Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 301: Titan and Raven
The sunlight poured down like a golden waterfall.

It made Ian's figure slender.

He stood at the edge of the space crack, almost touching the thick asphalt darkness in the crack. The whispering voices of the black-robed wizards came from the dark crack.

There is fear growing among this group of people.

no way.

Who made Ian mention ravens again? It can be seen that this group of people are really afraid of ravens, and it seems like they are allergic to the word raven.

"Raven...you want to know about Raven."

Zeus lifted his hood, and his blue eyes flashed with a mixture of vigilance and memories. His bony fingers tightly grasped the bone staff, and the eagle-head staff ornament shone coldly in the sunlight.

"The Titans created us to deal with the Ravens."

"These self-important Titans also have their fears, and this fear is called Raven. They created us to fight against this fear of theirs."

"Use you to fight against the ravens?"

Ian frowned slightly, looking surprised.

"Yes, the Raven is an ancient god, an existence older than the Titans. Legend has it that... at the end of the world, it will come and take away the souls of all living things, including death, including everything."

Zeus' voice became solemn, and his tone was fearful like that of his people. In fact, it was precisely because of this fear that he did not dare to refute Ian's threat.

In fact.

Zeus has always been a man with a bad temper, but a bad temper does not mean a stupid brain. He can still tell when he can lose his temper and when he cannot.

"Including death?"

Ian thought the other party might be talking about the God of Death, but in the language system of these people, the word "God" is now only used to refer to the Titans.

of course.

Also used to refer to ravens that are older than the Titans.

"Yes." Zeus continued, "The Titans feared this legend. They were unwilling to accept their fate, so they decided to create a force that could counter the Ravens. That is us - wizards."

His tone was low.

These words really surprised Ian. It turned out that this group of people also knew that they were wizards, and the earliest wizards actually became the future gods.

and.

The word wizard was actually coined in advance.

This group of people knew that they were wizards.

"Use you to fight against the ravens...but magic seems to be unable to harm the ravens?" Ian continued to ask, feeling that the facts sounded a little contradictory.

Did he know that ravens were absolutely immune to magic?

How can the Titans expect wizards to fight against the ravens?

"you're right."

Zeus sneered, "Magic can't hurt it. But at the beginning, the Titans didn't want us to use magic to fight the Raven. Instead, they wanted us to use magic to create a force that could fight the Raven."

His old face looked particularly profound in the shadows. Hearing this, Ian thought of the fallen city in the sky and those giant metal beasts.

A trace of thought flashed across Ian's eyes.

"What's that for?"

He asked knowingly.

"Research, let us use our brains for them." Zeus' voice was low, "The Titans gave us magic so that we can research the power that can fight against the Ravens - alchemy."

really.

The old man's statement was consistent with Ian's guess. Ian was thoughtful, and the fallen metal beasts and the wreckage of the sky city flashed through his mind again.

presumably.

Those metal monsters were what the Titans wanted the wizards to create to fight against the ravens. However, it was obvious that even he, the one who picked up the raven's corpse, could not deal with these monsters.

perhaps.

The Titans, these ancient wizards, and the future gods, don't really know much about ravens? Ian couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"Yes, it is alchemy." Zeus continued to nod, "They have heard that in the ancient prophecy, the raven once said to a shadowy man that the only one who can fight it is the 'true creator' who is nowhere to be found, and the power that the true creator holds is alchemy."

Another prophecy.

It seems that the Titans' understanding of Raven is really all based on this thing. Ian's expression suddenly became strange after hearing this. The real creator is Raven himself - these Titans have obviously been fooled.

He couldn't help but hold his forehead.

"So you were created just to study how to defeat the ravens using alchemy?"

Ian was sorting out the information he had received. He felt familiar. Wasn't the real creator the raven? Well, from this perspective, the raven was not lying.

Isn't this his art of speaking?

Ian was a little speechless.

The mind is also running fast.

And at the same time.

Zeus didn't notice Ian's strangeness and continued, "The Titans firmly believe that alchemy can compete with Raven. They force us to study day and night, forge weapons, and build machinery."

These words.

It seemed to bring back painful memories for the black-robed wizards behind him.

Zeus' voice gradually became filled with resentment.

"The Titans use us as slaves."

Subsequently.

The voice became somewhat relieved.

"The city in the sky and the giant metal beast are weapons we forged using alchemy. The Titans gave us magic so that we could study alchemy instead of these lazy guys."

"However, they did not know that we found freedom in alchemy and found a way to imprison them. The arrogance of immortality made these Titans know nothing about our plan!"

Zeus smiled smugly.

"And then what? You overthrew them?"

Ian demanded.

"Then?"

Zeus's eyes gradually became profound.

“Not just overthrow.”

Zeus' eyes flashed with ruthlessness. "Cronus, the arrogant Titan king, imprisoned us in the belly of Olympus. His brothers waved whips beside the furnace, forcing us to forge weapons that can 'kill gods'. How ironic - they themselves are gods, but they have to forge weapons that can kill even older gods."

Zeus' voice was filled with contempt.

Ian listened quietly, the sunlight casting clear shadows under his feet.

"We endured for hundreds of years." Zeus' voice became increasingly agitated, "until Prometheus - the wisest of us - discovered the Titans' weakness."

"I discovered the possibilities that alchemy can bring us."

"then."

"We united and rebelled against the Titans at the moment they trusted us the most. They used us as slaves, but gave us the power to destroy them."

"We ended their rule and imprisoned them. We transformed the machines they forced us to build and the unfinished 'God-killing Arms' into our home."

"Then we did to us what they did to us." What Zeus meant here was, of course, to treat the Titans as slaves, but in Ian's opinion, it might be even worse.

The Titans have all become "energy" storage devices for these ancient wizards. This actually makes sense, after all, this city was originally built for the Titans.

Their power is certainly enough to drive the operation of the Sky City.

Ian was still a little stunned by this new history. He sorted out his thoughts a little.

To be honest, what Zeus said was probably the story in Greek mythology about the gods overthrowing the Titans. However, it was changed into a plot that the Titans used Zeus and his wizards as slaves, and because they were given too much power, Zeus and others overthrew them and imprisoned them.

Then, they used the weapons that the Titans forced them to forge and the remaining materials to build their new home, which was the city in the sky that had just fallen.

of course.

Although the Titans are gone, the legends they left behind remain, so the fear was passed on to them - the raven that even the creators of this group of people feared.

So organized.

Ian understood why these people were so afraid of him. Just as Ian had sorted out the information, Zeus showed with his actual actions that Ian was right.

"Even though they are gone, we still remember the prophecy - the raven will eventually destroy everything. Therefore, we have not slacked off and have been studying alchemy more attentively."

"It is to deal with the disaster that the ravens will bring."

"Some of us control the magic of illusions, and some of us control the magic of fate... We combine many magics and perform a simulation every once in a while."

"However, without exception, we all failed, just like this time. No, this time we lost even more miserably." Zeus' voice was somewhat depressed.

"..."

Ian guessed some of the reasons, but he didn't guess that the fear of this group of people was built up by themselves. Repeated failures would indeed continue to deepen the already heavy burden in their hearts.

"So, you haven't seen the Crossing Crow, or even that group of Titans?" Ian thought of the Titans' disdain when they saw his Animagus form.

It really has to be that scary.

He can definitely run faster than these black-robed wizards.

after all.

Long legs mean you can run fast.

The huge Titan can take a human several steps longer in one stride.

“That’s just how they are.”

Zeus showed a disdainful expression towards the Titans, "The Titan who made this prophecy was expelled by the so-called Titan King, so none of the Titans have ever seen the Raven."

"What a pathetic race! They were the pioneers who raised the alarm, but they were persecuted like this. This man was exiled to a place unknown to us by other Titans before we started the uprising."

"They felt that the prophecy of the herald was the root cause of the destabilization of their rule."

Zeus' expression became more mocking.

"And then, we lost the truly wise people."

"They don't even know what species Raven is, but they are extremely terrified by the prophecy. The remaining Titans only know the name 'Raven' and don't even know it is a bird."

There's an obvious slight here against ravens.

Zeus did it on purpose.

He used this opportunity to observe Ian's expression.

however.

Ian did not show any change in emotion.

The one being scolded was the raven.

What does it have to do with him, Ian?
"You're right." Ian nodded thoughtfully, "So the Titans are both afraid of the Raven and know nothing about it. That's really stupid."

Zeus stared at Ian's expression, as if looking for some flaws. But Ian's face was as calm as water. However, he was still wary of Ian.

after all.

The other party can really turn into a raven.

Even if there really was contamination by corpses, it meant that Ian already carried part of the raven in his body, and there was no telling when he would be completely assimilated.

by that time.

Disaster will eventually strike again.

"You said you are not a raven," Zeus suddenly changed the subject, "but you did bring destruction." He pointed to the ruins that still remained behind Ian.

In this regard.

Ian was a little embarrassed.

But he was also confident, after all, he was not the first to take action.

"Destruction is the end of the old." Ian said calmly. His conscience really didn't hurt at all. "After the end, there will be a new beginning."

It was impossible for Ian to help this group of people rebuild the Sky City.

Not to mention whether he has the time.

The key is that he really doesn't want to.

and so.

Of course, the goal is to shift the blame and at the same time give the other party some hypocritical comfort.

He was trying to tell this group of ancient wizards that the old must go before the new can come. However, this truth, which was so popular in later generations, was obviously not understandable to the ancient wizards.

It seems that this group of ancient wizards are not so easily fooled.

"But our lives have just begun. We don't have many years left." Zeus looked at him with a hint of vigilance and anger in his eyes, but he did not get angry after all. He just said coldly: "I have told you everything I know. We don't want to have any more interactions with you. Now, please allow me to take my people away."

Ian shook his head. "No, I am the one who is leaving. But before I leave, I want to ask you one thing - have you ever used that material to cast a bronze door?"

"I still need to go back to my time. Look, I didn't lie. I really came from the future." His main purpose was to be able to return to Hogwarts to study smoothly.

The air suddenly solidified.

At least that's what Ian thought.

After all, it is a very important matter for him.

"Bronze door?"

Zeus frowned.

The black-robed wizards around also began to discuss in low voices.

"You don't know?" Ian noticed their confusion.

"The Titans are the strongest controllers of the power of time," Zeus said slowly, "but they have never truly reached the future. No one can create a door to the future."

"Ok?"

Ian's expression was suspicious.

"really?"

He still didn't quite believe it.

"Yes."

Zeus looked at him deeply, and finally shook his head in a determined manner: "We have never forged such a door, but the Titans may have forged it, and perhaps it exists in the history of the Titans."

"Of course, maybe it doesn't exist at all and is not a creation of our time, but if you insist on looking for it, you can go to the original place where the Titans came from."

talking.

Zeus gave Ian a shell with directions on it.

Ian said nothing more.

he knows.

This is because Zeus wanted to quickly get rid of this plague god.

It's not a good intention.

God knows what lies in the Titans' homeland.

(End of this chapter)