Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

When Toby rushed back to the Ancient Magic Office, he found James who seemed to be nailed to the wall, and the Mason door opened outwards.

"He took Harry away!" James shouted anxiously: "Put me down quickly, I'm going to save-"

"Passed out."

With his shocked eyes, James tilted his head and fainted.

The expression on Toby's face was never before solemn. He looked around the room carefully and saw that the three skeletons were still obediently staying in place.

Then, he slowly focused his eyes on the corner of the room and saw the disappearing cabinet that was also opened.

"Ajinbad..."

He whispered the name, walked step by step towards the disappearing cabinet, got inside without hesitating for too long, and closed the wooden door of the cabinet.

After opening the wooden door of the disappearing cabinet again, Toby had appeared in an office at Wagadu School in far away Africa.

Angela's long silver hair was spread out on the pillow, and she was wearing a cute sniffing eye mask, which seemed to be the same style as Al's.

She was still asleep, her breathing was steady, and she was safe and sound.

After being pushed a few times, Angela drowsily lifted the eye mask to her forehead and rubbed her silver eyes again.

"Toby...why are you here? Are you here to take refuge?"

It seemed that she didn't know anything and Ajinbad didn't bother her.

"I'm here to take you out of here." Toby said seriously, causing Angela's gaze to become sober.

"Come with me, you don't need to pack your luggage, just follow me to Hogwarts now."

Angela hurriedly sat up from the bed.

"What happened?" she asked nervously.

Toby had returned to the disappearing cabinet. He turned around and said: "Your principal, Ajinbad, is the person who hides the most behind the scenes. It was not an accident that I met him near the temple. His subordinates The people who know how to use the devils obtained from the temple - which were transformed by the invincible Andros, who is said to have a patronus the size of a giant, is now a devil the size of a giant."

"Ajinbad has been targeting us from the beginning. I can't be sure when it started, but it may have been longer than we thought... No, I know. At that time, I was in God Traces of the despicable Herbo's visit were found in the temple. It's him. He still has the Horcrux left in this world. He is still alive, living longer than anyone else, and he is still the enemy of Andros."

"No wonder he wanted to take Harry away...it turns out Harry is his Horcrux."

"Helbo is using us to explore the temple. He failed once. People like him who have lived for such a long time are bound to be very careful and will not take this risk again... He is using us."

After Toby repeated it again in a low voice, Angela was too shocked to say a word.

But she obviously trusted Toby, and she jumped out of bed without wasting much time, put on a witch robe over her pajamas, and nervously followed Toby back into the disappearing cabinet.

When they returned to Hogwarts again, Toby's exploding spell destroyed the Vanishing Cabinet without hesitation, completely blocking the communication between Hogwarts and Waggadu.

"I haven't brought so many clothes yet..." Angela was stunned.

"This is a necessary measure." Toby interrupted Angela's thoughts with one sentence: "We have no way of knowing what a person who has lived for thousands of years will think, Hai Erbo is not the portraits in the principal's office , he is real and alive, not a copy."

"Moreover, even these methods are not enough."

At this time, Al, who estimated that it was almost time, floated back on a small flying carpet. He saw the unconscious James at a glance, and knew that Toby still had some abilities.

But it couldn't figure out what happened afterwards. Harry wasn't in the office, but Angela appeared here instead.

While Angela and Al were talking about the shocking facts they had just learned, Toby took a deep breath, and then said, "Al, now announce the news about the law of conservation of magic through "The Quibbler."

"Yeah?" Al's eyes widened in surprise, why did Toby make such a sudden decision.

Toby said without changing his expression: "Also, the first author of that report just writes the names of Dumbledore and Grindelwald, and puts me in the position of the second author. After all, this is not the first time I discovered it. The...Gringotts key is with you, and there is enough gold for you and Angela to use...It's a pity that I couldn't completely own Hogwarts until the end."

"Give me the scepter, Al. Apart from this item, I can't think of anything else that would frighten Helbo."

Al gradually realized what Toby was going to do, and he yelled in a panic, while Angela stood aside blankly, at a loss.

But this couldn't stop Toby's determination at all. He hung Al upside down, shook it hard a few times, and then picked up the scepter that was thrown out.

He looked at the black walnut wand in his other hand, weighed it several times, then put it away and placed it tightly in the pocket of his witch robe.

Al held on to his trouser leg tightly, and Toby took it off with force and put it into Angela's hands, who was about to cry.

"An hour—no, half an hour, if I haven't come out after half an hour, I need you to destroy the Mason door outside, understand?"

Angela was also terrified. Toby forced James' wand into her hand, smoothed her long messy hair to her cheek, and then rubbed Al's throbbing little head. .

"That's all."

Toby finally smiled at the two and said, "I didn't expect these were my last words."

He broke into the deep Mason door and disappeared, leaving Al outside the door crying heart-piercingly.

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Toby, who appeared on the other side of the Mason Gate, still maintains a human form. Now is not the time for the Mason Gate to be opened safely. The internal world is in a state of out of control. It seems that because of this reason, it has no ability to change the wizards who enter.

He saw a gap left by the door of the office, and knew that Hai Erbo had left the office with Harry.

Behind him are three collectibles that would have been disassembled—the plant Animagus, the wide-brimmed hat covered with thin hands, and the pharaoh's mask.

Since capturing Grindelwald in the Shrieking Shack, Toby has sent them into the Shrieking Shack to protect the safety of Mason Gate.

But even so, it couldn't stop Haierbo.

Toby casually piled up these three collections in the corner of the room. He gradually turned into a devil, surrounded the scepter and came to the out-of-control corridor.

As soon as he appeared, the monsters in the corridor stopped roaring and turned their eyes on him.

Toby had expected this.

Bloody red mist emanated from the scepter, as if a more terrifying monster appeared in the center of the mist, confronting the aborigines raging in the corridor.

After unscrupulously exerting the power of the scepter, the black mist on Toby's body seemed to be gradually fading. This was the price he had to pay. Once he used it for too long, he would be completely swallowed by the monsters in the red mist.

The fog gradually filled the entire castle, and Toby, who looked in pain, felt that both Herbo and Harry were not here.

He knew where to go.

Taking advantage of the ritual magic to exert its power again, Toby swam quickly in the corridor. He passed through the stairs, avoiding the attacks of all the out-of-control people along the way.

Finally, he came to the first floor of the castle.

After he pushed open the door of the castle, he saw an even more spectacular scene than what he had seen in the pyramid - countless aborigines behind the Mason Gate piled up into a towering tower, and Haierbo, who maintained the appearance of Ajinbad, was standing in front of him. Standing at the top of the tower, he held the panicked Harry in his hands and trampled the lion that symbolized Principal Dumbledore under his feet.

After Toby appeared, Hai Erbo turned his head and looked over.

"You brought him." Haierbo saw the scepter in Toby's hand: "You know I've been looking for it."

Toby grew taller and taller. He stepped on the monster's head in the red mist and faced Haierbo from a distance. He narrowed his eyes and said, "But before this, you had so many opportunities to succeed. Angela also had it." Pass the scepter——"

"But she has never owned it alone." Haierbo interrupted gently: "I know you have been vigilant against me, but now it seems that you are not vigilant enough. Moreover, the time is not right, and now is the most suitable time. "

"The full moon, and the Mason Gate." He said, and the magic ball gradually floated up beside him: "And there is something contained in this magical creation. It is the brain of a wizard, and what he once had Scepter, everything is complete now.”

"Do you know who they all belonged to?" Toby frowned and said, holding the scepter more firmly.

"No, I don't know." Haierbo shook his head and said, "But I know they are very important to you. Yes, I know what these two things mean to you. After two Mason doors were destroyed successively , the emergence of Al and the devil, let your soul bind to these two objects - the principle is very similar to the horcrux. But the only difference is that making a horcrux depends on killing other people's lives, but you It’s killing yourself constantly, thinking that you can escape the curse of death.”

"It's a pity that James naively wants to destroy the magic ball. He has no idea that this is killing you. Naturally, Al will stop him no matter what."

Harry finally understood why Mr. Al's reaction was so great. It turned out that Professor Hemmer also had his own "Horcrux". It's just that Professor Heimer's method of making Horcruxes seems to be impossible to copy. It requires a Mason Gate and...killing one's own soul?

"Give me Harry." Toby shouted suddenly: "I can give you the scepter, but Harry must be handed over to me first."

Just when Harry was shocked by what Professor Heimer said, he heard Haierpo say with a smile: "Then you can die with me without any scruples? I know your plan, I know it all, and in front of me, you have no trace of anything. There is no secret at all. I know what you are thinking. Even if you cannot kill me completely, you must at least prevent this night's disaster from happening."

"But alas, Toby, the ceremony requires at least three people present, as it did many years ago."

"Take a good look, it's time for me to be completely free from the threat of death."

Almost at the same time, Toby turned into a pitch-black devil, intertwined with the ferocious monster in the red mist, and transformed into a black thestral with red wings, with a strong red light in his eyes, looking towards Hai Erbo rushed over.

Harry stared at the huge monster in disbelief. He struggled hard, trying to help at least a little, but Haibo quickly restrained him, making him unable to move.

"Don't worry, kid." Haierbo still had that kind tone, completely inconsistent with the hideous appearance in the legend, and nothing seemed to surprise him.

"It's not time for you to die yet. After the God of Death appears and I completely realize my wish for eternal life, I will let you be the final test subject to see if the Horcrux can continue to bind me... But no Now."

Harry was horrified to see that Hai Erbo turned into a huge snake head, and the tower under his feet turned into a body of a basilisk. His piercing eyes stared straight at the rushing Thestral——Toby quickly closed his eyes , but it was still too late, the Basilisk stared straight through him, making the Thestral's movements a little bit stiff, and finally stopped in front of Harry and Haibo with its mouth open and roaring, and remained motionless again.

A tail feather slowly floated over and returned to the original appearance of the scepter, held tightly by Haierbo, maintaining the same height as the magic ball beside him.

Under the full moon, something appeared in midair little by little, and came in front of the two of them.

Harry remembered Professor Highmore's instruction - he didn't dare to open his eyes, and kept them tightly closed, so as not to be noticed by the Grim Reaper.

In the cold moonlight, Death's body unexpectedly became uncontrollable. His scepter and magic ball were his weaknesses, and he gradually drifted towards Haierbo.

"It's about time." Hai Erbo looked at the god of death and said, "It's finally about time."

Not far away, Toby watched this scene unwillingly. He saw Haierbo suddenly take out a long dead snake from his pocket.

"You should still remember it." Haierbo introduced: "One of Voldemort's Horcruxes, the diary, was killed by you and sent into the Mason Gate, where it became Peeves' whip."

"He is my most satisfying work. His only weakness is death."

"I guess you think I want to become the God of Death. No, that's not the case. I want to control it. This is complete immortality."

"Go ahead and swallow it."

Following Haierbo's order, the long snake seemed to come alive. It opened its mouth wide, forming a terrifying arc, which was bigger than Harry's entire body, and then swallowed the whole Death God in one gulp.

The long snake gradually began to change. It slowly stood up and grew its limbs. The only thing left was the snake face, and its cold eyes were aimed at Hai Erbo.

Hai Erbo carefully looked at the newborn Grim Reaper, and the two stared at each other silently.

"In the face of the unknown, accidents will always happen."

Halbo suddenly said: "However, I am one step closer to eternal life after all... I should have guessed this earlier, Merlin, and Toby, next time, I-"

Before Hai Erbo finished speaking, his body suddenly dissipated like rotten wood, turning into a pile of burnt ashes.

The newborn Grim Reaper—or Merlin, picked up the scepter and magic ball that fell on the top of the tower, and turned his gaze to the huge Thestral not far away.

Only then did he speak the first sentence.

"This is far from over."

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The fussy Al was held tightly in Angela's arms, and he kept trying to dissuade Angela from giving up Toby's plan.

Now that the half-hour time limit is getting closer and closer, Angela is also crying and saying: "No, this is something Tobit specially told me... You must have a way to find something else." Mason doors, right? As long as we can find extra Mason doors, we have a chance of rescuing Toby."

【there is none left! 】Al wailed and said:【This is the last one, we can't find another one, we--】

With helpless eyes, Al and Angela saw that the Mason door had also become rotten. It deteriorated badly in just a few seconds and became drier than dead wood. Then it suddenly failed to hold up and shattered to the ground. powder.

When the dust cleared, the figures of Toby and Harry appeared, and there were two things, the magic ball and the scepter, next to them.

Al and Angela were stunned for a few seconds, and then rushed over to check if Toby was okay.

"Ahem...I'm fine." Toby's face was as pale as a blank sheet of paper. He asked weakly: "Is everything okay at school? Where is Dumbledore? Where is he?"

Dumbledore was still in the Chamber of Secrets, he was also very weak, and the huge devil was re-bound into the armor, but neither Grindelwald nor Snape was in the hall anymore.

They fled.

After hearing the footsteps behind him, Dumbledore said in a weak tone: "It seems that we have found another member of your tribe, Andros. He is also a Muggle-born. I should mark this when I have time. On top of all the books in the library, maybe send a letter to the Chocolate Frog Picture Company, that would be valuable news.”

Toby struggled to sit down next to Dumbledore.

"I announced the news of the law of conservation of magic."

After a long silence, Toby said suddenly.

Dumbledore looked at him sideways, light blue eyes shining brightly.

"I know." He said calmly, showing no sign of being angry at all.

Perhaps, it was also because he knew exactly when Toby would make such a decision - a time when he would never be able to face himself.

But now they have all survived, which is at least good news.

"Helbo is still alive."

Toby continued: "As long as Harry is alive for a day, he won't die completely, there will always be a time to come back."

"I think it's time for us to face our true selves, Headmaster. The Ministry of Magic needs a wiser controller, and I can't think of anyone other than you who is up to the task. And I have put the Longbottoms ahead of time. Inserted into the Ministry of Magic, they are your people and will make good help."

In the face of this series of shocking thoughts, Dumbledore still said calmly: "What about you, Toby? What are you going to do after I leave Hogwarts?"

"I will stay at Hogwarts."

Toby said calmly: "This is what I have always wanted. You should already know that I have made two deals with death. The first time happened when I was young. At that time, I had no idea what had happened. What, I don’t know the correct answer to revenge.”

"So, I expressed what I wanted most at the time - not ancient magic or blood theory, but Hogwarts."

"I long to have it, that's my first wish."

Dumbledore turned his head, and he silently looked at the huge statue standing in the distance - Salazar Slytherin.

"Pile of cockroaches."

"This is the password of the office," said Dumbledore.

Toby got up and left.

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"Pile of cockroaches."

The stone beast looked suspiciously at Toby, who was exhausted in front of him, but it still jumped to the side dedicated to its duty, and made way for the crossing leading to the principal's office.

Along the spiral staircase, Toby walked up step by step.

He was finally going to get his wish.

The door of the office was slowly opened, causing the noisy discussions in the room to come to an abrupt end. The portraits of previous generations on the wall dozed off one after another, and then secretly opened their eyes to look at Toby, who was standing motionless at the door.

Dean McGonagall, who was sitting behind the desk, pressed down her glasses. She looked at Toby and said in a serious tone: "It seems that we already know the answer. Would you like a glass of lemonade?"

Toby didn't react at all.

"Then you can go back." McGonagall continued to put away the documents on the table and said, "Remember to attend the two-day end-of-semester dinner. I will announce the candidates for the teacher recognition ceremony and your black devil at that time. Club, then we have to re-elect a minister - of course, this matter mainly depends on your opinion."

"Anything else?"

Toby dragged his weary pace to sit across the desk and sat down, he said disheartened.

"Yes, principal, bring me a glass of lemonade with more ice."

Mag raised her head again, and this time a satisfied smile finally appeared on her face.

Toby was not the only one who left his last words tonight.

(Third grade, end.)