Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 312 Extraordinary loss of control

During his time away from school, Dumbledore did not put all his thoughts on the urgent need to deal with Ariana's demon, or on searching for the missing Aberforth - on the contrary, he was

James, who is suspected of being resurrected, sees a more serious threat.

As a last resort, Dumbledore returned to Godric's Hollow, where the Potters once lived. However, Dumbledore found that the remains of the Potters were still sleeping in the cemetery, with no sign of being disturbed.

This only made him more worried.

He knew that there was a legendary power that could bring people back to life - the Resurrection Stone in the Deathly Hallows, which might have been obtained by Grindelwald.

And that's not the worst part - the devil, a being so similar to the wizard's soul, although more on the dark side and very different from the hopeful patron saint, is also somehow connected to the wizard's soul.

Just like Toby said, when a wizard encounters a major change, it will cause the patron saint to change. But the devil is just the opposite - when the devil encounters a major change, it will cause the wizard to undergo some unpredictable changes.

This change is related to the soul of the wizard.

Then there is the Resurrection Stone, which can also affect the soul of the wizard and even snatch the soul away from the God of Death.

In this way, Dumbledore couldn't help but associate the Resurrection Stone with the devil - perhaps, the Resurrection Stone can also affect the devil.

Immediately afterwards, the worst guess emerged - unlike Dumbledore's Ariana devil, and unlike Harry's rune snake, Toby seemed to be coexisting with his devil in some strange way.

At that time, it was not even clear whether he was a wizard or whether he had turned into something like a half devil.

So, if the Resurrection Stone can control the devil, can it also successfully control Toby?

That's why Dumbledore made those arrangements for the three Tonks - he must find James before Toby, otherwise Toby is very likely to fall into Grindelwald's trick.

After that, in order to learn more about the devil, Dumbledore decided to take a trip to Loch Ness.

Some people now know that during the war caused by the Law of Conservation of Magic, many Muggle-born people hid in the city under Loch Ness in order to avoid being hunted by pure-blood or mixed-blood wizards.

This is a place that only belongs to Muggle-born people, and what just happens is that the devil is a torture invented by other wizards against Muggle-born people, turning them into inhuman beings, suffering endless pain, and never being able to survive.

get rid of.

perhaps

Dumbledore thought with a glimmer of hope.

Perhaps the residents living there also studied the devil and thought about how to save their compatriots.

Thinking about it better, maybe even the magic circle was created for this reason - to save Muggle-borns from the devil's torture.

But what no one expected was that before Dumbledore arrived in that mysterious city, he would be expelled by something.

A devil.

Not a demon summoned by a wizard like Harry's rune snake, but a real humanoid demon transformed by a wizard.

Dumbledore never imagined that he would see another wizard being tortured.

At that time, it was very inconvenient for him to move underwater. More importantly, the battle with the devil was likely to attract the attention of a large number of horse-shaped water monsters.

In order to avoid causing greater trouble, Dumbledore had to leave briefly. Maybe there will be a more suitable opportunity to explore in the future.

Originally, Dumbledore could leave the bottom of the lake safely. With Fawkes around, he could apparate to any place at any time - but at the moment before leaving, Dumbledore saw something and there was nothing he could do about it.

What I believe will be at the bottom of the lake is a brand new one, like a Firebolt just unpacked.

Then lie quietly at the bottom of the lake and swirl slowly.

So, the accident happened - Dumbledore tried his best to steal the Firebolt, and he paid a heavy price for it - the devil at the bottom of the lake seemed to know very well how to deal with him, and also knew how to use Ali

Anna's demonic influence on Dumbledore caused him to be seriously injured.

Fortunately, Dumbledore succeeded in taking away the Firebolt in the end - but the problem also arises here.

Dumbledore originally thought that Toby had come back secretly and accidentally left the prize he was going to use in the wish box here.

This is a normal guess. He knows that his student still hides many secrets. Perhaps Toby has secretly returned to Loch Ness - maybe to study ancient magic, or maybe because of the magic ball.

It's possible that he just came back.

But unfortunately it is not.

There is a line of words engraved on the handle of that broom——

【Merry Christmas, my child.】

This was a gift that James Potter had planned to give to Harry, but gave it up for unknown reasons - it was like James had been refusing to meet his former friends, and instead kept it secret from everyone that he was still alive.

news.

As a result, Dumbledore made such a terrible discovery - James Potter had also been to Loch Ness.

Who could have ordered James to do this?

This couldn't be more obvious - Gellert Grindelwald, I don't know when he stopped recruiting subordinates, but instead accepted all kinds of students, and even called himself an ancient magic professor.

, stole Toby’s name.

James's problem is certainly important, but the reason why Dumbledore rushed back was mainly due to another reason - that mysterious devil.

Who turned it into?

"Calm down, Albus."

Facing Dumbledore's question, Grindelwald calmly shook his head and said: "I didn't expect that this would be our first conversation after the full moon. I really wanted to tell you something, but unfortunately, I

I don’t know what you discovered.”

"However, maybe I can also give you a reminder."

Grindelwald's eyes passed through the visor, he met Dumbledore's solemn blue eyes, and said slowly: "Since you care about the devil so much, why don't you ask your students?"

"I believe that apart from him, there will be no one who knows the devil better than him."

——

Office of Ancient Magic.

The curly hair on Toby's head was hanging in front of his eyes. He stood motionless on the opposite side of the ice, looking at the vague silver memories inside.

Al was changing into pajamas and a nightcap not far behind him, and yawned sleepily and tiredly.

"How are you feeling lately?"

Toby, who had his back turned to Al, suddenly asked this question again.

This process has been repeated many times since the accident on the night of the full moon.

Although he was extremely sleepy, Al still shook his body carefully, from his head to his tail several times. Then he shook his head to indicate that there was nothing wrong with him, and then yawned again.

"It's okay."

Toby whispered to himself: "You go to bed first, I have to wait a while before I can rest."

Before Al returned to the bedroom, he curiously asked Toby what he was doing up late at night.

"I smell something familiar."

Toby sniffed his nose twice, and said in a complicated tone: "There is pain, uneasiness, and the smell of misfortune."

"Before I go to bed, I have to find this devil."

The corridors of the castle were dark and silent.

Toby was like a ghost or a shadow. He made no footsteps at all. Even Peeves, who was thinking about where to go to cause trouble, couldn't find him - Toby had completely merged with the darkness.

At the same time, he also gave Peeves a big fight and knocked him into the wall. He will probably not wake up until tomorrow morning.

After all, he is still the acting principal, so of course he cannot allow such disciplinary violations to happen under his nose.

Speaking of acting principal

“I don’t know when archeology guidelines will be included in school regulations.”

Toby muttered in a voice that no one could hear: "Perhaps by then, I can also teach students real archeology lessons, instead of these little tricks like playing house now."

"Even the textbooks are ready-made, and the castle is full of secrets, secrets left behind by countless generations of wizards. These are all worthy of being discovered, worthy of being discovered by me."

In the quiet darkness, the shadow extended its arm to the door handle of the abandoned bathroom on the second floor, and gently pushed the door open.

Myrtle is not here, and she is probably missing the taste of death in the toilet bowl. She always seems to enjoy this, and has shared this experience with anyone who is willing to listen to her more than once.

Toby did not come to find Myrtle. He followed the smell that no one could smell and came to a faucet. There was a snake mark vaguely engraved on it, which was the entrance to the secret room.

Then, in Toby's increasingly proficient Parselmouth, the entrance to the secret room opened, allowing Toby to slip into the passage smoothly.

Without stopping, he walked through the cold, cold and dark corridor, passing by the huge basilisk shedding its skin, and rushed directly to the end of the corridor - Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

Trapped in the armor and the devil, Grindelwald was dozing off. After hearing the sound of footsteps, he slowly opened his eyes and saw Toby walking towards him.

"It's so late, do you have to come to me now?"

He spoke as if he was the master here, with a hint of impatience in his sleepiness: "Even in Nurmengard, no one allows me not to sleep -"

"Shh-"

Toby suddenly covered his visor with his palm, and Grindelwald immediately acted as if his mouth was covered. He saw a pair of strange eyes through the hair on Toby's forehead - not normal eyes, with no whites.

Instead, it was pitch black, like two black glass beads.

Toby slightly twitched his nose twice more, and his eyes moved left and right in an even weirder way, as if he was checking the surrounding situation.

Even now it seems that he is the one who needs to be checked the most.

"You're awake, aren't you?" Toby said abruptly.

Grindelwald immediately realized that Toby was not talking to him, and his eyes were not focused on the face behind the visor, but were wandering around.

Soon, Grindelwald saw that Toby was staring at the black smoke swimming in the armor - that special humanoid devil.

"What did you remember?" Toby asked again: "Why did you leave the secret room at night, and why did you not take this opportunity to escape, but came back?"

Grindelwald finally understood - Dumbledore's return did not escape Toby's attention. He seemed to have some means of tracking demons, but he was unable to distinguish the differences between demons and mistakenly identified the demons in Dumbledore.

Ariana became his collection.

"Maybe we could have a chat if you'd like."

In the dark secret room, Toby was staring at the armor and talking, but neither the armor nor the people trapped in the armor responded, making Toby look like a madman talking to himself.

"Well, it seems that the right time has not yet come."

Toby stared at the devil in the armor motionlessly and said: "I hope you know that we are on the same side, and I may end up like you at any time."

"I think you still underestimate yourself too much." Grindelwald suddenly said: "The ancient war has ended long ago, and the torture that turned wizards into devils does not exist in the records. What's more, you still have so many lovely people.

Collection, no one can do anything to you."

This time, Toby set his sights on Grindelwald.

"The first rule of archeology." He said coldly: "The more you are praised for no reason, the more danger is coming - this trick is useless to me."

Grindelwald opened his mouth. He found that Toby seemed difficult to get along with tonight, more unreasonable than ever before.

Fortunately, Toby did not continue to pester him. He stared at the devil in the armor for a while, then silently turned around and left, disappearing into the darkness of the corridor.

After a while, Grindelwald suddenly spoke, with no hint of fatigue in his tone.

"I hope this helps you, Albus."

Dumbledore walked out from behind the Slytherin statue with a solemn expression. His blue eyes stared unblinkingly at the darkness at the end of the corridor, as if looking for something.

"Out of control. This time is different from before. Toby didn't yell or do anything that seemed to violate the rules."

"Maybe there is one thing that Toby did wrong." Dumbledore whispered: "The person who should be examined is not Al, but Toby himself."

"I've never seen him get so crazy."

While Dumbledore was talking to himself, Grindelwald acted as if he had fallen asleep and said nothing.

At the same time, Toby also returned to the ancient magic office. After washing, he changed into pajamas, but before walking into the bedroom, he stopped unexpectedly and looked at the building that would never melt again.

ice cubes.

He knows at least one thing now -

The devil, who is the key, can control the memory of Death.

Then, maybe becoming a complete devil is also a choice to deal with the God of Death.

There are also the three brothers of death.

Have they ever tried this?