Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity.

Chapter 137 The Threat from Merlin

Merlin, both in this world and in Roger's previous life, is a world-renowned wizard.

The images of countless Western magicians have been influenced by it.

Pointed hat, long beard, staff...

According to what Roger had learned in his History of Magic textbook at Hogwarts, the legend of Merlin began in the sixth century during the time of King Arthur.

But Slytherin House has always said that Merlin is their alumnus. As we all know, Hogwarts was not founded until the 10th century AD, with a gap of nearly 400 years.

There are two possibilities here. Either Slytherin House is just talking nonsense to flatter them, or...

Merlin has also stepped into the realm of immortality!
From Roger's subjective point of view, the latter is obviously more likely.

On the one hand, Merlin is a half-human, half-demon wizard with a magical hybrid bloodline. He is also the most outstanding leader of the Muggle-friendly faction among the world's wizards.

The Order of Merlin was originally an official supervisory organization and violent agency loyal to the British royal family that suppressed wizards and prevented them from acting lawless.

This is in conflict with Slytherin's ideas of pure blood and wizard supremacy.

Therefore, even if Slytherin House wanted to play a trick similar to the Tang Dynasty royal family finding a Taoist ancestor for themselves to boost their reputation, they generally would not look for Merlin.

On the other hand, it is the empirical evidence brought by what happened to Roger when he wanted to trace Merlin's history and gain some benefits from him!
"The premonition of crisis has saved me again." Roger couldn't help but sigh that the development of magic in this world is really full of crises.

If I didn't have the ability to sense crisis, I would have died countless times.

The Time Phantom Shuttle Spell can lock a piece of space, trace back time, and project scenes from the past into the present, with seemingly no effect on historical time and space.

But in fact, it does exist.

When Roger mobilized the past images, fluctuations of time magic were generated, and nothing abnormal had occurred before.

It's because the fluctuation is fleeting, and people who don't understand time magic won't even realize what happened.

Even if one understands the magic of time, how many people would experience a huge change in their lives because of this tiny fluctuation, leading to major changes in historical time and space and causing the collapse of current time and space?

This is almost impossible.

But this almost impossible thing became inevitable for Merlin!
Roger didn't know whether Merlin was still alive, but Merlin must have been incredibly powerful back then.

If we use a more crazy way of talking about magnetic field, his magnetic field power may not be strong, but his complete realm is definitely ridiculously high.

To put it in terms of technology, it means a group of primitive people who can share nuclear fusion technology with you.

Roger used his premonition of crisis to feel that if he used the Time-Travel Spell to trace back to the past, then Merlin might be able to glimpse a corner of the future by following the traces of his instantaneous casting.

The same information has different values in the hands of different people.

For example, American financial tycoon Soros will short the British pound next month this year.

This move led to the collapse of the pound and its complete withdrawal from the European exchange rate system, which had a certain impact on the overall national trend of the United Kingdom.

Soros himself also reaped $11 billion in this process in a short period of time.

If an ordinary person knew about this, at most he would have eaten some leftovers behind this financial tycoon in 1992.

But if someone with enough power knew about this in advance and was 100% sure of the accuracy of the intelligence, then... the world line of the earth would probably have some slight shifts!

The same is true for Merlin.

"I'm still not strong enough." Roger has expressed this sentiment countless times.

Currently, Roger's time plague is still in its early stages of progress.

He can only achieve the "time connection" from the time he left school at the end of the first grade until today.

His current timeline defense mechanism began after he got off the Hogwarts Express.

Earlier, he was unable to do "the weakest moment is the strongest moment" to defend against the attack of the timeline.

If this is true even for the duration of my own existence, then this is even more true for the history before 1990, before I traveled through time.

"It seems that until I can spread my existence into history, there is no way to explore Merlin's secrets."

"By the way, I have to remind Harry again that when he is in England, he cannot use the Time Travel Spell or the Time Cinema Spell to look around, nor can he use magic to look at antiques of unknown ages."

Roger felt a little sorry about this.

But I didn't take it too seriously.

It's just a matter of time and place. History is there. Explore it earlier or later. Why be so anxious?

Putting aside Merlin's question, Roger began to turn his attention to other famous wizards.

Sure enough, a similar phenomenon did not occur with the four founders of Hogwarts, including Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.

Although these wizards, like Merlin, were all given the title of 'great'.

But there are still differences between greatness and greatness. The ultimate magical power promotes the progress of civilization and makes important choices at critical junctures in history.

Merlin possesses all three, while the founders of Hogwarts focused more on the latter two.

They broke the traditional master-apprentice inheritance model in the wizarding world and took civilization one step forward, but in terms of magical power... they were strong enough, but not strong enough to transcend their time.

Just like Yujiro Hanma and the Saiyan Kakarot can both be considered as the "strongest on earth" in their world, but the value of the two is different.

One is only able to dominate the earth, while the other is considered a top figure in the universe.

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"It seems that if I want to understand everything, I still have to go back to Hogwarts."

Roger traveled all over Britain, following in the footsteps of the four founders of Hogwarts.

Although they founded Hogwarts, it does not mean that their entire lives revolve around Hogwarts, before and after they made this decision.

They both did a lot of things outside of Hogwarts.

...In that era where small-scale master-disciple inheritance was the main theme, what the four of them did could be said to be a huge crime that was outrageous to the world!
This was just like the first time the imperial examination system was born in the ancient Eastern country. It was bound to cause quite a bit of backlash, and Hogwarts naturally had disputes with the vested interests of the old system at that time.

By watching historical images of both sides, Roger gained some insights.

But because this historical puzzle lacks the piece related to Hogwarts, Roger always feels unsatisfied.

Roger looked at the time. It was already late August and school was about to start in a few days.

Well, everything is just right.

"It's time to get ready for school."

Although Roger had already taught himself all the school's superficial courses, the value of Hogwarts School to Roger was not just the public courses taught by the professors.

Firstly, Hogwarts is actually a place where the top talents in the wizarding world gather. Here, Roger can find top experts in fields that he is not good at and communicate and learn with them.

Secondly, most of the wizards in the entire British wizarding world are from Hogwarts. To use an oriental term, this is the "orthodoxy" of the British wizarding world, and it is more deeply rooted in all aspects of society than the Ministry of Magic.

Finally… Dumbledore is here.

In terms of large-scale destructive power, Roger can be called the strongest in the world, but in a head-on magic showdown between wizards, Dumbledore, who has learned Roger's three-dimensional magic, is the current "No. 1 combat wizard on Earth."

When Roger and Dumbledore stood together, Hogwarts was the safest place in this world where the three-dimensional law had not yet been promoted.

Here, Roger and Dumbledore restrained each other while protecting each other and escaped from Hogwarts...

Just as Dumbledore was worried about Roger and always wanted to keep him under his nose, Roger was also wary of the top wizards in this world.

Not only Dumbledore, but also Roger, when monitoring Voldemort, focused his main attention on observing Grindelwald.

As a prophet, Roger knew very well how big a mess the prophet could make if he set his heart on making trouble.

"But speaking of it...you actually bought these books. What does Nicolas Flamel want to teach?"

Unlike the school Roger attended in his previous life, in the wizarding world, there is no so-called education bureau to determine what courses are taught in school.

Rather, professors decide for themselves.

Professors will make a list of textbooks to be used in the next academic year in advance, and then students will purchase them on their own.

Other courses are easy. After teaching year after year, the books used are often fixed. Even Lily and Blott Bookstore has old textbooks for sale, so you can just buy them and use them directly.

But the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is different. Due to the curse, the professor of this class changes every year, and the teaching materials are different every year.

"Forget it, at least it's better than Lockhart." After thinking about it, Roger shook his head.

If Roger were asked to buy a bunch of adventure stories created by plagiarizing other people's lives as teaching materials, he would definitely throw those books in Gilderoy Lockhart's face!

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London, Diagon Alley.

This British wizarding trade and exchange center is as prosperous as ever.

No, to be precise, it was even more lively than the last time Roger came.

Roger keenly noticed that several of the shops on Diagon Alley had changed.

Several shops that used to sell candy have new owners and businesses.

Various magical materials were sold there, and from the German words on the outer packaging of these materials, Roger instantly understood the background behind them.

"Has full cooperation begun tentatively?" Roger remembered what Dumbledore had mentioned to him before, regarding the visit of the German Minister of Magic.

Just like Muggles’ international trade, the Ministry of Magic also charges tariffs on wizards’ cross-border trade.

He noticed that the materials in these shops had obviously been exempted from relevant taxes, otherwise they would not be so cheap.

"Roger!"

Just as Roger was thinking about the impact on his plan, a crisp voice sounded from behind him.

Looking back, Roger found that it was the child he had met last year.

"Long time no see." The girl trotted through the crowd, came up to Roger, and greeted him with a smile on her face.

Luna Lovegood was very impressed with Roger.

Before Roger came close, she noticed that he was nearby through the gathering of a large number of harassment horseflies!
(End of this chapter)