Professor Rupert Hogwarts

Chapter 118 Lockhart vs. Basilisk
Everyone didn't stay long in front of the snake slough, and continued to walk through it and inside.

Turning one tunnel after another, stepping on the wet stagnant water, when Eisen and the others encountered a solid wall, the shoes of the three of Hermione were already soaked.On the other hand, Aisen and others were not affected by the stagnant water at all.

Of course, Professor Lockhart's shoes were just as wet as those of the trio, which did not surprise Eisen.

"This is-" Hermione came to Eisen and pulled his sleeve.

"It looks like it should be the sign of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets!" Eisen said and looked at Snape.

"Obviously, that's it!" Although Lockhart looked embarrassed, he was in good spirits. He went directly to the wall and patted the circular door inlaid on it.

This gate is different from other gates in the castle. It is engraved with two intertwined snakes, and their eyes are set with large, shining emeralds.

"Then you need to open it!" Snape stepped forward and stroked the twisted snake on the door, saying coldly.

"Then you need-" Aisen said, a sudden idea flashed in his mind, and his face became serious, "It needs a password or forced destruction."

Saying this, Eisen did not step forward, but quickly changed his gaze to the back.Because Eisen suddenly discovered that it was unlikely that the basilisk was inside.

You know, when the Chamber of Secrets was opened for the first time, the Basilisk's range of activities had always been in the pipes of Hogwarts Castle.But the fourth attack did not occur due to Eisen's intervention.Even the Horcrux, the diary, has been handed over to Dumbledore.

Eisen didn't know whether this Horcrux was destroyed by Dumbledore, but it was foreseeable that Voldemort would never have the chance to open the door in front of him.

This means that the basilisk has no chance to get back in, but has been wandering in the pipes of the castle.As his mind turned, Eisen had already pictured in his mind all the intertwined tunnels and pipes under Hogwarts Castle.

Then, a long snake of more than 20 feet appeared in Eisen's sight.Judging from the position where the basilisk was crawling, the tunnel that Eisen and the others walked just now diverged a lot, so everyone did not see the basilisk along the way.

However, perhaps it was the movement of people walking in the tunnel that caught the attention of the basilisk. Eisen discovered that the basilisk was crawling in the direction of where everyone was.

boom--

As soon as the explosion sounded.

While paying attention to the basilisk, Eisen noticed that this was the explosion caused by Snape waving his wand and casting an invisible spell that hit the door.

When everything calmed down again, the door with the two snakes carved on it looked intact.Obviously, Snape's spell didn't work.

Lockhart's face lit up when he saw this, and he stepped forward and stroked the twisted snake on the door, and then said proudly, "Of course I can break it open, but this tunnel cannot withstand the destructive power of the curse. You don’t want to be buried here either!”

Eisen noticed that almost at the same time as Lockhart finished speaking, everyone present had extremely disdainful expressions on their faces.Even Hermione, who was standing next to Eisen, couldn't help but roll her eyes.

However, Eisen did not step forward to try to see if he could violently open the door.Instead, he was thinking about whether he should wait outside for the basilisk to chase him and then solve it directly in the tunnel, or whether he should enter the secret room and lead the basilisk into the secret room and solve it.

After pondering for a moment, Eisen felt that it would be more appropriate to lead the basilisk into the secret room.After all, the secret room must have been enchanted, and its strength must be much stronger than the tunnel.

Moreover, although the tunnel can accommodate people passing through, the space is inevitably a little small, and it is difficult to use your hands and feet during battle.

"Harry——" After thinking about it, Eisen gestured to Harry.

"Uh, okay, Professor!" Harry seemed to understand something, glanced at the expressionless Professor McGonagall, and then walked to the door step by step.

Looking at the two snakes entwined on the door, Harry couldn't help but swallowed even though he felt that the professor was beside him.Looking into those emerald eyes, Harry felt as if they were alive.

"Open." A low, hoarse hiss sounded, giving people a creepy feeling.

But as Harry's voice fell, the two snakes on the door twisted and quickly separated.Immediately afterwards, the door was opened.

"Professor Lockhart? What are you doing behind the scenes?" Professor McGonagall glanced at Lockhart who was running behind, showing a suspicious look.

"Ha - I think there may be some danger behind, I have to take care of Ron and the others!" Lockhart held the wand tightly, pushed Ron in front of him, and made a brave expression.

Snape smiled sarcastically and walked inside first.Afterwards, everyone crossed the circular gate and went deeper inside.As for Lockhart, he got his wish and ended up in last place.

After entering, everyone is greeted by a long, dimly lit space.On both sides of the space corridor stood stone pillars carved with coiled snakes. The stone pillars stood tall and supported the ceiling that melted into the darkness.

People were walking forward in the corridor, and the sound of footsteps was particularly noticeable in the silent room.At the end of the corridor is a spacious open space. At the end of the open space is a statue as tall as the room. The statue clings to the dark wall behind.

Eisen has the perspective of God, so he can clearly see the whole picture of the statue: it is an old, monkey-like face, with a long sparse beard that almost reaches the hem of the wizard's robe carved in stone, Two gray feet stood on the smooth floor of the room.

Apparently, this was Salazar Slytherin, the builder of the Chamber of Secrets and one of the founders of Hogwarts.Apart from here, Eisen has also seen his image on some books in the library.

However, around the clearing, as Eisen could see, there was no sign of the basilisk.

"The basilisk is not here!" Snape's cold voice sounded, and then he looked at Harry with an intriguing look.

"Ha, I knew it, the basilisk must have known that I was going to deal with it, so it had already escaped in advance!" Lockhart, who was standing behind, began to boast again.

"Professor Eisen -" Suddenly, Hermione seemed to remember something, looked at Eisen with a shocked expression, and then looked behind her.Immediately afterwards, Harry also looked behind him in horror and hurriedly retreated to Eisen.

Obviously, knowing part of the truth, they also guessed the possibility that the basilisk was still wandering outside.

"Uh, what's the problem?" Lockhart looked at Harry's movements, turned around with some confusion, and found that there was nothing unusual.

A rustling sound came from outside, and Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape suddenly turned their heads to look in the direction of the circular door.

After a while, Eisen noticed that the basilisk had wandered to the gate.Its heavy body slid across the wet soil and entered through the round door.

"Gilderoy, I'll leave the basilisk to you, everyone, please be careful!" Professor McGonagall waved his hand, and several rays of light enveloped everyone, adding a layer of protective armor to everyone.

"That's right, it's just a basilisk. I-of course I can-can deal with it!" Lockhart stammered as he held the wand, with a particularly ugly smile on his twisted face. .

After entering the secret room from the outside, the basilisk immediately spotted everyone. The extremely hungry basilisk made no extra moves and rushed directly towards Lockhart.

Fortunately, everyone was wearing enchanted sunglasses, and basically ignored the basilisk's death-glaring ability to a large extent.

"Bones to pieces—" Lockhart pointed at the rushing basilisk with trembling fingers, and cast the highest level of attack spells in his life.

As the voice fell, the wand in Lockhart's hand emitted a red light and hit the basilisk.But unfortunately, the basilisk was not affected at all. Its huge body shuttled and entangled among the stone pillars, and then raised its head high and rushed straight towards Lockhart.

boom--

There was a roar, and the buff added to Lockhart by Professor McGonagall was completely destroyed. Lockhart was hit hard, knocked several meters away, and fell at the foot of the Slytherin statue.

"Ouch—" Lockhart vomited a pool of blood, and writhed his body without getting up.It looked like his body had been severely injured.But the basilisk would not wait for him to stand up, and swept over with its long tail.

"Professor-" Hermione screamed and grabbed Eisen's arm tightly.Harry and Ron next to them turned their heads, as if they couldn't bear to see the tragedy that happened next.

(End of this chapter)