Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 177 Toby, Voldemort, Dumbledore (Subscribe)
What a long revenge.

Ever since a strangely dead animal corpse was left in the Forbidden Forest last semester, Voldemort knew very well that with this clue alone, Dumbledore would definitely gain something in Albania.

It is no longer safe there.

Therefore, after the failure of the plan to finally take away the magic ball and the Philosopher's Stone, Voldemort boldly sneaked into an unknown place-Slytherin's secret room.

No one knows where the secret room is, it is absolutely safe.

He lived on the basilisk, which was impossible to do originally, but snakes have a different meaning to him. In addition, the potion that Quirrell prepared at the beginning gave him the ability to possess more creatures .

Voldemort waited silently, waiting for the opportunity of revenge.

Until, he accidentally met the Horcrux he had let Lucius Malfoy keep—the notebook from his youth.

He became extremely angry, it was hard to imagine that this idiot would treat his Horcrux like this.

But it's not surprising, is it?

Voldemort knew very well what he relied on to conquer those men-strength, and more fear.

It's no big deal.

he said to himself.

Sooner or later, he'll make all the fools pay.

He didn't touch the little girl, even though he knew it would be easy to do it, but it wasn't urgent.At best, Ginny could only become an insignificant body, which was too weak to be of any use.

He has more elaborate plans to implement.

The former diary has become his helper, that's perfectly normal, it's his horcruxes, and he knows how to control them.

And he also got a temporary body - the basilisk.

After the diary asked Ginny to wake up the basilisk, he could use the Parseltongue to command the basilisk. The abundant vitality could make the basilisk not die as easily as an ordinary animal, and it could last longer.

Thus, the plan began to be implemented.

If there was anyone at Hogwarts he most wanted to get rid of, it was, without a doubt, Albus Dumbledore.

But Voldemort knew how difficult it would be, even in his great strength.

Therefore, the target is placed on the second important figure-Toby Highmore.

It wasn't just that Voldemort was eager to get the orb, he needed it, and that would make for a more flexible, temporary body.

Also because Voldemort clearly recognized Toby's threat.

He understands him, and he understands the power of ancient magic better.

This is a man who must be eliminated.

In the first attack, due to a small mistake, Toby failed to die completely, but was petrified.

But it also made Voldemort realize that Toby's condition was not as good as he had seen, and he had his own troubles to solve.

Voldemort began to think more.

This time, in the second attack, the basilisk inflicted more damage on Toby, looking him in the eyes.

But the magic of the pharaoh's mask amazed Voldemort, and he faintly saw the shadow of the Horcrux on it.

But time was running out, the magic ball was not with Toby, but was taken away by Al.So Voldemort just stole the wizard's potted plant, and he realized how extraordinary the collection was.

Next, he needs to possess a wizard potted plant, eager to have a more flexible body.

As for the notebook, go ahead and spread rumors about Toby Highmore.If it is used well, it will cause Dumbledore irreparable regret——

Let Toby Highmore kill Harry Potter himself.

But after that, the plan went a little wrong.

What Voldemort didn't expect was that the stupid Harry Potter would think that he was the real heir.

It's just ridiculous.

The diary thrown into the bathroom also revealed a lot of important information to him through the wall, in a Parseltongue manner.

The details of the plan have changed, but it's still going smoothly.

until today.

The sacrificial basilisk had its organs punctured ahead of time, making it unable to hear any sound.

The Parseltongue allowed the Basilisk to act on pre-set orders, counterattacking at the most critical moment, affecting Toby Highmore's consciousness, and instead allowing the crazy Pharaoh to control his body.

Next, wait for Dumbledore to see Harry Potter's body with his own eyes.

Voldemort didn't stay in the bathroom for too long. He saw the large camouflage witch robe that Hermione had prepared. With a touch of his palm, it turned into a well-fitting dress and put it on.

He was disguised as Toby, down to the fog under the hood.

In the silence, he came to the dark corridor and walked to the stairs without meeting anyone on the way.

It's nothing if you touch it.

The Animagus wizard who turned into a plant has unpredictable abilities, which took Voldemort a long time to achieve the control he has now.

But this is not without cost.

A sleeping consciousness affects him all the time. It is the consciousness left by the original wizard, and the other party has not completely died.

Eternal life, eternal life.

For many years, countless wizards have longed for immortality, and many whimsical ideas have been born for this.

Now this body is nothing more than a failure.

But Voldemort still needs to find a way to completely destroy this consciousness and solve all future troubles.

He already has a solid plan.

Just one Horcrux is enough.

A diary is a perfect substitute, allowing my young self to replace this dead soul.

Voldemort knew that the Diary's project hadn't been entirely successful, that it hadn't affected Harry Potter, and that's why he needed to do it himself.

And its location is also a bit weird, it is inside the Forbidden Forest, and the induction from afar is very weak.

But there's nothing difficult about it.

After possessing this body, he strengthened the ability of the notebook a lot, and could affect those who came into contact with the little magic power left.

Journals are safe.

After crossing the playground and entering the Forbidden Forest, Voldemort managed to find the location of the diary with this induction, and also saw the silver armor.

From under the hood came a voice no different from Toby's: "Open the coffin."

The armor complied.

It found a black notebook appeared in the coffin at some time, which made it confused, turned to look at "Toby", and then looked at the notebook.

"Give it to me," said "Toby" again.

The armor did so again.

It bent down to pick up the notebook, walked up to "Toby" step by step, and handed it to him.

Voldemort raised an arm too, and grabbed for the notebook.

At this moment, the armor retracted its arm, and it was out of his grasp.

Under Voldemort's angry gaze, the visor slowly opened, revealing the skull inside, and the mouth opened and closed, as if conveying words.

A voice sounded from behind Voldemort.

"It's so rare that I don't even remember the notebook."

The real Toby appeared behind him at some point, holding another skull in his hand, and there were still traces of explosion damage on the witch robe.

"You don't really think I'm going to make the same mistake twice, do you?"

Two black chips fell from the eyeholes of the mask, with tiny magic circles engraved on them.

And what was revealed behind that was a gaze that was deeper than the pitch black.

A gust of cold wind blew past, raising countless frost and snow.

The armor suddenly clenched the long ax in his hand and struck. At the same time, a brilliant light burst out from under Toby's feet. Voldemort stood motionless between the two, and he didn't see any movement. The surrounding trees raised their branches one after another, turning into countless The Whomping Willow, attack them!
The flames enveloped the entire snow field in an instant, and thick smoke billowed up.

When the smoke cleared, Voldemort was gone from the field, and he disappeared.

The armor slowly turned his head to look, then walked up to the real Toby, and handed the black notebook into his hand.

The mouth of the skull in the other hand opened and closed again, and Toby put away the diary. He shook his head and said, "No, someone is waiting for him."

"Let's go first. Trouble will come in a while. I'm not in the mood to see the centaur right now."

The armor picked up the coffin without saying a word, and walked back behind Toby following the footprints in the snow.

The woods returned to calm, a bright red feather fell on the snow, turned into flames, turned into dots, and dissipated in the snow trails.

Voldemort somehow managed to get back inside the castle, and he was running fast, anger filling his chest.

Now is not the time to fight, he needs to solve the trouble of this body as soon as possible.

Fortunately, he has another Horcrux hidden at Hogwarts.

Voldemort came to a blank wall on the eighth floor, and a door slowly appeared on it. Voldemort opened the door and walked in quickly.

The Room of Requirement, this is Hogwarts' deepest secret.

Voldemort believed that those who knew this secret were almost dead. Look at the pile of rubbish, which has been hidden here for hundreds of years.

He remembered how he had hidden the Horcrux in this room after he had been rejected for a position at Hogwarts.

At that time, he had already practiced outside for many years, and he also had a group of reliable "friends", but Dumbledore still rejected him based on his prejudice against him.

This is an unforgivable behavior, and it is really ridiculous. I want to let the theory of nothingness and absurdity affect myself-love.

Dumbledore doesn't understand what power is at all, he can only deceive himself and more students with that boring statement.

It doesn't make any sense.

Voldemort had seen true power with his own eyes, and it made everyone feel terrified, even afraid to say his name.

Now, he is about to take that power away.

After passing through several claustrophobic alleys, Voldemort saw a large cabinet with blistered surface, as if it had been splashed with strong acid. He vaguely remembered that there was a cage inside, and the dead animal in the cage had five legs.

Next to the cabinet is a crate with a battered bust of an ugly old wizard on it.

Next to it, there is a rusty crown.

That was the item Voldemort was going to take.

His footsteps became more impatient, and he was about to walk to the cabinet.

Then, he stopped slowly.

The cabinet was pushed away from the inside, and there were no cages or dead animals.

Dumbledore appeared in Voldemort's sight. He stood in the middle of the alley, facing the silent Voldemort, glanced back, and saw the rusty crown.

"Looks like the right size for a hollow tree," he said, returning his gaze to Voldemort.

"So, is this the Ravenclaw diadem? I've seen statues of Ms. Ravenclaw, and they look pretty much the same. You probably took it from Albania and put it back at Hogwarts. Maybe I You deserve a special contribution award. You can never have too many trophies, even though you already have one."

Voldemort watched him with icy eyes.

Seeing this, Dumbledore simply continued: "You must want to know why I hid here in advance, right? Speaking of which, my student and I still have quite a tacit understanding, and I believe that we are the same as me. Everyone learned something from him."

"But at the beginning, it had nothing to do with Toby. Instead, another student reminded me. I didn't expect that he was only in the second grade, and he and his friends had already guessed what the monster in the secret room was—a huge and incomparably huge monster. basilisk."

"But I haven't seen the basilisk in person yet. It's been a busy trip. After I got the news, I went back to Albania again and looked at the hollow tree for a long time. Then I couldn't help but speculate, Why did you stay there? Why exactly there?"

"My guess is not as much as you think."

"Eternal life, I can only guess at this point."

"But then I couldn't help but think, where would you put this XZ?"

"There were so many answers. So many that I didn't have time to go back to school and go to Christmas dinner with the students."

"But fortunately, thanks to my student, he was eager to return to Hogwarts. Although his purpose was not simple, he wanted to be the headmaster, and he wanted to do archaeology in the school, but he wanted to return to Hogwarts. Would love to go back to Hogwarts."

Dumbledore paused, his blue eyes fixed on Voldemort.

"It reminds me of you too, Tom."

"I remember you doing that too. But after I rejected you, you became Voldemort. But I didn't reject Toby—I know what you're thinking, it's not about discrimination, it's about what you have in your heart." different."

"All in all, I thought why not come back and give it a try?"

"Maybe it's the secret room, maybe it's this magical room. It's a pity that I couldn't find the secret room, which made me not as good as my own students. So looking at it this way, it seems that there is only one choice left for me."

Dumbledore looked at Voldemort, and he said finally:

"How many crowns do you have, Tom."

The battle broke out suddenly.

Dumbledore's speed was so fast that people couldn't see clearly. His spell pierced through the black witch robe. The next second, Voldemort's figure appeared behind Dumbledore. At the moment when he was about to touch the crown, A small phoenix suddenly appeared, and it seemed that it hadn't been long since nirvana.

Fox bought precious time for Dumbledore, the flames it spurted touched Voldemort's hands, and the next second, the spell hit Voldemort, but he suddenly turned into a rotten withered tree, shattered and flying , turned into sawdust all over the place.

"Death is just the beginning."

With Voldemort's last words, Dumbledore's hands passed through the flying sawdust, and he held the crown with both hands.

At the same time, Toby also pushed open the door. It was the first time he had seen such a magical room, and he saw Dumbledore turning around from a distance.

"I just said that I should come back sooner, and put the plan of becoming the principal on the agenda as soon as possible."

After talking to himself for a while, he took out the black notebook and raised his arms in the air.

"Hey, Headmaster!"

He shouted: "Look what I have prepared for you, I believe you will like this Christmas present!"

Dumbledore withdrew his gaze, and he exchanged a look with the young Fawkes, then silently put the crown in his pocket and put it away carefully, so that Toby would not find this precious magic item.

Archaeologists, it seems, are not much easier to deal with than Voldemort.
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Then try to see if you can get more this month. 】

(End of this chapter)