Chapter 36 [Voldemort: The Past Revisited]
Basil wasn't simply watching others receive packages and letters, secretly feeling envious.
In fact, he was quietly doing something else entirely.
It was something he did every morning.
He loosely clenched his left hand, and with the faintly appearing [Dragon Knight]'s help, the magical magnetic field slowly rotated.
In fact, Basil discovered that as his personal information panel's magic power changed to attack power and the magical magnetic field rotated, his mental power was also slowly permeating the material-oriented magical magnetic field.
In Professor Flitwick's words during Charms class, in this state, his magnetic field could resist spells infused with mental power—
that is, advanced spells.
His unique ability in this world, [Normal Attack], represented an attack power with the characteristics of an advanced spell.
Without time to cast a defensive spell or dodge in various ways, an ordinary wizard could only withstand it with around 10 health points.
But his attack power, enhanced by the spellbook, was 16.
For Basil, [Normal Attack] only required swinging his wand.
As long as his arm didn't ache, he could continue indefinitely.
"Basil, your package." Hermione's words made Basil, who was engrossed in his workout, look up.
A gray owl actually flew towards him.
The package strapped to its leg was a square box.
The moment his hand touched the box,
[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have obtained 10,000 gems!]
"Ten thousand? When did the plot change again?"
"That's almost thirty thousand!"
Basil tried to appear calm.
He opened it in front of Hermione, Harry, and the others who had gathered around.
It was a silver-white book.
He examined it closely; the cover was woven from silver-white unicorn tail hair, radiating a holy aura.
The contents were blank.
Tucked inside was a note, written in thin, concentric circles:
[Your father left this to me before he died. Now it should be returned to you. Use it well.]
"You still have unicorn tail hair?"
"Used it as a cover?"
"How extravagant."
"Do you really need to sell Baboon tuber pus through us?"
Fred and George approached, scrutinizing the book in Basil's hands.
"This is his father's heirloom!" Ron whispered to his brothers, "And why didn't you include me when you had a way to make money? I'm your brother!"
Ron and the twins engaged in a heated exchange.
Hermione looked at Basil with concern,
as if he were some precious, fragile object.
Basil laughed heartily, "I'm not that fragile."
Besides, this might not even be his father's heirloom.
Just moments ago, while he was immersed in the magical magnetic field, he clearly sensed a very subtle, cold, and evil magnetic field beneath this holy field.
He was so familiar with this magnetic field, just like the one hidden beneath Ravenclaw's crown, a field of wisdom as swift as the wind.
And 10,000 gems—it was definitely a key item in the plot.
Without a doubt.
This was a Horcrux, and Voldemort's Horcrux at that.
Considering the world's deflection
, the only connection is his killing of Fenrir.
Basil didn't have time to thank Fenrir; he immediately began to ponder the matter.
Lucius Malfoy had his eye on him again?
Why?
He connected the dots between Ron's words about the Malfoy family's seized shops, the loss of their board seats, and Draco Malfoy's recent predicament.
To get revenge on Dumbledore, to demonstrate Malfoy's power, and to get rid of the Dark Magic artifact while simultaneously venting his anger on him.
This owl was probably disposable.
The circling font was likely a copy of Dumbledore's.
The cover was probably added by Lucius Malfoy as a safety measure to ensure a smooth entry into Hogwarts.
Thinking this, he quickly opened to the first page, but there was no mention of T.M. Riddle.
Impossible!
His twin sister had a copy of what was supposedly a one-to-one replica of the movie book in her bedroom.
She loved it, made him wear Slytherin robes, and called him Lord Riddle.
He knew this book as well as he knew a mole on her body.
The novel was different?
Or was it the power of the unicorn tail on the cover that was suppressing him?
"You said you were alright," Hermione said, looking at Basil's furrowed brow with concern.
Basil grasped Hermione's right hand.
After sacrificing a little of his charm, Hermione quieted down.
Basil could finally do his own thing.
He blinked.
Click!
[Obtained a photo of the Soul Weapon: The Sealed Diary. Want to spend 3000 gems to create a summon card?]
"As expected, its true form is just an ordinary diary, not as expensive as the crown!"
"The crown costs 10,000!"
"Yes!"
Gems: 29538.289 (-3000)
[Soul Weapon: The Sealed Diary]
[Mana Cost: 7]
[Summons a diary sealed in unicorn fur. Injecting 100 points of life force summons [Voldemort: Past Events]. Ignores damage below 50 points.]
[Remove the seal: Can be bound to an enemy unit and cannot be discarded. Only 90 points of life force are needed to summon [Voldemort: Past Events]. Injecting liquid allows dialogue with [Voldemort: Past Events], entering his memories. If trust has been established with an enemy unit, can actively absorb the enemy unit's life force, briefly occupying the enemy unit's body.] [Duration of occupation depends on the enemy unit's willpower and level of trust]
[Weakness: Holy Magic]
[Health Points: 100]
[〖Voldemort - The Past Returns〗]
[Health Points: 0.1~90]
[Note: Health points will not drop to 0 if the diary is not destroyed]
[Magic: 7]
[Family Traits: Parsley (Awakened), Dark Magic Proficiency - Strong (Awakened)]
"Now, the experience bar for the level 3 [Spellbook] has reached 200."
"Strong? This level of Dark Magic Proficiency talent? No wonder he's the Dark Lord, even in his youth he was the same."
"No Luck? Not considered a player unit?"
"However, most importantly, Voldemort's knowledge base has opened up to me!" "
It seems that it doesn't necessarily have to be Fiendfyre to destroy Horcruxes. Basilisk Fang, Gryffindor swords that have absorbed Basilisk venom to strengthen themselves. Instant damage greater than 50 points will also work."
"The diary doesn't do damage in its normal state? In the movie, Ginny established trust with the diary at the beginning of the school year and it lasted until the end of the school year, almost a year."
"Let's calculate it over a year."
"90 points of life force, divided by 365, is approximately 0.2."
"Only 0.2 damage per day, outrageous."
Basil was speechless.
Neville was showing off his newly acquired memory orb.
Everyone's eyes turned to him.
Taking advantage of the situation, Basil swapped spaces, and the diary in his hands appeared in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.
The hole in the Slytherin statue, which Harry hadn't set foot in during the story and the Basilisk couldn't approach, was now empty.
A page of the [Grimoire] lit up, and a new diary appeared in his empty hands.
With a thought, the holy magic on the cover faded.
The words T.M. Riddle began to appear on the first page of the diary.
The life force echoing from Fenrir the Wolf poured frantically into the diary.
When the false life force dropped to 52.347, the silver lettering of Voldemort: The Old Days returned to its former glory on the data panel of the [Hordeal: The Sealed Diary] in the [Grimoire] turned gold.
Youth version of Voldemort achieved!
Thanks to Fenrir! (ω)
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