Ancient Wizards Return to Hogwarts...

Chapter 163 Intelligence on the Secret Order

"Oh?" Ravenclaw became excited when she heard that her old friend had brought her experimental materials: although the dark creatures in the dungeon were enough for her to do research, no one would complain about having too few experimental materials.

Moreover, judging from its appearance, Salazar brought him a living creature that can talk and communicate, which makes it even more precious.

Rice glanced at her old friend, whom she hadn't seen for months, and found that she looked to be in good condition, her soul much clearer, while Voldemort on her shoulder appeared even darker. It seemed that after regaining her senses, she was also working to transfer the corruption within her body into Voldemort's soul.

But why was she lingering near the seal? Rice was puzzled: Was there something special about this area?

After receiving Vigo, whose eyes were filled with fear, from Rice, Ravenclaw noticed something unusual about the test subject.

"To stitch together the corpses of humans and false gods, thereby allowing mediocre wizards to comprehend profound magic, is truly a genius idea!" Ravenclaw observed for a moment, came to a conclusion, and couldn't help but praise it.

In her opinion, the idea was incredibly creative.

They killed powerful enemies and then used their corpses to strengthen their own forces. If those four had possessed this wisdom a thousand years ago, the wizards' situation would certainly have been much better.

After all, there were still many corpses of false gods. Now that I think about it, it was such a waste that my old friends and I used so many precious materials just to make crowns and wands.

"It's merging with the remains of a god." After Vigo was taken into the seal, Rice regained her ability to speak. Once she could speak, Vigo subconsciously corrected Ravenclaw's statement.

"They're the same," Ravenclaw waved his hand, arguing that their statements were essentially identical.

"How did you merge with the divine remains?" Ravenclaw asked impatiently.

Vigo clearly didn't want to answer that question.

Ravenclaw glanced at Rice, who sighed and pulled a small bottle from his pocket.

"Veritable serum, this is all you have, use it sparingly." Rice didn't think the veritable serum would work; any valuable information must have been locked away by magic—unless the higher-ups of the Secret Order were fools, they would definitely do that.

"No problem." Ravenclaw manipulated his body to snatch the vial of truth serum from Rice.

Then she opened the bottle and poured it into Vigo's mouth.

After administering the truth serum, she didn't rush to interrogate him. Instead, she chanted a few spells at Vigo, and Ravenclaw was stunned: there were no sealing spells placed on her.

"How is this possible?" Ravenclaw asked, puzzled. "Salazar, didn't you say that the Secret Order even placed a sealing spell on a pharmacist who worked with them before?"

Rice was also greatly shocked and turned to look at Vigo.

"Those who are favored by the gods and merged with divine remains should not be cursed with a soul-locking curse, because those who can inherit power from the gods are those recognized by the gods. To arbitrarily impose a soul-locking curse is to blaspheme against the gods," Vigo explained honestly.

Rice frowned. He thought that this statement, translated into layman's terms, meant that wizards who could merge with divine remains belonged to the higher echelons of the secret order, and that the Soul-Locking Curse was something that was done from the top down, and that the higher echelons themselves would not use the Soul-Locking Curse on themselves.

Although Vigo in front of me is a bit weak and has little experience, he is obviously already a high-ranking member of the Secret Order, so he will not be subject to the Soul-Locking Curse. Even if there were any spells on him before, they would be lifted.

Rice thought about it and felt it made a pretty good point.

Ravenclaw didn't care about all that; she just wanted to know how the Secret Order members stitched together the body parts of the false god.

"Every year, the organization organizes trusted members to bring them to the organization's headquarters, where they will have the opportunity to observe divine remains. If they resonate with the divine remains, the organization will allow them to stay at headquarters and have more contact with the divine remains, attempting to fuse with them. Even if the fusion fails, it doesn't matter; they will still gain the right to observe divine remains without restriction, observing the organization's collection of divine remains. Through this method, they can also comprehend advanced magic and enhance their personal strength."

Once they successfully merge with the divine remains, they will instantly become high-ranking members of the organization and receive their own titles. The titles of the secret society are all named after constellations.

"Of course, there are also some divine remains that are different, those inherited within a family. The one I have is this kind of divine remains. Compared to the divine remains collected within the organization, these family-inherited divine remains are more likely to resonate with people within the family. The constellation name is also inherited with such divine remains; I am the sixth-generation Virgo." Vigo gradually unveiled the mystery of the Secret Order for Rice and Ravenclaw.

Rice then described to Vigo the pamphlet he had received earlier, and learned that it was a communication tool for the lowest-ranking members of the organization. The higher-ups generally referred to these members as "ants," meaning that their contributions were as insignificant as those of ants.

Upgrading from an "ant" to a "trusted one" requires an extremely long time and sufficient contributions, which is incomparable to that of a cult member like Vigo who comes from a family background.

Vigo told Rice that he and Sagittarius were among those who inherited the divine remains, while Capricorn had climbed up step by step from the "ants." He was the kind of person with extraordinary talent who could not only merge with the divine remains but also comprehend the "mist" domain. Therefore, he successfully obtained one of the twelve most precious titles in the secret order, and his status was even higher than Vigo and Sagittarius.

"It seems this organization isn't as corrupt as we thought," Rice shrugged.

To assess the condition of an organization, one must examine its ability to generate revenue, or rather, the smoothness of its internal promotion pathways.

Judging from Capricorn's experience, the Secret Order is not completely corrupt yet. Although members of the "family" have a higher starting point and better conditions, as long as they can merge with or resonate with the divine remains, they will be promoted immediately, which is similar to pure-blood and half-blood wizards in the magic world.

"It looks like it was fused entirely by brute force." Ravenclaw didn't get the answer she wanted from Vigo. The Secret Order didn't have the secret to fusion either, and could only let the members of the organization try it one by one.

"But what is their purpose in doing this?"

"May the light of God shine upon this land once more," Vigo said with a face full of worship and utmost sincerity.

Rice, Ravenclaw: ...

Both of them fell silent.

"This organization cannot remain in this world." After a moment, Rice and Ravenclaw reached a consensus.

"I need you to provide intelligence on the organization, its outposts, headquarters, and everything else!" Rice said to Vigo.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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