Ancient Wizards Return to Hogwarts...

Chapter 490 Dumbledore: Tom, a person's strength has its limits, so...

Loki wanted to say something, but his body had been cut in two, so he couldn't make a sound. He could only float in mid-air and listen to Slytherin and Ravenclaw talking.

"When the line between life and death is no longer clear, it is no longer difficult for the dead to return—if the dead are powerful enough. Killing a person can no longer be called the end as before, because he may return from the underworld after a while." Rice selflessly shared his insights on life and death with his two old friends, and Rowena and Helga nodded repeatedly.

Rice glanced down at Loki, who was trapped by him and Helga, and smiled happily.

"So sealing someone away is what truly kills them, except here we're referring to social death." In Rice's mind, a guy like Loki, once the boundaries of the Underworld are broken, is as stinking and hard as a rock in a latrine.

The key to the problem lies in the mechanism of reincarnation.

Rice had also died once before he managed to bring this taboo knowledge into reality.

On the train to the underworld, the white mist corrodes the soul. The souls of ordinary beings lack the strength to withstand this corrosion, and thus all memories of their past lives are erased before they are reincarnated.

However, for those beings who were already extremely powerful in life, the corrosive effect of the white mist was insufficient, and they were only able to successfully travel to the underworld by train—if Rice hadn't acted quickly enough, the reincarnation plan would definitely have failed.

Moreover, since he did it himself, he was even able to preserve his memories of the train journey, making it a huge win.

As a member of the gods, Loki's strength in terms of soul is beyond doubt, and he will certainly be able to successfully reach the underworld.

In the past, the underworld and the real world were clearly separated, and once Loki entered, he would be trapped there forever. But now the separation between the two worlds is not so clear, and Loki might slip out of the underworld after a while.

How can this be allowed?!

So Rice chose to seal Him away, leaving Him in a state of neither life nor death.

Loki, you shouldn't die either. Just stay in the real world and enjoy your life sentence!

This is precisely why Loki was so panicked when he heard Slytherin refuse to kill him.

Helga and Rowena both understood Salazar's meaning. But there was a very significant problem with doing so: Loki was still occupying Godric's body, and how could that body be freed up if He didn't die?

Does this mean Godric's resurrection plan will have to be abandoned?

"Let Godric wait a bit. We'll definitely find a way to satisfy both sides." Rice felt that he would rather Godric be resurrected later than let Loki escape.

Anyway, if we study it carefully, we will definitely be able to find a solution that satisfies both sides.

For example, they could try to extract Loki's soul from Godric's body.

Seeing that Salazar had no objections, Helga and Rowena said nothing more.

After a brief discussion, the three decided on how to deal with Loki.

They first merged Loki's body with another body, and then enveloped Loki's body with the power of the three domains of water, earth, and wind, suppressing the domains within him and completely depriving him of the ability to use magic and domains.

Having done something similar to Voldemort before, Rice was quite adept at it and quickly led his two companions to seal Loki away.

After being treated like this, Loki was no different from a Muggle. But Rhys knew very well that Loki's most terrifying weapons were not just his domain and magic; his brain and tongue were also formidable weapons.

So Rice used a potion to put him into a deep sleep.

The sealing is now complete.

Once he finds a way to separate the soul from the body, he can deal with Loki further.

After sealing Loki away, the three looked at each other in silence for a moment before Helga took the initiative to start a conversation.

"Is there any possibility of repairing the seal on the underworld?" Even though she already had the answer in her heart, she still asked her two friends, clinging to a sliver of hope.

Rice and Rowena both remained silent.

In this matter, although breaking the seal of the underworld was in the interests of both of them, it is also an objective fact that the seal cannot be repaired.

"I can't." After a while, perhaps feeling that she should give Helga a response, Rowena answered Helga's question.

"Without Godric's power, we cannot construct the seal as before." Compared to Rowena's concise answer, Rice's reply was much more tactful.

"Then can we just wait for Godric to come back?" Helga quickly asked.

"It was extremely difficult. We achieved this by standing on the shoulders of giants." Rice shook his head helplessly.

The reason they were able to successfully construct the seal back then was because someone had done it before. By the time it was their turn, they were already on the verge of success.

This is the reason why the four of them can completely isolate the two worlds.

Now that the seal has been completely destroyed, the state of both worlds has been restored to factory settings. If they want to rebuild the seal, they will have to start from scratch, and the workload is not on the same level.

Helga wanted to say something more, but Rowena interrupted.

"This is not the time to discuss this; there's still a war going on at Hogwarts!"

Reina's suggestion made Rice and Helga lose interest in continuing their discussion about the seal. The three of them ran towards the ground together.

In any case, let's deal with the Secret Order monks who have infiltrated Hogwarts first!

In the dueling arena, Voldemort is struggling to hold his own against Dumbledore.

He was filled with such hatred!

He had already gained the upper hand in his battle with Dumbledore, and if the fight continued, he might be able to defeat him. But then a crazy woman suddenly appeared and dealt him a heavy blow, instantly erasing all the advantages he had built up!

He both hated and feared it.

Voldemort has lost the high spirits he had when he first appeared. Now he only wants to escape this place of sorrow, but how could Dumbledore let him have his way?

Now that he had the upper hand, Dumbledore reinforced the walls of fire surrounding the dueling arena to ensure Voldemort could not escape from there.

"Dumbledore!" Realizing he had no way out, Voldemort's eyes turned bloodshot, bordering on madness. "You really think these tricks can do anything to me? Without that madman's help, you'd be dead already! It's time to get serious—"

The wounds on Voldemort's body, which he had barely managed to seal with the power of the Death Domain, began to gradually crumble. Correspondingly, the domain he had set up on the dueling arena began to fluctuate violently.

Dumbledore intended to use the power of his own domain to retaliate, but he suddenly caught sight of two figures out of the corner of his eye, and his words changed slightly.

"Tom, a person's strength has its limits, so..."

It's time for you to experience the combined power of love and justice!

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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