HP in the name of Slytherin

Starting with James and Sirius, who were the most agile, followed by Lily, Remus and Severus, and finally Monica and Mary, they cautiously approached the door.

At first, I didn't see anything. When I poked my head out, I realized that the only light source was actually the fluorescence emitted from Haierbo's body.

The huge white basilisk lights up the entire secret room. If you don't know the identity of the basilisk, just looking at its size and light, it will give you a sense of sanctity.

It slowly swam towards the human-headed statue below, and vaguely saw the statue opening its mouth. The basilisk climbed in and disappeared directly into the secret room.

The light dimmed, and James and others waited for a few seconds, but no Haierbo came out.

"Did it leave from inside?" Sirius asked uncertainly.

"I don't know..." James stood at a high place and hesitated.

Going down further, entering the secret room and then climbing back up would be time-consuming, and there was no cover. If the basilisk turned back, wouldn't it just find them?

Remus suddenly asked: "When it crawled over just now, were there other intersections next to the statue in the secret room?"

There was indeed a junction, Severus saw it.

But he also knew that as a Slytherin student, it was best for him not to speak at this time, otherwise any accident that might happen soon might be blamed on him.

It's a pity that he was cautious enough, but he couldn't hold back the brave Lily. She also had a good memory. She nodded and said, "I think I saw it too."

Fortunately, the two girls behind quickly agreed: "It seems that there are indeed other holes."

"There are several holes in the middle of the big snake statue." Mary whispered.

"Look at it with fluorescent flashes?" James's greatest caution could only go so far.

Everyone agreed, and James used a fluorescent flash in that direction to confirm that several people had indeed seen it correctly.

"Would you like to go over and take a look?" Sirius didn't like waiting, "or go back and find another way."

Now there are only these two options.

"This is Salazar's secret room, but it looks like there's nothing there." James poked at the metal door next to him. There were several snake-shaped statues lying on it, and there were also two rows of huge snake sculptures below. He liked snakes so much. There won't be anyone but Slytherin.

Sirius frowned, also very disappointed, "I thought there was something in the Chamber of Secrets, but there was nothing. What on earth killed Myrtle."

Severus said quietly: "It's okay if there is nothing else. Otherwise, how can we fight against what Mr. Salazar left behind?"

Remus coughed slightly in agreement.

But this is actually a provoking method used by the scheming Slytherin. Since Catherine has foreseen all this and asked Haierpo to prepare, the final surprise must be in the secret room.

What Severus thought was that instead of standing here and wasting time, he might as well give it a push.

Sure enough, when he said these words, James and Sirius, who were still hesitant at first, were instantly inspired to rebel. Even Monica and Mary behind them didn't seem so scared anymore.

"You're already here, why don't we go down and have a look?" James suggested.

Sirius nodded, and Monica and Mary pursed their lips in silence. When they saw Lily, who was looking left and right, with an innocent look on her face, and standing very close to Severus, Monica nodded, "Okay."

Severus frowned falsely, and Lily comforted him: "It shouldn't matter, Severus. Halpo just passed by, and nothing happened."

Severus twitched his lips, but did not mention that Helbo was originally raised by Catherine and was a member of the Slytherin family.

...Speaking of which, he has a contract with Catherine, and he seems to be a member of the Slytherin family?

According to ancient rules, it does count.

Severus then stood up, glanced at James, and said coldly: "I'll go down and take a look. Lily, you wait above."

With such an obvious provocation, little fools like Helbo might not fall for it, but Gryffindor said they would.

James and Sirius stood up quickly, holding their wands tightly, "We are here too."

Severus glanced at them with a smirk and climbed down the stairs first.

Not to be outdone, James went down second, and so did Sirius. Seeing them like this, Remus could only sigh and follow.

When I got down the first step, nothing happened.

James stepped a few steps faster and climbed down the second flight of stairs first.

The second step was fine. Severus ducked out of the way and was the first to climb down the last step.

In the end, he was the first to land and took a few steps forward to make way for James and Sirius. Nothing happened.

As early as when they were standing on the second step, grabbing the last step, the girls above also climbed down after seeing that nothing happened.

Severus held his breath and walked a few steps. The secret room did not respond to him at all. He was calm on the surface, but in fact his alert level was at its highest.

Because Haierbo, who had been silent for a while, messaged him again in his mind, "Why are you so slow? Come closer!" 】

He walked slowly and cautiously, but the more James and Sirius saw him like this, the more they wanted to show their bravery and walked a few steps faster than him with their wands.

That's okay. Suppose he doesn't trigger the things in the secret room because of the contract. If others leave and trigger it again, it will probably arouse their suspicion.

Of course, there is also a possibility that... Gryffindor's mind simply cannot think of so many twists and turns.

In short, James and Sirius walked past him with their wands and fluorescent flashes, being cautious but not particularly cautious.

Severus pretended to wait a few steps behind Lily, flanked by Mary and Monica who were more trusting of Remus.

James looked around and saw the water under the snake eagle. He covered his nose and muttered: "What kind of water is this? It feels a bit smelly?"

Sirius illuminated the water with his wand and took a look, "It looks like it should be living water."

The two men quickly retracted their wands, so they didn't notice the shadow slowly passing under the water.

Severus heard the faint sound of water flowing, but unfortunately it was covered up by the voices of the adventure group. They kept walking forward, leaving him no time to observe carefully.

Lily said: "Since it is living water, it must have a source."

"There's an intersection over there," Mary said, pointing to the path between two statues in the distance.

Several people walked over. At this time, they had reached the middle of the secret room, and were very close to the huge disappearing figure of Haierbo. The strange head looked even more mysterious in the sparse moonlight.

Finally, while walking past two snake-head statues, a big snake thicker than their waists suddenly jumped out of the water.

"Ahhhhh-" Monica was splashed with water, and what was even more terrifying was that the snake attacked her with its mouth wide open.

Severus, who was always on guard, waved his wand: "Split into pieces!"

"There's more over there!"

"Back off!"

In their panic, they had no time to see if the big snake had been hit. At some point, they were surrounded by countless black pythons.

The eyes were emitting a strange red light. Looking carefully, the big snake Severus had just hit was unharmed.

"It's a snake demon!" Sirius shouted, "They are immune to most magics, don't look into their eyes!"

It was too late, Monica noticed with horror that her body was gradually stiffening, "I just saw its eyes!"

In fact, not only her, but everyone felt the stiffness of their bodies to some extent.

Because there are too many snake demons!

The petrification of the snake demon is not completed immediately, but proceeds slowly according to each person's magic power.

"Back! Back!" James shouted.

"Monica!" Lily wanted to hold her roommate's slow steps, but she couldn't lift her own hand. "There are many obstacles!"

Feel it carefully, your tongue seems to have become stiff.

"Yes, use obstacles!" Severus said, "If you can't hit it, at least you can delay it!"

Remus carried Monica on his shoulders, and held on to Mary, who could no longer lift her hands with the other hand. One of their legs was stiff first, and one of their hands was stiff first. Together with their poor psychological quality, they were completely unable to become a fighting force. .

"There are many obstacles! There are many obstacles!" Sirius kept waving his wand, and he could feel the cold and wet snake scales streaking around him.

"Help - help!" Mary shouted.

Severus didn't actually feel anything strange, but he still followed, "Helpo! Are you there!"

"There are many obstacles!" Lily jumped on one foot and shouted, "Helbo! Help! Catherine! Help! There are many obstacles!"

Even though their magic power is pretty good among their peers, moving a few meters is already their limit.

"Damn! Too many!" James was already entangled by the python.

I didn't feel suffocated, but I couldn't tell if I was really not suffocated or if my body was numb.

"James..." Sirius tried to pull him, but fell to the ground.

His body was completely stiff. Monica and Mary were ahead of him, and Remus, who was carrying them, was naturally unable to escape. When he looked up, the three of them had been surrounded into a big snake cocoon.

Lily fell. If Severus hadn't supported her, she would have fallen directly to the ground. James stretched out his hand, but it was easy for the giant python to wrap around his legs. It climbed up along his body and lay on his back. He raised his head and looked at him.

bang——

James was also entangled by the python and fell down.