0260 The Cave (Part-1)

0260 The Cave (Part-1)

It was around eleven o'clock at night, and a bright moon hung in the southwest sky, casting a cold radiance that illuminated the barren landscape. There was not a single cloud in the night sky, and countless stars were embedded in the unfathomable darkness, their light faint and distant.

The temperature was very low, and the waves near the shore were mixed with numerous broken ice blocks that glittered like shards of glass. They crashed against the reefs with a deafening roar, making a sound like thousands of horses galloping on the ground.

Puff!

Bryan, who had changed into a wizard's robe, suddenly appeared behind Sirius, startling him. He was standing on the edge of a high black rock, carefully looking down at the sea below. His eyes reflected the moonlight, and his face was tense and alert.

"Is this the place?"

Bryan looked around cautiously, and saw that behind them was a cliff, with a steep rock wall falling straight down. It was so dark that they could not see its face, only the outline of its jagged edges. And on the shore below, there were many smooth black rocks shaped like goose eggs, piled up like a graveyard of stones. There was no grass or sand, only desolation and gloom.

"How did Voldemort find this place?" After finishing his observation, Remus asked in confusion, "There is nothing here related to magic. I don't understand how Voldemort found this place."

"Maybe Dumbledore can answer your question."

Bryan said with a hint, and looked at the cliff on his right. His eyes suddenly narrowed, as if he had noticed something. He raised his wand and pointed it at a spot on the rock wall, where a faint trace of magic was hidden.

"Where is Regulus, Kreacher?"

Sirius did not care why Voldemort would hide the seemingly important locket in this desolate coast. He only wanted to find his brother's body as soon as possible.

"There is a crack in the cliff over there, master!"

Kreacher pointed at the steep rock wall and said, "Kreacher can go in by himself, but he can't take master Sirius and Wolf-Master Remus with him. Kreacher can't break the magic there!"

"Bryan, you found something, didn't you?"

Remus noticed Bryan's strangeness. He followed his gaze and saw the faint glow of his wand tip.

"The magic flow in that place is unnatural."

Bryan simply said, and then he also came to the edge of the black rock where they stood. His gaze followed the many uneven cracks below the rock that could be used as footholds, until he pointed at the surface layer of ice slag, and the undercurrents below the sea.

"We are not very lucky. The tide is high now. We may have to swim a long distance to get in."

Bryan said calmly.

"Then let's do it!" Sirius said immediately, "My animagus form is good at swimming. That's how I swam back to the mainland from the isolated island where Azkaban is located."

As he spoke, a black light flashed, and Sirius's body became soft like dough. After a twist, the bear-sized black dog appeared in front of them again.

"Then–"

Bryan's interested expression made Remus puzzled, "This is just a normal rock wall, isn't it? I can't see anything special."

Effort can help you overcome some obstacles, but on the road of magic, only those with extraordinary talents can reach the higher levels. Bryan ignored Remus's question, because the scenery on that level could not be explained by words. He was seeing something that ordinary wizards could not see.

In Bryan's vision, the core of the black rock wall was intertwined with countless indistinguishable magic pattern circuits, which formed a magic that connected the space magic power. It could continuously replenish itself with magic power, and only by using the correct method could the rock wall be opened. Using violence was not impossible, but the premise was that you had the ability to move the entire cliff.

"Voldemort probably borrowed some of his ancestor's ideas–"

After a long time, Bryan stepped back a few steps and smiled, "But he also added some of his own style."

"What do you mean, Bryan," Sirius, who couldn't understand anything, said annoyedly, "How on earth are we going to get through this wall?"

"If I'm not wrong," Bryan looked at Kreacher and said with certainty, "We probably need to pay a price, right? I think it's. blood?"

Kreacher had been here twice with the Dark Lord and Regulus, and he knew how to get through the wall. But Bryan saw it by himself without any hint, which made Kreacher very shocked.

"As you said, Mr. Watson–" Kreacher bowed and said respectfully, and then he told the three people what he knew.

As expected, Sirius offered his own blood, and when the glowing door appeared in front of them, Remus, who was healing Sirius, said with disgust,

"I don't understand, why did he set up such a mechanism?"

Remus asked, his voice full of bewilderment and frustration. He couldn't comprehend Voldemort's twisted logic and cruel methods.

"We can only guess–"

Bryan leaned back with his hands behind his back, and looked at the edge of the glowing door with interest. He was fascinated by the ingenious design and the complex magic involved. In the invisible magic world, the life force and magic power from the blood were maintaining the light door, but as the power was consumed, the door outline had already shown a slight contraction, like a dying flame.

"Voldemort probably wanted to weaken the wizards who came here."

Seeing that Remus's confusion did not disappear, Bryan continued, "If there were more than one wizard here, then this door would have limited meaning. It would only serve as a warning and a deterrent. Of course, I don't think Voldemort would allow a bunch of people to approach his hidden and protected dark magic items, so, behind this door, there are probably some other means–"

Bryan led the way, followed by two people and a house elf, and passed through the door. In an instant, the environment changed, and a very strange scene appeared in front of them.

Although they had heard Kreacher's description before, the real scene they saw with their own eyes was more shocking than words.

They stood on the shore of a large black lake, which was vast and boundless, and they couldn't even see the opposite shore. The water was so dark that it seemed to absorb all the light, and they couldn't tell how deep it was. They could imagine that there was an underground river connected to the sea at the bottom of the lake.

This was a huge hollow space inside the mountain. The cave was so high that even Bryan's wand, which shone brightly, could not illuminate the top. It was like a dome that covered the whole lake, and they wondered how it was formed and supported. There were no stalactites or stalagmites, no signs of life or vegetation, only rocks and shadows.

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