Chapter 157: Strange, what is so special about this forest?

"You two stop this!"

As soon as he said he was going to break up the fight, Newt jumped into the cave and blocked the two giant snakes with his small body.

Dracula looked at this scene and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"Are you really not afraid that these two snakes will get angry and accidentally hurt you?" he asked with a strange expression.

After all, Newt can be regarded as a distinguished guest invited to Dracula's castle, and this troublesome basilisk was brought to him by himself... For the sake of his own face, Dracula couldn't let Newt do anything. Special was injured because of the basilisk.

Then, a pair of black wings suddenly stretched out from Dracula's back.

With his wings flapping, Dracula almost instantly appeared on the same level as the raised heads of the two giant snakes.

The next moment, Dracula slapped the basilisk on the head.

With a loud "bang" sound, the basilisk's head sank deeply into the hard stone ground.

Then, Dracula turned around in the air and faced the Runes.

In the blink of an eye, he kicked three times in succession, one by one under the three big heads of the rune snake, causing the big snake with three heads to fall straight back and fall heavily. It hit the ground.

"That's much better." Dracula clapped his hands with satisfaction and landed next to Newt, "How are you, you're not hurt, Mr. Scamander?"

"Well... I'm not actually injured." Newt's eyes twitched as he looked at the two big snakes lying on the ground, "But I guess Mr. Rune Snake and Basilisk must be seriously injured..."

He never expected that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts didn't even bother to use magic. He only slapped and kicked three times, and he stood up as high as four or five stories. The big snake was knocked down.

"Just get hurt, it will make them remember. In the future, they will remember not to fight casually." Dracula said nonchalantly.

"Well, Professor Dracula... to tell you the truth, I actually have my own reasons for being willing to stand between them." Newt explained in a dumbfounded way, "The probability of these two snakes fighting is actually quite low, even It can be said to be infinitely close to zero.”

"This is also the reason why I dare to physically stand between them... I am old now, and I am no longer as reckless as when I was young and protected magical animals!"

Dracula looked at Newt strangely, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"What I said is true!" Newt defended, "If you had just observed more carefully, you would have found that the basilisk's eyes showed no signs of opening... but the basilisk's killing talent with his gaze was exactly the same. It is their most powerful attack method."

"This completely proves that Mr. Basilisk is still under your intimidation and is unwilling to cause trouble."

After hearing Newt's introduction, Dracula couldn't help but look back and found that even though the basilisk was smashed into the ground, it still closed its eyes tightly.

The expression on its snake face even looked a little aggrieved in a humane way, as if it was still confused, not knowing why it was suddenly beaten by the Earl.

"Ahem..." Dracula coughed twice in embarrassment, but he was still arrogant, "But there is another problem. Even if the basilisk is still intimidated by me and has no intention of taking action, how can you ensure that... The Niven Snake won’t do anything, either?”

"This matter involves the habits of runes, Professor Dracula." Newt said, "In the early years, there were some wizards who could use snake accents to study magical animals like runes. Thanks to them, I also know a lot about this animal.”

"According to the written records of pioneer researchers, the three heads of the rune snake have three different brains, and each of the three brains has different functions——"

"The left brain is the planner, it will decide where the runes will go and what they will do; the middle brain is the dreamer. When this brain is dominant, the runes will often stay there for several days. A place motionless, lost in longing and fantasy..."

As Newt spoke, he walked over to the thirty-foot-long rune snake and pointed out the characteristics of the three heads to Dracula, "And the brain on the far right is the critic, the most aggressive. Therefore, the right side of the mouth has long teeth, which are extremely poisonous.”

"The right head of the rune snake is the most irritable one. It will constantly comment on the actions of the left and middle heads and make irritable hissing sounds. Because of this, runes often lose the right head. …”

"It's interesting that there is such a saying." Dracula looked at the three snake heads in front of him with interest and murmured.

"So why did the rune snake lose its right head? Could it have been bitten off by the other two heads?"

After telling this speculation, Dracula himself laughed first, "If the three heads on a snake can cause internal strife, this magical animal is too stupid."

"You guessed it right...the three heads of the rune snake will really fight among themselves." Newt nodded helplessly beside him.

"Is there really such a stupid magical animal?" Dracula said in surprise, "It also has three heads, but the three-headed dog Hagrid raised doesn't seem so stupid... Well, although it will fall asleep when listening to music He doesn’t look very smart either.”

"Unlike the rune snake, although the three-headed dog also has three heads, at least their thoughts are unified." Newt also laughed and shook his head, "The other two heads of the rune snake are often on the right. When their heads kept criticizing them, they teamed up to bite it off."

"Precisely because the three heads often attack each other, the lifespan of a rune snake is usually not too long."

He stroked the big right head of the rune snake on the ground with pity, and sighed softly, "This one is because I have thought of many ways to make its three heads work in harmony, so that it can reach what it is now." size."

"In addition to this one, I also have another normal-sized rune snake, but that one still needs to wear a hood on the right side of its head for a while."

"It seems quite a pity." Dracula also stretched out his hand and patted the head in the middle of the rune snake. "I have never been very interested in magical animals in the past. Otherwise, I would just admire these silly and cute ones." You might be able to pass a lot of time with all the stupid things animals do.”

"You won't regret spending time with animals, Professor Dracula." Newt smiled. "Animals are much more interesting than wizards."

"I agree with this. Some wizards are simply boring." Dracula nodded in approval, "But the most important thing you haven't told me yet is why this rune snake won't attack the basilisk. ?”

"This is because before going down to the inside of the cave, I saw that the rune snake had its middle head sticking out at the front." Newt explained, "When the dreamer in the middle is the dominant one, the rune snake is very aggressive. low."

"If the threat from the basilisk hadn't been too great, I even doubt that he would suddenly become stunned."

"Is that so..."

Dracula looked at the rune snake that was paralyzed on the ground and had been in a daze for an unknown length of time. Then he looked back at the basilisk with a wronged face, stuck in the ground and unable to get out. He felt a little guilty inexplicably.

So, he silently snapped his fingers and used the transformation technique to restore the ground where the basilisk had hit it to its original state, and freed the basilisk from the ground.

Afterwards, Dracula thought for a moment and cast two more healing magics, which acted on the basilisk and rune snake.

"I did blame them wrongly just now." He said to Newt, "Now that I have treated them, there should be no big problem."

As he spoke, Dracula looked at the two big snakes in turn.

"Do you have any other questions?" he asked in a "gentle" tone.

Hearing Dracula's gentle tone on the surface, but actually making the air drop a few degrees, the huge bodies of the rune snake and the basilisk couldn't help but tremble, and then they began to shake their heads.

The basilisk shaking its head was better, but the three-headed rune snake was a bit funny.

The three heads have three different thoughts, and there is no tacit understanding at all. They can only move around in a disorderly manner. One head often bumps into the other, and the middle head and the neck behind the right head almost hit each other. into knots...

The peace that the three brains of the rune snake had maintained in Newt's suitcase for decades was almost broken today!

The chaotic movements of these three big heads made Newt terrified. He quickly ran to the runes and tried his best to calm their emotions.

After finally calming down the three heads, Newt turned around and saw Dracula standing behind him, watching the fun with great interest.

"Um, Professor Dracula, otherwise you can go outside and admire other magical animals."

Newt thought about it for a long time before he came up with the words to tactfully drive Dracula away, "I can handle it here, no need to trouble you to help here."

However, Dracula is quite ignorant of himself. He has no idea that he is being disliked and is still watching the play with great interest.

"Just looking at these two big guys, where is Nagini?" he asked Newt while looking around in the cave.

"It should be on the other side of the cave, right?" Newt guessed. "Another normal-sized rune snake is on the other side, and Nagini should be with her."

Dracula nodded slightly and walked towards the other end of the cave.

After walking a few steps, he saw a twelve-foot-long viper staying with a six- or seven-foot-long rune snake. It made a "hissing" sound from time to time and was obviously talking happily in the old snake accent. Communicating.

As Newt said, the other rune snake was indeed of normal size, with the right side of its head covered by a brown leather hood.

The position of the right side of the mouth is firmly sealed by the hood, completely eliminating the possibility of "critics" commenting on the behavior of the middle and left sides of the head.

Now, it was the middle head that was communicating with Nagini. The two snakes seemed to be talking freely about the past and imagining the future.

"These two snakes seem to get along quite happily and don't need any adjustment." Dracula turned back to Newt and shouted, "So do you need any help from me over there, Mr. Scamander?"

"No need, Professor Dracula, I can handle it by myself!" Newt shouted quickly, "Nagini and Mr. Basilisk will be assigned to two suitable areas to settle down here!"

"Well, you're a professional."

Dracula shrugged and flew away from the dark cave with some boredom.

He roamed aimlessly in various environments, watching the different postures of magical animals in different ecology, and his mind drifted to the distance unknowingly...

On an isolated island, under a tall guardian tree, several slender green tree bowtruckles curiously looked at the silver-haired figure floating over.

Dracula was leaning against the tree, his burgundy eyes flashing slightly, and a memory belonging to Nagini's past quietly emerged in his sight——

He still remembered that in the memories that he had detected through Viper's eyes before, in addition to the early days of Momo Lake, there were also some other very interesting contents.

After Nagini's viper consciousness completely became complete, she spent countless years alone in the Albanian forest.

Until one day, a remnant soul that had been stripped of its body, worse than a ghost, and more fragile than the humblest wandering soul, quietly appeared. There was an uninvited guest in this forest.

That was Voldemort who died under his own death curse!

Voldemort was in such a weak state that he could only parasitize on various small animals and absorb the little vitality in the animals.

Until one day, Voldemort found Nagini.

As Voldemort's favorite snake, Nagini also possesses wisdom that is equal to that of others, which makes him very satisfied. So instead of absorbing Nagini's life force, Voldemort made friends with the viper.

In the forest of Albania, a remnant soul and a snake communicated with each other in the old snake dialect, and spent more than ten years together until a pretentious young man named Quirinas Chilo appeared. In the forest...

When Voldemort returned to Albania again and wanted to make Nagini his sixth Horcrux to accompany him, he did not expect that his originally close Viper partner had already recognized the truth due to the obstruction of the Basilisk. Voldemort chose to leave for his true nature of cruelty, arrogance and arrogance.

Since then, Nagini has never seen Voldemort again.

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Dracula slowly opened his eyes.

Among Nagini's past memories, the most valuable information should be the different states of Voldemort when he came to the Albanian forest several times.

When Nagini first met Voldemort, Voldemort was in a weak state after the death of a dark wizard with a Horcrux. His remnant soul, which was worse than ghosts and wandering souls, could only parasitize in the bodies of other living things and rely on plundering vitality to survive. own survival.

However, the Death Curse, a curse that is instantaneous upon contact, has a powerful effect that is close to the rules. It can actually annihilate the soul of the wizard in an instant.

So how did Voldemort's remnant soul survive the death curse that he rebounded?

Dracula frowned slightly, recalling again the scene when Voldemort's soul was annihilated in front of him twice——

For the first time, he used the soul-eroding magic of the Bloody Water Prison to crush Voldemort's soul to nothing. At that time, no remaining souls escaped from the water prison.

But Dracula could still feel that Voldemort was not completely dead.

The second time, in order to prevent himself from being captured and imprisoned by Dracula, Voldemort decisively chose to kill himself and burned his own soul.

This time, there was no trace of Voldemort's soul left, and no remnant soul escaped from it.

However, this time, Dracula did not feel as clearly as he did the first time, and could not confirm the truth that Voldemort was still alive in an instant.

Does this prove that the more times the person dies, the weaker the soul power of the Horcrux holder becomes?

Dracula shook his head slightly.

Despicable Herbo is the best example.

In the confrontation with Andros, for more than two thousand years, Herbo was annihilated by his soul countless times. However, when Dracula destroyed him in the secret realm on the top of Mount Olympus, he could still feel the clear signs of Herbo's survival.

This seems to prove that no matter how many times the holder of the Horcrux is resurrected, the power of the soul will not be weakened to an insignificant level.

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So when Voldemort's soul was annihilated for the second time, why was his perception so unclear?

Dracula compared the scene when Voldemort's soul was annihilated for the first time with the scene in the secret place on the top of Mount Olympus, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

According to Andros, he united with many ancient Greek wizards, and with the help of the Greek nation's faith, cohesion and other powers, he successfully built a secret realm to confine Herbo's soul.

Therefore, every time Haierbo is reborn, he can only be resurrected in the secret realm. In other words, his weak and remnant soul after death always stays in the secret realm.

Perhaps this is why Dracula can clearly sense the survival of Helbo. Haierbo's soul is close enough to him!

As for the first time they annihilated Voldemort's soul, Dracula and Voldemort were not far from Hogwarts Castle, and did not even leave the range of the anti-Apparition curse.

Dracula now knows that there were two Horcruxes of Voldemort in Hogwarts Castle at that time - Tom Riddle's diary and Ravenclaw's diadem.

Voldemort's remnant soul was most likely resurrected at the location of the nearest Horcrux. But in order to prevent being discovered by Dumbledore and Dracula, he fled out of the castle as soon as he appeared without letting anyone know.

It was precisely because of this short distance that Dracula had a very clear perception that Voldemort was still alive.

As for the second time, Voldemort burned himself in front of Dracula.

The bunker, jointly built by several pure-blood families, was located in a very remote suburb for the sake of concealment, and was probably quite far away from Voldemort's Horcruxes.

If Voldemort will definitely be reborn around his Horcrux, then the excessive distance may indeed prevent Dracula from clearly sensing the signs of Voldemort's survival.

Dracula once again recalled the scene when Nagini first saw the remnant soul of Voldemort - at that time, Voldemort was so weak that he could hardly maintain the stability of his soul.

This is actually not normal.

Voldemort must have traveled a long way by then.

Dracula also knew that Harry Potter was accidentally made into a Horcrux by Voldemort.

Therefore, Voldemort most likely turned into a remnant soul around Harry on the spot, and then flew all the way from Godric's Hollow, where the Potter family lived, to the Albanian forest.

"So why did Voldemort have to travel thousands of miles to come to Albania?" Dracula thought incomprehensibly.

"Strange, what is so special about this forest?"

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