Chapter 1017: Inferi

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The boat drifted slowly towards the island in the middle of the lake.

There was silence except for the soft splash of the bow of the boat breaking through the water. The boat moved forward without human effort, as if an invisible rope pulled it forward toward the central light.

They soon lost sight of the cave wall; this gave Fanlin the illusion of an endless world, as if it was always connected to the sea...an ocean without storms.

Fan Lin's bright blue cat eyes were shining with a strange light, as if he wanted to see the surroundings clearly, but his long-term night vision ability did not bring him any more information, even the one that was supposed to guide them forward in the middle of the lake. The green light has disappeared at this moment.

But to Fan Lin's surprise, the surface of the lake was very clear. When they passed the water, the dim light of Dumbledore's wand reflected little golden lights on the dark water, flickering and jumping. The boat plowed deeply across the glassy water, like grooves carved into a black mirror.

As we drove toward the center of the lake, the illusion of light became clearer.

The entire lake is no longer as inky black as it was at the beginning, as if these colors have melted away with the movement of the canoe, and a faint green glow rises from the bottom of the lake.

Suddenly, a defeated arm floated from the bottom of the boat. Although he had been prepared, Fan Lin was still startled by this gloomy corpse.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Fan Lin has come into contact with black magic such as the Inferi.

In fact, the product of the Inferi is not traditional magic in the British wizarding world, but comes from Africa, a place where evil witchcraft is produced. In order to fight, the local wizards resurrected the dead bodies through some kind of curse. , and the better the talent in life, the stronger the body, the more powerful the Inferi produced.

In those traditional tribes, the earliest appearance of the Inferi was to protect its own tribe. In fact, once a tribe cannot guarantee its own strong combat capabilities, it will easily be engulfed by other tribes.

This point is suitable wherever it is placed, especially on the land of Africa. Through Bill's description, in fact, not many African countries still retain these traditions, and the original form is in the undead. The mummies I’ve seen in places.

In fact, they have many uses and are easily recognized and respected by other tribesmen. In the beginning, they served as the protector gods of the tribe. Moreover, only the corpses of those who have made great contributions to the tribe are qualified to be made into Inferi and continue to guard the tribe after death. This is the highest honor.

However, when this witchcraft was introduced to Europe, after centuries of development and changes, it was gradually transformed by dark wizards into what it is now, becoming a pure black magic.

To resurrect the corpse of the dead, and in order to retain greater strength, the first choice for making the Inferi is a fresh corpse.

Through the refining of black magic, the potential of the human body is constantly amplified. Naturally, the most unified feature of all the Inferi is their immense strength.

The team of the Inferi is also the biggest headache for all warriors. Fortunately, as undead, the characteristics of the Inferi are also extremely obvious. They are afraid of light and fire, and mostly live in dark and humid environments.

This is different from another form of undead that Fan Lin knows.

That's zombies.

Unlike the Inferi, although zombies can also be refined, the harsh conditions are several times more difficult than those of the Inferi.

The biggest difference is that the best zombies will not be the living dead. This is similar to mummies and requires time to accumulate.

Through a long period of accumulation and transformation, the dead body is reborn with vitality and even consciousness.

Some zombies that exist in ancient myths can even transform into living beings.

This is hard for Fan Lin to imagine.

The resurrection of the dead is a taboo topic in itself. As a difficulty that has been handed down from ancient times to the present, it occurs naturally under certain conditions.

There is no doubt that this type of undead is far more powerful than the so-called Inferi, but compared to the degree of bloodshed, the Inferi are not willing to give in.

Fanlin has read records of the training of the Inferi, and the best Inferi are often trained in vivo by the most powerful warriors. The soul is permanently sealed in the body, and the power of the soul is used to feed back the body and make the body Become more powerful.

According to Kreacher's description, a lake of inferi slowly appeared. Judging from Voldemort's methods, if not the best, it was not the worst.

This also means... massacre?

Judging from the clothes of the corpses that just floated by, these were probably Muggles who had no power to resist, or opponents of Voldemort.

And after they die, they will be imprisoned here forever and become Voldemort's minions.

When he thought of this, Fanlin felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

As a wizard, there are many ways to protect him, but Voldemort chose the most cruel method.

This reminded Fan Lin of the description of Voldemort's era in the records: many witches and wizards joined his camp in order to obtain the power he gave them, and more wizards joined because they were afraid of his revenge. "The era of Voldemort's rule was marked by destruction" and became more and more openly violent. Voldemort's followers were called "Death Eaters", and Voldemort regarded them as his "real family". In addition, there were some half-human, half-beast, magical creatures, etc. These Death Eaters arbitrarily used the three unforgivable curses on the witches and wizards who opposed them, and used the Imperius Curse to force them to carry out brutal plunder. Many Muggles were killed by these Death Eaters in the name of "fun".

As for the recorded text, more or less, Fan Lin always felt that it was a bit exaggerated, but when Fan Lin really saw the corpses at the bottom of the lake...

It is not a small number to fill the lake, but at a glance, through the faint green light, the bottom of the lake was full of corpses.

Perhaps there are members of the Order of the Phoenix who have died here, and there is also Regulus who has been confirmed to have died here.

And more, there are the corpses of those Muggles.

It is a very serious mistake for wizards to rule Muggles in the current era, but wizards are irresistible to individual Muggles.

There is no doubt that Muggles are meaningless to wizards except for production, but these people who actually support wizards have to suffer the slaughter of some wizards.

Sure enough, there is no complete fairness, and excessive indulgence will further magnify this unbalanced balance until it leads to destruction.

However, looking at these corpses, which are made into corpses to protect the lives of their killers, it is really a terrible picture.

Compared with Fanlin's disgust, Dumbledore's seriousness, except for indifference, is full of disappointment.

Bloody, barbaric...

This is what the once extremely outstanding boy did, as a wizard who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Respect for life?

To be precise, Voldemort is more afraid of death.

These corpses are the price of the death experiment. Through continuous killing, they hope to understand death and get rid of death? This is not a good idea. In Dumbledore's view, what Voldemort lacks is precisely the perception of life, which is the opposite of death. "Be careful not to touch the water, it will be very troublesome..." Dumbledore said suddenly, and then sailed deeper with the boat. (To be continued)