Chapter 98 Dumbledore's Smell

Hearing this, Lockhart smiled with false confidence and responded as if he had it all planned out: "No problem, please leave it to me. Well, I'll go back to my office to do some preparations." Before he finished speaking, he turned around without hesitation and hurriedly left the scene.

Looking at Lockhart's receding back, Madam Pomfrey could not help but frowning, and asked Professor McGonagall with concern: "Which poor child was captured by that terrible monster?"

Professor McGonagall took a deep breath, her eyes revealing endless grief and sorrow, and she said softly: "It's Ginny Weasley..."

When Ron learned that it was his sister, he became panicked and could no longer remain calm. He widened his eyes and read out the horrifying words on the wall with horror: "Her bones will lie in the Chamber of Secrets forever!"

"Harry, what should we do?" Ron asked in a trembling voice.

"We have to find Rowling as soon as possible, he will definitely help us!" Harry Potter shouted anxiously!

Then, Harry and Ron rushed to Rowling's dormitory door. They knocked on the door anxiously, over and over again, but still got no response! Harry frowned, took out his wand from his pocket without hesitation, muttered something, and cast the Unlocking Spell.

There was a crisp "click" sound, and the door lock opened. The two rushed into the room impatiently, but the scene before them disappointed them greatly - the room was empty, without a single person!

"What should we do, Harry?" Ron asked anxiously, his voice full of anxiety and uneasiness.

"Don't panic, Ron! Although Lockhart may not be here, he may be on his way to the Chamber of Secrets right now. We must tell him everything we know!" Harry answered anxiously as he ran towards Lockhart's office!

However, when Harry and Ron finally arrived at their destination, they were surprised to find Lockhart packing his luggage!

"You're actually planning to just leave?" Harry asked in disbelief with his eyes wide open!

Hearing Harry and Ron suddenly barge in, Lockhart stopped what he was doing in a panic and tried to explain himself in a panic: "Uh... yes, that's right, I did encounter a bit of an emergency and I really had to go!"

"As our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, how could you be so irresponsible as to abandon us and run away!" Ron was very angry and asked loudly.

"I don't think I was told that I would have to face those terrible monsters when I first joined!" Lockhart retorted in shock! His voice was full of astonishment and dissatisfaction, as if he had been greatly wronged.

Harry widened his eyes, stared at Lockhart, and asked bluntly: "Do you want to run away now? But in your book, you portrayed yourself as so brave, fearless, great and extraordinary!" There was a hint of contempt and disappointment in his tone, and he seemed to be very shocked by Lockhart's true face.

"Please, use your brain! If I don't do this, if I don't make everyone believe that the thrilling experiences described in the book belong to me, how can my book be a bestseller?" Lockhart retorted angrily. His eyes flickered, and it was obvious that Harry had touched a sore spot, but he still tried to defend himself.

"You're a complete liar! You claim other people's heroic deeds as your own and shamelessly brag about them!" Harry was furious, and his accusatory words pierced Lockhart like a sword.

At this time, Ron, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't help but speak: "So, at least you should know some magic, right?" His eyes revealed a hint of doubt and expectation, hoping to get a positive answer from Lockhart. However, this question made Lockhart fall into a brief embarrassment.

Lockhart seemed to feel touched, but he quickly regained his composure and replied triumphantly, "Hey, that's right, since you all asked, I might as well tell you that my forgetfulness skill is pretty impressive.

Otherwise, those real wizards would have come to harass me! In that case, wouldn't my book lose its credibility and appeal?" Before he finished speaking, Lockhart turned around and prepared to reach for the wand placed aside.

However, Harry and Ron were one step faster and pointed their wands at Lockhart! And they confiscated Lockhart's wand!

"Don't even think about it, just follow us to the secret room..."

At this time, Luo Lin by the Black Lake also slowly came back to his senses, "This feeling is so wonderful, as if I am traveling in the void, could this be the legendary harmony of body and mind, and the condensation of the soul!" Suddenly, Luo Lin noticed that the crystal ball in the space ring was glowing slightly, as if someone was sending him a message!

Luo Lin took out the crystal ball and looked at it. He frowned instantly! He stood up and rushed to the secret room! "I was careless. I didn't expect Tom to take action today. Fortunately, it seems to be in time!"

When Rowling came to the bathroom, the secret room was indeed opened! Rowling jumped into the cave, and it was pitch black inside. When he saw the light! He saw that the entrance to the cave was blocked by rubble. Rowling sat on the ground with a little urgency, and Lockhart was lying on the side!

"Rowlin, you're finally here. This Lockhart is a liar! He tried to sneak attack Harry and me, but his own spell rebounded... We're blocked by rubble, and what should we do with Harry inside?" Ron said anxiously!

"Don't be anxious, Ron! That means you have been here for a short time. I want to send you out first." Rowling took them out of the secret room one by one and put them in the bathroom!

"I'll go help Harry now, you can go inform the professors!" Rowling said without hesitation. Before he finished speaking, he flashed, jumped, and disappeared from the spot in an instant, rushing towards where Harry was.

In the blink of an eye, Rowling had arrived next to the pile of rocks. After landing steadily, he quickly took out his wand from his arms and whispered a mysterious spell: "Wingardium Leviosa!" As the spell echoed, the originally piled up, disorderly rocks seemed to be given life, and they automatically separated and made way for a passage.

Luo Lin walked carefully along the path made of stones, and at the same time skillfully used "shadow" to completely cover his body. At this moment, another door appeared not far ahead.

Just as Rowling was about to get closer to check, a deep and eerie voice came from inside the door. It was Tom Riddle's voice: "I am Voldemort, the descendant of Salazar Slytherin!"

Then, a huge basilisk suddenly emerged from the stone statue behind Tom, opened its bloody mouth, revealed its sharp fangs, and pounced on Harry. Faced with such a horrible scene, Harry turned pale with fear and ran away.

However, Rowling, who was standing aside, was unusually calm. He stared quietly at everything that was happening before his eyes, as if he had already expected such a situation to occur.

Suddenly, a deafening bird cry resounded through the sky, breaking the tense atmosphere. It turned out to be Dumbledore's Fawkes, rushing in from outside with a torn hat in his claws! He spread his wide wings and rushed towards the ferocious basilisk like lightning. Fawkes stretched out his sharp claws and grabbed the basilisk's eyes accurately.

"Phoenix!" Rowling immediately opened the Eye of Elements to observe carefully. This was the first time in his life that he had seen the legendary Phoenix with his own eyes. Before, he had only seen the Phoenix through Harry's crystal ball, but due to the limitations of the crystal ball, he could not detect the magical fluctuations contained in it. In fact, before this, Rowling had already had some vague guesses in his mind...

At this moment, with the help of the magical elemental eye, Rowling finally saw the true face of the bird. As expected, it exuded a unique aura of Dumbledore. Could it be that the bird in front of him was Dumbledore's Horcrux?

It should be noted that Dumbledore and Grindelwald were not just spending sweet time together. Both of them were powerful wizards with extremely high talents, and they must have a deeper understanding of the mysterious and dangerous black magic! As we all know, there has always been a subtle interdependence between Horcruxes. When a person's soul is split and bound to a Horcrux, he can obtain part of the power contained in the Horcrux!

Rowling speculated that the reason why Voldemort was so obsessed with repeatedly splitting his soul and attaching these broken soul fragments to specific objects, such as Ravenclaw's precious crown, Slytherin's mysterious locket, Hufflepuff's gorgeous gold cup and the legendary Resurrection Stone, was that his real purpose was to steal the magical powers carried by these treasures!

Moreover, Voldemort carefully hid them in different places! How could Voldemort not know that the ring of the Gaunt family was the Resurrection Stone? There was also the invisibility cloak passed down from the Potter family, and the powerful elder wand in Dumbledore's hand.

Their respective owners all know their origins. In this case, as a member of the ancient Gaunt family, how could they not know that the ring passed down from their family is the Resurrection Stone that has the power to bring the dead back to life?

When Voldemort learned of this secret, he mercilessly killed the Gaunt family! Then, he carefully hid the mysterious ring.

He was confident that no one would be able to detect that he had hidden such a vital item in the family he had destroyed. In this way, the Gaunt family who knew about the existence of the Resurrection Stone disappeared completely, and naturally the rest of the world would not know this amazing secret!