Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 170 The second feather and escape

The scariest thing about the Ghost Castle is its weirdness, not only the weird doors, but also the portraits in the corridors on each floor. They are alive and can even leave the frame, but they are bound by inexplicable rules.

We can only wait silently for dinner, or the arrival of the hunter.

And the woman in the red skirt is one of them.

Fortunately, the Pharaoh Mask still overpowered her, got rid of this weird guy, and successfully obtained the wonderful black feather, which awakened Toby's soul, or in other words, the mark he left in the world.

And successfully suppressed the control of the Pharaoh's mask, allowing Toby to wake up again, but he still woke up in death.

But as adventurers who violate the rules, Toby and his party will definitely be punished by other "guests". Only by escaping from the castle can they leave here alive, otherwise they will be endlessly tortured by those monsters.

unless

"There seems to be no movement?"

"ah?"

"It's better to wait a little longer."

Five minutes later, Toby's voice sounded again in the darkness.

"Armor, why don't you go outside and take a look?"

The sound of the visor shaking came, and Toby said with satisfaction: "Okay, I will remember your sacrifice."

Al also said happily: "Yeah!"

The armor shook louder, but Toby and Al couldn't see it shaking its head vigorously in the darkness. They just said one after another: "I really can't see that you are still so enthusiastic because you replied.

Have you reached your hometown?"

"ah!"

"Okay, wait while I count three numbers--"

"ah!"

"one two three!"

The lid of the pharaoh's coffin suddenly opened, and Toby and El used all their strength to kick out the waving armor, drawing a parabola in the air, hitting the portrait that looked like a window, and slowly sliding down.

Toby didn't close the lid in a hurry. He quickly glanced outside and found that the monsters had disappeared and no longer stayed in the study.

"call--"

Toby breathed a sigh of relief and swaggered out of the coffin. Al was still looking around vigilantly, and saw the remaining wide-brimmed hat on the ground, which was originally on the arm girl.

Al picked up the hat, turned it over, and saw the dense arms stretching out from under the brim. He threw it away with a "yeah" sound, a disgusted expression on his face.

"Don't throw it away."

Toby picked up the hat and tried to put it into Al's belly pocket, but Al turned around, trying not to let Toby succeed.

"How can you throw away such a rare collection? It may be needed someday."

Al looked at Toby with strange eyes, suspecting that he wanted to use it to punish the disobedient students. This looked much scarier than the Pharaoh's mask.

"Don't look at me like that." Toby said, folding the hat several times and stuffing it into the pocket of the witch's robe, while a small scream continued to come from it.

Then he lifted up the moving armor and pretended to dust it off a few times, but the armor silently turned its faceplate away, unwilling to look at these two cold-blooded guys.

"Why are you like this?" Toby said helplessly: "Shouldn't we celebrate? Hey! I came back alive. And that basilisk, the basilisk that suddenly appeared in the castle, Merlin, I came back from

I have never seen such a big basilisk, not even comparable to the long-horned water snake. It is really scary. It looked directly into my eyes, obviously with the purpose of killing me."

Although after obtaining the Pharaoh's coffin, he found that it could be used to avoid being chased by monsters in the castle, Toby's mood could not improve and instead seemed a little heavy.

Ever since he noticed something was wrong on the day of the game, Toby had made the worst plan. He asked Al to take the magic ball to Angela for help. At that time, he had vaguely foreseen himself

It is very likely that he will be victimized in this attack and be controlled by the Pharaoh Mask. Only then will something more terrible happen, and someone must stop him.

Fortunately, and unfortunately, Toby was right.

This was a premeditated murder.

It was aimed at himself, especially deliberately.

From the murder of the Slytherin heir.

After seeing Toby being silent for a long time, Al tilted his neck and asked, "Yeah?"

Armor also looked towards Toby silently, wanting to see what his next plan was.

"No, we won't go back."

Toby answered Al and said: "The basilisk. I saw it with my own eyes. It was the basilisk left by Salazar Slytherin. There is no doubt about it. Salazar Slytherin, in that basilisk

You may have the founder's mark on you. You should know what I mean, Al, this is a rare opportunity."

"Perhaps, I finally have a chance to meet Slytherin. I can finally ask him why he sorted me into Slytherin."

He looked at Al and said: "There is no doubt that we need another black feather. This is very important to me and allows me to recognize that I am very important."

Al's eyes were a little worried, and he and the armor exchanged a silent look - if the armor had one.

There was no glance under the visor, but the armor had already walked to the long axe, picked it up, put it in his hand, held it tightly, and chose to stand on Toby's side.

It has been prepared. It has been prepared for everything since the day it was rescued from the castle by Toby.

Al sighed deeply. He really didn't want to see Toby risk breaking into other rooms again. Not only because of the threat of the Pharaoh's mask, but also because of the fact that there were only seven days left in that adventure.

, because Toby led them into an inexplicable guest room and finally managed to escape.

"ah"

Its weak voice came, and it could only agree to Toby's request.

The three of them walked out of the arm girl's guest room and came down the empty corridor.

Toby's eyes under the hood swept around, choosing the next suitable target. He noticed that all the portraits had a more terrifying expression, staring at them like evil ghosts, but even so,

The portraits did not rush out again, but turned their necks stiffly and followed them away with their eyes.

Armor also carried out the coffin, and Al stood on top of Armor's head, holding a small shovel and silently encouraging himself.

Toby stopped in front of the door made entirely of masks, and turned to look at the portrait on the other side.

This is a simple portrait. A white mask is vaguely revealed in the darkness. The painting is lifelike. The eyes are all white, without a trace of black. Only the last head is left, or the rest of the body is hidden in the

In the darkness, not depicted.

"Can't see the full body portrait clearly." Toby muttered: "I really don't want to enter this guest room."

Under the cold gaze of the white mask, Toby pressed his palm on a gorgeously colored mask on the door, and pushed the door open little by little, revealing the darkness behind it.

He took off his witch robe, revealing the magic circle all over his body, and finally looked at the mask.

Then, as the black devil, he walked into the darkness and gently closed the door.

Al and Armor did not enter this strange guest room. They stood in front of the portrait and silently stared at the portrait inside.

Since the door was closed, the mask in the darkness slowly turned around, first revealing pale ears and a bloodless profile, and then a complete face, with eyes as dark as Toby's.

It stood up, getting taller and taller, taller and taller, so high that only the soles of the monster's feet could be seen, and the soles of its feet alone filled the entire portrait.

Al looked dumbfounded.

"ah"

It's bad.

This is a giant.

Maybe he's still a giant who can use magic.

Toby had already walked into the darkness and looked up at the tall body of the monster. Compared to Al, he could see it more clearly - the giant's body was covered with "sarcoids", which were all unknown masks.

They all looked at Toby, the "uninvited guest", or the delicious dinner.

"ha"

Toby let out a long breath, and the magic circle on his body bloomed with rich light in an instant, which was deeper than the darkness and as thick as ink.

Countless strips of cloth suddenly protruded from the pharaoh mask on his face, pressing against the floor like tentacles, decayed but full of unknown power, causing Toby's body to slowly rise under the support of the strips, slowly

Slowly rising into the air, looking directly into the eyes in Senbai's mask.

There was a brief silence.

Then, suddenly, the battle started.

The weird masks seemed to have come alive. Under the leadership of the white mask, they all made inarticulate low sounds, causing the giant to pounce on Toby in the sky in various weird postures, with its arms bent unnaturally.

When folded, the leg bones made a cracking sound, but the giant seemed not to feel the slightest pain, and his movements were as agile as a mosquito, appearing in various positions from time to time.

In the dull loud noise, Toby floated in the air like a branch of a tree. Since being awakened by the black feathers, he has become more able to use the Pharaoh mask. The black cloth strips turned into long spears and poked at the giant's body.

The mask was completely shattered, or it was broken by the sweeping giant arm.

He took out his wand and uttered a curse that was even more mysterious than the masks. It was also a chant from distant history. A green glimmer slowly accumulated on the tip of the wand. Even outside the portrait, Al and the armor were

Can feel constant pressure coming from the wand.

At this moment, Al turned his head in horror and heard a slight sound of footsteps coming from the stairs in the distance.

The armor put on a vigilant posture. It and Al saw the oil lamp floating over from the stairs, and it was specifically aimed at them.

"ah!"

Al anxiously urged Toby.

At this time, the mysterious ancient magic was ready, and Toby shouted out the last spell, which hit the surface of Senbai's mask in the dazzling green light.

Green lines were engraved all over the giant's body in an instant, extended, and finally concentrated on Sen Bai's mask, gradually making a shattering sound, exploding in unprovoked screams, and finally causing the giant to fall on his back.

Toby took advantage of the downfall and quickly floated over, picked up the black feathers condensed on the giant's head, and then rushed behind him without any hesitation.

Al also took out the magic ball and let it melt away, forming dark magic arrays on the armor, giving it more strength.

At this time, the oil lamp was getting closer and closer to them, but this time no "tenants" rushed out after the giant fell, but silently waited for the "butler" to give more severe punishment to the disobedient guests.

"Go quickly!"

Toby kicked the mask door open, shouted loudly, and then let himself and Al hide behind the armor.

"Hurry up and rush over!"

The armor slightly bent its legs, assuming a running posture, and then shot out like a sharp arrow, making a loud bang. Toby and Al followed closely behind it.

But at the moment when it was illuminated by the oil lamp, the armor seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, and its movements suddenly slowed down. Toby waved his wand and cast spells in succession around him, but at most he could only cause moderate damage.

The damage was so great that it couldn't even hit the wall and dissipated in the air.

Countless strips of cloth extended from the Pharaoh's mask, pressing against the back of the armor. Al and Toby pushed the armor together, and the magic circle engraved on Toby's body also burst out with a deeper light in an instant.

The oil lamp walked forward slowly and unhurriedly, its dim light became an inescapable copper wall, and its transparent body trapped the three of them tightly inside.

"If you don't want to die here, help quickly!"

Toby didn't know who he was talking to, but just after he said these words, the Pharaoh mask on his face suddenly became alive, and the cloth strips changed direction, no longer against the back of the armor, but around

When it reached the pharaoh's coffin on its shoulders, it was wrapped around it many times in the blink of an eye - the coffin seemed to come to life, and the lifelike lid was no longer just a dead thing. A pair of arms slowly stretched out under the wrapping of cloth strips, supporting the armor.

In front of him, the road was opened.

As if it had surfaced, the armor finally broke out of the deep quagmire. It immediately turned around and used the handle of the long ax to drag Toby and Al out quickly. The group of people ran down the stairs without looking back until they left the castle.

Only then did he slow down, pass through the misty woods, and stop near the peaceful and silent Yeqi carriage.

After they left, the oil lamp continued to float forward, and nothing could stop it.

The oil lamp floated to the door of the mask room, opened the door, floated in little by little, appeared in the portrait opposite the guest room, landed on the head of the giant, and then followed down to a black and red mask on the chest.

, let the light shine on this mask.

Accompanied by a dull squirming sound, the black-red mask slowly crawled up and came out of the back of the giant's head, replacing the original white mask. Amidst the low groaning sound again, the giant's body twitched and slowly

Stand up, walk to the portrait, bend down, and let the mask face the corridor outside the portrait.

The oil lamp floated out of the portrait, came to the corridor, floated down the stairs, and finally returned to the table in the hall on the first floor.

The heavy book was opened page by page, and the page with the arm girl became blank, and the page with the masked giant also changed, from forest white to black and red.

Then, the oil lamp fell on the table, quietly waiting for the next guest to arrive.