Chapter 1427: Each With Their Own Gains
"This is what happened. Xu Yue used the Basilisk to block Voldemort's dark curse, then turned around and successfully defeated his opponent. After Voldemort was blasted away, he became like this. We don't know what happened."
Hermione quickly explained the situation to the professors.
Dumbledore had still been invited back, and the troublesome age Curse had been lifted. They had also come down to inspect the scene.
The Basilisk had indeed died from an Unforgivable Curse.
As for Voldemort, his resurrection preparations had likely been completely disrupted, causing some final mutation and conflict that killed him.
Xu Yue's Disarming Charm had landed on him, and the interference it caused had been crucial.
"You all did very well. You saved the school."
The dim-eyed Dumbledore rose again after examining the corpse, speaking slowly.
To kill the Basilisk in a single strike right after being resurrected... Tom had been rather unexpectedly formidable...
The Chamber of Secrets had been discovered, and the monster had been slain!
The bewitched student had died in the Chamber of Secrets, and the culprit was Voldemort.
This undoubtedly still brought considerable trouble and panic to Hogwarts.
However, because the victim had been a Muggle-born, the negative impact was relatively much smaller.
Whether they wished to admit it or not, with only one Muggle-born having contact with and influence in the wizarding world, the death of that person could not cause much of a stir.
At most, it served as a warning...
"So, for the brave warriors who saved our school, Gryffindor is awarded 200 points."
At the end-of-term feast, there was absolutely no suspense over who would win the House Cup.
Gryffindor had already been receiving absurd amounts of routine points because of Xu Yue. With another 200 points added