Chapter 794: Chips Across the Ages (Medium)
"Wait, you just said ...... You cracked the Wizard's Death?!"
Hogwarts, somewhat crowded in the Headmaster's office.
As the girl's voice fell, the flames in the room suddenly dimmed for a moment.
Not far away, Gilderoy Lockhart, who was still looking at the [Hanged Man] tarot card in his hand with a sad face, suddenly felt a suffocating oppression, as if he had been thrown into deep water all of a sudden.
Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Scamander, and Lemay, the four wizards at the top of the wizarding world today, all raised their heads and stared at Elena with different expressions, and their eyes burst with an intriguing gleam.
Newt Scamander stood up even more violently, and the wide wizard robe flipped the teacup belt directly to the ground.
"Is this true? is it the demonic power unleashed by that Muggle?!"
Ignoring the black tea splashed on his body and the teacups still rolling on the ground, Newt hurriedly asked.
"In that case, all those who were tainted with the Witcher's Death before have been saved?!Why didn't I ......?"
Perhaps for the vast majority of wizards, they still have a sense of superiority.
But in the eyes of wizards at the top such as Dumbledore and Grindelwald, since the earth-shattering explosion decades ago, the non-magical world has actually had the capital to compete with the wizarding world.
Or, more precisely, the near-naked possibility of the jade burning.
Unlike the magical wars that were buried in the dust of history hundreds of years ago, under the catalysis of World War II, the Muggles who had mastered nuclear weapons finally had the ability to destroy the world.
Soil, water, air......
When war broke out, the ubiquitous nuclear contamination would do far more harm to the wizarding world than to the non-wizarding world.
Nearly half a century later, wizards have discovered the horrors of the "Witch's Death" and the "Cursed Land", and within a radius of hundreds of miles around Hiroshima and Nagasaki, even the occasional child with a gift for magic is extremely prone to death.
Compared to adult wizards, the unconscious magical riots of young wizards will accelerate their exhaustion.
Because of this, when the Chernobyl incident occurred, the International Federation of Wizards and the local Ministry of Magic issued notices of evacuation almost immediately, if it were not for the suicidal and noble actions of "those sinners", they had planned to abandon the land for a while, wait for the stupid Muggles to absorb the curse, and then return.
"Scamander, are you trying to ask why you haven't heard anything about it?"
Before Elena could reply, Grindelwald let out a sneer.
The old demon king shook his head, took a deep look at Elena, casually picked up the [tower] on the table, solemnly put it in his pocket, and explained softly and casually with a mocking smile written on his old cheeks.
"Because...... This is precisely one of those pieces of news that must not be known to the wizarding world now. Even if it did, it would have to be in the hands of a new world, not the old one. Mr. Scamander, what do you think is the International Confederation of Wizards Secrecy Act that maintains this fragile and deformed equilibrium today?"
"So, why did the eldest lady choose to ...... now?"
Gilderoy Lockhart asked with a blink, a little confused.
I have to say that seeing Elena juxtapose him alongside so many powerful wizards as one of the mysterious members of the O5 Council, even if his tarot card doesn't sound so secondary, still gives Lockhart a lot of confidence and courage.
At the very least, it shows that he has as much status within the organization as any great wizard...... Right?
Before Lockhart could finish the thoughts, a melancholy sigh suddenly came from behind him.
Alas-
The young wizard turned his head, only to see that Mr. Xenophilius Lovegood, who had been trying to sit in the corner and pretend that he did not exist, suddenly stood up, pulled the [Hermit] card from the table in a dejected manner, and said with a sad face.
"If one of us leaks these things, then he will be hunted down by everyone present, right?"
"Of course not," Elena smiled, "just one thing, naturally not worth the trouble, in order to make two bubbles together, first find an opportunity to break the balance, isn't it a very reasonable thing?"
"It seems ......," Nicol Lemay sighed softly, "that there is a great demon king in this world?"
After a slight pause, I saw that the great alchemist's expression slowed down, and he took the initiative to pick up the [magician] tarot card on the table, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and shook his head gently and dissatisfied.
"It's ugly, but it's a good chance to try - but it's not enough, and if you want to wait until both worlds are willing to listen to you, what else do you have in store?"
"Well......" Elena scratched her nose and spread her hands, "potatoes, meat, and lots and lots of money." β
"Huh?!" Nicol Lemay's face froze.
Elena puffed up her small chest and patted it proudly, "In my chest, there is now a vast land from Siberia, and half a year's grain production is enough to supply most of Russia's population for the whole year. β
With the help of magic, the heart of that pink alternate dimension was already full of fertile soil.
Even while everyone was talking, there were at least dozens of goblins, trolls, goblins, and house-elves working diligently on the land to take care of the potato fields, vegetable fields, and wheat fieldsβand after learning where the grain would eventually go, Newt Scamander stayed up for several nights on end, further transforming it into a complete mini-ecosystem.
"Oh, an abundant supply of food, though ...... Well, it's unbelievable......"
Nicol Lemay glanced at the girl's unremarkable chest and said suspiciously, "Although I did hear Scamander talk about this, humans are still a little different from animals, and many people are more dangerous when they are full. β
"So, what about adding this?"
Elena took a gold Galleon from her chest and gently placed it in front of Nicol Lemay.
"Gold, this may not work even more......"
Nicol Lemay tapped his fingers lightly on the Philosopher's Stone, making a pleasant crisp sound.
"I knowβ"
Elena smiled and nodded, blinking her eyes with a look of pleasure.
"So what I'm saying is, I have a lot of money, not a lot of gold...... That's enough to buy the entire wizarding world in one go, and of course, maybe an extra part of the Muggle world in the near future. β
"Hey, Miss Kaslana, personal wealth will never be able to dominate the world. You can't even have unlimited money......"
Nick Lemay shook his head with a dumb smile, as one of the refiners of the Philosopher's Stone, there was probably no richer person in this world, but the more so, the more he understood how small the wealth of individuals was in the world.
Today's young people are still too young after all - just like their pursuit of life, only those who have ever had "unlimited wealth" may understand the powerlessness of these cold dead things in front of the world.
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Goo!