Archaeologists at Hogwarts

The students were stunned for a long time. They were frightened and left their seats. Although the monster had swam away, no one dared to sit back.

Ron and Harry stood tremblingly at the back of the classroom. Draco lowered his body and hid behind the shouting Crabbe and Goyle. Neville was paralyzed on the ground in fear. Only Hermione mustered up the courage to ask.

: "Principal...Professor Heimer is really dead?"

Only then did the students remember that the principal was still with them. For a while, many people shouted: "Principal, take us out of here quickly!"

"What happened to Professor Hemmer?"

"Mom, I want to go home..."

Dumbledore put down "Transfiguration Today", coughed hard twice, and shouted helplessly: "Toby."

Toby's figure immediately appeared behind the desk. He watched the students' reactions with satisfaction. The illusion in the classroom also disappeared little by little. The silver and gold turned into metal balls again and floated back to him.

The students looked at him blankly.

Toby said slowly: "The last student to return to the table will be deducted five points."

A second later, there was a series of sounds of desks and chairs being moved in the classroom, and the honor fell to Goyle. He was so frightened that Draco and Crabbe had no time to care about him.

After Slytherin House was really deducted five points, Toby looked at them and said: "I believe you are already aware of the dangers of ancient magic. It was just an illusion just now. It happened when I was exploring Loch Ness.

.I can tell you with certainty that it is no safer than simply studying ancient magic, and what you see is also the easiest way to die, at least you will not be tortured."

Hermione habitually took out her notebook and was about to write down this passage. The paleness on her face had not completely faded away.

"You don't need to remember this." Toby looked at her and said.

Hermione seemed startled and immediately threw the quill on the table.

"Very good." Toby praised, not knowing what to praise for it.

"Now, can anyone tell me what the monster was that just swallowed me up? I can give you some hints. The monster was about twice the size of this classroom, and it was just what I just said.

The words also gave you some clues——"

As soon as Toby finished speaking, he saw an arm raised high.

"Miss Granger."

"It's the Loch Ness Monster." Hermione said as calmly as possible. She suddenly realized that Professor Hemmer didn't seem to be that easy to talk to and had gradually begun to regret the letter she had written.

"One point for Gryffindor." Toby smiled: "Then who knows what the true form of the Loch Ness Monster is?"

Or Hermione.

"The Loch Ness Monster is a horse-shaped monster, a XXXX-level magical animal that can change into various shapes, but the most common one is the form of a horse. Moreover, the Loch Ness Monster is currently the largest known horse-shaped animal.

The water monster, whose favorite image is the sea serpent, has been seen by many Muggles."

Hermione's answers became smoother and smoother, and many students in the classroom didn't even know what a kelpie was.

For example, Harry was stunned for a moment.

“Perfect answer.”

Toby's smile looked much more cordial: "Three points to Gryffindor."

Hermione sat down proudly, her mood getting better and better.

Not only did she make up for the points deducted from Harry and Ron, she even added an extra three points to Gryffindor.

"As Miss Granger said, the Loch Ness Monster is very dangerous, and there is not only one water monster in Loch Ness. There are more horse-shaped water monsters of different sizes deep in the lake, and wizards are also among them.

In the recipe, they will devour people and float their internal organs to the surface of the water. So if anyone dares to say that they want to go swimming in Loch Ness, they must be crazy."

"The reason why I want to start from Loch Ness is also related to the illusion you just saw. That illusion was created with a magic circle. The knowledge about the magic circle will become our main course this semester."

Many students couldn't help but look forward to it, but Toby immediately poured cold water on them.

"But you'd better not think that you can learn such a profound magic circle from the beginning. You won't be able to do it even at the end of this year's semester. If you are lucky enough, you may be able to learn it before graduation."

"And the first class is not mainly about magic circles, but ancient magic."

With a confused look in his eyes, Toby continued: "There is no need to take out your textbooks now. These contents are not recorded in them."

"When it comes to ancient magic, it is inevitable to explore ancient ruins. I was a Gringotts Cursebreaker, but I prefer to be called an archaeologist. Loch Ness is one of the places I have archaeologically visited.

Deep in the lake, I discovered a lost city."

"As the name suggests, the city has been completely destroyed, and there are not many clues left. All the books have been soaked in water for many years and cannot be restored at all. But it was in this city that I discovered

Extremely rich knowledge related to magic circles, and this thing——"

He pointed at the metal ball floating in the air and said: "I named it the magic ball. It is probably the only magic ball left in the world. It can be easily used to construct magic circles, provided that the user is familiar with magic.

The understanding of the formation is thorough enough.”

"In addition to the magic ball, I also discovered many interesting things in that city - for example, the wizards who once lived in the city deliberately did not contact the outside world. They did not seem to live voluntarily at the bottom of the lake, but more like

Forced. And I also discovered their greatest possibility of extinction, which is the most interesting thing, because later they did not have enough reproductive conditions, and all the children they gave birth to were deformed."

"I like to think of that as the wizarding world today. In other words, we only exist because ancient wizards were willing to intermarry with Muggles. In other words, there are no real pure-blood families at all now, and all of us

They are all just mixed-blood wizards, otherwise the wizards would have become extinct long ago, just like the lost city."

The students' reactions varied. Many did not understand what Toby was saying, but others did and were angry.

"Draco Malfoy."

Toby named a name: "I noticed that you seemed to have something to say, just say it."

The blond boy stood up angrily. He seemed to have been insulted and retorted angrily: "Malfoy is a pure-blood family. We are not mixed-blood wizards at all. We all have precious pure blood flowing in our bodies!"