Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 395 Black Lake
394 Black Lake
All of this happened very suddenly, and Snape's rebellion was more decisive than anyone could have imagined.

Just after the original Snape managed to solve the last trouble caused by old Tom, he returned to Voldemort and heard him order himself like this——

"We have been targeted by Toby Highmore. In this case, we might as well go back to England to solve his trouble. There are still many of my servants there."

After he finished speaking, Snape uncharacteristically did not follow the order immediately.

"Toby contacted you, right?"

The weak Voldemort was powerless to stop Snape's search, and soon, he found the tiny bit of the Philosopher's Stone on Voldemort.

It wasn't until then that Snape said why he had guessed so.

"Toby has always wanted my life, no one knows this better than I - whether it is your true intention to go back to England or not, there is no way to avoid my suspicion. Until Lily is found, my life is still alive Its usefulness cannot be thrown away so easily."

Voldemort recalled the anger at that time, and it made him furious.

Once again, he was betrayed by those around him, and was even given to Toby as a gift by Snape.

"He's yours now. Haierbo didn't tell me why I did this. He just asked me to follow the order and wait for the day when he comes back."

"Then why have you changed your mind now?"

"Because I've been targeted by you, haven't I? Before Hai Erbo comes back, I have to save my life first."

"Wise choice."

The armor, aware of Voldemort's awakening, walked slowly over.

Amidst the unwilling murmurs, a heavy hammer sound sounded, causing Voldemort to fall into a coma again without knowing when he would wake up.

Toby stood in the darkness in the corner of the secret room and watched this scene silently.

He took out his left hand that was in his pocket, spread it out, and stared at it in front of his eyes.

In the palm of his hand was a shining ruby.

This is Nick Flamel's Philosopher's Stone, which can prolong the life of wizards and create a complete body that Voldemort dreamed of.

He stood there thinking for a long time.

He was wrong about some things. Haierbo was indeed fond of living Horcruxes, but the time he paid attention to was far from as long as Toby imagined. All of this may have only happened in the past hundred years.

So he began to manipulate the fate of Voldemort, which turned his life upside down, and made him and his Muggle father a sworn enemy.

After that, Haierbo took old Tom who was killed by Voldemort away, and used one of the Horcruxes left by Voldemort - the ring of the Gaunt family to resurrect Old Tom, making him a living Horcrux that Voldemort didn't even know , and arranged for him to be stored in the Castle of Death.

Although Haierbo went so far to hide his true thoughts, Toby knew very well that it must have something to do with his desire to obtain immortality.

Haierpo even showed him what to do - let Death be his servant, and the target he chose happened to be Voldemort.

More precisely, Harry Potter was also present at the time, and Hai Erbo planned to use him to test whether the purpose of immortality was successful—the specific way was to kill the last Horcrux, so that he would know this up.

Today, Toby seems to vaguely understand the real purpose of Hai Erbo's series of actions.

Hai Erbo can transfer the soul in the Horcrux, that is to say, he may also have a way to transfer Harry's soul fragments after death.

The eternal life he longed for still couldn't get rid of the relationship with the Horcrux.

Only this time, after Voldemort really became the god of death, he will also become Haierbo's Horcrux.

Death, will be his last Horcrux, and it will never be destroyed.

If it hadn't been for the final mystery to be revealed - Merlin who became the god of death still had his own consciousness, Hai Erbo might have really succeeded.

At that point no one can stop him.

After trying to understand this series of reasons, Toby held the Philosopher's Stone tightly.

Now Voldemort, old Tom, and even Harry Potter can be said to be in his hands.

He can continue to study according to Hai Erbo's method - as long as he wants, as long as he is willing to do so.

Moreover, compared with Haierbo, he has two other things that also entrust his soul, both of which are related to Merlin - the magic ball and the scepter.

This is an advantage that Haierbo did not have compared to Toby, not to mention that Toby already knew the true identity of the god of death, which also gave him time to make more adequate preparations.

But the premise of all this is to solve the remaining troubles one by one.

Angela's true identity, the missing Lily, and many other people who are secretly watching her every move.

For example, that kerosene lamp.

"There are too many enemies, if they can be dealt with at once"

The footsteps gradually disappeared at the end of the corridor, making Toby's back completely hidden in the darkness.
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After figuring out the secret hidden in the golden egg, plus the gift from Dobby, Harry couldn't help but want to try the effect of the cheek grass.

And he did.

Taking advantage of a night when no one was around, he and Ron sneaked out of the castle wearing an invisibility cloak, and then slipped into the cold black lake alone with a small part of cheek grass.

For the first time, he felt that swimming was such a comfortable thing, and how wonderful it was to be able to breathe underwater.

To avoid wasting too much, it didn't take long for Harry to resurface, and he was soon shivering with the cold.

"Let's go." Ron urged worriedly: "Fortunately, I asked Hermione to ask for a few more flame bottles before I came, otherwise you will probably freeze to death before you get back to the castle."

Harry was wrapped in the blankets prepared in advance, his teeth were chattering, and he said in a trembling voice: "Wait a minute, I seem to see a fire under the big ship, or I may be wrong, but—— —”

"Hey, what's the but." Ron pushed him forward: "Have you seen fewer students who violated the school rules? Besides, they weren't even in their own school, maybe they came out on purpose to get some fresh air."

"In such a cold night?" Harry asked.

"Is there anything impossible?" Ron muttered, "The person you saw might be Krum. Did many girls see him swimming in the winter? Sooner or later, his brain will be frozen." .”

No way, at Ron's insistence, Harry had to rush back to the castle as soon as possible - and he really felt that he was about to freeze.
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"It's good to be young, and still have the mind to swim in the big night, um. It seems that I left too little homework for them, what do you think?"

Snape sat in front of the faint firelight, couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, he could only see that he closed his eyes tightly, as if he couldn't feel his presence as long as he couldn't see the guy in front of him Same.

"Asleep, or starving?"

Toby simply stepped forward and pulled Snape's eyelids with his fingers.

He succeeded, and he also saw a pair of eyes glaring at him.

"If you think you can do it this way—"

"I'm here for Lily."

Snape fell silent suddenly.

"Just kidding, I lied to you."

Snape glared at Toby again.

"Just kidding again, I still lied to you."

This time Snape was still glaring at Toby.

"I thought your eyes would keep changing."

Toby leaned against the drafty window planks and said, "It's like that toy we played with when we were kids, what's it called—oh, by the way, his name is Aland, right? He's from the same college as us, He was also the little bastard who bullied me at the beginning, but later I dealt with it miserably, and he would cry when he saw me."

Snape said coldly: "You didn't stop until Lily saw you once and thought you were bullying your classmates."

"Look, this is the biggest difference between us." Toby spread his hands and said, "You think I am willing to listen to Lily, but what you don't know is that I only tested Aland's patience at that time. Force, I want to see if he will become obscurity, or magic riot. In fact, if I had continued in the first place, this matter would definitely be exposed, and the professors would know that the school There's still a bad kid hiding in it—that's why I stopped, it has nothing to do with Lily, she just showed up at the right time."

Snape looked at him with an "I'll just listen to your quibble" look.

"believe or not."

Toby said indifferently: "And do you think there are so many coincidences that I would be careless enough to let Lily find out my little secret?"

This time Snape's eyes became more suspicious.

"You must be wondering why I did this on purpose, aren't you?"

Toby said mysteriously: "Go ahead and guess, guess boldly."

Snape stared straight at him.

"You want to find a helper." His gaze was gradually replaced by anger: "All this is to help you find a helper who can study ancient magic, you bastard—"

He wanted to stand up and punch Toby hard in the face, but just as he raised his arm, a fiery red chain appeared on his arm, causing him to straighten up in pain, It fell to the floor weakly and vertically, only eyes were still staring at Toby viciously.

At this time, Toby had recovered his expressionless face.

He walked over to Snape and knelt down, examining the unbreakable oath on his arm.

"The first oath, you and Lockhart are not allowed to hurt me, very good."

He said with satisfaction: "It seems that Haierbo has no way to dispel this magic, so I can rest assured."

"Actually, you can guess again now. Is what I just said just to annoy you, or is it true?"

Snape spat at Toby's head, which he dodged easily.

"There is no need to continue to be angry, the test is over."

Toby stood up and said, and kindly helped Snape up, so that he could lean against the wooden wall behind him safely.

"you this--"

"Okay, it's time to get down to business." Toby interrupted unceremoniously: "I don't have time to waste with you, you should also know that Hai Erbo won't watch us quarrel with great interest, he has lived for so long, They've probably been in quite a few wars—so, do you know how to find him, and where is he hiding?"

Snape suppressed his anger and said: "If I knew, I wouldn't have come back to look for you. That person was very suspicious, and the order he gave would never miss any clues. Only he took the initiative to contact me and never allowed me to look for you. he."

"It's about the same as what James said." Toby gradually calmed down, rubbing his chin with his fingers, his eyes revealing a thoughtful look.

"What about the devil?"

After a while, he suddenly asked again: "What is Haierbo's devil?"

"Didn't you already know that?" Snape frowned and stared at him and said, "Like you, they are all humanoid. Dumbledore also saw him appearing in Loch Ness with his own eyes, and he told me this too. He was dealing with the evidence that James deliberately left behind and had to show up in person so that no further exposure would result."

Toby had heard Dumbledore tell about this incident. At that time, the conflict between them was not so serious, and the two were still dealing with unknown threats wholeheartedly.

"But human-shaped devils are not so easy to obtain." Toby murmured, "This is originally a magic that is specially used to torture people. Only dead wizards can become human-shaped devils--I am a special person." Now it can be seen that the god of death is helping me secretly. But what about Hai Erbo, do you think the god of death will be willing to help him?"

"how could I know."

Snape frowned.

Toby suddenly lost interest in the conversation.

"It's really useless, what have you been doing all these years, you don't just want to call Lily back?"

"It's none of your business."

"Okay." Toby waved his hand indifferently and said, "There is one last thing to inform you. You may need to stay in the Black Lake for a short period of time, but don't worry, someone will rescue you soon. - why do you say rescue, because you have to pass out in advance, that's all -"

"What did you say?!" Snape stood up abruptly.

"Didn't you understand?"

Toby asked with a puzzled look: "It's literally, but it's okay, because there will be old Tom and Voldemort to accompany you-by the way, I have resurrected him with the Philosopher's Stone, It's a very simple method, even simpler than I imagined."

"Although there are only three now, the fourth should be added soon-four treasures, how wonderful, Dumbledore will definitely be surprised by this, who made him have to come to watch the game in person, I I have to find a way to get him to give up trying to stop me."

"I think I won't run away this time."

He smiled at the startled Snape, "War."

"I'll give him a war if he wants it."

(End of this chapter)