Chapter 380 "Flying Fish"

Sherlock had never seen Regulus, but he was still going to the Black family's ancestral home, so he was not unfamiliar with the name.

"Sirius's younger brother?"

Dumbledore nodded.

"He had been involved with the Death Eaters during his school days, and after graduation, he directly expressed his attitude without any disguise, and became a loyal subordinate of Voldemort."

After confirming the identity of the visitor, they stopped talking and watched Regulus and Kreacher, the master and servant, approach the stone platform.

Regulus seemed to say something to Kreacher, and Kreacher became very frightened.

He shouted in panic, and his eyes, which were already surprisingly large, seemed to jump out of his eye sockets with excitement.

But Regulus' expression was very firm. He shook his head to reject Kreacher's proposal, and then gave him a certain order with a stern expression.

Kreacher's face became sad. He was forced to do something he didn't want to do.

Then, the white shadow of Regulus scooped up the poison in the stone basin and drank it!

The poison used by Voldemort to protect the Horcrux was extremely powerful. After taking the third sip, Regulus knelt on the ground and cried and couldn't drink it anymore.

At this time, Kreacher painfully and faithfully carried out the order given to him by his master before. He forcefully fed the potion into Regulus' mouth, no matter how he begged.

Obviously, before preparing to drink the poison, Kreacher had received higher-level instructions.

In this way, Regulus drank all the potions in the stone basin by himself, and finally he collapsed to the ground, his body twitching in pain.

But Kreacher did not stop his hand movements.

He took out a pendant from the empty stone basin, and then took out a new pendant from his body and put it in.

Regulus couldn't resist the thirsty feeling in his mouth, which seemed to be burning. He struggled to crawl to the lake, just like Kreacher before, wanting to drink the water in the lake.

But before he could open his mouth, he seemed to be pulled by something, and countless hands grabbed him, as if to drag him into the bottom of the lake!

Kreacher screamed, he rushed to Regulus and grabbed his master's ankle, it seemed that he wanted to use Apparition.

But his body disappeared on the spot, and Regulus did not leave with him!

The magic set up by Voldemort here is extremely powerful. Although there are loopholes like house elves, even if there are elves with them, wizards cannot leave with them.

After discovering that Regulus was not taken away, Kreacher returned here again.

He knelt on the ground sadly, and watched in despair as his most beloved young master was dragged into the lake bit by bit by those arms, until the white shadow representing Regulus completely disappeared on the rocky island.

Kreacher's white shadow knelt on the ground and cried for a long time, and finally disappeared into the cave with the locket taken from the stone basin.

The island fell into silence.

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Sherlock and Dumbledore were both silent. No one spoke. This silence lasted for a long time.

Until Sherlock broke the silence first.

"Regulus betrayed Voldemort. After he got the information about the Horcrux from Kreacher, he came back here with him to take it away."

Dumbledore's expression was very complicated, with sighs, relief, anger, and guilt. He spoke.

"He didn't let Kreacher sacrifice for him. He really regarded this elf as his family. Everyone thought he was Voldemort's most loyal subordinate until his death. But from his performance, he is very different from the image that others have in their minds. I also misunderstood him before. He would rather die than let the elf replace him. This behavior is enough to show his character."

Sherlock was also very emotional. Not all pure-blood families are brainless and only care about interests.

Among them, there are not only outliers like the Weasley family, noble people like the Longbottom family, but also polarized families like the Black family. Some members are willing to die for Voldemort, while others have become figures like Sirius and Regulus.

"Since we have seen these, we will vindicate Regulus. Professor, the key now is that the real locket originally placed here has long been replaced by Kreacher. Now it is most likely a fake under the poison, and the real Horcrux is probably only known by Kreacher."

"We have to find Kreacher and ask him where the locket he exchanged is."

The historical picture prevented them from taking unnecessary risks first. From the current situation, Sherlock's feeling is not wrong at all. The things hidden here have nothing to do with Horcruxes.

Dumbledore turned into a crow again, stood on Sherlock's shoulder, and walked onto the boat with him.

The moment they got on the boat, the ghostly hull began to move automatically and left the rocky island.

However, as the boat slid toward the shore, countless ripples appeared on the originally calm lake surface!

"They were startled." Sherlock frowned and said.

Dumbledore, who was standing on his shoulder, opened his sharp beak.

"Fire, this is what the Inferi fear the most."

As soon as he finished speaking, countless pale arms stretched out from the lake!

Those walking corpses, the inferi that moved solely by their own consciousness like wild beasts, jumped out of the lake, like a school of flying fish jumping in the sea.

And all their targets are only the boat that Sherlock and Dumbledore are riding on!

Sherlock didn't recite a spell, and dozens of wands appeared around him at some point.

The wands floated beside him, waving them in unison!

The moment all the small wooden sticks finished their last wave and danced downward suddenly, the surrounding air suddenly became restless!

At the moment when the Inferi, which was the first to jump up from the bottom of the lake, had already leapt into the air and landed on top of Sherlock's head, red and yellow flames exploded like fireworks!

The scorching heat spread from the center of the circle around the boat where Sherlock and Dumbledore were. The inferi that could not escape opened their mouths wide and did not even have time to scream in pain. In the blink of an eye, they were covered by the overwhelming flames. Devour!

The calm lake surface in the original version has turned into a sea of ​​fire. The boat continues to move towards the shore. In the direction it goes, the flames will automatically separate to leave a path for them to leave this gloomy place.