Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Tom Riddle's worries are indeed justified. Because after personally verifying how valuable the Astartes veterans "selected by the six gods" were, Haierbo was indeed forced to panic.

A dog will jump over the wall when it is anxious, and a rabbit will bite when it is anxious, let alone a dark wizard who has survived for more than two thousand years?

This guy felt that the magic shield he had just created with all his strength was about to disappear under the licks of psychic flames.

If he still has the ability to maintain a human body like before, then there might be some chance of escape.

But now, Haierbo, who can only survive in the "half-horcrux" state formed by magic pigments, can only be used as lamp oil when encountering this kind of flame that is specially designed to burn the soul.

In terms of resistance to psychic flames, Halbo in this state is not even as good as Tom Riddle, who is about to lose his soul.

Because his resistance is negative!

But it is impossible to keep him helpless. If death could really be regarded as the beginning of another great adventure, then Haierbo would not have studied Horcruxes more than two thousand years ago.

"This is the only way. Even if we are forced to reincarnate again, it is much better than complete death!"

He decided to pay a price slightly less than death to get rid of the inevitable fate in front of him.

He gave up all unrealistic fantasies and chose to go all out.

And what he was going to throw with this "throw", if Narlak knew about it, would probably make the goblin very distressed.

Because the thing that Haierbo used to save his life was the crown that the goblin longed for.

The Crown of the Four Snakes is a crown inherited by Gringotts from the ancient goblin kingdom, and is specially used as an instrument for the king's coronation.

In the cultural tradition of goblins, animals like snakes have no other sense of existence at all. Only the goblins of Gringotts have such a crown named after a snake.

Surprise, not unexpected?

And the source of this surprise and surprise, coincidentally, was the work of the ancient Greek dark wizard Herbo.

Just like appearing under the name "Morty", in a past period, Herbo also walked along the Mediterranean coast under the name "Keclops".

Even in Muggle myths and historical stories, there are records related to Kecrops: he was a demigod with a human body and a snake's tail, and he was also the first king of ancient Athens.

There is naturally an element of fabrication in this. The reason why the Muggles at that time viewed Herbo in this way was because he always walked on top of the basilisk, and the long wizard robe covered the head of the basilisk.

At that time, Haierbo was still very young and had not yet devoted himself to researching Horcruxes and trying to find ways to extend his life.

And because he had not lost interest in the pursuit of power, he participated in the battles for hegemony among the ancient Greek city-states.

As we all know, war requires a lot of money, and transfiguration cannot create gold "out of nothing."

Haierbo could only find foreign aid, and the financial sponsor he found was the ancient fairy kingdom inherited by the Gringotts family.

The fairies in ancient times agreed to provide resources to Haierbo, but they also asked Haierbo to do something for them first.

And that matter was to ask Haierpo to assist their elf craftsmen to make a unique crown for the elf king.

Unlike later generations, wizards regarded goblins as craftsmen and regarded some of the manufacturing industries engaged in by goblins as "undignified" work.

In the ancient times when the goblin kingdom was still very prosperous, it was actually a normal thing for wizards to work for goblins.

Therefore, naturally, in the process of dealing with goblins, wizards also figured out some of the goblins' temperaments and habits.

Although fairies who know the rules and are reasonable do exist, but more fairies are actually very greedy.

They will actively deceive - because they also know that humans and goblins have different values ​​- wizards to work for them, and then refuse to pay for various reasons that are very reasonable to goblins.

After knowing the requirements made by the goblins, Haierbo guessed that these pointy-nosed dwarfs wanted to make a fuss about the word "unique".

But who is he?

He was one of the most famous wizards in the Mediterranean world at that time, and he was also recognized as a "despicable man" (there was no such thing as a "dark wizard" at that time, and the concept of this concept appeared even later than the emergence of the Ministry of Magic, because it was The first written definition of magical law from the Ministry of Magic.)

When it comes to being despicable, only others call him despicable.

It is no exaggeration to say that he has never been picked on by anyone in the "mean" niche.

Haierbo thought of a way. He found a strange alchemical product that not many wizards knew about at the time - because the appearance of this alchemical product was a complete accident. Even the wizards who knew about it basically thought that it was That alchemical product comes from the future.

Yes, that's what would be called a "time turner" in later generations.

In fact, there is a high possibility that the "time turner" that fell into Helbo's hands was a defective product used in an experiment by the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic.

When it fell into Haierbo's hands, not only could it not be used normally, it was even very dangerous.

As soon as people or animals use it, they will immediately be exposed to the turbulence of time, and then they will suffer some negative effects similar to "time exile". Even if they are turned off in time, they will eventually lose part of their own time.

However, Haierbo has a way to deal with it, because he masters the hatching and control of the basilisk, a magical animal.

He hatched an egg under the body of a toad, and the creature known as a basilisk hatched. The lifespan of a basilisk is very long. Herbo has estimated that the natural lifespan of a basilisk can reach 900 years. If the surrounding environment is good enough to survive (such as Hogwarts, which is full of all kinds of magic), they are very likely to survive. 1000 years.

Because he had cultivated a total of four basilisks at that time, he ordered these basilisks to replace him and take turns to be the medium to contact the time turner.

It was precisely because of the help of these basilisks that he was able to safely use transfiguration to turn the damaged time turner into a piece of magical metal that looked different.

There are four obvious "snake patterns" on the appearance of this magic metal, which were transformed from the four basilisks under Haierbo's control. And this is also the origin of the name of the Four Snakes Crown.

When he offered it to the goblins, they were instantly delighted. Those fairies had never seen such metal before. They were so happy to see the hunting spirit that they immediately took out a large amount of fairy iron and added it to this "magic metal", hoping to use the brand-new metal to provide their king. Forge a crown.

Fairy iron is a magical alloy cast by fairies, whose composition is completely kept secret. Only the master craftsmen among fairies can understand its properties, and wizards only have a partial understanding of it.

But maybe it was a mistake. The large amount of fairy iron actually reacted with the "four snake metal" provided by Haierbo. The four snake monsters lost their vitality, but they also merged with the fairy iron. , and together they formed a barrier that ensured that not only would the damaged time turner be leaked, but its deformation also seemed to be permanently solidified like the basilisk.

Only a Parseltongue like Halbo and the creators of the four basilisks could control the four iron snakes and activate the damaged time turner again at some cost.

When the goblins cast the crown, because of the particularity of its material, the "unique" condition in the magic contract they entered into with Haierbo was met.

In other words, those fairies who calmed down could only pinch their noses and deliver the pre-agreed resources to Haierbo.

However, Haierbo didn't intend to end it just like that. Since goblins don't follow the rules, how can they make a despicable person like him follow the rules?

At the coronation of the goblin king, Haierbo activated the first iron snake, causing the iron snake and the goblin king wearing the crown to die together. They both died in the time exile of the damaged time turner.

The price he paid was to use all his magic power at the time to collide with the iron snake at the soul level and force it to open the time turner.

It was a good thing that he didn't die from exhaustion that time.

Later, after waiting for decades, when the prince of the goblin kingdom had fully grown up, it happened to be on the same occasion - the coronation ceremony - that Haierbo took revenge again.

Two generations of kings died inexplicably, and the fairy kingdom finally couldn't hold on anymore and eventually collapsed like sand.

Later, Gringotts, a former royal nobleman, transformed into the founder of Gringotts Bank.

And now, that Haierbo plans to use this crown of the Four Gods to help him get rid of Bourne, this unreasonable killing machine.