Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 280 The out-of-control Mason Gate

Draco really took the risk.

Luna's anti-monster glasses gave him an unprecedented sense of crisis. If this continued, his status as minister would be replaced sooner or later.

Although Draco was unhappy as a minister at first, after the improvement of the pen of truth, he was still deeply obsessed with the taste of power and refused to let go easily.

Now that he finally got Professor Lupine to help him make a sheep-eating ball, how could it be blocked by a headless skeleton? And what's written on it is "Go find Severus." Draco is in the morning.

It becomes clear that compared to being the Dean of Slytherin, it is more promising to follow the President of the Dark Devil Foundation.

Didn't you see that his father started working for Professor Heimer?

Although the methods Toby adopted were not very honorable and could even be described as coercive, Draco still felt that it was better to accept his fate than to resist.

And Professor Heimer is not that difficult to please, as long as you don't offend him.

Draco didn't realize at all that what he was doing now was making Professor Hemmer angry, but he was afraid that Luna would come up with something to compare him with, and by then it would be too late. He had to let the sheep eat

The ball must also be added to the wish box.

"Professor Heimer, it's me - the minister of the Black Devil Club, you can't help but see me!"

Draco slapped the door so hard that he began to wonder if Luna was already inside, so he turned him away.

At this time, the door became loose.

Draco immediately stood up obediently, stretched his neck and looked in - the door opened a crack, revealing Al's evil little eyes, and the small shovel tightly held in his hand.

"Yeah!" Its tone was even more unfriendly, even Draco could hear it, and he also saw Mr. Al raising the shovel, as if he wanted to hit him.

"Mr. Al!" Draco immediately hid back and raised the sheep-eating ball high: "This is my work - there is also an assessment. Have you seen the assessment between Professor Luping and me?

That article?”

Al narrowed his eyes, glanced at the sheep-eating ball several times, and then angrily patted the tag hanging around the skull's neck with a shovel.

"Yeah!" it shouted again, telling Draco to go find Snape quickly and not get into trouble.

"But Professor Snape can't check the magic circle-"

With a "bang", the door slammed shut in front of Draco.

"Work." He whispered at last and stood blankly at the door for a while, his face turning red.

In an indescribable emotion, he loosened his clenched fists, turned around and walked away.

——

at the same time.

Me. What's wrong with me?

Harry's vision went dark, and his last memory was of Professor Heimer forcing something into his mouth. It was extremely unpalatable, had a greasy texture, and was very disgusting.

What happened next, Harry never knew.

At this moment, he heard a voice ringing in his ears, which was very familiar.

"Harry, Harry? Haven't you woken up yet? No. It should be fine."

Suddenly, a crazy voice interrupted him.

"Where am I? What did you do to me? Damn it, what kind of magic is this? You-you-!"

Harry raised his eyelids vigorously, and his attempt finally worked. A blurry picture appeared in front of his eyes bit by bit, and finally settled on a scene that felt familiar yet unfamiliar to him. For a moment, he couldn't remember where it was.

The air was filled with the smell of decay, and there was only a faint gleam in the whole room - Harry suddenly heard Professor Hemmer's voice coming from his left: "Shut up! If you don't want to die, shut up quickly."

Shut it!"

Harry turned his head sharply to the left, and opened his mouth wide in surprise - it turned out to be the head of a snake, with the message coming out of the mouth like a threat, and it looked very scary.

"Ah!" Harry screamed, but he was immediately stared at by the other party, and Professor Heimer's voice sounded again: "It seems that you are fine. Fortunately, you didn't make any mistakes, but you also need to keep your voice down.

Don’t let this become our burial place, let me see it first.”

Harry felt that his body was moving uncontrollably. He looked around in panic and found a mirror in the room. When he looked over from a distance, he saw a snake's head staring back at him.

And not just one.

There are three snake heads in total.

The head that sounded like Professor Heimer's voice was carefully observing its surroundings.

In addition to Harry himself, there is another snake head, growing on his right side, and a lightning scar on his forehead that is very familiar to Harry - this snake head is also looking at him through the mirror.

"Harry Potter."

Tom Riddle spoke, his voice extremely cold: "We finally meet, the famous boy."

Harry immediately turned his head and looked to the right. The head belonging to Tom Riddle was staring at him, slowly revealing the fangs in his mouth.

Harry finally came to his senses - he had turned into a rune snake and one of its heads, and the other two were Professor Hemmer and the dangerous-looking guy in front of him, who seemed to be the same as him just now.

It depends on what you swallow.

"Take your fangs back."

The rune snake's tail suddenly stretched out with force and struck Tom Riddle hard on the head of the snake, making him dizzy.

Toby stared at him with evil eyes: "I don't mind biting your head off now, but you can try it and see who will survive in the end."

Riddle only dared to stare at Toby with a hateful look, but did not dare to say another word.

"Wise choice." Toby said slowly: "You have to know that you are never the only way. Apart from you, I have at least two chances - the locket and the crown. Of course, in the end,

You should try to save as much as possible at one time. The founder's relics are very valuable, no matter who they belong to."

"Teach Professor"

Harry asked cautiously: "Have we turned into runes?"

"My eyesight is good."

Harry couldn't tell if this was Professor Hemmer making fun of himself.

"You can still see yourself clearly without glasses - yes, Harry, that's right, you, me, and another guy. He is also the mysterious man's Horcrux, which can be called a soul and a memory.

——The three of us turned into rune snakes. Do you still remember the knowledge I taught you? Tell me and I will listen."

"Remember, Professor." Harry said immediately: "The head of the rune snake on the left is the mastermind (Toby), the one in the middle is the dreamer (Harry), and the one on the right."

Harry glanced at the Riddle snakehead on the right with complicated eyes.

"It is a critic. Its teeth are highly venomous and are often bitten off by the other two heads, resulting in the rune snake's lifespan not being long."

"It's really not long." Toby said slowly, "But it's enough to last us until we leave - leaving the crazy world behind Mason's door."

Harry was completely stunned.

He finally understood where this familiar feeling came from - it was the Mason Gate!

Harry entered the Mason Gate in his first year, with Hermione and Ron. They broke the rules that time and were severely punished by Professor Highmore and sent to the Forbidden Forest for punishment.

, "enjoyed" a game where the devil is behind you.

That was a really bad experience.

After entering the Mason Gate that time, Harry, Ron and Hermione all turned into their respective pets, while Professor Highmore turned into a long-horned water snake, which is very rare.

But Harry never imagined that this time he would turn into a rune snake and share the same body.

"This is a very magical method." Toby's voice sounded: "I discovered by accident that the devil can be used as a vehicle to break into Mason's door. Now it seems that broken souls can also do the same.

That not only allows us to stagger the time when the Mason door matures, but also protects us to a certain extent so that we don’t have to be disturbed by the darkness. Darkness, yes, you heard it right, Harry, this time our purpose is to be in the darkness

Looking for darkness."

Harry was so frightened that he could not speak. The last time he was unable to leave this office, he was locked in the pharaoh's coffin by Professor Heimer until the end. Who knows what the outside world is like.

Only Tom Riddle showed great interest in what Toby said. He was about to speak, but Toby immediately interrupted: "Don't really become a critic. This is your last warning."

After Tom Riddle reluctantly became quiet, Harry asked in a low voice: "Professor, what do you mean by darkness? And what are we here to do?"

"Mason Door" Toby said in a deep voice: "Only on the days when the Mason Door matures, the world involving emotions is safe. In addition, on other days, the world behind the door is full of...

Countless dangers will also plunge us into darkness. Now we are in it, and this office is the only safe place. Once we step out, anything can happen."

"So things you can't imagine will happen."

"But you should also understand, Harry." Toby added: "I will not take you to take such an unreasonable risk. For you, this experience will be very important - because we

One thing must be clear, that is whether the darkness comes from the mysterious person or yourself."

These words are exactly the same as those of Principal Dumbledore. The principal also reminded Harry this way - it is difficult to determine whether Harry's demons come from the influence of the mysterious man or from Harry's own dark side.

If it is the latter, then Dumbledore thinks that Toby's method may not be so effective, and he must take action himself.

Now, Harry didn't expect that he would hear the same statement from Professor Heimer.

"It seems that the principal has reminded you."

Toby stared at Harry with his snake eyes and said: "Don't worry, I didn't eavesdrop on the conversation between you or anything. It's not surprising that the principal would think of this. But, I just happened to think of it with the principal.

That's all, because I have faced similar problems and urgently needed to solve them, so I had to take such a big risk."

"Now, let's go, remember to keep your voice down - and you two -"

Miraculously, the two skeletons are still there in the office, and they can still obey Professor Heimer's orders and behave very obediently.

"Remember to guard this room." Toby ordered: "Don't let anything break in - the most important thing is to guard the Mason door."

Harry caught a glimpse of the door leading to the outside world, which was open, revealing the dim light inside.

Tom Riddle said nothing. He turned to stare at the Mason door, and then looked at the two skeletons guarding the side.

Toby is on the move. He seems to be the only one who can control the body of the rune snake. Just like his revealed identity as the mastermind, he decides where the rune snake should go and what it should do.

Harry saw them getting closer and closer to the door of the office. The sound of roaring beasts could be faintly heard from outside the door. He didn't know what kind of animal could roar like this, which made Harry gradually become nervous.

Gradually, the rune snake with three heads came to the door. The snake's tail stood up, stretched out towards the door handle little by little, then hooked it up and gently broke it down.

This voice was obviously quieter than the previous ones, but for some reason, Harry still felt that it sounded like thunder in his ears.

At the same time, he noticed with horror that the noise outside the door disappeared in an instant, as if something was quietly lurking outside the door, waiting for the food in the can to be delivered to the door automatically.

The door slowly opened to the inside under the pull of the snake's tail - Professor Heimer was right, the corridor this time was much dimmer than the last time, and there wasn't even much light coming in.

At this moment, Harry felt like his ears were going deaf——

Tom Riddle suddenly shouted: "Here! They are hiding here!"

Almost at the same time, Riddle's snake head spit out its fangs and immediately stretched towards Harry's neck!

But there is another one that moves faster than him!

Harry didn't even notice Professor Heimer's movements. Riddle's snake head had been completely bitten off, and it flew into the air and fell outside the corridor. It was still staring at him with unwilling eyes until the end.

"Don't forget, this is not the first time I turned into a snake."

Toby murmured in a low voice, and he looked at Harry suddenly, focusing his eyes on his forehead - Harry was still staring at the door, as if something was attracting him.

Harry saw that Riddle's snakehead was still alive, and a different sight finally appeared in his eyes - looking back and forth to both sides of the door outside the corridor. He couldn't explain what it felt like. Harry could only guess that Riddle saw something extremely terrifying.

s things.

He wanted to see it more clearly, but as the rune snake's tail twitched, the door was immediately closed - the last image left to Harry was that of something pouncing on Riddle's snake head.

And then that's the end of it.

Harry felt his heart beating fast, if he still had one.

Toby was still staring at Harry's forehead. There was nothing on it originally, but a lightning-shaped scar gradually appeared, becoming clearer little by little.

He whispered, as if talking to himself.

"It's going to be difficult now."

The scar followed him like a shadow, and did not disappear with Voldemort in the diary, but always remained on Harry's forehead.

After all, this comes from Harry, not Voldemort.

"Maybe we have a way to remedy this."

Harry heard Professor Highmore's snakehead say to him in a trance: "Are you interested in joining Slytherin?"

"That will lead you to glory."