"Professor!" Harry hurried to the place.
Dumbledore endured the severe pain and said, "Leave me alone and carry on."
Looking at the shell in his hand, Harry got up and walked towards the stone basin with a grim expression on his face, making Dumbledore relieved to see him leave.
Gritting his teeth and straightening his body, he secretly blamed Lucas in his heart.
If only he had known the potion would be so painful.
No matter what he said, he wouldn't have agreed to drink it.
It's a pity that there is no medicine for regret in this world, and the plan has already reached this point, so Dumbledore could only bite the bullet and continue acting.
The potion in the stone basin was naturally not the one that Voldemort had prepared.
Instead, Professor Snape prepared a potion that would destabilize the soul.
The pain Dumbledore felt was the reaction to the separation of soul and body.
This is also to prevent the soul from being damaged due to the sudden separation from the body when he takes the Soul Pill.
"Professor, drink it up." Harry returned to Dumbledore with the shell in his hand.
Seeing the old man shut his mouth in pain, Harry reached out and grabbed his chin.
With the mouth forced open, a second bowl of potion entered Dumbledore's stomach.
The effect of the potion became more powerful.
Because of his unstable soul, Dumbledore saw many images of the past.
For example, he saw his brother Aberforth, and he also saw Gellert Grindelwald. Then he even ended up seeing his sister Arianna.
"Anna, I'm sorry!"
Hearing that Dumbledore had started talking nonsense. Instead of comforting him, Harry poured the potion into his mouth even faster.
"Harry, I can't drink any more, no!"
"Professor, in order to defeat Voldemort, you must drink it."
Downing the last bowl of potion, Dumbledore immediately scratched his throat with both hands.
"Water, Harry, give me water!"
But Harry couldn't care about finding water for him.
He turned around and came to the stone basin, seeing the locket placed at the bottom, his face was overjoyed.
"Professor, we are done!"
Harry came to Dumbledore's side with the locket in his hand, only then did he notice that he was crying about being thirsty.
He took some water from the lake with the shell, and after feeding it to Dumbledore, Harry helped him back the same way they came.
"Professor, hold on, when we are out of the cave, we still need to rely on your apparition to go back."
Dumbledore was speechless.
…
Hogwarts, entrance hall.
Tonight Hestia Jones and Bill Weasley were guarding the gate.
As Voldemort became stronger and stronger, Bill also returned to England from Egypt.
As the eldest son in the family, he must come back and be with his family in times of crisis.
"Bill, you work in Egypt, don't you have a girl you like?"
Bill tied his long hair behind his head, and smiled shyly when he heard Hestia's question.
He was just about to answer when he heard the sound of several footsteps in the corridor beside him.
The two looked at each other. Such messy and heavy footsteps don't sound like students at all.
Pulling out their wands, Bill and Hestia's expressions became extremely dignified.
'Petrificus Totalus!'
The curse suddenly flew out of the darkness and Hestia was petrified without even seeing the direction the spell was coming from.
"Reducto!"
Bill's spell flew towards the corner of the wall in the darkness.
He didn't even look to confirm if he hit before turning around and running to the infirmary.
The spell grazed Bellatrix's arm and kept flying behind her.
Immediately afterwards, a loud noise sounded in the silent corridor.
Looking at the knight armor scattered on the ground, Bellatrix chuckled and said, "Going to alert the others? Interesting!"
At the same time, the members of the Order of the Phoenix guarding all over the castle looked at the knight armor around them one after another.
A loud sound came from the helmet. This is their warning magic prepared in advance.
Something happened in the foyer, so preparing to help, Kingsley drew out his wand, and strode towards the stairs.
Inside the infirmary, Moody had just put on his rebuilt prosthetic leg.
When he walked out of the gate of the infirmary, he just saw Bill running towards the infirmary.
"Get down!" Moody yelled, and slammed his staff to the ground.
The dazzling green light passed over Bill and killed the Death Eater who was chasing him.
The battle is imminent.
Bellatrix, Fenrir Greyback the werewolf, and Rodolphus Lestrange led several Death Eaters to fight against members of the Order of the Phoenix.
Fighting has spread to the foyer, basement, great hall and teaching areas.
Students in the four Houses could hear the sound of fighting outside the dormitory.
They never thought that the war would be so close to them.
The battle was in a stalemate until Professor McGonagall dragged her weak body and arrived with other professors.
"Greyback, you can't escape today!"
Bill and Professor Sprout chase the fleeing werewolf.
The two didn't notice that he was actually leading them to the side away from the battlefield step by step.
When Professor Sprout realized something was wrong they were already surrounded by Death Eaters.
Professor Sprout can become the Head of Hufflepuff, not only because of her excellent knowledge of Herbology.
Bill Weasley is also very good. Not only has he been a prefect and Head Boy during his time at Hogwarts, he even got 12 O.W.Ls.
The two teamed up against the Death Eaters for a while, and they were still at a disadvantage.
Greyback obviously didn't expect that two unremarkable people would have such fighting power, so he quietly retreated to the side and waited for an opportunity.
Finally, when Bill made a mistake, he rushed forward and bit the opponent seriously.
Although Greyback hadn't transformed, the wound he had bitten still carried a strong curse.
The tables turned and Professor Sprout was left alone.
Just when Greyback was about to finish off the two of them, a spark exploded in the sky.
Watching the huge Dark Mark appear in the sky, Greyback knew that it was time for him to gather with the others. The purpose of their coming here today was not to deal with these irrelevant people.
Arranging for his men to block Sprout, Greyback turned and ran in the direction of the Astronomy Tower.
…
The sound of Apparition resounded in the village of Hogsmeade.
Dumbledore looked a little brighter than before, he was at least not in the same dazed way anymore.
"Oh~ Albus? What's wrong with you?"
"Rosmerta, I need to rest for a bit."
Dumbledore's voice sounded very weak.
If it wasn't for Harry's support, he might have fallen to the ground long ago.
Madam Rosmerta did not ask the reason, but quickly walked into her shop with the two of them.
Just when she turned around to get food for them, she suddenly saw the Dark Mark outside the window.
"Albus, look!"
Harry followed her finger first.
When he saw the skull mark with a snake coming out from its mouth in the sky, his heart felt very complicated.
"Professor, the school seems to be invaded by Death Eaters."
Dumbledore nodded, signaling Harry to take it easy.
"Rosmerta, when did the Dark Mark appear?"
"Just now," Rosmerta recalled, "just as I turned around to pour water."
"Rosmerta, I need two brooms!"
"Oh, sure!" Rosmerta waved her wand, and two brooms flew out of a room close by.
Not long after, two broomsticks were in front of them.
…
Astronomy Tower.
As he looked at the two figures flying towards this side. Lucas, who was hiding under the cloak of invisibility, immediately lifted his spirits.
In his magical perception, Draco Malfoy had come to the door at the top of the tower.
Everything is ready, now he's just waiting for the actors to appear on the stage.
Dumbledore didn't keep Lucas waiting, and within a minute he landed in the tower along with Harry.
"Harry, go and wake Severus up, tell him what happened, and have him come to me, go."
Dumbledore ordered, leaning weakly against the wall.
Harry nodded, and was just about to open the door leading downstairs when he heard footsteps outside.
Dumbledore braced himself against Harry, and at the same time drew his wand and cast the Disillusionment Charm on him.
"Harry, stand back and hide!"
Harry, who was in the invisible state, immediately retreated to the corner. Then he felt stiff all over, as if someone had cast a petrifying spell on him.
In the next second, the door of the tower was knocked open, and a red light flew in the moment the door opened.
Along with the red curse, there was a familiar voice: "Expelliarmus!"
Dumbledore, Harry, and Lucas, who was hiding in the dark, all turned their gazes to the wand in mid-air.
Lucas knew his plan had worked.
As long as he defeats Draco with the Disarming Charm, the Elder Wand will belong to him.
Dumbledore withdrew his gaze, turned his back to the wall and looked at the person coming: "Good evening, Draco."
Draco stood there trembling slightly as he pointed his wand at Dumbledore, feeling a little agitated.
Just thinking about how he'd just disarmed the greatest wizard of the century just now was mind-blowing.
Dumbledore said gently at this time: "Actually, I've been waiting for you for a long time, you are here to kill me, right?"
Harry, who was hiding in the corner, showed disbelief in his eyes.
He tried to draw his wand to help Dumbledore, but the petrification prevented him from moving.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from below and Harry vaguely heard Bellatrix's voice.