My classmate at Hogwarts is Voldemort

Chapter 637 The Beautiful Legend of Sicily

"I heard that you are different from everyone else?"

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Tom didn't know how many days had passed since he left the Temple of Apollo. At first he could stand on the dragon's back and judge the day and night by observing the circle of blue sky in the distance, but when he continued to go south and climbed over the mountains , After losing his reference, there was only a gloomy sky covered by dark clouds above his head, which could not even breed thunder and lightning. The pocket watch Nelson left him was hidden in his arms, and he completely lost his grasp of time.

Sitting on the ups and downs of the giant dragon's back, closing his eyes and meditating, he blocked an unknown number of attacks by the wizard beside him. Gradually, the frequency of the wizard's attacks slowed down, and I don't know if there was a problem with his perception of time. , or he has resigned himself to being unable to cause harm to himself.

Threats and warnings accompanied the journey, but Tom, who had already seen through the wizard's mission, was confident. Finally, when the dragon skimmed the beach, flew to the sea, and rushed towards a small island with towering mountains on the other side of the ocean. , the wizard completely gave up the attack on Tom, and Tom realized that the island in the distance seemed to be the end of the trip.

He couldn't find traces of this small island in his memory. Judging from its location, it seemed to be Sicily in the south of the peninsula. It is hideous. The mountains on both sides of the island are straight into the clouds, guarding the slightly raised ridge in the center. People can't help but think of the corpse left by an indomitable giant after death. These sharp mountains with a uniform arc are He tilted his ribs to the sky.

There is not a single plant on the island, and no color can be seen except for the ashes of the rocks. In the center of the island, a steaming volcano is brewing its fury, and the boiling, continuously gushing lava is also dull black.

It should be the lair of evil dragons, the den of demons dancing wildly, the entrance to hell, any words that describe the harsh environment can be used to describe this island, maybe Dante traveled here before he wrote "Divine Comedy", That dead and boiling volcano leads straight to hell!

The giant dragon did not dare to set foot on the island, and landed on a rock far away from the coast. The wizard jumped off the dragon's back reluctantly, pulled out a rope from the back of the rock, and pulled out a small boat made of white bones. , invite Tom up.

"Please, self-righteous guy." Perhaps because he was closer to Hai Erbo, the wizard's tone was much higher and prouder, and the unhappiness of being played by Tom in the applause along the way disappeared. Smiling, while pushing the boat away from the shore, he said, "I hope I can still see you alive, then you will be qualified to tell me your name."

"Really? Hehe," Tom said cheerfully, without the slightest sense of being in the devil's lair, "Me too."

"Hmph," the wizard lowered his head, and the evil in his eyes flashed, "You'd better not provoke Mr. Hai Erbo, your life and death have nothing to do with me, but I don't want to be implicated."

"Don't worry." Tom patted his furry shoulder, and the wizard straightened up like a frightened rabbit, "Don't be afraid."

The boat went upstream along a small river flowing down from the central ridge. After climbing the endless stone steps, Tom finally stood in front of the palace of the most terrifying, powerful and evil dark wizard of this era.

The strange thing is that Tom didn't see a living thing on the island except the wizard and himself. Where did the wizards ruled by Haierbo go?He looked around in bewilderment, and finally he was attracted by Haierbo's palace.

For this era, Haierbo's architectural style is undoubtedly ahead of the times. This is a huge ancient castle, more luxurious than any royal palace in Europe. It is backed by a boiling crater, filled with hot and humid sulfur smell. There is a wide avenue in front of the gloomy castle, with stone sculptures of all kinds of magical animals and humans kneeling on both sides, ranging from giant dragons to small goblins, all creatures related to magic are collected here .

"Hmph, don't think these are sculptures, how can there be such lifelike sculptures in the world," the wizard said complacently after realizing that Tom had noticed the divine fear on the faces of these sculptures, as if he made these sculptures "These are all alive! I'm afraid soon, there will be one more you in the adult's collection!"

"You talk a lot. Is there no one who can use the great Mr. Haierbo? You have to use a useless eunuch like you to chatter." Tom raised his eyebrows and waved his hand. "Go and report to your lord."

The wizard couldn't bear Tom's ridicule any longer, and ran away while preparing to add more details. Tom stood still, turned his head and looked in all directions, while playing with the gold coin in his hand, showing everything around him to the person on the other side of the coin as much as possible. nelson.

The gate of the ancient castle was like a huge mouth of an abyss. As soon as Tom moved his eyes there, a powerful attraction came from inside the door. He didn't resist and let the attraction take him away.

When his sight regained clarity, he was already standing in an empty, cave-like hall, surrounded by gargoyles and mummies as decorations, behind them were hidden malicious eyes.

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"Everyone is different." Tom threw up the gold coin, pressed it on the back of his hand, raised his head, faced the thick darkness ahead, and said loudly, "I don't know which aspect you are referring to."

"You took the initiative to throw at me, and you brought a... ridiculous coin?"

"This is my lucky gold coin." Tom pressed his right hand on the back of his left hand, feeling the vibration from the coin, and said calmly, "It has brought me too much good luck since I was a child."

"Will it keep you alive?"

"Yes, positive means good results."

Tom raised his hand, it was positive.

He looked at the eyes that didn't exist in the darkness: "Fate is blessing me."

"How do you know it's going to be positive?"

"Fate helps a pious man."

Tom repeated the words he had rehearsed countless times in his heart. The Haierbo constructed by Nelson is a man who believes in destiny.

"..."

silence.

"You hurt my servant," the voice in the darkness was a little different, but it was closer to Tom's impression of Hai Erbo's voice, "You don't know that my majesty is inviolable."

"A useless servant like that is always the greatest damage to your majesty," Tom grabbed the coin, bowed slightly, and subconsciously replied, but the gold coin in his hand trembled violently. He held the coin tightly, Continued, "A great cause calls for a greater favor."

"..."

The voice in the darkness froze, and soon, dense crawling sounds filled Tom's ears, and he was surrounded by poisonous snakes in the shadows.

He stood there as if nothing had happened, and took the angry gold coins back into his pocket. He also realized the major mistake he made just now, and he had to adapt to the situation next.

The last question was in Parseltongue, and he responded in Parseltongue automatically.

The suffocating coldness began to spread in the cave. Tom clenched his fists in his pockets. He realized that it was not Hai Erbo himself who had just talked to him. He also realized that the speaker had changed. Bo's interest, the real Haier Bo, finally set his sights on this dark island.

"Hs...hs..."

"There are no truly useless people in the world. If there are, they are just useless in the right place," the gloomy and damp snake language spread in the cave, as if there were countless pairs of cold eyes hiding in the shadows of those horrible ornaments, vomit Holding the letter, polishing the fangs and teeth full of venom, just waiting for an order, Tom standing in the center will be torn into pieces, "Even if he is useless, he is still my beloved servant... This kind of thing even the gods will sigh with emotion. No amount of gold or silver, no amount of fame and power can be exchanged for the loyalty of praise."

"Whoosh!"

A cold wind blew past Tom's ears and lifted the hair that had fallen on his forehead, but Tom didn't even bat an eye when he saw a bloated, spindle-like thing hanging from the top of his head, hanging in front of him.

Tom took a closer look and found that it was the tail of a rattlesnake hanging down. It was thicker than any python he had ever seen. The tail was bulging and wriggling. The basilisk sprang out like a spring, the cold light flashed, the rattlesnake's tail was cut into a smooth section, half of the fat tail fell to the ground, gushing out stinky cold blood, and it was still bouncing.

Tom saw a mummified person slowly slipping out from the severed tail of the giant snake, presenting a disgusting scene as if the evil god was giving birth, and the candle made of whale oil by the wall suddenly Lighted up, under the light of the emerald green flames, he saw that those bandage-like things turned out to be slender poisonous snakes, they secreted glistening mucus, like spiders collecting and preserving prey, bit by bit the living people inside Wrapped up, only a pair of terrified and numb eyes were exposed, and the broken black feathers were constantly thrown out by the snakes. Not long ago, the powerful wizard who was riding a dragon was now like a pheasant that fell into the devil's lair fate.

Tom saw pleading and fear in his eyes, but he didn't see even the slightest resistance. He randomly looked away and looked into the darkness in front of him, trying to find Haierbo in it.

He suddenly remembered the last confrontation with Haierbo before he set off to this era. This man who claims to be a god is hiding in an unknown corner like an insect. , there is no wrong nickname, the word despicable is appropriate for Hai Erbo.

The corners of Tom's mouth curled up, and Haierbo's self-proclaimed god became more and more clear in front of him. After a moment of silence, he felt the expectation coming from the sight in the dark, and he spoke slowly, speaking a snake language similar to Haierbo's but very different Squeezed out between teeth: "The loyalty that the gods will praise... So you don't think you are a god?"

His question echoed in the empty cave, and the ending sound echoed over and over again. After it completely dissipated, there was no sound around him.

Tom's rhetorical question caused Haier to fall into silence. The noise that had been made before fell silent, and the poisonous snakes that crawled on the wizard and bound him quickly scattered into the shadows as if they sensed the approach of a natural enemy. The surroundings were terribly silent. , even the muffled sound of the wizard's blood dripping onto the wet ground was extremely ear-piercing.

Tom lowered his head, and the wizard in his eyes was covered with a thick layer of mucous membranes, like a half-digested prey by a beast. There was not a single feather left in the black robe on his body, and he was extremely embarrassed.

The wizard struggled to twist his neck, his face was covered with scars from poisonous snake bites, and his skin color changed from the pair of small spots to livid, continuously spreading in all directions.

He endured the pain of bone erosion, grinning his teeth and showing Tom the last ferocious smile. In the years of serving Haierbo, he has seen too many pretentious people who dare to contradict Haierbo, and their fate is without exception. It was all extremely miserable. Although he didn't hear the conversation just now, it was obvious that Tom had done what he wanted to see the most—provoking Hai Erbo. He had never seen an adult show his might on this island.

Although the nerves of the whole body felt the sharp pain of snake venom at the same time, his pain eased a little, because he knew that these pains would soon come to Tom.

"My lord's punishment... is all because of you, you will taste twice as much..."

He opened his mouth wide, but his venom-infected throat could no longer make any sound. Tom could only understand his meaning by reading his mouth, but he didn't show panic and fear as the wizard expected. Let him down.

The wizard pulled his stiff vocal cords, and released a zombie-like growl from his throat. Just as he was about to speak with all his strength, Hai Erbo's voice made him shut his mouth immediately.

"I like you!"

Crazy laughter came from the darkness, and Tom's words seemed to turn on a switch, which made Haier go crazy. His wild laughter was even enough to knock down the ceiling above his head, and let this dark and damp magic cave reappear. On Sunday, in the bursts of non-stop laughter that could pierce the eardrums, the worms and snakes retreated, everything was silent, and stone bricks and trophies nailed to the wall were constantly falling due to tremors, as if causing an earthquake. Even Tom They were stunned for a moment by the magic power contained in the laughter.

"Haha, I like you! Why can't I be a god?!"

Tom didn't speak. He gritted his teeth to meet the pressure from all directions. The wizard beside him gave a hoarse sneer, but his neck was suddenly tightened by a poisonous snake, and he was dragged into the darkness.

"You are indeed different from other people," the thick black mist condensed in front of Tom, and a huge face as tall as Tom poked out of the mist, and the black mist exhaled from the mouth and nose continued to turn into venomous snakes , it faced Tom, with a wide mouth, revealing a chaotic portal, "Come and see me, you are worthy of my favor."

The face formed by the black mist was unpredictable, and Tom could feel a calling coming from its long mouth, attracting him to move inward. The gold coins in his pocket trembled violently, but Tom just took a deep breath. With a sigh of relief, he skipped the expected step of killing monsters and upgrading, and came directly to the end of the level.

"Come on, I heard your ambition," the face slowly dissipated, and countless entangled poisonous snakes surrounded Tom, leaving only the portal leading to the unknown standing in place, and the hoarse snake language remained in the air, Repeated in unison by countless poisonous snakes in the dark, "I will give you everything you want, and you will offer your loyalty to me."

(End of this chapter)