Elwyn, Harry, Hermione, and Elaine raised their wands and moved forward along the dark and narrow secret passage.
Soon, their surroundings gradually became brighter.
Without the need for the light from the wands, the darkness was dispelled by the light from the walls, floor, and ceiling.
It was a bright, bright red. The rock wall was like a special bright red that was emitted by heated pig iron or a lit filament. It was the kind of brightness that the rocks emitted after being roasted at a high temperature. The special luster reflected everything red, even the air began to turn bright red.
As the color changed, the temperature rose rapidly. The high temperature roasted everything.
Elwyn estimated that the four of them were now completely immersed in the depths of the magma.
Even with the protection of magic, it could not prevent the rocks from being ignited by the high temperature.
Similarly, even with the protection of magic, it could not insulate Elwyn and the others from the shocking temperature coming from the rock wall.
"It's so hot!" Elaine wiped the sweat off her forehead.
Because of the high temperature, her usually pale face showed a rare hint of red.
"This will make you feel better!" Elwyn waved his wand at Elaine and cast a constant temperature spell on her.
"It's not much cooler. Vampires hate high temperatures." Elaine stuck out her tongue and continued to speak as she opened her collar.
"If this secret chamber is Slytherin's real treasury, what will be underneath?" Harry asked expectantly. His curiosity was piqued. "Will it be a legendary magical item? Like the Double Serpent Wand or the Locket? "
"It's possible. Slytherin has a lot of precious collections. Legendary magical items are only a part of it." Elwyn replied in a relaxed tone. "If I had to say, I would prefer it to be a clue related to the Evil God or the secret treasure key."
Of course, if it was a powerful legendary magical item, Elwyn would not mind.
"But things won't be so simple." He continued, "Don't forget, Slytherin will only leave his treasures to purebloods. I don't think he's just saying it. If there's a real vault down there, he probably won't leave anything for us."
The scene just now reminded Elwyn of this matter.
Strictly speaking, none of them met Slytherin's requirements as a pureblood.
Elwyn and Hermione went without saying. Harry was also a mixed-blood. He had only inherited a part of the Lord Voldemort's bloodline talent in his soul. As for Elaine, she was Slytherin's successor in name, but her actual bloodline was even messier. It was a mixture of Evil God, Vampire, and Wizard.
If Salazar Slytherin was determined to use the purity of his bloodline to choose his successor, then he would definitely leave behind a magic or mechanism to verify the bloodline.
This way, Elwyn, Harry, Hermione, and Elaine did not meet the requirements.
"Hmph, another pureblood. It's hard to believe that the founder of Hogwarts would have such discrimination. To be honest, no matter what Slytherin left down there, I hate this place. " Hermione wrinkled her nose and looked around anxiously. "Now is not the time for treasure hunting. We'd better leave this place as soon as possible. The sprites above must have already discovered us. The track has been destroyed by the giant dragon. They can't come down, but they'll definitely be guarding the passage above …"
"Don't worry about that, Hermione. It doesn't matter how many sprites and Death Eaters are guarding above. We don't have to follow the track out. I've studied the underground structure of Gringotts. This cave leads directly to the alley above. We can ride the dragon and rush up, no one can stop us. " Elwyn stopped as he spoke. The four of them had reached the end, and in front of them was the exit of the secret passage. "Since we're here, we should investigate carefully. Also, we seem to have reached the end. Look, that's the end of the secret passage. Come, let's see what's inside … "
Elwyn came to the end of the secret passage. In front of them was a dark red world, a world made of flames.
In front of him was a path of flames. The four of them stared at the scene in front of them dumbfoundedly. It was as though they had blended into this red world. After staring blankly at this scene for a long time, Elwyn regained his senses. In front of them was a sealed space.
There was no path ahead. The path of flames that Elwyn thought was actually lava.
The top of the secret chamber and the four walls were also occupied by flowing lava. Everything fused together to form this world made of flames.
The high temperature wreaked havoc, the flames seemed to want to devour everything.
In this space that was completely made up of flames, the four of them seemed so small, so isolated and helpless.
Elwyn stood at the end of the secret passage and peered inside. Harry, Hermione and Elaine stood behind him.
On the wall facing them, there was a relief that was similarly covered in lava. That was the statue of Salazar Slytherin.
They couldn't see the statue's appearance clearly, but there was a line of words on the relief that was very obvious.
It wasn't a snake language, but normal English.
The words formed by the protruding stones conveyed this message: The falling blood will verify the truth, the pure-blooded will obtain the treasure.
"The falling blood will verify the truth, the pure-blooded will obtain the treasure!" Elwyn repeated in a low voice.
"What does this sentence mean?"
"It's probably as we guessed. Salazar Slytherin intends to use some method to verify the bloodline of the people who come here, and then decide whether or not to hand over the treasure to them." Elwyn said, carefully looking around. "Hmm, if I'm not wrong, he seems to want us to drip our blood into the lava below?"
"It seems so!" Hermione echoed. She was also looking at the line of words.
"What are you guys talking about?" Harry asked, puzzled.
"It's just a guess, Harry, but it should be about right. Step back, let me try."
Elwyn said as he stretched out his left hand. He held the wand in his right hand and gently swiped it above the index finger of his left hand.
A thin and long wound appeared on his finger, and a few drops of blood flowed out and fell into the endless lava below.
Soon, the blood blended into an even deeper crimson color, as if it had evaporated.
For a moment, nothing happened, but soon, a pillar of fire rose into the sky from where Elwyn's blood fell.
Amidst Harry and Hermione's shouts and a loud roar, the pillar of fire rushed towards Elwyn with astonishing momentum.
Elwyn hurriedly raised his wand, and a protective shield appeared out of thin air, blocking the pillar of fire that was coming towards him.
The flames and magic collided with each other until they were exhausted.
"Elwyn, what just happened?" Hermione asked with wide eyes, pulling Elwyn back. "That pillar of fire …"
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