Earth Immortal Righteous Path

Chapter 304 The End of the Chamber of Secrets

In a blink of an eye, it was already the next morning, and Dumbledore still hadn't come back.

No one could contact him, not even Professor McGonagall, the Vice-Chancellor and member of the Order of the Phoenix.

During the search of the castle, Snape was found passed out in the Potions classroom, clutching a scale in his hand.

A large number of traces of battle remained at the scene, including the blood of some kind of magical creature, a gouged out snake eyeball and the most important fangs of snakes.

After speculation, Snape encountered the basilisk, experienced a difficult battle, and successfully destroyed the opponent's two most threatening eyes and broke the fangs.

"It's unbelievable. Judging from the size of its teeth and eyeballs, this basilisk has a lifespan of at least a thousand years."

"Your dean of Slytherin is really strong. He was able to fight to this extent. It seems that he has the upper hand."

A lecturer from the clock tower is restoring the scene.

"Look, it was around the corner of the corridor that the first battle broke out here. He used some kind of sharp cutting spell and stabbed the basilisk very precisely. There was still liquid left inside the eyeballs. Both eyeballs , including a large part of the head, it is really beautifully done!"

"I heard that he is a master of potions? Maybe he has dealt with similar snake-like biological tissues to be so precise. This magic is actually the key to his victory. In the subsequent battles, this basilisk continued to lose blood. It means that the wounds caused by this magic are difficult to heal, please forgive me for not being able to tell which one it is, similar effects are relatively rare."

This white-gloved lecturer looked fanatical and excited, just like a medical madman.

"After that, he cleverly used the disadvantage of the basilisk's inconvenient turning to transfer, and used various magics to limit the terrain at the dead corner, but the skin of the basilisk can be harmed by ordinary magic spells. Finally, he put This big guy was introduced into this classroom, where he knocked out all his teeth, pulled out his fangs, and even managed to collect the basilisk's venom—excellent technique! You are indeed a master of potions!"

The lecturer groped for a long time in the semi-coagulated blood at the bottom, and finally found a palm-sized short-necked bottle, which was stained with a lot of blood.

"That's it. He tossed the basilisk enough. The venom taken from the living basilisk is of the best quality."

"So, what about the basilisk now?"

Professor McGonagall tried her best. There were too many accidents that happened this night, so many that she couldn't handle it for a while.

First, Harry Potter died in a duel with others, then the dark wizard invaded, and then found that the students of his college colluded to deceive the teacher to steal black magic from the restricted area, and when he returned to the castle, he found that Lockhart had taken his life, and then It was an earth-shattering battle, and the head of Slytherin, Snape, fell into a coma.

Up to now, there is no statistics on how many places were destroyed during Snape's short fight with the Basilisk, and how many students who were traveling at night or watching the excitement were accidentally injured.

The clock tower didn't stop, and asked Hogwarts to give an explanation.

However, Dumbledore, who was supposed to be the leader, has been absent.

All things are on her shoulders alone, and now Hogwarts is only her, the vice headmaster, who can make decisions.

It's a pity that she is not young anymore, and she has to deal with so many troublesome things.

Merlin, why are there so many events at Hogwarts this year?

Professor McGonagall felt the hostility of the world.

"Basilisk, that guy was seriously injured, and he's not much of a threat anymore. He lost his deadly sight, his fangs, and lost too much blood. I suspect he's dead."

The lecturer stood up and sprinkled a silver powder, and many traces appeared on the ground, which seemed to be hard-to-find slime.

"Follow the mucus to find the basilisk. It is seriously injured and cannot escape very far."

In the end, they found a water supply pipe from centuries ago at the opening of the hole.

"Look, this is a common design for medieval castles. I've seen similar ones in Ghost Castle, but this one is even older."

"The nobles at that time used groundwater, well water, spring water, and even condensed water in the humid air to create a very complete water supply system inside the walls, which is still not outdated until now. Hogwarts seems to be more advanced, It has special magical maintenance, and it still works well after thousands of years."

"Actually, I have always been very interested in the water supply network of this castle. If I can..."

Another lecturer seemed to be very interested in similar architectural designs. He chattered endlessly in front of the big hole in the wall, as if he had seen some precious architectural examples, and told everyone his views.

Professor McGonagall finally couldn't take it anymore and interrupted him.

"Excuse me... I would like to ask what course do you teach?"

Several lecturers on one side coughed and gestured with their eyes.

"Well, I teach magical architecture and engineering at school."

Only then did he realize that this was not a suitable place to talk about his major, it was a bit embarrassing.

"Before I came into contact with magic, I studied civil engineering at Southeast University in China. I especially like architecture, especially the architecture of the wizarding world."

"I'm really sorry for wasting everyone's time."

He got out of his way and stepped aside with a smile.

"Professor McGonagall, there are water supply pipes inside, and the basilisk seems to be transferred through these pipes all over the castle."

"Do you know where it leads?"

Everyone is gathered here, except for a few professors who are comforting the students.

Professor McGonagall thought for a while and shook his head.

"This was a long time ago. Unless you find the castle design of the Slytherin family at that time, no one knows how these pipes are arranged."

"I only know that the sewage will be discharged directly to the bottom of the Black Lake, and it has been down like this for thousands of years."

No one wants to go into the sewer, right?
This place has been used for thousands of years, do you know how dirty the sewer is?

Even if there are house-elfs belonging to Hogwarts who have followed the old rules and maintained it on time, it can't change the fact that it is dirty here.

"Then, I'm afraid we won't be able to find the basilisk unless someone knows where it usually hides."

"After all, it's such a long pipeline..."

So said the Muggle Studies professor.

For a while, the field fell into silence.

The whereabouts of the basilisk must be tracked down.

Even though it was blinded and its fangs were knocked off, it was still a dangerous basilisk, and its body alone was enough to torture and kill students.

Letting go is the greatest irresponsibility.

But what to do?

It's also impossible for them to really get into these pipes that don't know where they lead, and play hide-and-seek with the basilisk.

"I know where the basilisk will go."

A voice spoke softly.

They looked over, and at some point, Hermione was standing there.

"Hermione? Good girl, why are you here?"

Professor McGonagall's first reaction was that there was another brat who violated the regulations for night travel.

"Professor, I found some information, which may be helpful to you."

"Please come with me, I will take you to find the basilisk."

As soon as the words fell, she turned around and left.

"Fifty years ago, there was a big incident at Hogwarts. A Ravenclaw girl was found dead in the girls' toilet, and it has been abandoned ever since."

On the way, she explained this to the professor behind her.

"It turns out that the weeping myrtle also died under the gaze of the basilisk."

Professor McGonagall suddenly realized.

The legend about the Chamber of Secrets is enduring. At that time, the Ministry of Magic even sent Aurors and strikers to check the castle for three days, but they forgot the water pipes.

When I came to the toilet, Myrtle was no more. In fact, she would never come back. She was exiled to an unknown place, and even a ghost could not find a way to come back.

On a copper dragon head on the left side of the pool, they found a small dark golden snake engraved on the side of the dragon head, which was carved lifelike.

"That's it. Someone once spoke here in Parseltongue. Myrtle told me that she heard a hissing sound."

Several professors inspected for a moment, nodding to each other.

"Good girl, thank you for your help, fifty points to Gryffindor."

Professor McGonagall gave a rare smile.

"Let's leave it to us adults. Go back and have a good rest. We probably won't be able to go to class today."

"If you want, you can inform the prefects to convey the news. Before we finish dealing with the matter here, all students cannot go out alone, and must act collectively."

"I will, Professor."

Hermione looked normal and nodded at her.

She really needs to take a rest, there will be more troubles in the future!

After getting this crucial news, the entrance to the secret room was difficult for so many professors.

It is not realistic to learn Parseltongue temporarily, so Professor McGonagall turned the toilet door into a slender boa constrictor and ordered it to come forward.

The boa constrictor spitting snake letters and hissing at the faucet, probably meaning something like "get out of the way", "open" and "get out of the way".

As a result, the passage was opened, and some people followed down, while others responded from above.

The secret room that has been dormant for 50 years has once again welcomed new visitors.

This time, it will be time to solve this big trouble thoroughly.

In the secret room, they found the basilisk that had lost too much blood and was already dying.

In addition, there are some things like Slytherin's previous experiment logs, but unfortunately all the valuable ones have already been taken away by Tom Riddle.

They brought back the body of the basilisk and finally sealed the chamber again.

"Now, it's finally solved a problem."

However, the duel was not over yet, and Professor McGonagall only felt tired for a while.

(End of this chapter)