Chapter 209: Destroying Horcruxes

Voldemort created a total of seven Horcruxes: Tom Riddle's diary, crafted during his school years; Marvolo Gaunt's ring, made from his family heirloom; Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem; Helga Hufflepuff's cup; Salazar Slytherin's locket; Nagini the snake; and finally, Harry Potter himself.

Tom Riddle's diary had already been destroyed by Alex during the Christmas holiday not long ago. Now, all Alex needed to do was destroy the remaining Horcruxes, which would grant him a tremendous amount of World Authority!

Fortunately, some of the Horcruxes could be found right here at Hogwarts.

Emerging from his dormitory, Alex made his way toward the Great Hall, where students were gathered for lunch.

Once inside, Alex easily spotted Miss Harry among the crowd of young wizards.

Since defeating Dumbledore, Alex had become the most renowned wizard in the magical world—especially at Hogwarts.

To say his fame at Hogwarts now surpassed that of Headmaster Dumbledore would be an understatement.

If Alex so desired, he could graduate immediately and take over Dumbledore's position as the youngest headmaster in Hogwarts history.

However, Alex had no such intention. His goal was simple: to completely consume the Harry Potter world!

As Alex stepped into the Great Hall, the sharp-eyed students immediately noticed his arrival. They erupted into cheers, shouting his name:

"My God, it's Alex! This is his first public appearance since defeating Headmaster Dumbledore!"

"Alex is so handsome! If only he could be my boyfriend!" gushed a young witch with a dreamy expression.

Another student chimed in, "I agree! I wish he'd just hold me in his arms!"

The last student barely finished their sentence before noticing their friends backing away from them. Bewildered, they asked, "What's wrong with you all?"

Their friends hastily waved their hands, saying, "Nothing, nothing! We respect your preferences!"

They couldn't fathom how their dormmate—someone they'd shared so much with—turned out to be… well, different.

Alex approached Harry's table and took a seat beside her. Without hesitation, he asked directly:

"Harry, do you know about Voldemort?"

As soon as Alex uttered that name, the entire hall fell silent. You could hear every breath taken as the students froze in shock.

For the past eleven years, Voldemort's name had been a taboo. Even among adult wizards, hearing it would cause shivers and revive memories of the terror he once wielded.

The silence didn't last long. Hermione, seated nearby, muttered softly, "What's so scary about Voldemort? Is he stronger than Professor Dumbledore?"

Her voice, though quiet, was audible to everyone in the tense room.

"After all, Alex defeated Headmaster Dumbledore effortlessly. There's no way Voldemort could compare."

Hermione's words, spoken with such confidence, brought a wave of relief over the room. The students collectively sighed and began to regain their composure.

"Exactly! With Alex and Headmaster Dumbledore around, even if Voldemort himself showed up, he'd be doomed!"

"Right! Voldemort wouldn't stand a chance against Alex. Even if he were alive, Alex would easily defeat him, let alone now that he's dead!"

Quickly, the young wizards fully returned to normal, their fears vanishing entirely.

With Alex around, they had nothing to fear.

Uncertain why Alex was asking her this question, Miss Harry nodded and replied, "I do know. He killed my parents. The wizarding world says I killed Voldemort, but I don't think that's actually true..."

Alex corrected her, "No, the truth is that you did kill Voldemort, though not in the way the wizarding world imagines.

Your mother used an ancient magic at the moment of her death. She sacrificed her life and her love for you to cast a protective charm.

This charm held immense magical power—so strong that even Voldemort couldn't break it. When Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at you, the curse rebounded off the charm and struck Voldemort himself. That's how he died."

Upon learning the truth, Harry couldn't hold back her tears. They streamed down her face uncontrollably, and it took her more than ten minutes to calm down.

She bit her lip, then expressed her gratitude to Alex: "Thank you, Alex, for telling me this and letting me know the truth."

"Don't be so quick to thank me. It's not over yet—hear me out.

When Voldemort died, the immense pressure from his death caused his soul to split. A fragment of his soul entered your body, making you one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Right now, a piece of Voldemort's fragmented soul is lying dormant inside you. And the place where it resides is your lightning-shaped scar on your forehead."

"What?! Voldemort's soul is inside Harry?"

Before Harry could react, Ron, sitting beside her, exclaimed in shock.

Although Ron didn't fully understand what a Horcrux was, just hearing that Voldemort's soul was hidden in Harry was enough to throw him into a frenzy.

The thought that Harry Potter—the Savior of the Wizarding World—could be connected to Voldemort in any way was the worst news imaginable.

Although the others didn't react as dramatically as Ron, they also grew tense. The students sitting closest to Harry quickly moved away as if she were some kind of dangerous creature.

Seeing everyone's extreme reaction, Alex reassured them: "Relax, everyone. There's no need to worry. The reason I'm here is to help Harry remove Voldemort's fragment of soul.

Harry, don't be afraid. It's Voldemort—he's not such a big deal."

The crowd fell silent, staring at Alex in disbelief.

Voldemort, the second Dark Lord, the mastermind who once dominated the British wizarding world, was "not such a big deal"? Only Alex could say something like that.

Taking out his wand, Alex aimed it at Harry's forehead and gave a swift pull.

A transparent, ghostly figure was yanked out of the lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead.

As soon as it was pulled free, the soul fragment let out an ear-piercing scream, lashing out at all nearby life forms.

The young wizards immediately felt as though their heads were splitting apart, clutching their skulls and crying out in pain.

In the entire hall, only one person remained unfazed, standing calmly in place.

Frowning slightly, Alex summoned a bolt of lightning and struck the fragment of Voldemort's soul, completely annihilating it.

"So noisy," he commented indifferently. Then, he used magic to soothe the students before leaving the Great Hall to head to the location of the next Horcrux.

After leaving the Great Hall, Alex headed straight for the Room of Requirement.

Standing in front of the entrance, he focused on the image of Ravenclaw's diadem and then stepped inside. Responding to his request, the Room of Requirement transformed into a massive warehouse filled with miscellaneous items.

Waving his wand, Alex commanded, "Accio Ravenclaw's Diadem!"

A silver diadem shot toward Alex, but before it could reach him, a bolt of lightning descended from above, striking the diadem. The fragment of Voldemort's soul within didn't even have time to react before being utterly annihilated.

With all the Horcruxes located within Hogwarts now destroyed, Alex turned his attention to those outside the castle.

Thanks to the absolute control over space granted by his newly fused Absolute Manipulation skill, Alex's command over spatial magic had grown exponentially.

Even within Hogwarts, where anti-Apparition charms had been solidified into the very fabric of the castle, Alex could easily break through the enchantments and Apparate at will.

With a distortion of space, Alex vanished from his spot and reappeared in front of Gringotts Bank. Using a Disillusionment Charm, he rendered himself invisible and slipped into the bank unnoticed.

Gringotts was, of course, heavily fortified with layers of enchantments, including counter-charms against invisibility. However, compared to the magic Alex wielded, these defenses were far too feeble to even hinder him.

He quickly made his way to the depths of the bank and incanted, "Accio Hufflepuff's Cup!"

A delicate golden cup flew toward Alex, but like before, a bolt of lightning descended and obliterated it before it could even draw near.

With Hufflepuff's Cup destroyed, Alex had now eliminated five of Voldemort's Horcruxes. Only two remained.

As Alex destroyed these Horcruxes, he greatly distorted the original storyline. His influence over the Harry Potter world now rivaled that of the world's natural laws. He believed that destroying the remaining two Horcruxes would finally allow him to fulfill the conditions necessary to devour the entire Harry Potter universe.

However, Alex knew better than to relax. He was well aware that the world's rules wouldn't sit idly by and allow themselves to be devoured.

When he moved to destroy the final two Horcruxes, the world's rules would undoubtedly launch an all-out counterattack, doing whatever it took to eliminate his avatar.

To prepare, Alex deepened his connection with his true self, drawing power from it to bolster his avatar.

The Chaos Power, capable of freely altering rules, perfectly harmonized with the chaotic magic of the Harry Potter world.

As Alex activated the Chaos Power, he felt as though the entire world was under his control, bringing back the sensation of omnipotence he had briefly experienced when he first reached the level of a single-universe entity.

Taking a single step, Alex vanished once more, reappearing in front of a house.

This was Dolores Umbridge's home, where Slytherin's locket was being kept.

Without bothering to knock, Alex pushed open the door and entered. Inside, a curly-haired woman with a stern expression was seated by the fireplace, reading a newspaper.

Hearing the door creak, she glanced up at Alex. Her face froze in shock and uncertainty as she stammered:

"Mr. Alex, this is quite the surprise. To what do I owe the honor of a visit from the most gifted and powerful white wizard of our time?"

Alex's tone was cold and direct:

"Where is Slytherin's locket? Hand it over."

Upon realizing Alex's goal was Slytherin's locket, Umbridge's face paled. She immediately attempted to use Apparition to escape.

However, with a simple thought, Alex froze the surrounding space entirely, rendering all spatial magic useless.

Understanding that escape was impossible, Umbridge forced a strained smile and said, "Mr. Alex, I'm not sure where you've heard that Slytherin's locket is in my possession."

Alex's patience waned at her stalling. Without another word, he cast the Imperius Curse, overriding her consciousness and forcing her to retrieve the locket. After taking it, Alex destroyed it instantly, reducing it to nothing.

As Alex left, flames engulfed the wooden house behind him. The malicious witch, who had played a significant role in the original storyline, met her end amidst the roaring fire.

Apparating once more, Alex found himself in the Forbidden Forest near Hogwarts.

His intended destination had been Nagini's location, and his appearance here signaled that Voldemort's snake had been hiding in the forest long before Voldemort's resurrection.

Suddenly, Alex heard the sharp, rhythmic sound of legs scuttling across the forest floor.

Before he realized it, he was surrounded by an army of massive spiders, each towering over ten meters tall. Their bodies were encased in a blood-red, liquid-like magical aura.

The aura amplified their strength but had also driven them into madness. Despite Alex's overwhelming magical presence pressing down on them like a mountain, the spiders remained unfazed and launched an attack.

Alex raised his wand, unleashing a powerful repelling force that spread outward, obliterating everything within a radius of several hundred meters. The Eight-Eyed Spiders disintegrated under the immense pressure, reduced to their molecular essence.

But to Alex's surprise, even after their physical forms were destroyed, the spiders did not die.

Their remains transformed into streams of blood-red energy, merging into a single, colossal entity: a spider over thirty meters tall, its body pulsating with chaotic magic.

This unnatural phenomenon made it clear to Alex that the world's rules were intervening directly. With only one Horcrux left to destroy, the world was making its move to stop him.

The massive blood-red spider let out a roar, though it was a creature of limbs and venom. Its bellow resembled the cry of a dragon, resonating far and wide.

All who heard the sound felt an instinctive dread, as if a predator at the very top of the food chain had locked them in its sights.

At Hogwarts, the students and professors alike turned their gaze toward the Forbidden Forest. In Hogsmeade, the adult witches and wizards stopped in their tracks, staring in shock.

From their vantage points, they could see the massive blood-red spider standing in the forest. It seemed to be locked in a confrontation, roaring furiously but hesitant to attack.

Though they couldn't see the other party, they all thought of one name: Alex.

Only someone as powerful as Alex could force such a massive spider into a standoff.

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Alex faced the gigantic blood-red spider without the slightest hint of fear.

With a light step, he tapped the ground, and from his magic, a massive dragon over a hundred meters long emerged. Its body glowed with ethereal light as it positioned itself in front of Alex, staring down the spider.

The confrontation between these two colossal creatures captivated every witch and wizard nearby. Some even took to the skies on broomsticks to watch.

The magical dragon had become a symbol of Alex, leaving no doubt about his identity.

But questions filled the minds of onlookers: What was this enormous spider? Was it someone's transformation spell?

Yet, apart from Alex and perhaps Dumbledore, who in the wizarding world could conjure a transformation spell of such immense size?