Chapter 725 Excavation of ruins
After the annihilation battle against the werewolves, Ryan and the others spent half a month staying in this clearing in the forest to study this magical ruin. Through the excavation of a large number of puppets, an ancient and large-scale ancient city appeared in front of everyone.
During the time they were digging, the outside world had also changed a lot. When those alchemy puppets sent the rescued hostages back to Hogsmeade Town Hospital and their own manor, they also brought Ryan and the others the latest information from outside.
Voldemort's previous harassment of Hogwarts was indeed to contain Dumbledore, but to Ryan's surprise, Voldemort concentrated all he could control now, except for his ambush and containment of Dumbledore. The Death Eaters raided Castle Azkaban and almost succeeded.
Fortunately, under Moody's command, the defenders of Azkaban suffered little losses. And after the group of Death Eaters rushed from the top of the castle into the felon prison on the top floor of the castle, they triggered the magic circle that Ryan had set up before.
The magic circle quickly overloaded and exploded after sensing the entry of a large number of unauthorized personnel. At that time, everyone who was shrouded in this area received a strong soul shock. According to the letter brought back by the alchemy puppet from Sirius who participated in the battle in Azkaban, 80% of the felons in custody were killed on the spot. At the same time, three Death Eaters did not respond because they were too close. Come and kill together.
At the same time, those who survived suffered serious soul damage. This also forced them to evacuate from Azkaban Castle with all the living people and some corpses under the absolute advantage.
In short, this time Voldemort's action was once again a failure, and the loss was not insignificant. At least the almost total annihilation of the werewolves was an irreparable loss for Voldemort, especially when Ryan found Fenrir Graber amidst a pile of bombed-up fragments at dawn the day after the attack The backbone of almost every evil werewolf below the gram.
The biggest impact of the near-annihilation of werewolves on Voldemort was that he could no longer threaten others by using werewolves, an effective terror method, which also greatly reduced Voldemort's control over the ruled area. For example, the letter from Lupin brought back by the puppet stated that there are many more wizards who fled to the north recently than before.
Of course, in addition to telling Ryan the information in Lupine's letter, he also expressed his gratitude to him with a large paragraph of text at the end. Because he experienced the painful first half of his life after being bitten by Fenrir Greyback, and now Ryan and the others successfully killed Greyback in the battle, which also made Lupine settle down. .
In addition to Sirius and Lupine's letters, they also received letters from other people during this time digging in the jungle. Letters of greeting from Harry, Percy, Neville, the Weasley twins and even Luna, these letters also bring a lot of fun to the boring excavation work, while reading these letters under the lights of the tent and giving friends Replying letters has also become a rare entertainment for them during this time.
After half a month of excavation, the outline of a city in the jungle was sorted out. According to the drawn archaeological map, they found that the city was large enough to accommodate 10,000 people living together. If you consider that this city was a city more than 1,000 years ago, it can be said that this city was almost a miracle in Britain at that time.
To be precise, they are architectural relics from more than 1400 to 1500 years ago. After using a mixture of scientific and magical means to detect a large number of architectural components and even some unearthed utensils,
Hermione roughly deduced how long the ruins existed.
I think I can figure out what's going on with this place. Ryan had just cleaned up a terracotta bowl with only the lower half left at this time. Judging from the remaining part, the terracotta bowl was smooth and hard, with a well-proportioned color. It should be It was used by nobles. After the bowl was turned over, there was a notch on the bottom of the bowl with a word engraved in Latin: Camelot.
Camelot, the capital of King Arthur? Hermione, who had read a lot of books, became excited after hearing the word Ryan's performance. I always thought it was just a legend.
How could it be a legend? Ryan showed the bottom of the bowl to Hermione. Don't forget that Merlin really existed in the history recorded by wizards, and the Merlin Knight Medal was originally to commemorate wizards who helped ordinary people like Merlin, and it specifically stated that King Arthur did exist in that era.
And this also gives us a direction for our next investigation. Ryan said as he took out a book from the space bag, then turned to a certain page and pointed to Hermione's word by word: ——Because King Arthur’s father, King Uther, once carried out a massacre of wizards in the country, Camelot is a holy city that cannot be invaded by evil magic.”
That is to say, the inability to use magic in this land is related to the wizards who died here thousands of years ago. After listening to Ryan's reading, Hermione raised her eyebrows and said. After all, legends cannot be fabricated out of thin air.
Yes, all kinds of legends will always leave behind the shadow of facts. Ryan closed the book and nodded. And if it's related to the soul, the power of death you possess can play a big role in this situation.
Sure enough, in the next targeted search, they easily excluded a large number of meaningless places. Finally, I put the focus of my search on the previous open space.
Now the soil and lawn used by the Death Eaters to camouflage the entire open space have been removed by those alchemy puppets, and what remains is a ruined wall that was previously hidden under the ground. Due to the severe damage caused by various natural and human factors over a long period of time, the highest part of the remaining part of this ruin is only as high as one and a half people at most. However, the occasional exquisite reliefs remaining in the remaining parts and the remaining paint in the corners of the reliefs all illustrate the former splendor of the castle.
It's a pity that all the discoveries in this place can't be told to ordinary people. Hermione sighed after the whole thing was cleaned up. Otherwise, just the name Camelot is enough to cause a sensation in the whole world.
As she spoke, she used her magic wand to gently dust off a khaki marble plaque buried under the wall, on which appeared a scene depicting a knight riding a steed and fighting a dragon. This is marble from Syria, which was considered the best marble in ancient Rome. Its appearance here shows that international trade was much more prosperous more than 1,000 years ago than people know now.
Because outside researchers ignore wizards and magic. Ryan said looking at the marble slab. Don't forget that a wizard could easily bring tens of tons of marble across the Mediterranean to England in three days, a feat that would have required at least 30 manpower plus a month's labor if done by someone without magic. time.
You're right. Ryan nodded. And even with the help of wizards, these top-quality marbles from foreign countries are very precious. So I can be sure that we have now dug into the core area of the castle.
After speaking, Ryan held Hermione's hand and summoned the Madonna of the Rose. Soon, with the cooperation of the two people's magic power, a pink light wrapped in a trace of red mist spread in all directions with them as the core.
I found it. The two opened their eyes at the same time and said in unison. At this time, five or six meters in front of them to the right, a place with a diameter of three meters began to seep out a trace of gray mist.
It seems that this is the place we want to look for. Ryan and the others walked over, then bent down and looked at the stone slab that was no different from the surrounding ones. Hopefully we'll find something that surprises us in a while.
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