Although there weren't many obvious changes in expression on Phoenix's face, Harry could still feel that Professor Dumbledore was a little surprised.
"Harry, I didn't expect you to grow up to this point." Professor Dumbledore said softly, with sigh in his voice.
"Then, be careful!"
The golden-red low-temperature flame surged like a flood and swept towards Medusa.
Medusa's lips curled up into a smile, and her closed eyes opened instantly.
There seemed to be stars twinkling under those eyes, and there was a terrifying and evil magic power condensing there.
The shapeless golden-red flames in mid-air solidified instantly and turned into hard stone.
Then Harley clapped her hands violently, raised her head and let out an invisible scream.
The snake head at the end of the snake's hair also raised its head, opened its mouth wide into the air, and let out an invisible scream!
A faint blue halo, much more powerful than before, emerged from Medusa's body and spread rapidly.
In an instant, the hall was covered in ice and snow.
The ground, walls and pillars were all covered with a thick layer of ice, and crystal dreamy snowflakes were floating in the sky.
Black and green lights emerged and shimmered in many places on the floor, seemingly fighting against the ice and snow.
But the light of magic bloomed in Harley's hands, and multiple "Laws of All Laws" were promulgated with the blessing of the demigod, enhancing Harley's extraordinary abilities while weakening other magic around her.
With the assistance of the "Law of All Laws", the "Ice World" sealed or destroyed these curses one by one.
Harley didn't want to waste her power, but the phoenix that Professor Dumbledore transformed into was small and suspended in mid-air.
But the Medusa she transformed into is very large, and the curse may be triggered if she is not careful.
For her own safety, Harley chose to spread the ice world with all her strength.
On the round altar, the transparent box at the top of the stone pillar was instantly torn apart by a few snowflakes, and it bloomed with evil magic to resist the destruction of the snowflakes.
But the snowflakes still covered the black gem ring without any hindrance, and the black gem ring was quickly frozen.
However, the soul contained in this Horcrux seemed to have awakened, bursts of black energy leaked out, and the outer layer of ice and snow turned into a dead black.
But it has no roots after all, and was forced to remain silent under the power of a demigod.
Neither Harry nor Professor Dumbledore paid attention to this scene, and the two were still in a stalemate.
Professor Dumbledore's body continued to glow with flames, but the temperature was not too high. He was obviously wary of making mistakes and hurting his students.
And Harley also controls the intensity of the frozen world, so that it can at most restrain Professor Dumbledore's actions and will not cause real harm to the professor.
Suddenly, the flames bloomed again, and the phoenix disappeared in mid-air.
The white-haired old man reappeared and slowly landed back to where he was.
Seeing this, Harley also hurriedly took back her mythical creature form.
After landing in the witch form again, Harley held her glasses with one hand, giving herself various hints and adjusting her mental state to avoid losing control.
After adjusting herself, Harry was about to look up at Professor Dumbledore when she suddenly felt something was wrong.
Only then did she remember that she hadn't taken off her glasses yet.
Harley quickly took out the box, carefully took off the glasses, stuffed them into the box and stored them away.
Then, Harry looked at Professor Dumbledore.
At this time, Professor Dumbledore was slumped on the ground, his face full of exhaustion.
His wand was scattered aside, and his clothes were covered in melted ice water.
"Professor, have you calmed down?" Harry looked at Professor Dumbledore and asked softly.
The battle between the two can be said to be very abrupt.
Professor Dumbledore suddenly lost his mind for some inexplicable reason and didn't even care about his own life.
The end of this battle was also very inexplicable. It felt like the old man suddenly had enough fighting and calmed down, so he stopped.
Professor Dumbledore smiled bitterly and waved his wand gently.
His soaked robe quickly dried and became neat again.
"Sorry, Harry." Professor Dumbledore looked very remorseful.
"I just lost my mind...I'm very sorry, I made a mistake again...The temptation of that ring was too great for me."
Suddenly, Professor Dumbledore's wrinkled face looked older and older.
"So Professor, why did you behave like that before?" Harley asked curiously, her hand still on the wand.
"What is the Resurrection Stone? Is it the black gem on Voldemort's Horcrux ring?"
"Who is Ariana? Your former lover? Or your lover? Or your best friend?"
"We can discuss this issue when we go back." Professor Dumbledore shook his head.
"Now we should get the Horcrux first and then leave this unsafe place."
"No, Professor, you must explain clearly." Harley said firmly,
"Otherwise I can't confirm whether you have completely returned to normal."
Professor Dumbledore gave another wry smile and still slumped on the ground helplessly:
"Okay, let me tell you. It may take a while. It's a long story after all."
"First, let's talk about the Resurrection Stone. The Resurrection Stone is one of the legendary items of the Three Deathly Hallows."
As he spoke, Professor Dumbledore stretched out his wand and waved it gently in the air.
A symbol appeared that looked like a triangle with a circle embedded in the triangle and a vertical line in the middle.
"The Elder Wand," Professor Dumbledore pointed to the vertical line.
"The Resurrection Stone," the circle within the triangle glowed.
"Invisibility cloak," the outermost triangle symbol changed color.
"These three items together are called the Deathly Hallows." Professor Dumbledore said in a slightly amazed voice,
"Legend has it that they are magical items created by Death."
Immediately afterwards, Professor Dumbledore summarized the fifth chapter of a book called "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" at a very fast speed, "The Legend of the Three Brothers".
The more Harry listened, the stranger his expression became.
According to Professor Dumbledore, the true origin of the Deathly Hallows is actually... a fairy tale?
According to legend, the three brothers of Admiration Lier crossed a river, so they were superficially appreciated by the God of Death, and obtained the Deathly Hallows?
How about playing?
Professor Dumbledore didn't pay attention to Harry's expression. After summarizing the story, he concluded:
"The Elder Wand makes its wielder invincible;"
"The Resurrection Stone allows the holder to resurrect the dead;"
"Invisibility cloak...well..." Professor Dumbledore paused and thought carefully before continuing,
"This invisibility cloak is different from the ordinary invisibility cloaks available on the market."
"Ordinary invisibility cloaks are just casted with a powerful illusion spell, or made of the hair of invisible beasts."
"This kind of invisibility cloak will wear off after a few years, but the cloak in the Deathly Hallows will not."
“It’s been passed down from generation to generation, but it’s never lost its effectiveness.”
"These powerful magical effects make people have to wonder whether they are really made by the God of Death himself, as the legend says."
"And after obtaining the Deathly Hallows, can I really become the master of death like the legend?"
Harley nodded, still with a skeptical expression on her face:
"So Professor Dumbledore, is there any evidence that the Deathly Hallows really exist?"
Professor Dumbledore fell silent.
After hesitating for a long time, he shook the wand in his hand: "The wand in my hand is the evidence. This is the legendary Elder Wand."
"The Elder Wand has appeared throughout history since the murder of its first owner, Antiochus Peverell."
"The devil Eymeric, the evil Egbert, Godlot, the author of the evil black magic book "The Poisonous Magic", the famous wand maker Grigovitch..."
"Many evil villains or great wizards with great names in the history of magic once held this Elder Wand, but they lost it for various reasons."
"And now...the wielder of the Elder Wand is me."
!
Harry's pupils shrank, she didn't expect Professor Dumbledore to have such a powerful magic item in his hand!
And she really didn't feel anything special about the so-called Elder Wand in Professor Dumbledore's hand.
"Are you shocked?" Professor Dumbledore said with a smile on his face.
"Please forgive me, old man, but I cannot tell you how I obtained this wand."
"But as the owner of this wand, I can assure you that this Elder Wand is indeed as magical as the legend says."
"It has a very powerful power. The person I am with the Elder Wand and the person I am without the Elder Wand are two different people."
"If it hadn't been for that enemy... well, there are many other factors that led to my obtaining this wand."
Professor Dumbledore didn't seem to want to talk more and hurriedly changed the topic.
"Actually, the Potter family also has a copy of the Deathly Hallows. Do you remember? I gave you a copy of the Cloak of Invisibility during Christmas in your first year."
"That is your father's relic, and it is also an ancestral item of your Potter family. It is the legendary invisibility cloak."
"Ignotus Peverell has no grandchildren, only one granddaughter, Iolanth Peverell."
"And she married into the Potter family as the sole heir of the Ignotus line of the Peverell family, and the Invisibility Cloak has become a treasure passed down by the Potter family from generation to generation."
"When your parents were hiding from Tom, they happened to lend me this invisibility cloak for research, so I didn't return it to you until you were in first grade."
The shock on Harley's face could not be concealed.
It turns out that I also hold the Deathly Hallows! The invisibility cloak that he had locked under the box for two and a half years actually had this origin! (One year for third grade, one year for second grade, and half a year for first grade, exactly two and a half years.)
"Of course, although there is evidence, I don't think these are really items made by the God of Death."
Professor Dumbledore took his wand back and put it in his pocket.
"I personally prefer that these items are magic items made by the three Peverell brothers themselves."
"They are very powerful, and the items they produce are naturally very valuable, and their magic effects are extremely outstanding."
"In order to make the magic items they made more famous, they chose to use the existence of the God of Death for publicity."
Harley's face still maintained a shocked expression, but her memory drifted back to two and a half years ago.
When I got the invisibility cloak at that time, I always felt that something was wrong with the invisibility cloak. It seemed to have some negative effects after wearing it, so I didn't wear it, but locked it at the bottom of the cabinet.
Considering the vast amount of information Qiguang told him, Harley felt that he should test the invisibility cloak when he returned.
"I know the story of the Deathly Hallows, but it seems that you also know very well whether the Resurrection Stone can truly resurrect a person."
Harry paused and took a deep look at Professor Dumbledore, "Then why are you so persistent, Professor Dumbledore, even almost crazy?"
"Because of that Ariana? Who is she?"
"She is my sister, my biological sister." Professor Dumbledore sighed, "This involves another story."
This time he didn't speak as quickly as before, but slowly told Ariana's story and his own past.
He started with Ariana being bullied and turned into the legendary Obscurial, and continued to talk about his encounter with Gellert Grindelwald.
The two people share the same philosophy, hoping to force Muggles to submit to wizards and build a world in which wizards are the superstructure and Muggles are the lower foundation.
As he recounted every detail of his time with Gellert, the expression on his face changed, seeming to become more nostalgic.
The more Harry listened, the more he felt something was wrong. Was he talking about his old friend? This should be talking about his old lover!
And Grindelwald is the legendary dark wizard who swept across Europe!
Unexpectedly, he actually had such a... almost romantic friendship with the great white wizard Dumbledore!
"...I had just graduated and he was expelled from Durmstrang."
"The two of us made plans to take a quick trip and follow the footsteps of famous wizards in the history of magic."
"At the same time, we also plan to follow the clues in the history of magic to find the Deathly Hallows."
"We believe that finding the Deathly Hallows can become the true conqueror of death, which means invincibility."
"We have even come to the realization that many people will die along the way, but this is a necessary price."
“It’s all for the greater good.”
When he said these words, Professor Dumbledore's face looked like withered leaves and yellowing weeds, looking extremely uncomfortable.
"That was probably the happiest summer of my life."
"But my sister, Ariana, has been neglected. She has been looked after by Aberforth, but after the summer vacation, Aberforth has to go to school."
"So, Aberforth pointed at my nose and told me that I had to stay and take care of Ariana."
"He was right, but I didn't realize it at the time. And Garrett defended me and stood by me."
"We had an argument and wands were pulled out."
"Whose spell hit Ariana...and...she died."
Professor Dumbledore let out a choked sob, covering his eyes like a helpless old man.
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(Thanks to "Nine-Tailed Yanhu" and "Book Friends with End Number 0097" for their tips!)
(End of chapter)
