Harry Potter and the Old Ones

Two weeks before the end of term, the sky suddenly cleared to a blinding egg white and the muddy grounds were covered in a shiny frost one morning.

The castle is full of Christmas atmosphere.

Charms teacher and head of Ravenclaw House, Professor Flitwick, has been adorning his classroom with shimmering lights that are actually little fairies with wings constantly fluttering.

All the students were happily discussing vacation plans.

Both Ron and Hermione had decided to stay at Hogwarts, with Ron saying he couldn't bear to spend two weeks with Percy and Hermione insisting she was going to the library, but Harry knew : They did it to keep him company, and he was grateful—

The only thing that makes Harry a little upset is that "Tiera" has chosen to leave school this holiday, which means that this will be the first Christmas since Harry entered Hogwarts without Tiera by his side. This made Harry a little uncomfortable.

At the same time, the real Tierra finally arrived at the end of his dream journey before Christmas——

He came to trade the pillar copper, liquid silver and sky gold with the moon beasts, and he was not looking for the dreamland like Randolph Carter, so when Tierra was not found in the coastal jungle city Hlanith and the desert trade center Ilarnek Tiera resolutely set foot on the black multi-oared sailing ship of the residents of the Leng Plain when the three necessary materials for the god ceremony were obtained, and set off from Dilas-Lin, passing the huge basaltic mountain column forest in the west and the magnificent Karisua, leaping out from the giant waterfall behind the basalt pillar forest, sailing towards the void and dark abyss behind the waterfall——

The big ship is getting farther and farther away from the earth, shooting silently into the planetary space like a comet——

Tierra had already entered the cabin before flying out of the waterfall, enduring the horrible stench and staying with the ugly Leng natives.

Although Tierra felt that a thin layer of deck was useless at all, Tierra still tried to avoid being exposed to the void of the universe, so as not to be noticed by other outer gods——

Invisible, dark things lurk, squirm, and struggle in space, and they stay in this terrible space to leer, grin, and sometimes even Touch and feel moving objects that pique their curiosity with their slimy paws. These things are the indescribable larvae of the Outer Gods. They are as blind and stupid as the Outer Gods, and they also have unusual hunger and desire——

Fortunately, this dangerous voyage did not last long. Soon, the helmsmen adjusted their direction and sailed towards the moon.

The moon at this time was a new moon, and as they approached, the moon emitting bright moonlight became bigger and bigger, and Tierra could clearly see those strange craters and disturbing peaks on the moon.

The sailboat quickly rounded the edge of the moon, sailing on lands that humans had never seen before, a strange landscape appeared on the land that clearly showed signs of life on it.

Tierra saw many low, wide round huts scattered in the field of whitish grotesque fungi, and he noticed that these huts had no windows, and their shapes were very reminiscent of those built by Eskimos. Temporary hut——

yes!

Tierra suddenly realized that he remembered the collective disappearance of Eskimos among the many famous disappearances on the earth.

These disappearances are exactly the same:

The Eskimo's hut was empty, not a single person. Many huts still had cooking pots on the stoves, and when the lids were lifted, there were some cooked food inside, while in other huts there were several sealskin jackets that were being sewn, but it seemed that they were only half-sewn. Because the needles made of animal teeth are still piercing the clothes—

The Eskimos seemed to have dropped half-done work, or half-eaten food, and just disappeared.

Beyond the Eskimo huts, Tierra caught a glimpse of a greasy wave rising on the sluggish sea, and also realized that their voyage would be back down to the surface—or at least some kind of liquid—again.

There was a weird sound when the hull broke through the liquid surface, and Tierra was quite puzzled by the strange and elastic state of the waves receiving the hull. Then they began gliding at breakneck speed across the oily sea, passing another galley of similar appearance and saying hello to it.

But at a cursory glance, nothing could be seen except this strange sea and the sky above. Although the sun was shining hotly in the sky at this time, the sky was still black and full of stars.

Soon after, the front of the galley gradually lifted a jagged coast of jagged mountains, and at the same time Tierra saw a city—

The city was clustered with distasteful gray towers, and the prisoner was disturbed by their sloping, crooked appearance, and by the way they were clustered together, and by the way they were built without windows at all.

The hideous stench of the city intensifies as the shoreline draws closer. At the same time, Tierra saw great forests growing on those jagged mountains, and some of the trees in those forests were obviously of the same ancestor as the lone moon tree in the magic forest on earth.

It is from the sap of this tree that the little brown Zugs make their strange wine.

When the sailboat was moored at the port, Tierra could already distinguish the moving figures on the stench in front——

Or monsters, because they're not human at all, not even human at all.

If Tierra hadn't seen the portrait of this monster from Merlin's notes, Tierra might have vomited it out now——

This is an ugly shock from a completely different worldview than her own——

They were huge, slimy off-white creatures that could expand and contract freely.

And their shape - though often changing - resembles roughly that of an eyeless toad, with a grotesque quivering cluster of short pinkish tentacles at the tip of their blunt, vaguely outlined snouts. These things lumbered busily around the docks, and from time to time jumped aboard and off anchored galleys with their forepaws clutching long oars. Occasionally, one of these creatures can be seen driving a group of slaves with slapping feet. The slaves actually look like humans with a wide mouth, very similar to the merchants who do business in Dilas-Lin, only those without hoods, clothes and shoes look less human .

The creatures would unload some of the slaves—the overseers would pick out the fatter ones with an experimental pinch—and then staple them into huge crates.

Workers would push the crates into low warehouses or load them into huge, cumbersome wagons.

Those who were thin and weak were kept in cages, and seemed to want to sell them on the spot——

And Tierra saw an acquaintance or a group of acquaintances——

It is the archaeologist Judy Wilson, the mystic lover Adol Kent, the geography student Mitchell Megan, the former Soviet KGB agent Sumarokov Romanov, and the local guide who was devastated by mysterious events, Ai Benny Abhiddin--

Different from the high-spirited appearance when they first set off, now they are sitting in the cage miserably, their eyes are dull, and their bodies are dirty. Among them, the left arm of Sumarokov Romanov, a former Soviet KGB agent, is purple and blue. It was a sign of poisoning, but even so, he still held the old suitcase in his arms tightly——

Others also had varying degrees of damage.

After they entered the cave, the journey went smoothly. Although it was dangerous, it was within the scope of their handling. The biggest danger they faced along the way was just getting lost and running out of food——

But when they came out of the cave—

When they appeared on the Cold Plateau, the situation took a turn for the worse——

Before the group could celebrate in a hurry, they were blocked by the cold spider——

It was a huge purple spider with sharp fangs and a strong body—

Although a group of people worked together to barely kill it, it also caused the highest combat power in the team, the former Soviet KGB agent Sumarokov Romanov, to directly lose his ability to act——

Immediately afterwards, they encountered the inhabitants of Leng who were attracted by the sound of battle.

What happened after that can be imagined, they were captured by the residents of Leng as slaves and transported here——

But because most of the team were thin and thin, and the only one among them who was tall and burly was seriously injured, even though they arrived a few days earlier than Tierra, no moon beast was willing to buy it— —

"You guys are pretty lucky." Tierra said with a smile, and then stretched out her hand gently to grab——

The archaeological team in the cage disappeared instantly, and at the same time, the dilapidated suitcase appeared in Tierra's left hand.

Tierra waved his right hand again, and a large thick book appeared under the armpit of Tierra's right hand——

Just after he'd done all this—

An aborigine from the Cold Plateau appeared behind Tierra——

"Human beings," said the resident of the cold plateau, "the high priest is willing to accept your offering."

"About the copper of the pillar, the silver of the flow and the gold of the sky, the sacrificial group hopes to have a detailed discussion with you face to face."

"Of course no problem." Tierra nodded and said, "Please lead the way."

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