Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 199 Secret, Phone Booth, Sirius (Please subscribe!)

The sky was covered with clouds, and fierce waves crashed on the isolated island. In the center of the island stood a fortress. From a distance, black figures could be seen wandering around. They were three meters high, and the wizards stationed here

The distinction is very obvious, and no one wants to blend in with them.

"Are you here to change shifts?" the wizard standing on the edge of the island shouted loudly, even though he had already seen the unconscious Hagrid on the boat.

"No." Kingsley said in a low voice: "I am only responsible for sending him to prison, and then he will return to the Ministry of Magic."

The disappointed wizard immediately walked away without any intention of helping.

There are several larger rollers set up on the edge of the island, one of which is slowly shrinking and tightening, pulling the cart out of the waves, dragging it to the ground, and then slowly stopping.

Kingsley stepped off the cart, waved his wand, and made the unconscious Hagrid levitate. Then he walked to the gate of the castle and said to the guarding dementor: "Take me to the prison."

The dementors circled Hagrid several times, and the hood moved closer to him, until Kingsley reminded him again before opening the door.

There is no doubt that the prison fortress has been cast with a traceless expansion spell, and the space is larger than Hogwarts Castle. But compared with the noisy school, it seems much quieter here, quieter than anything else, everywhere

It exudes an aura of deathly silence.

The passages in the fortress are complicated, and the cells are filled with prisoners in ragged clothes. Their eyes are dull and they are mumbling words that others cannot understand, as if they are crazy.

The dementor stopped in front of an empty cell. It stretched out its hand covered with gray coffee and opened the door. Kingsley sent Hagrid in, and then left without saying a word, ending the prisoner escort.

Task.

But Toby was still standing in front of the cell.

He followed him all the way here without being discovered by anyone, including Kingsley and the Dementors.

The magic circle formed by the magic ball made him invisible, and the Pharaoh's mask covered his emotions that would have been exposed - this was also the factor that allowed the dementors to sense the presence of the wizard.

The Pharaoh Mask is an extremely special item. It turns Toby into a living dead, able to breathe even under the direct gaze of the basilisk, and makes him look more like a real mummy.

Of course, it would be better if there were no hidden threats.

And Toby came here just for this, wanting to find a solution to the trouble in Azkaban and take off the mask in a safer way. It was obviously relying on Toby, and it did not hesitate to kill him for this.

Become the immortal mummy in the coffin and become its guardian.

As for the source of this clue, it's because of Nick Flamel.

He told Toby that the reason why he wanted to destroy the Philosopher's Stone was because he had personally been to Azkaban and perhaps participated in the construction of this prison through alchemy.

He got some disturbing clues in Azkaban, and it was these clues that made him want to destroy the Philosopher's Stone.

In this regard, Toby thought of the Pharaoh mask on his face, which is similar to the Philosopher's Stone in that it exists for eternal life.

That's why Toby took the risk to come here and resume his old profession - archeology.

But now he has another purpose - to find a way to find Voldemort.

According to Dumbledore's guess, Voldemort is weak and must create suitable prisoners through the chaos in the Forbidden Forest, so that he can come to Azkaban to rescue his servants and let them work for him. Only in this way can he be found safely.

More items like notebooks and crowns.

But Toby followed the boat all the way, and he found no sign of Voldemort's existence, so he couldn't help but doubt the Auror who came - Kingsley.

But there was nothing wrong with Kingsley, and Toby also strongly doubted whether Voldemort's body, the plant Animagus, could become a real wizard.

Transfiguration has limitations, the most difficult of which is that other things cannot turn into humans.

Toby's two skeletons are the only exceptions. Other than that, Toby has never seen such a magical item again.

How did Voldemort get to Azkaban?

Toby, who was invisible, looked around for a while. His eyes suddenly stopped and he slowly walked to another cell.

A skinny man was imprisoned in this cell. He was sitting in the corner of the room, his long dirty hair covering his forehead, and he no longer looked as handsome as he once did.

Toby did not show his body, but he made a pleasant sound from his throat: "Long time no see, Blake."

"Back then, I thought about blaming Penny's death on you. Although I failed, I didn't expect that you would end up where you are now."

"How should I put it? It's really gratifying."

——

At the same time, on the small cart that had been placed next to the roller, a small tentacle suddenly protruded from the small gap in the wooden board.

No one was looking around, and there were far fewer wizards than dementors on Azkaban.

The tentacles soon turned into a body lying flat, and then the cracked body stood up, and Voldemort looked at the fortress not far away.

Similar to Toby, this magical body was endowed with the ability to lower emotions, allowing Voldemort to appear as an object without the Dementors noticing.

Because dementors have no eyesight, they can only sense the presence of wizards through their emotions.

"My loyal servants." Voldemort said: "It is time to rescue you."

——

On the other side, when he heard a familiar voice ringing in his ears, Sirius's brows twitched inadvertently, but he did not turn around to try to find the source of the sound. It seemed that even his former enemies no longer cared.

Yes, enemies, even enemies involving life and death.

Due to family reasons, Sirius expressed an extreme dislike for Slytherin House, and was therefore sorted into Gryffindor, and formed a deep friendship with James whom he met on the train.

Also because of the farce on the train, Snape and James looked down on each other from the beginning by devaluing each other's ideal academy.

Hatred began to spread, leading to more conflicts.

As for Toby himself, in the Marauders' impression, he was just a classmate who had a relatively good relationship with Snape at first. He could always avoid conflicts very cleverly, and not many people knew about the ancient magic he was studying at that time.

In fact, it is not much better than black magic.

It was not until later, after that full moon night, that Toby performed a wonderful scene as soon as he came on.

It was as if he had reached a certain threshold. Toby suddenly let go of his own restrictions. He was no longer satisfied with petty fights and was determined to help his two "friends".

At least in his mind he was doing good for Snape and Lily.

He knew that Petunia was jealous of Lily and that the farce on the night of the full moon was caused by Sirius, so he planned to get rid of these two people at once.

In other words, Petunia's death was framed on Sirius, who happened to run away from home.

In this way, if Petunia dies, Sirius will be imprisoned and will never be able to return to school.

Toby almost succeeded.

It almost happened, but unfortunately it was interrupted by the arriving Death Eaters, so they had to escape to the Longbottoms' home and hide completely.

Later, Toby was inevitably involved in the conflict between the two parties, but his relationship with the predators was very subtle - James was mentally ill, but essentially kind, because Toby had seen with his own eyes that he wanted to take Snape away.

Rescue away.

Peter Pettigrew is a follower and worthless.

Remus Lupine was pretty good, with good grades and a gentle personality. However, after communicating with Toby several times later, he was frightened by the evil ancient magic and refused to participate in the research process.

Only Sirius Black.

The one Toby targeted most was Sirius Black, because he hated Slytherin, and what little Toby thought at the time was that he was even more Slytherin than Slytherin.

All in all, after Snape called out the words "Mudblood", although he, Lily, and Toby drifted apart due to various reasons, the two of them had a tacit understanding in dealing with the predators.

James was missing a helper, and his fight with Snape was back and forth.

But Sirius, he never defeated Toby once.

This is not only because of the unpredictable ancient magic, but also because Toby has long bribed Sirius's younger brother, Regulus Black.

It was more of a threat than a bribe. Regulus, like many Slytherins who pretended to be powerful, was not that strong in nature, but rather cowardly.

But after that, Toby never saw Regulus again.

It's such a pity to hear that he died.

His grades are very good. If he were alive, Toby might also ask him to do archeology together.

But his brother, Sirius, is still alive.

"Why, the lion of Gryffindor has become so decadent. Don't you want to escape from here? As long as you ask, maybe I will be willing to help you."

"Or, I can help you end your current pain. It only requires you to spend a sentence."

"Think about it, eternally pure Black."

Toby has no time to spend here, he must find out the secret hidden in Azkaban as soon as possible.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard an indistinct voice.

"What?" He slowly walked back to the cell.

"You are used to being aloof." Sirius still lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice: "You think you can control everything in secret. And like others, you act like I am the murderer who killed James and Lily.

,Is not it?"

Perhaps it was because no one had come to see Sirius for a long time that he was actually willing to say so many words to Toby, his enemy.

"Don't think I don't know," he suddenly changed his tone and said gloomily: "You hate me. Among those people, you hate me the most and you want me to die, so you came up with such a method.

After the news that I was the secret keeper originally spread, I secretly returned to England, revealed the hiding place of James and Lily, and once again tried to frame everything on my head——"

It seems that in Sirius's memory, Toby is still the lawless bad guy, even crazier, willing to use the death of James and Lily to make Sirius feel pain.

Toby no longer wanted to listen to a madman talking to himself.

"How pitiful." He said contemptuously, and then walked away.

He couldn't even think of slandering Sirius like this.

Let him stay here alone and enjoy the ending of dying alone after being tortured.

It wasn't until Toby walked away that Sirius finally had more reaction. He slowly turned his head and glanced at the traceless corridor, then turned his head back, staring at the dirt-filled ground with his eyes.

He didn't care about Toby's attitude or how he ended up here.

At this moment, he only had one thought.

"The murderer can be ruled out as Toby Highmore, who would it be?"

"Remus still"

Just as he was thinking hard, he caught a glimpse of a distinctive Dementor figure in his peripheral vision, but this did not attract Sirius's attention.

The black witch robe hides Voldemort's true face, and at this moment he is full of anger - it's Toby Highmore again!

He heard the other party's movements and knew that this damn guy was planning to ruin his plan again!

It’s simply a killer!

Appearing in front of him again and again!

This time is certainly no exception. In Voldemort's impression, Toby will not give himself the slightest chance - who is the person who sees through his plan? Is it Toby Highmore? Or Albus Dumbledore?

In fact, this is what Toby planned.

He and Dumbledore speculated that Voldemort would not miss this opportunity to hide in Azkaban.

Since he didn't find Voldemort, he just had to find a way to find the helper Voldemort was looking for.

Ever since entering Azkaban, Toby has been paying attention to the prisoners in the cells.

He met some of the prisoners who were tried after the First Wizarding War - Bellatrix, Barty Crouch Jr., and of course Sirius, who he met first. Among these people

, all of which were secretly left by Toby with the fragrance of bone algae, which can last for at least half a year. No matter where they escape, they will be found again by Toby.

It was also during this process that Toby gradually realized something was wrong with Azkaban.

This prison is not only on the ground, but also has many cells underground.

But the further down you go, the fewer the dementors are. They are wandering in front of the tunnel leading deeper, seeming very reluctant to get close there.

This is very strange.

Because the only magic that can resist Dementors is the Patronus Charm.

Could it be said that there is a living guardian angel deeper down?

Toby walked through the cold and cold tunnel and walked deeper underground, groping for his way in the darkness.

But unexpectedly, there are no more prisoners in the bottom space, and there are no cells.

Some are just a broken ancient tombstone, and even the name engraved on it is crooked-Extis.

There is no year of birth or death, no epitaph, just such a simple name.

This is a tomb.

Before the establishment of Azkaban, the tomb of the owner of the island was also a notorious wizard.

It was he who captured the sailors passing by the island and brutally killed them, and it was he who attracted so many dementors.

But the question is, would the Ministry of Magic be willing to deliberately clear an entire floor of space for such a person without intervening?

It seems that the problem lies in the cemetery under the tombstones.

Toby took out a top-like object from his pocket, with several long thin legs extending from it.

"Remember to keep your voice down." Toby reminded, throwing the top to the ground.

The top circled the tombstone several times and stood under the tombstone.

This is an instrument that Toby used during his archaeological work in the Forbidden Forest. Usually, the sounds it makes are comments such as "get rich", "insignificant", and "poor guy".

But this time, the top's thin legs suddenly trembled, and the sound it made was inaudible:

"Run away quickly, otherwise you will die. Run away quickly."

At this moment, the Pharaoh's mask reacted much faster than Toby. It seemed to have suddenly regained consciousness, and strips of cloth that were about to decay protruded from the edge of the mask - Toby realized as he retreated.

When the mask continued to exude fear, all the strips of cloth were originally meant to be stretched back, used as a support to pull Toby over and leave this weird room - but in the next second, the bottom of the tombstone gradually turned into

There was a whirlpool, which did not affect Toby, but caused all the cloth strips to turn upside down and be sucked into it.

The cloth strips all over the sky were tightly grasped by something, and a pile of rotten bones emerged from the whirlpool and fell to the surroundings - those should be the bones of Extis.

But underneath, something that Toby was all too familiar with came up:

It's a coffin.

It looks very similar to the coffin in the pyramid, but there is no sign of the pharaoh. It looks more like a flowing waterfall, exuding little bits of light.

Toby hurriedly took back the top, and he immediately realized that he could no longer retreat - all the cloth strips were gradually being sucked into the edge of the coffin, and it seemed that something was taking away the Pharaoh's mask.

What a rare opportunity!

Voldemort, who was secretly following not far behind, heard the noise. He temporarily gave up his plan to rescue his servant. He also noticed the strangeness below the prison. He rushed over step by step and found Toby who was silently stalemate. He also noticed the corpse.

The mysterious coffin.

Toby heard the footsteps behind him, he turned his head hard, gritted his teeth and said: "Voldemort!"

"It's me." Voldemort walked over step by step and said, "I also want to thank you for giving me this opportunity. Don't worry, Toby, in order to express my gratitude, I will give you a -"

No one knows what gift Voldemort wants to give Toby.

A shimmer of light suddenly emerged from the magic circle all over his body. Toby covered his ferocious mask with his palms. Fear made him paralyzed. For Toby, this was also the best opportunity to take off the mask!

The pain, the dense pain, seemed to tear Toby's soul apart - the mask was unwilling to give up a helper like Toby, so it let out a shrill howl from its mouth, and the threads stuck in it.

A whole ring of skin was ripped off from Toby's face.

Amid the bursts of blood, Toby used all his strength to pull the mask with the ribbon behind him, and quickly pressed it on Voldemort's face, who had no time to dodge!

The pain continued to torture Toby. This was damage to the soul. He stood tensed and let the blood drop from his face.

And Voldemort - after the mask re-parasitized the body of the plant Animagus, a transparent face gradually protruded from the top of his head - that was Voldemort's original appearance, and he could no longer suppress the face hidden in this body.

They were unconscious, but they still subconsciously kept themselves from being dragged into the coffin and backed away.

A hand that couldn't be slower reached into the pocket. When the hand was taken out again, a wide hat appeared in the hand, with dense arm tentacles growing under the brim of the hat.

Voldemort watched as the hat passed through the phantom of the soul and was put on the body that was a combination of plant and mask.

After combining with the third item, the black shadow suddenly burst out of the body, accompanied by a painful scream. He invaded Toby's body, but was blocked by the hot magic circle.

This time, the Dark Devil defeated the Dark Lord, but at the cost of creating an even more terrifying monster.

Dementors throughout the fortress were pouring in downwards. Toby urged the magic balls to condense into a magic circle on the roof, covering layer after layer - this was something he deliberately hid in class this semester.

The method is also the method he used to defeat hundreds of mummies in the pyramid - of course the magic circle can be superimposed, which will also happen accidentally when using the wand, but it is extremely difficult.

When applied to a magic circle, it is extremely dangerous.

With an earth-shaking loud noise, the roof of the shed was penetrated layer by layer, as if it was hit by a cannonball, and the dark sky outside could be seen.

After the smoke dissipated, Toby let the magic ball return to himself and became transparent again. He looked at the location of the coffin, only to find that there was nothing - not only the coffin, but even the creation that was sucked in was gone.

, no trace.

From the stairs, you can already see the slowly floating Dementors. Voldemort has long gone. Toby can no longer hide here. He suddenly jumped up, with the blessing of the magic circle at his feet.

It was like a feather floating into the air, continuing to fly upward, and then slowly falling in front of the castle.

Taking advantage of the noise in the prison, the invisible Toby hurried to the car hidden on the edge of the island. It was also invisible - but at this moment, Toby caught a glimpse of a half-dead black animal lying nearby.

The dog's body was covered with scratches, as if it had fallen from a high altitude.

Could it be that he was hit by himself?

Prisoner? Not dead?

Toby didn't have time to think too much. He moved his body that was still in pain, tied up the black dog and threw it into the trunk. He planned to find a place to bury it, and he must bury it far away from himself and himself.

Azkaban should be far away to avoid anyone noticing that the injury was caused by the magic circle.

Then he drove the car and flew into the air, completely flying away from Azkaban and diving into the thick black clouds.

Why is the coffin missing?

Did Voldemort steal it?

Cold sweat mixed with blood dripped down his chin and onto the steering wheel. Toby was extremely exhausted. He had destroyed all the clues left in Azkaban, including those few drops of blood, and now he could no longer hold on.

, but I couldn't just let go of the doubts in my heart.

He must figure out the movements of the coffin, whether it is for the Pharaoh mask, to study ancient magic, or to increase his collection, it must be

Unknowingly, Toby suddenly realized that he had flown a long distance, and the car gradually couldn't hold on anymore. It couldn't stay invisible for so long, and it could only do so with the magic ball.

The car flew down from the clouds, slowly fell to the ground, and landed in a late night city.

Toby knew the city and the phone box that happened to be built next to the road.

Somehow, he walked out of the car with difficulty, staggered into the phone booth, and leaned weakly in the corner.

The magic ball floated out automatically, flying very slowly, covering everything inside, and several complex and mysterious magic arrays faintly emerged.

Toby lowered his eyelids and glanced at these traces of the past.

Judging from its effects, it shouldn't be difficult to subdue a werewolf.

"What a Lockhart"

He murmured, remembering the book "Ancient Magic" he found when he first met Lockhart, and thought that Lockhart had really studied this book.

He used his real ability to fabricate a lie, deceiving Dumbledore and himself.

"Occlumency. You actually know Occlumency."

Toby's body fell weakly and fell to the ground.

He vaguely heard some movement, like the sound of a car door being kicked open.

After a while, a pair of scarred feet appeared in Toby's sight. He raised his head hard and saw the other person's thin face, long dirty hair, and a man hiding behind it staring at him.

's eyes.

"It doesn't matter that you are an Animagus. Are ancient magic professors also cursed?"

Unable to hold on to his consciousness, the last image Toby saw was Sirius taking away his wand and pointing the tip of the wand at himself.

Then everything fell into darkness.