A ruined Hogwarts

“Look, that’s Owen Shafiq!”

"The guy who almost flooded Hogwarts with paper along with Harry Potter?"

Owen walked in the corridor where young wizards gathered. Under the whispers and attention of everyone around him, he realized belatedly that he seemed to be... angry.

Unexpectedly, he finally got rid of the stupid title of Gryffindor's Nemesis, and now he will have another comic book legend of Hogwarts? If he had an achievement system or something, he would have been rewarded with a great success in spells by now, and maybe he would have the three unforgivable curses around him...

"Sure enough, no matter where it is, gold will always shine." Owen joked to himself, not forgetting to nod gracefully and politely to the little wizards passing by.

After passing through two secret doors and a shortcut, he had gotten away from everyone and stood in a corridor on the eighth floor. Hanging on the wall beside him is a tapestry of a troll beating Barnabas stupidly with a club. The troll in the tapestry waved a huge club and roared at Owen with a ferocious face.

Owen was minding his own business, walking back and forth in front of the empty wall opposite, while silently muttering in his mind, "I want to enter the secret room left by Ravenclaw." After three calls, the Room of Requirement did not respond.

"Sorry, is the password wrong?" Owen stopped, frowning and thinking. He knew that when one conjured a room through the Room of Requirement, one could set an entry password to keep out unwanted visitors.

"Wait..." He thought for a moment and continued to wander by the wall, silently reciting Ravenclaw's most representative saying: "Extraordinary intelligence is the greatest wealth of mankind."

After repeating the back and forth three times, the flat wall suddenly rippled like water waves, and a gorgeous bronze door emerged silently, with exquisite classical patterns carved on it, full of mysterious beauty.

Without encountering any further tests, the door slid open silently, revealing a circular room paved with marble. The ceiling directly reflected the outside sky, like a dome made of glass connecting to the sky.

In the center of the circular room stands a huge marble statue of a solemn and beautiful woman with a gorgeous crown on her head. Her right hand holds a magic wand with a crystal ball on the top. Her sapphire eyes seem to be looking right. Silently staring at the distant sky.

Owen stepped into the room, and the door behind him closed silently. He walked around the statue in the circular room, but there was nothing here except the central sculpture. There was only a lifelike eagle head carved on the top of a marble table at the foot of the sculpture, with sapphire eyes that seemed to be alive. Watch him.

"Welcome to Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets." A sweet female voice came from the eagle head decoration, and the sapphire eagle eyes suddenly lit up brightly.

"Hello?" Owen greeted politely, but he took a step back warily and instinctively reached out to hold his wand. No matter what, you can't let your guard down, especially when facing mysterious magical creatures.

"Hello, I am the administrator here, you can call me Metis. By passing the test left by Ravenclaw, you can get the inheritance of her wisdom." The eagle-head decoration said in a softly humming tone. said.

"Okay, Metis. What's in the secret room?" Owen asked in a gentle tone without putting down the wand in his hand.

"All the knowledge of Ravenclaw is here." Metis's light words were like a gentle breeze. "Before she left, she dedicated most of the books she collected throughout her life to Hogwart. The library here contains the original and truly advanced collection of all the books, as well as the core research results of Ravenclaw."

"Ravenclaw believes that precious knowledge should not be given to others easily. It must be a wizard who is smart and thirsty for knowledge. He is keenly aware of the existence of the secret chamber from the clues she deliberately left, and comes here after persevering and greedy pursuit. , and only after passing the test set by her can you be qualified to enjoy the sweet fruit of wisdom."

"No matter which college you come from, since you were able to find this place out of the layers of fog, you must have a smart mind and a relentless pursuit of knowledge, and possess the qualities that Ravenclaw values ​​most. As long as they pass the final test, they will They are all yours, and I believe you will inherit the wisdom and will of Ravenclaw and become a learned wise man and a great wizard."

Metis spoke slowly, not as if he was chattering, but rather like a mesmerizing carol.

"Has anyone else been here before me?" Owen blinked, not in a hurry to accept the test, but chatting with Metis with a smile.

"Every once in a while, someone will stand here like you, and then come back disappointed, or come back with a lot of things." Metis said without any impatience, with a gentle and pleasant voice, "In the past few years, you are the first one. "

Owen nodded thoughtfully. He was able to find this place thanks to the answer given by the mantra fax machine, so why didn't the person who asked this question come here? Was Metis lying, or did the man fail to find the Room of Requirement? After all, the Room of Requirement is really hard to find.

"Then I choose to start the test, Metis." After a moment, he said to the eagle head sculpture.

The sapphires in the eyes of the hawk's head flashed for a moment, and then the stone platform beneath it shook slightly. A stone book slowly rose up, and lines of ancient runic writing appeared on the pages.

"This is a method of creating spells summarized by Ravenclaw during long research." Metis introduced softly, "Using this construction method, wizards only need to combine the basic runes again and again. By experimenting with structures, you can easily create your own spells without having to rely on in-depth understanding and advanced application of the principles of spells.”

"Your first test is to use it to create a qualified spell here. Whether it meets the requirements will be judged by me."

Owen stood in front of the stone platform and squinted to identify the handwriting on the book. He thought to himself: "Fortunately, I have some research on ancient runes..." Many ancient magic books and documents are written in runes, so he I learned ancient runes as a second language early on.

""The Seven-Part Construction Method of Magical Runes"..." Owen quickly memorized this article, holding his chin in one hand and frowning.

There is no doubt that this construction method is definitely an epoch-making achievement. It transforms homemade magic spells from inventions full of whimsical ideas into mechanical arrangements and combinations. It no longer requires in-depth study of the principles of magic spells and bursts of inspiration, and greatly reduces the difficulty of creating magic spells. Perhaps the magic spell created using this method is more mediocre, but it is enough to make a mediocre person soar into the sky.

"It's kind of awesome." Owen muttered, looking at Ying Tou who fell into silence. Although it is possible to create a magic spell using this construction method, how to calculate the risk? You must know that the creation of magic spells is full of uncertainties, especially such random arrangements and combinations are more likely to cause accidents.

He squinted his eyes and then silently entered the wall-facing space.