Chapter 476 Copper can detoxify

The lake water did not boil under the heat of the five fireballs as Rogge expected, and not even local bubbles were produced.

They sank into the lake, like five heavy stones, wrapped in layers of green lake water, and finally gradually lost their temperature. Many Inferi were shattered under the impact of the fireball, with fragments flying. They are one piece on the left and one on the right. You have one chopstick and I have one chopstick...

At the same time, the water column stirred up by the explosion was like a volcanic eruption, rushing straight to the top of the cave. The water flow carried the pale corpses and broken limbs, like a cruel rain of flowers, and scattered them one after another.

Dumbledore frowned and reminded everyone in a serious tone: "Be careful, don't touch these lakes." As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly pulled out his wand and released a powerful magic beam.

"Many obstacles! (Fire is blazing!)"

Almost at the same time, Rogge also raised his wand and pointed forward. The tip of the Kirin wand immediately spurted out a fan-shaped flame that rolled like ocean waves, sweeping forward and sweeping everything forward.

The temperature of the cold cave rose sharply, and the surrounding darkness was swept away by the wave of fire. The green water column in the sky was also swallowed up by the flames and turned into billowing white mist.

Harry looked at the red grotto in surprise and felt that the damp clothes on his body were being dried quickly. White crystalline sea salt began to appear on his shoes, pants, jacket, and even his hair, glowing with the red light of fire.

Bahba...baah...

The flames rolled on the surface of the lake, and wherever it passed, the surface water was like grease on hot iron, making a shrill scream. The Inferi at the bottom of the lake felt the heat of the flames above and dived deeper into the shadows. In an instant, the surface of the black lake changed from green to clear, and it no longer looked disgusting.

"What's that?" Harry pointed at the broken limbs that were scattered to dust on the lake, with a certain discomfort in his voice: "This sound... sounds disgusting, like..." He paused, unable to think of it for a moment. How to describe the feeling in your heart.

Moody took over, his tone flat and true: "It's like the sound of a corpse burning in a furnace."

His description was so vivid, and coupled with the chatter that went straight into his head, Harry felt his entire stomach turning. Once he connected the sound with the picture, the scene of a charred corpse and burning oil immediately appeared in his mind.

Lupine patted Harry's shoulder gently, trying to comfort him: "Those at the bottom of the lake are the Inferi, a product of dark magic."

He pointed to the looming white ghost under the water, and explained this dark creature to Harry just like in the Hogwarts class: "Their biggest characteristics are: rotten appearance, pale skin, and hollow eyes. Also Like a dementor, full of death."

"Dementors?" Harry subconsciously raised his voice. He had been face to face with dementors before, and that was not a good memory.

Rogge put down his arm, turned around and apologized sincerely to everyone: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect these lakes to be poisonous."

"You guy!" Sirius snorted coldly, with reproach in his tone: "Do you know you almost killed us? If you destroy my brother's body, I will never let you go!"

"Besides, if those Inferi crawl up..." There was a hint of worry in his tone.

"They won't come up." Dumbledore interrupted Sirius softly, his eyes falling gently on Roger.

He did not blame too much, but showed tolerance and understanding. It's normal for young wizards to make mistakes. As the principal, his duty is to guide them to learn and grow at such moments.

"Professor Lupine is right. They are servants created by Voldemort using black magic. Compared with dementors, they are powerful but slow and thoughtless. They will only act according to their master's orders." Dumbledore said slightly. With a smile, he didn't seem to care about the Inferi under the water. His calmness and confidence brought a bit of comfort to everyone.

He looked around and continued: "I speculate that Voldemort's order to these Inferi is to guard the things in the center of the lake. Only in this way, they will not come out at will."

"Moreover, the Inferi have a great fear of fire. Once touched by flames, they will instantly turn to ashes." Dumbledore pointed out the fatal weakness of the Inferi.

"Like those things on the lake just now?" Harry responded quickly, pointing his finger at the lake, which was quickly returning to its green color.

"What...what's going on?"

Rogge pondered for a while, and then guessed: "The entire Black Lake is actually a huge corpse ground, which was shaped by Voldemort into an indivisible whole. To put it simply, to break the curse he left behind, one must Dispose of all lake water at once.”

He finally understood why the fireball he just fired had no effect. Compared to the depth and breadth of the Black Lake, the power of the five fireballs pales into insignificance. Unless, regardless of Regulus's body, he boiled the entire Black Lake with hundreds of fireballs. But if he really wanted to do this, Sirius would definitely fight him to the death.

Rogge explained softly: "If my guess is correct, the dark green color of the lake is due to the inferi at the bottom of the lake. Their bodies are soaked in death and poison, turning the entire black lake into a pool of poisonous water."

After everyone listened, they immediately understood Dumbledore's intention of reminding them not to touch the lake water.

The principal nodded slightly, indicating that he completely agreed with Rogge's speculation. Voldemort placed the Horcrux here, thinking it was very safe. If his servants use Horcruxes to resurrect him, the Inferi at the bottom of the lake will become Voldemort's most loyal subordinates after his resurrection.

Harry curled his lips and had some objections to Roger's talkative appearance. He subconsciously thought of Miss Know-It-All from the same college. Granger also liked to show off her knowledge in public.

His eyes glanced to the side and noticed the pile of chains at Rogge's feet. Although Harry was a little gloating in his heart, he immediately reminded: "Professor, Roger just touched the lake water. The pile of chains was pulled out from the water."

Rogge was shocked and quickly spread his hands to check whether there was any sign of corpse poison. Seeing that the skin on his palms was the same color as usual, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh, I was shocked."

Dumbledore seemed to have expected that nothing would happen. He said in a gentle tone: "If you look carefully, you will find that the chain is made of copper. This is alchemy knowledge, which you will learn in the sixth and seventh grades. Arrived.”

Rogge's brain immediately started working quickly, recalling the knowledge about alchemy. He looked at Dumbledore and asked in a questioning tone: "Headmaster, this is because copper represents positive force in alchemy, right?"

Dumbledore nodded slightly, and when he saw other people showing curious expressions, he decided to explain: "Rogge is right, copper symbolizes the positive force in alchemy, that is, the sun. And the sun represents the most powerful force in alchemy. The original, most blazing flame.”

"I just said that the Inferi are most afraid of flames." He smiled and continued: "Even a torch lit in the hands of a Muggle can drive them away or even kill them."

Harry's eyes lit up and he whispered: "So, the lake water on those copper chains was purified by it?"

"You are very smart, Harry." Dumbledore confirmed Harry's answer, "The positive power of the copper chain effectively neutralized the poison of the lake."

He looked around, his eyes falling on everyone's face, and his tone became serious and profound: "Remember, magic and alchemy are inseparable. Items that appear harmless to a wizard may become a deadly weapon in the hands of an alchemist. "

"This is a profound art that requires life to learn, but it also breeds great power." Dumbledore paused, looking specifically at Harry, and continued with a smile: "For example, the Philosopher's Stone . It is the masterpiece of the alchemist, which can create the elixir of immortality. However, the eternity of life does not come without a price, it will bring endless pain."

"We must be wary of death, but we must also greet it with a calm mind." As a wise man over a hundred years old, when he said this sentence, every word was full of speculation and philosophy. .

But others are still young, and death is still a distant and vague concept to everyone. Even Moody, who has retired, does not want to meet death so soon.

After a brief silence, Delis directly asked the question: "Mr. Dumbledore, if we want to recover Regulus's body, do we have to send someone to dive into the bottom of the lake?"

Sirius stood up immediately, patted his chest and said without hesitation: "I can go down..."

However, Rogge interrupted him and proposed a completely different plan: "We can drill through the top of the cave, and then use blazing flames to burn the entire lake dry."

The wand in his hand shone with red light, and the rich magic power reserve in his body could fully support such consumption. If Dumbledore agreed to the plan, they could complete the task much faster.

"The outside is full of seawater. If we cut through the roof of the cave, the seawater will pour directly in. Unless..." Moody's magic eye scanned everything around him, even the ground under his feet.

Rogge hated the guy who half-talked, so he asked impatiently: "Unless what?"

"Unless the tide goes out now." His magic eyes turned around and stared at Rogge's head, as if asking him if he could do it?

Rogge curled his lips. He was not the force of gravity and could change the moon's orbit. If his magic was strong enough to affect satellites, Regulus' body would have been pulled out long ago.

Moody intentionally embarrasses Roger in retaliation for his mockery of his prosthetic leg. He waited for a few seconds before speaking: "My magic eye can help you find Regulus's body."

His words immediately attracted everyone's attention. Sirius grabbed his sleeves excitedly and eagerly asked for the specific location.

"No, we are too far from the center of the lake, and there are too many Inferi underwater." Moody pointed to the boat on the shore and put forward his plan: "We must reach the center of the lake first, and then we can consider salvage after finding him. Method."

Delis opened his mouth, feeling a little uneasy: "If the whole bottom of the lake is full of Inferi, once they riot, can we escape?" But when his eyes fell on Dumbledore, he was immediately inspired by courage. Multiply buff.

Everyone quickly came to a consensus, and Rogge no longer insisted on his plan to burn the lake dry. Dumbledore was the first to walk to the ship. With a slight wave of his arm, a ball of milky white light flew away from the tip of his staff into the distance.

The light group rolled and rotated in the air, like a happy firefly. It eventually landed on an island in the middle of the lake, serving as a beacon for everyone.

Dumbledore glanced at everyone and said in a firm voice: "I believe this boat is safe. The purpose of Voldemort's Horcrux placement is for his own resurrection, and he needs someone to reach the center of the lake."

"Headmaster, let Lupine and I go first." Sirius Black and Lupine exchanged a look, seeming to have made some determination.

They walked up to Dumbledore and said firmly: "If the Inferi suddenly riot under the water, you can still save us..."

"No, this ship can only carry one person." Dumbledore shook his head and corrected Kreacher's mistake, "Voldemort is a wizard who passes through the lake based on the calculation of magic power. However, the magic of house elves is different from that of wizards. Be counted.”

"Harry and I will go first. He is still underage, just like Kreacher, and is completely outside of Voldemort's awareness..."

"But Professor, didn't you just say that a boat measures a wizard's magic power? If I get on the boat with you, it will be the magic power of two people." Harry shouted unconvinced, not wanting to be treated like a child by them.

Moody laughed frankly and explained the reason why Dumbledore did this quite straightforwardly: "Harry, compared to Dumbledore's power, you are probably negligible."

Harry immediately frowned unhappily. Lies won't hurt anyone, the truth is the sharpest knife.

"I also think you should go there with the principal first." Harry was a little surprised by Rogge's words. Could it be that the other party also looked down upon his own magic power? Think it’s not worth mentioning?

Harry thought to himself: "After all, we are both fifteen years old, how much better than me can you be? Moreover, I am also the champion of the Triwizard Tournament!"

Rogge naturally didn't know his mental activities. Besides, the magic power in his body far exceeded that of an adult wizard. Maybe there is still a slight gap compared to Dumbledore. After all, Albus is a contractor of the Phoenix and has more than a hundred years of growth.

He raised a question that must be faced: "Since Voldemort calculated the magical power passing through the lake, how many wizards did he allow to pass through the lake? 2? 3?"

Moody nodded in agreement. He admired Rogge's way of thinking about problems, which was more important than magic power.

"No matter how many people are allowed, the first one to pass will definitely not be in danger." Rogge turned to Kreacher and said with a smile: "If the people behind encounter an accident, Kreacher can use apparation to bring you back."