Harry Potter: Transmigrated Detective Link

'Was it an illusion?'

Link also blinked his eyes, carefully observing the face of that human-faced stone statue.

Human eyes are actually very easily deceived. Sometimes changes in light and shadow or psychological effects can make people feel that what they see has also changed.

But Link quickly realized that the change in the human-faced stone statue before him was not an illusion of his own.

Because in the next moment, Snape's big hand grabbed his collar and fiercely flung him backward.

"Be careful!" Snape shouted loudly, and at the same time, the wand in his hand was already pointing at the wall in front of him.

And on the wall, the face statue of Salazar Slytherin had fully opened both eyes at this moment, and its gaze was cast upon Link.

"Another trial candidate…"

A kind of voice, so obscure it was like gears grinding, came out of its mouth. Immediately after, the entire plaza began to tremble violently, and that human-faced statue of Salazar Slytherin actually slowly stood up, revealing the huge body behind it.

Link, who had been thrown flying, was caught and balanced again in midair by the phoenix Fawkes, floating and staring at the huge statue in front of him, somewhat shocked.

He didn't quite understand why such a powerful magical statue would appear here, clearly in the original work, Voldemort's soul fragment, during the final battle with Harry, had only summoned a basilisk at most.

But he wasn't particularly afraid, after all, besides him, Snape was also here. He believed that Snape would never sit by and do nothing.

And things happened just as he expected.

Link only heard a loud boom. A terrifying red light flashed from Snape's wand, accurately hitting the head of the huge statue, and an explosion of horrifying flames directly blew away more than half of the statue's head.

However, right after that, an astonishing scene appeared.

That Salazar Slytherin statue, missing more than half of its head, actually shook its head, and the part that had been blown off instantly recovered at great speed.

"Roar!"

The Salazar Slytherin statue roared, didn't even look at Snape, and instead charged straight toward Link.

"Is the target me? Fawkes, it's up to you." Link, who had activated Occlumency, did not panic. Calmly, he spoke to the phoenix on his shoulder.

As soon as he finished speaking, Phoenix Fawkes also let out a cry and carried Link into the air.

BOOM!

Just as Link took off, the Salazar Slytherin statue smashed a fist into the spot where he had just been, directly punching a huge crater into the ground.

At the same time, Snape was still launching attacks on the statue.

One after another, dazzling spells shot out from his wand as if they cost nothing. The casting speed was so fast, it could practically be called a spell machine gun.

But unfortunately, just like before, no matter how destructive the spells he cast were, the statue would rapidly regenerate in a very short amount of time.

And control-type spells had absolutely no effect on such a massive creature as the statue.

For a moment, bean-sized drops of sweat appeared on Snape's forehead.

"Link! Run! Let the phoenix take you away from here!" Snape roared at Link.

However, Link did not do as Snape said. Instead, he cast a Sectumsempra curse toward the statue.

Buzz~

A buzzing sound erupted in the air. That invisible blade instantly left a slash mark on the statue's neck.

Compared to the statue's huge body, the slash mark left by Link was basically no different from a scratch.

But… this scratch, unlike Snape's previous attacks, did not heal.

Link's lips slightly curled up into a smile. The current scene perfectly confirmed his guess.

This Salazar Slytherin statue in front of him, only someone with the Parseltongue talent like him could deal damage to it.

And from this perspective, this statue was very likely the guardian of the Chamber of Secrets.

Anyone who came here and possessed the bloodline of Slytherin would still need to defeat this statue to truly become the successor.

After figuring this out, Link had even less intention of leaving.

"Confringo!" He shouted loudly, and a red light orb fell, swaying toward the statue's ankle.

Crack!

The light orb suddenly exploded, blasting off a large chunk of stone from the statue's leg.

Immediately after, that calf, which had lost a part of itself, seemed unable to withstand the immense weight of the statue and collapsed even more violently.

The now-unbalanced statue staggered and fell, and although it managed to support itself with both hands when it touched the ground, it still couldn't make up for the fact that it had lost most of its mobility.

BOOM!

A large cloud of dust, accompanied by a deafening noise, spread out and gradually engulfed most of the plaza.

And within the dust, Snape stood wide-eyed, staring at the statue in front of him.

He really couldn't understand how this terrifying statue, which he had tried everything to defeat, was taken down by Link with just two casual spells.

Link, who was being carried quickly through the air by Phoenix Fawkes, was not surprised at all.

It was perfectly normal for a guardian of the Chamber of Secrets like this to be strong against Snape. After all, Snape did not have the bloodline of Salazar Slytherin, or maybe the concentration of that bloodline in his body wasn't high.

But when facing someone like Link, the actual "target group", if it still maintained that level of power, that would be unreasonable.

Because those who could enter this secret chamber were mostly still students at Hogwarts. If you set the difficulty too high at that point, then no one could ever pass the test.

"Fawkes! Get closer! Let's continue!" Up in the sky, Link shouted loudly.

And upon hearing Link's command, Fawkes let out a chirp, then swooped down toward the statue. Then came a barrage of spell bombardments from Link.

This high-intensity bombardment continued for nearly ten minutes. Only when Link felt that the magic power in his body was almost completely exhausted, did the statue finally shatter into a pile of rubble, no longer moving.

The battle ended. Link was gently placed on the ground by Phoenix Fawkes, but his legs gave out, and he collapsed.

Seeing this, Snape hurried over and poured a bottle of green unknown potion into Link's mouth.

"Whew~ Thanks."

Link said weakly. The potion Snape had him drink only helped him recover a bit of stamina.

And at this moment, the rubble on the ground suddenly floated back toward the wall where the statue had originally stood and eventually reformed into the human-faced statue of Salazar Slytherin.

But unlike before, this time, Salazar Slytherin's mouth was open. Inside that hollow mouth, it seemed a light was faintly flashing.

Seeing this, Snape cautiously shielded Link behind him.

But Link was now grinning foolishly with his head tilted up.

"What are you smiling at!?" Snape turned and asked angrily.

Hearing this, Link only shook his head, and the smile on his face grew even wider. Because right now in front of his eyes, another line of golden text appeared.

[Chamber of Secrets of Slytherin successfully opened. Free Skill Point +1!]

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