"It feels like that wasn't quite it..." Carcas narrowed his eyes and studied the black gemstone. "I'm certain... it had already become a ring!"
"A ring!" Voldemort's chest heaved violently, and he let out a harsh breath.
He could gradually... sketch the shape of that Resurrection Stone Ring in his mind!
In that instant, he thought of many things, and what made his heart pound hardest and sent a chill straight up his spine was the current state of Vizet and Dumbledore!
Dumbledore and Vizet were both still alive!
Neither of them had died!
And in Carcas's description, both Dumbledore and Vizet were in good condition!
If Dumbledore and Vizet were in good condition, and they had entered the "Misty Illusory Realm" through the Resurrection Stone Ring, then it could only mean one thing...
"A ring? That is not surprising..." Herpo nodded lightly and tapped his wand toward the black gemstone.
The black gemstone changed again, gaining a ring band that was not especially ornate.
"How about this?" he asked as he looked at Carcas. "Does its appearance match the 'Resurrection Stone' ring you saw through the 'Heavenly Eye'?"
Voldemort forced himself to calm down, his gaze falling on Carcas as a faint thread of hope surfaced in his heart.
He hoped Carcas would give an affirmative answer, rather than...
Things went against his wishes. Carcas shook his head and gave the answer Voldemort least wanted to hear. "Of course not!"
He continued describing it to Herpo. "The band of this 'Resurrection Stone' ring was broken. It must have suffered some degree of damage."
In that instant, Voldemort felt the world spin around him. What Carcas had said proved one thing to him, the worst possible thing for him—
The Resurrection Stone Ring had been destroyed by Dumbledore and