Take control of thunder and lightning from Hogwarts

Chapter 699 Disaster (recommended monthly ticket)
"This is too abnormal. Could it be that the magic power of the Sorcerer's Stone is infinite?" Anduin stroked the Sorcerer's Stone in his hand, full of shock and doubt.

The characteristics shown by the Philosopher's Stone are completely beyond Anduin's imagination. Although he is in a magical world, his inner cognition is still biased toward science.

At least he knew what the law of energy conservation was, at least the magic in the wizarding world followed this law, but the Sorcerer's Stone made him doubt it.

Is there really such a thing as something out of nothing in this world?

Staring at the Philosopher's Stone in front of him, Anduin pondered for a long time. To be honest, he really wanted to dig it open to see what was hidden inside.

But reason stopped him in the end. Since this phenomenon cannot be explained, then don't worry about it for now.

After making up his mind, Anduin started other tests. The Philosopher's Stone has indirectly proved that it may have infinite energy. The next thing to determine is the magic power output limit of the Philosopher's Stone.

Anduin picked up the Philosopher's Stone and placed it on a solid metal table next to it. In the center of the table was a circle of extremely complicated inscriptions.

This console is connected to the magic power source that maintains the operation of the entire manor. Usually, Anduin will use it when he comes to the magic injection process during the experiment. Compared with using his own magic power, the magic power output by the magic circle is more stable.

Of course, this magic circle can output magic power stably, and it can also absorb magic power in reverse.

Usually in the manor in Godric's Hollow, the magic power mainly comes from the energy-absorbing magic circle at the core, and it can also be connected to the energy system of the pasture in Anduin's suitcase, as long as the suitcase is placed in a fixed position, for example, At this time, this workbench can recharge the manor.

In fact, in Anduin, apart from the magic power source converted by the Silver Flash Trading Company factory on Diagon Alley, the ranch in his suitcase space is the largest magic power output place.

Because there are hundreds of magical animals living there, just the scattered magic power they release every day pays attention to supporting the operation of the ranch and manor.

So he didn't deploy another power conversion circle in his home. Even if the manor is connected to the power grid of the Muggle world, after all, the high power consumption is too eye-catching. The firm serves as a cover.

After activating the console, Anduin began to carefully observe the magic flow of the Philosopher's Stone, and carefully recorded various data.

At the same time, continuously adjust the console array and gradually increase the power until it reaches the extreme.

"The magic power output of the Philosopher's Stone can be maintained at a maximum of 30 ticks per second. If 2000 ticks of magic power are used as a benchmark, it will take 1 minute and 6 seconds to replenish it."

"From this point of view, the performance of the Philosopher's Stone is not particularly outrageous, but even if it is used in battle, it is very good."

Anduin nodded secretly in his heart. He is an absolute pragmatist. Although he can't understand the operation of the Philosopher's Stone at all, he quickly began to imagine the application direction of the Philosopher's Stone in his mind.

Even if you don't understand how it works, it might be good to think about how to use it.

Then Anduin conducted a series of experiments on the Philosopher's Stone, and when it came to the bloodline identification test, the Philosopher's Stone, which had always been extremely stable, finally showed a slight abnormality.

Anduin's bloodline identification circle can detect whether an item has traces of bloodline magic, and if so, it can roughly show its bloodline ownership.

At this time, the Sorcerer's Stone lay quietly in the center of the magic circle, and with the activation of the magic circle, wisps of faint blood energy gradually evaporated from the Sorcerer's Stone, which proved that the Sorcerer's Stone did have traces of blood magic.

Immediately afterwards, Anduin gently brushed the blood in mid-air with his hand, and then carefully discerned the mystery within it with his magic perception ability.

"This breath..." Anduin seemed to have noticed something, and there was a trace of astonishment in his eyes.

"Why does the breath revealed on the Philosopher's Stone have a smell of refining blood? The elixir of immortality I collected from the silver spear has a similar feeling."

"The refining method of the elixir is to extract life extracts from living things through blood refining rituals. Could it be that the making method of this magic stone is similar to it."

"Could it be..." Anduin suddenly had a terrible idea in his heart.

Perhaps the elixir and the magic stone come from the same source, and even the product of the life refining ceremony in the elixir is a kind of incomplete magic stone!
This kind of speculation is not impossible. It is necessary to know that the life extract extracted through life refining has the function of prolonging life.

And the Sorcerer's Stone could have made the elixir of life!

"Perhaps the life refining ritual used to make the Philosopher's Stone is the genuine one. What Rune Snake got was only a castrated version, or a semi-finished product. That's why the elixir produced has so many side effects."

"But the Philosopher's Stone is the work of Nick Flamel. Could it be that the elixir is also a product invented by him?" Anduin's thoughts circling in his mind gradually became clear, and he might have discovered something extraordinary.

"Oh my god, just making the elixir requires a lot of life, and the product can only last for 3 months."

"Then how many lives must be sacrificed to make a magic stone with such powerful functions that it can almost produce pure magic power out of nothing?"

Thinking of this, Anduin suddenly felt a deep fear of Nicole Flamel, whom he had never met. If his guess is correct, this old man who has lived for more than 600 years may not be as friendly as he imagined.

"No, this is just speculation. Before there is more evidence, we can't make a conclusion. After all, Nicole Flamel is the Taishan Beidou of the wizarding world. He also contributed in the first wizarding war. From his past Judging from his performance, he doesn't look like someone with ulterior motives."

"Furthermore, for such a valuable thing as the Sorcerer's Stone, he was able to entrust it to Dumbledore so trustingly for safekeeping, and even lent it to me. This kind of behavior does not seem to be malicious."

"But if all of this is false, he actually deceived everyone?" Anduin secretly speculated about the alchemist.

After all, it is an indisputable fact that the production of the Philosopher's Stone is somehow related to the formation of life.

After thinking about it, Anduin felt that he had to find some more evidence to convince him. If Nick Flamel was really a guy with blood on his hands, then he had to be careful.

Thinking of this, Anduin immediately put away the Philosopher's Stone carefully, and then went straight into his library.

According to Nick LeMay himself, he is now more than 600 years old. Even if there is a false report, the error should not exceed 100 years.

Then the time when the Philosopher's Stone was made should be roughly 500-700 years ago.

Anduin now wants to check the history of the wizarding world during this period. If he wants to make such a powerful prop as the Sorcerer's Stone at one time, it will definitely cause the death of a large number of creatures in a short time.

During the period of more than 200 years, such a large number of biological death events can never be covered up. As long as we carefully investigate, we may be able to find some clues.

After arriving at the library, Anduin quickly went to the historical book storage area, and then focused on searching to see the major events that happened during that time period.

But after reading dozens of history books, Anduin found that there were no major accidents or disasters during that period, and there was no mass death of magical animals.

The only one that can barely catch up is the goblin rebellion that appeared in the wizarding world in the 16th century.

But although the goblin rebellion in history is often said to be "bloody and thrilling", Anduin knows that the casualties in that incident were not very large, or that the number of dead people was not as many as imagined.

After all, to make a treasure like the Sorcerer's Stone, the life energy needed cannot be supplied by dozens or hundreds of people.

"Could my guess be wrong?" Anduin frowned inexplicably, and then suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "I'm such an idiot, the population of the wizarding world and the number of magical animals are so low. This kind of thing shouldn't happen in the wizarding world, if you want to make the Philosopher's Stone, I'm afraid killing wizards and magical animals in a country is not enough."

He patted his head with self-blame, and then he immediately began to look up the history books of the Muggle world. Fortunately, the former Rune Snake was an idle guy, and the collection of books was extremely diverse, and there were also many books in the Muggle world. , and Anduin, who inherited the other party's library, can now be regarded as taking advantage of this.

And after flipping through it a bit, Anduin quickly found the suspicious points, or there are quite a lot of suspected phenomena.

Muggle humans are relatively fragile creatures, and every once in a while there will be a large number of casualties due to various disasters.

In those 200 years, there were mainly two well-known large-scale disasters in Europe, namely the rain disaster and the Black Death.

The rain disaster was actually the Little Ice Age that occurred once every 500 years. Europeans in the early 14th century began to experience unprecedented continuous rainy seasons and subsequent floods.

As a result, a large number of farmlands were destroyed, and the grains could not be matured, so that they could not be planted in autumn, and it still rained in the following spring, and they could not be sown.

Therefore, during that period of time, Europe, especially the region dominated by France and Germany, experienced a severe famine, and about 150 million to 300 million people died in a few years, which was considered an extremely serious disaster.

And another disaster, the Black Death, was even more terrifying!
The so-called Black Death is actually the plague, a virus that is prevalent among rodents but can be transmitted to humans through the medium of rat fleas.

The plague is highly contagious, with a short onset time and high fatality rate, and because the dead body of the patient is purple and black, it is also called the "Black Death".

During the period Anduin estimated, the Black Death suddenly appeared, and in just six years, it caused 2500 million deaths.

That was almost a third of the total population of Europe at the time!

Comparing the two large-scale disasters that swept across Europe, Anduin finally focused on the Black Death.

Anduin didn't know exactly how much life energy was needed to make the Sorcerer's Stone, and how much the coverage of the life refining ceremony was.
However, in his vision, if he wanted to make the Philosopher's Stone, he might need to use a huge amount of life energy for life refining, and it is best to concentrate the energy carrier and the time is short enough.

In those two disasters, it took ten years of intermittent rain disasters, which caused a large number of human deaths, and the distribution of people was relatively scattered.

In comparison, the Black Death was quite terrifying. This virus not only came and went quickly, but also basically concentrated in densely populated urban areas.

In 6 years, 2500 million people died, and the average number is more than 400 million per year. Even if the life refining ceremony lasts only one or two years, it can still collect terrifying life energy.

Not to mention that the catastrophe didn't just kill humans, and a lot of livestock didn't survive either.

And from the point of view of a wizard, the spread of the Black Death 600 years ago did indeed reveal a trace of weirdness.

Although the plague has appeared many times over the course of hundreds of years, it was the only one that was so concentrated and covered such a wide area.

They came so abruptly, and disappeared at the same time very strangely. The virus with such a high fatality rate and such a fast spreading speed appeared suddenly almost overnight, which made the Muggle humans at that time completely defenseless, and waited. After the death toll reached a certain number, they disappeared almost overnight.

This is simply like a long-planned massacre!

If even the death toll was carefully manipulated, the result would be even more frightening.

"If it was me, could I concoct a similar virus?" Anduin muttered to himself, then shook his head in frustration.

Viruses belonged to the category of potion science and black magic like cursing, not the research direction he was good at, maybe he should ask Snape.

It is a pity that it is too far away from that year, and there are not many samples and materials left. It is impossible to verify whether the black death is a natural virus, or some kind of curse magic or special potion.

"Is this a massacre planned and carried out by Nicole Flamel, or is it just a free ride and a life-making ritual that happened to be completed during the spread of the virus?"

Anduin had roughly determined in his mind that the birth of the Sorcerer's Stone was related to the Black Death plague, but he still couldn't tell that it was written by Nicole Flamel.

After all, that's 2500 million real people!

Would someone really kill a person like an ant just to make an alchemy item?
Anyway, it is impossible for Anduin to ask himself. Although he is not a good person, he has done a lot of human experiments and killed countless people.

But at least he still has some bottom line, and he will not attack those unarmed civilians who have not provoked him.

And if the other party is really an executioner with blood on his hands, how should Anduin deal with himself?Do you want him to be an envoy of justice to bring justice to those innocent victims?
Not to mention whether Anduin can beat this man who has lived as long as the Niven snake, the plague at the time has passed too long, more than 600 years have already buried all the truth Clean and clean, he may not be able to do anything now.

"I hope I'm thinking too much." Anduin shook his head helplessly, temporarily suppressing all the doubts in his mind.

Before meeting Nicole Flamel officially, Anduin did not dare to slander a legendary master alchemist, not to mention that this master alchemist is still Dumbledore's best friend, he still trusts the headmaster's vision Yes, will the other party really make friends with a butcher?

After taking a long breath, Anduin put the materials in his hands back on the bookshelf, and then slowly left the library. Instead of worrying about the past events that were unknown hundreds of years ago, it is better to focus on the work at hand.

(End of this chapter)