Chapter 699: Mithic Core
Eventually, Luna and Alan made it to the door of the room that had been locked all the time.
"The door to this room is locked, and there is no spell or thing that can crack it to open it. "According to Dumbledore, there is a power in this, more amazing and more terrifying than death, more than human intelligence, and more terrible than the power of nature. He thought it was perhaps the most mysterious of the many subjects to be studied in the Department of Mysteries, and according to him, Harry Potter had all the power in that room, while Voldemort didn't have any of themβwas he suggesting that it was the power of love?"
Luna's hand touched the lock, and a blue streamer flickered on the door, and Luna pushed it lightly, and the door opened.
A fountain came into Alan's eyes, a mother-of-pearl water bubbling and swirling steam. He seemed to smell the ink and some decay of the library books, the fresh body fragrance of Luna mixed with the sweet smell of pudding, and the smell of magic energy when it gathered...... (Author's note: The locked room on the wiki is called the Love Room, and it is said that J.K. Rowling said in an interview that there is an aphrodisiac fountain inside.) οΌ
"Aphrodisiac Fountain, what do you smell?" Alan judged with certainty, a little curious about what Luna could smell against, and if there was his.
"Of course you have your taste. Luna sniffed vigorously as well, and then explained, "The door I blocked with my divine power cannot be opened with ordinary magic. This aphrodisiac fountain can make the wizards outside the door think that this room is the power of love. β
"The energy of love is actually explained in this way, and it is not wrong in a sense, this room is actually the power of faith, and powerful beliefs can make you distort and change the real reality. Love is also a kind of faith, and I mainly use the faith part, but this belongs to the realm of divine power and is of little use to you, if you want to gain something in this room, you have to find your own way. Luna's hands were spread out, feeling the power of faith in the air, "Whoever forgets his inner world forgets the value of his own existence." The inner world is a complement to the outer world, and we must discover it and perfect it. If we can't always make a mental journey to find this value, then we are truly lost. β
Alan ignored the aphrodisiac and looked around the room, but he couldn't find any information that could lead to further information, he had no clue.
"This is different from other rooms, you can't rely on time to accumulate learning, you may understand it at once, or you may not understand it for a lifetime, let's go first. Luna and Eren walked around the Aphrodisiac Fountain, and Luna stood in front of a wall, her skirt lifted lightly, and turned to hold out her hand to Alan.
Although Alan didn't know why, he also put his hand on Luna's hand and held her hand in the palm of his hand. At the moment when the two of them clasped their hands, Alan found that the wall behind Luna had become nothing, as if there were water waves on the wall, Luna took Allen's hand and walked towards the wall, like a ghost, and led Alan through the wall, and they came to another room.
The silver ceiling reflects this luxurious room with ivory and gold walls and polished agate stone floors. Two statues, one black and one white, about ten feet tall, stand in the center of the room, with a statue identical to the Rowena Ravenclaw in the Ravenclaw common room.
The white statue has three-dimensional facial features like a knife and an axe, the long silver hair sets off the perfect face and touching gray eyes, she is dressed in a moonlight-colored transparent gauze robe, looking solemn and gentle, noble and mature, the whole statue seems to be like the moon phase cycle, the brilliance is slowly changing from brilliant to dim. A pair of female eyes surrounded by seven silver four-leaf clovers are placed on the pedestal, which is the statue's emblem.
The other was dressed in a wide black robe, with an inky feather mask on its face, and the dense black feathers flowed from its face into the depths of the hood, and when Eren looked at her, although the statue did not speak, Eren could feel her chanting a song full of sadness and loss, and the emblem on her pedestal was a black disc with a blue-purple outer ring.
The temperament of these two statues is very different, as if they are opposites of light and darkness. Three Mithril chests inlaid with filigree are placed at the feet of each of the three statues.
Luna let go of Alan's hand, she turned around, Eren realized that the wall behind them was made of large and small uneven rectangular heads, Luna took off the large homemade necklace that she was wearing around her neck, and inserted a carrot-shaped pendant on the necklace into one of the depressions, and in an instant the masonry of the entire wall was rearranged, and the treasure chests under the statues of the two goddesses, along with the floor, began to move to the sides, and a cellar door made of Mithril appeared in their place.
Alan opened the secret door after removing the treasure chest under the white statue, and under the illumination of the room light, the golden streamer flashed, and Alan squinted, it was the Nether scroll: "Done?"
"It's all together, fifty. Luna's voice sounded behind Alan, Eren leaned over and held them in his hands, the thin gold leaf pages of the Nether scroll, the silver magic handwriting slowed like life, and one scroll weighed only about a pound, these scrolls were not heavy in Alan's hands, but the weight of knowledge contained in them was incomparable: "I can't put them back in the tower early, or you'll be crazy if you find them in your first grade and start reading." β
At this time, Luna walked to the secret door after the other treasure chest was removed, and after opening the secret door, a bright crystal refracted the light in the room, dazzling and dazzling, while some faint shadows wandered on the surface.
The magic device, which looked like a crystal ball, was a large, shiny crystal that floated out of the dark lattice and onto the floor of the room under the effect of Luna's levitation charm, along with an ornate pedestal beneath it.
"It's a Mythallar, but it's broken. The intact Mithriel Core has a simple function, it directly connects the magical raw energy to the entire area of influence, allowing wizards to create quasi-magical items without the need for expensive materials and magical constancy, without which Nethrel may not be able to reach the peak of its magical power. Luna gently brushed the shiny crystal, "Touching an intact Mithic core is a fatal act. Any creature that touches the device will be killed instantly, which cannot be avoided by any means. Any item, even magical items, that come into contact with it will be dissociated instantly, with the exception of the pedestal beneath it, and any undead creature that comes into contact with the Mithic Core will be instantly destroyed - eventually assimilated into a part of the primordial mana. After you've read the Nether Scroll, you should be able to make a new one yourself by referring to the broken core, but I can't get to the end of this path, so I'll have to help you while you read, and you'll have to make it yourself. β
Alan recalled its function, and pondered the situation of the current actual name of the mountain: "Now is not the time to arbitrarily cut off the peaks and turn them upside down to establish a city, but how about Hogwarts Castle and the surrounding Black Lagoon Forbidden Forest and Hogsmeade Village fly into the sky to build a floating city like a school city? β
"Well, then Helga will be happy, you get them back to the tower first, I'll stay here and put the finishing touches on the door and close the door again, let's meet in the office later, we're lucky, this one is the most common and its smallest size is about the same height as a person, but it's about five hundred pounds along with the pedestal, fortunately it doesn't take up too much space, and the Mithic core is said to be the size of a city." β
By the time Alan returned to the office, Luna was half-reclining and half-sitting in her chair, seemingly pulling out a few of the Silent Men's research notes on the shelf, flipping through them.
"These research materials are all conjectures, some are a bit reliable, some are completely irrelevant, and these data are of little significance. Luna tossed a notebook on the table, picked up a new one and flipped through the pages casually, "But being able to see this power from the perspective of a wizard who can't master it may help us avoid the mistakes of thinking." β
Just as Hermione was Muggle-born but enrolled in Muggle Studies, she said it would give an idea of how Muggles were viewed from a wizarding perspective. Alan also pulled out a chair and sat down, he opened the research notebook that Luna had just thrown on the table and looked at it, "Even if it's not the right knowledge, from another point of view, there is learning value - as long as we can tell for ourselves." β
At this time, Saul Crocker rubbed his stiff neck, sleepy-eyed. After realizing that he had just fallen asleep, he opened his eyes wide and looked up to see Alan and Luna sitting across from him flipping through the papers, their bodies relaxed. Alan put down the note in his hand and nodded to him, and Thor smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, maybe I studied too late last night, and I actually fell asleep." β
"It's okay, Mr. Crocker, we're going to lunch, there's something else to do in the afternoon, would you like to go together?" Alan and Luna looked at each other, stood up and said goodbye to each other.
"No, no, I'll send you. Thor Crocker also quickly stood up, unlike Alan and Luna, he could leave at any time, he had no background behind him, and he had to wait until the end of the day to leave - in fact, Thor Crock, who took the work of the Silent Man as fun, did not see this as a burden, and if it wasn't allowed by the rules, he even planned to live in the ninth basement level of the Ministry of Magic.
Of course, in Saul's mind, the less time Alan and the others spend here is better, and it's better not to be interested in this place at all.
Alan and Luna didn't refuse Thor-Crock's kindness to send them out of the door, after all, he would be even more worried if he didn't let him do it.
Saying goodbye to the old silent man in the round room, the simple black door had just opened, and Penelope, who had his arms around his chest and one leg bent and stepped on the wall of the corridor, put down his feet and hurriedly walked over. "Alan. She smiled brightly at Ellen on her otherwise condensed face, then nodded to Luna.
Mother Wolf, Victor, Fatty, and the Doctor stood side by side behind her, saluting Alan and Luna neatly.
"You've waited a long time?" Alan asked, "Even if you can't enter the Department of Mysteries due to the rules, you can notify me with a seal." β
"I can't disturb your work, I heard that the research of the Silencers is not small, Alan, since you and Luna are both officials of the Ministry of Magic, and they are still in such an important department, I will apply for me and a few of them to be your guards, plus the Aurors have already entered Hogwarts to start defending the school. In this way, even if school starts later, it will be able to follow you. Penelope's red lips pursed and she looked a little smug, she had this intention since she heard that Luna was going to be a silent person, although she still had to be in charge of the red umbrella department in the umbrella company, and she couldn't follow the other members at any time like the other members, but in her spare time, she could at least follow Alan in her free time, instead of being as close as she had been in the previous two years.
"Young Master, Miss Lovegood, Long-Eye has been sent to protect the Muggle Prime Minister, and Four-Eyes is in charge of werewolf research in the Western-style laboratory, so the only guards this time are the four of us and Miss Crivat. The strength of the young master and Miss Lovegood naturally does not need our protection, but please don't dislike it, if there is anything please ask, the Death Eaters have tried many kidnappings and attacks on other wizards recently, although almost all of them have been thwarted, but if you encounter such troublesome trivial matters, let us deal with them. "The wolf mother is obviously still worried about the previous battle of the Ministry of Magic, even after Allen's return in the end, their umbrella team was justifiably rewarded by Owen The official status of an armed Auror squad leader of the Ministry of Magic has not been alleviated, judging from the fat man's unrestrained expression now, he knows that they have been severely drilled during this time.
"Speaking of the Western-style Mansion, I almost forgot about her, how is Dolores? still alive, right?" Alan remembered Dolores Umbridge, who had been captured at the beginning of the night of the Battle of the Ministry of Magic, and he hadn't had time to deal with her in a hurry.
"I've been locked up in the underground prison, but because Alan, you haven't said anything, we haven't done anything to her, just let her eat and drink in it...... Do you want to get rid of her?" Penelope didn't have a good opinion of her in the Ministry of Magic before, and after hearing Emily describe Umbridge's attitude towards Muggles and werewolves, she was even more disgusted, and now that she misunderstood what Eren meant, her eyes lit up a little.
"Hmm...... I just haven't figured out how to deal with her yet, and to be honest, her attitude towards me is pretty good......" Alan now feels a little embarrassed, and he feels unwilling to let her squat in Azkaban, and the Dementors have rebelled to Voldemort's camp again, and the Ministry of Magic hasn't had time to clean it up, plus it doesn't seem to make her feel better if she just goes to prison, after all, she was arrested back to the Mansion instead of the Ministry of Magic to make her feel good, but if she is killed directly, the other party's attitude towards herself is quite respectful after all, and she can't get to this point.
"Let's keep it locked up for now, I'll deal with her later. Ellen noticed Penelope's somewhat disappointed expression and couldn't bear to add, "Don't kill anyone, don't drive her crazy, you can do whatever you want to her." β
Noticing the envious look in the doctor's eyes that he didn't dare to speak out but exuded because of the presence of the wolf mother, Alan sighed: "Remember to bring the doctor with you when you go...... She can make sure of that. β