demon hunter at hogwarts
Chapter 145 Deep Underground
Regulus soon discovered that before he could fully understand the situation here, he still needed to deal with some uninvited guests.
Because an unpleasant rotten smell came in from the vents and quickly filled the entire shelter.Then, several teeth-piercing groans came from behind the stone wall.
Something was clearly trying to break through the wall and enter the room.
Regulus speculated that the thing that came was most likely the ghoul the Weasley twins were talking about.
Usually, ghouls will live in barns and attics and feed on spiders, moths or mice there. However, when they choose their residence, they do not care whether the barn or attic belongs to wizards or Muggles. To me, this kind of monster is still very scary.
Therefore, in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, there is a permanent ghoul expulsion team, who are responsible for driving away those ghouls that live in Muggle homes and cause impact and threat to their lives.
Many wizard families just treat ghouls as a joke after dinner, and many families even do not refuse such free pets that are delivered to their doorsteps.
Because under normal circumstances, creatures like ghouls are not particularly dangerous to wizards.
Although they look hideous and terrifying, with strange-shaped teeth, and their bodies are sticky like rubber, which is disgusting.
Regulus was no stranger to ghouls, because there once lived an old ghoul in the attic of No. 12 Grimmauld Place.
Compared with its kind, the old ghoul is already quite vicious and cruel, but it only manifests itself in tearing the rodents and insects it hunts into pieces before eating, and having nothing to do. When playing, the sound of banging the pipes is particularly loud and rhythmic.
Occasionally, it would rattle and throw things around the house, or lie down at the attic door and roar. At this time, Kreacher would be responsible for quieting it down, of course in some forced ways.
However, this time the ghoul seems a little different.
Because only in Arab legends, the most ferocious ghouls will live in underground caves and feed on human or animal flesh and blood, regardless of whether they are dead or alive.
British wizards have always regarded these legends as nonsense. They have never seen such a ghoul.
Because, on the island of Great Britain, almost all such ghouls are imprisoned by magic between the three high walls of the legendary Island of the Dead, and few people know about them.
No one thought that there was such a community of ghouls under Hogwarts.
Regulus felt that the ghouls were digging the wall too slowly, so he decided to help them. So he raised his wand, pointed in the direction of the wall and chanted a spell: "Split into pieces!"
The ancient stone wall cracked instantly, and a cave was exposed behind the collapsed wall, and four ghouls jumped out of it.
The cave was obviously not naturally formed, and traces on the rocks and soil clearly showed that the cave had been dug out by these ghouls.
"Interesting." Regulus looked at the ghouls.
They still retain some of the characteristics of ordinary ghouls, but their claws and teeth are much sharper than those of their attic-dwelling counterparts.Their slimy skin seems to be covered with a thick layer of moss.
Regulus has no doubt that those razor-sharp dirty claws can cut through human flesh without any hindrance, and the various germs they carry are even more deadly. If the wound is not treated in time, it will lead to infection. , will lead to life danger.And once bitten by those sharp, putrid teeth dripping with turbid liquid, it will probably be very dangerous.
The ghouls quickly launched an attack. Their movements were very agile and much more flexible than ordinary ghouls.
"Thankfully we didn't bring those naughty guys in, otherwise something might have happened." Regulus felt lucky for the Weasley twins and Lee Jordan.
Judging from the degree of damage to the wall, those cave-dwelling ghouls may dig through the wall at any time. If a student happened to sneak out of the school through this secret passage and encountered them, his life would be in danger, and Can't get help from the teacher.
"Collapse!" A red light erupted from the tip of the wand, accurately hitting the ghoul rushing at the front.
Out of testing, Regulus first used an ordinary stun spell to attack. To his surprise, the red light of the stun spell bounced aside after hitting the ghoul, completely failing to have its intended effect. .
The ghoul was immediately irritated by the spell, and made an unpleasant snarling sound from his mouth. He bent down and rushed over like a canine. He raised his sharp claws and launched an attack on Regulus's belly. .
Regulus deftly dodged the ghoul's attack, then waved his wand, and a repel spell accurately hit the ghoul that was attacking next. This time the spell took effect, and an invisible force knocked it away. Pushed against the wall.
Then the hard stone wall immediately turned into clay, sticking the ghoul to it. No matter how hard it struggled, it could not escape from the restraint.
Seeing that their companions were subdued, the other three ghouls grinned and screamed for a while. Unexpectedly, they did not rush to attack. Instead, they spread out to the left and right, gradually approaching Regulus from three directions, trying to capture Regulus. Gulus was cornered.
It can be seen from here that their IQs are also higher than those of their counterparts living in the attic, and they can even adopt some simple collaborative tactics.
However, for Regulus, dealing with these three ghouls was about as difficult as dealing with three mad dogs.
In view of the fact that these ghouls have a certain resistance to curses, Regulus chose to use local materials, using transformation spells and gravel, and physical attacks to knock down the ghouls one by one.
Soon, there were four pairs of claws on the ground, and the four ghouls were pressed to the ground by stones and unable to move.
"Although I am not interested in your daily life at all, I must find out your origins... and why you ran out of here." Regulus pointed his wand at the leading ghoul, his eyes A burst of red light flashed in his mind, and he whispered softly: "Legilimency."
The spell worked, and it didn't take much effort to invade the ghoul's mind, but the experience was anything but pleasant.
Perhaps Regulus unintentionally accomplished an unprecedented feat: the first wizard to use Legilimency on a ghoul.
The memory does not show where they came from deep underground in Hogwarts Castle. In the muddy brains of these evil and cruel creatures, they have been living here since they were born, and most of the memory contents are How they forage.
Some of these scenes made Regulus feel severe discomfort in his stomach.
Whether it is the corpses of naturally dead creatures in the Forbidden Forest or the remains of wizards and Muggles buried in graves, they are all on the dinner menu of these ghouls. They hide in the caves where they live during the day, probably It is about ten meters below the forbidden forest.
At night, they either come out to search for food, or dig caves, continue to expand their territories, and attack all creatures that appear in their field of vision.
This kind of life lasted day after day, and I don't know how long it lasted, until one day, they dug underground deep in the castle.
Their excavation was hampered by the fact that instead of soil there were huge blocks of hard granite.
From the ghoul's memory, Regulus discovered that the cut surfaces of those granites were very neat and definitely not naturally formed.
Moreover, after discovering the granite, the ghouls were very frightened and desperately wanted to escape from that place. They even abandoned the cave they originally lived in and dug another passage along the current direction. Finally, they found this shelter and were ready to dig. Through the wall, make this their new home.
The collapse of the secret passage where Regulus is now is their masterpiece.
Memory so far.
After Regulus went through the memories of the four ghouls one by one, he found that they were similar and did not find any valuable information. He only knew that there might be a terrible thing hidden behind those granites, which made these ferocious ghouls Ghosts all shun him for fear of not being able to catch him.
Regulus, who was severely mentally shocked, ended the lives of those ghouls.
"It seems that I overestimated the magic power of Hogwarts Castle... Not every damage can be repaired automatically." Seeing this, Regulus sighed secretly, waved his wand, and carefully removed the scattered objects in the asylum. The rubble inside the house was moved into the passage dug by the ghoul, and the passage was blocked again.
After hesitating for a moment, he turned the corpses of the ghouls into stones and filled them in the passage.
"Return as usual."
The stone wall returned to its original smoothness.
As for the passage leading to the outside of the school, it was now completely blocked, and Regulus had no intention of reopening it. For the sake of safety, he decided to let this passage be completely blocked here.
After everything was taken care of, how to leave here became a problem.
Regulus tried using Apparition to go directly to Hogsmeade, but found that the surrounding air was still like a solid wall, refusing to allow him to integrate.
After sighing at the effectiveness of Hogwarts's anti-Apparition magic, Regulus was at his wits' end and had no choice but to choose the only way: to return along the slide he came from.
This slide is dark, steep, and slimy. The ground is full of dirt, and there are spider webs hanging on the walls. Water drops occasionally drip from the top of the head, and it twists and turns endlessly.
It's quite convenient when sliding down, but going all the way up in the opposite direction is not a great experience.
In order to prevent accidents, Regulus cast an anti-slip spell on his shoes, and then began the long and painful climb.
About 10 minutes later, he arrived behind the statue of the toady Gregory again, but he was not in a hurry to move the statue.
"Clean up."
As the spell took effect, the stains on his body were swept away.
After making sure that there was no problem with his image, Regulus emerged from behind the statue again.
The corridor was silent and there were no students.
The reason is actually easy to understand, because Snape, dressed in black, is standing next to a suit of armor, seemingly admiring a certain portrait on the wall.
In Hogwarts, no student wants to stay within ten meters of Snape. Even Slytherin students are afraid of their gloomy dean deep down.
Feeling movement in the statue, Snape immediately turned his gaze.
"How is it, our explorer?" After Regulus approached, Snape said with thin lips, "Have you found the legendary treasure buried by the goblins under Hogwarts Castle?"
"They're just a few annoying ghouls. I've already taken care of them." Regulus didn't care about Snape's taunting, "But do you know the legend about the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts?"
"You've made it very clear, that's just a legend."
Although he said this, Snape's tone was also a bit serious, no longer as sarcastic as before.
"But those ghouls did find a room built by humans hundreds of feet underground in the castle." Regulus said seriously, "And they are very afraid of the thing living in it."
"In that case, why don't you get rid of that so-called monster?" Snape said, "You finally came back to Hogwarts, and you can't waste this hard-earned opportunity like this."
"The place they found is not the real entrance." Regulus shook his head and said, his tone less serious. "I'm not sure what terrible consequences it will cause to force entry from there. After all, I am still timid."
"You are too modest," Snape said. "As you said, the legend of the Chamber of Secrets is true, and there is a terrible monster hidden in it. Do you need me to do anything specifically to tell me these things?"
"Because you are a professor at Hogwarts and also the dean, for the safety of the students, you certainly need to know these things." Regulus said flatly, "As for why I told you first... The reason is obvious, just because you are the first person I met... Now, I am going to talk to the principal about this matter, do you want to go together? "
The corners of Snape's mouth twitched a few times, and then he turned around and walked up the stairs to the eighth floor without saying a word.
"Chamber of Secrets? Salazar Slytherin actually built such a thing?" After Snape left, the portrait looked a little unbelievable. He even put down the notebook and quill in his hand and lowered his head to Regulus. Ask questions.
Regulus recognized the wizard in the portrait, Cornelius Agrippa, a wizard, occult writer, theologian, astrologer and alchemist from Germany.
"Maybe it's true." Regulus replied briefly before catching up with Snape.
Agripba's portrait was only confused for a few seconds before returning her attention to her notebook.
As a portrait, he could only write the "Three Books of Secret Philosophy" that could never be finished day after day.
Because an unpleasant rotten smell came in from the vents and quickly filled the entire shelter.Then, several teeth-piercing groans came from behind the stone wall.
Something was clearly trying to break through the wall and enter the room.
Regulus speculated that the thing that came was most likely the ghoul the Weasley twins were talking about.
Usually, ghouls will live in barns and attics and feed on spiders, moths or mice there. However, when they choose their residence, they do not care whether the barn or attic belongs to wizards or Muggles. To me, this kind of monster is still very scary.
Therefore, in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, there is a permanent ghoul expulsion team, who are responsible for driving away those ghouls that live in Muggle homes and cause impact and threat to their lives.
Many wizard families just treat ghouls as a joke after dinner, and many families even do not refuse such free pets that are delivered to their doorsteps.
Because under normal circumstances, creatures like ghouls are not particularly dangerous to wizards.
Although they look hideous and terrifying, with strange-shaped teeth, and their bodies are sticky like rubber, which is disgusting.
Regulus was no stranger to ghouls, because there once lived an old ghoul in the attic of No. 12 Grimmauld Place.
Compared with its kind, the old ghoul is already quite vicious and cruel, but it only manifests itself in tearing the rodents and insects it hunts into pieces before eating, and having nothing to do. When playing, the sound of banging the pipes is particularly loud and rhythmic.
Occasionally, it would rattle and throw things around the house, or lie down at the attic door and roar. At this time, Kreacher would be responsible for quieting it down, of course in some forced ways.
However, this time the ghoul seems a little different.
Because only in Arab legends, the most ferocious ghouls will live in underground caves and feed on human or animal flesh and blood, regardless of whether they are dead or alive.
British wizards have always regarded these legends as nonsense. They have never seen such a ghoul.
Because, on the island of Great Britain, almost all such ghouls are imprisoned by magic between the three high walls of the legendary Island of the Dead, and few people know about them.
No one thought that there was such a community of ghouls under Hogwarts.
Regulus felt that the ghouls were digging the wall too slowly, so he decided to help them. So he raised his wand, pointed in the direction of the wall and chanted a spell: "Split into pieces!"
The ancient stone wall cracked instantly, and a cave was exposed behind the collapsed wall, and four ghouls jumped out of it.
The cave was obviously not naturally formed, and traces on the rocks and soil clearly showed that the cave had been dug out by these ghouls.
"Interesting." Regulus looked at the ghouls.
They still retain some of the characteristics of ordinary ghouls, but their claws and teeth are much sharper than those of their attic-dwelling counterparts.Their slimy skin seems to be covered with a thick layer of moss.
Regulus has no doubt that those razor-sharp dirty claws can cut through human flesh without any hindrance, and the various germs they carry are even more deadly. If the wound is not treated in time, it will lead to infection. , will lead to life danger.And once bitten by those sharp, putrid teeth dripping with turbid liquid, it will probably be very dangerous.
The ghouls quickly launched an attack. Their movements were very agile and much more flexible than ordinary ghouls.
"Thankfully we didn't bring those naughty guys in, otherwise something might have happened." Regulus felt lucky for the Weasley twins and Lee Jordan.
Judging from the degree of damage to the wall, those cave-dwelling ghouls may dig through the wall at any time. If a student happened to sneak out of the school through this secret passage and encountered them, his life would be in danger, and Can't get help from the teacher.
"Collapse!" A red light erupted from the tip of the wand, accurately hitting the ghoul rushing at the front.
Out of testing, Regulus first used an ordinary stun spell to attack. To his surprise, the red light of the stun spell bounced aside after hitting the ghoul, completely failing to have its intended effect. .
The ghoul was immediately irritated by the spell, and made an unpleasant snarling sound from his mouth. He bent down and rushed over like a canine. He raised his sharp claws and launched an attack on Regulus's belly. .
Regulus deftly dodged the ghoul's attack, then waved his wand, and a repel spell accurately hit the ghoul that was attacking next. This time the spell took effect, and an invisible force knocked it away. Pushed against the wall.
Then the hard stone wall immediately turned into clay, sticking the ghoul to it. No matter how hard it struggled, it could not escape from the restraint.
Seeing that their companions were subdued, the other three ghouls grinned and screamed for a while. Unexpectedly, they did not rush to attack. Instead, they spread out to the left and right, gradually approaching Regulus from three directions, trying to capture Regulus. Gulus was cornered.
It can be seen from here that their IQs are also higher than those of their counterparts living in the attic, and they can even adopt some simple collaborative tactics.
However, for Regulus, dealing with these three ghouls was about as difficult as dealing with three mad dogs.
In view of the fact that these ghouls have a certain resistance to curses, Regulus chose to use local materials, using transformation spells and gravel, and physical attacks to knock down the ghouls one by one.
Soon, there were four pairs of claws on the ground, and the four ghouls were pressed to the ground by stones and unable to move.
"Although I am not interested in your daily life at all, I must find out your origins... and why you ran out of here." Regulus pointed his wand at the leading ghoul, his eyes A burst of red light flashed in his mind, and he whispered softly: "Legilimency."
The spell worked, and it didn't take much effort to invade the ghoul's mind, but the experience was anything but pleasant.
Perhaps Regulus unintentionally accomplished an unprecedented feat: the first wizard to use Legilimency on a ghoul.
The memory does not show where they came from deep underground in Hogwarts Castle. In the muddy brains of these evil and cruel creatures, they have been living here since they were born, and most of the memory contents are How they forage.
Some of these scenes made Regulus feel severe discomfort in his stomach.
Whether it is the corpses of naturally dead creatures in the Forbidden Forest or the remains of wizards and Muggles buried in graves, they are all on the dinner menu of these ghouls. They hide in the caves where they live during the day, probably It is about ten meters below the forbidden forest.
At night, they either come out to search for food, or dig caves, continue to expand their territories, and attack all creatures that appear in their field of vision.
This kind of life lasted day after day, and I don't know how long it lasted, until one day, they dug underground deep in the castle.
Their excavation was hampered by the fact that instead of soil there were huge blocks of hard granite.
From the ghoul's memory, Regulus discovered that the cut surfaces of those granites were very neat and definitely not naturally formed.
Moreover, after discovering the granite, the ghouls were very frightened and desperately wanted to escape from that place. They even abandoned the cave they originally lived in and dug another passage along the current direction. Finally, they found this shelter and were ready to dig. Through the wall, make this their new home.
The collapse of the secret passage where Regulus is now is their masterpiece.
Memory so far.
After Regulus went through the memories of the four ghouls one by one, he found that they were similar and did not find any valuable information. He only knew that there might be a terrible thing hidden behind those granites, which made these ferocious ghouls Ghosts all shun him for fear of not being able to catch him.
Regulus, who was severely mentally shocked, ended the lives of those ghouls.
"It seems that I overestimated the magic power of Hogwarts Castle... Not every damage can be repaired automatically." Seeing this, Regulus sighed secretly, waved his wand, and carefully removed the scattered objects in the asylum. The rubble inside the house was moved into the passage dug by the ghoul, and the passage was blocked again.
After hesitating for a moment, he turned the corpses of the ghouls into stones and filled them in the passage.
"Return as usual."
The stone wall returned to its original smoothness.
As for the passage leading to the outside of the school, it was now completely blocked, and Regulus had no intention of reopening it. For the sake of safety, he decided to let this passage be completely blocked here.
After everything was taken care of, how to leave here became a problem.
Regulus tried using Apparition to go directly to Hogsmeade, but found that the surrounding air was still like a solid wall, refusing to allow him to integrate.
After sighing at the effectiveness of Hogwarts's anti-Apparition magic, Regulus was at his wits' end and had no choice but to choose the only way: to return along the slide he came from.
This slide is dark, steep, and slimy. The ground is full of dirt, and there are spider webs hanging on the walls. Water drops occasionally drip from the top of the head, and it twists and turns endlessly.
It's quite convenient when sliding down, but going all the way up in the opposite direction is not a great experience.
In order to prevent accidents, Regulus cast an anti-slip spell on his shoes, and then began the long and painful climb.
About 10 minutes later, he arrived behind the statue of the toady Gregory again, but he was not in a hurry to move the statue.
"Clean up."
As the spell took effect, the stains on his body were swept away.
After making sure that there was no problem with his image, Regulus emerged from behind the statue again.
The corridor was silent and there were no students.
The reason is actually easy to understand, because Snape, dressed in black, is standing next to a suit of armor, seemingly admiring a certain portrait on the wall.
In Hogwarts, no student wants to stay within ten meters of Snape. Even Slytherin students are afraid of their gloomy dean deep down.
Feeling movement in the statue, Snape immediately turned his gaze.
"How is it, our explorer?" After Regulus approached, Snape said with thin lips, "Have you found the legendary treasure buried by the goblins under Hogwarts Castle?"
"They're just a few annoying ghouls. I've already taken care of them." Regulus didn't care about Snape's taunting, "But do you know the legend about the Chamber of Secrets at Hogwarts?"
"You've made it very clear, that's just a legend."
Although he said this, Snape's tone was also a bit serious, no longer as sarcastic as before.
"But those ghouls did find a room built by humans hundreds of feet underground in the castle." Regulus said seriously, "And they are very afraid of the thing living in it."
"In that case, why don't you get rid of that so-called monster?" Snape said, "You finally came back to Hogwarts, and you can't waste this hard-earned opportunity like this."
"The place they found is not the real entrance." Regulus shook his head and said, his tone less serious. "I'm not sure what terrible consequences it will cause to force entry from there. After all, I am still timid."
"You are too modest," Snape said. "As you said, the legend of the Chamber of Secrets is true, and there is a terrible monster hidden in it. Do you need me to do anything specifically to tell me these things?"
"Because you are a professor at Hogwarts and also the dean, for the safety of the students, you certainly need to know these things." Regulus said flatly, "As for why I told you first... The reason is obvious, just because you are the first person I met... Now, I am going to talk to the principal about this matter, do you want to go together? "
The corners of Snape's mouth twitched a few times, and then he turned around and walked up the stairs to the eighth floor without saying a word.
"Chamber of Secrets? Salazar Slytherin actually built such a thing?" After Snape left, the portrait looked a little unbelievable. He even put down the notebook and quill in his hand and lowered his head to Regulus. Ask questions.
Regulus recognized the wizard in the portrait, Cornelius Agrippa, a wizard, occult writer, theologian, astrologer and alchemist from Germany.
"Maybe it's true." Regulus replied briefly before catching up with Snape.
Agripba's portrait was only confused for a few seconds before returning her attention to her notebook.
As a portrait, he could only write the "Three Books of Secret Philosophy" that could never be finished day after day.
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