Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

After Lin Xia started to study the advanced ancient magic spells, Babeling found out about it.

At this time, Babel had just finished a high-level meeting.

She got together with Dumbledore and Nico to discuss where the wizarding world should focus its resources in the coming year.

The three of them unanimously decided that most of the resources of the wizarding world would have to be transferred to the British Ministry of Magic.

Because among all the countries that border the world of evil gods, Britain has the biggest rift.

This means that it will be easier for the evil world to smuggle through the UK. In order to prevent the UK from falling as quickly as possible, the UK's reform is also the fastest among all the magic ministries in the world.

If it is not fast enough, the evil world will really take its life.

The meeting was over and the three of them walked out together. Barbie suddenly stopped and looked far away to somewhere on the left.

It seemed as if it was looking through the layers of space and towards where Lin Xia was.

She raised her eyebrows, a hint of interest flashing across her eyes.

It was beyond her expectation that Lin Xia had finished learning the intermediate ancient magic spell so quickly.

She thought that she would have to wait until the space-time micro-force in the space completely disappeared before she could barely reach the threshold of intermediate magic.

It was just a period of time when she was left alone, but she even broke through the intermediate level of magic spells and started to learn the advanced ancient magic spells.

At this moment, Babel felt like a cow that was let loose, and suddenly one day the cow came to her and told her that it had the blood of a divine beast.

Dumbledore and Nick both noticed Babling's abnormality.

But because she didn't say anything, the two of them didn't care much.

Babel has a special physique and often travels in the river of time. Even they are not sure of her true identity.

All they need to know is that Babel is on their side and won't betray them.

And they also know that the things that interest Babeling may not necessarily happen in the present time and space dimension, but may also happen in the past or future.

For those who travel in the long river of time and space, no one knows whether the body she left here is one of the thousands.

They also don't know whether Babel will still exist many years in the future.

After Babling left, Dumbledore and Nico looked at each other.

Dumbledore murmured to himself: "I always feel that working with Babel is a double-edged sword. I can't guess what she is thinking."

Nico said: "Dumbledore, you have too many ideas. Now that you have decided to cooperate with her, you can't keep holding back on her.

It’s not like she hasn’t made some good suggestions before, but you always opposed them.”

At this point, Nico's tone took on a hint of complaint.

He still remembered that when Babel discovered Tom's talent, she suggested that she could take Tom with her personally to train him, so that he could feel the operation of the world's original power. Maybe Tom could find a way to resist the world of evil gods.

But this proposal was firmly rejected by Dumbledore.

The reason is that he believes Tom has lived in a miserable environment since childhood and has a bad character. Even if he learns more magic, he may still take the path of revenge against society.

That quarrel was the first time that the three of them parted on bad terms.

He felt that what Babel said made sense. Tom Riddle's talent was indeed excellent, so outstanding that even great wizards like them were amazed.

But at the same time, he also thought that Dumbledore was right to worry.

Because of Dumbledore's strong opposition, the three of them silently watched Tom teach himself, watched him rely on his personal charm step by step to gather Slytherin students, and then watched him ambitiously initiate reforms in the wizarding world.

In fact, Tom's initial determination to change the wizarding world was right and his original intention was good.

But once the ideal is implemented by countless people with complicated minds, it will be constantly misinterpreted and gradually turn into a tragedy.

In his pursuit of power, Tom himself lost his original heart and was infected by the whispers of the evil world.

When Nico saw the reputation of "Voldemort" spread to the wizarding world, he felt regretful.

If he had stood firmly on Babel's side at that time and let Babel take Tom personally, would Tom have not gone astray?
"Family tragedy leads to incomplete character" has always been a false proposition. Tragedies happen all the time in the world, and there are many people who suffer from family tragedy.

Even Harry, whom Dumbledore had always been optimistic about, had a tragic family life. But why did Dumbledore think that Harry would grow up to be honest and kind?

The environment that Harry has been exposed to since he was a child is not full of warmth. Just because his mother protected him with the ancient "love" magic, does Dumbledore think that Harry's heart is full of love?
Nico thought about this and sighed softly.

He felt that Dumbledore had been prejudiced against Tom from the beginning to the end. Although he didn't know where this prejudice came from, things had already happened and he could not personally reverse time and space and change Tom's fate.

And now, they occasionally get together to discuss how Tom's willful behavior has brought indelible impact on the wizarding world, and how they have to clean up the damage Tom has caused.

Dumbledore stared at Nico silently, without saying a word.

He knew the resentment in Nico's heart, and Dumbledore also knew that there were many things he had done wrong in handling the matter with Tom.

But now that the problem has occurred, it is too late for them to investigate why it happened.

"Nico, my friend, I am just an ordinary old man. I am not powerful enough to plan everything."

Nico said: "Dumbledore, no matter what, we must fight for Babel's power.

Since she is willing to teach at Hogwarts and has been teaching for so many years, we don't need to guess what she wants to do. We just need to look at what kind of students she teaches.

To some extent, students can also reflect the character of their teachers.”

Dumbledore nodded silently. This was the only solution now.

They couldn't figure out Babel, nor could they stop her from doing anything.

For example, in terms of training, Babel refused to train Harry and would rather use resources to train Lin Xia, and Dumbledore had nothing to say about this.

It was his idea to train Harry, and it was good enough that Babel did not object or put any obstacles in his way.

It’s not that he thinks Lin Xia is not good, but with the current strength of the magic world, as the confrontation with the evil god world becomes more and more intense, resources will become increasingly tight.

With limited resources, he wants to use them on people who are more worthy of cultivation.

Lin Xia is good, but not the best candidate in his mind.

Nico looked at Dumbledore's back as he walked away silently, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he began to think about it.

"Dumbledore is optimistic about Harry, and Babel is optimistic about Lin Xia. What about me? Should I also find a disciple to train?"

"When things get busy, there will be many things I won't be able to take care of. If I can train a few capable disciples and have them go on the journey for me, maybe I can relax a little..."
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After Babel returned to her garrison, she deliberately closed her eyes and focused her mind on Lin Xia's special space.

This space has the power of time and space, and she prepared it specifically for Lin Xia. Otherwise, without the help of time and space magic, Lin Xia would not be able to study for a long time. According to her estimation, the time and space magic infused in it can last until Lin Xia finishes learning all the low-level ancient magic spells.

But now the magic is about to run out, and Lin Xia has already learned the advanced ancient magic spell...

Babel thought for a while and suddenly smiled.

"I originally wanted to use the remaining power of time and space for other purposes, but you have such outstanding talent. If I don't give you a boost, it won't be my style."

She flicked her fingers lightly, and a hazy light spot fell in the space where Lin Xia was.

After a while, the space was lit up with an extremely bright colorful light. This was because the little remaining power of time and space was replenished and shone again.

Lin Xia was in the middle of it and didn't feel any changes.

But in Babel's eyes, this space was full of excitement, and ripples were rippling in countless small spaces.

Although the power of time and space in the space will continue to be consumed as Lin Xia studies, this space itself has been infused with so much power of time and space and has also gained many benefits.

Perhaps there will be new changes in the future, and it will not just be used as a learning place.

After Lin Xia started learning the advanced ancient magic spells, she immediately felt the challenge.

The difficulty of advanced ancient magic runes is different from that of intermediate ancient magic runes.

If we say that the Intermediate Ancient Demonic Code has too many interpretations, then the process of finding the interpretations is very troublesome and requires guesswork.

But as long as you write down the definitions, you will eventually be able to find the correct meaning through constant permutations, combinations and deletions.

Then the high-level ancient magic text is no longer a question of interpretation.

The difficulty of advanced ancient magic lies in its transformation.

There is nothing wrong with simple permutations and combinations, as we will eventually find the right path. But what if it is a disordered change of various words?
Because a word is changed, the meaning has to be re-disassembled, and this change is disorderly.

In people's eyes, this is like re-creating a word that does not exist in this world.

Lin Xia rubbed his swollen brows. No wonder many wizards with a talent for ancient magic runes have spent most of their lives figuring out the intermediate ancient magic runes, but have not made any progress.

Because high-level ancient magic code cannot be learned by just having a little talent. Instead, it requires a rare talent to quickly find the meaning of new words.

Lin Xia let out a light breath and turned to look at the scenery outside the window.

At this time, the scene outside the window was full of flowers, birdsong and fragrance of flowers, which also soothed the anxiety in her heart.

Well, learning never ends, we still have to continue learning.

It’s not that she can’t learn it, it’s just a little difficult. This won’t defeat her.
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A few days later, Ron and Harry discovered that Mikel had really changed.

He became a more down-to-earth person. He no longer followed them around like before, investigating their whereabouts and secrets, and trying to get a piece of their minds.

In addition, as the school starts getting closer, there is still a lot of testing progress to be completed in the knowledge challenge game.

Every day the professor was so anxious that he wanted to pull some students who were wandering around the school to join the test.

But there were not many students staying on campus, and every student was warned by the professor not to run around. Also, due to the influence of Hogsmeade village, every student was cautious.

The most frequent people in the school are the patrol professors.

Every time the professors looked outside, they only saw patrol officers, which made them sigh with worry.

That day, the professors gathered together again for a meeting and discussion.

Professor Foss said: "We still need to find more students to test. We are extremely short of manpower now. Only by increasing manpower can we complete it before the start of school."

Other professors said, "I want to find someone too, but how do I find someone?"

"I remember that many students go to the library to study. Why don't we pull some people from the library?"

"The knowledge challenge game project is very important to Hogwarts. If possible, I still want to find some students who I know well, so that I can feel at ease."

After hearing this, the other professors couldn't help but nod their heads.

Although every student has to sign many strict agreement terms to join the knowledge challenge game test project, there is a lot of magic in the world and there are ways to escape the punishment for breaking the contract.

If the student has a good character, it can add another layer of protection.

Professor Foss suggested: “How about this, we let the students in the program make recommendations first.

They stayed in school and knew how many people from their respective colleges stayed in school. Maybe they had interacted with some of them and knew what kind of people they were like.

These students recommend people who join later, and they are considered their guarantors. If there is any problem with the character of that student, we can still find the original guarantor."

“This method is good, but there are not many students who stay on campus, and there is such a strict review mechanism. I am worried that the students in the project team will not be willing to recommend people.”

"Yes, after all, the guarantor has to take responsibility."

Professor Fox smiled mysteriously at this time: "After studying for several days, these students are very tired.

We have introduced a reward mechanism. If you can recommend a student to join the test group, you can have a day off. I don’t believe they won’t be tempted by the holiday.”

The professors announced the news that afternoon, and a light flashed in the eyes of all the members of the testing team.

Have a holiday?

Have a holiday!!
We must recruit people!

Ron and Harry no longer hesitated and invited Mikel that night.

"Would you like to join the testing group for the knowledge challenge game?"

Mikel was interested in their test from the beginning.

But he also had his own things to do, and wanted to maintain friendly relations with the protagonists, so he finally did not ask.

Unexpectedly, this time, they took the initiative to invite him to join.

Although Mikel was somewhat tempted, he still asked them cautiously what the project was testing.

Harry: "I can't tell you the specific details. We signed an agreement that we can't leak confidential information to anyone. Not a single word can be said.

But there is one thing we can tell you, you have also come into contact with this mini-game before, which was the mini-game that Lin Xia created in the Ancient Demonic Script class.

The school decided to promote the game to the whole school and all subjects, and it is now being tested. "

(End of this chapter)