Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 383 The final encounter

382 The final encounter

While Toby was waiting silently, Old Tom also used the magical ability similar to sensing black feathers to reach the depths of a jungle.

This is the Albanian forest, where Voldemort once took refuge and where he hid the Ravenclaw diadem.

About a kilometer away, Voldemort, possessed by Fudge, was communicating with his newly recalled servants.

"Severus."

Voldemort's tone was not as weak as expected, but in comparison, Fudge's big belly had long since disappeared, and there was a faint sign of successful weight loss. This was a health problem that he had not cared about for a long time.

"Owner."

Snape stooped and walked over, a look of respect on his face.

"Let's get here first today."

The face of Voldemort on the back of Fudge's head continued: "It seems that we can't find that special snake today. It's not around here and I don't know where it went. But I need to rest and I can't let this body be destroyed like this."

It’s all wasted.”

Snape immediately carried out the order of the Undead Demon. He found a relatively flat open space, then skillfully cast protective spells around it, and then began to take out the tent from the luggage.

Voldemort had already gone into the tent to rest, leaving Snape alone outside to cook dinner - his cooking skills were really not that good, but fortunately he only had to cook two portions, one for the person who had been cast the Imperius Curse.

Eat one portion of Fuji and enjoy the other portion by yourself.

After the fire was lit, Voldemort's faintly weakened voice came from the tent, as if he suddenly felt tired.

"Tell me again about your expulsion from Hogwarts, Severus."

Snape's movements in his hands paused for less than a second, but he quickly poured the dried beef into the pot again, making a sizzling sound.

"Okay, Master."

Voldemort didn't fully trust him yet, so he tried to find clues from Snape's description over and over again.

This was the master he was familiar with, not the more terrifying Halbo who knew all the secrets from the beginning.

As Snape spoke rigorously, time passed little by little. The tall trees blocked the remaining sunlight, causing the surrounding area to gradually fall into darkness.

"So, it was Toby Highmore who kicked you out. I remember you were very good friends before."

"This has never happened, Master. We stopped dealing with each other when we were very young. He likes to bully others, and me."

"You are always bullied by others, right? Listening to what you say, it seems that Toby Highmore is more suitable to be my servant. It's a pity that this will no longer be possible. Just do what you should do.

,Severus, you will be rewarded one day."

"It would be my pleasure - who's there?"

Snape suddenly became alert. He stared at the short bushes only a few meters away. It didn't take long for Old Tom to slowly walk out from behind.

His appearance was so similar to that of Voldemort when he was young, Snape even forgot to blink.

The protective spells set by Snape before had no effect, and they could not affect the close connection between the souls.

Similarly, Voldemort in the tent also noticed Old Tom's presence.

The door curtain was opened, revealing Voldemort's face possessed on the back of Fudge's head. He saw Old Tom with his own eyes, and also saw the crown he wore on his head.

"I knew it. Heimer would not let go of any clues."

From the day he teamed up with the diary to deal with Toby, Voldemort knew that the Horcrux would be exposed sooner or later. It was even mentioned that he later took the risk to take away the diadem in the Room of Requirement, but Dumbledore also discovered the secret.

"I'll take you away now, Master!"

Snape stood up and said loudly: "You cannot let anyone know your hiding place now, and it is not convenient for you now -"

"No."

Voldemort interrupted coldly: "Try to defeat him, Severus. I like his body. That plant Animagus is much more useful than this useless waste now."

"But you must be careful not to die in his hands."

No one knows, this is a secret that even Snape has never known.

During the summer vacation when Voldemort was in school, he encountered the most difficult enemy in his life.

Old Tom Riddle was obviously just a Muggle, but it almost cost him his life.

He hadn't been able to make any Horcruxes at that time.

——

Toby waited in the secret room for nearly two hours, but he did not show any impatience, but still waited patiently.

During this period, Al also came down alone once, and after seeing that nothing happened to Toby, he went back relieved and left a whole bucket of lemonade for Toby.

After Toby drank up the water glass in his hand bit by bit, he casually snapped his fingers, and the small wooden barrel immediately moved over, tilting the barrel with great effort, and filled the cup again.

Finally, after the barrel gradually bottomed out, changes began to occur in the secret room.

The branches that were about to decay grew out from the soles of the Slytherin statue, gradually spreading in front of Toby, and then became thicker and thicker, returning to the appearance of Old Tom.

He looked seriously injured, his face seemed to be dry, and there were quite a few gaps in the crown on his head.

Toby stood up, reached out and took off the hot crown, not minding that his fingers were reddened by the heat, which were quickly covered by the black mist emerging from his body.

Now, this Horcrux has been completely destroyed. It no longer contains Voldemort's soul and has lost its function.

"I didn't expect you to be able to bring it back."

Toby looked at Old Tom carefully and said, "It's a pity that you couldn't kill your own son with your own hands, right?"

Old Tom didn't answer Toby's question. He just stretched out his hand blankly, asking for something from Toby.

Toby understood Old Tom's intention.

"Not yet. I only have two of the mysterious man's Horcruxes left - the locket and the golden cup. I have to use them sparingly. Unless. You can find the invisible helper, maybe it can help.

You stole these two things."

Toby planned to take this opportunity to ask more about Death Butler, but Old Tom still had no response.

"Then do you know what the purpose of Death Butler is? Why does it want to help you? Also, is it possible that its goal of leaving Ron behind was actually you from the beginning, not Harry Potter?"

Old Tom still didn't respond.

"Then just keep waiting here."

Toby said angrily, he stretched out his hand to call the armor over, and then put the lady's wide-brimmed hat with long arms on Old Tom's head.

"I know this hat alone can't stop you, but it's different with the armor - unless Death Butler is willing to show up to help you, right?"

Finally, he was unwilling to test it again.

Unfortunately, the results are still no different.

"Watch him."

Toby gave the last command with an expressionless expression.

As his figure gradually disappeared at the end of the passage, his armor was meticulously guarded in front of Old Tom, and his posture was like the tall statue of Slytherin, without any wavering.

And very far away in the Anibania forest, Snape, who was covered in scars, was hugging Fudge's battered body and rocking him back and forth.

He had never shouted in such panic——

"Master, wake up, Master!"

——

After many days passed, Voldemort gradually woke up.

"Severus."

He weakly called out the servant's name: "Where are we now?"

"Owner?"

After hearing Voldemort's voice, Snape anxiously looked at the passenger car - yes, he got a family car from somewhere and was driving quickly on a wide road.

"Are you awake, Master?"

After catching a glimpse of Voldemort really waking up, Snape breathed a sigh of relief and said: "We are leaving Albania soon. We - damn, why is he here again?!"

A figure suddenly appeared in front of the road, it was that powerful old Tom.

Snape had already guessed the other person's identity. He must be related to Voldemort by blood, and he was probably the other person's father.

But he never knew that Voldemort's father was so young and a wizard. This was completely different from what he knew.

"It seems that Haimer has already predicted that I will recover one day."

Voldemort's tone was very weak, but it contained endless anger.

"He wanted to tease us and try to torture me."

"Then do I still have to go and have a fight with him?"

Snape asked Voldemort with his eyes.

"Are you a fool?!"

Voldemort angrily lectured: "How can you still have such naive ideas at this time? Haimer didn't leave me any time to give you a reward, nor did he allow me to recover my energy - hurry up and get around it

, it’s best to run far away from him, sooner or later, I will—”

"He's coming after him, Master!"

Snape just avoided Old Tom and drove past, but the other party immediately stuck to the car like toffee, hot pursuit of the car.

And this time Toby seems to have found more uses for Old Tom.

In the rearview mirror, a large number of strange things were emerging from Old Tom's body. They were chasing him faster than Old Tom, and they rushed up almost in the blink of an eye. If you look carefully, you can see

I saw some complex magic arrays flashing faintly on it.

If it weren't for the fact that Old Tom couldn't bring anyone alive for the time being, I'm afraid Voldemort would have to face more than just these dead things.

But even so, they suffered disaster - the next moment Snape hurriedly protected Voldemort, all the magic circle items exploded with an earth-shattering sound, causing the family car that was finally stolen to be engulfed in flames.

Swallowed, then——

"boom!"

The car exploded into pieces, and Snape flew out in the fire and fell hard on the rough road. Voldemort also felt uncomfortable. If it was a little later, the body he had finally inhabited would have to be with him.

He suffered a disaster and almost lost his place of refuge.

Snape got up from the ground panting. His face was full of cuts from fragments, and he looked very scary.

"Ahem. This madman doesn't even care about Fudge's life."

He coughed twice violently, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and walked little by little towards the place where Voldemort fell.

It was obvious that Voldemort was in a very bad state. He struggled to open his eyes, but all he could see were sparks and dust all over the sky.

"Where did that man go?"

he asked Snape.

Snape looked around and found a hot gold cup on the burnt ground. He then brought the cup to Voldemort and showed it to him.

"He is no longer here. He was probably affected by the explosion. I really hope he died in one piece, leaving only this golden cup - is this also your Horcrux, Master? How many more might Heimo have?"

Please forgive my presumption, but I must know——"

“Only one left”

Voldemort looked into Snape's eyes and said, "There's only one left, Severus."

Snape immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at Voldemort again.

"Please forgive me." He said, "But we must leave as soon as possible. If it is later, there will be even greater trouble."

But Voldemort was not as anxious as Snape thought.

"you are wrong"

He said in a weak tone: "Haimo will not leave us an opportunity to escape so easily. He will not wait for so many extra days just for another failure. I said, he is a shrewd person."

people."

When Voldemort just finished speaking, the nearby smoke happened to be blown away by the strong wind.

Then, a figure appeared in the blank center of the explosion.

It's Old Tom, he used his last Horcrux and came back.

Snape swallowed his almost dry throat, clenched the wand in his hand, and the facial features on his face became slightly distorted.

"This madman."

He roared, gripping his wand and rushing forward.

Old Tom obviously couldn't heal all his injuries in such a short period of time, but the strange thing was that no more magic circle items came out of his body.

Only one locket floated away inadvertently, escaped Snape's sight, and slowly landed in front of Voldemort.

"Bring him here."

Fudge, who was controlled by Voldemort's command, said that he held the locket in front of him with one hand and seemed to already know what to do.

"Open."

This time, what came out of Voldemort's mouth was Parseltongue.

The hot locket used up its last bit of magic power as a Horcrux and opened it with a sound.

Stuffed in the few spaces inside it was a folded piece of parchment.

Voldemort slowly took out the parchment. He glanced at Snape, who had no time to take care of him, and then unfolded it little by little, silently reading the letter Toby had spent so much time sending to him.

[After meeting Old Tom three times, I believe you also understand that besides me, you have more troublesome enemies to deal with. Unfortunately, that enemy’s helper is by your side - Severus Si

Nep. Bring him to Hogwarts, and I will help you deal with him. As for you, you will get the reward you deserve - a complete magic stone. Even if you don't have a Horcrux, you can rely on the magic stone.

Reshape your body.]

[The deposit is at the bottom of the locket. The choice is up to you, Dark Lord.]

Voldemort calmly threw the letter into the unburned flames. He turned the locket over, and a small piece that was only one-tenth the size of a fingernail fell from it - it was red all over and contained

With unimaginable magic.

This is a small piece of magic stone, just enough to support Voldemort when he comes to Hogwarts.

Without hesitating for too long, Voldemort held this small fragment in his hand.

"as you wish."

he murmured.

"Black Devil"

——

After seeing Old Tom come back as usual, Toby's eyes swept over him and did not see the whereabouts of the locket.

"Keep an eye on him."

Toby said in a cold tone, and the armor came over immediately. It was no longer a caretaker, but was taking care of the scarred old Tom.

It wanted to go back and ask Toby if this was enough and whether he would leave Old Tom to die.

But Toby has disappeared, and it seems that this is not worth mentioning to him.

Office of Ancient Magic.

After Toby came back, Angela held "The Quibbler" in her arms. She ignored Al's reminding gaze and sat down opposite Toby regardless of the atmosphere, staring closely at Toby with her silver eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Toby asked without raising his head and continued to correct the students' homework.

"this."

Angela pointed to a report in the magazine and said: "Why have you never mentioned that there will be a special ball in the Triwizard Tournament?"

"I thought you wouldn't care."

Toby said calmly, but Angela didn't reply, just stared at him depressedly.

After a while, Toby looked up as if he couldn't stand her gaze and said helplessly: "Okay, then do I have the honor to attend the dance with you?"

"Needless to say." The corners of Angela's lips raised immediately, and she turned around excitedly: "Then I have to buy more decent dresses, and so do you. You can't always wear this black suit.

A lacquered witch robe, it’s a dance party, not an execution ground.”

Toby lowered his head again and gave Draco a good grade on his homework. This boy was working hard to become the next club president, and he worked much harder than before.

"You can just go to Al for this matter. It is responsible for managing my gold. I think it will be enough to buy a few dresses."

After the reluctant Al was forcibly taken away by Angela, Toby silently raised his head and looked at the two people's gradually disappearing figures.

All the expressions on his face disappeared at this moment, and he looked calm and a little scary.

"What should I do with you, Angela?"

【Volume 4, the first half of the volume is finished.】

Author's note:

Because the anti-theft stamp was issued in advance, there is no charge for the extra text, so let me write down my thoughts.

Each volume of this book has a theme.

The first volume is similar to the original work, introducing Toby's past while making magic changes.

The second volume is mainly about introducing Grindelwald.

In the third volume, we need to introduce the big boss Haierbo.

Volume 4: Now that everyone is here, it’s time for a good fight.

It's that simple.

This will also be the main content of the second half of the volume, which is mainly written around the struggle between these super powerful wizards. There are also many mysteries that have not yet been solved: such as Death Butler, Old Tom and Little Tom (you should be able to read

When it came out, I also changed the details of Voldemort's origin (after all, there was an additional factor like Herbo), the origins of Harry and Cedric's warrior identities, and the respective purposes of these super powerful wizards.

That's pretty much it.

Finally, please give me a monthly pass. The score of this book is extremely poor. My ability to write stories is really not that good. And the problem is not that the content is not enough, but that I have to do more subtraction, otherwise it will be very messy to read. I

Having discovered this major problem of my own, I still have to return to the story itself.

Thank you all for your support! Thank you!