Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 263 The Devil and the Devil

"What you have to do in a moment is simply to find a way to interfere with Mr. Diggory. It's not difficult for you, is it? Are you listening to me, Harry?"

Harry snapped back to his senses, and saw Professor Highmore's face, and the eyes hidden behind his hair, sizing him up.

"You look a little disturbed." Toby said, "Maybe you should tell the reason, so as not to be laughed at by Severus later. Besides, I don't think you want to lose to Mr. Diggory." , I remember there will be your games in the second half of the season."

"Professor, I."

Harry was hesitant, but he finally asked out the doubts in his heart: "The words you just said... mean that you once faced that special devil in person, and then you met with Ms. Escaped with the help of Mr.

Toby looked at Harry quietly for a while, and that gaze made Harry immediately think of Principal Dumbledore, as if he could read people's hearts.

"Let me guess." Toby smiled and said, "The question you really want to ask should be whether this has something to do with your troubles. I think this method is too risky. The most important thing is that you are also worried Become a devil yourself, right?"

Harry certainly thought so.

The way Professor Highmore helped him solve Voldemort's soul was to let Hermione and Ron learn the Patronus Charm, which is the same as Ms. Angela and Mr. Al - although until now he has not figured out that Mr. Al is How can it be possible to summon the patron saint.

However, this is no longer important.

Because Harry was more worried about the outcome - he had seen Professor Highmore turned into something that looked like a devil - and it happened in this room after Harry was told that he was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. At the time, Ron and Hermione were there, and they were terrified.

Nowadays, it is hard for Harry not to suspect that maybe one day in the future, he will become like Professor Highmore back then.

It can also be called the successor of the black devil.

This time it wasn't just the code name, but the real devil.

"Are you conflicted about that?" Toby asked, looking into Harry's green eyes.It made Harry feel that Professor Highmore was not just looking at himself, but more like talking to someone with the same eyes.

"Don't you like ancient magic?"

Harry suddenly became nervous, and he opened his mouth, but before he could answer, Toby interrupted ahead of time: "If you want me to say, you like ancient magic, Harry, but it's okay to be resistant to it." Excuse me. Not everyone can accept the dark side of ancient magic, your mother - Lily Evans - she can't accept it, and she has been trying to deny me through research in another direction The idea that there is no need to take such a big risk.”

"She did it, Harry."

Toby patted Harry on the shoulder lightly: "As I told you, she lives on you, allowing you to survive the spell that is absolutely impossible to survive. This is something no one can do. But Your mother did it."

"What is her magic?" Harry asked in disbelief.

"Love," said Toby, "it's love, Harry. And, if you're careful, it's what I taught Lily—on the day I was going to kill Petunia. A lot of things happened that day." what."

Although he had already learned about this from Sirius, and Harry later told Professor Highmore these words.But this was the first time he had heard Professor Highmore bring it up.

What's even more surprising is that this is exactly what Dumbledore said - it's all about love.

But there was one thing Harry couldn't understand.

"My mother and aunt. She never said anything good about my mother." Harry said angrily.

"Don't look at me." Toby shook his head and said, "I don't understand why your mother cares so much about her sister, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of helping her solve this trouble once and for all."

It was really a hardcore reason, but Professor Highmore's tone was so flat that it didn't seem real, and it couldn't bring Harry the shock when he first heard the news.

At this time, a voice that made Harry disgusted sounded not far away, it sounded greasy.

"How long are you going to dawdle?" Snape mocked, "Are you discussing how to admit defeat?"

"You don't need to worry about it." Toby immediately sneered: "And, you should really hope that you are really an old and ugly bat, so that at least you won't fall half to death-of course, You will be all right, Mr Diggory."

Cedric, who was standing by the side, nodded sadly. Professor Snape had no intention of discussing tactics with him. In addition to the scene he witnessed in the Ancient Magic Office, he was already prepared to lose this competition. ready.

"Then, let's begin."

At the moment of the announcement, the armor that lost both arms trembled slightly, its helmet floated to Toby's side and was put on by him, and Snape grasped the armor's weapon - the long ax - this It is the utensil they specially use to catch the devil, and the intricate patterns on it are still shining-this is the magic that traps the devil at work.

And the devil, which is bound within the confines of the room, has literally burst out.

"Come on, Harry!"

Toby stepped on the broom and said that he flew into the air as soon as he vacated the ground, and his skills were not as bad as Harry imagined-he clearly remembered that Professor Highmore didn't seem to like brooms, as evidenced by Mr. Al's small flying carpet.

The most surprising thing was Snape—including Toby, no one expected that he could also control the Firebolt proficiently. His speed was not slower than Toby's at all, and he rushed towards the devil who wanted to escape from the house.

"It was a surprise."

Toby whizzed past Snape, his voice coming from under his helmet, but it didn't sound muffled at all, it was extraordinarily loud: "Don't tell me you've even been to Quidditch on the sly - you know I'm in Refers to whose game."

"Shut your mouth!" Snape said viciously, he was about to run towards Toby suddenly, but Toby dodged swiftly and flew diagonally above Snape.

"Well," his voice gradually became lower and lower: "It seems that the conclusion last night is about to be fulfilled—you really want to put me to death."

Snape stared at him resentfully.

"You shouldn't have come back." He said through gritted teeth.

Harry and Cedric had no idea what was going on ahead, and each of them held an armored arm, focusing all their attention on the devils running around-of course, their own devils had already been summoned When they came out, the Rune Snake and the Badger followed closely beside them, never leaving a step.

It seems that because the expression on Harry's face was too serious, and today's whole thing seemed extraordinarily surprised, Cedric actually tried to break the silence during the game for the first time: "Don't you think this game is a bit strange?" Simple? If it’s just grabbing a blob of paint that’s running around, it’s not going to take the professors to do it themselves—I mean, there’s not even a flame ball, not a single one.”

This is also the doubt in Harry's heart. He has caught the Golden Snitch and played many matches.No matter how you compare it, the training this time seems a little monotonous - there is only the part of catching the devil, there is no such thing as Bludgers and Quaffles.

"Maybe it's because devils are harder to catch than snitches." Harry said his guess, but even he himself didn't believe this reason.

But what he never expected was that he guessed right—and the real situation was ten thousand times worse than he imagined.

Perhaps it was because knowing that there was no way to escape the room, the ball of paint that had already flown to the corner suddenly turned around and rushed straight towards the person who seemed the best to deal with—that is, Harry.

Moreover, in the process of flying, this special devil gradually changed from a sphere to a human form—this gave Harry a very strange feeling, which he had seen with his own eyes, and Voldemort had appeared in front of him— For some reason, he felt that the devil looked exactly like Voldemort, except that the face was hidden under the hood.

It's also like a dementor—the devil is also like a dementor. The tall figure brings an extremely cold breath, which makes people breathless.

However, it is much more difficult to deal with than the dementor.

For a moment, Harry felt the sound of a woman crying, and a gloomy green light. The spell hit the woman, and a terrible enemy appeared in front of him, sizing him up quietly.

"Harry Potter," hissed Voldemort.

"Harry! Harry!" Someone called out to him from a distance, followed by a violent impact, almost dragging Harry off the broom, but an arm caught him in time .

"Are you okay?" Cedric's face appeared in front of his eyes: "Don't tell me you dare to be distracted at a time like this—the devil almost knocked you into the air just now."

"I..." Harry saw the limp Rune snake hanging on the broom handle at a glance. It looked very sick, but the head with the lightning scar looked more energetic than ever, Also more dangerous.

"It just blocked you." Cedric explained, and patted Harry on the shoulder vigorously: "Cheer up, the training is not over yet!"

is not over.

Just as Harry gradually came to his senses, two black shadows flew past him in unison. Professor Highmore and Snape walked side by side without giving an inch.

As they passed Harry—

"Try to feel the pain."

Harry heard Professor Highmore's voice in his ears, and even the surrounding movement became quieter, leaving only this voice: "That will be of great use to you—not everyone can accept ancient magic The dark side of the world, but when we have to face it, we can only find a way to defeat it-defeat him with your devil, no matter how bad it is, we must be able to protect ourselves.”

The environment became clear little by little, and before Harry could fully recover, Toby and Snape had already rushed to the devil's side - the Rune snake had some influence on it, especially In the case where the trapped magic still exists.

Snape clenched the longaxe and swung it so hard that he almost missed the back of Toby's head.

"Hey!" Toby dissatisfied: "This is a foul, foul!"

"Do you think I will agree with your rules?" Snape said with a sneer, "Toby Highmore's rules? Let's wait until the day you actually research something."

"Personal attack is also a foul!" Toby yelled without looking back, a fierce man broke into the devil's body, stretched his head forward, and knocked it to pieces. After reuniting again, he was no longer so agile and It's not as compact as it used to be, and it seems to be badly injured.

"You should try it too." Toby went around and flicked the armor on his head with his fingers, and the visor opened and closed accordingly, as if agreeing with what he said.

"Try to touch it, only real pain can help you summon the devil."

Snape didn't intend to do what Toby said at all, he slashed the long ax on the devil again and again, making everyone's heart chill.

"What about your ridiculous assistant's assistant?" He asked coldly, "Is he suffering enough to summon the devil?"

"About this point, tsk tsk—" Toby shook his head and said, "Maybe I'm going to disappoint you. Mr. Diggory is more talented than I thought. Just having to contact the devil is enough to make him feel sad." It's - not everyone has normal access to this kind of magic, but he can't help it, that kid can do anything for an auto-casting wand, and he's a man with ideals. Maybe when I'm The headmaster—forget it, the headmaster is fine, I might consider transferring him to Slytherin House, and try Professor Slughorn's hobby—collecting outstanding students."

"Wishful thinking!" Snape said coldly, causing the swing of the ax to become wider, and Harry and Cedric who were watching behind were terrified, fearing that they might accidentally chop off Professor Highmore's head.

The training is gradually entering a fierce stage, and Harry and Cedric are not useless at all—they are often attacked by devils and become the best sneak attack targets, but they always fail to do so—because the devil has already It became weaker at a speed visible to the naked eye.It can be seen from its size that it has begun to shrink a little bit, and it seems that it will disappear completely in a short time, and it will be trapped back in the armor.

Seeing that the devil broke through the siege of Professor Highmore and Snape again, and was about to charge towards him, Harry waved his gauntlet twice angrily, waiting for it to hit him hard.

"Harry—be careful!" Cedric suddenly yelled loudly, and he rushed towards Harry quickly—but it was too late, and at some point, a stream of smoke spit out from the rune snake—— It emerged from that radiant scarred head—it became a pair of heavy shackles, exactly like those on Barrow, and immediately locked Harry's body tightly—and more dangerously, the devil His body is about to really rush over.

The devil's reflection reflected in Harry's pupils, and he struggled, but to no avail.

He saw a dim black light suddenly emerge from Professor Haimer's body, which was a sign that he was about to become something like a devil—but within a second, he suddenly stopped.

Another thing--it was pitch-black, and it was hard to see what it was, suddenly appeared in front of Harry. It pierced the shackles two or three times, and knocked out the rushing devil.The body of the armor on the ground immediately shone with light, trapped the devil, and squeezed it back into the armor like pressing cotton.

Toby turned his head in surprise, and saw Snape's livid face, and he was still holding the shimmering long ax tightly in his hand - this could also be regarded as a scepter.

Just now, Snape successfully summoned the devil and rescued Harry who was framed by a humanoid devil.

But it is almost impossible to learn such a difficult magic in such a short time.

unless--

"When did you read the book "Ancient Magic", and you didn't even miss the few articles I published."

The devil is very dangerous magic, it was never officially written by Toby, but it is not without trace.

But there is a premise, that is, to always pay attention to Toby's news, not to miss a single bit.

This made Snape's face even more ugly, he fell to the ground without saying a word, threw the broom aside, and left the Room of Requirement without looking back.

Looking at his back, Toby murmured:

"It turns out that this time is the biggest surprise, which is really impressive."

(End of this chapter)