I, Hogwarts Week Two

After Owen easily solved the [Bad Omen] curse on the goblin France, the goblins' attitude towards him changed dramatically.

The switch from arrogance to flattery was almost instantaneous.

All the requests made by Irving were met.

Apart from begging him to treat the king, he made no other request.

But Irving did not agree to this request.

You can heal other fairies, but not the king.

This intelligent life - when it is sick and in pain, the only simple thoughts in its head are getting rid of the pain and enduring the pain. But once it recovers, the thoughts immediately become complicated.

Although Owen doesn't care about the goblins' little tricks, it's annoying that flies don't suck blood. And the goblin king won't die for a while. The [Bad Omen] that the goblins are infected with this time is very different from the [Bad Omen] of the Outer Gods. It will not transform into [Son of the Bad Omen], but will only weaken and die in the end. I think the technology of [Bad Omen] should have existed earlier than the Outer Gods, and the Outer Gods just improved this technology.

If it doesn't transform into [Son of Evil Omen], then Irving will have nothing to worry about.

He and Hermione had been concentrating on studying the obelisk these days.

and the slabs of the main hall.

There were some results, at least he finally figured out what this thing was used for.

In short, the obelisk is not the "operating panel" as Owen had previously speculated.

Later, he realized that it was not uncommon for wizards in ancient times to control ancient magic, and things like "operation panels" were somewhat useless to them.

Actually this thing is an autoencoder or something like that.

First of all, this ancient relic is indeed a factory used by ancient wizards to produce [Hundred Aspects].

In order to make the created organic creatures [Hundreds of Phases] completely obey the wizard's orders, it is necessary to edit their souls, or to plant a mental stamp on them so that they will not betray the wizard.

After all, although [Hundred Phases] looks strange, it is actually an intelligent life. And it also has the ability to cast spells. And any intelligent creature would not tolerate being born a slave and not resist. In order to avoid rebellion in the future, the wizard invented the obelisk.

The reason why the [Hundred Phases] made by the fairies today turned into metal slugs is not only because the materials used are different from those in ancient times and the technology is not imitated well enough, but also because they operated the obelisk carelessly, causing it to go wrong.

This time, the fairies were collectively infected with [Bad Omen] because the ancient magic riot was caused by the accumulation of errors to a certain extent.

In general, the goblins brought trouble upon themselves and dug a hole for themselves.

After learning the truth, Irving was a little disappointed.

First of all, the obelisk's own 'program' had been altered beyond recognition by the goblins. It might be possible to repair it, but he couldn't figure it out in just a few days.

Secondly - the mistakes of the obelisk have not disappeared but are still accumulating. It itself contains a large amount of ancient magic power, which is also the energy source of this ancient factory. Perhaps it will not be long before it will trigger a magic riot again.

Finally - because the difficulty of studying the obelisk was far beyond Owen's imagination, his original plan to modify it with one click and instantly rewrite all the goblin curses now seemed impossible.

"It's really troublesome."

"What's wrong?" Hermione was the only one with him in the main hall.

Koyatel and Sirius went to the goblins to ask for information about the Goblin Brotherhood.

Now is a good opportunity. The kingdom is in decline, and the goblins dare not refuse to give them what they ask for.

"Is there no way to solve the secret of the obelisk in a short time?" Hermione asked with concern, with dark circles under her eyes.

Sitting in the chair next to the obelisk, Owen put down the parchment in his hand.

"We don't have time."

"It will take at least a few years to figure this out."

"Indeed." Hermione also put down the parchment in her hand. She and Owen had been sharing research these days, and she knew everything Owen knew.

A few years is actually considered fast.

It took the fairies thousands and hundreds of years to achieve today's results.

If Owen was not the true heir, and had not possessed many broken memories of ancient gods from the Tower of Divine Bestowal, even if they were given a few hundred years, they might only be able to become equal to the goblins.

"Let's not think about how to quickly resolve the goblin curse right now." Hermione retreated to the next best option, "The errors in the obelisk are still accumulating, and they will definitely erupt in the future."

"That's easy." Owen suddenly stood up and said, "Although I can't solve the obelisk's 'program error', it's still easy to cut off the power."

"Power outage?" Hermione looked at him blankly.

"To give you an analogy," Owen said, "The energy source of the obelisk is ancient magic. I can extract it."

"What are you waiting for?" Hermione said anxiously.

"Alright," Owen sighed softly, once the energy source was taken out, it would indicate that he had completely given up on quickly resolving the goblin curse.

He came to the obelisk and drew his wand.

Gently waving his hand, one after another ancient runes appeared from nothing, from simple to complex...

These magic patterns were like water poured into the desert, quickly seeping into the obelisk.

Soon, the obelisk responded.

The stones that made it up slowly squirmed and undulated, then split to the sides.

Like a treasure box.

A teardrop-shaped object was gleaming in the treasure box.

It is round in shape, exuding a silver-gray color, and is filled with rich ancient magic. It is obvious that this is the source of everything.

Owen reached out and took out the teardrop-shaped ancient magic polymer.

Then, a 'click' sound was heard.

The stones that made up the obelisk suddenly stopped rising and falling.

The entire ancient ruins where they were located also lost power to the cars, and there were sharp noises everywhere, as if the gears were stuck. This lasted for several minutes.

During this process, Owen picked up the teardrop in his hand and looked at it carefully.

This is a very beautiful man-made object. If you look closely, you will find that it looks like a star is inlaid inside, with various stars, which is quite beautiful.

But if you don't look closely, this teardrop will retract the stars inside and only show its jade-like roundness.

Just by holding it, Owen could feel waves of ancient magic flowing into his body.

"For you." He handed the teardrop to Hermione.

"What?" Hermione reached out and took it subconsciously.

"It's useless to me." Owen explained, "It's just a polymer of ancient magic. It can only be used as an energy source, and has no other function. Of course, I can extract its magic for my own use, but the efficiency is too low. I estimate that it will take at least several hundred years to extract all the ancient magic from this small teardrop."

"So I might as well give it to you as a decoration."

"Decoration?" Hermione rolled her eyes at Owen and looked at the teardrop in her hand. After a while, she said, "It's really beautiful."

There was no way, she couldn't feel the existence of ancient magic.

A teardrop was just a beautiful gem in her hand.

"You can try to study this artificial creation. Maybe you can produce this kind of 'energy' on a large scale in the future." Owen provided Hermione with a research direction.

"Yes. This is a perfect energy source. Moreover, such a small piece can sustain the energy needs of the ruins for tens of thousands of years. Although the ruins are dormant as a whole most of the time, its energy storage technology is indeed countless years ahead of us."

"Star Teardrops." Hermione said suddenly, "I call it Star Teardrops. Maybe it will play an infinite role in the future, just like the steam engine replaced manpower and electricity replaced steam."

"Maybe." Owen nodded.

At this moment, a loud noise was heard at the entrance of the main hall of the ruins.

It was like someone was fighting.

As Owen and Hermione began their research, they drove all the goblins out of the main hall.

After all, they don't have much trust in the goblins yet, and research requires concentration. If there are goblins around, a sudden sneak attack would be very troublesome.

If we drive the goblins out of the main hall, then even if they want to launch a sneak attack, they will have to pass through the main hall first, which will increase their reaction time.

"Hmm? The goblin can't help but attack us?"

"That shouldn't be the case!" Hermione put the Star Teardrop into her waist pocket, then waved her wand to pack up all the research materials and slates around her, without even thinking of leaving any for the goblin.

If the obelisk was not connected to the entire ruins, she would probably have dug it out and taken it away.

"By attacking us now, don't the goblins want to get rid of the curse?"

Hermione said as she packed her things.

"God knows what they are thinking." Owen held the wand and walked towards the entrance of the main hall step by step.

Suddenly—a piece of rubble flew out from the entrance, along with a lot of sharp construction debris.

Owen swung his staff and easily used Transfiguration to turn it into dust.

"What a primitive attack method!" Owen complained. He stared at the entrance.

The small fry who attacked him revealed his true identity.

It really is a goblin.

However, the goblin was a little strange. His expression was very stiff and his limbs were a little uncoordinated.

The moment he saw him, he rushed over using both hands and feet.

"Crazy?" Owen was a little puzzled as to why the goblin dared to go forward and die, but he was still very kind to help him fulfill his wish and casually threw a blasting spell.

The red spell hit the goblin squarely, and then the explosion that Owen expected did not happen.

The spell was like a stone thrown into a lake, creating ripples on the surface.

The same is true for the surface around the goblin.

Then its spell is neutralized.

"Interesting!" Owen waved his staff again, still using the blasting spell. But this time he injected more ancient magic power, increasing the power of the spell several times.

Similarly, the spell hit the goblin squarely, and it seemed like it had no idea how to dodge.

This time, the ripples on his body were more frequent, faster and more numerous, until they reached a certain limit, and suddenly his entire body automatically disintegrated. The red spell swallowed up the fragments in time, causing an explosion.

"boom--"

The blast blew up Owen's hair violently.

Hermione couldn't help but put her hand up to prevent any dust from blowing into her eyes.

"What is this?"

"I don't know, but it's not a goblin."

"Could it be that..." Hermione finally put most of the valuable slates into her waist bag. "Like in those novels, there are some protective mechanisms in the ancient ruins? Because you took away the energy of the obelisk, the mechanism was triggered?"

"Really?" Owen didn't quite agree with this guess. The mechanism also needs energy to drive it. He has unplugged the power supply, so even if there is any mechanism, it should be inoperable.

As he was speaking, a few more goblins rushed in from the entrance.

This time Owen did not choose to kill all of them, but left one.

He was going to cast a Legilimency spell to see what was going on.

Then he saw a grayish-white light, and in the light there was the noise of TV snow.

"What the hell?"

"Does the other party have no soul?"

Owen showed a trace of shock.

Unless the other party is a puppet.

Just as Owen was thinking, an acquaintance came out of the entrance.

"what happened?"

The person who came was Koyatel.

Her face was pale and her eyes were dull.

In addition, the body also seems a little out of coordination - it's like the first time I'm controlling this body and I need to practice.

"The goblins are rioting." Koyatel said coldly.

Then he strode towards Irving.

"Goblins? Riot? How dare they?" Hermione couldn't believe it. She looked past Koyaltelle and saw several goblins chasing her.

Immediately, she drew out her wand and waved it quickly for a few seconds, casting seven or eight spells.

The spells were so powerful that the goblins were blown to pieces with barely a ripple on their bodies.

"Are you so angry?" Owen glanced at Hermione. Does this girl hate goblins so much now?

"But..." As he spoke, he quickly waved the wand in his hand, and the Sharp Edge Shadowless Spell came out. "You forgot there is one more."

Koyatel, who was running towards him, fell to the ground.

There was an exaggerated wound on the chest.

"Owen?" Hermione was startled.

"Don't be in a hurry. Look at her wound." Owen said.

After getting the hint, Hermione looked over quickly and immediately found something strange, because although the Koyatel had a wound on his chest, no blood was flowing out.

What was even more strange was that a silver substance was gushing out from her wounds, and was quickly repairing her wounds.

"Isn't this kind of physical cutting magic very useful?" Owen said in a deep voice.

"What monster?" Hermione cast a barrier spell, which hit the monster lying on the ground and stopped its moving body.

"I have a guess, but I'm not sure." Owen pulled Hermione's arm, ignored the monster still on the ground, and walked quickly towards the entrance.

Beyond the main hall is a long tunnel.

There is still some distance to the elevator.

The road is densely packed with all kinds of "goblins".

Owen did not hesitate at all and waved his magic wand directly. Under the torrent of souls, a large number of "goblins" were instantly wiped out.