

"We will find him, Kreacher." Dumbledore picked up his wand. "We have to bring those inferi ashore. Kreacher, tell me where Regulus was dragged into the water."

"Here, sir." Kreacher said, pointing to the west shore. "Kreacher will never forget it."

"Okay, Kreacher, please step back, we will use this as a breakthrough point to let the Inferi run here." Dumbledore said, "Old friend, please excuse me, Sirius, please come and help."

Nicoléme sighed, and then he raised his wand high and muttered something. Louis seemed to hear two spells repeated in his mouth:

"Guard safely and protect everyone."

Rays of light were fired from his wand, and Sirius followed suit, and a hemispherical transparent protective bubble suddenly enveloped them.

Dumbledore waved his wand lightly and opened a small opening in the front of the bubble, allowing only three or four Inferi to pass through.

"Everyone, be prepared to fight against the Inferi. Sirius, you and Kreacher should recognize Regulus. If you see him, bring him over directly and we will close the gap."

Louis took a deep breath. Even though he was protected by the outer protective shield, he still felt that this was destined to be a difficult battle. After all, looking for Regulus among thousands or even tens of thousands of Inferi was very important to them.

It's not easy to say.