Ancient Wizards Return to Hogwarts...

Chapter 169 Badger Head Bronze Cup

Seeing the terrified expressions on his subordinates' faces, the man instinctively felt something was wrong, but he had lost the ability to think; the instinct to drink water took over his consciousness. He opened his mouth, but what came out was—

"You look so juicy—"

The man pounced on his subordinate, biting through his throat and sucking his blood with abandon.

Scalding hot blood flowed down the man's esophagus into his body, temporarily restoring his complexion. But after a burst of red steam rose from his body, he reverted to his desiccated state.

This time, however, he completely lost the strength to move. He sat down against the wall, his consciousness gradually fading and dissipating...

Dewdrops began to appear on the wall, gathering together and gradually forming the shape of a person. Then, Rice emerged from the wall.

"Egypt is far too dry," Rice said, waving his hand. The dry air around him made him feel uncomfortable.

Looking at the man who had turned into a dried-up corpse in the corner, Rice muttered to himself, "Now the trap is set."

He snapped his fingers, and all the living people in this branch of the Secret Order writhed in agony—they suddenly couldn't breathe, and at the same time, their skin became visibly dry, their bodies rapidly dehydrated, transforming into mummies. As for where this water went, it was manipulated by Rice to fill their lungs.

If the secret order comes here in the future and performs autopsies on the deceased members, they will find that the cause of death of every mummified corpse here is drowning.

Rice considered this approach to be highly efficient.

He had his eye on the man while he was writing the report, and infused his magic into the man's body. After the man arrived at the base, the water in his body kept evaporating under the influence of Rice's magic. The others unknowingly absorbed this water, which was full of Rice's magic, into their bodies, thus allowing Rice to control the water in their bodies as well, and finally wiped them all out.

The advantage of doing this is that Rice doesn't have to go from room to room to clean up the esoteric monks, ensuring that none of them can escape, making it incredibly efficient.

After dealing with the secret order monks within the base, Rice began searching the area.

He had already reviewed the documents the man had left in the apartment; most of them were useless reports and health inspection reports. Through these documents, he was certain that the base's value wasn't as high as he and Ravenclaw had previously estimated. For the Secret Order, the most valuable thing here was actually the monks inside, who were exhausted from being tormented by Vigo.

Unfortunately, this sixth generation monk was completely unaware of the true nature of the secret society.

While divine remains, spells, and various collected magic books are important, the most crucial element is people. The core system of the Secret Order is "merging with divine remains and comprehending domains," and this system requires a sufficient number of people. Families alone cannot support the Secret Order as an organization.

Vigo is a good example. Once she was trapped in Hogwarts, her family would immediately break down because she and her family heirloom, the Divine Relic, were lost in Hogwarts.

Correspondingly, Capricorns, who rise from the bottom up, are the most troublesome. They are often very talented, and with the help of divine relics, apart from Rice and Ravenclaw, probably only Dumbledore can reliably defeat them in the entire Hogwarts.

Therefore, as long as a sufficient number of monks are eliminated, the Secret Order will be finished, which is what Rice is currently implementing.

He not only wiped out all the cultivators in the base, but also left some inconspicuous traps here, ensuring that this base would become a "black hole" for the secret sect cultivators, where one would die and two would die.

Although the accumulated value of divine remains is not as high as that of human talent, that doesn't stop Rice from taking stock of the base's treasury—he'd already packed up and taken the documents and spellbooks, and he wasn't interested in the food and drinks in the warehouse. The remaining magical items and divine remains, however, were worth a thorough inventory.

Following the trail of magical energy, Rice easily located the secret vault of the Secret Order's base here.

After opening the door to the secret vault, Rice found that the space inside was not large, and the number of items stored was not many.

This is normal. This is just an ordinary, unremarkable base of the secret society. There are conservatively estimated to be more than thirty such bases. It would be absurd if it had a rich collection of treasures.

Rice examined the two divine remains inside one by one and found that their effects were probably not as good as the bones he had taken from his own body. The only somewhat interesting divine remains here were the bone ring the man was wearing.

Besides the remains of the god, the small storage room also contained some potion ingredients, which, judging from their variety, had a North African style. Rice accepted them without hesitation.

After putting away the potion ingredients, Rice turned his attention to the last item in the small warehouse: a small copper cup.

The cup even has rust on it, showing that it has gone through many vicissitudes.

At first, Rice didn't pay much attention to this inconspicuous little cup; it was placed on a cabinet in the corner, and it was hard to find without careful searching.

This is another thing that Rice really wants to complain about. Everything in the vault has its own designated place. Rice can even see the location tags and nameplates under the items, and there are even simple descriptions of the items near them!

Those in the know will recognize this as the base and treasure vault of a clandestine organization; those who don't might mistake it for a museum exhibition hall!

Rice really wanted to complain: What's the point of all this? Is it to help me, an intruder, identify what kind of treasure this is?

This is so thoughtful! Delivering a treasure to your door and even including an instruction manual—it's unheard of and unseen before.

Vigo is truly a genius!

But when Rice picked up the bronze cup, he quickly noticed something unusual about it, or rather, something only he would notice: the cup had a handle, and at the top of the handle was a carved animal head.

As time passed, the handle was covered in rust, which is why Rice didn't notice the bronze cup at first glance. But as he examined it closely, he felt that the animal head had a bit of the charm of a badger.

He took out his wand and carefully cleaned the rust off the bronze cup. After the cup was cleaned, Rice's gaze became complicated, because the handle of the cup was indeed carved with a badger's head!

He would never mistake this style!

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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Today's funny picture—what if Harry Potter were in an anime style?

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