Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 199 Secret, Phone Booth, Sirius (please subscribe!)

The sky was covered with overcast clouds, and fierce waves were beating against the lonely island. A fortress stood in the center of the island. From a distance, black figures could be seen wandering around. They were three meters high, and the wizards stationed here They are clearly separated, and no one wants to merge them.

"Are you here for a shift change?" the wizard standing on the edge of the island shouted, even though he had already seen the unconscious Hagrid in the boat.

"No." Kingsley said in a low voice, "I am only responsible for sending him to prison, and then he will return to the Ministry of Magic."

The disappointed wizard walked away immediately, not intending to help at all.

There are several larger rollers on the edge of the island, one of which is slowly shrinking and tightening, pulling the cart out of the waves, dragging it to the ground, and then slowly stopping.

Kingsley got off the cart. He waved his wand to float the unconscious Hagrid. Then he walked to the gate of the castle and said to the guarding dementor, "Take me to the prison."

The dementor circled around Hagrid a few times, and the hood approached him a little bit, until Kingsley reminded him again before opening the door.

There is no doubt that the Untraceable Stretching Charm has been cast in the prison fortress, and the space is larger than Hogwarts Castle.But compared with the noisy school, this place is much quieter, quieter than anything else, and there is a deadly silence everywhere.

The passages in the fortress are intricate, and the cells are full of ragged prisoners. Their eyes are dull, and they mutter words that others cannot understand, as if they are crazy.

The dementor stopped in front of an empty cell, it stretched out its hand covered with gray coffee to open the door, Kingsley sent Hagrid in, and then left without saying a word, ending the prisoner escort Task.

But Toby was still standing in front of the cell.

He followed all the way here without being spotted by anyone, including Kingsley and the Dementor.

The magic circle formed by the magic ball made him invisible, and the pharaoh's mask covered up his emotions that would have been exposed-this is also the factor that dementors perceive the presence of wizards.

The pharaoh's mask can be regarded as an extremely special item. It turned Toby into a living dead man, able to keep his breath under the direct gaze of the basilisk, and it also made him more and more like a real mummy.

Of course, it would be even better if there were no lurking threats.

And Toby came here for this, wanting to find a solution to the trouble in Azkaban and take off the mask in a safer way.It has obviously depended on Toby, and for this reason it does not hesitate to turn him into the undead mummy in the coffin and become its guardian.

As for the source of this clue, it was because of Nick Flamel.

He told Toby that he wanted to destroy the Sorcerer's Stone because he had been to Azkaban himself, and perhaps participated in the construction of the prison through alchemy.

He got some disturbing clues in Azkaban that made him want to destroy the Philosopher's Stone.

In this regard, Toby thought of the Pharaoh's mask on his face, which is similar to the Philosopher's Stone, and it exists because of immortality.

That's why Toby took the risk to come here to resume his old profession - archaeology.

But now he has another purpose - that is to find a way to find Voldemort.

According to Dumbledore's guess, Voldemort's strength is weak, and he must create suitable prisoners through the chaos in the Forbidden Forest, so as to come to Azkaban to rescue his servants and let them work for him. Only in this way can he be found safely. More items like Notebooks and Crowns.

But Toby followed the boat all the way here. He didn't find any sign of Voldemort's existence, and couldn't help but suspect the Auror who came, Kingsley.

But there is nothing wrong with Kingsley, and Toby strongly doubts whether Voldemort's body-that is, the plant Animagus can become a real wizard.

Transfiguration has limitations, the most difficult of which is that other things cannot become human.

Toby's two skeletons are the only exceptions, and Toby has never seen such a magical item before.

How did Voldemort get to Azkaban?

In the invisible state, Toby looked around for a while, his eyes suddenly stopped, and he walked slowly to another cell.

A skinny man was held in this cell. He was sitting in the corner of the room, his long messy hair covering his forehead, and he no longer looked handsome.

Toby didn't show his figure, but he let out a pleasant voice from his throat: "Long time no see, Black."

"Back then, I thought about blaming Petunia's death on you. Even though I failed, I never thought you would end up where you are today."

"How should I put it? It's really gratifying."
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At the same time, a small tentacle suddenly protruded from the small gap in the wooden board on the small cart that was already placed next to the rollers.

No one looked around, and there were far fewer wizards in Azkaban than dementors.

The tentacles soon turned into a whole body lying flat, and then the cracked body got up, and Voldemort looked at the fortress not far away.

Similar to Toby, this magical body imparted the ability to lower emotions, making Voldemort an object, undetected by the Dementors.

Because dementors have no eyesight, they can only sense the wizard's presence emotionally.

"My faithful servants," said Voldemort, "it is time to rescue you."
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On the other side, Sirius frowned inadvertently when he heard a familiar voice ringing in his ears, but he didn't turn his head to try to find the source of the sound, as if even his former enemies didn't care anymore.

Yes, enemies, even life and death enemies.

Due to family reasons, Sirius expressed extreme dislike for Slytherin College, and was sorted into Gryffindor because of this, and formed a deep friendship with James who met on the train.

Also because of the farce on the train, Snape and James looked down on each other from the beginning by belittling each other's ideal college.

Hatred began to spread, leading to more contradictions.

As for Toby himself, in the impression of the predator, he was just a classmate who had a good relationship with Snape at the beginning, and he was always able to avoid those contradictions very cleverly, and not many people knew the ancient magic he studied at that time Not much better than black magic actually.

Until later, after that full moon night, Toby contributed a wonderful scene as soon as he came up.

This seems to have reached a certain threshold, and Toby suddenly let go of the restrictions on himself completely. He is no longer satisfied with some small troubles, and he is determined to help his two "friends".

At least it seemed to him that he was doing Snape and Lily good.

He knew that Petunia was jealous of Lily, and that the farce on the night of the full moon was caused by Sirius, so he planned to get rid of these two people at once.

That is to blame Petunia's death on Sirius who just happened to run away from home.

In this way, Petunia is dead, and Sirius will be put in prison, never to go back to school.

Toby almost made it.

It was almost there, but it was a pity that they were interrupted by the Death Eaters who rushed over, so they could only escape to the Longbottom couple's house and hide completely.

Later, Toby was inevitably involved in the conflicts between the two parties, but his relationship with the predators was delicate——James was incomplete, but he was kind in nature, because Toby saw with his own eyes that he wanted to take Snape rescued.

Peter Pettigrew is a follower and worthless.

Remus Lupine was pretty good. He had good grades and a gentle personality. On the contrary, he communicated with Toby a few times later, but he was frightened by the evil ancient magic and refused to participate in the research process.

Only Sirius Black.

Toby was most aimed at Sirius Black, because he hated Slytherin, and what Toby Jr. thought at the time was that he was even more Slytherin than Slytherin.

All in all, after Snape yelled the phrase "Mudblood", although he, Lily, and Toby drifted away due to various reasons, the two had a tacit understanding in dealing with the predators.

James lost a helper, and he fought back and forth with Snape.

But Sirius, he never beat Toby once.

This is not only because of the unpredictable ancient magic, but also because Toby has already bribed Sirius' younger brother, Regulus Black.

It's more like a threat than a bribe. Regulus, like many Slytherins who pretend to be powerful, is not so strong in nature, but cowardly.

It's just that after this, Toby never saw Regulus again.

Sad to hear he died.

His grades are excellent, and if he was alive, Toby might ask him to do archaeology together.

But his older brother, Sirius, was still alive.

"Why, the lion of Gryffindor has become so decadent, don't you want to escape from here? As long as you ask, maybe I will be willing to help you."

"Or, I can help you end the pain now, it only takes a few words from you."

"Think about it, ever pure Black."

Toby has no time to spend here, he must find out the secrets hidden in Azkaban as soon as possible.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard an indistinct voice.

"What?" He slowly walked back to the cell.

"You're used to being superior." Sirius still bowed his head, and he said in a hoarse voice: "I think I can control everything in the dark. And like everyone else, I acted like I was the one who killed James and Lily ,Is not it?"

Perhaps it was because no one came to see Sirius for a long time, yet he was willing to speak so much with Toby, his enemy, in one breath.

"Don't think I don't know." He suddenly changed his tone and said darkly: "You hate me. Among those people, you hate me the most, and you want me to die, so you came up with such a method. After the news that I was the keeper of secrets spread, I secretly returned to England to reveal where James and Lily were hiding, and once again, I wanted to plant everything on my head—”

It seems that in Sirius' memory, Toby is still the lawless bad guy, even crazier, willing to use the death of James and Lily to make Sirius feel pain.

Toby didn't want to listen to a madman talking to himself anymore.

"It's pathetic." He said contemptuously, and then walked away.

Such a Sirius, he couldn't even think of slandering him.

Just let him stay here alone, enjoying the ending of a lonely death after torture.

It wasn't until Toby walked away that Sirius finally had more reactions. He slowly turned his head and glanced at the corridor without a trace, and then turned his head back, his eyes fixed on the dirt-covered ground.

He didn't care about Toby's attitude or how he got here.

At this moment, he only had one idea.

"The murderer can rule out Toby Highmore, who would it be?"

"Remus still"

Just as he was thinking hard, he caught a glimpse of a distinctive dementor figure out of the corner of his eye, but it didn't attract Sirius' attention.

The black witch robe concealed Voldemort's true face, and at this moment he was full of anger—it was Toby Highmore again!
He heard the movement of the other party, and knew that this damn guy was planning to sabotage his plan again!

It is the nemesis of life!
Appearing in front of me again and again!
This time is definitely no exception. In Voldemort's impression, Toby would not give himself the slightest chance—who is the one who saw through his plan?Is it Toby Highmore?Or Albus Dumbledore?
In fact, Toby really intended to do so.

In his and Dumbledore's speculation, Voldemort would not let go of this opportunity to sneak into Azkaban.

Since he didn't find Voldemort, he just had to find a way to find the helper Voldemort was looking for.

Since entering Azkaban, Toby has been keeping an eye on the prisoners in the cell.

He met some of the prisoners who had been tried after the First Wizarding War - Bellatrix, Barty Crouch Jr., and of course the first Sirius.On these people, Toby secretly left the aroma of bone age algae, which can last for at least half a year, and Toby will find it again no matter where they escape.

It was also during this process that Toby gradually realized that something was wrong with Azkaban.

This prison is not only on the ground, but also has many cells underground.

But the further down, the fewer the number of dementors, they are wandering in front of the tunnel leading to the deeper, it seems very unwilling to approach there.

This is very strange.

Because the only magic that can resist dementors is the Patronus Charm.

Could it be that there is a living patron saint in the depths?

Toby walked through the cold and cold tunnel, going deeper underground, groping his way in the dark.

But unexpectedly, there are no more prisoners in the space on the bottom floor, and there are no cells.

What was there was just a dilapidated ancient tombstone, even the name engraved on it was crooked—Extis.

There is no year of birth and death, and no epitaph, only such a simple name.

This is a tomb.

Before the establishment of Azkaban, the tomb of the owner of the island was also a notorious wizard.

It was he who captured the sailors who passed by the island and brutally killed them, and it was he who attracted so many dementors.

But the question is, will the Ministry of Magic be willing to deliberately leave a whole floor of space for this kind of person without interfering?

It seems that the problem is in the graveyard under the tombstone.

Toby took out a top-like thing from his pocket, with a few thin long legs protruding from it.

"Remember to keep your voice down," Toby reminded, throwing the top to the ground.

The spinning top circled the tombstone a few times and stood under the tombstone.

This is an instrument used by Toby when he was archaeological in the Forbidden Forest. Generally, the sounds it makes are evaluations such as "rich", "insignificant", and "poor ghost".

But this time, the slender legs of the spinning top trembled suddenly, and the sound it made was also inaudible:

"Run away, if you slow down you will die, run away quickly."

At this moment, the response of the pharaoh's mask was much faster than Toby's. It seemed to regain consciousness suddenly, and strips of cloth that were about to decay protruded from the edge of the mask——Toby became conscious during the process of retreating. Seeing that the mask was exuding fear, all the cloth strips were originally intended to be stretched backwards, used as a bracket to drag Toby over and leave this weird room-but in the next second, the bottom of the tombstone gradually became There was a vortex, which didn't affect Toby, but turned all the cloth strips upside down, and they were all sucked into it.

The cloth strips all over the sky were tightly grasped by something, and a pile of rotten bones sporadically emerged from the vortex, and fell to the surroundings—that should be the bones of Extis.

But below that, a thing Toby is all too familiar with popped up:

It is the coffin.

It looks very similar to the coffin in the pyramid, except that there is no pharaoh's logo, and it looks more like a flowing waterfall, exuding a little bit of light.

Toby hurriedly retracted the top, and he immediately realized that he couldn't go any further—all the cloth strips were being sucked into the edge of the coffin, and it seemed that something was grabbing the Pharaoh's mask.

What a rare opportunity!
Voldemort, who was secretly following not far behind, heard the movement. He temporarily gave up his plan to rescue the servant. He also sensed the strangeness below the prison, and rushed over step by step. He found Toby who was silently stalemate, and also noticed the body. Mysterious coffin.

Toby heard footsteps behind him, he turned his head vigorously, gritted his teeth and said, "Voldemort!"

"It's me." Voldemort said step by step, "I also want to thank you for this opportunity. Don't worry, Toby, to express my gratitude, I will give you a—"

No one knows exactly what boon Voldemort intended to bestow on Toby.

The magic circle all over the body suddenly burst into gleams of light. Toby covered the hideous mask with his palms, and his fear made him at a loss. For Toby, this is also the most suitable opportunity to take off the mask!
The pain, the dense pain, seemed to tear Toby's soul apart—the mask was unwilling to just give up Toby as a helper, and let out a mournful howl from its mouth, and it was stuck in the On Toby's face, a whole circle of skin was torn off.

In the burst of blood, Toby exerted all his strength, pulled the mask with the ribbon behind him, and quickly pressed it on the face of Voldemort who had no time to dodge!
The pain continued to torment Toby, which involved damage to the soul. He stood in place tensely, letting the blood drip from his face.

And Voldemort—after the mask re-parasitized on the body of the plant Animagus, a transparent face gradually protruded from the top of his head—that was Voldemort's original appearance, and he could no longer hold back and hide in this body The conscious people in the middle of the night are gone, but they still subconsciously keep themselves from being dragged into the coffin, and retreat firmly.

A palm that couldn't be slower reached into the pocket, and when the palm was pulled out again, a wide hat appeared in the hand, with dense arms and tentacles growing under the brim of the hat.

Voldemort watched as the hat passed through the phantom of the soul and was placed on the combined body of plant and mask.

After combining with the third item, the black shadow suddenly sprang out from the body, accompanied by painful hissing.He invaded Toby's body, but was blocked by the hot magic circle.

This time, the Dark Lord defeated the Dark Lord, but at the cost of creating an even more terrifying monster.

The dementors in the entire fortress were pouring in. Toby urged the magic ball to condense into a magic circle on the roof, covering layer after layer—this is what he deliberately concealed in class this semester. The method is also the method he used to destroy hundreds of thousands of mummies in the pyramid. Of course, the magic circle can be superimposed, which will occasionally appear in the process of using the wand, but it is extremely difficult.

When applied to the magic circle, it is extremely dangerous.

Accompanied by an earth-shattering loud noise, the roof was pierced layer by layer, as if hit by a shell, and the dark sky outside could be seen.

After the smoke cleared, Toby let the magic ball return to him and became transparent again. He looked at the position of the coffin, but found that there was nothing—not only the coffin, but also the creation that was sucked into it. , without a trace.

Dementors could already be seen floating slowly from the stairs. Voldemort had long since disappeared. Toby couldn't hide here any longer. He jumped up suddenly, under the blessing of the magic circle under his feet Like a feather floating in the air, it continued to fly upwards, and then slowly landed in front of the castle.

Taking advantage of the commotion in the prison, the invisible Toby hurried to the car hidden on the edge of the island, which was also invisible-but at this moment, Toby caught a glimpse of a half-dead black car lying nearby. The dog, covered in scrapes, looked as if it had fallen from a height.

Could it be that he was hit by himself?
prisoner?Didn't die?
Toby didn't have time to think too much, he moved the body that was still in pain, tied up the black dog casually, and threw it into the trunk, intending to find a random place to bury it, and he must bury it far away, away from himself and him. Azkaban is far away, so that no one will notice the injury caused by the magic circle.

Then he drove the car, flew into the air, completely flew away from Azkaban, and got into the thick black cloud.

Why is the coffin missing?
Was it Voldemort who stole it?
Cold sweat mixed with blood dripped down his chin and onto the steering wheel. Toby collapsed. He destroyed all the clues left in Azkaban, including those few drops of blood. Now he can no longer hold on However, he couldn't just let go of the doubts in his heart.

He must figure out the movement of the coffin, whether it is for the pharaoh's mask, to study ancient magic, or to increase his collection, he must
Before he knew it, Toby suddenly realized that he had already flown a long distance, and the car gradually couldn't hold on anymore. It couldn't be invisible for such a long time, and it was only done by the magic ball.

The car flew down the clouds, fell slowly to the ground, and landed in a city in the middle of the night.

Toby recognized the city, and he recognized the telephone box that happened to be built next to the road.

Oddly enough, he got out of the car with difficulty, staggered into the phone booth, and leaned weakly in the corner.

The magic ball floated out automatically, flying very slowly, covering everything inside, and a few complex and mysterious magic circles faintly emerged.

Toby lowered his eyelids, and he glanced at these traces that once existed.

From the perspective of function, it should not be difficult to subdue a werewolf.

"What a Lockhart"

He muttered, thinking of the "Ancient Magic" he found when he met Lockhart for the first time, thinking that Lockhart had really studied this book.

He made up a lie with the ability of real existence, which deceived Dumbledore and himself.

"Occlumency you know Occlumency."

Toby's body fell limply and sat on the ground.

He vaguely heard something, like the sound of a car door being kicked open.

After a while, a pair of scarred feet appeared in Toby's gradually diverging sight.He raised his head vigorously, and saw the other person's thin face, messy long hair, and eyes staring at him behind it.

"You are actually an Animagus. Is the ancient magic professor also cursed?"

The consciousness couldn't hold on, and the last picture Toby saw was Sirius taking his wand and pointing the tip at himself.

Then everything plunged into darkness.

(End of this chapter)