In the empty cavern, Cassandra's voice echoed.
The towering doors before them slowly began to open.
The moment he looked into the Room of Requirement,
Cypher saw Casper Crouch and the Basilisk standing in the center, man and snake alike.
Clearly, the two of them had long prepared for Cypher and Cassandra to enter the Room of Requirement.
"It's those two! Kill them!"
When enemies met, their eyes blazed with hatred.
Casper Crouch actually shouted directly in his native tongue instead of using Parseltongue.
The Basilisk sensed his intent, and the two blood meals before it smelled especially delicious.
When Casper Crouch raised his hand and pointed at them,
it turned into a black shadow with two bright yellow headlights and lunged at them.
The battle was naturally a one-sided slaughter.
As long as a bloodline wizard possessed a sufficiently powerful Magical Creature bloodline, the Basilisk's instant-death gaze could not affect them at all.
Take Cypher, for instance. His bloodline was currently that of a Black Dragon.
If he revealed his complete Black Dragon form, the Basilisk would not even dare move carelessly before him.
With such a difference in rank, coupled with Cypher's overwhelmingly powerful magic,
the Basilisk's fangs were the only thing that could threaten him.
But the problem was, it could never bite him.
After only a few exchanges, Casper Crouch's wand was seized by Cypher.
He himself was also struck by Cypher's Petrification Curse and Sleep Charm.
Using Mage Hand, Cypher lifted the shattered porcelain-like figure before him into the air.
Thankfully for the Petrification Curse. Otherwise, the instant Casper Crouch lost consciousness, his body would have collapsed.
And as long as Cypher kept him under control, he intended to bring him before Professor Leslie.
That way, Hogwarts would gain the initiative when facing the