Chapter 62： Hogwarts Underground

This circular, low passage is tortuous and somewhat leaky.

With the weak light of the wand, the four quickly walked out of the passage, and a tall stone tunnel appeared in front of them.

After arriving here, it is the right way, and they still have to go a long way to reach Hogsmeade.

William has never walked here before. He used to walk through another passage. This is the first time he has come here with his twin brothers.

The two said that this place was very mysterious, and they wanted to take him and Cedric to open their eyes.

Actually, William knew where this place was from the first moment he came.

This underground space was mentioned in the Hogwarts architecture book recommended by Dumbledore.

William remembered it deeply because there was a sentence on it: Ravenclaw's daughter Helena once got lost below and almost didn't come back.

So, Gryffindor blocked the secret passage with magic, and people couldn't find the entrance after that.

It's just that I didn't expect it to be discovered by the looters, and they also found the cracked password.

To be honest, this is not so much a secret passage as it is the underground palace of Hogwarts.

It really looks like an underground palace. There is a main road, and there are countless small rooms and walkways on both sides of the road.

Walking in the tall underground palace, William felt that if they ran around, they might get lost below.

Fortunately, there is a Marauder's map, and the looters have explored a road that leads directly to Hogsmeade.

The four of them looked at the road on the map, and kept digging into the depths of the Hogwarts castle. Every step down, William's heart beat faster.

The terrain here is very complicated, like a huge labyrinth, even more complicated than the stairs of Hogwarts Castle.

William seriously doubted that Ravenclaw was involved in the design of this underground palace.

The four of them walked for about 20 minutes, first descending from the marble steps on the west side of the rotunda, then turning around in the opposite direction, passing through a wide passage, and finally entering the crypt directly below the rotunda.

The air is dull here, and William thinks he has developed claustrophobia.

With the sound of the footsteps of several people, a soft floor lamp was lit on the low eaves in the crypt.

With the light, they could see the solid shape of the forty Doric columns that topped the marble floor.

Can recognize this structure, not because William is so knowledgeable, but because the building is really familiar.

William thought of the Parthenon.

The Parthenon is located in the center of the ancient castle of the Acropolis, on a limestone hill. William had seen the photo, that architectural style, once and never forgot.

The building of this underground palace in front of him is also the same towering rectangular building.

But unlike the Parthenon, the buildings in this underground palace have no trace of time flow, the reliefs are lifelike, and the colonnade is carved with complex ancient runes.

William stared intently at the temple, his attention completely drawn.

"Relax, William." Fred raised his eyebrows proudly, "This building is nothing, there is more here."

As Fred said that, he quickly slanted to the left, and led a few people through the wide underground space.

There were various statues in the corridor, and William also saw a model of Hogwarts Castle, exactly the same as the one Dumbledore gave to William!

It's just that this model is made of gold, with a golden light all over it. It's more precious than the wooden building sent by Dumbledore.

Suddenly, William heard the sound of water flowing.

—It was a lake!

In the middle of the lake, there is a small island with only one building on it.

The building was about two stories high and made of granite. Under the illumination of the floor lamp, the four facets are polished and polished.

This is a pyramid.

But the problem is that this pyramid - without the spire - on that smooth platform, houses a wooden coffin with four coffins, each a different color!

"How is it?" George laughed, "Isn't it shocking?"

Fred glanced at the pyramid obsessively, and said, "We were shocked when we first saw it. Who would have thought that such a thing would exist in the depths of Hogwarts Castle?"

Cedric walked to the lake, but an invisible force blocked him.

"There's a layer of magic around that, we can't get past it." Fred shrugged.

"Whose coffin is that?" Cedric said.

"Could it be the Big Four?" William guessed.

He always felt that this was the tomb of the Big Four, and only they could build such a building in the castle.

"Maybe they kept it for themselves, but there shouldn't be any corpses inside." Cedric analyzed.

"I heard that in the Big Four, except for Ms. Hufflepuff, the other three have left the school separately."

Looking at the coffins, a gust of wind blew through, and the four of them felt cold.

They left in a hurry, not paying attention to the golden compass placed on the shore of the island shaking.

The four of them walked faster and faster, obliquely crossed the underground palace, and entered a narrow corridor again.

In these dense corridors, there are many doors, and each door has an identification number.

"Can you open it?" Cedric asked excitedly.

"Every door is locked..." Fred said.

William used his wand to aim at what should be the door lock, and said in his mouth, "Open the Alaho hole!"?

But the door remained motionlessWilliam took out a knife from his robe, which was given by his twin brother.

He inserted the knife through the crack between the door and the wall, the knife slashed from the top to the bottom, and then he pulled out the knife.

The door was still closed as before, not only that, but the blade had melted. ?

George suggested: "Otherwise, I will find Muggle explosives next time and blow them up?"?

William rolled his eyes, where are they going to get explosives?

George is a little disappointed, which is undoubtedly frustrating for a wizard who is committed to exploring Hogwarts.

"Let's go, let's continue to Hogsmeade." William said.

They can only pass the eye addiction now, and they can't open any other place.

After a few people left, they walked for a long, long time, and the scenery after that was not much interesting.

Fortunately, there are snacks from Duke Honey, inspiring them to move forward.

After about forty minutes, the passage stretched upwards.

"It's almost there," George said to William and Cedric, pointing to the seemingly endless aisle.

At this moment, William suddenly stopped.

"Did you hear anything?" he asked.

"what?"

"The voice of someone moving," William said.

He pricked up his ears and listened carefully for a while, the sound seemed to be far away, and it seemed to be very close at the same time.

The crypt is empty and deep, and the echo can be heard far away.

Could it be that there are other people in this underground palace besides them?

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(The third update, asking for a recommendation ticket, dear readers.)

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