Hogwarts doesn't need a savior

Behind them were several technicians from the Starlight Group.

The warehouse was almost filled with many novel devices that Boyce had never seen before, which made him very curious.

"What are you going to do with all this fuss?"

Quietly pulling Penelo, whom he was most familiar with, aside, he asked in a low voice.

Chapter 664 Yucatan Peninsula

Boyce had reason to be skeptical.

Like Penelope, he is born into a Muggle family and his ability to accept new things is slightly better than that of wizards who grew up in the magical world, but it is also limited.

As one of the first members of the Stargazers Club and a recently-certified stargazer, he was considered knowledgeable, but he had never seen the things seen today.

However, in response to his questions, Penelope, who was always very easy to talk to, seemed very tight-lipped today. She just told him mysteriously that he would know when he got there. After that, she did not give him a chance to ask further questions and went to find Frank to discuss something.

Not long after, dozens of wizards drawn from various departments and several newcomers who looked only a few years older than Boyce arrived one after another. Before he could fully understand the situation, he followed the crowd and was divided into a team and headed to distant Central America together.

It was not until he saw a yellow safety helmet on his head and it made a banging sound when he slapped it that he realized the true identity of these big guys.

And their real mission.

By digging through hundreds of meters of sedimentary rock, we found an ancient meteorite crater that was buried deep underground and had not seen the light of day for tens of millions of years.

It was a huge crater with a diameter of nearly 200 kilometers, so much so that many local residents living just above the center were not very aware of the meteorite that had brought about a generational change at the end of the Cretaceous period - natural erosion and the passage of time over millions of years had already made this major event imperceptible to ordinary people.

But this is not a bad thing for the wizards and Muggles who come to excavate the ruins.

At least they could find a less conspicuous place to work in the desolate and barren Yucatan Peninsula, and avoid the large-scale actions of Muggle official agencies that would cause too much discussion.

Perhaps the only thing that's not so wonderful is the work itself.

Looking at the soil and rocks that were gradually being dug out from the ground, which contained more and more strange smells as they went deeper, Boyce felt that his good life was gradually fading away, and that instead, a special kind of suffering and responsibility was approaching step by step.

It was a complete surprise for him to choose this place as the first stop of his career.

"I hope the professor won't forget what he promised me..."

Listening to Frank's powerful command, he sighed, pressed down his safety helmet, and followed his teammates into the bustling "construction site".

What he didn't notice was that about a mile behind him, on top of a hill - perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a mound or a tower - Lynn, wearing a sun hat, was watching him and the "new forces" brought by Frank from afar.

With them, especially with the addition of this batch of equipment, efficiency will quickly increase.

......

Lin En was watching with great interest when an unpleasant voice sounded behind him.

"I think you just can't bear to see that boy having nothing to do."

Before he could finish his words, a slap neither light nor heavy landed on his shoulder with a "pa" sound.

"You've been getting stronger lately, Inès." Lin En, who was hit, said without turning his head, "You almost dropped my telescope. It's quite expensive. If it's broken, I'll deduct the money from the potion that Fatty will give you next month."

"You dare!" Ines raised her eyebrows and sneered, "Then you should be careful whether there are extra ingredients in coffee and red wine."

"...You're quite good at threatening people." Lin En took down the telescope and looked at her with both anger and amusement. "Why didn't I realize before that you were such a good student?"

"You should know now." Inès raised her chin proudly. "You have a bad taste. You forced a fresh graduate to do such a hard job. Aren't you afraid that he will gossip about you behind your back?"

"It's a two-timing matter. I won't treat them unfairly. Look at those people sent by Wagadu, and that young man with one arm. Aren't they working very hard? Or do you think you should let us dig the soil and stones ourselves?" Lin En asked with a smile.

"Well... let them do it. Young people need more experience and gain more knowledge about life."

Inès, who had a flexible stance, quickly changed her face between working for herself and working for others.

It only takes a moment to switch from one level of righteousness to another.

Lin En looked at her with a smile, but did not expose her. He changed the subject and said, "Why are you free to come here now? Is there any new progress over there?"

"There is no progress yet, but we found something interesting. Do you want to take a look?" Inès showed a mysterious expression. "It is somewhat related to what you saw in your dream, and it seems to have some connection with our magic."

"Dream? And your magic?" Lin En narrowed his eyes slightly, "Interesting, Mayan or Aztec?"

"None of them. It's older than them. It's the Olmec jade sculpture of Quetzalcoatl." Ines stopped joking and spoke more seriously. "Catherine and I have tried the magic on it. Although it's not exactly the same, we can see the shadows of astrologers and wizard priests. It's a bit strange."

"Is there such a thing?" Lin En frowned slightly, and information about this god who has a lofty status and special significance in the Mesoamerican mythology system and spans multiple civilizations emerged in his mind.

But what is more important is the second half of Inès’s sentence.

The magical connection between Latin American and African wizards.

Thinking of the various anomalies he had discovered recently when using the Dream Messenger, he no longer hesitated and said in a deep voice, "Tell Fei to study it together when we have time. I'll go over and take a look first."

Before he finished speaking, the air began to tremble and his figure disappeared as the space slightly distorted.

Like a mist, or a dreamlike illusion.

Even Ines, who was standing nearby, didn't realize what was happening until the residual image disappeared.

"This guy..." She scratched her head gently, "He's really becoming more and more like a monster... and he only knows how to order people around!"

Stamping her feet indignantly, she also drew out her wand and slowly drew in the air, turning it into a delicate and fragile symbol.

【Moving Rune Redo】

Although she was still not proficient, she gradually found the way to this magic system.

After all, she is a famous genius in South America, and her growth does not rely solely on the Ravenclaw crown and notebook.

......

In the south-central part of the Yucatan Peninsula, on the outskirts of an unnamed town adjacent to Guatemala.

Not long ago, a camp set up by a Muggle scientific expedition team was added here. It was not large in scale and did not attract much attention from the locals.

After all, as the main concentration of Mayan civilization ruins, researchers from all over the world come here from time to time. To the locals, it is not as rare as the big trees in the rainforest outside.

Lin En, who had traveled hundreds of kilometers to get here, had just landed when he saw many wizards and Muggles busy coming in and out.

Some of them were from the Meteorite Research Institute in Namibia, and the others were security personnel sent by the International Confederation of Wizards.

In the past month, all the items related to dream magic and traces of ancient civilizations collected from all over the place have been gathered here and analyzed by a professional research team using various methods.

They were led by Barty, whose whereabouts had been erratic recently, and Regulus and Inès, who came specially to help.

The first thing Lin En saw when he entered the laboratory was the two of them and the strange jade.

There are indeed some strange things.

Chapter 665 Cause and Effect

"Good morning, Professor Eric!"

As soon as he walked into the room, before Lin En could say anything, a crisp greeting came from the corner.

Lynn turned her head and said with a smile, "Good morning, Miss Clark, you look good today."

The petite witch bowed politely, sat down again, and wrote something quickly with a quill.

After graduating from Ilvermorny, this warrior became Regulus' assistant. Although he had not worked here for a long time, he won praise from many researchers with his brisk style and profound knowledge reserves.

Her task today was to record and summarize the research of Regulus and Batty. In just the morning, she had already written more than a dozen pages with neat handwriting and clear organization.

Her voice also attracted the attention of Regulus and Batty, but they were busy observing the jade and did not say hello. They just waved gently, motioning Lynn to come forward and take a look, and threw a pair of goggles over.

Lin En had long been accustomed to the style of his two old friends. He put on his goggles and walked to the gap left by the two men, looking at the jade sculpture with the style of ancient civilization.

Simple lines, different from the unique shapes of the Mayan and Toltec civilizations, this jade originally stored in the deepest part of the Castrobus treasury showed quite strange changes under the reflection of magic.

It was a light gray color that flowed inside the jade like liquid magic, and it brought a faint but soothing fragrance from the inside out.

This originated from the simple magic taught to them by Principal Polachi of Castrobuse, and it is also the special feature of this jade carving of Quetzalcoatl. For hundreds of years, it has been placed in the offices of many principals, using its strange aroma to relieve fatigue and calm the mind.

Sometimes it is even used to deal with the energetic and mischievous Keppola.

Today, the reason why it was taken back into the treasury is because Principal Pollachi, the master of alchemy, prefers to use nourishing potions to recuperate the body and mind rather than letting its effects fade due to the etching of time.

But from the perspective of dreams, it revealed some unknown new characteristics, which attracted Lynn's attention.

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From the capture and imprisonment of the young monster now code-named "Star Predator" until today, in addition to dealing with various matters related to the establishment of the Violet Society, another important task for Lynn is to study the notes given to him by Wagadu, which record the practices and improvements of the Dream Messenger throughout the ages.

Magic is by no means a product that is achieved overnight. Instead, it is the result of generations of wizards standing on the shoulders of their predecessors and making continuous progress, and it is gradually shaped through countless failures and turns.

For example, the rune magic that was reborn in Lin's hands.

If the ancient wizards had not laid the foundation for this miraculous but dangerous magic at the cost of their blood, even if Lin En had ten times the ability he has now, he would still be powerless.

The dream messengers passed down from generation to generation in Africa are undoubtedly the typical representatives of this kind of magic.

From nothing to something, from something to better, every improvement that seems insignificant now may be the result of a lifetime of hard work by a knowledgeable wizard.

It is this continuation from generation to generation that eventually turns into the peak of magic and a solid stepping stone for future generations to walk on.

With this priceless notebook, Lynn's research was like having a reference for a long road. His progress was extremely rapid, and the dream world in his eyes also changed accordingly, eventually fixing his sights on the starting point of the catastrophe.

Yucatan Peninsula, the birthplace of nightmares.

The world has changed dramatically, and everything in the past has either turned to ashes or been buried deep in the earth. Only a very few have survived to this day due to countless coincidences, but they are no longer what they originally were.

This jade carving of Quetzalcoatl is one of them.

When Lin En saw it through his dream, he sensed a strange sense of disharmony, which was exactly the same as the throbbing he felt when his soul was projected above the meteorite crater on the peninsula.

This kind of incongruity has occurred many times, and even the reaction on this piece of jade is not the most obvious, so at least dozens of various experimental samples are stored here.

These include sculptures of gods from several civilizations.

The older the civilization, the more profound the worship of gods, and the wizards of the same period seem to be closer to the magic and magical power that interests Lin En.

The magic and enchantment that shaped Merlin into what he is today, or at least was closely tied to his birth and upbringing.

The wizards who grew up on this ancient land have been able to occupy a place in the turbulent magical world and compete with the most glorious wizard civilization far away in Eurasia by relying on the power accumulated over the years.

Today, precisely because of this powerful force of special origin, they have also become the key to breaking the deadlock.

Under Inès's magic, this seemingly ordinary jade carving gradually revealed the tip of the iceberg hidden beneath the water.

For example, there is the refreshing and dreamy exotic fragrance, and there is the magical power that lingers between the jade stones and is increasingly moving like life.

Ordinary people may not be able to perceive this subtle change, but in Lynn's eyes, it is like a light in the dark night.

After all... he was one of the very few people who had personally experienced Merlin's wonderful yet cruel magic.

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Everything in the world is connected.

Lynn understood this principle clearly.

Looking at the small jade sculpture glowing in his palm, feeling the magical fluctuations that undoubtedly came from Inès, he couldn't help but recall the interactions between the two of them over the past years.

Especially the unpleasant temptation nearly three years ago.

At that time, he chose to let Ines, whose identity was still unknown, go. But now, she has become an indispensable member of the talented stargazers and has even played an irreplaceable role in many issues.

Just like now.

The traces left behind at the time of birth tens of millions of years ago may become the steps to destruction tens of millions of years later.

Dreams and nightmares, curses and destruction.

The magic that was passed down from the Great Destruction and picked up and carried forward by the wizard ancestors from the wreckage of time may be just a coincidence, or it may be a "gift" from fate to Merlin.

It is difficult to judge this, but someone as arrogant as him would never care about these "insignificant little people".

But Lynn wouldn't mind.

"All three of you should step aside for a moment," he said in a deep voice. "Bati, wait for Ines to come back and ask her to verify the other materials using the same method."

"I see." Batty nodded slightly and asked softly, "It seems that this thing is indeed a little special. Have you discovered it?"

"The magic here is at least 70% similar to what I felt in Merlin's world at that time." Lin En said calmly, "And I believe there will be similar things in these materials - you all should be careful."

Before he finished speaking, he closed his eyes, and a soft but irresistible deep magic spread out from his body, causing Batti and the other two to retreat involuntarily.

A mysterious atmosphere shrouds the air, like a deep sleep that makes people unconsciously immersed in it.