Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 595 The Secret of the World

Then the white-bearded wizard explained to Mike a lot of knowledge about the mysterious objects.

Some of the content opened Mike's eyes and deepened his understanding of the world.

In ancient times, the world was still in a fantasy period. At that time, the rulers of this world were not humans, nor ancient beasts like dinosaurs, but intelligent creatures who mastered various extraordinary powers, such as fairies, elves and Titans.

In the eyes of these ancient extraordinary creatures, humans at that time were nothing more than slightly smarter monkeys and were not worth mentioning at all.

In their view, the only use of humans is to kill them wantonly to add some fun to their boring lives.

Yes, that's right.

Humans at that time were not even qualified to be their food. After all, humans were too small, had no magic power in their bodies, and had no nutrition at all.

Originally, humans, such garbage creatures, should have quickly become extinct like countless unfortunate creatures in history, but fortunately, the elves discovered another role for humans, which is creation and construction.

Since then, humans have been taken as slaves by the elves, who build magnificent palaces, gorgeous tableware or beautiful ornaments for them, while the elves provide shelter for humans and keep them from invasion by other extraordinary creatures.

This seems good, but in reality human life is far from being so good.

You have to know that the elves here are not the perfect creatures with long ears, handsome men and beautiful women in traditional fantasy stories. They are more like elemental creatures, with traces of electricity, rocks, fire and other elements all over their bodies. Apart from having a human body shape, they have nothing in common with humans.

Moreover, their attitude towards humans is not good. You can see this from a quick look at modern history. How good can a cotton farmer in the southern United States be to his black slaves?

Theoretically, under such rule, humans should quickly become creatures as humble as house-elves.

But at this time an accident happened. A group of strong men and women suddenly appeared in the human population. They mated with extraordinary creatures such as elves, fairies and even giants, so that their offspring gained some ability to control magic.

At the beginning, other extraordinary creatures did not think there was anything wrong. After all, although humans have mastered magic power, the concentration of magic power in their bodies is too low. At best, they can only launch fireballs and do some magic tricks. It is far from the level of other races who can master a large number of innate magic spells once they reach adulthood.

But soon, things began to change.

Human fertility is so strong!
The seeds of magic power quickly spread among the human population. More and more humans with magic powers appeared. In addition, other supernatural creatures were constantly fighting among themselves. Thus, the first human rebellion began.

Under the leadership of countless strong men and women who fell from the sky, mankind declared independence.

However, due to long-term slavery, they had no life skills, and the environment at that time was too harsh, so the living conditions and situation of humans were even worse than when they were slaves of the elves.

Then, goddess of luck kissed the human's forehead again.

A mysterious being that cannot be described in words appeared before humans and began to teach them knowledge of occultism.

With the help of the knowledge imparted by this mysterious being, humans developed the rudiments of magic spells, greatly improved the efficiency of using magic power, and gradually gained a foothold in ancient times.

He is the first mysterious being known in human history - Saint Uranus.

The reason why wizards also celebrate Christmas is to commemorate this great saint (although no one knows whether he is a human being).

Then humans developed slowly, and under the guidance of Saint Uranus, they searched for other mysterious objects, and finally found the Book of Truth, which was said to record all the truths in the world.

Human beings presented the Book of Truth to Saint Uranus, who soon disappeared with the Book of Truth. But before Saint Uranus left, human beings obtained the last piece of the puzzle to control the world from him - the magic wand!
Things went much more smoothly afterwards. Humans began to frantically exploit the world's resources to make magic wands. They then used magic wands and other mysterious objects they collected to eliminate several races that posed a strong threat to them, such as the elves and Titans, and finally took control of the world.

It can be said that the rise of wizards and even humans is entirely based on mysterious objects.

The reason why the existence of mysterious objects is not known to ordinary people and other creatures today is entirely because of the knowledge blockade of wizards. After understanding the power of mysterious objects, wizards do not allow other creatures to contact them at all, in order to prevent themselves from embarking on the old path of the ancient elves.

Plus, this world is originally a fantasy world.

Ordinary people and other intelligent creatures, unaware of the existence of mysterious objects, would think that they were just ordinary magic items even if they came into contact with them by chance.

After listening to the story of the White Bearded Wizard, Mike couldn't calm down for a long time.

He really didn't expect that the wizarding world actually had such a secret past.

Looking at Mike's appearance, the white-bearded wizard smiled softly and continued:

"You don't need to worry too much about these things. Mysterious objects are not as scary as you think. They are actually very common. For example, the elderberry wand in your hand is a mysterious object, but it is a mysterious object that can be used properly."

Hearing this, Mike raised his head suddenly, his eyes fixed, and said:

"So the three Deathly Hallows are also mysterious objects?"

"Of course." He spread his hands and said with a smile, "Times are constantly changing. Things like the Three Deathly Hallows cannot be made even with our current level of alchemy. How could they be made in ancient times?"

Mike's brows were tightly knitted together.

The words of the white-bearded wizard reminded him once again of the warning about the ancient gods that Zhou Hong had once told him.

Mike originally thought that was complete nonsense. After all, with the wizards' level of knowledge in mysticism, they could not summon any ancient gods.

But now he thought so.

There are mysterious things in this world! There are things that cannot be understood by common sense. Ancient gods may actually be summoned!
After swallowing his saliva, Mike raised his head again and asked tentatively:

"So do you know what will happen after the three Deathly Hallows are gathered?"

The Ministers of Magic looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, the wizard with the white beard spoke up:
"Nothing will happen. If you think about it, you should know that these three things were discovered by the Peverell family. If the three Deathly Hallows are really as the legend says, they can defeat death when they are gathered together, then how could the Peverell family decline?"

Mike nodded and felt relieved because that was indeed the truth.

The white-bearded wizard looked at the sky outside, and then quickly said, as if he was afraid that Mike would ask more questions:
"In this case, our summit today has come to a successful conclusion. Since everyone is busy with official duties, let's go back quickly."

After he finished speaking, the ministers of magic from various countries around him all nodded to the white-bearded wizard, then turned into twisted afterimages and disappeared on the spot.

Mike had achieved his goal and raised his wand to return to the Ministry of Magic.

But just as he raised his wand, the voice of the white-bearded wizard rang out again.

"Wait a moment, Mr. McTownley."

Mike turned his head and saw the white-bearded wizard approaching and speaking in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"Sir, now that everyone else has left, there is one thing I must tell you."

Mike didn't reply, but just raised his chin to signal the other party to speak.

The white-bearded wizard was not displeased at all when he saw this. He just smiled with an unknown smile and continued:

"Regarding the promise of not promoting egalitarianism, I will not say more here. I believe that with your wisdom you should know what to do. What I want to talk about is the matter of mysterious objects. The existence of mysterious objects is related to the stability of the entire wizarding world. It is also the responsibility of every Ministry of Magic to protect this secret. I hope you can keep the secret well and take good care of the mysterious objects kept in the Ministry of Magic of the United Kingdom.

This is my sincere request, but you can also understand it as a warning. Since ancient times, those who violate this rule will be severely punished, even legendary wizards are no exception. "

"Really?"

Mike spoke word by word, his eyes gradually becoming dangerous.

But the white-bearded wizard in front of him was not afraid at all. Instead, he grinned and said:
"Why do you think Grindelwald was imprisoned?"

"You mean?"

"I've said before that the secrets of the mysterious object must not be touched by others." The white-bearded wizard continued, "On the surface, Grindelwald was imprisoned because he wanted to break the Statute of Secrecy, but in fact, the severity of breaking the Statute of Secrecy is far less serious than you think. After all, it can still be compensated. The real reason why he fell into the abyss was his obsession with exploring the mysterious object!
Grindelwald and Dumbledore, two talented young men, developed a strong interest in the mysterious objects represented by the Deathly Hallows. This is not surprising at all, after all, they are young people, and it is a good thing to have a curious mind. But the bad thing is that after obtaining the Deathly Hallows, they are still not satisfied and want to continue to explore deeper secrets. This is a bit bad.

We are the watchers of this world. We have been protecting this world for countless years. It can be said that the reason why this world can remain peaceful now is entirely due to our efforts. So we took action.

I am not afraid to let you know that the sudden outbreak of the Obscurus in Dumbledore's sister was entirely caused by us. Under our encouragement, Dumbledore decisively gave up the search for the mysterious object. Grindelwald's defeat was also secretly manipulated by us. Otherwise, don't you really think that Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, can defeat the powerful Grindelwald? "

As he spoke, the smile on the white-bearded wizard's face gradually turned sarcastic. He shook his head and said with a smile:
"I have to say that Grindelwald does have some talent in magic, but he is too stupid. He is so stupid that he can't see through the nature of this world. In comparison, Dumbledore is much smarter. He actually knew the truth about his family's death a long time ago, but he didn't take any revenge. Because he knew very well that what we did was right and we were on the side of justice. And what he did could only bring destruction and..."

"boom!"

Before the white-bearded wizard could finish his words, a ball of fire burst out from Mike's body. Accompanied by a burst of explosion, the void-like flames swept across the entire palace.

In this illusory fire, Mike stood with a ferocious look on his face.

Although Dumbledore did die at his hands, this did not affect his continued respect for Dumbledore. Now that he heard such insulting words, he naturally couldn't help but feel angry.

However, the white-bearded wizard was not burned to ashes by the cursed flames as he had expected.

Suddenly, the air in the flames fluctuated violently, and the illusory figure of the white-bearded wizard appeared in front of Mike again.

He smiled and shook his head.
"It's useless, Mr. Tang Li, my real body is not here."

"boom!"

The flames burst out again. Mike had no desire to listen to him continue, so the flame he released this time was an energy flame composed entirely of cursed power.

But the powerful power of the curse penetrated the figure of the white-bearded wizard without any hindrance, causing the figure to tremble constantly, as if the white-bearded wizard standing in front of Mike at this moment was just an afterimage.

Seeing this, Mike immediately understood that the other party must have used a mysterious projection device!

Suddenly Mike's expression became solemn. The abilities of mysterious objects are varied, and some can even violate the rules of the world. If the other party really has that kind of mysterious object, then he might really be in danger!

When the white-bearded wizard saw Mike's changes, he stopped smiling and returned to his original sincere expression. He said:

"Mr. Townley, I have no intention of being hostile to you. In fact, we are in the same group, as you can see from what I have told you. Having said so much, it is time for me to leave. I believe you should know what to do."

After saying that, the white-bearded wizard reached out to Mike and then quickly disappeared into the flames.

After confirming that he had left, Mike retracted the flame with a grim expression. At this moment, the palace on the sea had been burned to ashes by the cursed flame. Standing alone on the sea, looking at the sun falling into the sea in the distance and the sea surface reflected red by the sunset, Mike clenched his hands tightly together.

(End of this chapter)