Chapter 134 Destroying the Crown

Filch's gloomy voice came: "Either work or be expelled, you can choose one."

The voice came from an empty room.

Through the door that was not closed tightly, Wade saw Malfoy glaring at Filch angrily. After a stalemate, he finally picked up a rag and wiped the countless candlesticks on the shelf.

Filch was still muttering beside him: "If you ask me, Dumbledore is too gentle. For little brats like you who break the rules, they should be hung up and whipped a few times..."

Wade walked through the dim corridor and left.

...

Saturday came quickly.

Wade had contacted Lupin in advance. In the morning, while other students were still asleep, he took Michael to the Room of Requirement.

After a while, Theo and Ryan also arrived.

Then it was Zoe.

Michael and others were very surprised to see a house elf here, and they kept looking at her.

Zoe rubbed her tea towel awkwardly and bowed to everyone.

"If you are ready, let's go." Wade opened the door: "Who's the first?"

"I'll go!" Michael walked in first.

Then Theo and Ryan.

Wade stayed at the end. He squatted down and said to the elf: "Zoe, open the door when I send you a message, okay?"

The vanishing cabinet does not require additional spells. The door will be activated when it is closed.

But if you want to get out, someone must open the door from the outside. The people inside cannot open the door from the inside.

So the premise of using this cabinet is that there must be a reliable person guarding the destination and opening the door when needed.

Zoe nodded and said softly: "Wade Grey, don't worry, Zoe will complete the task."

Wade smiled and touched her head.

"You don't have to stay here all the time. If nothing unexpected happens, we will be back before curfew. At that time, I will send you a message in advance in the friend book."

"Okay." Zoe nodded.

Wade also stepped into the cabinet, closed the door, and there was darkness in front of him.

Almost the next second, the cabinet door was opened again, and Lupin was outside the door, looking at him with a smile.

"Incredible!" Michael said, "We left the school so easily."

"Where is this?" Ryan looked at the surrounding environment and asked in confusion.

"This is still in the Scottish Highlands, two mountains away from Hogwarts."

Lupin said to Wade, "According to your requirements, there are no wizards, no Muggles, and almost no vegetation and animals nearby."

Wade also looked around and nodded slightly.

This is a lonely and rugged barren mountain, covered with gravel, and only a little moss and weeds on the ground.

"Wade, what are we doing here?" Michael asked.

Wade looked at everyone, and everyone was waiting for his answer.

"Tom... the mysterious man... he invaded the school last year, everyone knows that."

Wade saw Theo and the others nod silently, and then said: "I found a weapon in the school... it might be a dark magic weapon left by him."

"We are here to destroy it."

"Voldemort's secret weapon?" Lupin frowned and said: "Does he want to do anything in Hogwarts?"

He was not afraid to call Voldemort's name directly, but the three little wizards turned pale.

"Why not let Professor Dumbledore handle it, Wade?" Ryan asked, "You... don't trust the headmaster?"

"Of course not... When it comes to fighting the darkness, probably no one is more trustworthy than Dumbledore."

Wade said, "But... guys, Dumbledore is over a hundred years old."

"I'm not saying that his reaction has become slow or his magic is not strong enough, but... he has been fighting for many years and has borne a lot of burdens. It seems that everyone is used to relying on him and leaving all the responsibilities to him."

"But... what reason do we have to throw everything we can do to an old man?"

"We can rely on Dumbledore, but who can Dumbledore rely on?"

Everyone was deeply shocked, and Lupin's face showed guilt.

Dumbledore is like a banner, a belief. When it comes to Voldemort or dark wizards, everyone's first reaction is to tell Dumbledore and let Dumbledore handle it.

It seems that not many people realize that... an old man over a hundred years old should have lived out his life in another place.

Of course, Wade didn't want to tell Dumbledore. In addition to not wanting to walk under the guidance of the white wizard, there were two other reasons.

One was that he didn't want to face Dumbledore too early and let him put himself on the chessboard.

Another reason was that he didn't want Dumbledore to confirm the existence of the Horcrux too early and then sneak to the Riddle House.

In the plot, Dumbledore found the resurrection stone ring there, and somehow he was cursed by Voldemort, so that he died a year later.

If Dumbledore died early because of his butterfly effect, Wade was worried that the next few years would become more difficult, and Voldemort might also be resurrected early.

Of course, there was no need to say more, everyone had completely agreed with Wade's point of view.

Lupin had already found a large cave nearby in advance, and everyone worked together to move a stone that could completely block the cave from nearby.

Wade also explained the reason for doing so:

"Tom's weapon contains powerful magical power, and ordinary spells will not work. At present, only Fiendfyre can completely destroy it."

Ved had already confirmed with Lupin that he also knew the Fiendfyre.

Wizards who have experienced war are mostly proficient in using the three unforgivable curses, not to mention ordinary black magic.

In fact, the difficulty of casting the Fiendfyre is not very high. It is really difficult to control it - wizards with insufficient ability can easily be backfired when using the Fiendfyre, causing unexpected damage.

For example, in the plot, Crabbe released the Fiendfyre and was burned to death by the Fiendfyre.

"Then we'd better clean up the weeds around us." Theo suggested: "I heard that the Fiendfyre will burn everything that can be burned."

So everyone spent another hour to carefully clean up the combustibles inside and outside the cave.

"Almost."

Ved said, and chose a bare stone in the cave, on which they piled a pile of firewood.

Wade took out the magic shielding box from his bag, then held the crown with tongs and carefully placed it on the stone.

His attitude was so careful and cautious that others could not take it lightly.

The crown was gray and the gems on it were dull. Michael did not recognize that it was the crown of the founder Ravenclaw.

After all, the legendary crown disappeared with its owner a thousand years ago. Although the statue of Ravenclaw in the lounge was wearing a crown, so what?

For more than a thousand years, several students have imitated the crown every year, pretending that they have also gained supreme wisdom.

The crown stayed quietly on the stone, showing no special power, nor revealing any breath of black magic.

Lupin motioned several students to retreat behind him, pointed his wand in that direction, and whispered: "The Fiery Flame!"

A ball of blazing flames flew out, ignited the firewood, and the flames grew bigger with a "boom".

"Get out!" Lupin said loudly.

Several people hurriedly left the cave, ready to lower the big stone to block the cave entrance at any time. They stared at that direction intently.

Perhaps because there were too few burning materials, the fierce fire was not big, but the twisted flames were constantly transforming into various beasts - poisonous horned beasts, fire dragons, cheetahs...

Suddenly, a huge black shadow rose into the air in the flames. It twisted, roared, and let out sharp and painful screams, and then suddenly rushed towards the people at the cave entrance with the fierce fire!

Bang!

The boulder fell with a bang.

A few sparks came out of the gap.

"Ved..."

After a long time, Ved heard Michael's eyes straight and his voice weak:

"Why do I feel...that shadow...is like Tom himself?"

"...wrong, illusion?" Theo murmured.