Harry Potter: The Atypical Alchemist

Chapter 184 Skeleton

Putting this aside, there is nothing else of value in the Holy Land Hall. The surrounding walls are blank, not even ordinary murals.

Stone checked around again and found no hidden mechanisms before saying:

"continue?"

"Okay." Memphis also retracted his searching gaze.

Walking around their feet, the six people turned their backs to the statue and walked towards the next hall.

What they didn't see was that the moment they stepped out of the hall, the candles went out and the Holy Land Hall fell into darkness again.

In the darkness, the tall heron-headed statue mechanically turned its head.

... ...

When walking towards the Festival Hall, the six people's eyes were level with each other. This could effectively avoid seeing the eyes of statues similar to those in the Holy Land Hall again, and at the same time, they would not lose all vision and be unaware of unknown dangers.

Enter the lobby.

Like the Holy Land Hall, the candles suddenly lit up, but there were no statues, and several people breathed a sigh of relief.

This is just like watching a horror movie. Although you know that the possibility of danger is low, but knowing that there are scary scenes ahead... you will instinctively shrink back. This is a normal reaction.

The festival hall is also empty, but it is not blank. The black walls and ceiling here are like night curtains, and the night curtains are filled with stars. Under the light of the fire, they reflect the brilliance of the stars.

"Do you know what this is?" Stone asked.

"No, not quite."

A rare expression of embarrassment appeared on Memphis' face.

"I did not choose to study astrology in depth. I can only see some constellations. This is the Nile River, this is Amon Ra, this is..."

She pointed to different places on the ceiling and named the twelve constellations.

"...Twelve zodiac signs?"

"Yes." Memphis smiled and retracted his finger.

Sure enough... Stone was a little dumbfounded.

Astrology belongs to the common category of divination and astronomy, and no matter which discipline, the twelve zodiac signs are the most superficial and most entertaining.

This is no longer "lack of in-depth research", but no study at all.

"Write it down and read it again when you get back?"

"Uh..." Memphis stared at the starry night, blinked and said, "Are you sure?"

"...Forget it."

Stone had never studied astrology or even divination. The reason why he was curious was because the starry sky vision he saw on the Ship of the Dead was not very strong.

Since it is very troublesome and there is not enough time, then wait until next time...if there is a next time.

The candlelight and the starry sky were extinguished at the same time, and the six people walked out of the festival hall.

"Ding Ding-"

"Meow~"

In front of the sacrificial hall, the charm jumped out of Memphis' pocket and turned into a tracking cat when it landed on the ground.

It jumped nimbly and arrived at the entrance of the sacrificial hall, looking eager.

"It's an alchemical tracking cat," Memphis explained.

"In other words, the previous Jinshan and the Book of the Dead have not met its requirements?" Stone raised an eyebrow, "I am curious about what is inside the sacrificial hall."

"You still have to be careful," Memphis said cautiously.

"Ah."

The sacrificial hall is more than ten meters high, and the black stone pillars supporting the door frame require six of them to open their arms to surround it.

Several people walked over side by side.

It had no door, but it was dark inside without any light. Even if they stood at the door and held up the fluorescent lights, they couldn't see anything inside.

"Walk."

Based on previous experience, bright candlelight will appear the moment you step into the hall. Memphis squinted his eyes, whispered a reminder, and then stepped into the hall first.

In an instant, the sacrificial hall lit up.

It was candlelight, as the shaky shadows proved, but not the dazzling red and yellow candlelight in the Holy Land and the Festival Hall, which was silver.

The sacrificial hall here is also different from the one in the other Karnak Temple. There is no altar here, but a tall black stone seat.

And the seats are not empty.

A tall skeleton sat on it. He had a human body structure, but was much taller than humans. He held the armrest with one hand and a scepter in the other.

Staring straight ahead, Stone and Memphis forgot to breathe at this moment.

The two of them turned their heads and looked at each other like puppets.

‘Look, look? ’

‘Look. ’

Silently, the two of them completed the communication with their lips, and then began to turn their heads back, very slowly, because they were afraid that as soon as they turned their heads, the huge skeleton would suddenly appear in front of them.

Looking forward again, the two began to move their eyes upward.

Slowly, more pictures came into their eyes.

The first is his left hand. The scepter he holds exudes silver like moonlight. It is certain that it has been here for more than a thousand years, but it is still as good as new.

Then there was his right hand. The right arm supported the armrest, supporting his tilted head, which was looking forward.

And his head is bird-shaped.

"White, white, egret?"

Stone's back, sweat, and hair exploded instantly.

"It seems." The moment she saw the egret's head, Memphis had closed her eyes. Relying on the scene in her memory, she said tremblingly, "How about me, let's go back."

Things were about to get to a point where she couldn't bear it.

Because there is no way to explain it.

Starting from the Ship of the Dead, everything in front of it indicates that it was built by a fanatical believer of Thoth, until the final sacrificial hall.

Would fanatics place the skeleton symbolizing Thoth here?

Who is this skeleton?

is that true?

Memphis' worldview was shaken.

"Well, let's go." Stone replied softly and began to retreat slowly.

The people behind didn't know what happened, but when they saw the two people retreating stiffly, they silently moved back.

But just as they were about to leave, the tracking cat at the door jumped in.

"Meow--"

The sound echoed in the sacrificial hall. Suddenly, Stone and Memphis stopped in horror, looking at the tracking cat with murderous eyes.

The tracking cat also looked at them, scratching his head with confusion on his face.

......

Two full minutes passed before their tense bodies regained some softness.