I'm in Hogwarts, what the hell is the Honghuang system?

Chapter 140: Soul-destroying, I hear the echo of R'lyeh
The next moment, information began to flash wildly on Rhine's system screen.

[You used the transformation of the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art to break the inner demon of the Judge of the Underworld. Your relationship with the Judge of the Underworld has improved.]

You have established a casual acquaintance with the Judge of the Underworld. You have been rewarded with the gift of protection from the Underworld. The Judge resides in the Underworld year-round, their every move blessed by it. Although you are not a Judge, this gift grants you protection from the Underworld. Upon entering the Underworld, you will not be harmed, but instead be blessed.

You have become close friends with the Judge of the Underworld. You have been rewarded with the talent – ​​Soul Severing. The Judge's power is to judge souls and spirits. With a single stroke, he can decide on all three souls and seven spirits. A single stroke can destroy a soul, or regenerate one, granting him immense power in the realm of souls and spirits. With this talent, you also gain the ability to judge souls and spirits. (This requires mana and spiritual energy.)

Rhine's eyes then showed joy.

He couldn't see what effect this talent of underworld protection had at the moment.

But cutting off the soul and breaking the spirit is exactly what he needs!

With this talent, one can kill only the soul fragment of Voldemort attached to the crown without damaging the crown itself.

If you ever get Slytherin's locket or Hufflepuff's cup in the future, you can use this talent to preserve the complete relics of the Big Four.

Rhine always felt that the records of the Four Giants themselves had been covered up in history. Even the detailed time and place of their death were all lost, and their graves could not be found to this day.

But the Big Four, especially the first three who encountered the ominous situation, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, were clearly unable to take care of themselves, but they still left behind a relic.

I don’t know what the deep meaning is here.

In the original Harry Potter novel, the sword of Gryffindor appears many times and performs many meritorious services.

The other relics of the Big Four basically appeared very rarely, and were destroyed before their specific functions could be demonstrated.

Perhaps this time, Rhine can explore it.

Then, Rhine looked at Bloody Baron, who never dared to look back, with a strange look in his eyes, and asked him a question with some curiosity.

"Barrow, what exactly happened in the castle before my mother sent you to find me?"

"Is there anything strange?"

"I've never asked you this before, but I always feel like something's not right about what happened back then. Can you tell me in detail?"

Barrow's body trembled, as if he thought of something horrible buried deep in his heart.

But since it was his beloved Helena who asked, Barrow naturally did not hide it.

"As you know, not long after Hogwarts was founded, the four founders seemed to have many disputes."

"They spent their days and nights in the library, studying strange books they had obtained from who knows where. Their quarrels became more and more frequent. That was when the founder of Slytherin passed away."

"But at least the conflicts among the three remaining founders are still under control."

"But soon after you stole... took the crown, their arguments began to intensify, and more and more strange things happened in the castle."

"Gryffindor went to explore the deep sea several times, and each time he came back he became more and more delirious, and his mind seemed to be a little unclear. The last time he left the sword at Hogwarts, went to the deep sea alone, and never came back."

"The Forbidden Forest. Back then, it was just an ordinary forest. A strange gray fog began to spread, and several students mysteriously disappeared."

"The founder of Hufflepuff went deep into the Grey Mist and sealed the Forbidden Forest after returning. One night, she left the Golden Cup behind and headed deeper into the Forbidden Forest. Like Gryffindor, she never returned."

"Only Ms. Ravenclaw. She seems to be still conscious, but she is seriously ill..."

Barrow's voice was trembling.

"I always feel that she was resisting something terrible all by herself at that time. She used up the last of her energy and arranged a lot of things at Hogwarts. She really couldn't hold on any longer."

"Finally, she begged me to bring you back so she could see you one last time."

At this point, Barrow lowered his head due to intense shame and guilt.

He failed to live up to the last wish of the founder of Ravenclaw. Not only did he fail to bring Helena back from Albania, he even lost his mind and killed her, and then committed suicide.

For someone who valued his reputation so highly during his lifetime, this was a crime that could not be washed away even after a thousand years. Rhine's pupils shrank as he listened to Barrow's story.

The information obtained so far seems to be starting to connect.

The history of magic records that the source of the quarrel among the four founders was their different attitudes towards accepting students, which led to Slytherin's exodus.

But this obviously doesn't match up with the disappearance of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff later on.

Could it be that they also had such intense conflicts?

It now seems that the dispute over the educational philosophy may just be a superficial phenomenon seen by outsiders.

The real reason is related to the mysterious "Book of the Dead" that Madam Pince mentioned earlier.

After reading this book, the four founders began to encounter some terrifying things.

Slytherin chose to face it alone, while the remaining three founders relied on the crown to resist.

But the crown was stolen by Helena, and the situation began to deteriorate further.

Gryffindor and Hufflepuff could not hold on any longer, and they did not know whether to seal or explore the source of those terrible things. They left Hogwarts after leaving behind their relics.

Ravenclaw held on until the last moment, hoping to bring back his daughter and the tiara.

But Barrow, on whom she had high hopes, failed...

Thinking of this, Rhine looked at Barrow who was bowing his head in repentance, and asked another question in Helena's tone.

"Barrow, did you harbor resentment towards me before you left for Albania?"

Barrow cried out in surprise.

"How is it possible? How could I resent you!"

Rhine's voice was faint.

"My mother is the smartest person in the world. Her vision is definitely not wrong. She chose you to bring me back. She will not make a mistake in choosing you."

"You, a noble of great reputation, who value reputation above all else, have no hatred for me, only love..."

"What on earth made you kill me back then?"

"Barrow, I'm not blaming you. I just want to know exactly what happened."

The Bloody Baron fell into a long silence, seemingly struggling and tormented.

Finally, he spoke.

"I know that what I'm going to say next will definitely make you think I'm making excuses for myself."

"But I swear, everything I said is true."

"On the night that Ms. Ravenclaw asked me to find you and I was about to leave, I had a dream, an extremely lucid and terrifying dream."

"I dreamed of a vast, terrifying beach with jagged rocks and black, sticky water. It didn't look like any place in the world."

"In the distance, there seems to be a magnificent and unimaginable city."

"On the beach, I hear the echoes from the city..."

"Echoes of R'lyeh."

(End of this chapter)