Harry Potter’s Book of Sin Chapter 677: Remnants of ancient civilization

The Mesopotamian Plain is a land that has been full of chaos since ancient times.

Here, there have been oppression, resistance, unity, and disintegration. Whether it is Muggles or wizards, the local people have been wandering in chaos since ancient times, following the waves of conquests, either overtly or secretly. One after another.

For Muggles, great cultural and legal works such as the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and "Code of Hammurabi" have appeared here, as well as "The Palace of Assyrian Kings" and "Babylonian Sky". "The Garden" and other civilizational footprints that flourished for a while. It can be seen that even in the unspeakable chaos, there will be magnificent historical traces born.

So, in this Mesopotamian plain, Muggles’ moods are usually complicated.

But to the wizard, the little trouble in the Muggle world is nothing at all.

During a certain period in BC, there was a tower above the sky in this area, and the Muggles later called it the "Tower of Babel." At that time, this huge tower was actually a testament to the friendship between the Babylonian royal family and the wizards, and it was a civilizational wonder built by Muggles and wizards.

According to the literature, this extremely high towering tower stands inside the Kingdom of Babylon, allowing the citizens of the kingdom to see it anywhere in the country.

However, this beautiful proof of the harmony between Muggles and wizards was ruined by the war between Muggles and wizards.

That year, the Persians attacked Babylon, and the Persian wizards held back the Babylonian wizards. A terrible war did not last long, and the peaceful Babylonian kingdom could not resist the advance of the Persians... No, it was not so much that it was "unable to resist", it was better to say that there was no time to resist the reaction. .

Facts have proved that cherishing peace blindly will not last long after all. The destruction of the Kingdom of Babylon and the collapse of the Tower of Heaven were actually caused by the cracks in people’s hearts. Some of the wizards of Babylon’s own country were not satisfied with gradually moving towards an empty peace. Those guys opened the door to the Persian invasion and directed the opponent’s army directly. Put it in.

Wizards are also humans, and they will also have greed and desire for profit, and naturally they will also betray. And if you change the direction, you can actually call this betrayal "unwilling."

Unfortunately, people occasionally have the courage to be unwilling, but they may not be able to rewrite it at the same time.

As far as the results of the magic world are concerned, the actions of the so-called "betrayers" have failed. Because after that, the wizards on this land have not made any more dazzling progress than they did in that era. Instead, they have lost a lot of magic inheritance in a series of rough wars.

So at least, those wizards who were both "betrayers" and "losers" eventually became a generation of sinners in the ancient magic world.

Now, more than two thousand years have passed. Even afterwards, the remaining descendants of the wizards suddenly came to their senses and worked hard from generation to generation in order to pick up the glory of the past. However, just collecting pieces of missing ancient documents has become a path of asceticism with no end in sight. What is left of their future?

This time, when the International Alchemy Competition at Hogwarts blew a hurricane in the global magic world, the wizards of this region finally had to admit that in this age, those who originated from All the pride, nostalgia, regret, and unwillingness of the ancestors have all been passed away.

They should let go.

If I have to say, in fact, most of the alchemy in Europe and Africa originated from Mesopotamia. But this origin is destined to be left in history. If they want to rebuild their glory, they must go to other more advanced magic regions to absorb the essence, abandon their own arrogance and isolation, and appreciate the latest in modern magic. landscape.

Of course, even if they plan to sincerely invite Nico Lemay’s alchemy knowledge this time, they shouldn’t be too weak, right? Leaving aside other things for the time being, at least one debut effect is still necessary.

After all, the game is a game, not the British favorite drinking afternoon tea and chatting and farting. If you want to gain more knowledge and insight, you must first stop others from despising yourself, so that you can get the attention of wizards around the world.

So a few days ago, just on the ruins of the Babylonian Kingdom, the scattered wizards gathered together to tinker vigorously. It can be seen that in the middle of a clearing, stone pillars with a large number of symbols and patterns are erected one after another, gradually forming a circle. On the slate ground in the circle of stone pillars, more patterns and characters are connected to each other and arranged regularly.

If you let Muggles see, this thing might be very similar to Maca's rune pattern, but in fact they are two completely different things.

In fact, this is an ancient Babylonian formation restored by these Mesopotamian wizards. Even though it occupies such a large area, it actually has only one effect-that is, the replacement of space at a super long distance.

In the bottom of the hearts of these wizards, they actually plan to surprise the world of magic. This is because they are not ignorant of items such as door keys, on the contrary, they are even aware of the fact that they cannot move in space within Hogwarts.

The reason why they repeatedly tried to directly enter the vestibule of Hogwarts was to make wizards of other countries remember them firmly—this was a good opportunity to show their strength.

It's a pity...

"Everyone... everybody, I think I'd better go to Hogwarts and ask for a door key! I don't need you to go, I just need to come and go..."

The middle-aged wizard sent by the International Wizarding Federation was actually very happy when he first arrived. Because he discovered that the wizards on the Mesopotamian side were not as chaotic as he had originally imagined, and the organization was unexpectedly smooth with the support of several leaders.

But what he didn't expect was that this group of wizards was different from the chaos of local Muggles. It was an unexpected unity. And the consequence of the unity is that when the opinions of him and the wizards are different, his words basically become the ears of others.

"Sorry, sir." An old local wizard standing next to him was very polite, "I know we guys are a bit stubborn, but please understand our approach..."

However, politeness is polite, but it is only a formality on the surface. The opponent just killed it and didn't let it go, and he had nothing to do. After all, the participating team was the people in front of him, not the dispatcher of him, the Wizarding Federation.

"Mr. Pasa, this time I failed again... You said, do we simply lift the restriction and try to use the maximum intensity conversion?"

Just as the old wizard spoke sincerely to the dispatcher of the Federation, among the hurried crowd in the stone pillar formation, suddenly a slightly younger wizard ran out.

"Contact restriction? Can you afford the risk of the collapse of the spatial structure?" When the old wizard heard this, the sincerity and kindness on his face disappeared. "It only takes a moment, and the broken space will take us people Shatter it all!"

When this ancient formation is most complete, it may be feasible to break through the fortified space of Hogwarts. But now, the formation repaired by modern wizards still has a lot of instability, and lifting the security restrictions is undoubtedly tantamount to death.

"That..." The young wizard was trained by the old man and said helplessly, "Mr. Pasa, I think we'd better change the coordinates... If it takes too much time because of insisting on this. , I’m afraid that showing our strength will become deliberately late... We didn’t do this for the sake of fighting with the global magic world."

The old wizard Pasa knew that what the young wizard said was right. Since the idea of ​​demonstrating strength has not been effective, give up when it is time to give up-just like their pride in letting go of their hearts this time.

"Try it one last time, no...If it doesn't work, let's forget it!" Old Paxalle nodded sadly, "Go! Remember not to revoke restrictions~IndoMTL.com~Safety is the first thing..."

"Yes."

Looking at the young man hurriedly returning to continue debugging after he agreed, Old Pasa couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Mesopotamian wizards are still very good. Excellent talents, studious habits, humble and well-knowing personality, and reluctance to admit defeat from time to time are all precious qualities.

However, the paranoia and conservatism of the older generation have affected generations of future generations to some extent, so that until today, they understand the importance of abandoning the past and facing the future.

"I just hope that these young people can have a good experience of this colorful world during this trip!"

"Huh?"

Old Pasa was still looking back on the past and thinking about the future by himself, but suddenly a few surprises erupted during the previous training formation, and the wizards who were still working just now suddenly became agitated.

"...what's going on? Is there something wrong with the formation?"

Old Pasa didn't have time to think about it, Dang Even shook off his old arms and legs and rushed over there.

"Mr. Pasa, you are here..." a middle-aged wizard pointed to the empty tunnel in front of him, "there...you look there..."

Hearing the sound, the old man quickly glanced at the ground where the crowd had retreated. But on the stone slab engraved with alchemy symbols, there was another rune shining with blue light inexplicably.

"Phoenician characters...No, this is...Is it a Phoenician magic text?"

This kind of ancient magic text has a lot of connection with the history of Mesopotamia. Although Old Pasa has not seen a complete Phoenician magic text, there are still a few incomplete slate records. . Therefore, he quickly figured out what character it was.

But at this moment, the space around that rune fluctuates suddenly.