Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 334 Andros and the Ancient Patronus Curse

The recent experiences have caused Toby's attitude towards death to change little by little.

In the beginning, Death must have been evil, and it was it that forced Toby to use ancient magic to save his own life.

But later, he learned that the God of Death was actually transformed by a wizard. Especially after meeting Haierbo, he knew for the first time that the wizard who became the God of Death was actually Merlin.

Merlin left the Mason Gate to Antiochus and Cadmus, one of the three dead brothers, and was buried with them.

He also left Avalon water to the residents of Loch Ness city, which has very magical effects. The Longbottoms were cured by the small amount of Avalon water.

Now it's Toby's turn.

After the last Mason Door was destroyed, Toby returned to Hogwarts with Harry, his magic ball and scepter.

He already knew that Merlin's brain was also in the magic ball, and that the scepter was once owned by Merlin and was his weapon.

The most critical point is that only a few people know about it now - not even Angela knows. Except for Toby and Al, only Harry has heard it personally from Haierbo - whether it is a magic ball or a magic ball.

The scepter has become Toby's special "horcrux".

He did not create these two Horcruxes by killing other people, but by splitting part of his own soul in order to avoid the curse of death.

This may be a coincidence, but judging from the results, Toby has developed a close connection with two things related to Merlin.

Maybe there was never any curse.

This is a signal deliberately induced by Death in order to find people like Toby.

The power that Haierbo has always wanted to possess has long been accepted by Toby.

This is truly an amazing discovery.

Just as Toby was immersed in thinking about how to use this information to avoid any betrayal in the future, Dumbledore suddenly asked: "Then do you know what Merlin's purpose is? Why is he looking for someone like you?"

"Besides, are you really sure that after becoming the God of Death, he will still be Merlin?"

What Dumbledore never expected was that he had managed to avoid the trouble caused by Halbo for a short time, but not long after, new trouble appeared on his students.

This gave him a deep uneasiness, which made him subconsciously want to keep Toby away from this dangerous idea - because Dumbledore knew very well what kind of ambition his student had.

Sure enough, Toby was still the same as before. He said enthusiastically: "Who knows, he can't be trying to harm me. You must know that Merlin was also a victim of the bloodline war. He and I stand together -

-certainly,"

After seeing Dumbledore's particularly vigilant gaze, Toby quickly changed his words and said: "I admit that there is a lot of risk involved. But where is there no risk? I have told the students a long time ago that in ancient times

Magic itself is unusual and dangerous—"

"Very charming." Dumbledore continued: "But have you ever thought about why Merlin left these two things to you? Not one, but two?"

"Is there a possibility that no matter which one it is, at least one thing is specially used to deal with the God of Death, rather than a key."

"You didn't understand what I meant." Toby corrected him immediately: "The curse is the key, and these two things-"

He suddenly stopped talking. The long hair on his forehead was blown by the passing breeze, and he fell into silence very suddenly.

Under the moonlight, Dumbledore waited patiently for a while without interrupting Toby's thinking.

After a full five minutes, Toby slowly said: "You have reminded me of one thing. Whether it is Haierpo or Merlin, they have lived for thousands of years. With people like me,

Even all wizards in the entire magical world cannot think like them."

"It's not decades or hundreds of years, but thousands of years. In other words, everything that happened in the last thousand years is all connected in their view."

The person who really gave Toby a warning was actually Haierbo. No matter how powerful he was, he would never have thought that he would have been watched by someone when he was doing archaeology, so he suffered such a big loss later and had nothing to do in front of Haierbo.

The power to fight back.

If Halper hadn't known the true identity of Death at that time, both Toby and Harry would have perished along with the last Mason.

Dumbledore quickly understood Toby's intentions.

"So it's not just the magic ball and the scepter." He frowned and said, "Even the lake of Avalon and the Mason Gate were left to you on purpose? There are four items in total?"

"It is possible." Toby admitted: "Just look at the experiences of the three brothers. They have been continuously affected by Haierbo and the God of Death since they were still alive, and it has not completely ended until recently - they can be put to death

Think of it as me, or maybe think of me as them, just a part of Merlin's Millennium Plan."

"The most difficult thing to understand is that this may not be Merlin's idea, but Death's. His two identities are completely different, and now Death still has the upper hand."

Dumbledore was very pleased to see that Toby finally figured it out.

"But Merlin gave you the magic ball and scepter." He said: "I think that before you take the initiative to contact the God of Death next time, you should understand Merlin's purpose of doing this."

"We don't even know what he is thinking now."

Toby thought carefully about Dumbledore's opinion.

Indeed, whether you want to avoid another betrayal or not, the most important thing is to be the first to figure out Merlin's intentions.

It would be terrible if he accidentally made a mistake and ended up killing Merlin and leaving the God of Death behind.

"By the way," Toby asked casually before leaving: "I heard that Aberforth returned to the Pig's Head Bar? Wasn't he assigned by you to look for clues before? Has he gained anything now?"

Ever since Sirius and Lupine disguised themselves as bodyguards and traveled with the team, the Hog's Head pub had been vacant and did not reopen until Aberforth returned.

"No." Dumbledore said: "They haven't been able to find any clues. Grindelwald's men are hiding deep. Maybe they will only show up until the day I successfully run for the election, so that they can maximize their influence."

force."

Toby nodded and said nothing.

Following two noises, the two people left this secluded alley one after another and disappeared without a trace.

Hogwarts, Office of Ancient Magic.

When Toby came back, he saw Al saying something excitedly. Angela on the side exclaimed: "The Cannons really won, they entered the World Cup - Toby, you are back, you heard me"

Really? Your team actually entered the World Cup!"

Toby walked over and saw the letter sent by James, which contained the good news.

"Send the report out as soon as possible." Toby said with satisfaction: "It seems that the Daily Prophet will be overwhelmed by us again."

Al took the quill and started writing. Angela looked at it silently for a while, then looked up at Toby who had walked to the sofa and sat down, and saw that he was taking out the magic ball and scepter and looking at it.

"What's wrong?" Toby noticed Angela sitting opposite him, and he asked without raising his head: "Are you bored these days? I will try to arrange a place for you at Hogwarts.

Position, but the premise is that I can convince Dumbledore."

Since Herbo's identity was exposed, Toby has not let Angela return to Wagadu. No one knows whether Herbo will find Angela again.

This is also related to the reason why Angela came to talk to Toby.

She blinked her bright eyes, her long silver hair fell naturally on her shoulders, and asked with a worried tone: "Have you figured out why Haierbo didn't threaten me?"

This is a question that has always lingered.

That night, Helbo came to Hogwarts through the disappearing cabinet. But when Toby found Angela, he found that she was sleeping soundly, with no sign of being disturbed at all.

Since Herbo has regarded Toby as his enemy, he should not turn a blind eye to Toby's helper.

The most critical part is that Angela's identity is doubtful.

Toby simply asked directly: "What do you want to say?"

Angela hesitated for a while, and finally she expressed her inner thoughts: "I have been thinking about this matter for a long time. Now that James Potter is still alive, and Haierbo personally admitted that Lily Yi

Vance also lives in this world. So is there a possibility that I am also created by him? After all, Haierbo happily agreed to let me stay in Wagadu. Now it seems that this may be another reason.

A kind of surveillance—"

At this time, Toby interrupted: "You want to say that you might be Lily, right?"

Angela nodded, this was the possibility she was thinking about.

But Toby's response was a little careless: "It would be great if you were really Lily. There is no need for me to look for you, Snape will come to us on his own initiative, and I can catch him then."

No matter how naive Angela was, she could see Toby's unconcerned attitude.

"Don't you believe it?"

"Believe it, of course I believe it. If you are Lily, it will be clear how Halper controlled Snape. Maybe he even secretly revealed your true identity to Snape. When I return to Hogwarts

, when Snape brought you here by the way, Snape became more loyal to Haierbo."

"I don't think so." Angela retorted: "Snape must not have known about this in advance, because in the second year you returned to Hogwarts, I competed with him in dueling class.

Ichiban, his expression at that time didn't look like he admired me - he might have been pretending, but can anyone pretend to be like that?"

"It's very simple." Toby said casually: "Just arrange for you to meet Snape first, and then Halpo tells Snape the inside story. You just need to change the order."

"It seems so." Angela nodded with a confused expression.

She looked at Toby who kept playing with the magic ball and scepter for a while, and suddenly asked loudly: "So you still don't believe this guess?"

She always felt that Toby was perfunctory with her.

Toby then put down the two things in his hands.

He raised his head, looked at Angela and said: "I thought I would believe it, so I chose not to believe it. Haierbo obviously knows us very well, do you think he would deliberately put such clues in front of us?"

"But what if he even guessed this?" Angela asked again: "What if he guessed that you would deliberately choose not to believe it?"

"I don't care whether what you said is right or not." Toby shook his head and said, "Actually, there is another way, which is to let you summon your own patron saint. Even after James is resurrected, his patron saint will still be female.

Deer. If you are really Lily, then your patron saint should still be a stag."

"Patronus?" Angela said blankly: "But I don't have a patronus."

This is real.

When we first explored the temple, whenever a patron saint was needed, Al would do it. Angela couldn't help at all at this time.

Toby also asked Angela why, and even tried to teach her. However, Angela, who has excellent magic talent, could not learn this spell.

This is indeed abnormal.

"Actually, maybe there is a way to solve this problem now."

Angela watched helplessly as Toby walked out of the office, only to come back after a while, followed by the shining silver armor.

Toby knocked on the armor twice casually and said: "The true identity of the devil trapped here is the invincible Andros. Do you know who he is?"

Angela nodded.

She didn't know it before, but she has known this legendary ancient Greek wizard since she met Al - because Al always carries a lot of snacks with him, including chocolate frogs.

"Then you should also know that he can summon a patron saint the size of a giant?" Toby said after asking: "I suspect this is because Andros used some kind of more powerful patron saint spell, and it is also lost.

So you might be able to learn this unique ancient patron saint spell from him."

Angela leaned forward and stared at the demon that was about to move inside through the gap in the visor.

"I don't think he can speak very well." Angela turned to look at Toby and said, "He can't speak either."

"It's funny." Toby grinned: "Of course I know this is difficult, but don't forget that I still have many collections."

"You mean the lakes in Avalon?" Angela asked curiously: "But haven't those lakes been used up?"

"No, not that little toy."

Toby glanced at the collections in the room, including the skeletons of the three brothers of death, the ice cubes that sealed the memory of death, and the pharaoh masks, arm wide-brimmed hats, and plants that had been separated early.

Animagus - By the way, these three things slipped back into the office before the Mason door was destroyed. They are smart and know how to protect themselves.

Some of the collections in this collection have been placed in Toby's office for decoration since the beginning, and a very small amount of the collections are stored by him in Gringotts' vault.

The magic ball, the Pharaoh's mask, the scepter, and the devil Andros transformed into have been taken back by Toby.

But there are still three most dangerous collections that are always stored in Gringotts.

Under Toby's penetrating gaze, Angela heard him say in a more terrifying tone: "I remember you never knew how I turned into a devil, right?"

"Soon, you will experience it for yourself."