Chapter 160: The Wise Voldemort! A Second Consultation!

Eris reluctantly calmed down, ceasing to struggle or send mental messages to Voldemort's main soul.

But under the protection of Occlumency, she cursed Voldemort again in her mind.

You scumbag! Why did you set up such a curse for no reason?

You're torturing me in the name of creating some so - called miracle?

I've had the worst luck for eight lifetimes (very bad luck) to be your subordinate!

Eris grumbled and complained in her heart.

The energy she had forced herself to muster earlier dissipated as Voldemort's main soul withdrew.

She tried to say something to Snape and Dudley with all her might. However, before she could speak, she fainted.

"Ah? Professor Eris, Are you okay?!"

Dudley panicked when he saw Eris looking like she was on the verge of death. He quickly reached out to check her pulse.

Before he could check her pulse, a wound like a burn from a raging fire appeared on the part of Eris's wrist that Dudley touched.

The unconscious Eris didn't wake up from the pain because the pain in her body was much greater than the pain caused by this burn.

But her brows still furrowed involuntarily.

Dudley quickly pulled his hand away and cursed Eris in his heart.

Damn bitch! You're on your last legs, and you still wanna kill me!

Dudley knew very well that it was the Weakened Maternal Love Protection on him that had rebounded the murderous intent Eris had towards him.

But even though he knew, he couldn't talk about it openly.

He stayed on high alert in case Voldemort's main soul made a desperate move. Then he quickly opened his mouth and pointed the finger at Snape, shifting the blame onto him:

"What did you feed Professor Eris just now? Why does she have a burn on her wrist now? Did you deliberately poison her to speed up her death so you could get rid of her?"

"You..."

Snape was extremely angry. He stared at Dudley fiercely. After holding back for a long time, he swallowed the swear words and said coldly, "I gave her a general - purpose powerful antidote. It may not be very effective against the venom of the Acromantula."

Hearing this, Dudley didn't take advantage of the situation to press further.

He could sense that Snape was showing some tolerance towards him.

Maybe after the last incident of being beaten and tortured, Snape had transferred some of his guilt towards Harry and Aunt Lily to him.

Dudley disdained this, but he also temporarily lost the idea of annoying Snape again.

"Let's go! You carry Professor Eris on your back. We'll take the aerial passage to the safe house in front. Her injury is too serious. We have to get her back to the school infirmary for treatment quickly!"

Dudley stood up and said calmly.

"Me? Carry her on my back? Dream on!"

Snape couldn't stand this. He immediately withdrew his hand, which was holding Eris's head and wrapped in a robe sleeve, stood up, and retorted, "Teaching Assistant Dursley, you're so strong. Why don't you carry her? I think the burn on her wrist is..."

"Shut your mouth! Stop throwing mud at me! I'm only eleven years old! Eleven years old! You want me to carry a twenty - eight - year - old woman? Do you know that's child labor abuse?"

Dudley frowned and interrupted Snape when he said something inappropriate. He retorted coldly without backing down.

"Humph! I won't stoop to your level!"

Snape was filled with hatred and stopped arguing with Dudley. He pointed his wand at a large piece of spider web scattered on the ground, transforming it into a stretcher that floated in the air.

Then, he used the Levitation Charm to lift the unconscious Professor Eris and place her on the stretcher.

"Let's go!"

Snape said and controlled the stretcher to float towards the entrance of the safe house. He quickly followed behind.

Dudley fixed his eyes on the corpses of two adult Acromantulas. Just as he was about to take them, Dumbledore's voice came from behind.

"Severus, Dudley, what's going on? The other professors were worried about you, so I came back to check. But... what happened to Professor Eris?"

Dumbledore suddenly appeared, making Snape stop in his tracks and Dudley halt his actions. The Acromantulas crowded in the surrounding corridors fled at the sight of him and quickly moved away from this trouble - ridden place.

Only Aragog, old and slow - moving, was left to take the blame here, but none of them paid any attention to the old spider.

Voldemort's main soul in Professor Eris' belly heard Dumbledore's voice through Eris' unconscious ears. Immediately, it felt extremely proud of its wise decision just now.

The ignorant and reckless Professor Eris couldn't match the insightful and intelligent Dark Lord Voldemort in terms of judgment.

All her suggestions were foolish and misguided!

Seeing that the troublesome Acromantulas had left, Snape and Dudley no longer needed to pass through the safe house. They removed the barrier and joined Dumbledore, briefly briefing him on what had happened.

Apparently, neither Snape nor Dudley knew more than that Professor Eris had inexplicably returned to the maze and somehow clashed with the Acromantulas, leaving both sides severely injured. They had arrived in time and saved her.

So, on the surface, Dumbledore didn't get any useful information. He cast several healing spells on Professor Eris on the stretcher. After a brief exchange with Snape and Dudley, he quickly took Professor Eris back to the Castle.

Snape also followed quickly.

He had previously trapped over a dozen adult Acromantulas using traps and extracted several large bottles of Acromantula venom from those with high - purity bloodlines. His wish had been fulfilled, and he had no more attachment to the maze for the time being.

Dudley fell a few steps behind. He stored the two Acromantula corpses in his Personal Space.

Then he caught up with Dumbledore and Snape and began the journey back to the Castle.

After they returned to the Castle, Dumbledore naturally sent Professor Eris to the school infirmary first, causing Madam Pomfrey, the school nurse, to let out a shrill scream.

She kept complaining that Professor Eris should never be permitted to go to The Forbidden Forest again.

Going there once is like walking right in front of Death!

Snape was also dragged to the school infirmary by Dumbledore. He didn't want to stay there long, but he couldn't decline Dumbledore's request to help detoxify and treat Professor Eris, so he had to stay for the time being.

Dudley went to the Great Hall and saw students from the four houses and faculty members having dinner.

Except for Hagrid, who was cooking in his own hut and thus absent, and those in the school infirmary, everyone else was present.

At Dumbledore's request, he called all the professors who had nearly finished their dinner to the school infirmary.

Before Professor McGonagall left, she asked Dudley what had happened.

Dudley "truthfully" replied:

Professor Eris returned to the maze and killed two adult Acromantulas, but she herself was bitten on the left leg by an Acromantula and was severely poisoned.

As for why she went back by herself, Dudley had no idea.

All Dudley knew was that Professor Snape also returned to the maze and found the injured Professor Eris there before he did.

Once these bits of information were revealed, Professors McGonagall and Sprout immediately imagined how things had happened.

It must be that Snape was eyeing the potion ingredients from the Acromantulas and headed back to the maze first. Professor Eris, being love - struck, spotted him and followed him into the maze.

But the two got separated in the maze and didn't run into each other at first. Professor Eris even fought the Acromantulas to help Snape collect potion ingredients and thus met with misfortune!

Dudley was stunned by the two professors' analysis. He was thoroughly impressed and kept nodding in agreement. He urged the professors to hurry to the school infirmary and conduct another expert consultation on Professor Eris.

After the professors left, Teaching Assistant Dursley had the highest status in the entire Great Hall.

Dudley didn't go to the Gryffindor table to have dinner with his cousin and friends.

Instead, he walked up to the platform of the faculty seats, stood in the middle, cast the Loud Voice Spell, and started addressing the students from the four houses.