Chapter 662 The Third Horcrux
Although there could be an issue with the curse itself, the concept in the book was novel, and Evan suddenly became intrigued.
He read the book as quickly as he could and perused all the remaining books.
In addition to the Howl of Inferno magic, he also found a dark magic book titled Apocalypse. It was a curse that Evan had never seen before. It was a very deep dark magic, belonging to the demonic system.
He simply sat on the dusty floor and read the book, immersing himself in it, turning the pages... By the time he briefly studied the Apocalypse magic, it was already 1 p.m.
He woke up abruptly and realized it was already very late, so he stored the two dark magic books.
There were tens of thousands of hidden magic books like this in that room.
Of course, not all were useful books and they needed to be reviewed one by one by Evan. The process was very tedious and boring.
However, he was not impatient. Instead, he found it very fascinating and was willing to come here more often in his free time.
Evan continued forward and arrived at a large cupboard.
The cupboard was dark brown, with a classic style, and seemed to have had acid thrown on its blistered surface.
Evan hesitated for a moment and opened the creaking doors of the cupboard. He found a cage inside.
The thing in the cage had died long ago. Its skeleton had five legs. He didn't want to imagine what kind of creature it was.
This room was full of dark secrets, all hidden by students from the past.
Although Hogwarts seemed relatively peaceful and prohibited students from studying dark magic, secretly, no student actually adhered to this school rule. Their scope and depth of research in the field of forbidden magic were unimaginable.
Especially in an era of hundreds of years, the wizarding world and the entire world were not as peaceful as they were today, and wars were frequent.
In such cases, powerful dark magic and dangerous taboos were very popular among wizards.
Evan watched as he continued forward, delving deeper into a maze of trash and forbidden items.
He knew exactly what he was looking for. It was a shattered bust of an old and ugly wizard with an old, dusty wig and a tiara on the statue's head. The plain crown on the head was the Diadem of Ravenclaw, the Diadem of wisdom!
Voldemort used magic to alter the appearance of the Diadem, causing it to lose its original shine.
Although the specific target was determined, the entire room was too vast with too many things inside.
Evan was not as fortunate as Harry. He wandered for a long time without finding it.
Passing by a pile of trash, he saw many broomsticks at the top. He mounted one and flew into the air, stopping at the highest point, surveying the entire room from top to bottom.
On the high trash heap, he saw bottles, hats, boxes, chairs, books, weapons, brooms, wands...
In the next moment, Evan saw the bust standing on a crooked and cluttered wardrobe. At the top was the ancient and faded diadem.
Evan's heart beat hard, unable to contain his excitement.
He controlled the broom, swooped down and made a beautiful turn, holding the Diadem of Ravenclaw in his hand.
Evan landed, the rusty diadem in his hand, appearing like a simple iron ring, devoid of any mystery.
But inside, he could see the famous quote by Rowena Ravenclaw: "Intelligence, the measure of a man, is his greatest treasure."
Bingo! That was the Diadem of Ravenclaw!
The moment he held the diadem in his hand, Evan felt the familiar surge of power invading his spirit.
That was Voldemort's power. Unlike Tom Riddle's Diary and Slytherin's Locket, Voldemort's power was very strong in turning the Diadem of Ravenclaw into a Horcrux. That was his third Horcrux.
At that moment, he had returned from his journey, completed the transformation of his body, and acquired a powerful Dark force.
He was no longer as handsome as he was when he was a student. By the time he acquired such power, he had already become a monster.
Just like the Dark Lord seen by future generations, he completely underwent the transformation from Tom Riddle to Voldemort.
His pale and lifeless face seemed like wax, twisted in a strange way, and his white eyes appeared to be forever filled with blood...
During that period, publicly using the title of Voldemort, he gathered the Death Eaters, summoned dark wizards and pure-blood wizarding families to form an alliance, prepared to launch the Wizarding War, and implemented his brutal regime and pure-blood theory with the lives and blood of countless innocent people.
Shortly after turning the Diadem into a Horcrux, he returned to Hogwarts.
Once again, Voldemort applied to Dumbledore for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, an obsession of his, and in doing so, he intended to seize the opportunity to steal Gryffindor's Sword and hide Ravenclaw's Diadem.
As expected, Dumbledore once again rejected his application.
Thus, Voldemort held a grudge and cursed the role of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, so that all teachers in the discipline could not work for more than a year due to various unfortunate reasons.
The power of this curse was so strong that Evan suspected Voldemort had used the lives and souls of dozens of innocents as sacrifices.
Even Dumbledore had no way to break this curse, and could only find new Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers year after year.
So far, all wizards who knew the reason were not willing to easily accept this position.
When Evan landed on the ground, Voldemort's voice began to appear in his ear, haunting him to put on the Diadem.
Along with the dreadful voice, a surge of spiritual power began to invade Evan's consciousness and penetrate his soul.
Evan ignored the voice, found a table, and skillfully took out the Basilisk fang. He was already familiar with how to handle Horcruxes and had enough experience.
Evan aimed the fang in his hand at the center of the Diadem and thrust it forcefully...
Suddenly, a sharp cry of pain echoed in Evan's ears.
At first, it was only faintly audible, extremely weak and extremely distant, but with Evan's action, the cry grew louder and louder.
In the next second, a bloody, black, sticky substance began to seep from the Diadem.
Suddenly, Evan felt the Diadem vibrating violently and then splitting into two with a thunderous crack.
Thus, the Diadem of Ravenclaw was left, broken...