Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 172 Immortality
The sea was calm, and the slightly cold sea breeze blew Jon's black hair on his forehead.
The direct cause of such changes in the world must be Voldemort.
It is precisely because he has undergone such a great change, becoming rational, wise and powerful, that all the current situations have occurred.
Therefore, investigating why Voldemort has undergone such a drastic change is not only to find out the cause and effect, but also to prepare for defeating this most evil dark demon from ancient times to the present.
The prerequisite for defeating the enemy is to understand the enemy first.
And Dumbledore has obviously not been without gain in these years. He has never given up investigating Voldemort's past. This voyage means that he has achieved some results.
Nick, who is now meeting up with Jon and the others, is one of the results.
"Yes, this is what Dumbledore came to me and asked me to help him with that year." Nick looked serious.
"Dumbledore never gave up investigating the Dark Lord's past, especially after Hogwarts Castle was completely occupied. He personally visited many places and came up with a very crucial answer - Voldemort, he once obtained the power of immortality!"
Jon listened to Nick's words without showing too much shock on his face.
He knew what this so-called power of immortality was. The Horcrux was Voldemort's plan for immortality that he had already started when he was a student using the name Tom Riddle.
Voldemort fears death.
When he first learned that he was a wizard and was frightened by the magic displayed by Dumbledore, he was fascinated by such a wonderful and powerful power.
But soon, he discovered, as he absorbed knowledge like a sponge, that no matter how powerful magic was, it could not help people escape death.
This was something Voldemort couldn't understand.
He knew about the existence of the Philosopher's Stone and Nicolas Flamel, but he disdained this false immortality. He believed that this kind of eternal life relying on external objects was not defeating death at all, but lingering under the oppression of death. Once the Philosopher's Stone was lost, Nicolas Flamel would surely die.
So he began to look for an immortality that he could control himself, that belonged entirely to him and that no one could take away from him.
After continuous searching and research, he finally found a magic - the Horcrux!
Use the most evil killing to split your soul, and then place the split part on an object or living thing to form a Horcrux.
As long as the Horcrux is not destroyed, the person who created it will be immortal.
This perfectly meets Voldemort's requirements. Although the Horcrux is an independent product, it is his own soul that resides in the object, and naturally it is his own power. In his eyes, this form of immortality is many times stronger than the false one of using the Philosopher's Stone to make elixir of life.
After that, as revealed in the original book, Voldemort, who was highly appreciated by Slughorn at the time, obtained information about Horcruxes from his dean, and then found all the information about this magic in the Hogwarts library. With the help of the Basilisk released by the first opening of the Chamber of Secrets, he killed Myrtle and made his diary into the first Horcrux!
From the moment this Horcrux was created, Voldemort had actually mastered the power .
But after this, he did not stop his actions.
A Horcrux could not satisfy him at all. After all, as long as the diary was destroyed, he was still likely to die. More importantly, Voldemort had always believed that "7" was a very magical number.
He wanted to create seven Horcruxes to satisfy his own selfish desires and at the same time better guarantee his immortality.
He is also arrogant and has extremely high requirements for every object that can become the sustenance of his soul, so his plan to split his soul and make Horcruxes has been proceeding in an orderly manner.
This is why Voldemort . As long as all his Horcruxes are not destroyed, he can always be resurrected, and such a resurrection will not even cause any loss to his own strength.
But now everything has changed.
When John sneaked into the headmaster's office in Hogwarts Castle and saw the relics of the four founders of Hogwarts placed on the desk, he had already guessed that the Horcruxes might have become a thing of the past.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to keep such precious things together in a place that his enemies would try every means to enter.
"That immortal power makes him extremely powerful. Even if someone in the magic world is truly stronger than him, there is no way to defeat him. But although he cannot be killed, such a powerful power is not without any flaws."
Nick said seriously.
"According to Dumbledore's investigation, he is using killing to split his soul in order to achieve his goal of immortality. However, the soul has always been the most fundamental consciousness of a person. For wizards who rely on willpower to drive magic, this is the key among the keys."
"The Dark Lord was splitting his soul without restraint. The constant killing made him consumed by violent and crazy emotions. This made his dark magic more powerful, but he also completely lost his mind."
"Those who followed him at the beginning were actually all attracted by his charisma and lofty ideals. After all, at the beginning he did not have such a strong power and was still a nobody in the entire magic world."
"After he lost his mind, he became even more terrifying, like a madman who only knew how to destroy things, and at the same time, more people were unable to accept his existence."
"Before his soul was split, he called the people who gathered around him 'friends', but later all his 'friends' became his slaves, and he became the master above them."
"The entire wizarding world knows that following a madman has no future. Even among the people around the Dark Lord, fewer and fewer are truly loyal to him. The vast majority of them are just opportunists who want to use the Dark Lord's name to help themselves gain benefits."
"So at that time, even though he was so terrifying that no one dared to mention his name, he was still not able to defeat Dumbledore and control the entire British wizarding world."
"But, in one night, everything changed."
Nick's voice suddenly became extremely low , and Jon also held his breath.
"A prophecy spoken by a descendant of the Trelawney family has appeared. She told Dumbledore that one of the children will become the mortal enemy of the Dark Lord, and only one of them can survive!"
