Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

If you had to describe him, he was a cross between a centaur and a troll.

While Ivan was looking at him, the centaur ghost was also looking back at them.

His eyes were full of suspicion, and he frowned and said something. The tone was very strange, and it was definitely not English. Everyone looked at each other and did not understand what he was saying.

Margaret hurriedly stepped forward and started talking with the other party.

"That is the language unique to the centaurs. It is very ancient and complex, and it is rarely used now." Sirius explained, "But it was very popular in the Middle Ages."

"That set of leather armor looks like a medieval style." Hermione analyzed, "He must have lived here for nearly a thousand years like Nearly Headless Nick."

"Nick knew all the ghosts, but he never told us about the centaur ghosts." Harry looked at him curiously, and said in a low voice, "Remember last year's Halloween party?! All the ghosts from all over the UK came , but there is no such guy."

"I think it's because I can't communicate, so I didn't invite him." Ron wrinkled his nose and guessed in a low voice, "Nick can't speak Centaur, can he?"

"The centaurs generally don't communicate with humans, even if they become ghosts." Sirius said, "This is the most sacred temple of the centaurs, and only the souls of the wisest elders and bravest warriors in the tribe can enter in."

"So there will be a lot of centaur ghosts here?" Ivan asked.

"Actually, not many." Margaret finished talking with the centaur ghost, and he came back just in time to hear Ivan's question, and replied briefly, "Because of the betrayers, we have suffered huge losses, As a result, the souls of many ancestors disappeared forever, and only the most powerful centaur remained. The one just now was Ugt, which means lofty mountains in the centaur language. He is the greatest warrior in the history of our tribe .”

"The greatest warrior, what did he do?" Ron asked suspiciously, "Killed many acromantulas?"

"He once slaughtered an adult dragon and there are many monsters you can't imagine." Margaret said gruffly, as if he was a little dissatisfied with Ron's offense, "Humans, never underestimate the centaurs, we Possess a great power and civilization not weaker than yours."

The fire dragon is the most powerful and ferocious magical creature in existence. You have seen one in the underground of Gringotts, and you have been deeply shocked by the strength of the other party.

It was unimaginable that a centaur could kill a fire dragon by himself, even a powerful wizard could hardly do this.

The centaur ghost Uggt turned and left, and everyone looked at his back in awe.

"Let's go, don't make the elder wait too long." Margery turned around and set off again.

Everyone continued to move forward and entered a circular upward passage.On the outer side of the passage are circular rooms of different sizes, which are filled with many strange things, some of which are sacrificial items, but some things do not look so pleasant.

With the dim light of the torch, through the narrow gap of the stone gate, Aiwen saw many statues placed in the dark room.

Statues are all kinds of things, too far away to see clearly, but the appearance of this statue by the door is enough to shock everyone.

Ai Wen swallowed, and stopped in place in a daze, completely stunned.

Following his gaze, Ron glanced into the room curiously, and the next second, he let out a hoarse, terrified cry.

Chapter 342 Crazy Statue

"What's the matter?" Sirius asked loudly, pulled out his wand, and hurried over.

Harry and Hermione, who were walking in front, also turned their heads and looked at Ron worriedly.They didn't know what happened, but Ron's screams made people feel very bad. They couldn't help but think of Sirius' previous warning that the centaur temple was not safe, and they all pulled out their wands to be more vigilant.

Margery stood there without moving, looking at Ron who collapsed on the ground with a strange expression.

He seemed a little hesitant, but he didn't come over to stop him.

"In, inside, those statues are all monsters!" Ron said tremblingly, pointing to the dark room half hidden by the stone door ahead.

"Monster?!" Sirius looked at him suspiciously, then turned his gaze to Ivan.

Ivan nodded, signaling Sirius to get ready.Then, he swung his wand quickly, and an egg-sized light yellow ball of light flew out from the end of his wand, paused forward, knocked open the stone door in front of him at a very fast speed, and flew into the dim room.

In the next second, the light cluster emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the entire room.

Everyone took a step forward, and when they saw clearly what was inside, they couldn't help but gasped in unison, with extremely shocked expressions on their faces, and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"What the hell is this?" Harry asked in surprise.

Unexpectedly, in this ancient and small room, there are many statues of strange creatures.

They were all alike, and they looked so grotesque that, if one insisted on describing them, they were monstrous creatures resembling misshapen insects, five feet long.

The color of the body is a rocky blue-gray, with occasional hints of pink.

The most striking thing is the huge crustacean-like body, with several pairs of huge organs that look like dorsal fins or thin wings, and six sets of arthropods.

What is frightening is that where the head should be, there is a green ellipsoid with a complex structure, covered with a large number of short tentacles.

Under the tentacles, the head socket is full of holes, and the muscle membrane on it is like the eyes of a fly that has been magnified countless times, which is very disgusting.

As long as you observe carefully, you can vaguely see a gray flesh core inside the monster's head through the cyan film, like a huge tumor that suddenly mutated.

With breathing, the tumor seemed to be shaking, but it was indeed an illusion if you looked closely.

The statues are shocking to look at, they seem to have not been moved in centuries, they have been covered with thick dust, but they are still very lifelike.

In fact, they seem too real to be true.

Ivan thought of those people who were petrified by the basilisk magic last year. These statues looked just like them, as if living creatures had been petrified by the magic.

He couldn't help thinking: They were all alive, only petrified.

This idea is not good, but it is obvious that Ivan is not the only one who thinks so.The faces of the others were equally bad, and Hermione involuntarily approached Ivan.

Holding her cold little hand, Ivan felt the excitement and tension in her heart.

Just imagine, in the ancient, mysterious, and dark centaur temple, the small, dim, and unknown rooms are filled with statues of such evil monsters, and these nightmare-like things suddenly appear in front of you, What would that feel like.

It's so creepy to the extreme, it's no wonder everyone is so shocked.

After being extremely shocked, Aiwen was thankful that these were just statues and not living monsters, otherwise the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable.

He gasped, wondering what they were, he had never read them in any magic book, could it be another magical creation of an evil dark wizard? !

Sirius also had an extremely shocked expression on his face, obviously this was the first time he knew about this matter.He turned around and covered Ivan, Harry, Ron, and Hermione behind him as quickly as possible, pointed his wand at Margaret in front of him, and asked, "What are these statues inside?"

"You must have known that our ancestors once believed in evil gods, which drove powerful tribes to madness and destruction. These monsters were left behind by those exiles who went astray at that time!" Margaret said slowly , the voice was much lower than usual, "When it was at its full power, the scene of the centaur tribe was absolutely beyond your imagination. What you see now is only a small part."

"Just a small part?!" Aiwen followed the ancient wall and saw dozens of such rooms in front of him. If there are all such monsters in it...

Immediately afterwards, he thought again that what he saw was only part of it.

This temple was much bigger than he had imagined. No one could guarantee how many such monsters there were in the hidden rooms.

And since it was created by the so-called evil god, is there only one kind of monster like this, or are there other kinds? !

"I don't care if they are exiled or not. Since you still keep these things, you should be responsible." Sirius didn't put down his wand, and said firmly, "I need an explanation, otherwise I won't let the children behind me be here. Go on the adventure."

"The centaurs are different from humans, and we will never shirk our responsibilities!" Margaret shouted, "If any of you can pass the final test and get the magic item left here by the creator of the castle, , then the person chosen by the stars, the elders will explain to you and tell you all the details."

"We won't move forward until you've made everything clear..." Sirius growled, also echoing at the top of his voice.

His face was livid, and his wand continued to emit sparks.

"Whatever you want, Sirius, you are not chosen by the stars and fate, it has been verified 20 years ago!" Margaret said without fear, looking at Ivan, Harry, Ron, and Hermione Sweeping slowly, "As for the four of you, either move forward and pass the test to learn the truth, or retreat away from the friendship of the centaurs and get out of our forbidden forest forever. Tell me your choice, human!"

Ivan, Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at each other, not knowing how to answer each other.

Sirius standing in front of them was panting violently, as if rushing forward to fight with each other.

Ignoring Sirius' gaze, Margaret walked over and closed the opened stone door again, then took a few steps forward and stopped at the same spot.

He turned his head and looked at Ai Wen and the four of them with a proud face, waiting for everyone's decision.

Chapter 343 The four founders left a conjecture to test

"What should we do now?" Ron asked hesitantly.

After seeing the horrific nightmare-like statues in the room, Ron felt more and more uneasy in his heart.

Reason told him that if he continued to go deeper, he would have big troubles waiting for him.

He wanted to leave, but couldn't bear to part with the magic items Gryffindor had left behind.

He looked at Sirius with livid face, then at Margaret with haughty face, and finally at Ivan who was standing next to him, wondering what he was thinking.

If everyone moves forward together, there should be no danger.

With Sirius and Aiwen around, there is no need to worry even if you encounter something.

"Sirius, we..." Harry said worriedly, he was also frightened by some scary monster statues in the room just now.

"Let's go back!" said Sirius, glaring at Margery.

"Wait a minute, Sirius!" Hermione interrupted suddenly, "Why should we go back, no matter what the monsters in this room used to be, they are just some statues now, and it is impossible to attack us."

"I didn't see them when I came last time, and the stone doors of these rooms were all closed." Sirius looked at Hermione and explained, "You know, from the outside, those things inside are obviously very The evil and danger are beyond our capabilities, and I don't want you to take risks."

"We have nothing to lose now." Ivan continued, "I don't think this is a risk, but to learn the truth of the incident."

"That's the matter of the centaurs themselves, and has nothing to do with us." Sirius said with a frown.

"It's not just about the horse people. Firenze just told us that the moon, which represents the horse people's belief in evil gods, and the trajectory of Mars, which represents the wizard war, are intertwined. Now this is already a thing." Ivan looked Looking at Sirius, he said, "You know exactly what I'm talking about. We all know that Voldemort made a Horcrux. He is not dead. He will come back sooner or later. If he summons that evil god again..."

"That has nothing to do with us, Dumbledore will take care of it." Sirius replied bluntly, "I just want to protect the safety of you guys now."

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, and Ivan didn't know what to say.

"I know!"

Harry hesitated for a moment, went to hug Sirius tightly, and said softly, "Sirius, you are the best godfather and Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. But I think Ivan is right, we should now Go ahead and pass the final test, get what Gryffindor left behind, and unlock all the secrets."

Sirius didn't answer, just looked at Harry silently.

"If my father were here, he would definitely not back down."

Harry looked back at the other party and said firmly, "Gryffindor may have left that object behind for the same reason. He wanted us to help the centaurs and test whether we have courage and other qualities. You also came here back then, Trying to challenge the magic he left behind, we now..."

Hearing Harry's words, Ivan fell into deep thought.

It suddenly occurred to him that maybe everything was as Harry said, the current troubles were the challenges left by the four creators intentionally, rather than a coincidence.

Thousands of years ago, after I told the Big Four about the current situation of Hogwarts, Voldemort, and Horcruxes, they immediately planned to leave a secret treasure to help future generations protect it under the suggestion of Rowena Ravenclaw. Hogwarts is not invaded by dark wizards.

But this is only one aspect, not the whole reason why they do it.

As we all know, since the establishment of Hogwarts, the four founders have been arguing endlessly about their teaching philosophy and admissions standards, and no one can convince the other.

They finally came to a compromise, incorporating part of their thinking into the Sorting Hat, hoping it would carry on their respective ideas no matter how much time passed.

The main reason for leaving the secret treasure and setting up tests is to test whether the students of later generations meet their own requirements and inherit the qualities they value.

Maybe that's the case, all these troubles were intentionally left by the four creators.

It's just that, with the magical strength, vision and average level of the magic world of the Big Four thousands of years ago, it may not be too difficult a test today after a thousand years, but now they are all beyond the ability of today's young wizards.

Aiwen smiled bitterly. He had thought too easily the test left by the Big Four.

Judging from the current situation, Slytherin's treasure key is related to the despicable Hai Erbo and the evil dark creatures he created with countless human souls, and the Gryffindor's treasure key involves the centaurs and the evil gods they once worshiped.

Inferred from this, the test left by Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff will not be simple.

But it's not completely incomprehensible, the Big Four should have left behind.Just like the powerful magic arranged by Slytherin in the underground ruins, as long as the method is proper, it can inspire and help future generations overcome difficulties at critical moments, and even enhance his magic power.

The condition set by Slytherin is that the person who enters the ruins must carry one of the four items he left behind, the ring, the locket, the wand, and the scepter.

Only when this condition is met can the magic left by him be activated.

Presumably, in Slytherin's understanding, the little wizard who can own the items left by him, even if he is not his descendant, must be a pure-blood wizard.

It is really in line with Slytherin's style to value blood and origin.

So what is the magic that Gryffindor left in this temple? Maybe as long as he has unparalleled courage, he can solve all difficulties.

"Let's move on. Those are the magic items and tests left by Gryffindor himself. All four of you are qualified to try them."

After a long silence, Sirius said slowly, "You are right, Harry! I only considered your safety before, but ignored your feelings. If James was here, he would definitely not back down."

After he finished speaking, he stepped forward and hugged Harry tightly, his face full of relief.

The team moved on, everyone spiraling upwards around the empty passage.

The unexpected interlude made the atmosphere visibly tense, everyone was vigilant, no one spoke, only the sound of footsteps echoed in the ancient temple.

"Sirius, before you came in, you once reminded us to be careful, some of the customs of the centaurs are very evil and dangerous." Hermione couldn't help asking, "But you just said that you have never seen those statues before, then you What danger do you mean?"

"You will know the answer soon!" Sirius said, pointing to Margaret who had stopped, "Get ready, we will arrive at our destination soon."

Chapter 344 Starry Illusion and Magic Power

"Ready?!" Hermione repeated, raising an eyebrow.

In front of everyone was a huge black stone door.The pattern of the phase change of the moon is engraved on the stone gate. The black moon forms a circle around the entire stone gate, gradually changing from the full moon at the top to the waning moon at the bottom.

The time is marked on the inside, with a period of one month, corresponding to the new moon, crescent moon, first quarter moon, gibbous moon, full moon, gibbous moon, last quarter moon, crescent moon, and new moon.The outer side of the moon phase map is densely filled with words, and there are many strange patterns, showing various signs and warnings foreshadowed by the different positions of the moon.