Chapter 60: Turning into elbows and armpits, double betrayal
For the adventurer team in infinite space, the two months of leisure and peace in the mission world seem to have secretly hibernate and stir everything together, waiting for this moment to suddenly erupt.
A wave has not settled, and another wave has risen.
As soon as they solved the trouble with the basilisk on their front foot, they learned that Dumbledore had temporarily left at the invitation of the Ministry of Magic.
Although for reason, Dumbledore, as the headmaster of Hogwarts and also a celebrity in the British wizarding world, is indeed understandable to be invited as the subject of an interview. However, adventurers who are familiar with the original book know that in the final stage of the first story, Dumbledore was deceived by Quirrell, possessed by Voldemort, and was temporarily transferred out of Hogwarts by a false letter, thus giving Voldemort the opportunity to seize the Philosopher's Stone.
However, this time, the adventure team no longer chose to be beaten passively, but directly adopted the method of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle......
That is another important prop that directly kidnaps and opens the Philosopher's Stone, the protagonist of the story - the savior Harry Potter.
Then, the entire Hogwarts students and teachers suddenly discovered one day that with Dumbledore's departure, the mysterious visiting group from the Far East and the savior Mr. Potter, who had always behaved ordinarily, disappeared at the same time.
Frankly, the students of Hogwarts have always had mixed emotions about a scarred boy. On the one hand, because of his "brilliant achievements" when he was born, and he is the savior of the prophecy of Destiny, all kinds of auras are superimposed, which makes people naturally feel like facing historical heroes; On the other hand, with a faint scrutiny of the eyes, the boy who suddenly appeared in front of him was too unremarkable, with no magical aptitude or an extremely intelligent mind other than a slightly superior Quidditch talent, and the only thing worthy of praise was probably the simple surname who did not know whether it was brave or reckless.
It is for this reason that the more people who like him, the more they like it; Those who are tired will also be doubly hated. Putting aside the two extremes of Gryffindor and Slytherin, the vast majority of people just feel that he is a distant and irrelevant person, plus this is only his first year at Hogwarts, and those sensational world-shaking adventures have not yet begun, so when he heard about Harry's disappearance, except for the Gryffindor uproar, there was not much movement and feeling.
However, the older generation of wizards who experienced the era of dark wizards had a great psychological shadow on Voldemort, and they were naturally shocked, and especially the professors under Dumbledore who believed in the "salvation prophecy" directly exploded.
The wizarding world naturally has countless prophecy and divination methods, but after trying all kinds of magic, they can only come up with the answer "Harry Potter is inside Hogwarts", but as if they are shielded by some kind of force, they can't confirm the further precise location, even if they search all the rooms of the school, they can't find anything.
And in this thousand-year-old magic school, even though there are countless mysterious classrooms and former residences, there is only one that can break away from the master's control and reach such an unfathomable level.
Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.
This is also the new stronghold where the remaining three-person adventure team gathers after leaving behind a certain girl who was petrified.
In a sense, this place is indeed a safer place than the Room of Requirement, during this time period, the secret of the Chamber of Secrets for thousands of years has not been revealed, and the only people who know the entry password are Voldemort himself who inherited Slytherin and the protagonist Harry, and when Harry was kidnapped by them, the only person who could open the Chamber of Secrets was the half-crippled Dark Lord himself.
"When Voldemort takes advantage of Dumbledore's absence and travels through the Quadruple Guardian to reach his destination, he will naturally find that without Harry Potter as the key, he will not be able to take out the longed-for Philosopher's Stone from the Mirror of Eris." Rorschach smiled: "And immediately after, he will find that Harry Potter has disappeared, and after searching the whole school, the only possible place is this place." β
Saying this, Rorschach's eyes were slightly cold, and he said lightly: "If he dares to come in, he doesn't need to go to any magic stones......
"However, doesn't the story say that the spell to protect the Philosopher's Stone is 'I want to take out the Philosopher's Stone, but I don't have a trace of greed for it'?" When he heard this decision, Xiong Shaodong immediately asked: "He can just find another student who doesn't know, and he can also get the Philosopher's Stone......
"That's just a faΓ§ade," Rorschach shook his head and said lightly, "I can't go into the exact reason for this, but the only thing that is certain is that only Harry can take the Philosopher's Stone from the Mirror of Eris." β
Seeing that his captain didn't want to say more, Xiong Shaodong couldn't pursue it anymore, so he had to glance at a figure who was tied to the side and struggled, and sighed: "In this way, I'm afraid that in Harry's heart, we are even more terrible villains than Snape." The emotional investment that has been cultivated so hard for two months may be dissipated in one fell swoop. β
Ji Qing didn't feel a pity: "We adventurers are just passers-by in the world, so it's okay, and the departure of the province will only increase the sadness." And we've been stockpiling food and water for a month, as long as we survive these last seven days, not even that long, as long as Dumbledore finds out the truth and returns, we can naturally solve all misunderstandings. β
With that, the female newcomer stood up, picked up the armed firearm she had with her, and walked to the training room again.
The original purpose of this chamber was to serve as a refuge for students to flee in Slytherin to prevent the house from breaking up, and it could almost be seen as a small emergency school. Therefore, in addition to the magic of protection, there are actually seven or eight expanded subspace portals in the small room, with a total space of hundreds of square meters, and all kinds of living facilities are also available, so newcomers will not feel bored, just a place to change training.
However, this trick seemed to be doomed to be in vain, and the adventurer's stay at home came to an abrupt end at noon the next day.
The door to the secret room was opened again.
And the one who entered it was a person who no one expected.
Professor McGonagall.
In fact, when Rorschach saw this serious middle-aged lady for the first time, he did have the urge to kill for a moment, but it was suppressed in an instant. This woman is different from Quirrell's dispensable double agent, but Dumbledore's real descendant, and she is the next headmaster designated by herself.
However, there is a problem that must be clarified.
When the two newcomers on the other side were embarrassed, Rorschach had already taken the initiative to come over, looked at it for a while, and made sure that it was not an image simulated by illusion magic, before asking, "Professor McGonagall, how are you ......?"
Before he could finish his sentence, he was hurriedly interrupted by the woman with a tired face, and the next second, Rorschach was startled by the news she brought.
"Hogwarts, taken by the Death Eaters."
Haven't I woken up yet?
As soon as he heard the news, such a ridiculous thought jumped through Rorschach's mind, thinking that he was having auditory hallucinations.
However, when he raised his head, he saw the serious appearance of the lady, and after making sure that it was not a joke, he let out a sigh of relief, frowned, and asked, "What the hell is going on?" β
He couldn't believe it.
Although Hogwarts is only an ordinary school for teaching magic on the surface, it is actually a magic system inherited from Merlin in the time of Arthur, and it can even be said to be the source of magic for the entire wizarding world. After thousands of years of precipitation, the hidden means of protection and magic have almost reached the point of perfection under the superposition of successive headmasters, even the Ministry of Magic, which has just emerged for centuries, has far from being able to compare with its defense facilities.
And the Death Eaters, although they once almost ruled the entire British wizarding world, but that was only relying on the power of Voldemort to deter, once they lost the powerful wizarding core of this genius, and after twenty years of encirclement and suppression, most of them either defected, or were put on death row in the wizard's prison "Azkaban", leaving only a few die-hard loyalists to survive.
The difficulty of the latter to break through Hogwarts is probably equivalent to the bomb maniac Mr. Ben Lastool, who has been chased by the US army for 20 years, and suddenly led his subordinates to conquer the Pentagon of the United States overnight.
However, the next moment, Professor McGonagall answered his doubts: "In the universal house of Hogwarts, there is a hidden passage leading to Tumbledown Alley, and the Death Eaters used the vanishing cabinet to infiltrate the school, taking advantage of the early morning break, directly holding most of the students hostage. β
Rorschach was stunned for a moment, and then vaguely remembered that there was indeed a plot of invasion in the follow-up of the original book, but at that time Voldemort had been resurrected, and Dumbledore was forced to die, which gave the Death Eaters the courage to attack, but now the Dark Lord is still only a wisp of remnant soul, and those villains who are too busy to take care of themselves should also be locked up in Azkaban, right?
However, he didn't have time to think about it, and the original plan was now completely unable to catch up with the changed form. With the support of his subordinates, Voldemort and a wisp of remnants are completely two concepts, although the teachers and students of Hogwarts do not know the spell of the secret room, but they will definitely not be able to stop the invasion of the Death Eaters, after all, this secret room is originally a legacy left by the ancestors, and the action of the adventure team at this time is just the act of occupying the magpie's nest, and then continue to wait for the rabbit to go down, just wait for others to accumulate strength, and then work together to besiege it.
Lady McGonagall in front of her suddenly asked, "If I'm not mistaken, Harry should be hiding here, right?" She went on to explain, "I repelled some of the Death Eaters and found them preparing to enter this chamber and seemed to have been ordered to capture Harry who was hiding inside, but I didn't expect you to hide here too. β
Rorschach suddenly realized the reason for the other party's entry, and at this point, he no longer concealed it, but kidnapping other students' students is not a fair and honest thing after all, so he had to nod and say: "We have obtained information, Voldemort seems to want to use the savior to carry out some terrible conspiracy, and the matter is urgent, so it has to be so." β
"So...... Can you get Harry out for me to see? The woman's eyes closed slightly, and she asked flatly.
This natural request was granted. When the new magical boy Xiong Shaodong struggled to recite the unconscious savior, Rorschach saw Lady McGonagall's ugly face, so he had to say helplessly: "I don't know why, Mr. Potter's magic resistance is so high that he will break free and wake up a few minutes after being released from the stun spell, so we have to use this method." β
Professor McGonagall only glanced at the plight of his students, and then suddenly said, "It's really Harry......"
"You can come in......"
As soon as she finished speaking, the door of the secret room rumbled open again, Roschach suddenly felt bad, his hands were clenched, and he was about to charge up his punch, when he suddenly felt that his whole body was suddenly sore, and the more he strained, the more his muscles and bones relaxed, and in a blink of an eye, seven or eight strangers shrouded in pitch black cloaks had rushed outside the door, directly controlling the situation......
"This is ......" He felt cold in his heart, turned his head, and saw that the young wizard who had been cultivated by himself was showing a dazed and sluggish look, taking a step forward and walking into the opposite formation.
"I'm sorry," and Lady McGonagall, who was huddled at the back of the crowd, gave an apologetic look, "I had to do this for the safety of the students at Hogwarts." β
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