Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

"what is going on?"

Facing Salazar who was eager to get to the bottom of the matter, Rowena sighed and asked, "Salazar, have you ever heard of a chain reaction?"

Les:…

"Royna, you must have secretly used the time turner without our knowledge." Rice said in a very certain tone.

Oh my god, you've only been out for a short time, how come you already know about chain reactions? If Rowena hadn't used the time-turner, Les would have gone to Dumbledore and applied to change his college to Gryffindor.

Rowena blinked.

"Time is everything. I'm just saving time."

Rice sighed again: "Just go ahead and die... Remember the agreement between us!"

Using a time-turner to read a book is very Ravenclaw. But it's fine if it's just for reading.

After complaining about Rowena's behavior, Rice said he had also heard of the chain reaction.

Helga on the side used magic to slowly draw a question mark in the air.

"A chain reaction is when the result of a reaction becomes the condition for the next reaction, thus forming a continuous chain of reactions." Seeing that Helga seemed to be paddling a lifeboat in the ocean of knowledge, Rice changed his words: "To put it simply, it's an avalanche, and it's the kind that can't be stopped."

Now Helga understood, and then she realized the seriousness of the problem.

"It's like this. The competition venue I created is now completely out of control. The alchemical life inside has evolved to a level beyond my control." Rowena also revealed the truth.

Under the effect of the chain reaction, the iteration of alchemical life exceeded Rowena's expectations, so that the alchemical life in the competition venue can not only reproduce on its own as Rowena set, but its strength has also increased so much that Rowena can no longer wipe them out from the outside world.

"Things are very bad. That piece of land has come alive. The [World Core] even has weak instincts and will, which caused me to lose control of it. The strength of the life born in it is also beyond my expectations - they even have their own domain, or the entire piece of land is a domain."

After listening to everything Rowena said, Les felt like swearing.

Rowena, you're such a genius!

Lesco knew too well the value of Rowena's experiment. In this experiment, Rowena played the role of the creator god, and she actually succeeded!

She created a complete microcosm, but unfortunately she lost control of the world in the end.

Les was amazed that her life alchemy had reached such a level.

It also indirectly reflects that the dungeon is indeed very boring, so much so that Rowena ended up coming up with such an amazing experiment.

"I also used some raw materials I collected in the dungeon..." Rowena even explained why her experiment was so successful.

"I should really thank you, thank you for telling the truth." Rice made a conclusion that was so sincere that it sounded sarcastic.

If Rowena continues to conceal the truth, he will be in big trouble once he enters the competition venue, and he will probably suffer a great loss.

"It's my duty, it's my duty." Rowena, who had a request to Salazar, no longer had her previous rebellious look and looked much more obedient.

There is no other way. Now she can only hope that Salazar can help her solve this mess. Otherwise, if she lets that small world continue to develop, who knows what will become.

"So what do I need to do?" Les was not deceived by Rowena's well-behaved appearance. As an old friend who had been together for a lifetime, he knew Rowena's true nature too well.

Apologize sincerely and do it again next time, that's her style.

Without waiting for Rowena to answer, Rice began to talk to himself.

"You don't want me to destroy the world, do you?" Les rubbed his hands.

If this is the case, then can those experiments of mine that have been sealed for a long time be... ?

Rowena glanced at Salazar, whose mood suddenly changed, and immediately understood.

"Well, yes, that's right. Please, Salazar, I need you to destroy the created little world from the inside." Rowena continued following Salazar's words.

Helga on the side frowned slightly: something seemed to be wrong, she wanted to wait and see.

"In fact, this is just like a domain battle. You need to seize as much domain authority as possible from that small world. The more you take away, the more the core of the world will be weakened. When it weakens to a certain extent, I can forcibly restart it from the outside."

The restart that Rowena mentioned was to wipe out all the alchemical life in the alchemical world, format the core of the alchemical world, and start everything over again.

She did this many times in the dungeon until she got too excited.

"Seize power?" Les frowned.

"Something similar to a domain. In the small world, some alchemical life forms have obtained the authority of the world and can expand the domain like the monks of the secret society who have merged with the divine body. If you kill them, you can regain the authority.

There are four kinds of authority. At first, there was only the authority of wind, but then the world changed suddenly, and I added a little bit of material, so the authority of earth, fire, and water were integrated into it one by one. These four elements constitute the core of the world, and the core of the world disperses the fragments of authority to alchemical life. Salazar, your mission is to reclaim these authorities and weaken the power of the core of the world. "

Rowena explained further.

Les thought he understood.

Rowena sighed, "I had good intentions. I wanted to use this competition as an opportunity to let the children try to learn the flow of magic power and get in touch with the mysteries of the field. In the end, things got a little out of my control."

'This is a bit...' Rice complained in his heart.

However, after listening to Rowena's narration, Rice felt that he really had to go and help Rowena solve the problem.

The loss of control of the alchemy world is secondary. The key is that he can take the opportunity to study things that he cannot study normally.

"It's a deal. I'll go back and make some preparations. You should have explained everything, right?"

Rowena nodded repeatedly.

"That's good." Les left Helga's office.

Looking at Les's leaving back, Helga shook her head secretly. She could see that Salazar seemed to want to do more than just help Rowena solve the problem, but what could she do?

Can we stop him? We still have to rely on him to work!

Back in the common room, Les found that the atmosphere here was unusually warm. Many girls from Slytherin College gathered around Daphne and Astoria, eager to talk to them and cheer them up.

This style is very un-Slytherin, but understandable because Daphne and Greengrass carry the hopes of the entire school.

As for Les, since he usually keeps a low profile and his background is not as prominent as Daphne and the others, not many people come to bother him.

Rice was happy to have some free time, so he took the opportunity to run back to his dormitory.

Since he learned the truth about this competition from Rowena, he was also considering whether to make some preparations.

"Should I wear that staff?" A bold idea came to Les's mind.

He and three other old friends each have a magic item made from the essence of the gods. Les is considering whether to use that thing, a magic wand made with Jörmungandr's cranial nerve as the core and mistletoe bathed in the blood of the god of light Baal as the body.

This thought only flashed through his mind for a moment, and he rejected it immediately: the staff was too dangerous, and he might lose control under its influence. If he lost control in the alchemy world, everything would be ruined, and the contestants would also suffer extensive injuries.

But instead of a staff, I could bring something else. Rowena had told me that although the beings in the alchemy world had abilities similar to those of a domain, they were still inferior to real domain wizards in terms of their ability to withstand attacks.

After making the decision, Rice left the dormitory again and went straight to his secret room.

While Rice was preparing hard for the next day's competition, a new guest arrived in Helga's office.

Dumbledore pushed open the door to Professor White's office.

"Very interesting door knocker." The first thing he said had nothing to do with Gryffindor, but was talking about the door handle of the office.

"Professor Arius did it for me."

Dumbledore's eyebrows twitched: the door knocker just now looked like the one at the entrance of the Ravenclaw College common room.

Apart from the animals, they are exactly the same.

"I'm glad to see you getting along well with your new colleagues."

Helga waved her hand casually. She and Rowena got along well? Well, most of the time, but sometimes she really wanted to strangle that guy to death.

She believed that Salazar thought the same thing, and much more often than she did.

"The Gryffindor who showed up today is a really interesting guy." Helga took the initiative to bring up the topic that Dumbledore was interested in.

"Oh? Professor White, do you have any unique insights?" Dumbledore found a chair and sat down, taking over this interesting topic.

"Nothing, I'm just excited to see this legendary wizard in person. This is the founder of Hogwarts. I've never seen him before."

Dumbledore just nodded and smiled.

"I don't know why he returned to Hogwarts. He can't really be here to lead the team to win the championship, right?" At this point, Helga and Dumbledore laughed together.

Dumbledore felt that he had gotten the answer he wanted. Professor White's attitude towards the man who claimed to be Gryffindor was worth pondering.

And she was right. What was the purpose of that person coming back? He had been missing for the past thousand years. Why did he show up now?

Can a competition attract him to show up?

The whole Hogwarts was shrouded in an impetuous atmosphere. Dumbledore was chatting with Professor White, students were discussing the content of the competition and the sudden founder of Hogwarts, independent contestants were touring Hogwarts, and the headmasters of other schools also had their own arrangements.

Some of them were chatting with students from their own school, while others came to the professors at Hogwarts and tried to get some information about the competition from them.

The most special one among them is Karkaroff.

In the dark underground classroom, Karkaroff was blocking the classroom door, and Snape was standing in front of the material cabinet against the wall of the classroom, sorting out the magical materials needed for class.

Watching Snape slowly and methodically arranging the dry nettles one by one, Karkaroff felt his anger rising.

"Severus, I think what I want to talk about is much more important than collecting potion ingredients. If you need me to, I can just cast a spell -"

"Using magic to manipulate potion ingredients is a common mistake made by beginners. Your spell will interfere with the properties of the potion ingredients. Something worth dozens of Galleons may be ruined just like that."

Karkaroff's tone paused, and then his entire momentum declined a lot.

He said in an almost pleading voice: "Severus, it has been fully activated, you understand, he is back."

"But he was beaten away, wasn't he?" Snape became a little impatient.

"Yes, that's why I haven't run away yet, but that mysterious strong man didn't kill him!" Karkaroff was extremely excited. He was the wizard who wanted Voldemort to die the most, even more eager than most Aurors.

"He hasn't summoned us yet."

"But this could happen at any time—"

"Then run away, I'll make excuses for you, but I want to stay in Hogwarts."

Karkaroff scratched his hair: he felt that he and Snape were in the same boat, both of them had betrayed the Dark Lord, which was why he came to negotiate with Snape.

Looking at Snape's appearance, is he determined to stay in Hogwarts? Yes, Dumbledore is here, and I would make the same choice if I had the conditions.

But Karkaroff obviously couldn't follow Snape's path.

"At worst you can just hide in Durmstrang's castle. It won't be easy for him to find you, and you're not the top priority."

Snape's words made Karkaroff a little tempted. He decided to take the opportunity of the competition to stay in Hogwarts for a while to see if things would turn around - maybe the Dark Lord would be found and killed by the mysterious man?

……

In the impetuous atmosphere, half a day passed quickly.

The next morning, the principals of each school brought their students to the Hogwarts Quidditch field, along with hundreds of independent contestants.

Rice, Daphne and the others naturally yawned as they entered the court.

"How are you preparing?"

"It's a sure win!" Daphne said confidently.

"Don't be careless. This competition is not as easy as you think. Bring everything you have. If you forgot to bring something, you can still go back and get it now."

"Everything is ready!" Daphne patted a small bag on her waist, which was filled with all the magic props she could collect to assist in the game.

"That's good." Rice nodded, said no more, and waited quietly for other players to enter and the competition to officially begin.

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