Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 151 The Living Mask and Slytherin

"Ahhhh——!"

Malfoy's screams stopped abruptly.

Until now, Harry and Hermione didn't understand why this scene happened repeatedly before - they saw a large ball of cloth extending from the monster's palm, wrapping Malfoy's entire body in the blink of an eye.

It also caused his next shout to be stuck in his throat.

Immediately afterwards, Malfoy, who was covered in bandages, seemed to be petrified, and fell to the ground stiffly, becoming one of the other mummies, motionless.

Harry was stunned: "What the hell is this? We have been dealing with such dangerous things in class - ugh!"

Hermione suddenly covered Harry's mouth with force. Her other hand had already grabbed the invisibility cloak, covering herself, Harry, and the little mummy on the ground.

Harry could clearly see the cold sweat on the tip of Hermione's nose, and knew that she was as frightened as he was.

Hermione put her finger to her mouth and made a shushing gesture. Harry saw through the invisibility cloak that the black-eyed mummy moved his gaze away from Malfoy and instead stared at the three people who had just disappeared.

Harry was so nervous that his heart almost jumped out of his throat. Fortunately, the mummy couldn't see through the invisibility cloak. The other party quickly looked away, leaving the other mummies on the floor alone, and walked back to the pharaoh's coffin step by step.

Inside, he reached out and grabbed the lid, closing it again.

The two finally dared to take a deep breath, and they almost didn't suffocate to death.

"What on earth is going on?" Harry asked in confusion: "Why does it want to go back?"

"Maybe it's a trap, just like the danger Malfoy encountered just now." Hermione said thoughtfully: "Or maybe. Maybe the mummy is really Professor Highmore? Is this just part of today's confinement?"

They all couldn't figure out why Professor Highmore did this. And Ron, can he return to normal after becoming a mummy?

But speaking of Ron

Harry looked around, and suddenly, a chill filled his heart.

"Hermione."

"What's wrong?"

"Ron. Ron, he's gone! He-ah!"

The little mummy that was originally covered under the invisibility cloak suddenly came to life. It didn't know when it left the range of the invisibility cloak, but it still grabbed Harry's neck through the invisibility cloak and choked him until he couldn't breathe!

"Quickly let go!"

Hermione anxiously took out her wand and shouted in panic: "Everything is petrified!"

The spell worked, and the little mummy's body immediately straightened up, and fell to the floor, rolling back and forth several times.

Harry shed tears and kept rubbing his red neck. Hermione just wanted to help him, but then something even more terrifying happened.

The mummies that were originally scattered on the floor came to life one by one. They stood up and wandered around the house aimlessly, walking around.

Harry and Hermione were so frightened that they forgot to breathe until they saw two mummies bumping into each other and fighting slowly. Judging from the size of the two mummies, it seemed that one was Wood and the other was Flint.

After a while, more mummies joined the fighting team. Harry vaguely recognized Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, and two identical mummies, who must be Frey.

De and George, they were fighting back and forth with the Slytherin mummy, making the office a mess.

"Let me tell you," Harry whispered, "How did they remember their identities? At this time, they still don't forget to reveal it to the outside world?"

Hermione's eyes sparkled little by little, and she thought of more.

"Professor Heimer." She suppressed her excitement and said, "So, Professor Heimer has not completely turned into a mummy. As long as we can help him return to normal, the confinement can be ended and other people can be restored to their original state.

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Harry looked at Hermione in surprise and joy, but the next second he became depressed: "But what should we do? I seem to know, the Pharaoh mask, as long as we can help the professor take off the Pharaoh mask, then

Like what Professor Haimer did to the rooster in the ancient magic class."

The two people quickly made a plan. They quietly bypassed the mummies who were fighting more and more violently. After passing by Malfoy who also got up, they finally arrived in front of the Pharaoh's coffin.

At this time, they were still hiding under the invisibility cloak. According to their plan, the two of them had to climb to the top of the Pharaoh's coffin, wait for Professor Heimer to come out again, and then jump down so that they could easily remove the Pharaoh's mask.

This is the most unexpected method. They are not as tall as Professor Heimer and cannot stop each other face to face.

But how to climb up?

The surface of the coffin was smoother than Harry imagined. He knew that if they wanted to climb up successfully, they had only one chance, otherwise they would most likely alert the professor in the coffin.

Harry turned to look at Hermione and said calmly: "I have a way. In a moment you step on my back and climb up - no, continue to listen to me -" He interrupted before Hermione could speak.

: "I know this is dangerous, but. Oh, admit it, Hermione, no matter what, I am a Quidditch player. You are much lighter than me. You can't let me step on you. And I am also lighter than you."

You are agile. I can attract Professor Heimer's attention after he comes out and buy you time. If you are lucky, maybe I won't-"

He looked back at the mummies gathered together. To be honest, Harry felt that he was very likely to become one of them, and there was no way to avoid this consequence.

Hermione knew this was indeed the best way.

"You must be careful, Harry." She said worriedly.

Harry nodded, and he leaned down to make an arch bridge shape. Hermione carefully stepped on his back and looked up at the top of the coffin.

"Not even close."

"Okay, when I count to three, you jump up, one, two, three!"

Harry tried his best to lift up, his face turned red from suppressing the pressure. At the same time, Hermione jumped up with all her strength, resting most of her body on the coffin, and hurriedly moved her legs to the top.

In the next second, Hermione's toes passed by, and the coffin was opened from the inside. At this time, the bandages on the mummy in the coffin had turned into pitch black, and the pharaoh's mask seemed to have become a real face, with smoke-filled eyes.

Opening it, it was like a sharp arrow fixed on Harry.

In this short moment, Harry felt that he was enveloped in endless fear, unable to move any further, and the bait plan he had thought up before could not be implemented.

At some point, the mummies gathered together stopped beating each other. They were attracted by their higher status and slowly bowed involuntarily.

The black mummy raised its steps, walked up to Harry, lifted him up, and stared directly into his eyes, those stunning green eyes.

At this moment, Hermione, who was standing on the top of the coffin, jumped down. She hooked onto the black mummy's shoulder and firmly grasped the edge of the mask with one hand, trying to pull it off.

The shrill screams resounded throughout the classroom. The black mummy threw Harry away. Its arms kept moving back and forth, and countless strips of cloth extended from its body. It was about to turn Hermione into a

Mummy, the rest of the servants are coming too——

"ah--!!"

The screams suddenly became countless times more terrifying. Harry, who had regained consciousness, also rushed to help. He jumped up and grabbed the edges of the Pharaoh's mask with both hands - at this time, the mask looked like theirs.

Just like what I saw in the hallucination during class, he came to life alone, staring at Harry in front of me with malicious eyes.

Similarly, the other pair of eyes behind this pair of eyes also saw the face in front of them and the familiar eyes above them.

"No"

Another voice appeared among the screams, which was Professor Heimer's original voice.

Harry felt a huge force coming from the other party. He could no longer hold on to the mask and was thrown out violently. He crossed a high parabola and landed on the soft sofa at the other end of the room. Even Hermione was shocked.

He was thrown right into the Pharaoh's coffin.

"Ahem."

Harry coughed twice, and he glanced over inadvertently, but immediately couldn't divert his attention. He could only watch the horrific scene in the room - all the mummies were moving like crazy.

The black mummies pounced on them, desperately pressing their hands on the Pharaoh's mask, unwilling to let Professor Heimer wake up and pull it off his face.

The screams became more and more shrill, and Harry covered his ears in pain. He saw the mummies being thrown everywhere like paper figures, and in the blink of an eye, a clear space was cleared.

The black mummy clasped his hands on the edge of the Pharaoh's mask, tearing it outward little by little. Unwilling howls continued to come from the mouth of the mask. Under the mask were densely packed rotten cloth strips, connected to the face behind. These cloth strips were also

It was pitch black and didn't seem to belong to the original mask, but even so, it didn't want to be taken off.

The two fought desperately with each other, and the mask was pulled farther and farther away from the head. Suddenly, a dark and dim light shone from the black mummy, becoming brighter and brighter in the blink of an eye, almost blinding the eyes.

Harry quickly raised his arm and finally put it down after the light gradually dissipated. He quickly touched his body and found that he was still alive.

For a moment, Harry thought that the hallucination experience in class would happen again in the office - when Professor Highmore cleaned up all the mummies.

In the reality in front of him, Professor Heimer finally returned to normal. His long hair was hanging in front of his eyes. In one hand, he was holding the Pharaoh mask that no longer showed abnormal movement. The other hand was tightly clenched and twitching, as if

Suppress severe pain.

"Teach Professor"

The first person to react was Hermione. She couldn't believe what she saw.

"Is that a magic circle?" She asked in disbelief: "Professor, are you covered with magic circles?"

Magic circle?!

Harry and Hermione exchanged a distant look. They both knew how dangerous the magic circle was. It would explode if you were not careful. But Professor Hemmer actually carved magic circles all over his body?

He. Is he committing suicide?

"ah!"

Al appeared out of nowhere, sitting on the flying carpet with a dustpan and broom in his hand, miraculously sweeping in all the mummies on the ground.

Then it flew in front of Hermione, tilted its neck and looked at her a few times.

"Mr. Al, Professor Heimer, what is this?"

"ah!"

Al had no intention of explaining at all. He handed the dustpan to Hermione's hand, then flew behind her and pushed her towards the office door, taking Harry with him by the way.

After arriving in the corridor, Al roughly pointed in the direction of the campus hospital and gave them a look that said they should seize the time.

"ah!"

After saying their final goodbyes, the office door closed in front of Harry and Hermione.

One of them was holding a dustpan and the other was holding a broom. They had not yet recovered from this series of changes.

"Those patterns really seem to be magic circles." Hermione murmured: "The professor has been using himself to complete research on ancient magic. How did he survive until now with so many unknown risks?"

Harry opened his mouth. He had many doubts in his heart, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Is this the house he was almost sorted into - Slytherin?