Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 220 High Priest

Harry, George, and Fred walked out of the classroom and stood quietly in front of the statue of the One-Eyed Witch—

Harry was somewhat angry, his face flushed red, because he had just learned from his conversation with George and Fred that Tyrell had already been exposed to the Marauder's Map back in her first year, and had used it frequently in the following terms—

And Tiera had never told him a single word about any of this!
Harry felt deceived and betrayed.

Therefore, Harry stood angrily in front of the statue of the One-Eyed Witch.

George and Fred followed behind Harry.

The twins exchanged bewildered glances. They didn't know why Tyrell hadn't told Harry about the Marauder's Map, nor why Harry was so angry, but they were still dutifully playing the role of the older brother—

“I bet five on Tierra if they start fighting,” George whispered to Fred.

“I also want to bet on Tiera, but…” Fred said, “I can’t beat her.”

“Okay, I’ll go with it,” George replied.

The three people stood in front of the statue of the one-eyed witch for a while, and a few minutes later—

The statue moved aside automatically, and a person walked out from the other end of it.

"Ha, Harry!"

Tyella, carrying a long, thin object, saw Harry appear angrily at the entrance to the secret passage—

Chief Gordon's heart skipped a beat.

Tierra's eyes darted around instinctively, her expression stiffening.

Harry perceived Tyella's reaction as clearly a sign of guilt.

"Why?" Harry demanded. "Why didn't you tell me about the Marauder's Map when you knew about it! You knew about this secret passage all along, didn't you? You knew how much I wanted to go to Hogsmeade!"

"Tierra," or rather, Sirius, only then noticed the Marauder's Map in Harry's hand—

Immediately, Tyella's face paled, and she dropped the bundle in her hand, reaching for the Marauder's Map in Harry's grasp—

The package fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and the elastic rope binding it came loose.

A beautiful, sparkling flying broom rolled to Harry's feet.

Harry's gaze, his attention was completely drawn to the broom—

The entire broom is crafted from ash wood, with a streamlined and exquisite design. It is treated with a diamond-like polish and features a hand-engraved registration number.

Those were fire bolts, exactly the same as the one Harry had looked at and dreamed of every day in Diagon Alley.

Harry picked it up with trembling hands. It was sparkling, and Harry could feel it trembling, so he let go.

The fire bolt hovered in mid-air, without any support, at a perfect height for him to mount. His eyes followed the golden serial number at the very top of the flying broom to its perfectly smooth, streamlined tip.

“I…I can’t believe it…” Harry said in a hoarse voice, his heart instantly filled with guilt and remorse.

"Merry Christmas, Harry."

"Tierra" quickly seized the opportunity to snatch the Marauder's Map from Harry's hands.

George and Fred were stunned, completely forgetting about the bet.

"You...you disappeared for so long...you just...you just went to buy me Firebolts?" Harry's voice was already trembling with tears as he rushed forward and hugged Tyella. "Tyella, you're so good to me! I love you to death!"

"I'm glad you like it."

Tyella reached out and ruffled Harry's hair, then awkwardly changed the subject:

"By the way, what are you doing here?"

“We…” Harry said hesitantly, “The Marauder’s Map was a Christmas present from George and Fred. I was planning to go through this secret passage behind the One-Eyed Witch to the basement of Honeydukes Candy Shop in Hogsmeade… and then we saw you coming back from outside…”

Harry concealed his true thoughts—

"See me?"

"Tiera" exclaimed in surprise, then quickly opened the event map. Standing before the statue of the One-Eyed Witch were four names—

Harry potter
George Weasley

Fred Weasley
as well as……

Tierra Lohart.

……

Meanwhile, after traversing long mountain paths and passing through fields planted with dark, ferns, Tiera finally arrived at the mountaintop of a temple built of only gray soil and piled stones.

At the entrance to the temple stood two enormous, bizarre guardians—

The two guards were at least six meters tall, with strange builds, thick hair, and arms split in two below the elbows, each forearm covered with terrifying claw-like hands.

Their heads were even stranger, with glowing reddish-yellow eyes on either side of their heads, and jaws filled with sharp teeth that split open like hammers.

The temple's guardians appear to be another group of bizarre creatures within the dream world, fanatically worshipping the lurking chaos—

The ancient giant.

These terrifying giants stirred upon seeing Tierra, expressing their longing for her in a mumbled, ancient language—

The Gorgons primarily feed on the scraps left over from the monsters and moon beasts of the underground world, but the deliciousness of the "Dreamwalkers" has become legendary among them, and they would never miss the chance to eat them.

However, their desire was quickly thwarted by the shouts of the two moon beasts escorting Tiera—

The two Gorgon giants had no choice but to reluctantly return to their positions on either side of the temple gate.

Tiera passed through the temple's tall stone gates and entered the cold, dark, and damp temple corridors, where she was handed over to a group of priests dressed in pale gray robes.

Surrounded by priests, Tiera walked through the corridor and arrived at the highest level of the temple—

There stood a huge, bizarre, and dark stone, its surface carved with countless twisted and terrifying patterns—

When he entered the room, the nauseating smell in the air seemed to suddenly disappear, replaced by a comforting and refreshing fragrance.

Tiera felt dizzy after just one glance at the stone and quickly lowered her head.

A blurry, pale yellow figure stood before the enormous rock—

The figure was taller and slenderer than the other moon beasts, completely covered from head to toe by a large, pale yellow curtain, with no skin showing, and the excess curtain dragging on the ground.

Compared to the moon beast, Tiera felt that beneath the pale yellow curtain was more likely a humanoid creature—

Moreover, judging from the respectful attitude of the gray-robed moon beasts around her towards that figure, Tiera could tell that it was the high priest of the moon beast race—

After Tiera entered the magnificent hall located on the top floor of the temple, the moon beast priests who accompanied him bowed and withdrew from the hall.

After all the moon beasts had left, Tiera stood very close to the door, bowing her head so low that only Peter Pettigrew's toes were visible.

After Tiera entered the hall, he suddenly felt that his rock-solid seven-layered mental defenses were becoming increasingly precarious...

"Puff-"

Tiera knelt down immediately, and as she did so, she took a step back, letting one foot slip outside the door.

“Great priest, mysterious high-dimensional being, true god whose appearance is unknown to anyone—” Tiera said, “a humble traveler has made a request to you for a trade. I wish to obtain the bronze of the pillars, the flowing silver, and the gold of the sky. I wonder what price I should pay?”

"Heh..." A cool laugh came from beneath the pale yellow curtain—

“You are neither the first nor the last,” the High Priest said. “The overly long and tedious prefix can be omitted. Lord Nyarlathotep believes that allowing life to ascend from lower to higher dimensions will help break the balance of the universe, causing all dimensions of the entire universe to move towards a more chaotic and destructive end.”

"Therefore, relying on Lord Nyarlathotep's will, we have no reason or right to refuse this deal," the figure under the yellow curtain continued. "As long as the price is reasonable, you can exchange it for enough Pillar Copper, Flowing Silver, and Sky Gold."

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