Chapter 365 Strange Cave
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Rui Chen 3499
This gap is not wide, and one person can pass through it at a time.
It took a long time for the students to pass through this gap.
Following the cracks into the interior of the cliff, the space inside gradually opened up, and the wet and slippery ground turned into excavated stone steps.
Kong Nuo couldn't help but said: "Voldemort really didn't treat himself badly, and the inside was even specially decorated."
"This is indeed his characteristic." Dumbledore thought about it, "Otherwise, that golden cup with a long history might not have become the carrier of the Horcrux."
Climbing up the stone steps, they soon came to an extremely spacious cave.
The surrounding air is very dry, without the salty smell of the previous passage at all.
All the students gathered together and used magic to clean up the dirt on their bodies.
But when they cast magic, they unexpectedly felt that the power of magic seemed to be greatly weakened.
"Hermione! What's next to your shoes?" Ron asked suddenly, pointing at Hermione's feet.
Harry looked in Hermione's direction, the Seeker's talent suddenly came into play, his pupils trembled, "Is that a bone...a skull!"
When Hermione heard Ron's words, she lowered her head and glanced, and suddenly saw a freckled skull at her feet, and she screamed in fright.
It wasn't just Harry and the three who found the human bones, but the other students shouted one after another.
They all found all kinds of bones on the ground, and someone even accidentally stepped on a patella and broke it into three pieces.
There are bones everywhere in the cave, but most of the bones look fine and broken, and only a few bones can remain intact.
In addition to the bones, there were also some wands scattered on the ground.
The cores of these wands are exposed and look dull, and the body of the wands is also decayed, and it seems that they cannot be used anymore.
Although the students could occasionally see human specimens in the Potions classroom, it was the first time for them to have such close contact with so many skeletons.
There are also a small number of people who are more courageous, such as Fred and George who have already squatted on the ground, picked up a piece of skull and started to study.
"George! Look! Why does this skull have two horns? It shouldn't be a wizard's bone, right?"
"It should be a human bone! Although it has two horns, don't you think it's because of magic that the bone is pushed up to form two sharp horns?"
"That's right! Remember when we visited the wizarding ruins in Egypt last year? Those Muggles also have horns like this!"
"Maybe someone came here to hunt for treasure, but they encountered the curse left by Nick and the others. The two sharp horns are caused by the curse!"
"Tsk tsk tsk! I didn't expect Nick to be so powerful when he was alive. I have to ask him about the magic of this horn when I go back. How cool is it!"
Percy couldn't take it anymore, frowned and shouted in a low voice: "It's almost done! Professor Kong asked us to come and line up!"
The situation in the cave was very strange. Kong Nuo found that the students were in a panic, and quickly organized them to gather together and line up according to the team for morning exercises.
In the process of organizing the team, the students gradually calmed down and looked around the cave with curious eyes.
"Very interesting!" Dumbledore, who was also looking at the cave, waved his wand, and a silver-white light curtain spread from the tip of his wand.
Afterwards, he swung his wand upwards, and the light curtain instantly turned into a silver light net, which slowly stuck to the rock wall.
Bright bright red light spots emerged on the rock wall, and these light spots were very dense, presenting one after another arcs in opposite directions up and down.
These arcs are combined in pairs, as if there are countless pairs of eyes carved on the wall, looking at the people in the cave at this moment.
"Look! What is that!"
"Looks like eyes!"
"It's disgusting! Does Nearly Headless Nick have such a bad taste? He likes to draw so many strange patterns!"
"No wonder he was caught by Muggles and sawed off his head with an axe."
"Don't talk nonsense! Nick is not like that!"
"Tsk... Gryffindors will naturally speak for their house ghosts!"
"How? Do you want to fight?"
"Come on! Who is afraid of whom!"
……
The students were so noisy that Kong Nuo had to shout: "Quiet!"
The strange patterns on the rock wall were also affected by the shouts, and quickly converged together, as if eyes closed due to fright.
Kong Nuo commanded in a deep voice: "Recite the "Quiet Heart Sutra" silently in your heart to dispel all your subconscious malice! These are all caused by the patterns on the wall!"
If the ability to "observe" is stopped, the blue light ball outside will instantly fail, and the raised sea level will fall again, submerging the passage below the cave.
He was still consuming the power of faith along the way, and continued to maintain the "observation" ability.
When Dumbledore revealed the patterns on the cave, he immediately understood the meaning of these patterns.
Even if he didn't use the "observation" ability, after Kong Nuo entered the cave, he had already noticed the faint maliciousness.
Dumbledore leaned closer to the rock wall, his wand still emitting light, passing over the runes one by one.
He seemed to be exploring something, and walked around the rock wall for half a circle before finally stopping, "Konno, it seems that you have already understood the meaning of these runes."
Connaught nodded, "Voldemort really has sinister intentions! These runes will arouse maliciousness in the heart, and if there is a slight quarrel, a fierce conflict will erupt."
He pointed to a slightly raised rock next to Dumbledore, "That should be the real entrance. I feel that Nick's treasure map is useless. Voldemort has completely transformed this place."
"Professor Kong! Did you mean Voldemort?" Harry approached Kong Nuo and asked, "Didn't Principal Dumbledore say before that this place belongs to Nearly Headless Nick? It's his treasure."
The students who had calmed down also heard the name "Voldemort". For most of the students, there was still a bit of fear.
After all, for a large part of them, their parents have experienced it from that era.
Under the influence of his ears and eyes, he has passed down the fear of his parents' generation.
Students from Muggle families like Hermione will also naturally feel fear because of the attitude of the people around them towards Voldemort.
They also had similar doubts in their hearts, and looked at Kong Nuo eagerly, hoping that Kong Nuo could answer their doubts.
Connor told the truth, "At first, I thought it was a simple treasure hunt. Just now, Principal Dumbledore told me that this place may have been tampered with by Voldemort."
It took a long time for the students to pass through this gap.
Following the cracks into the interior of the cliff, the space inside gradually opened up, and the wet and slippery ground turned into excavated stone steps.
Kong Nuo couldn't help but said: "Voldemort really didn't treat himself badly, and the inside was even specially decorated."
"This is indeed his characteristic." Dumbledore thought about it, "Otherwise, that golden cup with a long history might not have become the carrier of the Horcrux."
Climbing up the stone steps, they soon came to an extremely spacious cave.
The surrounding air is very dry, without the salty smell of the previous passage at all.
All the students gathered together and used magic to clean up the dirt on their bodies.
But when they cast magic, they unexpectedly felt that the power of magic seemed to be greatly weakened.
"Hermione! What's next to your shoes?" Ron asked suddenly, pointing at Hermione's feet.
Harry looked in Hermione's direction, the Seeker's talent suddenly came into play, his pupils trembled, "Is that a bone...a skull!"
When Hermione heard Ron's words, she lowered her head and glanced, and suddenly saw a freckled skull at her feet, and she screamed in fright.
It wasn't just Harry and the three who found the human bones, but the other students shouted one after another.
They all found all kinds of bones on the ground, and someone even accidentally stepped on a patella and broke it into three pieces.
There are bones everywhere in the cave, but most of the bones look fine and broken, and only a few bones can remain intact.
In addition to the bones, there were also some wands scattered on the ground.
The cores of these wands are exposed and look dull, and the body of the wands is also decayed, and it seems that they cannot be used anymore.
Although the students could occasionally see human specimens in the Potions classroom, it was the first time for them to have such close contact with so many skeletons.
There are also a small number of people who are more courageous, such as Fred and George who have already squatted on the ground, picked up a piece of skull and started to study.
"George! Look! Why does this skull have two horns? It shouldn't be a wizard's bone, right?"
"It should be a human bone! Although it has two horns, don't you think it's because of magic that the bone is pushed up to form two sharp horns?"
"That's right! Remember when we visited the wizarding ruins in Egypt last year? Those Muggles also have horns like this!"
"Maybe someone came here to hunt for treasure, but they encountered the curse left by Nick and the others. The two sharp horns are caused by the curse!"
"Tsk tsk tsk! I didn't expect Nick to be so powerful when he was alive. I have to ask him about the magic of this horn when I go back. How cool is it!"
Percy couldn't take it anymore, frowned and shouted in a low voice: "It's almost done! Professor Kong asked us to come and line up!"
The situation in the cave was very strange. Kong Nuo found that the students were in a panic, and quickly organized them to gather together and line up according to the team for morning exercises.
In the process of organizing the team, the students gradually calmed down and looked around the cave with curious eyes.
"Very interesting!" Dumbledore, who was also looking at the cave, waved his wand, and a silver-white light curtain spread from the tip of his wand.
Afterwards, he swung his wand upwards, and the light curtain instantly turned into a silver light net, which slowly stuck to the rock wall.
Bright bright red light spots emerged on the rock wall, and these light spots were very dense, presenting one after another arcs in opposite directions up and down.
These arcs are combined in pairs, as if there are countless pairs of eyes carved on the wall, looking at the people in the cave at this moment.
"Look! What is that!"
"Looks like eyes!"
"It's disgusting! Does Nearly Headless Nick have such a bad taste? He likes to draw so many strange patterns!"
"No wonder he was caught by Muggles and sawed off his head with an axe."
"Don't talk nonsense! Nick is not like that!"
"Tsk... Gryffindors will naturally speak for their house ghosts!"
"How? Do you want to fight?"
"Come on! Who is afraid of whom!"
……
The students were so noisy that Kong Nuo had to shout: "Quiet!"
The strange patterns on the rock wall were also affected by the shouts, and quickly converged together, as if eyes closed due to fright.
Kong Nuo commanded in a deep voice: "Recite the "Quiet Heart Sutra" silently in your heart to dispel all your subconscious malice! These are all caused by the patterns on the wall!"
If the ability to "observe" is stopped, the blue light ball outside will instantly fail, and the raised sea level will fall again, submerging the passage below the cave.
He was still consuming the power of faith along the way, and continued to maintain the "observation" ability.
When Dumbledore revealed the patterns on the cave, he immediately understood the meaning of these patterns.
Even if he didn't use the "observation" ability, after Kong Nuo entered the cave, he had already noticed the faint maliciousness.
Dumbledore leaned closer to the rock wall, his wand still emitting light, passing over the runes one by one.
He seemed to be exploring something, and walked around the rock wall for half a circle before finally stopping, "Konno, it seems that you have already understood the meaning of these runes."
Connaught nodded, "Voldemort really has sinister intentions! These runes will arouse maliciousness in the heart, and if there is a slight quarrel, a fierce conflict will erupt."
He pointed to a slightly raised rock next to Dumbledore, "That should be the real entrance. I feel that Nick's treasure map is useless. Voldemort has completely transformed this place."
"Professor Kong! Did you mean Voldemort?" Harry approached Kong Nuo and asked, "Didn't Principal Dumbledore say before that this place belongs to Nearly Headless Nick? It's his treasure."
The students who had calmed down also heard the name "Voldemort". For most of the students, there was still a bit of fear.
After all, for a large part of them, their parents have experienced it from that era.
Under the influence of his ears and eyes, he has passed down the fear of his parents' generation.
Students from Muggle families like Hermione will also naturally feel fear because of the attitude of the people around them towards Voldemort.
They also had similar doubts in their hearts, and looked at Kong Nuo eagerly, hoping that Kong Nuo could answer their doubts.
Connor told the truth, "At first, I thought it was a simple treasure hunt. Just now, Principal Dumbledore told me that this place may have been tampered with by Voldemort."
