Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 176 Christmas Gift (Subscribe)

Before Salazar Slytherin decided to leave Hogwarts, there was another unknown founder who also parted ways, and the other party did it more completely.

He opened up the Forbidden Forest, set a bunch of strict rules for the horse people, did not allow them to intervene in disputes between wizards, voluntarily gave up the opportunity to form a deeper friendship with wizards, left many unknown secrets, and even predicted in advance The spearhead of wizard supremacy, and finally let itself disappear without a trace, leaving no record.

He is the foresight from the lush forest and the prophet of the centaurs-House.

Toby once found the imprint left by the other party in the Mason Gate, and the giant-like centaur kept repeating a sentence—[Because war is inevitable.The war between wizards and other races is coming, and I have no choice. 】

Beyond that, Toby doesn't know much about House.

But now, no one thought that the clues left by House would appear again, and they were still extracted from the basilisk.

Under the influence of the black feathers, Salazar Slytherin and House appeared together in the picture formed by the black mist.

The place where they appeared was the secret room thousands of years ago.

At this time, the Chamber of Secrets has begun to take shape, and the statue of Salazar Slytherin himself appears completely in the picture, and the two stand at the foot of the huge statue.

House looked up at the face of the statue with a calm expression.

Slytherin's expression was different, he stared at House indifferently, without saying a word.

The silence didn't last long.

House withdrew his gaze and sighed pitifully.

He said: "I thought that my withdrawal would avoid causing disputes, but I didn't expect you to come to this step. Chamber of Secrets. Is this your ambition, Salazar. You still haven't given up on the research on those evil magics, then What are you going to do next? I've seen the friendship between you and Godric—"

"Enough." Slytherin's voice was not cold and sharp, but it was full of power.

At this moment, Toby even saw the shadow of Headmaster Dumbledore when he was angry, which was completely different from the image of Slytherin he imagined.

Toby once faced Voldemort directly, thinking that he was a copy of Slytherin, but now it seems that the facts are different from what he imagined.

It can even be said to be completely different.

But what attracted Toby the most was House's words—he actually quit voluntarily.And it sounds like this is vaguely related to Slytherin himself, who left to avoid "disputes".

After Slytherin interrupted House's words, the screen fell into a brief silence.

In this silence, House took out a palm-sized egg from the cloth bag he was carrying - Al involuntarily grabbed Toby's sleeve, and Slytherin's eyes in the picture also moved to the egg.

Toby already knew what it was.

It was a basilisk egg.

"Usually, basilisks only live for about 900 years, although Parseltongue can put the basilisk into a deep sleep, which prevents it from continuing to grow and enters a state similar to suspended animation," House said. But you should also be aware that that It won't last long. For example, thousands of years, or even longer."

"According to your request, I made this special egg, which can keep the basilisk inside for an unusually long time, so as to protect the secret room, or to eliminate the impure blood in your eyes. I have already prepared it Bear the price of killing, but I need you to promise me a condition."

Toby noticed that Slytherin's fingers twitched slightly, and just when he thought that Slytherin would take the basilisk egg by force, he heard Slytherin speak again, giving up his plan to fight.

"Tell me." Slytherin said, his eyes still indifferent: "If you can impress me."

"The sorting hat." House said bluntly, as if he had been waiting for this moment: "I heard that you plan to create a sorting hat, so that after you leave this world, Hogwarts can select students who match the characteristics of each house .”

"Please don't get me wrong, I have no intention of intervening, and my clansmen will not do it either. But I hope that when you pour thoughts into the Sorting Hat, you can let go of the restrictions a little bit, so that your college is not so pure. "

Slytherin's eyes became more indifferent: "There is no plan to intervene, is it? But why do I feel that you are already intervening. Is it because you saw something again? Is it because of the stars, or those burning herbs , you have foreseen so many futures, have you ever seen... an enemy of me?"

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Toby frowned tightly, as if he was in it.

House said in a calm voice: "An enemy to you. I never thought of being an enemy to you, Salazar. Not now, and never will. I just saw your heart, saw you and Ge The precious friendship between Derek and seeing the evil decisions you didn't make. I believe that represents the bottom line in your heart, otherwise you would not be friends with Godric. How I wish this can last, but It must be impossible. But I still hope to keep your bottom line, not just for me, not just for the horse people—"

"It's also for Godric, for the entire wizarding world, and for yourself."

"Never take that step, Salazar, that's the only advice I can give you. Otherwise, you won't even have the chance to [continue]."

Slytherin narrowed his eyes slowly, and his aura gradually became dangerous: "Do you think I care if I can [continue]? Do you think I care if my soul is complete? It has already become muddy, Stained with blood and wailing, from wizards, from Muggles, from...mudbloods."

"They don't deserve to be alive, they don't deserve to exist, there's no reason for dirty bloodlines to continue."

"Remove all threats, this is the meaning of my existence, nothing can compare to it."

"I don't think so." House said neither humble nor overbearing: "I don't think you have reached the point where there is no cure. Although you regard it as an ideal, it will never be the right way. In your eyes [Threat] cannot be cleaned up, because it not only exists in the future, but also has a more terrifying past."

"Don't touch [them], otherwise, the wizarding world will encounter an irresistible disaster, and everything will be destroyed."

The corners of Slytherin's lips curled up sarcastically.

"Naive idea." He said: "No wonder you are only willing to hide in the Forbidden Forest. You don't understand the meaning of great ideals at all. You are too cowardly, House."

Toby saw Slytherin reaching for the basilisk egg, and instead of looking at the calm face, he looked up at the head on top of the statue.

That was him, the great Slytherin.

"I will lift the restrictions."

He said proudly.

"I allow filthy blood into my academy, but I will also add a paramount requirement to this."

"Ideal. Only those who have the potential for a great ideal and truly understand the meaning of this requirement will be selected by the Sorting Hat."

House seemed to be very satisfied with this request. He turned his head and finally smiled. He looked at the figure in black robe outside the screen, and his eyes met the face under the hood.

"More Slytherin than Slytherin?" he asked.

The Slytherin in the picture also turned around, and he also looked at himself, his eyes piercing through the millennium, and his tone was full of authority: "That's right, it must be more Slytherin than Slytherin."

The black mist dissipated little by little from bottom to top, and the two stared at Toby, as if wanting to completely engrave his appearance in their minds.

Toby took off his hood, revealing the terrifying mask on his face, and the dark and deep eyes behind it.

"Is this what you want?"

He showed his changes to his heart's content, and saw the changes in the eyes of the two in the black mist that was about to completely dissipate, Slytherin's solemnity, and House's relief.

Toby said contemptuously: "As a trade item, have you ever thought that it is not only a great ideal, but also more Slytherin than Slytherin. Besides, there is a possibility ,E.g"

"I will also become [them] in your mouth?"

At the last moment, Slytherin's gaze became meaningful.

House looked up, his eyes seemed to penetrate the ceiling and reach the incomparable sky.

"Mars has never been brighter."

He said.

In astrological predictions, Mars means war.

With the last symbolic prophecy of the centaur prophet, the black mist completely dissipated, and the figures of the two also disappeared.

Al looked at Toby cautiously, his eyes full of doubts and worries.

"Huh?" it asked in a low voice.

Toby said: "It's just a possibility, Al. I need time to think about the content of the conversation between them. There are many things I haven't figured out-[continue], [threat]. Since when Are Muggle-borns a threat to begin with?"

"There is also Slytherin's motive for lifting the restriction. I think it is not only related to House's request. Perhaps, Slytherin has thought so for a long time. He does not need House to persuade him, he will do the same Decided. Unfortunately, there are not many clues left, we—”

"Professor Haimo?!"

The unbelievable call interrupted Toby's soliloquy. He turned around and saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

It was also the first time they saw the terrifying face under the hood of Professor Highmore, the hissing and writhing basilisk, and the rooster in the cage for the first time.

All the guesses seemed to be fulfilled in an instant, and Professor Haimo really became the culprit, the person who planned and manipulated everything in the dark.

He wants to control the basilisk and become the true heir of Slytherin!

"Why are you here?" Toby asked in a deep voice.

He just wanted to walk towards the three of them, but Ron yelled out in shock: "No—don't come here! Don't come here! How can you—"

At this moment, the witty Hermione interrupted with a trembling voice: "We have notified the other professors in advance, and they will come over in a while to stop you!"

Harry immediately understood Hermione's intentions. The three of them alone could not stop Professor Highmore, and it might be better to deceive him.

He cried out sadly: "Stop it, Professor Haimo, before it's too late."

Immediately afterwards, he added another sentence: "Not only the other professors, but the principal is coming soon, stop it, professor."

Toby stared at them inexplicably.

The three of them saw a chilling smile suddenly appear on the mask.

"Oh, it turns out that the principal hasn't come back yet. This is really strange, after all, this is a Christmas dinner. But that's good, and no one can hinder me."

The three of them didn't know how Professor Highmore saw through their lies, and they remembered the punishment for lying before—Ron's face became pale, Hermione was so frightened that he couldn't move, and Harry
"Hush-hush-"

Suddenly, a series of obscure and cold voices came out of Harry's mouth.

Toby stopped in surprise, his eyes became complicated and cautious.

"Parseltongue? You can speak Parseltongue?! Why you?!"

For a moment, Harry didn't understand why Professor Highmore's reaction became so big. He just wanted to wake up the basilisk as soon as possible, so as to prevent Professor Highmore from doing more terrible things.

In the dark and cold secret room, the two sides faced each other silently
Harry hissed non-stop, and Ron and Hermione looked at him as if they had seen a savior.

Toby didn't continue walking towards them, but stood still.

Al yawned boredly, keeping an eye on the rooster in the cage to prevent it from crowing.

Five seconds passed, ten seconds passed, half a minute passed.

"Hiss - hiss - cough cough!"

Choking on the spit, Harry coughed violently.

Ron patted him on the back desperately, and Hermione watched in horror as Professor Highmore walked towards them again.

"Fortunately, it turned out to be a scare." Toby stood in front of the three and mocked: "The game should end here——"

"No—" Harry retorted, flushed, "I didn't scare anyone! I meant it, Professor! How could you do that, you—"

Even though it was covered by a mask, that scary mask seemed to have really become the face of Professor Haimer, and his expression became extremely vivid and lifelike.

In the blink of an eye, Harry saw Professor Highmore's expression darken uncontrollably.

"Didn't scare people?!"

After throwing such a sentence, Toby suddenly ignored the three of them. He quickly walked to the side of the basilisk, stood in front of its huge head, raised his wand, and shone the ball of light on its side jaw. Check it out yourself.

There was a tiny to invisible wound on it.

Toby didn't need to go to the other side to guess that it was probably the same injury.

"The basilisk can't hear, it's hurt"

Toby murmured, looking at the cock in Al's hand, a terrible guess appeared in his heart.

"Run."

he said, and then suddenly shouted, "Run!"

The three of them were still in a daze, but Al had already rushed out without hesitation, and the flying carpet wrapped it up in front of the three of them, and grabbed their hair with his claws in an instant, making them run subconsciously .

At the last moment when he was about to turn around, Harry caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye that the basilisk stopped struggling suddenly, and the rooster was still crowing, but it didn't work at all.

The magic ball floated out in an instant, and then formed a bright magic circle between Toby and the head of the basilisk. A dim light also surged from him, too dark to be seen. He wrapped his arms around him and slowly opened his eyes. Basilisk.

Seen from a distance, the weak body contained the huge monster with unbelievable strength, no matter how the basilisk moved its feet, it did not move.Then, accompanied by an earth-shattering bang, the three of them were swept away by the violent impact and fell to the hard floor.

Al didn't bother to take care of the three children anymore. He turned his head stiffly and saw the collapsed statue, the basilisk with half its head shattered in the dust, and
After the dust dissipated, it floated up out of nowhere, with its limbs and head thrown back, like Toby whose chest had been pierced by a spear.

He was petrified.

Then, in the next second, Toby's joints twisted in an unnatural direction, and he slowly stood up like a walking corpse, his head drooping in front of his chest, and then raised up a little bit.

The mask is no longer lifelike, but completely changed into a real face, replacing Toby.

"Yeah, yeah——!!!"

This time there was no need for a translator, the three who fell understood what Al was saying - run! ! !

They ran away quickly.

And it also started chasing.

Harry didn't dare to look back, just hearing the approaching footsteps was enough to scare him.

At the same time, a doubt appeared in his heart.

"If the basilisk can't hear the sound, then"

"Who is communicating with me?!"
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In the abandoned bathroom, a figure slowly floated out of the pipes, with cracked skin, as if he hadn't drank water for several years.

The figure found the prepared compound decoction in the compartment. He grabbed a hair left in the pipe with his fingertips, threw it into the cauldron, and drank it clean after the color of the potion changed.

In this way, the plant turned into the appearance of a wizard, and the figure walked to the dirty mirror, looking at the face of "Toby" reflected in it.

"Let the students you value kill each other"

Voldemort said to himself in a low voice: "I hope you like this Christmas present, Dumbledore."
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[Stupid, didn't pay attention to the time, and ended up with no full attendance.Speaking of this book, the beginning was much better than the previous one, but the results are getting lower and lower, not as good as the previous one.I hope everyone can support the original version a lot, a few cents can give the author the warmth that cannot be added in the icy cold night, thank you for your support, and will work hard to write more interesting plots, thank you. 】

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