Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 148 Preparations
At 4:30 a.m. at Hogwarts, a bright red robe quietly slipped through the fireplace chimney into Gilderoy Lockhart's room.

Lying in bed, Gilderoy Lockhart was completely absorbed in his fantasy of replacing Dumbledore as the uncrowned king of the wizarding world, and was completely unaware of Tyella's arrival.

"sleepy--"

A Lucius wand emerged from his robes and pointed at Gilderoy Lohart.

Lockhart, who was already fast asleep, slept even more soundly.

Then a small diary flew out from under Gilderoy Lockhart's pillow, transforming in mid-air into a thick, 666-page hardcover book that circled around Tiera like a puppy.

Tiera waved her sleeve, and the real Tom Riddle Notebook slowly flew out of her body and landed on the table in Gilderoy Lockhart's room.

At the same time, Tier extended a thick tentacle and patted the "Inheritor".

The "Inheritor" opened the book, revealing the page bearing the mark of the Dark Lord.

Tiera's tentacles swept across the page, tearing it directly from the "Inheritors" book.

"Woo—" The inheritor let out a very human-like whimper.

“Bear with it,” Tierra said. “You can’t feel pain.”

Tier stretched out another tentacle and began writing and drawing on the page.

Then Tiera waved her tentacle and flicked the pages above Tom Riddle's diary.

The pages of the book transformed into a dagger made of golden flames.

The dagger pierced Tom Riddle's diary lightly, and then all the flames went out instantly, as if all the fuel had been burned out.

Tiera used a page from "The Inheritor" and a portion of her own backup to ignite the spiritual fire. The Necronomicon's section on the principles of black magic provides a fairly detailed explanation of the anchors of black magic, naturally including instructions on how to sever the connections between the various anchors.

The spiritual fire ignited by one's own spiritual dimension, coupled with a touch of special ancient runes, can easily sever the connection between weak black magic anchors.

That's right, I'm talking about Voldemort. After splitting seven times, the connection between Voldemort's Horcruxes is as weak as a spider's thread.

Tiera didn't pay much of a price at all—

Tyella severed the connection between Tom Riddle's diary, Voldemort himself, and the other Horcruxes without making the "Inheritor" pay a heavy price.

Tierra extended another tentacle, wrapped it around Tom Riddle's diary, and then tucked it next to Gilderoy Lockhart's pillow.

Through their brief encounter, Tierra gleaned Tom Riddle's innermost feelings—

I felt a sudden, inexplicable chill, and then everything seemed to become utterly tasteless.

Before leaving Gilderoy Lockhart's room, Thiele extended his tentacles and gently touched the brooch Lockhart had placed on his bedside table, setting it to activate the mental barrier the moment Lockhart put it on his person the next day.

Then it extended one of its tentacles into Gilderoy Lockhart's head and wrote two sentences in his mental dimension—

"Today will be a grand ceremony, and I will wear a brooch and dress up for the occasion."

"Hmm...I...um, I'll wear...the brooch, and dress up for the occasion," Gilderoy Lohart murmured as he slept.

"Today's ceremony will be held in the Inner Hebrides."

“Hmm…the Inner Hebrides…” Gilderoy Lohart hummed again.

Tiera withdrew the tentacle from Gilderoy Lohart's mind with satisfaction.

When using a "parasite"—a being constructed primarily of spiritual fire—as her body, Tiera can use her magical skills combined with the characteristics of the "parasite" to make simple modifications to the spiritual dimension of others.

The premise is that this does not conflict with other people's own perceptions.

Gilderoy Lockhart is a show-off, so asking him to wear a brooch and dress up for tomorrow's event is perfectly fine.

The Inner Hebrides were also the location of his chosen ceremony, and Tiera was only there to prevent him from changing his mind at the last minute tomorrow.

After all, now that the real Tom Riddle's diary and the real Gilderoy Lockhart have reunited, their communication is no longer monitored by Tyella—

Tiera dared not use any other means of surveillance, for they were to summon Yog-Sothoth, one of the three pillar gods, tomorrow. Tiera feared that if they used other means of surveillance, they might be affected by Yog-Sothoth's power.

In other words, from now until they summon Yog-Sothoth tomorrow, the Tyrell will be completely unaware of their communication.

This is why Tierra dared not allow significant differences in their understanding when she acted as an intermediary between Gilderoy Lockhart and Tom Riddle. Tierra believed that with the big events at hand, Tom Riddle and Gilderoy Lockhart wouldn't delve into minor details and would simply follow the script she had laid out over the past few months, step by step.

Therefore, Tiera needs to ensure that Gidrol Lohat will appear at the location she designates tomorrow.

Even if they discover some minor differences, it won't matter. As long as they summon Yog-Sothoth, everything will be settled.

After doing all this, Tyella met up with Dobby and Slytherin at the Black Lake behind Hogwarts Castle.

“Sir…” Dobby said nervously, “Dobby is ready.”

“Let’s go, Dobby.” Tyrell stretched out a tentacle, wrapped it around Slytherin, and the two suddenly vanished from the spot—

The next moment, Slytherin and Tyrell appeared simultaneously on that planet tens of thousands of light-years away—

It appeared in the herb garden above the library.

During the months she spent in the Chamber of Secrets in Slytherin, Tyella completed the deciphering of the spell on Merlin's ring.

It can freely anchor its landing location within a radius of several hundred meters centered on the library when traversing interstellar space.

“Hiss…you have…you have a nice garden…” Slytherin said, glancing around.

"Take your time and wander around," Tiera ordered in a Parsleyan voice. "I'm so sorry I didn't prepare enough food for you because of the time constraints, but there seems to be a small animal around here that looks like a combination of a mouse and a rabbit. You can try catching it and eating a few bites."

Slytherin nodded obediently.

Then Tyella disappeared from the planet again and reappeared by the Black Lake at Hogwarts, extending a tentacle and pulling Dobby along, saying, "Let's go."

“Yes, sir.” Dobby snapped his fingers and disappeared with Tierra.

Meanwhile, on a relatively large deserted island in the Inner Hebrides on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, Tyella and Dobby suddenly appeared.

This place is remote and desolate, connected to the British mainland only by a bridge built on the Isle of Angels.

To both wizards and Muggles, this place is merely a deserted island next to the tourist attraction Angel Island.

But this is one of the locations in Gilderoy Lockhart's novel, "Vacation with a Mother Yaksha."

It was also the location that Gidrol Lohart chose to hold the ceremony.

After Gidrol Lohart chose this location for the ceremony, Tiera had brought Dobby to explore it several times.

During their final exploration, Tiera set up a large ritual altar throughout the entire desert island using ancient runes, Latin, and oracle bone script.

Tiera and Dobby, having teleported there, checked the ritual altar once more. After confirming everything was in order, Tiera had Dobby teleport him to another deserted island 270 nautical miles to the west.

More accurately, it is actually a very large reef that protrudes above the water.

If this reef has any advantages...

That is, it is flat enough and wide enough that Tiera could arrange three layers of rituals on it—

The outermost layer, the Nakt Wall, is the strongest spiritual protection that Tiera can currently create.

The ritualistic protection of the second layer of spiritual walls can provide protection for any living being within the ritual's scope, similar to having two layers of spiritual walls.

And the innermost "old seal".

After completing all the arrangements, Tierra and Dobby sat cross-legged on the ground, repeating their plan to Dobby over and over again, finalizing it step by step until they were sure that Dobby's understanding was exactly the same as their own. Only then did Tierra pull out a seamless extension box from her body, take out Merlin's staff from it, and then hand Dobby the wand she was currently using, Lucius's wand, and a box of thermite bombs she had made herself.

"Remember, the blue one contains Fiendfire, and the yellow one contains Spiritfire," Tiera instructed again. "Throw the Spiritfire first, then the Fiendfire, one bottle at a time. After throwing the yellow one, throw the blue one. Never, ever throw them all at once."

"Yes, sir, Dobby has remembered."

"You've also mastered the Levitation Spell and the Volley of Arrows Spell?"

"Yes, sir, Dobby has mastered it."

“Alright,” Tiera said, pulling a watch from her worm-covered body and glancing at the time. “Now let’s wait.”

This week marks the climax of the story. Today, we had four consecutive preludes leading up to the climax, and tomorrow Yog-Sothoth will make his appearance.

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