57 Chapter 57: Hogwarts a thousand years ago

As the Phoenix fought the basilisk, Ivan ran towards the statue. Tom seemed to realize what he was looking for, so he cast a few spells towards Ivan, the few spells Tom cast barely scratched him.

"Kill the dirtyblood, don't let it near the statue, it's on your right," Tom shouted at the basilisk.

The basilisk ignored the Phoenix and lunged at Ivan.

Ivan looked back and saw the two giant bloody basins coming closer and closer.

Just when he thought he was going to be swallowed by the basilisk, Harry appeared between him and the basilisk, he threw his wand to the ground, gripped the sword tightly in his hands, his face was pale, but he also showed that he had the courage to face the basilisk.

The basilisk did not notice Harry, and Riddle tried to warn him, but he was a moment too late. Harry stabbed mercilessly at the basilisk, leaving a deep wound where bone could be seen, it was more damaging than all the previous spells combined.

The basilisk reared back and let out a loud hiss as it writhed wildly, and wrapped itself around the pillars causing the entire room to shake.

Harry was thrown and slammed into a wall, causing him to lose consciousness.

The basilisk lunged at Harry to kill him.

Fortunately, Fawkes flew and stopped the basilisk and continued his assault against the basilisk.

Ivan didn't have time to concentrate on the fight, he quickly climbed up the statue as he struggled to escape the spells Tom was casting at him.

These spells were powerful, each spell Tom cast sent stones flying everywhere, and the Slytherin statue had become unrecognizable. But casting and controlling spells with a broken wand takes a lot of energy.

"Damn it, damn it!" Riddle threw Ron's wand.

Ivan watched him go to where Harry had thrown his wand and pick it up.

Ivan went up faster, he was so close to the diary, but then Tom cast a green colored spell, it was much thicker than before, There's no way around it!" thought Ivan as he gritted his teeth and jumped to grab the diary, which he then threw towards Harry.

In the next second, the green light hit him.

"Ivan!"

An excruciating pain spread throughout his body, Ivan heard Harry screaming his name, he wanted to respond but he could feel his life draining away, he only had a little strength left.

He fell into the open mouth of the Slytherin statue.

It was a dark, bottomless cavern, devouring Ivan mercilessly.

In the little light that remained, Ivan saw the object that looked like a pocket watch fly out of his pocket, the pointer turned counterclockwise and spun.

Ivan didn't know how many times it had spun, when the last beam of light disappeared, the gleam in Ivan's eyes soon faded.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Ivan gently opened his eyes.

Not only had the chamber of secrets not gone dark, but it had also gradually become lighter.

No, this is not the chamber of secrets!

Although the room was similar in size to the Chamber of Secrets, it lacked the dreaded snake sculptures on the pillars and the Slytherin statue was non-existent.

It was very cluttered, it looked like an enlarged version of Snape's office, there were a variety of herbs and magical potions, which were filled with colorful liquids and animal specimens that were definitely not pleasing to the eye.

A voice rang out at that moment, interrupting Ivan's thoughts as he said, "Who are you that you have the audacity to barge into my room without permission?"

Ivan, focusing on the owner of the voice, saw a black haired young man dressed in a dark green retro style wizard's robe, he was unusually handsome and looked like a nobleman. The young wizard looked at Ivan with distrust and awe, then pulled out a silver wand.

"Hello, my name is Ivan Masson, where is this....?"

Ivan looked around confused, he was in the Chamber of Secrets, fighting Voldemort and the basilisk, but now he lay in a room with a wizard he had never seen before.

Ivan was sure that the person in front of him was not a Hogwarts student or professor, no matter who it is, he always has a certain temper.

"It used to be my father's castle, but now it is a magical school called Hogwarts, my name is Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of this school," the man said slowly,.

Hearing his words left Ivan speechless.

Salazar Slytherin!!!

One of the four founders of Hogwarts, this young man, how can he be over a thousand years old with such a young appearance?

"This chamber is my secret chamber, so no one should know about it, and you said your name is Ivan Mason, I've never heard of a wizarding family named Mason, you're a dirty blood, aren't you?" said Salazar as he looked carefully at Ivan with narrowed eyes.

Under Salazar's icy stare, Ivan nodded cautiously and saw the apparent disgust on the Slytherin's face.

For a moment, Ivan felt threatened by the other.

He could sense that this young man was powerful, that he was not unlike Dumbledore or Voldemort, and Ivan noticed that the room was decorated in a rugged medieval style.

This couldn't be the Hogwarts of a thousand years ago, could it? This unusually handsome young man couldn't be the same Salazar Slytherin!

Ivan felt his brain frying, he suddenly thought of the magical object that looked like a pocket watch, he touched his chest and it was still there.

"Sir, I'm a Hogwarts student, I'm from Gryffindor," Ivan said before Slytherin made him disappear.

Salazar looked at Ivan and said, "A Godric's student? You're lying, I've never seen you!"

"I, I didn't lie to you, you haven't seen me before because I come from Hogwarts a thousand years in the future. I don't know what's going on, but this thing may have brought me here," Ivan said as he showed the object that looked like a pocket watch.

"A time-turner, that's fascinating," said Salazar as he looked carefully at the pocket watch,

Salazar examined the pocket watch carefully as he said, "It doesn't look like a typical time-turner, it has a strange magic to it, it has a very sophisticated design, it looks a bit like Rowena's work."

Seeing Slytherin's expression, Ivan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the other side finally believed him.

Otherwise he would have met a miserable fate, after all, after a thousand years, Salazar was still feared, who knows how Salazar would have gotten rid of him.

"Come with me, I will take you to see Godric and Rowena, if I find out you lied to me, you will regret it," Salazar said with a glint in his eyes and a sneer on his face.