The lava was boiling, and the scorching temperature roasted everything in the surroundings until it was bright red, revealing a bright red color.
Elwyn carefully examined the patterns on the door of the vault. Slytherin's locket and wand had the same patterns.
These were not simple patterns, nor were they magic runes, but words formed by the Snake Tongue!
Snake Tongue, as the name implied, was to use the language of snakes to speak and communicate with snakes. This was an extremely rare talent. Only a few Snake Speakers could use it. This kind of language sounded like a bunch of hissing sounds, but to the ears of Snake Speakers, it sounded like they were speaking their everyday language.
The most famous Snake Tongue in the history of magic was Salazar Slytherin. He was also the first wizard to be confirmed to be able to use the Snake Tongue.
Before him, there were many legends of wizards who could talk to snakes, but none of them had been confirmed, and there was no evidence to prove that they could use the Snake Tongue. The reason they could talk to snakes might be because they used magic similar to the Soul Snatch Spell to control snakes or use magic to read their minds.
Because of this, many wizards believed that the Snake Tongue originated from Salazar Slytherin.
In fact, almost all the Snake Tongue that was proven after Salazar Slytherin were the descendants of this great wizard.
They were more or less related to him by blood, so it was not an exaggeration to say that the Snake Tongue was a unique talent of Slytherin.
Therefore, it was not surprising to see the Snake Tongue on the door of the vault of the Slytherin family.
As far as Elwyn knew, the Snake Tongue did not originate from Salazar Slytherin, and it was not as simple as communicating with snakes as many people thought.
It was a special magic language, like the ancient magic language.
Not long ago, when he went to Azkaban with Dumbledore and Harry to destroy the evil god's brain, Elwyn had seen magic in the Snake Tongue. On the Book of Abraham, there were patterns similar to the ones on the door of the vault in front of him. Those were the words formed by the Snake Tongue.
Those words eventually formed a spell, a spell that controlled the Snake Staff.
When using the Twin Serpent Staff to cast spells, one had to use the Snake Tongue. Only spells recited in the Snake Tongue could be understood by the two snakes on the staff. The Twin Serpent Staff had once belonged to Salazar Slythrin, but it hadn't been made by Talin. This staff had an even more ancient history that could be traced back to the previous era of magic.
From this, it could be inferred that the Snake Tongue was a magic language from the ancient magic era.
It was like other ancient magic texts, but even more ancient. It was from the same era as the Book of Abraham and the Double Serpent Staff.
This kind of magic text itself had a special magic power. Even if due to time, no one could recognize it, but it could still be passed down through the power of bloodline. Slythrin Family had this kind of bloodline. They were the descendants of a powerful Ancient Warlock, and this Ancient Warlock could use the Snake Tongue to control the Twin Snake Staves.
In fact, those illustrious pure-blooded Sorcerer families could be traced back to a powerful ancient Warlock ancestor.
Salazar Slytherin was able to use the Snake Tongue to control the Twin Snake Staff because of the power of bloodline magic. At such a young age, he was able to easily defeat the despicable Hair Boer. Not to mention that this famous Dark Wizard was the last ancient warlock, after becoming an evil god, his power had increased exponentially. Ordinary Wizards were no match for him at all. Only those who had also mastered the mysteries of ancient magic could defeat him. So Salazar Slytherin's insistence on maintaining the purity of his bloodline was understandable in a sense, because only such a wizard could inherit the magic power in his bloodline …
Only a Wizard who inherited the Bloodline Magic could use that powerful magic.
Defeat evil when needed, or become evil itself.
No matter what, from Salazar Slytherin's point of view, it was better to maintain a pure bloodline and inherit the power of Bloodline Magic than to let the power fade away …
Elwyn did not have such an ancient and illustrious ancestor, nor did he have a bloodline talent.
He did not know the Snake Tongue, nor could he understand the words written in the Snake Tongue.
However, Harry could. Because of the Lord Voldemort's soul fragment in his body, he could use the Snake Tongue and read these words.
Now, these words appeared on the door of the treasury. Did he need to use the Snake Tongue?
"No, the sprites can't open this door. We don't have the key …"
"We do!" Elwyn said quickly. He took out Slytherin's locket and showed it to Hermione, Harry, and Elaine. "The shape of the locket is exactly the same as the groove on the door. I think it should be put in. Also, do you see these patterns on it?"
"It's exactly the same as the patterns on the door!" Hermione said after careful observation.
"That's right. This locket and the door were originally one. It's the key to open the door of the treasury." Elwyn said excitedly. He licked his dry lips. "And this isn't all. If I'm not wrong, this is actually an ancient magic script. It's written in the Snake Tongue."
"You're saying that the patterns on it are the Snake Tongue?!" Harry looked at Elwyn in shock. He then quickly turned his head to look at the door of the treasury.
He stared at the patterns for a few seconds, trying hard to imagine the curved patterns as a snake.
Soon, Harry realized that the messy and meaningless patterns in front of him had turned into words that he could understand. He did not know what the words meant, but he knew them. It was just like the magic incantation in the Book of Abraham that day.
"Harry, can you understand what's written on it?" Hermione asked.
"I … can!" Harry said. The words on the door now gave him a familiar feeling.
"Elaine, take out Slytherin's wand. Together with the locket, it's the key to open this door." Elwyn said as he placed the locket into the groove on the door. The locket was completely embedded in the door, reconnecting the broken words. "Harry, read the words on it in the Snake Tongue. That's the incantation to open the treasury."
Elaine also took out the white wand. Ever since the trouble with her family was solved, Keresis had given the wand to her for safekeeping.
Although she always carried it with her, under normal circumstances, Elaine would not use it. She preferred to use her own.
She placed the wand in the groove below and rolled it down.
With a crisp click, the wand was completely embedded in the wall.
This seemed to be an activated switch. At the same time that the wand was placed in the groove, a dark golden light lit up from the center of Slytherin's locket. It quickly spread along the patterns to both sides. Soon, the entire treasury door glowed with a faint golden light.
Harry chanted the magic on the treasury door in the Snake Tongue. Accompanied by a strange hissing sound, the entire space began to shake again.
The dragon that had calmed down flew up again in a frenzy. Along with it flew the surrounding lava.
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