Chapter 94: The Treasure... Room

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As everyone knows, defeating a boss means gaining experience and loot.

Of course, that is if you don't end up being killed by the boss and sacrificing your own life in the process.

Transforming the Dark Lord into experience points is definitely a skillful task.

Unfortunate Quirinus Quirrell serves as a perfect negative example. This talented young wizard was too naive and arrogant, foolishly believing that he could learn more magical skills from Voldemort and putting his own life at stake.

Compared to the fragmented soul of Voldemort, lurking somewhere in the shadows, it was undoubtedly a simple and effective method to start with his Horcruxes. And the best Horcrux to find would be Ravenclaw's diadem, hidden in the Room of Requirement.

Albert firmly believed that if he could find Ravenclaw's diadem, it would definitely trigger one or two panel quests, or even more, which meant gaining experience and skill points.

After reaping the rewards of these quests, he could also do Dumbledore a favor and obtain some benefits from this centenarian.

As for how to explain it to Dumbledore?

Actually, it's quite simple—just say it was a chance discovery.

Yes! A random, low probability event.

When the time comes, during the period when Fred and George were sneaking around, he accidentally stumbled upon the Room of Requirement and, through this clue, further explored how to enter the room.

Once he found the Room of Requirement and noticed its extraordinary nature, with his Gryffindor nature, he naturally wouldn't give up on adventure and experimentation. During his various tests in this magical room, he discovered the place and, while exploring, chanced upon whispers and murmurs, leading him to the object that resembled the Ravenclaw diadem.

The rest would be easy to solve. Just tell Dumbledore about it and mention that he found something that resembled Ravenclaw's diadem.

Then, lead him here, and everything would be taken care of.

Albert truly believed that Dumbledore would believe him because everything he said was true. A statement woven from a pile of truths naturally had to be true.

Based on speculation, Dumbledore should also know about the Room of Requirement's existence and even how to enter it. He just never thought that Voldemort's Horcrux would be hidden here.

The only troublesome aspect of this matter was choosing the right moment to tell Dumbledore. The timing had to be appropriate, and that was crucial.

Of course, all of this depended on finding Ravenclaw's diadem and having enough benefits to entice Albert to take the risk.

As for no benefits?

No benefits? That's nonsense.

Albert took a deep breath, marveling at the sight before him. He raised his camera and snapped a photo.

"My photography skills are improving." Albert glanced at the picture, tucked it into the pocket of his robe, and cautiously walked toward the pile of crumbling furniture ahead. He absentmindedly picked up a Fang-shaped flying disc from the dusty table. This object had been sitting here for too long and had completely lost its magic.

After placing the Fang-shaped flying disc back on the table, Albert looked up and his gaze fell on the stack of books not far away.

He took a few quick steps and arrived in front of the book pile, pulling out a book from within.

From the cover, it was easy to tell that this was a book on "Magical Potions and Elixirs." The previous owner of the book was Professor Snape, as there was a drawing of a bat on the first page, marked with Snape's initials: "SS."

The book had many illustrations, with a few pages stained and even torn, indicating that its previous owner didn't take good care of it.

On the right side of the book pile were several rusted suits of armor, accompanied by a weapon rack displaying a few rusty swords and a blood-stained battle axe.

Albert's eyelid twitched when suddenly the visor of one of the armors moved. A small, demonic-looking creature with an iron-blue color crawled out from the armor, its eyes fixed on Albert. It was just about to spread its wings from behind when a flash of red light flickered, causing the unfortunate little creature to fall back into the armor with a crisp sound.

Albert put away his wand and examined the blood-stained axe, wondering what it had been used to chop.

However, he quickly averted his gaze and strolled through the passage between the piles of rubbish, observing the objects near the towering heaps of garbage. There were some dilapidated furniture, boxes, chairs missing legs, old brooms, broken baseball bats, discarded newspapers, tattered school robes, and other unidentifiable odds and ends.

Perhaps, something here was evidence of a student's failed spell. Maybe, the table missing a leg was thrown here by the house-elves who maintained the dignity of the castle.

Albert even saw some burned cauldrons, abandoned herbs, and a few old bottles with solidified potions inside. However, a few wax-sealed bottles still emitted an evil green glow.

The passage through the garbage had come to an end, with paths branching to the left and right.

Albert stopped in his tracks, his gaze landing on a giant creature specimen. It was quite large, presumably processed, and without any foul odor.

Perhaps, a professor had used the giant creature specimen for teaching purposes.

Honestly, upon closer inspection, the giant creature gave him an inexplicable sense of oppression, especially with the wooden club in its hand, which appeared highly lethal.

One wrong swing, and things could turn grim.

However, as long as he was careful enough, Albert believed that with his current knowledge of magic and understanding of the giant creature, taking down one wouldn't be a problem.

But turning such a massive creature into a specimen was not an easy task, especially the deodorizing, disinfection, and preservation processes. Who in the world would have the time and patience for that?

Just as Albert shifted his gaze away from the giant creature, a new task popped up on his panel:

Fearless Challenger.

Albert was left speechless. Where was he supposed to find a giant creature specimen, and why did proving Gryffindor's bravery involve defeating one?

Reward: 3000 experience points.

Albert couldn't help but feel perplexed. Where would he even find a giant creature? And why did demonstrating Gryffindor's bravery have to involve challenging a giant creature?

Was his understanding of Gryffindor's bravery flawed? Or was Gryffindor's bravery always synonymous with recklessness?

Albert suppressed the urge to vent his frustrations and consoled himself internally: "There are as many interpretations of courage as there are readers of Hamlet."

Everyone has their own understanding of courage.

Nevertheless, being able to activate a panel task wasn't bad. After all, having a task that rewarded experience points was a good thing, not to be wasted.

As for finding a giant creature?

Well, he could just borrow one when Harry Potter enrolled, around Albert's third year.

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