Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 340 World-Class Spells

While the Order of the Phoenix and the Aurors were locked in a fierce battle...

The Magic Research Institute.

A researcher pushed open the door to the underground computer room.

"Who are you? This is a confidential area. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter." Two wizards stood guard at the end of the corridor, saw him, and blocked his way.

"I am Howard Jackson, the new software engineer, and I am in charge of debugging Athena's system." The researcher showed his credentials.

"Jackson?" A wizard took the badge and glanced at it. "Department of Magical Plant Research, this isn't yours..."

However, before he could finish speaking, he heard a thud, and his companion beside him had collapsed without him noticing. He instinctively reached for his wand, but heard the man who called himself Jackson say in a slow, gentle, and irresistible voice, "Sleep."

Overwhelmed by drowsiness, the wizard couldn't even lift a finger. In his last moments before losing consciousness, he tried to send a message through the telepathic network, but the message disappeared without a trace.

"Within the range of my mental space, any telepathic communication will be blocked." 'Jackson' said, taking a card from the wizard's chest and pressing it against the blast door behind the two of them.

With a beep, the explosion-proof door opened.

Inside was another corridor. As soon as he stepped in, he heard a woman's voice say, "Entering the sterile room, please undergo disinfection."

Similar arrangements exist in every important laboratory, and this so-called "disinfection" not only serves the conventional purpose of eliminating bacteria and viruses, but also incorporates the fairy's "anti-thief waterfall," which can eliminate the effects of most spells, thereby preventing infiltration.

Jackson had already gone through "disinfection" several times and knew it was a routine procedure, so he did not resist.

Several nozzles protrude from the wall, spraying out a fine mist of water.

However, as soon as the water mist touched his skin, Jackson suddenly felt dizzy.

Oh no, this is poisonous!

I've been found out!

He immediately pulled out a cross-shaped object from his pocket, preparing to force his way out, but two gun barrels protruded from the wall in front of him, and two shots rang out, severing his arm.

"You can't hold me." After saying that, Jackson prepared to abandon the body and leave, but the surrounding walls lit up with an eerie blue light.

A voice came from the loudspeaker, "There's a magical metal mesh installed in the wall's interlayer. Have you heard of electromagnetic shielding? This is a magical shielding device. We had more than twenty wizards simultaneously inject magic into it, adding a powerful magical field. Unless your magic strength increases tenfold, no magical signal can leave this place."

Jackson was shocked to find himself trapped in this body, unable to transfer through his mental imagery.

At the same time, several fine rays of light formed a crisscrossing network, slowly pressing in from the front.

"What is this?" Jackson sensed a hint of danger.

"Laser network," the voice continued, "is a design from the professor's quirky sense of humor. He says it's a tribute to a certain movie, which I don't quite understand. But these industrial lasers can cut steel plates."

"Your Majesty, let us test whether you are made of steel."

……

"Strawberry flavor." Murphy breathed a sigh of relief. "Finally, a normal flavor. But you guessed tomato. So, it's my turn to ask the second question."

"What can you tell me about that secret?"

Dumbledore was silent for a moment. "I can't tell you anything, Murphy."

Murphy frowned and looked at Grindelwald. "But Mr. Grindelwald also knows that secret? It seems that revealing the secret won't directly lead to terrible consequences, so why can't I know?"

"Because this secret cannot stop you; it might even be used by you as a weapon."

"Oh?" Murphy considered many possibilities. "Well then, let me guess."

"Judging from the current situation, you and the Holy Mother both want to stop me from violating the secrecy law," Murphy said, then shook his head. "No, if it's just a concern, then we can actually discuss it."

"After all, I'm not like Mr. Grindelwald back then, whose goal was to break the Secrecy Act. The Secrecy Act is irrelevant to me. I don't want to break it. In fact, the existence of the Secrecy Act was the foundation for my previous ability to reap huge profits. I made my fortune by exploiting the information gap between wizards and Muggles."

"If possible, I would also be very happy to keep the secrecy laws in place to keep other wizarding competitors out of the game."

"If it's just about maintaining the secrecy law, you could actually take a more moderate approach, such as joining forces with me. As long as we ensure that this information gap is only used by me personally and doesn't expand to the point where it's common knowledge, we can make an exception for me in the secrecy law."

"Such an exception is certainly hard for you to accept, but I think it's better than going to war with me all the time. You know, your chances of winning are slim. In fact, choosing to go to war with me could even lead to the breach of the secrecy law."

"But you still chose to go to war with me," Murphy said. "Then this means that the impact of what I did is more serious than the secrecy law itself, and even more unacceptable to you and the Holy Mother."

"And this influence is the secret of the Virgin Mary's protection."

"I think I have some ideas," Murphy said.

Dumbledore sighed. "You are indeed very clever, Murphy."

"What could be a more serious consequence than breaking the secrecy law and letting Muggles know about wizards?" Murphy thought for a moment. "Coincidentally, we previously discovered a strange phenomenon about magic, which we call the 'observer effect of magic'."

"Magic will try its best to avoid being exposed to people who are unaware of its existence."

"If we understand this effect in reverse, it means that once someone knows for certain that magic exists, then magic can no longer be completely hidden from that person."

"If Muggles knew about magic..."

"etc……"

Murphy suddenly paused, "So that's it! So that's the 'secret'!"

"This secret isn't a piece of information, not a sentence, but actually a concept?!"

"This is a spell... a mental suggestion? No, that's not right, it seems to be more fundamental... a Muggle exorcism spell? No, it's even stronger..."

Suddenly, a flash of lightning illuminated his mind.

"The Mantra of Unwavering Loyalty!"

Murphy stared at Dumbledore in astonishment. "This is a Faithful Charm?! Treating 'magic' as a secret to be kept, and all wizards as Secret Keepers?! That's why Muggles ignore magic... This is a world-class Faithful Charm!"

"So that's how it is. This is the ultimate law of secrecy, and this is the true purpose of the wizarding law of secrecy."

Dumbledore remained silent, but at that moment, silence meant agreement.

Murphy got goosebumps all over because of this discovery. He suddenly felt a terrifying shock, as if he had glimpsed a glimpse of the true face of this world.

"Therefore, the observer effect of magic is not a truly objective phenomenon, but rather due to the influence of this world-class Fidelity Charm!"

"So who cast this spell of unwavering loyalty, and for what purpose?"

(End of this chapter)