Chapter 123: A Single Flame [bonus]
Regulus turned to the next page.
Protection: Fiendfyre could be defended against, blocked with a raw magical barrier, but only by the most exceptional wizards alive.
The notebook named no one specifically. Perhaps no wizard of that caliber existed in the author's era.
But Regulus knew better. Dumbledore could hold against Fiendfyre, at least briefly.
During their duel at the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore had blocked Voldemort's fire serpent, though he couldn't sustain the defense indefinitely and still had to redirect or retreat.
The notebook also mentioned reverse manipulation: in extreme circumstances, a wizard who surpassed the original caster in both will and magical power could forcibly redirect the flames.
Dumbledore again. He'd done exactly that against Voldemort's Fiendfyre, overpowering it outright. For any ordinary wizard, the feat was impossible.
Regulus sat with that for a moment.
On that point alone, Dumbledore was stronger than Voldemort. Fiendfyre was already close to unstoppable, and Voldemort's version of it had still been suppressed. The level of power that implied...