Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

Astoria:? ? ?

She felt as if she was shaken, as if a powerful and heavy blow had fallen into empty space.

"Lace, how could you, I mean, um..." Astoria felt that her language system was disordered.

The enemy who was going to fight to the death with me was killed instantly by my teammate who suddenly appeared. Anyone who encounters this situation will be confused.

"Sorry, I stole someone's life." Les looked at Astoria with a little apology.

He just realized that he seemed to have accidentally deprived Astoria of a valuable opportunity for growth.

What could be more conducive to human progress than a life-and-death battle?

As a result, she accidentally killed the person she was fighting for her life, which was a bit unfair.

Les looked down at the strange-looking body of the Secret Order monk, and then discovered something strange in his blood.

The divine body that this cultivator fused was nothing else but a drop of divine blood!

That's quite a coincidence.

With a slight sense of guilt towards Astoria, Rice decided to extract the divine blood from the monk's body.

Under the repeated impact of Rice's magic power, the divine blood contained in the monk's body was peeled off bit by bit by Rice, and finally a drop of blood as red as a pure ruby, emitting an attractive light, gathered in the palm of Rice's hand.

Les used his magic power to push the divine blood gently, and it floated in front of Astoria.

"Take it, it will be very good for you." Les gave the drop of divine blood to Astoria, hoping it would be of benefit to her field.

After being passed down in the secret order for a long time, the negative emotions originally present in this drop of divine blood have been basically dissolved completely, which is similar to the red wine transformed from the divine blood in Helga's gin jug.

As long as you observe it often, it will definitely be beneficial.

"Huh? Thank you!" Astoria didn't expect that she could actually extract the divine blood from that guy. She quickly collected the blood beads and thanked Les repeatedly.

"What are you thanking me for? This is what you deserve. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Rice gave a brief explanation and prepared to leave.

He still has a lot of things to do next!

"Eh——" Before Astoria could react, Les disappeared.

This was the first time Astoria had seen Rice since the start of the championship, and the last time she saw him before the first stage of the competition.

Although he had never met Rice, his presence was still very strong. Astoria had heard about Rice from the natives of the Alchemy World more than once. Although no one had seen the face of the mysterious and crazy strong man, Astoria still intuitively concluded that the person the natives were talking about was Rice.

On October 1st, a violent explosion occurred in the Dragon Forest where the Earth Dragon King lived in seclusion on the Falling Star. Two meteorites fell, and the seventeen powerful people from all walks of life who went to investigate all disappeared.

On the morning of October 3, a tsunami swept across the west coast of Jotunheim. According to survivors, the dying cries of dragons were heard from the depths of the ocean. Later, people discovered that the Water Dragon King was missing.

On the evening of October 3, the body of the Fire Dragon King fell into the city of Pers, the most important town in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Yamer. The flames from the dragon's corpse burned the entire city to ashes.

On October 6, storms and heavy rains swept across the Kingdom of Liptiat. The disaster spread for hundreds of miles. The Mystic River changed its course and flooded thousands of miles, leaving millions of people homeless.

The Wind Dragon King disappeared from then on.

……

The news of the four dragon kings' misfortunes soon spread throughout the continent.

The capital of the Thessalonian Empire, the Eternal City, the Imperial Palace

Emperor Joel, the founder of the empire, is talking with his best friend, the chief mage of the court, Jexus, about the mysterious and powerful man who has recently swept across the continent and caused countless disasters.

"It's raining?" The emperor suddenly raised his head and looked at the gloomy sky outside the palace.

"It's not just rain," Jexus said solemnly, "There are strong magical fluctuations hidden in the clouds. They are not friendly..."

"Notify His Holiness the Pope!" The Emperor's expression also became serious. He instructed the palace eunuch: "I remember he seemed to go to Btiaat--"

"No need." A loud voice suddenly came from the dark clouds. The voice was so loud that the whole Eternal City could hear it: "The Pope is dead."

A small, huddled object fell from the clouds and smashed onto the roof of the central cathedral.

"You two should come together. I'm in a hurry. I have to go meet the gods in heaven soon."

The Eternal City was in turmoil.

……

"We're about to arrive at the imperial capital. I'm really looking forward to it, the legendary Eternal City." Fleur Delacour, a contestant from Beauxbatons, sat on the cart, trying to maintain an elegant posture. "It is said that there are skilled craftsmen from all over the continent there. I want to customize a few pieces of jewelry and a few sets of clothes."

Furong had been participating in the competition for half a month. She had gone from being shocked by the detailed and realistic settings in the arena to being numb now. She even began to enjoy the process of the competition and turned on the travel mode directly after completing the main task.

She was going to see just how much Hogwarts had crammed into this playing field.

Krum gently pulled the bridle of the horse under his crotch to slow it down so that it would be easier for him to talk to Fleur - the system had assigned him and Fleur to a group with a third-year witch from Hogwarts and the "albino" wizard from the Japanese Institute of Magic.

"We must not take it lightly. There is still half a month left before the deadline for the main mission. We cannot waste this time. Even finding a job in the Eternal City to save some money is better than doing nothing."

Krum was looking forward to the legendary City of the King of Kings. He felt that he would gain a lot there.

He didn't want his teammates to miss this opportunity. Although they came from different schools, since they were assigned to the same team, they would advance and retreat together and share the same honor and disgrace.

"It is said that the emperor of the Salonian Empire is as powerful as gods, but I don't know whether it is true or not." The wizards of the magic institute are more curious about the strong people on the continent.

Luna from Hogwarts huddled in the corner of the cart, not saying a word, as if in a daze.

While her teammates were chatting, she looked up and gazed in the direction of the Eternal City, and she found that it seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds.

"It looks like it's raining in the Eternal City," she whispered.

"Oh?" Furong turned her head and looked at the young sister.

Fleur didn't like Luna at first, because she was too young and weak, and was completely dragging the team down. But after spending a few days with her, Fleur found that although this little girl was a little crazy, her nature was not bad, and she was very friendly to magical animals. This greatly won Fleur, a wizard with Veela blood, a good impression.

Now, she simply treated Luna as her own sister.

Seeing that Luna seemed to be worried about the weather, she chuckled and told Luna that she could teach her a spell. As long as she attached this spell to her robe, she wouldn't have to worry about the rain getting it wet.

"I can make a pot of sukiyaki to help you get rid of the cold. This is the best food for rainy days." The wizard from the magic institute said.

"Yamashita, you'd better cook more. The meal for four you prepared last time was only enough for me." Seeing that Yamashita Ying from the Magic Institute was about to show off his cooking skills again, Krum quickly reminded him to prepare more food.

The Japanese meal last time really opened Krum's eyes. What, can Japanese wizards photosynthesize? Can they really be full with just that little?

After eating, Fleur from Beauxbatons said with great EQ that eating Japanese food every day would definitely help lose weight.

The atmosphere in the team was cordial and harmonious, and all four of them were in a very happy mood until the next morning.

According to the plan, they would reach the Eternal City in three days, but the four soon learned that they might never be able to reach the Eternal City in their lifetime.

Because the legendary Eternal City has become a ruin!

The powerful man who was said to have killed four Dragon Kings came to the Eternal City. He first executed the Pope in public, and then fought against two of them alone, killing the Emperor and the chief magician of the court together.

During this process, other powerful men in the Eternal City did come to support, but in front of that terrifying strong man, they turned into mummies at the first sight.

A bloody rain enveloped the Eternal City, and blood flooded this prosperous city.

Then the enraged gods arrived.

The God War broke out, and the Eternal City was completely razed to the ground.

No one knows, because everyone present has been reduced to ashes.

After hearing the stories told by the refugees, Furong and the other three were stunned.

Was this a plot arranged by Hogwarts? Could this mysterious strong man be the boss of the later stage? If so, they should give up the game as soon as possible. They didn't even think of appearing in front of this guy who could destroy a city at will.

The Eternal City is obviously out of reach.

Just as they were struggling with their next destination, the four saw Les Lint from Hogwarts among the fleeing crowd.

"Lies?" Luna called Les' name tentatively, and sure enough, Les stopped.

"Are you from the Eternal City?" Looking at Les's slightly pale face, Furong couldn't help asking.

The main reason why she asked this was because Les looked like he had been fleeing for several days.

"Yes." Rice nodded simply, and then kindly reminded her: "There is no point in going to the Eternal City now. That city has disappeared."

"In the end what happened?"

"What happened? Three domain masters died, plus a genuine god." Rice complained in his mind, but he did not say it out loud. He just spoke in general terms, which was similar to the information provided by the refugees.

To be honest, when the gods came to the world, Les was very surprised. He didn't expect that Rowena's small world could actually give birth to gods.

However, after a fierce battle with the so-called God, Rice discovered that His essence was still human, but He was very powerful and had integrated a lot of world origins.

It seems that there is more than one such god.

It’s not a big problem. The more gods there are, the better. It will make it easier for him to recover the origin of the world.

In the past half month, he traveled almost all over the continent and recovered a lot of origin from the Dragon King and other powerful people, but it seemed that it still could not meet Rowena's requirements.

After meeting Luna and her three companions, the two sides simply joined forces and traveled around the continent together.

The remaining half month passed in the blink of an eye.

When the one-month deadline arrived, everyone received a message on their crystal balls: Contestants had to return to Hogwarts regardless of whether they had completed the main task or not.

This is exactly what everyone wants.

Since the destruction of the Eternal City, the situation on the continent has become increasingly chaotic, and war seems to be imminent. This has made all the contestants nervous, and it would be great if they could return to Hogwarts at this time. Everyone can just relax for a while.

Fleur, Krum, Yamashita Ying, and Luna were taken away from the alchemical world by the crystal balls on their bodies one by one, but Rice suppressed the crystal ball that was about to move and turned to look at the phantom of Godric standing beside him.

In the past month, Godric has actually been by his side, but due to the characteristics of the Resurrection Stone, other people cannot see his existence at all.

"We have to go back. Why don't you rest in the Resurrection Stone first? I feel like bringing you back to Hogwarts like this might cause unexpected consequences."

Les was worried that Godric's phantom might have some strange reaction with the imposter, so he planned to put him back into the resurrection stone ring.

Of course, the Resurrection Stone Ring was only Gryffindor's temporary home, and he already had a rough idea of ​​how to return to Rice.

Godric blinked. He originally wanted to just rush into it without caring about the consequences, but when he met Salazar's eyes, he immediately realized that his old friend would not back down on this issue.

So he had no choice but to agree with his old friend's suggestion and dissipated like a warm breeze.

After "dealing with" Gryffindor, Rice was ready to leave.

But before leaving, he paused.

A bold idea came to his mind.

Anyway, this is Rowena's alchemy world, no one will come to supervise him, and no one will jump out to blame him for anything he does. More importantly, this world is destined to be destroyed...

This is a perfect place for experiments!

Les felt that he was possessed by Rowena at this moment, and the desire in his heart flooded like a flood, completely unable to be suppressed. In the end, the flood called desire broke through the dam in his heart.

"Petrification!" Les controlled a passerby with a spell, slowly walked to his side, and took out a small bottle of potion from the deepest part of the small leather bag around his waist.

He injected the potion into the passers-by.

"Everything is forgotten!"

Rice first erased the passerby's small memory of him, and then lifted the petrification spell on him.

Everything was as if nothing had happened. Passers-by continued to walk along the road, and Rice no longer suppressed the magic on the crystal ball, allowing the crystal ball to take him back to Hogwarts.

The first stage of the competition is over.

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