#80 - Section 80
And the rats below also chased after her, their scarlet eyes fixed on Moaning Myrtle, as if they wouldn't rest until they tore her to shreds. This Transfiguration spell would last for a while; unless Ethan actively dispelled it, it could chase her for a whole day.
This was also to prevent her from returning too quickly.
Although Myrtle's outburst might be a bit disruptive, no one paid her any attention at the moment.
After the Chamber of Secrets incident, nocturnal wanderings by young wizards had become quite rare. Even if there were any, they wouldn't meddle, simply assuming it was Peeves playing a prank on Myrtle.
As for Filch, he was still petrified and lying in the hospital wing. There was practically no one patrolling at night now.
Sprout's mandrakes in the greenhouse weren't mature enough to make a potion to reverse petrification. As for why they didn't just buy mature mandrakes, Ethan wasn't sure.
“Hiss hiss (Open!)”
The faucet engraved with a snake immediately emitted a burst of white light and began to spin rapidly. Following that, the sink also started to move.
Until the water in the sink completely disappeared, revealing a very large pipe, just big enough for a person to squeeze down.
“Lumos Maxima!”
A ball of light appeared in Ethan's hand, emitting a continuous and steady white glow, and Ethan threw it into the pipe. This was a way to use the Lumos charm.
Unfortunately, the pipe was too winding, and the light ball disappeared after only a breath, sliding away to who-knows-where.
After casting Lumos again, Ethan fixed it on his hand and jumped directly into the pipe. In the original story, they jumped straight in, so it shouldn't be a problem.
As soon as he jumped into the pipe, he was rushing downwards at breakneck speed. The entire pipe was still slimy. Besides the pipe that Ethan was currently descending, there were many smaller pipes branching off in all directions. Without a doubt, the basilisk used these pipes to appear throughout Hogwarts.
All the way down, Ethan didn't know how far he'd fallen. Suddenly, the pipe became horizontal. Ethan knew he was almost there.
The moment he shot out, he immediately adjusted his posture and stood firmly on the ground.
If his physical fitness hadn't been enhanced, he really wouldn't have been able to do this, and he would have inevitably landed on his butt.
He looked around. This was a stone tunnel, but the walls and ground were a bit damp and slimy, quite humid.
Could it lead to the bottom of the Black Lake!
Knowing Slytherin's personality, it wasn't impossible.
“Scourgify!”
A flash of white light instantly cleaned the dirt that Ethan had picked up from the pipe.
After doing this, Ethan walked forward along the stone tunnel.
Crack!
A rat skull was crushed by Ethan's foot.
Soon, Ethan found another big guy, lying motionless at the other end of the tunnel.
Ethan knew there was a basilisk's shed skin here, but he still proceeded with caution, casting a Knockback Jinx.
The red light directly pierced through this behemoth and flew into the depths of the tunnel.
After confirming it was safe, Ethan went directly to the shed skin and collected it. Although he hadn't yet discovered any use for the basilisk's shed skin, other shed skins could be used in potions. It would be strange if this XXXXX couldn't be used for something.
Before long, Ethan arrived at a solid wall with a large bronze manhole cover. The manhole cover was engraved with tiny snake sculptures, and the eyes of these snakes were all inlaid with glittering emeralds.
Another alchemical product, and made with considerable materials. It wouldn't be easy to break it open with brute force.
Salazar Slytherin really favored his family. Just these two doors, even the wizards of Slytherin House would definitely not be able to open them. You had to be a Parselmouth, and in Britain, only his family descendants had the ability to speak Parseltongue, or those who married into their family also had a certain probability.
It was clearly left for his descendants, but it ended up waiting for Voldemort.
“Hiss hiss (Open!)”
A snake began to slither and crawl, and the other snake heads retracted, until all the snake head locks retracted, and the thick door was opened.
Then there was another pipe inside, but Ethan wasn't in a hurry to go in.
Instead, he began to dismantle the door. Ethan could still use many of the materials. These emeralds contained good magic and could be used to make excellent alchemical tools.
And the door was mixed with a lot of goblin silver, which was even more important. How could Ethan let it go?
After taking down and stowing the entire door, Ethan walked into the pipe and arrived at the location of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets.
This was a rather dimly lit room. On both sides of the room, stone pillars carved with rows of entwined large snakes rose up to support the ceiling in the darkness above.
Although underground, light did shine in, needless to say, it was Slytherin's masterpiece.
Walking to the front, in front of him was a huge statue of a figure. It was a wizened, monkey-like face, with a sparse, long beard that almost dragged down to the hem of the stone-carved wizard's robe.
“Hiss hiss! (Heir!)”
Just as Ethan wanted to observe carefully, a hissing sound came from the mouth of Salazar Slytherin's statue.
This made Ethan raise his vigilance and close his eyes immediately.
He just didn't know if the heir in its mouth referred to Little Tom, or if everyone who arrived at this Chamber of Secrets was an heir...
“Hiss hiss! (Am I the heir?)”
Ethan didn't feel any hostility, and the basilisk didn't approach, so he began to talk to it in Parseltongue.
“Hiss hiss! (Yes!)”
“Hiss hiss! (Did someone come a few days ago? He also let you out and hurt people.)”
“Hiss hiss! (A red-haired heir came! I obeyed his orders and left the Chamber.)”
“Hiss hiss! (He and I are both heirs! Who do you listen to?)”
According to what it said, anyone who could enter the Chamber of Secrets and speak Parseltongue was an heir.
But in the original story, Little Tom controlled the basilisk and chased Harry to the point where he had nowhere to go.
Either the basilisk listens to whoever awakens it, but when it doesn't receive orders, it will also obey the words of other heirs, but the authority is not as high as the heir who awakened it.
Secondly, if everyone is an heir, it naturally helps whoever it has a good relationship with.
“Hiss hiss! (I listen to you, you seem more like the master.)”
It seems to be the second case. Under the condition that they are both heirs, it listens to whoever it has a good relationship with.
Now that it can unhesitatingly choose him, it is probably because of the animal affinity effect.
“Hiss hiss! (Do you agree to leave with me? Plenty of food!)”
Now that he can confirm that this snake can listen to him, he will naturally not let it go. Moreover, food is really cheap in the wizarding world.
If you buy food in the Muggle world, it's even simpler. Just find a farmer, give them money, and have them deliver it to a designated location.
“Hiss hiss! (I leave with you!)”
The Basilisk's voice was quite urgent this time, it seemed truly hungry for a long time. Who would want to be imprisoned here if they could have all-inclusive meals and lodging?
Ison directly transformed the box with the Undetectable Extension Charm back to its original size, used the Levitation Charm to pull out a wild boar, and threw it in front of the Basilisk. This wild boar weighed over five hundred pounds, which should be enough to fill its stomach.
This was thrown over by the Winged Serpent a couple of days ago, but Onyxia didn't like to eat this stuff. It was originally prepared for the Demiguise to eat, but now feeding it to the Basilisk was also fine.
“Hiss hiss! (Can you control the petrification of your eyes?)”
After waiting for a while, Ison asked.
“Hiss hiss! (I can!)”
Hearing this answer, Ison dared to open his eyes. At this moment, the Basilisk's belly was already slightly bulging, and its entire snake head was lying on the ground with a satisfied expression.
“Hiss hiss! (When you went to the castle, what instructions did the red-haired heir give you?)”
“Hiss hiss! (Non-lethal petrification!)”
It seemed that Little Tom didn't want to kill people, but rather to cause panic. 4.5 He knew that if someone died, Dumbledore might send the students home, and he and several professors would specially resolve the hidden dangers in the castle. Now, framing someone was not that simple. Not everyone was as simple-minded as Hagrid.
After clarifying everything, Ison directly manipulated the Basilisk to crawl into the box with the Undetectable Extension Charm.
After completing all of this, Ison walked into the large opening of Slytherin.
This was also a tunnel, but it wasn't long. Soon, Ison arrived at a relatively spacious place.
As soon as he came in, he covered his nose. There was a heavy musty smell and a fishy stench. It seemed that this was the Basilisk's lair.
After a search, he found a bronze statue in the corner that looked like the Basilisk, just like the scaled-down version of the Basilisk just now.
“Hiss hiss! (Open!)”
The bronze snake statue emitted a burst of white light, and the entire wall began to tremble until a door was revealed.
Ison walked into it. The space was not small, with bookshelves, desks, and the necessary tools for alchemy and potions, but besides that, there was nothing else.
Obviously, this had been looted by Tom. Tom didn't want anyone to find any gifts from Slytherin here.
Ison was not to be outdone, and directly started demolition. Everything related to alchemy was dismantled, especially the eyes on those snake-shaped statues outside, and some magical patterns were all shoveled off. Slytherin's materials were very sufficient back then.
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Chapter 108: Magic Blood
As the sky dawned, Ison, who had plundered Slytherin's secret chamber, returned to the bathroom.
After chanting a spell in Parseltongue to restore the washroom to its original state, Ison dispelled the Transfiguration Charm, and the rat transformed back into a pebble.
Finally, putting on a Disillusionment Charm, Ison quietly returned to the Ravenclaw dormitory.
Lying on the bed, Ison looked at the panel.
Just now, in that hidden little room in Slytherin, he also completed an achievement.
[Millennium Mystery - Slytherin]
Ambition and wisdom converge here, the light of glory never fades, cunning as a snake, agile as a fox, pursuing power without hesitation, the road to glory is firm, never hesitating to achieve the goal, unwavering belief burns in the heart, the road to dreams never deviates
Achievement Goal: Successfully reach the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets (1/1)
Achievement Reward: Random Ancient Potion Recipe
The Chamber of Secrets that had been looted by Voldemort could still get rewards, which Ison did not expect.
If he could have thought of it earlier, when he first obtained Parseltongue in the first grade, Ison would have rushed in.
The lottery result was not bad, it was indeed an ancient potion, the effect was simple and crude, similar to ancient magic.
Magic Blood, this is the name of the ancient potion that was drawn.
It can integrate the bloodline of magical creatures into the body of a wizard, allowing the wizard to obtain some of the abilities of magical creatures, as well as a stronger physique, more profound magic power, and greater vitality.
It can be said to be an all-round improvement.
The effect is much higher than Bruno's Magic Boosting Potion, which fundamentally changes the aptitude of a wizard.
It was okay when I didn't know about this potion before, but now that I know it, this makes Ison suspect that many wizards have the blood of magical creatures.
Among them, the Dumbledore family is very suspicious.
They are very likely to have part of the phoenix bloodline, and it has been passed down.
Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why members of their family appear when they need it.
Moreover, the strength of several members who have appeared is also quite strong, not to mention Albus Dumbledore.
Aberforth Dumbledore was able to intervene in the battle between his brother and Grindelwald, whether in his youth or middle age, which already represents his strength.
Dumbledore and Grindelwald were exceptionally strong at the time. The wizarding world recognized that no one but Dumbledore could stop Grindelwald. Putting another wizard up there would be a second.
And Aberforth was able to intervene in the battle between the two, indicating that even if his strength was not as good as those two, the gap would not be too big.
Ariana Dumbledore also became an Obscurial because three Muggle boys did excessive things to her, leading to magic out of control. However, ordinary Obscurials do not live past the age of ten. Ariana lived to the age of fourteen, and was mistakenly injured and killed by someone in the melee between her two brothers and Grindelwald, not because of the death of an Obscurial.
Ariana is not an isolated case.
Credence is Aberforth's son, and also an Obscurial, and lived to adulthood without anyone teaching or helping him.
The family has two consecutive members who, as Obscurials, have repeatedly broken the law that Obscurials do not live past the age of ten. Can you say it's a coincidence?
There must be something special about it, and it can be inherited in the bloodline. If it is replaced by the phoenix bloodline, it shows super vitality and magic power.
In addition to the few members of the Dumbledore family, there are also other people who have the abilities of magical creatures.
Grindelwald's prophecy is the ability of the Demiguise. In the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", the Demiguise is confirmed to have the ability to foresee the future.
As for Sybill Trelawney, who is also known to have the ability to predict, it is estimated that the awakening is flawed, and it is sometimes effective and sometimes not.
Nymphadora Tonks's Metamorphmagus ability is probably the awakening of an ancestral bloodline, I don't know if it is the ability of the Kelpie or the Boggart, both of which can be transformed.
