The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

"Take care of these runes first!"

And so, he spent the next period of time in utter darkness.

Time has lost its meaning.

Scott would eat something when he was starving and take a nap when he was sleepy, but he spent the rest of his time writing nonstop.

He experienced countless failures and went through countless bottles of ink.

To make the ink effective, he couldn't remember exactly how many times he cut his fingers to bleed.

Fortunately, he had the golden acorn [Sacred Tree Fruit] given to him by Savannah, one of which could heal the wearer's wounds on its own, which undoubtedly saved him some time.

By the end, Scott had almost run out of parchment.

"This time it should work."

Scott pulled a sheet from the thin stack of parchment and grabbed a quill pen.

He had a gut feeling that he could succeed this time.

After concentrating for a moment, he decisively picked up his pen and began writing rapidly.

It was completed almost in one go, and finished very quickly.

"Next is to input magic power."

He stretched out his palm and pressed it onto the parchment.

Soon, the runes on the paper lit up one by one, emitting a mysterious light.

Then there was a soft sound, and the light disappeared.

When he raised his hand, he discovered that the parchment had a neat hole missing from the center.

"Oh! You did it!"

Rimbaud suddenly leaned his head over to Scott and rubbed against him.

"The magic barrier has disappeared!"

"Ok?"

Scott looked up, somewhat bewildered.

"Disappeared?"

"Yes! It's gone! Look!"

Rimbaud pulled his neck back, then stretched it out again.

Scott couldn't help but laugh as he watched its comical movements.

"I didn't expect it to disappear like this. I haven't truly mastered this magic yet."

"You have mastered the theory, or you could say you have successfully implemented it; it's just that the parchment cannot contain that magic."

Ravenclaw is smiling gently in the painting.

"Congratulations, my apprentice."

"Thanks to your help."

While Scott was overjoyed, he felt a heavy fatigue welling up inside him.

He simply lay down on the inflatable bed, looked at the face of the "Hanged Man" statue above him, and grinned a few times.

Suddenly, he felt the water level beneath him begin to drop.

He quickly got up, grabbed his wand and the small picture frame, and jumped to the edge of the pool.

The sound of rocks rubbing against each other could be heard.

As the water level dropped, the bottom of the pool began to rise slowly, and soon completely filled the pool.

Not only that, the ground directly beneath the statue also cracked open at the same time, and a stone pillar slowly rose up.

At the top of the stone pillar, there was a shimmering metal treasure chest.

Chapter 504 The Truth Hidden in History

"Oh! There's a reward too!"

Rimbaud craned his neck, looking at the golden treasure chest on the pillar.

"Go open it and take a look!"

"Ah."

Scott reached out and made the portrait of his Ravenclaw mentor float in the air, then walked forward alone and opened the box.

In an instant, the shimmering treasure chest dimmed, the brilliant gold on its surface faded, and the entire chest turned into a simple bronze color.

"Gold" turned into "bronze"?

Is this some kind of rip-off?

Scott paused, then looked at the contents of the treasure chest.

"What is it?"

Rimbaud asked curiously.

Scott took a necklace out of the treasure chest.

The necklace is mostly silver, with a pendant shaped like an eye, inlaid with a sparkling gold gemstone that serves as the eyeball.

Scott carefully examined the runes engraved on the pendant and understood their meaning.

"Odin's Eye?"

He turned and looked at the Ravenclaw mentor in the painting.

In Norse mythology, Odin traded his right eye to Mimir, the giant who guarded the Well of Wisdom, in order to obtain it…

"But there doesn't seem to be any magical legend about his eyes?"

“Indeed,” Ravenclaw said. “We cannot judge the efficacy of the Eye of Odin in your possession based on legend.”

"Let's take a look at this instead."

Scott then took out an ancient animal hide from the treasure chest.

He glanced at the now empty treasure chest, turned around and walked to the portrait, unfolding the animal skin scroll in his hand.

The text on the animal skin scroll is undoubtedly rune.

Scott spent a while identifying them and then talked with Ravenclaw, finally getting a general idea of ​​what the runes meant.

The entire [Tower Extending Towards the Earth's Core] was built by wizards who believed in Norse mythology in the past, and it was built later than the time when the Stenes Standing Stone was built.

As the Papacy swept across the European continent and people converted to other faiths, they secretly built this temple hidden deep underground beneath the Stennes Stone.

The so-called "Tower Extending Towards the Earth's Core" is actually called the "Gungnir Tower".

That inverted giant tower is undoubtedly a tribute to the Spear of Eternity in its design.

The temple where Scott and his companions were located was named after Odin's palace, the Golden Palace.

Of course, the ancient wizards who created these things did not worship Odin in the same way that Muggles worship gods.

They are more like a school of magic, or a magical society, than a religion.

This school of magic, now extinct in history, was named [Asgard].

The wizards of Asgard firmly believe that the mythical Aesir and Vanir gods were simply a group of powerful ancient wizards.

The so-called frost giants, fire giants, and other monsters are simply magical races that are different from humans.

Their goal is to restore the super magic known as miracles in mythology by studying the myths and exploring the ruins.

"Incredible, they almost succeeded."

Scott said in an exclamatory tone.

"They restored, or rather created, two super magics: one is the spatial magic 'Yuktrasil' used to create worlds, and the other is the offensive magic 'Gungnir' that is absolutely inescapable."

"It is indeed incredible."

At this moment, Ravenclaw in the painting is clearly also very surprised.

"They even tried to create a world separate from the Muggle world, a world entirely belonging to wizards and magic, using a super-magic called 'Yuktrasil'."

Rimbaud asked, "If that's the case, why didn't they succeed?"

“Oh.” Scott curled his lip. “A tired, unoriginal story. There’s a traitor among them.”

The story is indeed very cliché and melodramatic.

The traitor was a witch among the members of [Asgard].

The reason for the betrayal was the so-called love.

She fell in love with a bishop in the Papacy and inadvertently revealed the secret of Asgard, leading to a fatal blow to the entire school of thought from the Papacy.

Although the leak of the secret was unintentional, the witch seemed to have been bewitched by the bishop and eventually changed her stance.

Of course, her own ending was also tragic.

Scott sighed.

Therefore, being love-struck is really a bad thing.

When you encounter a brainless person who prioritizes love above all else, the best thing to do is to stay as far away from them as possible.

Ravenclaw sighed as well, "I never imagined that such a truth was hidden in the history of wizarding."

“Wait a minute.” Rimbaud blinked. “The Papacy? Aren’t they Muggles? How can they have the power to fight against wizards who possess supernatural magic?”

“In the past, there were also wizards in the Papacy.”

Ravenclaw explained.

"Before the establishment of Hogwarts, the vast majority of young wizards from Muggle families were recruited by the Holy See and trained to become their own extraordinary powers."

“These wizards trained by the Vatican have unwavering faith and never consider themselves to be the same kind as other wizards.”