Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 170 The Second Feather and Escape
The most frightening thing about Ghost Castle is its weirdness, not only those weird doors, but also the portraits of corridors on each floor. They are alive and can even leave the picture frame, but they are bound by inexplicable rules. They can only wait silently for dinner, or the arrival of hunters.

And the woman in the red dress is one of them.

Fortunately, the pharaoh's mask still overwhelmed her and got rid of this weird guy, and successfully obtained the wonderful black feather, which awakened Toby's soul, or it could be said that it was his imprint left in the world. And successfully suppressed the manipulation of the pharaoh's mask, allowing Toby to wake up again, or wake up from death.

But as adventurers who broke the rules, Toby and his party will be punished by other "guests". Only by escaping from the castle can they leave here alive, otherwise they will be tortured endlessly by those monsters.

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"It seems that there is no movement?"

"ah?"

"Let's wait a little longer."

Five minutes later, Toby's voice sounded again in the darkness.

"Armor, why don't you go outside and have a look?"

The sound of the visor shaking came, and Toby said with satisfaction: "Okay, I will remember your sacrifice."

Al also said happily: "Yeah!"

The sound of the armor shaking became louder, but Toby and Al couldn't see it shaking its head vigorously in the dark, they just said one after another: "I can't see it, you are still so enthusiastic because you returned Have you reached your hometown yet?"

"ah!"

"Okay, let me count three numbers—"

"ah!"

"one two Three!"

The lid of the pharaoh's coffin opened suddenly, and Toby and Erziqi kicked out the armor that had been waving their hands vigorously, drawing a parabola in the air, hitting the portrait that looked like a window, and slowly sliding down.

Toby didn't close the lid in a hurry, he quickly glanced outside, and found that those monsters had disappeared, no longer staying in the study.

"call--"

Toby breathed a sigh of relief, and swaggered out of the coffin.Al was still looking around vigilantly, and saw the wide-brimmed hat left on the ground, which was originally on the arm girl.

Al picked up the hat, turned it over, saw the densely packed arms sticking out from under the brim, and threw it out with a "Yeah", with a disgusted expression on his face.

"Don't throw it away."

Toby retrieved the hat and tried to stuff it into Al's belly pocket, but Al spun around trying not to let Toby succeed.

"How can such a rare collection be thrown away, maybe it will be useful someday."

Al looked at Toby strangely, suspecting that he was trying to punish the disobedient students, which looked much scarier than the pharaoh's mask.

"Don't look at me like that." Toby said, folded the hat a few times and stuffed it into the pocket of the witch's robe, from which he continued to scream.

Then he lifted up the moving armor and pretended to slap the dust a few times, but the armor silently turned the visor away, unwilling to look at these two cold-blooded and heartless guys.

"Why are you like this?" Toby said helplessly: "Shouldn't we celebrate? Hey! I came back alive. And that basilisk, the basilisk that suddenly appeared in the castle, Merlin, I never I’ve never seen such a big basilisk, it’s even incomparable to the long-horned water snake, it’s really scary. It even looked straight into my eyes, obviously it came for the purpose of killing me.”

Although after getting the pharaoh's coffin, he found that it could be used to avoid being chased by monsters in the castle, but Toby's mood couldn't get any better, and he seemed a little heavy instead.

Ever since he sensed something was wrong on the day the game started, Toby had prepared for the worst.He asked Al to bring the magic ball to Angela for help. At that time, he had already vaguely foreseen that he was likely to be victimized in this attack and be manipulated by the pharaoh's mask. Terrible thing, someone has to stop him.

Fortunately, and unfortunately, Toby guessed right.

This was a premeditated murder.

It was aimed at himself, especially deliberately.

From the murder of the Slytherin heir.

After seeing Toby being silent for a long time, Al tilted his neck and asked, "Huh?"

The armor also silently looked at Toby, wanting to see what his next plan was.

"No, we're not going back."

Toby answered Al and said: "The basilisk. I saw it with my own eyes. It was the basilisk left by Salazar Slytherin. There is no doubt about it. Salazar Slytherin, in that basilisk The founder's imprint may be on him. You know what I mean, Al, this is a rare opportunity."

"Perhaps, I will finally have a chance to meet Slytherin. I can finally ask him why he sorted me into Slytherin."

He looked at Al and said, "There is no doubt that we need another black feather. This is very important to me. It is very important for me to recognize myself."

Al's eyes were a little worried, and it exchanged a look with the armor silently - if the armor had one.

There was no gaze coming from under the visor, but the armor had already walked to the long axe, picked it up, put it in his hand, held it tightly, and chose to stand by Toby's side.

It's ready.Since the day he was rescued from the castle by Toby, he has made all the preparations.

Al sighed deeply, he really didn't want to see Toby venture into other rooms again.Not only from the threat of the pharaoh's mask, but more because in the adventure with only seven days left, it was because Toby broke into an inexplicable guest room with them, and managed to escape with great difficulty.

"ah"

Its weak voice came, and it could only agree to Toby's request.

A group of three walked out of the arm girl's guest room and came to the empty corridor.

The gaze under the hood of Toby swept around, picking the next suitable target. He noticed that all the portraits had changed to a more terrifying expression, staring at them like evil spirits, but even so, The portraits didn't rush out again, but turned their necks stiffly, and followed them away a little bit.

The armor carried out the coffin, and Al stood on top of the armor's head, silently encouraging himself with a small shovel.

Toby stopped in front of the door made of masks, and turned to look at the portrait on the other side.

This is a simple portrait, with a white mask looming in the darkness, the painting is lifelike, the eyes are full of whites, there is not a trace of black, and only the last head is left, or the rest of the body is hidden in the Out of the darkness, nothing is drawn.

"I can't see the full body portrait." Toby murmured, "I really don't want to enter this room."

Under the cold eyes of the white mask, Toby pressed his palm on a colorful mask on the door, and pushed the door open little by little, revealing the darkness behind.

He took off his witch robe, revealing the magic circle all over his body, and finally looked at the mask.

Then, as a black devil, he walked into the darkness and gently closed the door.

Al and Armor didn't enter this weird guest room, they stood in front of the portrait, silently watching the portrait inside.

Since the door was closed, the mask in the darkness slowly turned around, first revealing pale ears, a profile without blood at all, and then a complete face, with eyes as dark as Toby's.

It stood up and grew taller, taller, until only the soles of the monster's feet could be seen, which alone filled the portrait.

Al looked dumbfounded.

"ah"

It's bad.

It's a giant.

Maybe a giant who can use magic.

Toby had already walked into the darkness, looking up at the monster's tall body, and he could see it more clearly than Al - the giant's body was covered with "sarcomas", which were all unknown masks, Qiqi watched Toby, the "uninvited guest", or a delicious dinner.

"what"

Toby let out a long breath, and the magic circle on his body burst into a rich light in an instant, deeper than the darkness, as thick as ink.

Countless strips of cloth suddenly protruded from the pharaoh mask on his face, touching the floor like tentacles, decayed but full of unknown power, allowing Toby's body to rise slowly under the support of the cloth strips, slowly Slowly rose into the air, looking directly into the eyes in the white mask.

There was a brief silence.

Then, suddenly, the battle broke out.

The weird masks seemed to come alive. Under the leadership of the Senbai mask, they all uttered indistinct low voices, causing the giant to pounce on Toby in the sky in various weird postures, with his arms bent unnaturally. When it was folded, the leg bones made a sound of shattering, but the giant didn't seem to feel the slightest pain, and moved sensitively like a mosquito, appearing in various positions from time to time.

Amidst the dull loud noise, Toby floated in the air like a branch of a tree.Since he was awakened by the black feathers, he has been able to use the pharaoh's mask even more. The black cloth strips turned into long spears, poking at the mask on the giant, completely smashing the mask, or being broken by the sweeping giant arm.

He took out his wand, and chanted a spell that was more mysterious than the masks, and it was also a chanting from distant history.A green shimmer slowly accumulated on the tip of the wand, even outside the portrait, Al and the armor could feel the constant pressure coming from the wand.

At this moment, Al turned his head in horror, and he heard a slight sound of footsteps coming from the stairs in the distance.

The armor put on a vigilant posture. It and Al saw the oil lamp floating from the stairs, and it was aimed at them.

"ah!"

Al anxiously urged Toby.

At this time, the mysterious ancient magic was ready, and Toby yelled out the last spell, hitting the surface of the white mask in the dazzling green light.

The green lines engraved all over the giant's body in an instant, stretched out, and finally concentrated on the white mask, gradually making a broken sound, bursting with screams for no reason, and finally made the giant fall on his back.

Taking advantage of the downturn, Toby quickly drifted over, picked up the black feathers condensed from the giant's head, and then rushed behind without any hesitation.

Al also took out the magic ball and let the magic ball melt away, forming a series of dark magic circles on the armor, endowing it with even stronger strength.

At this time, the oil lamp was getting closer and closer to them, but this time after the giant fell down, no "tenant" rushed out, but silently waited for the "housekeeper" to give more severe punishment to the disobedient guests.

"Come on!"

Toby kicked the mask door open, he yelled, and hid himself and Al behind the armor.

"Rush over quickly!"

The armor bent its legs slightly, put on a running posture, and then shot out like a sharp arrow, making a loud bang sound, Toby and Al followed closely behind it.

But at the moment when it was illuminated by the oil lamp, the armor seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, and its movements suddenly slowed down. Toby waved his wand and cast spells around, but at most it could only cause moderate damage. Destruction, even the walls can't be hit, and it dissipates in the air.

Countless strips of cloth stretched out from the pharaoh's mask, firmly pressing against the back of the armor. Al and Toby pushed the armor hard together, and the magic circle engraved on Toby's body also burst into a deeper light in an instant.

The oil lamp walked forward unhurriedly, the dim light became an inescapable iron wall, and the transparent body trapped the three of them tightly inside.

"If you don't want to die here, help quickly!"

Toby didn't know who he was talking to, but after he said these words, the pharaoh's mask on his face suddenly became alive, and the cloth strips changed direction, no longer against the back of the armor, but around the To the pharaoh's coffin on its shoulders, it was entangled many times in the blink of an eye—the coffin seemed to come to life, and the lifelike lid was no longer just a dead thing. Under the wrapping of cloth strips, a pair of arms slowly stretched out, pressing against the armor in front of him, breaking the road.

As if it had surfaced, the armor finally rushed out of the deep quagmire. It immediately turned around and dragged Toby and Al out with the handle of the long axe.A group of people ran down the stairs without looking back, and did not slow down until they left the castle, passed through the misty forest, and stopped near the peaceful and silent Thestral carriage.

After they left, the oil lamp was still floating forward, and nothing could stop its footsteps.

The oil lamp floated to the door of the mask room, opened the door, floated in little by little, appeared in the portrait opposite the guest room, landed on the top of the giant's head, and then went down to a black and red mask on the chest , let the light shine on the mask.

Accompanied by a dull wriggling sound, the black-red mask slowly crawled upwards and came out of the back of the giant's head, replacing the original white mask.Amidst the low groan sounded again, the giant's body twitched for a while, slowly stood up, walked to the portrait, bent down, and let the mask face the corridor outside the portrait.

The oil lamp floated out of the portrait, came to the corridor, floated down the stairs, and finally returned to the table in the hall on the first floor.

The heavy book was opened page by page, the page of the girl with the arm became blank, and the page of the masked giant also changed accordingly, changing from forest white to black and red interlaced colors.

Then, the oil lamp fell on the table, quietly waiting for the arrival of the next guest.

(End of this chapter)