Mastering Lightning from Hogwarts

“This is too abnormal, is the magic power of the Philosopher's Stone infinite?” Anduin stroked the Philosopher's Stone in his hand, his heart filled with shock and doubt.

The characteristics shown by the Philosopher's Stone completely exceeded Anduin's imagination. Although he was in a magical world, his deep-seated understanding was still inclined towards science.

At least he knew what the law of conservation of energy was, and at least in the past, the magic power of the wizarding world also followed this law, but the Philosopher's Stone made him begin to doubt this.

Could it be that there really is such a thing as creating something from nothing in this world?

Staring at the Philosopher's Stone in front of him, Anduin pondered for a long time. To be honest, he really wanted to cut it open now to see what was hidden inside.

But reason finally stopped him. Since he couldn't explain this phenomenon, he shouldn't dwell on it for now.

After making up his mind, Anduin began other tests. The Philosopher's Stone had indirectly proved that it might possess infinite energy. Next, he needed to determine the magic power output limit of the Philosopher's Stone.

Anduin picked up the Philosopher's Stone and placed it on a solid metal table next to him, with a circle of extremely complex inscriptions engraved in the center of the table.

This console was connected to the magic power source that maintained the operation of the entire manor. Usually, Anduin would use it when he came to the infusion process during experiments. Compared with using his own magic power, the magic power output by the magic circle was more stable.

Of course, this magic circle could stably output magic power, and naturally it could also absorb magic power in reverse.

Usually, in the manor in Godric's Hollow, the magic power mainly came from the core energy-absorbing magic circle, and it could also be connected to the energy system of the pasture in Anduin's suitcase. As long as the suitcase was placed in a fixed position, such as on this workbench, it could charge the manor.

In fact, for Anduin, apart from the magic power source converted from electricity in the Silver Glimmer Bank factory in Diagon Alley, the pasture in his suitcase space was the largest magic power production area.

Because hundreds of magical creatures lived inside, the scattered magic power they released every day was enough to support the operation of the pasture and manor.

So he didn't deploy an electricity conversion magic circle in his home. Even though the manor was connected to the Muggle world's power grid, high-power power consumption was too conspicuous. At least there was a Muggle firm as a cover in Diagon Alley.

After starting the console, Anduin began to carefully observe the magic power flow trajectory of the Philosopher's Stone and carefully recorded various data.

At the same time, he continuously adjusted the console's magic circle to gradually increase the power until it reached its limit.

“The magic power output power of the Philosopher's Stone can be maintained at a maximum of 30 notches per second. If 2000 notches of magic power are used as a benchmark, it will take 1 minute and 6 seconds to replenish it.”

“From this point of view, the performance of the Philosopher's Stone is not particularly outrageous, but it is still very excellent even when applied in combat.”

Anduin nodded secretly in his heart. He was an absolute pragmatist. Although he couldn't understand the operating rules of the Philosopher's Stone at all, he quickly began to imagine the application direction of the Philosopher's Stone in his mind.

Even if he doesn't understand the principle, it might be good to think about how to use it.

Afterwards, Anduin conducted a series of experiments on the Philosopher's Stone, and when it came to the bloodline identification test, the extremely stable Philosopher's Stone finally showed a trace of abnormality.

Anduin's bloodline identification magic circle could observe whether an item had traces of bloodline magic, and if so, it could also roughly display its bloodline affiliation.

At this time, the Philosopher's Stone lay quietly in the center of the magic circle, and as the magic circle was activated, wisps of faint blood mist gradually transpired from the Philosopher's Stone, which proved that the Philosopher's Stone did indeed have traces of bloodline magic.

Then Anduin gently brushed the blood mist in mid-air with his hand, and then carefully identified the mysteries in it with his magical perception ability.

“This aura…” Anduin seemed to have noticed something, and a hint of astonishment appeared in his eyes.

“Why does the aura revealed on the Philosopher's Stone have a taste of bloodline alchemy? The elixir of life I collected from the Silver Spear has a similar feeling.”

“But the refining method of the elixir of life is to extract life essence from living beings through a bloodline alchemy ritual. Could it be that the production method of this Philosopher's Stone is similar to it?”

“Could it be…” A terrible thought suddenly occurred to Anduin.

Perhaps the elixir of life and the Philosopher's Stone originally came from the same source, and even the product made by the life alchemy ritual in the elixir of life is a defective Philosopher's Stone!

This guess is not impossible. You must know that the life essence extracted through life alchemy itself has the function of prolonging life.

And the Philosopher's Stone can originally make the elixir of immortality!

“Maybe the life alchemy ritual for making the Philosopher's Stone is the genuine version, and what I got from the Runespoor is just a castrated version or a semi-finished product, so the elixir of life made has so many side effects.”

“But the Philosopher's Stone is Nicolas Flamel's work, could it be that the elixir of life was also invented by him?” Anduin's thoughts gradually became clear in his mind. He might have discovered something amazing.

“My God, just making the elixir of life requires a lot of life to be consumed, and the product made can only maintain a lifespan of 3 months.”

“Then how many lives would have to be sacrificed to make a Philosopher's Stone with such powerful functions that can almost create pure magic power out of thin air?”

Thinking of this, Anduin suddenly developed a deep sense of fear towards the Nicolas Flamel he had never met. If his guess was correct, this old man who had lived for more than six hundred years might not be as friendly as he imagined.

“No, this is just a guess. Before there is more evidence, I can't make a conclusion. Nicolas Flamel is, after all, a leading figure in the wizarding world and contributed to the First Wizarding War. From his past performance, he doesn't seem to be a person with ulterior motives.”

“Moreover, he was able to entrust such a valuable thing as the Philosopher's Stone to Dumbledore for safekeeping with such trust, and even lent it to me. This behavior does not seem to harbor malice.”

“But what if all of this is fake and he is actually deceiving everyone?” Anduin secretly speculated about the alchemy master.

After all, the creation of the Philosopher's Stone is related to life alchemy in some way, which is an indisputable fact.

After thinking about it, Anduin felt that he still had to find some evidence that could convince himself. If Nicolas Flamel was really a guy with blood on his hands, then he would have to be careful.

Thinking of this, Anduin immediately carefully put away the Philosopher's Stone, and then walked straight into his library.

According to Nicolas Flamel himself, he is now more than six hundred years old. Even if there is some exaggeration in this, the error should not exceed one hundred years.

Then the time when the Philosopher's Stone was made should be roughly 500-700 years ago.

Anduin now wants to check the history of the wizarding world during this period. To create such a powerful prop as the Philosopher's Stone at one time, it will inevitably cause a large number of creatures to die in a short period of time.

During those two hundred years, such a large number of creature deaths could not be covered up. As long as you check carefully, you may be able to find some clues.

After arriving at the library, Anduin quickly came to the area where historical books were stored, and then focused on searching for major events that occurred during that time period.

But after reading dozens of historical books in a row, Anduin found that there were no major accidents or disasters during that period, and there was no phenomenon of a large number of magical creatures dying.

The only thing that can barely be related is the goblin rebellion that occurred in the wizarding world in the 16th century.

Although the goblin rebellion in history is often said to be “bloody and thrilling,” Anduin knew that the casualties in that incident were not very large, or rather, not as many people died as he imagined.

After all, the life energy required to create a treasure like the Philosopher's Stone cannot be supplied by dozens or hundreds of people.

“Could it be that my guess is wrong?” Anduin frowned in confusion, and then suddenly had a flash of inspiration, “I'm such an idiot. The wizarding world has such a low population and magical creature population, so I know that life alchemy shouldn't happen in the wizarding world. To make the Philosopher's Stone, I'm afraid killing a country's wizards and magical creatures wouldn't be enough.”

He patted his head reproachfully, and then he immediately began to search through the historical books of the Muggle world. Fortunately, the former Runespoor was a bored guy who collected an extremely wide variety of books. There were also many books from the Muggle world, and Anduin, who inherited the other party's library, can now be considered to have benefited from this.

And after a little browsing, Anduin quickly found suspected points, or rather, there were really a bit too many suspected phenomena.

Muggle humans, as relatively fragile creatures, experience a large number of casualties due to various disasters every once in a while.

And during those two hundred years, the two most well-known large-scale disasters in Europe were the rain disaster and the Black Death.

The rain disaster was actually a mini ice age that occurred once every 500 years. In the early 14th century, Europeans began to experience unprecedented continuous rainy seasons and the floods that followed.

This led to the destruction of a large number of farmland, crops could not mature, and sowing was impossible in the autumn. The following spring was still raining, and sowing was still impossible.

Therefore, during that period, severe famines occurred in Europe, especially in areas mainly in France and Germany, and about 1.5 million to 3 million people died in a few years, which was an extremely serious disaster.

And the other disaster, the Black Death, was even more terrifying!

The so-called Black Death is actually the plague, which is a virus that is prevalent among rodents but can be transmitted to humans through rat fleas.

The plague is highly contagious, has a short onset time, and has an extremely high mortality rate. Because the corpses of patients turn purplish-black after death, it is also known as the “Black Death.”

And during the time period estimated by Anduin, the Black Death suddenly appeared and caused 25 million deaths in just six years.

This is almost one-third of the total population of Europe at that time!

Comparing these two large-scale disaster events that swept across Europe, Anduin finally focused his attention on the Black Death.

Anduin didn't know how much life energy was needed to create the Philosopher's Stone, or how wide the coverage of the life alchemy ritual was.

However, in his vision, to create the Philosopher's Stone, a huge amount of life energy would probably need to be used for life alchemy, and it would be best if the energy carrier was concentrated and the time was short enough.

In those two disasters, the rain disaster lasted intermittently for ten years before causing a large number of human deaths, and the personnel distribution was also relatively scattered.

In comparison, the Black Death was quite terrifying. This virus not only came and went quickly, but was also basically concentrated in densely populated urban areas.

In 6 years, 25 million people died, averaging more than 4 million each year. Even if the life alchemy ritual lasted for only one or two years, it could collect a terrifying amount of life energy.

Not to mention that this disaster killed not only humans, but also many livestock were not spared.

Moreover, from a wizard's point of view, the spread of the Black Death six hundred years ago did reveal a trace of strangeness.

Although the plague has appeared sporadically many times over the centuries, that was the only time that the epidemic was so concentrated and covered such a wide area.

They came so suddenly, and disappeared so strangely. Viruses with such a high mortality rate and such a rapid spread almost appeared suddenly overnight, which caught the Muggle humans at that time completely unprepared, and after the number of deaths reached a certain number, they almost disappeared suddenly overnight.

This is simply like a premeditated massacre!

If even the number of deaths is carefully manipulated, then this result is even more chilling.

“If it were me, could I concoct a similar virus?” Anduin muttered to himself, then shook his head in frustration.

Viruses are in the category of potions and curse-type dark magic, which is not his area of expertise. Perhaps he should ask Snape.

Unfortunately, the time is now too far away, and not many samples and information have been preserved. It is impossible to verify whether that Black Death was a natural virus or some kind of curse magic or special potion.

“Is this a carefully planned and implemented massacre by Nicolas Flamel, or is it just a ride on the coattails, a life alchemy ritual completed by chance during the spread of the virus?”

Anduin has roughly determined that the birth of the Philosopher's Stone is related to the Black Death plague, but he still cannot determine that it was Nicolas Flamel's work.

After all, that is 25 million living people!

Would someone really kill people like ants in order to make an alchemy prop?

Anyway, Anduin asked himself that he couldn't do it. Although he can't be considered a good person, he has done a lot of various human experiments and killed countless people.

But at least he still has some bottom lines and will not attack those civilians who have not provoked him and are unarmed.

And if the other party is really a bloodstained executioner, how should Anduin deal with himself? Does he want to become an envoy of justice and seek justice for those innocent victims?

Not to mention whether Anduin can beat this person who has lived longer than the Runespoor, the plague of that year has also passed for too long. More than six hundred years have long buried all the truth cleanly, and he may not be able to do anything now.

“I hope I'm just overthinking it.” Anduin shook his head helplessly, temporarily suppressing the various doubts in his mind.

Before officially meeting Nicolas Flamel, Anduin didn't dare openly slander a legendary alchemy master, especially since this alchemy master was also a close friend of Dumbledore. He still trusted the headmaster's judgment; would Dumbledore really befriend a butcher?

After letting out a breath, Anduin placed the information in his hand back on the bookshelf, then slowly left the restricted section. Instead of worrying about unclear events from hundreds of years ago, it was better to focus on the work at hand.