Chapter 80 The Sleeping Curse
The teachers, led by Professor McGonagall, who saw all this, stopped at the gate of the castle.
They decided to stop the students who wanted to rush out to help.
And gave instructions.
"Mr. Filch and Mrs. Pomfrey, you are responsible for stopping the students from leaving the castle. I and other professors will be at the edge of the Forbidden Forest to intercept all enemies who attempt to attack the castle. Quick! Quick! The students are still waiting for us! Percy, put down your wand!"
In the eyes of Professor McGonagall and others, these tides of eight-eyed giant spiders are just appetizers and vanguards.
There will definitely be evil dark wizards and more dangerous magical creatures to appear later.
"You don't have a brother outside!" Percy, who had just put down the review materials and didn't see the scene just now, had messy hair and looked at Professor McGonagall angrily.
There were more than one people who had this idea of Percy. Many students were eager to go out and fight together to help their friends and classmates.
When they were about to rush out, break out of the castle and rush to the battlefield.
A voice sounded.
"There are no enemies, only a group of cursed spiders. I am enough."
With a flash of fire, Dumbledore emerged with a golden-red bird sitting on his shoulder.
The auditorium, which was noisy just now and the ceiling seemed to be lifted up, suddenly became quiet.
Everyone found the backbone.
The students led by Percy also put down their wands.
They all believed that with Dumbledore, all crises could be resolved.
Dumbledore has such charm. As long as he is there, darkness and evil will not come to this castle.
Professor McGonagall's tense face calmed down, and she asked in confusion: "Didn't you leave an hour ago? I received an urgent letter from the Ministry of Magic by owl and flew to London immediately."
"The school needs me." Dumbledore said, taking a step, a flash of fire flashed, and the next second he appeared at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
Dancing the wand lightly, a golden line appeared at the junction of the Forbidden Forest and the venue.
At the golden line, an invisible air wall appeared.
The eight-eyed giant spiders that tried to rush out, like they had lost their minds, crashed into it one after another, one after another.
Their bodies were torn apart by the power of the golden thread.
Only their green blood and broken limbs successfully crossed the golden thread and arrived at the venue.
Dumbledore looked around and paused for half a second on Harry and Basil.
"You all did a good job!" His voice was not loud, but it was very penetrating, and even the students and professors in the castle could hear it.
"The root of all this comes from the forest in front of us. It is a curse rooted in the source of these spider bloodlines."
"Unfortunately, only I can handle this."
"Minerva, take care of the students. Severus, you know where to go."
Then, there was another flash of fire, and Dumbledore disappeared on the spot.
The Forbidden Forest is located on the west side of the castle. Its name - the forbidden forest, comes from the school's rule that students are prohibited from entering here except for the care of magical creatures class.
Because there are many dangerous magical creatures living in it, such as unicorns, werewolves, centaurs, Aragog and his family, trolls, etc.
It also has a name - Dark Forest.
But this is a name that only those who know it best can say.
Those who have entered it know that the lush trees here block the sunlight, and it is very dark in the forest even during the day.
When you walk to the deepest part, it will seem like you have entered a deep cave without light, dark and pitch black.
However, now, in the depths of the forbidden forest, which should be dark, there is a dazzling light coming here.
It is suspended above a clear stream, reflecting a large number of plants such as thorn grass, yew trees, oaks and two-eared grass growing around it.
And the magical creatures sleeping beside it.
There were unicorns emitting moon-white luster; there were round ball-like birds that fell asleep and stuck in the branches during teleportation; there were centaurs who were taking a nap by the tree with their bows drawn and ready to shoot; there were werewolves who were biting the legs of the goblins and preparing to eat, but now they closed their eyes.
They all seemed to be affected by an invisible force and fell into a sudden sleep.
The eight-eyed giant spiders passing by the winding path on the side, bloodthirsty and murderous, ignored the "beautiful meat" in front of them, and walked towards the exit of the forbidden forest and the direction of the castle.
"What is this?" A voice came from a fire that exploded in the air.
Dumbledore and Fawkes, dressed in purple robes, walked towards the ball of light as soon as they appeared.
He muttered a difficult spell, the old wand danced in a strange rhythm, and the things in the ball of light gradually appeared.
It was a pale, pointed head with gray eyes, it was Lucius Malfoy!
The long blond hair was shaved clean, revealing a smooth scalp covered with black magic runes.
From his expression, he was very shocked. He didn't expect that he would be killed.
Dumbledore was also very surprised. Ten minutes ago, Lucius Malfoy might still be alive.
He was bound by the power of the curse and couldn't break free. The muscles on his face couldn't twitch.
All parts except the head could be seen turning into light and disappearing.
What kind of hatred was this?
Why did he use such a cruel method?
And he wasted the authority inherited from Slytherin for this.
He finally understood why Tom could do such a feat in such a state.
The sacrifice of a wizard and the sacrifice of authority.
But in this case, the curse rooted in the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor would disappear.
Voldemort, without authority, would only have the title of Slytherin's descendant and Parseltongue.
However, even if a wizard had to be sacrificed to create this curse, this person should not be a member of the Malfoy family, Voldemort's favorite wizard family?
But soon, his brain connected everything that had happened recently.
"The reason is the destruction of Tom's Horcrux, the diary."
"It was not Malfoy who went to prison, but someone else who took the Polyjuice Potion."
"He himself was used as a sacrifice, hiding here, unable to move, and spent several months merging with the magnetic field of the entire Forbidden Forest, and finally sacrificed today."
"Is all this Quirinus's active help?"
"The reason for choosing the Forbidden Forest is because Tom noticed my gaze? So Quirinus has remained normal in the castle."
Dumbledore sighed, waved his wand, and the dead branches and rotten leaves on the ground gathered together and turned into a piece of gray cloth to wrap the head.
The curse was broken.
The next second, the Forbidden Forest, which only had the rustling sound of spiders moving forward, suddenly had other sounds.
The sleeping creatures woke up again.
Facing the close-up eight-eyed giant spider, they all launched attacks one by one.
At this moment, Quirrell, who was not in the hall, passed through the three-headed dog, the devil's snare, and the flying key level and was playing chess, laughed from the back of his head.
During this period of time, he had figured out the secret of Dumbledore's surveillance of every corner of the castle.
It was a spell or alchemical prop created based on the headmaster's authority and the magical magnetic field of Hogwarts Castle itself.
Therefore, as long as the surrounding magical magnetic field was chaotic, Dumbledore could not trace back everything that happened during the period of chaotic magnetic field.
Before this, Voldemort and Quirrell had never used this method.
The ink spots on the white paper would be more obvious.
So, he boldly asked and answered himself.
"Will your Lord Voldemort's curse be so easy to remove? You even used the power of the greatest giant Slytherin. Sure enough, facing the head of a newly dead wizard and an old eight-eyed giant spider, you still chose the former."
"So-called kindness and love will make you not destroy Lucius's body and choose a gentler way."
"How stupid!"
"You must be curious why I gave up the power and authority of the true heir of Slytherin."
"But who would have thought that this was aimed at the young me?"
"How much time will it take you to solve my immortal curse?"
"After solving it, how much energy do you have to deal with me who got the Philosopher's Stone? I am really looking forward to it. Great Sage Albus Dumbledore."
