Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 166 The Bloody Scepter and the Distant Destination
Wizard bonsai?

What wizard potted plant?
Ginny looked at Luna in a daze, and she remembered that Professor Angela, who was the substitute teacher before, had explained a wizard potted plant to the higher grade students. It is said that it was an immortal wizard, and Arnie What is it about.

But why did the wizard potted plant disappear?

At this time, there was a sound from the depths of the office.

Luna suddenly grabbed Ginny's arm and led her to run away from the office.

"Wait a minute!" Ginny said in surprise, "Could it be Mr. Al's disturbance?"

"I don't know." Luna said without looking back, "I just feel that something is wrong. Come on, Ginny, I feel like something bad is happening."

Just when the two arrived at the stairs, a beast-like shout suddenly came from the ancient magic office. It was sharp and piercing, resounding throughout the entire castle, and even far away to the Quidditch pitch.

It seems that some monster is about to wake up.

At this time, during the game between Gryffindor and Slytherin, Harry struggled to avoid the Bludger that seemed to be chasing him, and caught the Snitch in front of Malfoy's face, but because he now Clamping the broom with only two legs, he fell straight to the ground, trying not to let himself pass out, when he heard a cry of exclamation from the crowd below.

There was a bang, a splash, and Harry fell into the mud and rolled off the broom.His arms hung there at a very odd angle.In fits of agony, he heard many whistles and shouts, which seemed to come from a great distance.

But in the next second, these voices were all covered by the horrific cries in the castle. The students stopped cheering involuntarily. Professor McGonagall frowned and looked in the direction of the castle. Snape's expression changed from anger to became solemn.

"Perhaps we should put the game on hold," Snape said in a grim voice.

Professor McGonagall immediately retorted: "But the game is over, this is a victory for Gryffindor, and no one can take it away from me! And the most important thing now is to organize the students well and ensure their Safe, especially until - until Dumbledore returns."

Snape's gaze shifted from Professor McGonagall to Lockhart who was rushing to the field, he snorted coldly, and ordered the Slytherin prefects to call the students.

Harry saw the row of shiny teeth in a daze.

"Oh, no, no you," he moaned.

"Don't know what he's talking about," Lockhart said loudly to the anxious Gryffindors gathered around. "Don't worry, Harry. I'm about to fix your arm."

"No!" said Harry, "just let it be, thank you"

He tried to sit up, but his arm hurt so badly.He heard a familiar clicking sound next to him.

"I don't want to take pictures like this, Colin," he said aloud.

At this moment, a second, more terrifying voice came from the castle, and the whole venue was silent. Colin put down the camera in fear: "Oh my god, so it's not an illusion."

But Lockhart didn't seem to hear it. On the contrary, he sped up the speed of "treating" Harry: "Okay, boy, it looks like we are in a hurry. This is just a simple spell. I have used it countless times." Next time, don't worry—"

said Lockhart, rolling up his emerald green sleeves.A second later, he aimed his wand at Harry's arm.

"Don't—don't—" Harry said weakly.

After a flash of a spell, a strange, very uncomfortable feeling went from Harry's shoulder to his fingertips like lightning.It was as if his arms were being pumped out.He turned his face away.

Protruding from his sleeve, it looked like a thick, flesh-colored rubber glove.He tried to move his fingers, but there was no response.

Lockhart hadn't set Harry's bones properly.

He removed all the bones.

"Ha," said Lockhart, "yes, yes, that happens sometimes. Excuse me, I've got to get to the castle, Professor McGonagall, wait for me! "

At the same time, in the ancient magic office, Toby, who was shrouded in a black robe, stood up straight at some point. He moved his body a little bit, but he looked extremely stiff, like a marionette being manipulated, terrifying and terrifying. weird.

Tentacle-like white ribbons are constantly protruding from his covered face, and then they are dyed black in the blink of an eye, and retract little by little into the black mist under the hood, going round and round, as if experiencing What horrible torture.

Through the black mist, something could be vaguely seen opening, and the next second, there was another terrifying roar from the mouth of the pharaoh's mask, which was louder than the sum of the last two times.

"boom!"

Almost at the same time, the disappearing cabinet in the corner of the office was kicked open, and Angela came out holding a scepter taller than herself. The whole body was milky white, not so straight, and the top was shaped into a thick The shape of the crown is inlaid with a circle of gorgeous bright red gemstones, which looks like blood stained on the surface of a corpse.

Al was sitting on Angela's shoulder. It found Toby who was silently fighting against the pharaoh's mask. He took out his pocket and threw a magic ball, quickly forming a magic circle under Toby's feet, covering his whole body. They are all shrouded in, so that Toby's actions are restrained a little bit.

Angela strode across to Toby, her long silver-white hair was raised behind her head, her white skirt was matched with a pitch-black witch robe, and through the black mist, the two eyes met.

"Quick," said Toby with difficulty.

Angela seemed to know better than Toby what to do now. She waved her scepter and pointed the tip of the scepter at the black mist under the hood. It filled the whole room, as if something was released because of this, roaring louder than the pharaoh's mask, and even biting each other.

Angela stood in the middle of the dense fog with her eyes closed, and Al looked at her anxiously, wanting to urge her, but dared not speak.

"I order you!"

Angela suddenly opened her eyes and said, a few drops of blood-red tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, her tone was full of majesty.

Tears floated to the scepter in her hand, fell on the surface of the crown at the top, and melted into the ruby ​​drop by drop. The color turned dark red in an instant, and it began to shake non-stop.In the last roar of unwillingness, the red smoke finally began to dissipate, and the scepter also returned to calm.

And Toby, he has been re-closed in the pharaoh's coffin.Along the gap of the cover, the black and white ribbon was torn back violently, and there was no more movement.

Al stretched out his claws to take back the magic ball, and it was finally able to make a sound and urged: "Ah!"

Angela's eyes changed from struggling desperately to normal, she nodded lightly, and said weakly, "I see."

On the other side, the professors who rushed back to the castle quickly dispersed, trying to find the source of the sound.

Unexpectedly, Snape and the proud Lockhart chose the same path—both leading to the Office of Ancient Magic.

"Aha!" Lockhart said while running hard: "It seems that you and I have thought of it together, Professor Snape, yes, I understand, it's very simple, isn't it? What can cause this abnormality? It can only be the absent professor, and that must be Professor Highmore."

Snape looked at him coldly.

"You don't need to explain anything to me." He said coldly.

Lockhart immediately closed his mouth, his expression a bit unnatural.

They were running up the stairs one after the other, and when they were about to reach the fifth floor, they suddenly saw someone walking down from above—the leader was Angela holding a scepter, and Al stood restlessly. On her shoulder, her eyes were fixed on the armor holding the long ax behind her. On the other half of the armor shoulder was the huge pharaoh's coffin, and she walked down the stairs with heavy steps.

"I think I've seen this armor before," Lockhart whispered.

Snape said angrily: "Damn Toby, I knew there would be a day when he would kill everyone because of ancient magic—"

"This has nothing to do with ancient magic." Angela interrupted loudly: "It's the monster in the secret room. It attacked Toby again, and it was far more serious than the last time. It almost killed him. We need a carriage , now. Severus Snape, if you still have Toby as a friend."

Snape had a cold face, he met Angela's gaze, and suddenly turned around, the witch robe was raised high behind him, as if a bat disappeared at the corner of the stairs, and hurried back to the castle along the same road Outside.

Lockhart did not leave, he immediately leaned forward and asked, "Is there anything I can do to help? I believe I will be able to solve Professor Haimer's problem. I heard you mentioned the monster in the Chamber of Secrets, as long as I prepare Ready, then no problem."

The five-time Witcher Weekly award for the most charming smile failed in front of Angela. She walked straight down the stairs in front of Lockhart, leaving a cold sentence: "As long as you don't try to take advantage of this opportunity To steal from Toby's office—”

"I was just concerned about my colleagues!" Lockhart shouted at her back, but Angela had no intention of staying behind, and soon disappeared at the end of the stairs.

After Angela walked away, Lockhart said to himself in confusion: "I seem to have seen that armor—not just the notebook, but also the day when I became dazed."

He suddenly became terrified—could it be that Professor Haimo had already been eyeing him?
"When did it start?"

As he ran down the stairs, he thought frightenedly: "Did it start from the beginning of school? Or is it further ahead than this?"

The people who went downstairs failed to meet the scattered professors, which greatly eased Angela's burden of explaining, and also allowed her to quickly walk out of the gate of the castle and come to the school playground in front of all the students , the crowd automatically gave way under her icy aura, diverted a path, and suppressed the exclamation in their throats.

"I said." Standing behind the crowd, Ron put his foot on his feet and said while using his neck: "Why is Professor Angela back? And the pharaoh's coffin, what's in it? Is it a monster from the Chamber of Secrets? Or... Or Professor Highmore? It can't be a mummy, right?"

Harry, who was being supported by Ron, was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He couldn't ignore what Ron said—monster? Professor Highmore?Or are the two actually the same thing?

"Look!" Hermione suddenly pointed in the direction of Hagrid's cabin and shouted, "They're heading that way, and Snape seems to be there too!"

Not only Snape, but even Hagrid was there. He was comforting the Thestrals in front of the carriage, and looked anxiously at Angela who was rushing fast and the coffin behind her.

"I heard that Toby was injured again?" Hagrid asked, "Why is it him again? Is he being targeted?"

"It looks like this." Angela said hastily, and she opened the door of the carriage, so that the armor could send the coffin inside - the Untraceable Stretching Curse had been cast in time.

Angela glanced at Snape, it was obviously his handwriting, the ordinary school carriage could not hold such a large coffin.

After the coffin was put away, the armor also walked into the carriage. It pressed the long ax on top of the coffin and sat on the side of the carriage.

Before anyone else could make a move, Snape wanted to enter the carriage, but was stopped by Angela.

"Relax." Snape glanced sideways at Angela and said, "I'm only taking Dumbledore's role temporarily. After the headmaster gets the news and rushes over, I will naturally leave."

"I'm afraid this is not appropriate." Angela said: "You don't know what you are going to face next. Even Dumbledore can't help Toby. It must be someone who has experienced those adventures with him. .”

As she spoke, she was about to walk around Snape's body and walk in.

However, right in front of her, the armor sitting in the compartment reached out and closed the door.

Al performed the stunt in the previous photo. It hung upside down on the top of the scepter in Angela's hand, and stuffed the entire scepter into his belly pocket at once.

Just when none of them recovered, it was already sitting at the front of the carriage, reached out and grabbed the rein, and patted hard: "Ah!"

"What are you doing?!" Angela shouted in surprise, "Give me back the scepter quickly, and make room for me, I have no place to sit."

Al pointed to the corner of Angela's eyes, obviously implying the scene of Angela using the scepter in the office just now, and it is very unwise to put the scepter here with Angela.

Without insurance, that could kill Angela at any time.

"What are you kidding?" Angela grabbed the side of the rein hard, lest Al really leave like this: "Whether it's going to the temple or the pyramid, you all need me, don't you? Could it be that you Have you found other helpers?"

Al shook his head with a heavy expression, it had found all the helpers.

Then it pushed away Angela's palm, and patted the Thestral's body again: "Ah!"

The Thestrals in front of the carriage spread its wings and took off, leading the carriage into the sky, and soon disappeared into the clouds.

This time, Angela didn't stop Al again.

"What the hell are you doing?" Snape asked, frowning. "A Niffler, and a suit of armor, just because they saved Toby?"

"Where are they going?"

Angela looked at the sky until the carriage disappeared, and then she slowly said a name: "Ghost Castle."

Immediately afterwards, whether it was Hagrid with a confused face or Snape whose eyes suddenly changed, they all heard Angela's evaluation of this mysterious place.

"Of all the ancient ruins, that's where Toby came closest to death."

(End of this chapter)