Chapter 497 Decryption of Cutting-Edge Black Magic!

"The Dark Lord's secret?" Sirius was very surprised. He suddenly realized that Regulus's death might have something to do with it, so he hurriedly asked.

"What secret has Regulus told you?"

"Master Regulus did not tell Kreacher." The old house elf shook his head, "Kreacher only knew that the Dark Lord asked Master Regulus for a house elf after that."

"It seems to be related to this locket!" Lupine said with certainty. Regulus was willing to destroy this thing at the cost of his life, which shows that this is very important.

Ivan understood that Regulus should be referring to the secret of Voldemort's immortality - Horcruxes!

From this, it can be inferred that there must be records of Horcruxes in the Black family's library.

Regulus probably had some impressions from reading related books in the early years, and then he happened to be present when Voldemort killed people and made Horcruxes, or Voldemort was exposed in other places.

In short, Regulus had some guesses in his mind, so he went back to the library to look through the books, trying to find more information.

Thinking of this, Ivan turned to look at Kreacher and asked. "Kreacher, do you remember that Regulus read those books?"

The house elf shook his head again. The pile of books that Master Regulus read in those few days was even higher than it was. Moreover, it had been more than ten years and it could no longer remember clearly.

"Can't we just go to the library and look for it?" Lupine suggested. They just need to do what Regulus did before.

"That's right! But you have to be prepared, there may be a lot of books there!" Sirius said.

many? How many can there be?

Ivan really has no idea in his mind. He has already seen several books in the library, and no matter how many, can they compare to Hogwarts?

But when Sirius led them into the underground library, everyone was shocked.

"There are too many books here, right?" Ivan looked around and couldn't help but exclaimed.

The entire library is like a square, with rows of bookshelves arranged neatly, with no end in sight at a glance.

It's just that because it hasn't been taken care of for a long time, it is covered with dust, and some of the close joints of the bookshelves are even covered with spider webs.

"This is the entire collection of books that Black has accumulated over thousands of years!" Sirius explained with a smile, somewhat proudly in his words. There is probably no family in England that has more books than the Black family.

"But if we search for each book one by one, when will we find it?" Harry asked a very embarrassing question.

Sirius' smile stuck on his face.

Fortunately, although Kreacher did not remember every book Regulus had read, he still had some impressions of the areas where Regulus had been, which directly narrowed the scope of the search.

After determining the general scope, everyone split up to search.

Ivan randomly found a bookshelf and scanned the names of each book. Knowing that it was related to Horcruxes, he only needed to look for books related to souls and advanced black magic.

But Ivan is also a little helpless. He obviously knows everything, but he has to pretend not to know. If it weren't for his good acting skills, he might have been exposed long ago.

It would be nice to take the opportunity to bring the Horcrux issue to the table now, so as not to have to lie every time he faces this problem.

Ivan scanned the books on the bookshelf, occasionally taking out a few books and opening them. When he found that there was no record of Horcruxes, he put them back.

Just walking all the way to the end, Ivan unexpectedly saw that a magic book was not properly put back on the bookshelf, but was just leaning on the corner of the bookshelf.

There is some dust on the writing, and you can only vaguely see the picture on the cover and a few intermittent words.

Ivan couldn't help but feel something familiar. After picking up the book with his hand, the touch proved this even more. The cover felt obviously different from other books, a bit like touching skin.

"Huh~" Ivan gently blew away the dust on it, and the cover of the book gradually appeared, with the words "Decryption of Advanced Black Magic" written on it!

Looking at the title of the book on the cover, Ivan's pupils narrowed.

He had not forgotten that when he was in first grade, he found an identical book in the restricted area of ​​Hogwarts.

At that time, I was not strong enough to crack the magic on it, and I was busy looking for "Origin of Bloodline", so I didn't have time to check it out.

Waiting until the second grade, Ivan thought he could break the protection. When he watched "Decryption of Advanced Black Magic", the book disappeared. He rummaged through the entire forbidden book area but could not find it. It was most likely hidden by Dumbledore, but I didn't expect there to be a copy here!

But that's right, the Black family is the oldest wizarding family in the British magical world, and most of its members are biased towards dark wizards. It is normal to have such a high-end black magic book collection.

Regulus probably also learned the secret of Horcrux through this book.

Ivan recalled the protective mechanism he encountered when he opened the book. He gently touched the cover of the book with his hand, sensing the movement of the magic power, and found the node in a few seconds.

"The curse stops!" Ivan put the wand against the node and input the magic power. The title text on the cover slowly lit up, and then gradually dimmed after a moment.

Soon, Ivan felt the book in his hand tremble as if it was alive, and he opened it automatically.

The difference is that this time there is no black mist or human face, and there is no scream that seems to hit the soul directly.

Ivan raised the corners of his mouth, and then began to open the contents of the book.

However, after turning a few pages, Ivan's face became very serious, and he felt a chill in his heart.

The vicious curses, inhumane sacrifices, and self-mutilating black magic books recorded in the books are horrifying.

To sum up, it is harming others and harming oneself.

After Ivan finished reading half of the book, this was the only thought left in his mind. At the same time, he also understood why the mediocre Peter Pettigrew was able to blow up a street using a thunderbolt explosion.

Peter Pettigrew used a kind of black magic that relied on self-mutilation to increase the power of the curse. The more painful he was, the greater the damage he suffered, and the stronger the power of the curse was!

This is just the price of a finger. What if it is an entire arm or a leg?

Ivan could not imagine how much the power of magic would increase.

Of course, it is not a good thing if the power of the spell is too strong. Once the caster cannot control it, the magic will backfire on the caster.

Countless wizards have died because of this, and basically every few years you hear of someone being killed or injured by the magic they cast.

Thanks to Momomo Xiaoyan for the 1,000 starting coins, and the admirals of Wanshiwuwujiangchang, Tianyi Liusu, Guhong Yefei, and Mrs. Lie for the 100 starting coins.