Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

If his prediction was correct, time in this palace would stand still when not being observed by outsiders.

When he, Daphne, and Astoria entered the palace for the first time, the three of them entered together.

Before they walked out of the palace, due to the lack of "observers", they did not realize that time in the palace had stopped, or that Les noticed something strange through some details.

Les also noticed that it was the time of the "palace" that was stagnant, not the time of the people entering the palace, so after Daphne and Astoria came out, Daphne's necklace was still destroyed, and Astoria The number of spell casts in the bracelet was not restored.

When entering the palace for the second time, since Les was observed by Daphne and Astoria, the flow of time was normal. The third time I entered, there were no observers, and the time difference appeared again.

The same is true for the two kobold stone statues. After the door of the hall is closed and the observer disappears, they return to their original recorded appearance.

Les felt that now that they had entered the ruins again, everything had probably been restored, and even the doll had probably returned to its original state.

Practice brings true knowledge, and Rice decided to enter the ruins again to find out.

While Les reveals all the mysteries, Daphne and Astoria are still in the dark.

“How did the ancient Egyptians do it?”

"Does that mean the flow of time inside the ruins is different from that outside?"

After hearing what Les said, the two of them were extremely shocked, because this was time magic.

If a certain magic field must be given the title of "the jewel in the crown of magic", time magic must be a strong contender for this title.

The vast majority of wizards will never be exposed to time magic in their lifetime, and only a small number of people have the opportunity to have a certain connection with time magic. For example, the Silent Men of the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, their research projects include time magic - they even keep a batch of time converters that can turn back time, but only a very small number of wizards know about the existence of these converters.

As a result, you told me that the entire palace in front of you is a creation of time magic? !

Daphne and Astoria felt as if their world view had collapsed.

"That's right. After all, ancient Egypt was a civilization thousands of years ago. At that time, various resources were still abundant, so it was natural to build these luxurious wonders." Rice said with an envious tone.

Compared with their "descendants", the raw materials available to magicians in ancient Egypt were much more abundant than they were.

But Les and the others were lucky enough to catch at least one tail. Daphne and the others have been miserable these past few generations. After thousands of years of "mining", there really is nothing left for them.

"Can we give this palace to..." Daphne had a bold idea.

Les:…

He carefully evaluated the possibilities and felt that it would most likely not work, because the spell was cast on the entire palace. Just "deducting" a part from the palace would not have any effect. It was just an ordinary stone.

"I want to go in again." Les said softly.

Daphne and Astoria raised their heads in unison. It was obvious that they wanted to follow him very much, but this was destined to be impossible. Les would not bring two young wizards into the ruins who could not even stop the attack of Hufflepuff dolls, especially when Daphne's necklace was still destroyed.

Les, who entered the ruins alone, noticed something strange when he went deep into the palace: outside the deepest gate, he saw two stone statues of kobolds that had been blown into pieces - this was his masterpiece just now.

This surprised Les. In his expectation, this place should be restored.

He gently pushed the door open, and a strong stream of water vapor immediately floated out from behind the door, making Les frown: the main hall behind the door remained the same as when he left.

Rice, bathed in the vapor, fell into thinking, and then further updated his hypothesis.

If the person who enters the palace causes major changes to the palace that exceeds the palace's recovery limit, then the changes in the palace will be "recorded" the moment he leaves and become the palace's new form.

He turned the main hall into a swamp and blew the stone statue guarding the gate into pieces. This change made it impossible for the palace to recover on its own, so his changes were remembered and he became the next adventurer to step into this ruins. The scene we have to face.

When Helga entered the palace before, she probably exerted a considerable influence on the palace, so the changes she caused were also recorded. After her, no adventurer could leave his mark on the palace until he entered.

So this palace is more like a huge photo camera? Have all the traces of the characters in history been preserved?

Thinking of the photo recorder, Rice had an idea: Is the time segment recorded in the palace a point, or a period of time? If the current clip is recorded, will the past clip be overwritten? His intuition told him that the answer to this question should be obtained from the other two channels.

Thinking of this, Rice walked out of the palace without further delay.

After confirming that the time in the outside world had hardly changed again, Rice felt that he was one step closer to the truth. He didn't waste any time and entered the ruins directly from the entrance in the middle of the palace.

This time there were more traps on the road, but Les finally reached the end of the passage without any danger. The palace at the end of the passage did not seem to have been broken into by anyone. There were some sundries inside, still retaining the appearance of thousands of years ago.

But these are not important. The most eye-catching thing is a compass-shaped thing half a person tall placed in the main hall. Judging from its location, it is located at the end of the palace's central axis and is the core of the palace.

The structure of the compass is not complicated. It consists of two layers, the inner and outer layers. The outer compass has ten grids, and the inner compass has no grids, but there is a raised needle in the center, and a bunch of figures changing from the full moon to the crescent are painted on the edge. The moon looks like a sundial. The projection of the needle falls exactly on the crescent moon.

Les narrowed his eyes, and another suspicion arose in his mind: Does each grid in the outer circle refer to a certain period of time that was recorded? That inner layer...

Is it a tool to adjust the recorded time segments?

After this idea came up, Les was keenly aware that this seemed to be an opportunity for him and Hufflepuff to meet again after a thousand years, but everything was still his conjecture and needed to be verified.

Les reached for the inner compass and set it to the position of the full moon.

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