I, Hogwarts Second Week

Most of the lost cities have become desolate ruins on the snowy plains.

Along the way, Owen did not notice any traces of living creatures.

There were only lonely, endless buildings that seemed to have existed since ancient times.

In the end, he and his grandfather chose to land in an open area.

Strangely enough, the whistling wind stopped after they entered the city.

The surroundings became unusually quiet, weirdly quiet, and creepy.

Right in front of the open area that seemed to be a square, there stood a striking tower.

It stood on the side where the sun was shining directly.

Without talking, the grandfather and grandson drew out their wands in tacit understanding.

After looking at each other, they walked towards the tower.

About a minute or two later, they arrived in front of the tower.

The divine tower in front of them was very different from the towers in other places on this planet. It was no longer in the shape of a obelisk, but a cylinder.

There were no ancient runes on the surface of the tower, and Owen could not even see any traces of magic.

It was as if it was an abandoned building, originally used to seal the Outer Gods, but for some unknown reason, the Outer Gods sealed it elsewhere, so it was abandoned.

In front of the tower, the door was open, and the polar sunlight shone in, and a spiral staircase leading to the upper floor could be vaguely seen.

Owen explored for a long time, but still did not find any traces of magic or ancient magic. It was as if this was not the God-granted Tower, but just an ordinary building.

"Strange!" Owen, who had said it countless times, waved his wand and released several fluorescent lights.

The fluorescent light floated into the tower, illuminating everything.

"Nothing?"

"Maybe the God-granted Tower is not here." Grindelwald also frowned.

"Maybe we made an empiricist mistake." Owen explained, "The seven locations marked in Ionia City are the locations of the God-granting Tower because the other locations are the locations of the God-granting Tower. So we naturally thought that these seven locations are all God-granting Towers. And here - this seems more like an ancient relic, not the location of the God-granting Tower. The God-favored Cult marked the location here, should it be to study these relics?"

"That's possible." Grindelwald said.

"Then-" Owen frowned slightly, "It's really not good news."

If the location of the God-granting Tower is unclear.

How long will it take them to find the rest?

He can't turn the whole earth over again!

"But-since we are here." Owen walked towards the tower. "This is probably a relic left over from that era, maybe there will be some clues."

You can't just go home right after you get here.

Grindelwald was speechless and followed Owen into the interior of the tower.

Inside the tower, from the moment the two of them broke in, a smell of flying dust got into their noses.

Owen immediately propped up the armor spell. Keep these flying dust out to prevent any poisonous gas or something.

The fluorescent light above the head radiates the pale light of the sun in the Far North. At a glance, the tower is empty and exquisite.

It is empty because there is nothing inside except the spiral staircase going up, and it is exquisite because the style of the staircase is carved with beams and painted with buildings, and the surrounding walls are covered with bas-reliefs. As the stairs spread upward step by step.

Owen stepped onto the stairs and observed the reliefs on one side. At first glance, these exquisite and lifelike reliefs simply grasped the principles of aesthetics to the pinnacle. Their artistic attainments and craftsmanship are not ordinary, and even have an incomparable rigorous structure.

Soon, his pace slowed down.

His expression changed from casual indifference at the beginning to serious and serious.

Because he understood the information recorded and revealed by the bas-reliefs.

The bas-reliefs all over the walls seemed to be a documentary from ancient times. It depicted a history that subverted everything for him with vivid and cold strokes.

It records the distant times in great detail, from the stars that fell into the earth from the stars, to the glory of the creation of the origin magic, to the discovery of ancient magic and the final battle of gods.

It even reveals a history of wizards. When Owen saw the wizard with rings on his ten fingers fighting against God, and King Solomon's most profound spell bursting out on the continent shaped like the Mediterranean, he felt cold all over the ground.

Not only that - under his feet, the forbidden truth of the abandoned city in the far north, and the other side of the stars that humans have never seen, the ultimate fear forgotten by history, all point to the same name: "Supreme Will!"

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Chaos began, and the world was dark.

Ten thousand years ago, the wild earth welcomed a star from the depths of the universe.

The star burned out in the atmosphere, and the only remaining remains fell into the earth.

It brought unprecedented changes to this planet, and magic - a supernatural power took root in this land.

The first wizards came from a primitive tribe that later called themselves "Stargazers". They were the descendants of the mortals who witnessed the stars falling to the earth, and were the first beneficiaries of the star remains.

The ancient "Stargazers" comprehended the earliest magic from the stars, the "Three Origin Spells".

Magic is the embodiment of the power of the stars, and it is the gift from heaven that humans received in the "Gift Era".

As time went by, a group of amazingly talented wizards were born among early humans. They searched for water sources in the magical desert and planted towering trees that changed nature. The splendor of the [Era of Gifts] is like a city being built step by step, from a thatched hut to a city.

Then came the [Human Era]. After [Origin Magic] defeated other creatures that also gained star power, the stable era gave wizards more time and wisdom to study themselves.

Not only did they begin to study the power of stars, but they also began to study more complex biological flesh and blood. The wizards not only created food, but also created multi-cellular protoplasmic biological colonies called "Life Furnaces".

The creations in the furnace can transform body tissues into various temporary organs, or fuse with other creatures, and then transform into ideal slaves to engage in heavy and repetitive manual labor.

These invertebrate polymers that exuded mucus were originally named "Hundreds of Phases", but later wizards preferred to call them "Omens".

After nearly ten thousand years of development, especially after the decline of [Origin Magic], research on various specific spells began. Magic is the power of imagination. Except for life and death, it can fulfill almost all the prayers of wizards.

At this time, humans no longer need gifts. They themselves have become gifts themselves and a symbol of civilization. Make rules to govern livestock and their creations.

To regard oneself as a god was the craziest ambition of mankind at that time.

Under this almost crazy exploration, mankind eventually inevitably entered the "Age of the Gods".

——Which wizard discovered the original [Original Magic] ancient magic? Who discovered the fundamentalist principle? Now there is no way to verify it.

The question makes no sense, any more than asking who the original owner of the Elder Wand was.

Because the person who first discovered it was innocuous. Talent that is truly mastered and developed is crucial.

Compared with the magic power mastered by wizards, the [primary magic power] belonging to the original power of the stars is much more powerful, because it can change the most original arrangement and combination of matter, and can turn stones into bread.

Such a discovery made the ancient wizards ecstatic, and the study of ancient magic became a popular science. As the research deepened, more and more results appeared in a spurt.

The first god was the god of fertility. The wizard can easily control the growth of all organisms. He has studied the mutation effect of ancient magic on organisms to the extreme. Sprinkle the seeds and make a forest grow in an instant. A newborn calf will grow into a strong cow in the blink of an eye. Birth, old age, illness, death, and rejuvenation are just a matter of a thought.

What a terrifying and powerful force this is.

Three consecutive bas-reliefs on the tower praise the deity's great deeds.

At that time, he was the most famous god and was far more admired than the gods who controlled thunder, fire, wind and rain.

The great achievements of [Age of Gods] have reached their peak, as if they were a beautiful dream that will never wake up.

The gods in their heyday were spread over all the land and water of the earth.

However, even the ancient wizards who possess wisdom beyond eternity and can be crowned as gods cannot seem to escape the cosmic law of prosperity and decline.

Perhaps they never imagined that the unpredictable nature of the earth would cause external troubles such as the collapse of mountains and rivers, while the unexpected internal troubles would be caused by their proud wisdom and knowledge accumulated over countless years.

Because - finally - a wizard - took his research on [primary magic] deep into the most taboo root, the soul.

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Owen has never had such a clear understanding of the four words "Supreme Will".

Before arriving at the tower, he had only superficially connected the [Supreme Will] with [Outer God Ionia].

He thought it was the same person or the same god.

Just like people have their own titles.

But now, he understands.

[Supreme Will] has never been a person or a god.

It's a virus, a deception, a routine.

The wizard Ionia Samothrace delved into ancient magic into the soul, listened and witnessed the unspeakable source of the stars, and went mad in the sound of blasphemy.

Completely crazy.

The logic of all his actions has undergone earth-shaking changes, from a person to a machine, clamoring to devour everyone's magic power, devour all wisdom and knowledge, and let living beings return to the embrace of the stars.

Equally crazy are the slaves created by the wizards, those flesh-and-blood amorphous individuals born from the [Forge of Life], which are like the [Hundred Forms] of countless expanding and changing flesh and blood bubbles glued together.

They thrive by devouring magic power and dividing themselves. Tens of thousands of years ago, their numbers and traces were all over the planet.

After going crazy, this group of uncontrolled monsters became enemies that ordinary wizards could not deal with.

Then the war broke out between gods and gods, and between man and his own creation.

The world buried all the madness in a battle of blood and fire that lasted for tens of thousands of years.

The remaining gods expelled the souls from this world. So far Ionia has another name - Outer God.

And【Supreme Will】.

No one knows what it is. The surviving gods only know that it emptied the soul and body of poor Ionia, turning it into another creature with a completely different rationality from them. Just like the group of [Hundred Aspects], they were originally such obedient slaves, but under the influence of ‘madness’, they all bared their fangs at their masters.

Perhaps - there is no Ionia anymore.

The moment that poor creature saw the other side, his body was invaded by [Supreme Will].

As time went by, the two names of the Outer God and [Supreme Will] merged into one, becoming the nickname of the murderer who destroyed the [Age of Gods].

The Age of Gods is gone.

The bas-reliefs of the tower have also entered the last era of historical commemoration.

[Age of Sparks]

The expelled Outer God did not die or dissipate.

It still has a strong influence on this world and is permeating power all the time.

In order to solve this problem.

The remaining gods and wizards built the God-granting Tower together.

Owen - In the Forbidden Forest, the history heard from the centaur demigod Chiron, and the history believed by Hogwarts headmaster Dexter, all have records that the gods want to continue to attack the Outer Gods through the God-granting Tower.

Yes, it is normal that tens of thousands of years and human interference have caused the history to be broken, but it is true that the ultimate purpose of building the God-granting Tower is to challenge the Outer Gods.

The gods lure the power of the Outer Gods to penetrate from the tower, defeat Zhi, and seal Zhi. This will prevent the increased magic power of the Outer Gods from infiltrating irregularly to other parts of the world.

But to do so, the tug-of-war needs to continue, because the power of the Outer Gods is constantly increasing.

The gods have to build the God-granting Tower every once in a while and challenge the Outer Gods.

This is a cruel war.

Because every battle means that a god must respond with the will to give up his life and fight with the essence of the Outer Gods for a long time.

The God-granting Towers that Owen discovered are all performing eternal struggles that have lasted for thousands of years.

And this spark of spontaneous combustion that lasted for thousands of years, its light finally sheltered the remaining humans. The flames also did not completely isolate the foreign gods from the outside world.

But the price was extremely high.

The foreign gods plundered the magic power of this world, causing most creatures to lose their magic power.

That glorious era, when all organisms mastered magic power, no longer exists.

Magic power has become a privilege for a few people.

[Original magic power] has also become taboo knowledge. Except for training heirs to deal with foreign gods, all wizards are no longer allowed to study this power.

Afterwards, the remaining forgotten gods even buried [Original magic power].

It's like diverting lake water into the ground, leaving only a spring on the land. When the lake water underground reaches a certain amount, a part of it will be sprayed out through the spring, and this part is the inheritors of the ancient magic power.