Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 301 The Wizard's Ceiling

"Lady Yaga," Murphy said, "from my perception, you seem to be roughly equal in strength to the two great shamans and several other powerful individuals I know. Does this mean that you and they are on the same level of magic?"

Mrs. Jaga chuckled. "What do you mean 'them'? It's 'us'. You've been in this social class for a long time."

"However, the spells they know and their specializations in magic are not the same, which leads to differences in strength, but on the ladder of magic, they are almost the same."

Murphy understood.

To put it more simply, Murphy has reached the same "level" as the top wizards in the wizarding world, such as the Great Shaman and Dumbledore.

There is no difference in their cultivation levels, but their methods and fighting styles lead to differences in combat strength.

"So, does this mean that Maria is from a higher social class than us?" Murphy frowned. "Have you ever met anyone from that class?"

Mrs. Jaga shook her head. "No, it's highly unlikely that such a person would exist in this world."

"Wizards can only go as far as we can," said Lady Yaga. "You don't understand now, but if you go any higher, you will encounter an invisible wall."

"Magic only allows humans to reach this level."

Murphy was stunned; this was the first time he had ever heard of such a thing.

"Are you saying that there's a ceiling to a wizard's strength and level of mastery?"

Mrs. Jaga nodded. "Yes. You will eventually hit that 'ceiling' too. You'll find that everything comes at a price. You can't have both magic and life. Stronger magic will inevitably lead to a shorter lifespan, while a longer life will come at the cost of losing the growth of magic. It's as if magic sets a total limit for each of us, and the amount you can take from it is finite."

"The price of forcibly trying to break through this limitation may be death, or loss of sanity... but it seems that no one has ever succeeded."

Murphy frowned. "Then... what's this mental coordinate system all about?"

……

Murphy never got an answer, and after some investigation, Mrs. Jaga couldn't find the "mental coordinates" in his mind either.

Either the mental coordinates don't exist and are just Ragnar's nonsense, or the person who set up the mental coordinates for Murphy is indeed beyond Murphy and Mrs. Jaga's current "level".

Mrs. Jaga didn't have any good solutions to this.

"Perhaps, only by breaking through that 'ceiling' is it possible."

As for how to "break through," Mrs. Jaga didn't know either.

Fortunately, the only saving grace is that even if the mental coordinates do exist, they haven't posed a direct threat, giving Murphy time to slowly resolve the issue.

So Murphy had no choice but to temporarily put the mental coordinates aside.

He still has countless things to deal with.

He has to clean up the mess Ragnar left behind.

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Breaking News! Gringotts Fairies Plot Rebellion!

Inhumane! The Brin Family's Bloody Sacrifice: Black Magic Resurrects Ancestors!

Great news! The Aurors reacted swiftly to suppress the rebellion!

Uprooted! The Watchers destroy the fairy cult's lair!

Fully Revealed! Fairy Rebels to Face Public Trial!

British wizards woke up to a barrage of bombardments from the Daily Prophet.

Rita Skeeter, with her inflammatory writing, describes a truly horrific fact: the fairies are once again preparing for a bloody rebellion, holding numerous large underground gatherings to discuss a violent coup d'état, intending to overthrow wizarding rule.

They have even prepared several assassination lists, which could be used to target various important departments of the Ministry of Magic at any time.

They would also cut off the wizards' economic lifeline and seize the wealth in the wizards' treasuries for themselves.

On the other hand, in order to realize this terrible plan, they intend to resurrect Ragnar, the king of the ancient fairy kingdom from a thousand years ago, and are willing to sacrifice their own people for this purpose.

Once Ragnar is resurrected, he will lead all the fairies in a full-scale attack on the wizards.

This terrible plan had been underway in secret for who knows how long, and the ordinary wizards were completely unaware of it.

Fortunately, the Aurors and Watchmen discovered the goblins' plot in time and wiped out the rebels, nipping the bloody rebellion in the bud.

Magnificent, Auror! Magnificent, Watchers!

Given the egregious nature of this incident, the Ministry of Magic is preparing to hold public trials for some key perpetrators so that wizards can see the despicable acts of these goblin villains.

Wizards across Britain were stunned by these reports, so when the goblin rebellion trial began a few days later, the Wizengamot Court of the Ministry of Magic specially added thousands of seats for the public to wizards who were concerned about the matter.

The trial proceeded very smoothly, and the evidence of the goblin rebellion was very substantial. Whether it was the wands, armor, documents, or other evidence found in Willer Longhand's Castle in Oak Hill, or the confessions of some goblins, all of these proved that the goblins' intention to rebel was beyond doubt.

The bloody sacrifice was further supported by the presence of dozens of demon corpses, providing irrefutable evidence.

During the trial, the wizards were outraged and demanded that all the goblins involved in the rebellion be beheaded, but Wizengamo, upholding humanitarian principles, threw them all into Azkaban.

At the same time, the Ministry of Magic confiscated all the participants' assets and announced that Gringotts would henceforth be under the Ministry of Magic's control.

The Ministry of Magic renamed it the Central Bank of Wizarding in the UK, and from now on, the Ministry will conduct loyalty tests on all Gringotts goblins, eliminating any goblins who harbor resentment towards wizards.

Following the trial, wizards' perception of goblins had reached its lowest point. Instead of provoking discontent, the Ministry of Magic's decisions received widespread support, with many wizards even suggesting that the Ministry's methods were too lenient and that all goblins in Britain should be exterminated.

Of course, this is unrealistic. Firstly, genocide is truly inhumane and would leave evidence against us. Secondly, the fairy race is spread all over the world, and killing British fairies would arouse hatred from fairies in other countries and bring a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Anyway, without Gringotts and with their wands restricted, they're unlikely to cause any major trouble. We can just have the Aurors keep a closer eye on them from now on.

The raid on the Brin family provided the Ministry of Magic with a large amount of funds and even two mines.

But what interested Murphy the most wasn't these things—he already controlled the central bank, so money was just a matter of talking to him.

What caught his attention were several secret fairy smelting techniques he found in Willer Castle, which mentioned a method for making fairy metal. This method uses magic to smelt metal, thereby creating fairy metal with extremely good magical affinity.

Fairies can use this metal to make magical items, which can be easily imbued with various spells.

The sword of Gryffindor is the culmination of this metal's craftsmanship.

The moment Murphy obtained this smelting method, he realized that the biggest obstacle that had always stood in his way of combining science and magic might finally have a solution.

(End of this chapter)