The stone box was opened.
As he arrived at Hogwarts and stepped into the Forbidden Forest area, Haierbo could feel that the familiar magic wave became more and more clear.
That's right, just like when he saw Kern appear in the ruins of Egypt, there was an obscure aura calling him to move forward into the depths of the forest ahead.
"Shasha... Shasha..."
His strong and tall demonic body seemed a bit crowded in this dense forest. When he walked around, he would inevitably rub against the surrounding branches and leaves, making frequent and tiny sounds.
Fortunately, Haierbo didn't seem to care whether these movements would disturb someone here. He just remained silent, as if he was secretly thinking about something and remembering something, while still moving forward step by step.
In the Forbidden Forest, it was as quiet as usual.
After a while, when Haierbo kept walking deep into the foot of the mountain inside the Forbidden Forest, the tribal building that originally belonged to the centaurs, was rebuilt by a group of wild elves, and was finally abandoned again gradually appeared. into his field of vision.
Looking up from the entrance of the tribe, you can see that the stone gate built against the mountain in the deepest part of the settlement seems to be particularly eye-catching.
After passing through the uninhabited tribe without any hindrance, Haierbo paused for a moment in front of the stone door, then wordlessly raised his hand and pushed the door open gently.
"Chi—"
This huge stone door, which was heavy and had been cast with protective magic by Maka, seemed to be completely weightless in Haierbo's hands, and was easily pushed open.
And it was at the moment when the door opened that an indescribable and strange aura rushed out from the door, causing Haierbo to frown slightly.
But soon, Haierbo stepped into the door and looked into the almost pitch-black empty cave inside.
"I found you... you... you..."
Haierbo's low and hoarse voice echoed in the vast cave and gradually overlapped, making it sound much more sinister.
However, no one responded to him, only a faint blue light flashing slightly deep in the cave, as if calling him to come over.
Haierbofu paused again, then opened his legs and continued walking inside.
"Chi... bang!"
Probably after Haierbo left the entrance some distance away, the stone door automatically closed behind him. However, Haierbo obviously didn't care about this, as if he already knew it would be like this.
And as he continued to go deeper into the darkness, after passing the huge skeleton of the ancient dragon, he could finally see what the faint blue light that could be seen before was - those lights were drawn by a It came from the formation diagram on the cave floor.
At this moment, it is obvious that within the range of the formation, there are several things and a figure bathing in the slightly fluctuating blue light.
It was an ancient mirror that was very familiar to Haierbo, a back that was very familiar to Haierbo... and an ancient black box that was also very familiar to Haierbo.
As for the broken stone shells scattered around the black box, their existence seems to be completely irrelevant now.
"McLean, you finally opened it."
Joy seemed to be surging deep in Haierbo's heart, but he hid it deeply. But no matter how hard he tried to hide it, it seemed that this joy that originated thousands of years ago could no longer be hidden, so much so that there was a hint of joy in Haierbo's tone.
However, Maka, who was standing in front of the Devouring Mirror, never turned around - he didn't even speak, he just looked at the chaotic mirror in front of him silently. No one knew what he was doing. .
That's right, even Haierbo didn't know what was going on with Maka at the moment.
However, for Haierbo, who had been looking forward to this day for who knows how long, it seemed that Maka was no longer important.
Seeing that Maka still didn't respond, he just paused for a moment, then shook his head and walked forward. As for his target... it was not the Devouring Mirror, nor the standing Maka, but the black box placed between the ancient mirror and Maka.
Yes, that is the secret hidden in the stone box by Rowena Ravenclaw - another box.
Haierbo has a very deep memory about this black box. Because that was actually the last thing he found in this world that was related to the disappearance of the witch Kern. It was just that a thousand years ago, before he could find a way to open it, it was taken away by the four founders of Hogwarts, including Rowena, and even he himself was sealed deep underground.
And what sealed him was the Monument of Bewitchment - something he had once found, but was later stolen by his apprentice Salazar Slytherin and Rowena.
"'Sloth'... you can finally return to my hands again."
Haierbo muttered in his mouth while walking to the black box, even ignoring Maka who was only half a step away.
However, just when Halbo was about to get the black box, Maka, who had been unresponsive since just now, finally spoke.
"Helpo, stop!"
"roll!"
There is no doubt that Haierbo can ignore Maka's existence so much, and it is obviously not without reason.
At that moment, he suddenly waved his backhand, and an invisible force suddenly attacked Maka. The power was so majestic that it had completely exceeded the peak state of Haierbo after he had just adapted to the demon body. Maka only had time to resist for a moment, and she immediately became like a kite with its string broken. Fly out.
However, it was at the same time that Maka suddenly opened his mouth to attract Haierbo to attack him that a slightly skinny palm suddenly came out from the mirror of the Devouring Mirror next to him, grabbed Haierbo and continued to stretch towards the black box arm.
"who?"
In an instant, Haierbo's eyes that seemed to have no scruples changed.
…
Maka knew who the owner of the hand that stuck out from the mirror was. Because not long ago, that palm had tightly clasped his wrist.
But to be honest, although Maka had already guessed the causes and consequences of many things, he never expected that this person would appear in front of him at this most important and critical moment.
And this whole thing may have to start again from the moment he opened that damn stone box.