Hogwarts Mystery Sequence

When Old Knott and Avery were silently confronting each other, Amon in the underground secret room of Knott Manor also fell into a wordless silence.

But the object that made him become like this was not a person, but a book - a human skin book with an ancient appearance and "Book of the Old Days" written on the cover.

The reason why Amon clearly knew that this book was written in human skin, not sheepskin or other animal skins, was not only because of the unique texture of the book, but also because Amon had read a similar human skin book—— It's in the library at Knott Manor.

But this is nothing to be alarmed about. In the past, there were many evil dark wizards who massacred Muggles in order to learn powerful black magic.

Just as Muggles take away creatures like pigs, those dark wizards also adhere to this concept towards Muggles.

After all, not to mention that many dark magics require the flesh and soul of Muggles, human skin alone is the "universal material" for making powerful dark magic items, such as dark magic books.

As for why magical animals with magical powers exist in front of us, but they insist on attacking their own compatriots in a broad sense, there are two reasons:

First, Muggles are weak and numerous, so it is much easier to capture rare magical animals with various magical abilities, and the sunk cost is minimal.

Second, in fact, even if we simply discuss the effects of the two applied to black magic, Muggles without magic are stronger than magical animals, because the factor of "emotion" plays a key role in magic, and magic materials only play a supporting role. effect.

Of course, with the emergence of mainstream ideas in wizarding society and the decline of the entire wizarding community, the living space for dark wizards has become increasingly narrow.

Gradually, even survival has become a problem, let alone learning advanced black magic.

As for pure-blood families who have risen to the upper class in the "new era", even if they still insist on using black magic, they cannot blatantly go against the mainstream consciousness of the magic world because their fists are not the biggest.

However, this does not mean that this barbaric and evil black magic has completely disappeared.

On the contrary, although the scale is indeed no better than before, the cruelty is even worse.

After all, when survival becomes a problem, the terrible and stubborn animal nature of human beings hidden under the so-called poetic appearance will completely break the cage and tear humanity into pieces like a brutal beast.

At this time, humanism based on human nature will become even more meaningless.

However, when the purpose of such evil behavior changes, the creation that serves it will naturally change.

If in the past this dark magic item had several functions, including inheritance, now it has only one function, and that is as a weapon.

Therefore, artifacts like human skin books have almost disappeared.

What is placed in front of Amon now is not a modern magic book.

Of course, for Amon at this time, he doesn't care about the history of the "Book of the Old Days". What really matters to him is the content of this book.

"He is both the origin and the end. Before the Old One came from among the stars, He already dwelt in the steamy swamps of the nascent earth..."

——This is the first sentence at the beginning of "The Book of Old Days".

Amon is no stranger to this sentence, or in other words, he is no stranger to the gloomy and terrifying myth described in this sentence.

But it was this sense of familiarity that caused him to fall into a long silence.

At first, Amon only thought that this was a book compiled by a wizard who had read the "Book of the Necronomicon" and the "Book of Ebon".

Because there has always been a group of wizards in the magic world who are keen on interpreting myths. They believe that the gods or heroes in the myths are some great wizards.

Moreover, they are not just making assumptions, but have real basis, such as Queen Maeve and Merlin, etc.

However, after Amonton finished reading "The Book of the Old Days", this speculation disappeared instantly.

Gu Yan</span> sums up the main theme of this book in one sentence: There is a great being who, after creating the universe, fell asleep in the center of the earth. When a certain moment is reached, He will Will wake up and bring destruction to this world.

If other people read this book, there are probably only two scenarios: either turn into a crazy cultist, or laugh it off.

But Amon did not belong to either of these two types. He only felt confused and unable to calm down.

Because it's so coincidental.

It happened that whether this myth was a niche myth that he had never learned about in his previous life, or a unique myth that was born in this world, these reasonable guesses flashed through his mind without thinking.

After all, "The Book of the Old" describes every major event in history, and some of the events in it also roughly correspond to the content of "The Lord of Mysteries".

Amon subconsciously stroked the monocle made of crystal. The eyes behind the monocle were a little incomprehensible.

He felt as if he was in a fog at this time, and the memories in his mind were like slides, appearing from all directions and flashing before his eyes one after another.

In fact, when he saw the "reverse tree" in Black Mansion, Amon realized that his time travel and rebirth was not simple, and he also had certain psychological expectations for what he would face in the future.

But now he suddenly discovered that maybe not only was there some problem with him, but the world was not normal either.

It seemed as if the fog around me was gradually filling up, covering the whole world.

Or in other words, the world itself exists in a fog...

Time passed quietly by the burning of the kerosene lamp on the desk.

During this period, the entire secret room became increasingly quiet, eerily quiet.

There seemed to be an extremely terrifying monster hidden in the surrounding darkness, quietly watching Amon.

And Amon was like a statue, bowing his head motionlessly and silently.

This is like a silent confrontation between two wild beasts. Either the two sides remain motionless and finally retreat safely in tacit agreement, or one side discovers a flaw and strikes with thunder, and the result is still unknown.

It is also like a mime that is completely still, like a black and white photo.

However, no one opened the curtain for this mime, and no one ended it.

Until a certain moment, Amon suddenly raised his head, raised his hand to adjust the monocle in his right eye, and re-outlined a vague arc at the corner of his mouth.

Vaguely, the flame of the kerosene lamp seemed to become brighter.

The desk area wrapped in the light it spread seemed to become a little warmer.

At the same time, the deep darkness outside this area seemed to become lighter.

Amon smiled silently at this change.

The next second, his figure suddenly disappeared.

The flame of the kerosene lamp still shines on the empty tabletop.

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