Chapter 219
Chapter 220: First Exploration of the Pyramid
Everyone continues to move forward in silence and darkness
“Avis, do you think there might be treasures left by the Pharaoh hidden in the pyramid?”Hermione moved closer to Ives and asked in a low voice.
“Um?”Avis glanced at her strangely, wondering how she could have such an idea.
Hermione understood his thoughts and explained nervously:”No, aren’t there many adventure novels written, which are full of curses and Wherever there is a trap, the owner will leave a lot of treasure.”
Hearing this, Ives’s expression became even weirder. Hermione’s thoughts… were not Ravenclaw at all, but very Gryffindor.
He whispered:”But you have to think about it, the pyramid belongs to the Pharaoh. grave. Those curses and magic are to prevent tomb robbers, not to protect any treasures.”
Hermione looked disappointed.
It was too quiet in the corridor, and the low conversation between the two was heard by others. Bill, who was walking in the front with Mr. Weasley, couldn’t help but turn around and said:”Avis, what are you doing? But that’s wrong.”
Everyone couldn’t help but look at him.
Bill said:”There is a legend that has been circulating in the Egyptian magic world. It is said that in addition to the Pharaoh’s tomb, there is an unknown secret room hidden in the three pyramids of the Giza Pyramids. , it is said that what is contained inside is the real funerary objects left by the pharaohs – some precious magic books and alchemy tools.”
“But it’s a pity.” Looking at the eager eyes of everyone, he couldn’t help pouring cold water on it,”That’s just a legend. Gringotts has spent so many years exploring the interior of the pyramid, but has not found any clues.”
“All right.”George and Fred, who were excited when they heard there was a treasure, instantly fainted.
Under the leadership of Bill, everyone continued to move forward. In Ives’s perception, as they went deeper, the temperature was gradually decreasing, and the air was thicker. The humidity was gradually increasing.
The corridor suddenly ended.
An earth-yellow stone wall lay in front of everyone.
Bill raised his wand upwards. Under the light of the tip of the wand, everyone could see about three meters above the floor. There is a small hole
“How do we get up there?”Draco asked aloud
“Are you a wizard?”Qiu looked at him in surprise, as if she was shocked that he couldn’t even do such a small thing.
A young wizard who has just entered the first year of Hogwarts can do this, just a simple levitating spell.
Noisy Draco, who blushed deeply, lowered his head and did not answer.
“There is a rope ladder tied to the platform at the entrance of the cave. Maybe the person who entered before us forgot to put down the rope ladder.”Bill explained to everyone. He waved his magic wand, and a ladder made of thick hemp rope fell from the entrance of the cave.
Everyone lined up and climbed up one by one.
When his feet were on the ladder, Ives always felt that they were They were not here to visit, but to explore.
After finally getting through the small hole, they came to a platform.
“The road ahead is very long, so it would be more convenient to take the cable car.”Bill pointed to the ropeway at the edge of the platform. A wizard in blue uniform was sitting there bored.
When everyone got closer, they could even hear his yawn.
“To ride the cable car, the fee is one galleone per person.” he said lazily
“So expensive. Ron curled his lips and complained in a low voice.
Harry remembered that he was tricked more than once when he and Sirius were traveling last summer vacation. He nodded in agreement,”All scenic spots are so tricked.””
Sirius took one step ahead of the Weasleys and took out enough gold Galleons from his bag and handed it to the toll collector.
After receiving the money, his attitude did not change, and he reminded him expressionlessly:”Please don’t get off the bus halfway. , and don’t stick your hands and head out of the cable car, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences if you encounter any problems!”
Before everyone could react, he waved his magic wand towards the end of the cableway, and nine small, simple cable cars without any protection measures slid up from below.
“Maximum two people per gondola.”As a final reminder, the toll collector sat back on his chair and continued to take a nap.
Everyone quickly divided into groups and got on the bus. Bill sat alone in the cable car at the front. Mr. Weasley took Percy and Weasley. Mrs. Sly took Ginny, then the Geminis, Ron and Draco, Neville and Hannah, Ivis and Hermione, Cho and Cedric, and Sirius and Harry.
Because Harry was his best friend With his godfather by his side, the abandoned Ron can only partner up with Draco, who is also without a companion.
“They won’t fight in the car,” Hermione couldn’t help but worry after sitting in the car.
“Do not worry.”Ivy said with relief. Ron and Draco are much closer than when they first entered school, so they probably won’t get into a fight on the cable car.
As he spoke, the cable car slid slowly.
Through the light from the tip of the stick, Ivy Si could see the floor and the murals on the wall some distance away from the bottom of the cable car.
They were heading deeper underground along the corridor.
The humidity in the air was getting higher and higher.
Most of the murals on the wall that had been eroded by time were fluorescent The curse looked ancient and mysterious in the faint light, as if it was telling the glorious history of ancient Egypt.
Ron and Draco were sitting in the same cable car, both of them said nothing in tacit agreement, and just looked at the place in front of them quietly. Dark. Although the relationship between them improved because of Harry, it was still tense, but there was no initial hostility.
After the cable car slid for a while, it began to tilt slightly downward.
Everyone’s hearts were in their throats, As if about to enter an unknown abyss
“Are you ready?”Bill’s voice came from the cable car at the front, echoing in the dark corridor.
Everyone nervously clenched their wands and nodded silently.
Suddenly, the cable car rushed downwards, and everyone couldn’t help but scream in surprise.. The surrounding darkness swallowed them up instantly, as if they had entered another world.
Hermione’s heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and she nervously clenched the wand in her hand and leaned towards Ives.
In the darkness, Ives could only hear Hearing the metallic friction of the cable car and Hermione’s nervous breathing, he subconsciously placed his hand on the back of Hermione’s hand.
His hand was warm, and the girl’s nervousness calmed down a little the moment it touched his palm.
He Min took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down and adapt to this dark and unknown environment. Then, she turned her wrist and naturally intertwined her fingers with Avis. After doing so, Hermione quietly raised her head I took a look at Ives’ profile. After I found that there was nothing strange on his face, I was relieved but also felt a little disappointed.
After a while, the cable car finally began to slow down, and the surrounding darkness gradually dissipated.
Ive Si then discovered that they had come to a huge under
ground space.
The air here was very humid, and there was some moss growing in the corners. A huge stone door could be vaguely seen in the distance.
Bill introduced:”That is the main tomb of the pyramid..”
After getting off the cable car, Avis let go of the hand he was holding under Hermione’s regretful eyes.
“So exciting!”George and Fred walked over shaking their heads. Just on the ropeway, they were the ones who cheered the loudest,”I really want to do it again!””
“Don’t even think about it.”Mrs. Weasley glared at them and asked them whether they should continue to visit if they continued to play.
“There is a roller coaster ride in the Muggle amusement park,” Ives said.”It’s much more exciting than this. I’ll invite you to go play it when you return to the UK. George and Fred looked at each other and cheered,”Okay!””
While they were chatting, the cable car Ron and Draco were riding also arrived. The sharp-eyed Ives could see that their bodies were close together, looking very intimate.
When the cable car stopped, the two of them moved at the speed of light. He stood up, glanced at the other person and snorted in disgust.
Harry’s task could still be difficult, Ives sighed in his heart. Harry still has a long way to go before his two best friends can get along well. We have to leave.
After everyone has arrived, everyone can move forward.
Two special oil lamps – insect lamps – are hung at the door of the main tomb, illuminating the space.
Insect lamps use materials from insects to light up the space. It is made with high brightness and can last for a long time after being injected with magic power. It is very suitable for archeology and exploration.
With the light of the insect lamp, everyone can see a few runes engraved on the door.
“The souls of trespassers will never find peace, and they will not be able to go to Yatu after death!”Bill translated this sentence for everyone.
On the door, there is also a painting of a man with a black jackal head. He is holding a scepter, majestic and mysterious.
“This is Anubis, the god of death in Egyptian mythology,” he introduced.”The Yatu mentioned in the curse is heaven.”
“So…are we really going in? Neville asked cautiously
“Don’t be afraid, none of these curses are real.”Bill comforted.
As the stone door was slowly opened under the influence of magic, they finally entered the core of the Khafre Pyramid – the
Pharaoh’s tomb.
“Is this the pharaoh’s tomb?”As soon as he entered the tomb, George couldn’t help but exclaimed.
Bill said seriously:”Be respectful and don’t touch anything casually.”
Everyone nodded after hearing this.
Ives curiously looked at the place where Pharaoh Khafre rested.
He could see two bronze guards placed on both sides of the entrance to the tomb. And the room In the center is a huge stone coffin, and there is a stone tablet in front of the coffin.
Apart from this, there is nothing else in this huge tomb.
“Most of the funerary objects in the main tomb were protected by Gringotts,” Bill explained.
But they were moved too cleanly, Ives thought speechlessly, and he didn’t know what the goblins from Gringotts were here for archeology. They were here to rob the tomb.
After looking at the two guards, everyone gathered in front of the stone tablet.
There were two people painted on the stone tablet, one of whom was Anubis they had just seen. The two were squatting on the ground, with a A scale.
At the two ends of the scale, there is a feather at one end and a clay pot at the other end.
Hermione once read this story in myths and legends, and she volunteered to take over the task of explaining it.
“This is the heart weighing ceremony. In this ceremony, Anubis, the god of death, will weigh the weight of the heart to compare whether it is light or heavy compared with the feathers. If the heart weighed more than a feather, it would have been devoured by Amit, a monster with the head of a crocodile, the upper body of a lion, and the hind legs of a hippopotamus. Otherwise, that person can enter Yatu”
“Can……”Harry asked in confusion,”How can a heart be lighter than a feather?”
“This is a very special ceremony,” Hermione added.”If the heart is heavier than the feather, it means that the deceased has committed sins during his lifetime. On the contrary, it means that the deceased has not done any bad things during his lifetime.”
“oh.”
The little wizards who have never read Egyptian mythology nodded in understanding.
Below the painting is an introduction about Khafre carved in ancient Egyptian language. Bill said that the content inside is probably some praise of Khafre. There is not much information about Pharaoh
‘s achievements during his lifetime. The coffin where Khafre was buried was carved with many incantations written in runes and ancient Egyptian, and these incantations were also plated with a layer of gold.
This time, it was Even Bill can’t tell what these spells mean.
“It is also the job of us spell breakers to parse the spell above, but unfortunately,” he shrugged,”it is not an easy job.
After visiting the main tomb, Bill took everyone across the cable car. He said,”We won’t take the cable car on our return trip. There are many tombs on this corridor, and we can visit them slowly.””
This itinerary was planned by him early, and he could easily take everyone to visit the developed areas in the Khafre Pyramid.
Under the leadership of Bill, everyone began to slowly visit other tombs in the pyramid.
These tombs Although not as grand as the main tomb, each has its own unique history and story. One of the tombs is covered with exquisite murals depicting scenes of the daily life of the ancient Egyptian people. Neville and Hannah were particularly fond of these murals. Interested, they looked carefully and tried to understand the story in the painting.
There was a mummy in another tomb.
Out of curiosity, George and Fred stepped forward and wanted to touch the outside of the mummy, but they were Bill stopped it in time
“Don’t touch it randomly. Touching it casually may cause unpredictable consequences.” He said seriously.
After hearing this, the twins immediately retracted their hands and stood aside obediently to watch.
Facing this corpse that had not decayed for more than three thousand years, Cedric couldn’t help but ask:”How are mummies preserved? Come down?”
Miss Know-How explained:”This is due to the unique embalming technology of the ancient Egyptians. When they made mummies, they would take out the internal organs of the corpse, then treat the corpse with special preservatives, and finally wrap it in linen. In this way, the body can be preserved for thousands of years without decaying”
“This is too……”The bloody topic of evisceration made the timid little wizards in the team shudder.
After leaving the tomb and walking some distance further, they came to a staircase going down.
Standing on the steps, Avis could faintly hear voices coming from below.
These sounds were rustling and hard to hear clearly, but they still seemed very noisy inside this eerily quiet pyramid.
Not only him, others heard it too
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