A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 1077 Those who enter this gate must abandon all hope!

William was very disappointed when he saw the so-called temple and altar.

On the bare ground, only a black stone tablet stands.

This is quite normal; after thousands of years of weathering, the area surrounding the Karnak Temple has been completely emptied.

Many areas inside, even those protected by magic, were gradually broken down, and even the ground was torn away.

It had the air of someone robbing a temple, even trying to scrape off the gold dust from the Buddha's body.

William looked around, wondering what there was to crack here.

But the fairies soon showed him the extraordinary nature of the black stone tablet.

They measured it using the methods of Muggles, wizards, and goblins... Regardless of the standard, the ratio of the three sides of the Blackstone...

All are:

1∶4∶9.

There was absolutely no error.

A goblin named Clark waved his fist, spitting everywhere:

"Ancient wizards are arrogantly displaying their power to us in this way!"

"..."

William narrowed his eyes. He didn't care much about proportions or anything like that; what he was really concerned about was the material of this black stone tablet...

He looked at it from left to right, touched it with his hand, and gestured for Hermione to observe it for a while as well.

Finally, the two whispered among themselves, even communicating in encrypted language, and came to a conclusion:

This is very similar to the Hell Rock described in alchemy books.

In other words... it was made from rocks from the banks of the River of Death.

One of the raw materials for making the Deathly Hallows!

This is exactly what William needs right now!

He suddenly became excited and had the idea of ​​taking the black stone tablet away for "cultural relic protection".

However, that's unlikely. If they could take it away, given the fairies' nature, they would have taken it long ago. Why would they leave it here?

They probably couldn't take it with them, and after studying it, they discovered the secret of the black stone tablet.

Soon, the fairies pulled out a huge stone tablet.

William looked at the thing and felt it looked familiar.

"Isn't this the Metternich Stele?!"

In 1828, while digging a well, someone accidentally discovered a well-preserved stone tablet.

The Egyptian ruler at the time, Muhammad Ali, presented this stone tablet to Austrian Chancellor Metternich.

It's no wonder that Ali fawned over Metternich so much, showering him with artifacts and beautiful women.

At that time, Ali was determined to wage war against Türkiye and establish an Arab empire centered on Egypt.

Metternich was incredibly powerful in Europe at the time.

Metternich first acted as a pimp, helping Napoleon divorce his Empress and marry an Austrian princess.

In the subsequent war against Russia, he led 30,000 Austrian troops to slack off and secretly colluded with Britain and Russia, thus betraying Napoleon.

After Napoleon's defeat, he also served as Chancellor of the Austrian Empire and became a key figure in the Holy Alliance and the Four Power Alliance.

He was also the host of the Vienna Conference.

Ali wanted to wage war, but he couldn't bypass the Western powers and Metternich.

After obtaining the stone tablet, Metternich placed it in the Metternich Palace.

This stone tablet later became known as the "Metternich Stone".

In 1950, it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

William even visited the Taglian temple in America when he was impersonating one.

I didn't see the real thing, only a replica.

Unexpectedly, the key magical item to open the altar was this very thing, and it was stolen by the fairies.

Wasn't it stolen?

William didn't believe that, given the Americans' style, they would hand it over to a fairy.

Sensing his strange gaze, Clark's face immediately flushed red, veins bulging on his forehead, as he argued:

"Borrowing a monument can't be considered stealing...borrowing a monument!...Can something involving a fairy be considered stealing?"

Then came the incomprehensible fairy dialect.

The temple was filled with a cheerful atmosphere, with statements such as "it was originally Egyptian property" and "Egypt originated from fairies".

William finally understood.

After Easter, the U.S. Capitol was bombed, and a war broke out between wizards, Muggles, and Purifiers.

The fairies took advantage of the chaos and stole it.

To avoid being tracked, Gringotts deliberately turned to Haiti, and during the Auror pursuit, they even killed a Haitian president.

After changing the subject, Clark pointed to a passage of text on the stone tablet and said:

"To enter the altar, you need to recite this incantation and prayer."

In the evolution of ancient Egyptian writing, the earliest script to appear was hieroglyphics.

As it developed, monastic and secular fonts also emerged.

These fonts are simpler and more suitable for writing on papyrus.

However, hieroglyphics did not decline as a result; instead, it coexisted with these other scripts and was widely carved in temples and on stone tablets.

The inscription on this stone tablet is written in hieroglyphic script.

Thanks to Champollion's research on the Rosette, he has deciphered most of the meanings of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

But the fairies still couldn't make use of the Metternich Stele.

Because an ancient Egyptian character can represent meaning in many ways, and its phonetic representation is also quite varied:

There are symbols for single consonants, and symbols for double or triple consonants.

In other words, even if a modern person knows that a particular character represents a sound, they cannot pronounce it accurately because the vowel connecting the consonants is missing.

On the other hand, it might be difficult for Muggles and goblins, but not so difficult for William.

Back then, the four giants left the Egyptian Academy of the Invisible, and they all knew this language.

After establishing Hogwarts, Hufflepuff, as headmistress, taught her students.

The principal's office contains portraits of past principals, several of whom were proficient in this ancient language.

Dumbledore studied with them specifically to learn prehistoric mysteries.

William had been studying time loops ever since he learned that Arya had come to Egypt.

Of course, there were also many wizards who were unaware of the truth and were very curious, as William had only been at Hogwarts for seven years.

He's so young, even if he's a genius, how come he can master so many skills?

Don't ask, the answer is always "My dad taught me in Hawaii".

The inscription on the stele is not very complicated; it depicts important gods in Egyptian mythology, as well as Horus and his father Osiris.

At the very top of these lists of gods, eight baboons on the horizon and the Pharaoh are worshipping the sun god.

The main body and base of the stone tablet are covered with inscriptions, and inscriptions are also engraved on the back and sides of the stone tablet.

These characters, like ancient magical script, possess magical power in themselves.

The fairies also brought eight baboons and took out a uniquely designed magic wand, which they handed to William.

That wand was completely different from the wands sold on the market now.

The material is hippopotamus tusks.

In ancient Egypt, there was a tradition of hunting hippos.

Their long tusks also contain magic, and are in no way weaker than many magical materials available today.

They are even more aggressive.

The Senebo Wand before us is also a magical artifact lost from Egypt, which was recovered by the fairies.

The Senebo Wand, in conjunction with the Metternich Inscription, is required to open the temple altar.

William stood directly in front of the black stone monument, holding the Seneca Wand in both hands.

The wand is curved, with an inscription engraved above the tip.

Below the inscription are many pictures:

The Sun Disc, the Eye of the Sun, the Scarab, the Striped Celestial Lion, and the Sphinx.

William read the inscription aloud.

Eight baboons suddenly let out a terrifying roar that echoed through the temple like earthquake waves.

William pronounced each syllable of the ancient script with precision and force, and he felt a powerful aura emanating from the black stone tablet.

William sang at the end:

Those who enter this gate must abandon all hope!

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(End of this chapter)