Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 407 Traces
The children of Aragog woke up later than expected, but among them there were many warriors trying to rescue the leader from the hands of the two demon kings.

"Did I hear something just now? It sounds like my little son." Aragog glanced across a parabola in confusion, but he couldn't see anything clearly, only a vaguely dark mass of paint things fly in the sky.

"No, you heard it wrong." Toby tossed the iconic giant pincers of the acromantula that he got in his hand, and then threw it aside in disgust: "It's a worthless little thing. There are plenty of things on the island.”

Aragog was a little puzzled: "Then why didn't my children mention these little guys to me before?"

"It must have been eaten secretly behind your back." Toby said while knocking out another spider that wanted to tip off the news: "Al occasionally secretly eats snacks behind my back, it's nothing unusual .”

Perhaps it was because of Toby's atrocities that he couldn't bear to see, Dumbledore reached out to Toby to stop his behavior, and then asked Aragog: "I don't know if you have noticed, since we came here, although I saw a lot of dementors, but for the five-legged monsters who were originally aborigines, they seemed a little too shy. Is this my illusion?"

Toby had also noticed this suspicious phenomenon a long time ago - there were indeed some things screaming at the beginning, but the sound soon disappeared, unlike the starving dementors rushing up one after another.Not as stupid as these little spiders.

"Aboriginal"

Aragog pondered for a moment.

"Yes, the aborigines, those five-legged monsters turned from wizards, I know their origins. Those things are very cunning. If you are targeting them, you must be careful."

"For example?" Toby asked with interest.

"For example. In the minds of those ghosts, everything except the same kind can be food. For example, since coming here, my children have lost a few, although it doesn't hurt, after all, I have too many children to count. But I still told them to act together, and the signs of disappearance stopped for a short time after that, but after that, my lost children changed from one to a group, and they found new ways, unpredictable ways .”

Toby and Dumbledore exchanged a look, which seemed to be the abnormal sign they were looking for.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Toby demanded.

"Being prey and being prey is just our nature and our inescapable fate. No one is immune, whether in the Forbidden Forest or Delia Island"

For the first time, Toby vaguely felt that Aragog seemed to be staring at him.This passage was also specially prepared for him.

"I don't like being someone else's food." Toby sneered.

"No one would like that," Aragog said.

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It didn't take long for Toby and Dumbledore to determine that the real target of this journey should be the five-legged monster.

"If what Aragog said is true, then the Ministry of Magic clearly misjudged the five-legged monster."

"I don't think anyone can avoid that, can you, Toby?"

"Avoid what? A mistake by the Ministry of Magic? Or is this a trap specially prepared by Hai Erbo?"

"Maybe there are all of them. We should be there. Let's see what Haierbo has left for us."

After passing through a dense jungle, a large piece of grass that was almost completely flat appeared in front of the two of them.This place is obviously deliberately made into such a comfortable environment. Dark creatures probably won't like it, but the Ministry of Magic's judgment on the five-legged monster is really wrong, and those people may not even know whether the five-legged monster is a dark creature. .

This time, there was no need to search, and Toby was sure that all the five-legged monsters on the island were gathered here.These guys are hairy, and each one has five legs extending outwards. It looks a bit like an acromantula—no, it seems to be an acromantula.

"give it to me."

Toby yelled as soon as he came up.He saw Aragog's youngest son, it was shaking its body back and forth feebly, and it was estimated that it would be dismembered and eaten later in the night.

The five-legged monsters guarding the little spider were very angry, and each leg stepped hard on the grass one by one, making a bang.

Toby found that he could understand what they were saying, some of them were like the language of giants, and some of them were like Marcus Flint's stupid threats after being angry.

"it is mine!"

"First come, first served!"

"Haven't you learned etiquette?"

"I hate bipeds!"

After hearing this weird description, Toby almost couldn't hold back his anger. Just when half of his body turned into a devil, the group of five-legged monsters suddenly fell silent.

What happened next surprised both Toby and Dumbledore.

The head of the prey little spider exuded a soft light, and it did something that it was unable to do now, and spoke words that everyone could understand——

"Calm down, my children, and don't disturb our guests, or it will bring disaster to all of us."

Just after it finished speaking, the group of five-legged monsters really quieted down like this.

"Who are you?" Toby asked solemnly.

Although they came here to find traces of Haierbo, to be honest, the mysterious guy in front of them was not quite like Haierbo himself.

The little spider set his sights on Toby.

"I see your thoughts. The invincible Andros, one of Herbo's old enemies, or his number one subordinate, and his Horcrux. Your mind is really difficult to read-but another It’s much simpler for people.”

The little spider looked at Dumbledore with a calm face and said, "You really think you were cheated by Grindelwald, don't you? Are you regretting it?"

Toby looked at Dumbledore, and Dumbledore looked at him at the same time.

The mysterious guy guessed everything right.

"I don't have the patience to spend it with you." Toby said with a gloomy face.

The ability to break through the Occlumency barrier is not suitable for staying on the enemy's side no matter how you look at it.

The little spider said unhurriedly: "Don't rush to do it, try to diverge your thinking more, I believe you can guess it."

Toby stretched out a hand silently, something fell from the air, landed straight in his palm, and was immediately surrounded by a dense black mist, protecting it all around.

"Look, you've guessed it."

Mysterious man looks happy.

"Yes, I am from Death Castle, the unlucky ghost who was replaced by Tom Riddle."

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From this moment on, the direction of the whole thing really became confusing.

Toby tried to figure out what was going on here——

First, Grindelwald suddenly wanted to join forces with Dumbledore to solve his own troubles. At the same time, he also gave an unexpected bargaining chip, which was Haierbo's hiding place.

Then Dumbledore did complete the deal with Grindelwald, and the price he paid is currently only Dumbledore's devil state-that is, the devil Arianna, her existence is still a problem.

But this question was put aside for the time being, because Dumbledore then learned the answer from Grindelwald - Haierbo's hiding place was on the island where the dementors were expelled, and it was also the habitat of the five-legged monsters The place - Delia Island.

So Toby and Dumbledore found it.

As a result, not only was there no Haierbo here, but another tenant of the castle who had been replaced was found.

At this moment, the three of them were sitting around a fire, and the unknown tenant was attached to the little spider, staring at the barbecue that Toby had conjured up, and kept urging: "Hurry up, can't we add some firewood? It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten human food, although it won’t enter my mouth, but it tastes good.”

Dumbledore took the initiative to take over the work of communication, so as not to be changed by the thing on the fire in a while.

"So you really don't remember who you are?"

"How could I remember that 500 years have passed? 700 years? 1000 years? Or 500 years? It's too difficult to remember."

"Then why do you say you were replaced?"

"Huh? So you don't know? There are only so many guest rooms in the castle. How could it be possible to meet everyone's needs? I've spent a lot of time. I also forgot how much effort I have spent. Anyway, it must not be easy. It's hard. Only then did he have a place of his own, and then he was dragged out by Haierbo forcefully, this hateful guy."

At this moment, Toby thought of the armor and the lady's wide-brimmed hat, both of which came from the old castle.

"Do you know what the black feather is?" Toby asked abruptly, and Dumbledore looked at him without stopping.

"Black feathers." The little spider's eyeballs rolled: "I seem to remember that it has something to do with the devil, and it seems that someone has said to us that love is harder to maintain than hate. If this is the case, then your choice is Only the devil is left, and only it can protect you for a longer time."

"Why protect?" Toby asked immediately.

"What else can it be?" The little spider said in a natural tone: "Of course it is the law of conservation of magic, don't you know it? One day, wizards will be completely extinct, and only the castle can protect it." We are as reliable as doomed death."

Toby wanted to continue asking, but Dumbledore stopped him suddenly.

Under the reflection of the bonfire, the light above the little spider's head seemed not as bright as before.

"Hurry up." The little spider stared at the barbecue and began to urge again.

"Talk about Herbo," said Dumbledore.

He explained, bit by bit, why he felt cheated, very honestly.

What was unexpected was that the little spider actually refuted Dumbledore.

"You're blaming him for that."

The little spider said in a serious tone: "Hai Erbo did come here. He was in a bad state at the time, and he hoped to hide it by using me. But I guess even Hai Erbo didn't expect that I would see through this scene. Originally, I wanted to die with him, but unfortunately I couldn't do it, he has always been well-prepared."

"Using you?" Toby narrowed his eyes slightly: "How to use you?"

"Probably a key." The little spider said: "He made me a key, a key specially used to open a certain door, and then you can reach another world-I am in this trap now. In the middle state, it is the aftermath of the last battle, and I don't know when it will recover-but my ability to see your thoughts comes from here, and I guess you are definitely not really a long-horned water snake and Lion, right?"

Dumbledore nodded gently.

The little spider said with emotion: "It's the first time I've seen such a kind lion like you. In addition, I have also seen another person in your mind, Grindelwald, he has been here, looking for something, maybe Me, but I was already in hiding by then, so he had to give up."

"However, he did find some signs of fighting. The creatures here alone cannot make such a big commotion. They can only be wizards, and there are some spells that can only be cast by extremely evil wizards. Even at that time Haierbo is miserable, but it's not something that ordinary wizards can deal with, he doesn't seem to have any weaknesses."

"Sounds really bad." Toby said inappropriately: "And since I found out that you are the predecessor of this kerosene lamp, this feeling is even worse."

"Hairbo is always foolproof." The little spider sighed with lingering fear: "He never takes the lead in taking risks on himself, as if there is some kind of persecution at work, which is very exaggerated."

"Wait a minute." Toby looked at Dumbledore as if he saw some new world. This is indeed the strong impression that Hai Erbo has always left on people. He is always foolproof.

As far as Toby knows, wizards don't have the ability to learn such complicated ideas from birth.

Unless he suffered a big loss before this.

"I know Hai Erbo's weakness." Toby said confidently.

"What is it?" Little Spider asked quickly with a smile on his face.

"Of course it's the one who made him suffer a lot"

When he said this, Toby's voice involuntarily became smaller.

He really knew such a person.

Merlin, who became the God of Death, was the one who thwarted Haierbo's plan after he regained his sobriety. Otherwise, Haierbo would truly achieve his goal of eternal life.

But now there is no Mason Gate, and there is no Merlin anymore, only Reaper is left.

"It seems that you have encountered a very troublesome problem." The little spider said while taking the barbecue: "But I am afraid that these have nothing to do with me. On the contrary, you living people will feel distressed by this."

"And for the deceased, a barbecue is enough to make up for all regrets."

The moon slowly rose into the sky in the night, it took away the little bit of starlight nearby, and let the soft light go with it.

Toby picked up the barbecue that fell on the grass and ate it. Dumbledore got up and said, "Obviously, you won't be able to feed yourself with barbecue alone."

Toby grunted and responded, "I never hoped it would be like this."

(End of this chapter)