Mastering Thunder from Hogwarts

When the word 'Black Death' came out of Anduin's mouth, Nick first raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then showed a look of understanding.

"Why?" Nick continued to ask after a moment of silence, "Why do you think the Philosopher's Stone is related to the Black Death?"

"Because the magic stone is powerful enough! It is a kind of power beyond ordinary people's understanding!"

Anduin kept staring at Nick intently, as if he wanted to see something in his eyes. Of course, he did not use Legilimency to commit suicide. Using mental magic on a wizard who had lived for hundreds of years was simply self-inflicted.

Its humiliation.

"At the same time, due to some coincidence, I happened to learn some knowledge about [Life Refining], and I can clearly recognize the traces from the magic stone."

"And if you want to make a treasure like the Magic Stone, the number of lives you need to consume must be an astronomical number!"

"Your wisdom is eye-opening, Anduin." Nick nodded in admiration, and then immediately straightened his face, "Yes, I can tell you clearly that the magic stone is indeed related to the refinement of life."

"So are you admitting that the Philosopher's Stone was the culprit that caused the Black Death?"

Anduin said this with a serious face, and at the same time he could see that Nick was not lying to him at this time, or had no intention of lying to him.

"If...I mean if." Nick did not answer Anduin directly, "If the answer is what you think, what are you going to do? You know that hundreds of years have passed since the 15th century. Is it possible?

Are you prepared to avenge the people at that time?"

"I have no idea."

Anduin said frankly, while a dangerous light gradually appeared in his eyes, "But this at least proves that the person who caused such a tragedy is not worthy of trust, and even allowing him to exist is a huge threat in itself."

"Lessons from history tell me that a person's sins are difficult to dissipate with the passage of time, especially those who are capable of killing millions of people for their own selfish interests and have no bottom line."

"So, just for your own safety, sometimes you have to use some extreme means to eliminate the dangers lurking in the dark."

Nick listened to Anduin's slightly threatening words with an indifferent expression, then raised his hand and pointed upward, looking at him with a teasing expression.

"Does your so-called extreme means refer to the ship hidden in the sky? Or does it refer to yourself? With all due respect, the means you have shown so far do not make me feel threatened."

Anduin smiled coldly when he heard this. He was not surprised that Nico could find Leona ambushing in the sky, but if the other party thought that what he sensed was everything, he would be looking down on him.

You must know that Anduin focuses 80% of his alchemy talent on combat. Even if the opponent is a legendary wizard, he is confident that he is not without the strength to fight. Even if he cannot defeat him, he can at least escape unscathed.

"Whether my methods can threaten you or not, I can only know if I try it myself. Do you have such thoughts?"

After Anduin said these explosive words, he stared at Nick Flamel coldly, while the other party also looked at him intently.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the living room dropped to freezing point, and the surrounding air almost solidified. Both of them were tense, as if they would suddenly explode in the next moment.

"Hehehe!!"

Just when Anduin thought he couldn't get better today, Nico across from him suddenly relaxed, and he didn't look as tense as before.

"It seems that Albus is right. You are indeed a young man with a sense of justice, and you are not afraid of power. You even dare to fight against an old monster like me. It is really amazing."

After saying that, Nick waved his hand towards Anduin, "Don't be so nervous, Anduin, I am not your enemy, and the matter of the Sorcerer's Stone is not what you imagined."

Seeing Nick's sudden change of attitude, Anduin couldn't help but be a little surprised. Just now, he thought Nick was preparing to fight to the death.

As for what the other party said, Anduin naturally wouldn't believe it all. It might just be Nick's delaying strategy, or he might be trying to deceive him.

But in the previous confrontation, Anduin could feel that Nick had not lied to him, and judging from the previous contact and the relationship between him and Dumbledore, he did not want the kind of devil who regards life as nothing.

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Is there something fishy about the Philosopher's Stone? It has nothing to do with the Black Death? Or is there something hidden in it?

With such doubts, Anduin, who still didn't let down his guard, asked, "Oh? You mean... the emergence of the Philosopher's Stone has nothing to do with the Black Death?"

"No!" Nick shook his head lightly, "Your sense of smell is very keen. The Philosopher's Stone was indeed formed during the plague that year."

"Then what do you say, things are different from what I imagined? Did you not create the Philosopher's Stone on your own initiative?" Anduin guessed.

"Yes, and no." Nick sighed, "Although this matter is a bit difficult to talk about, I am not willing to deceive you because of it. The Philosopher's Stone is not actually my work."

"ah?"

Nick's answer was indeed far beyond Anduin's expectations.

You must know that in all the documents and information that can be searched, it is clearly stated that the Philosopher's Stone came from Nick's hand, and no one in history has ever jumped out to refute it.

"It's a long story, Anduin. You must think that since the Philosopher's Stone is in my hand, it must be my work. In fact, it's the opposite. I actually stole the Philosopher's Stone." Nick thought for a moment.

Then he said calmly.

"Snatched?" Anduin looked at the other party in astonishment, "How is it possible? Who else in this world can create such a treasure besides you?"

"Hahaha, don't be result-oriented, Anduin." Nick laughed at himself, "You really think too highly of me, and you underestimate the Philosopher's Stone too much."

"Don't even think about it. When the Black Death broke out in Europe more than five hundred years ago, I was only over a hundred years old. Would it have been possible for me at that time to research the method of making the Philosopher's Stone from scratch?"

"Or put it this way, if you don't understand the life-making technology, you can complete the research and development and successfully make the magic stone if you are given a hundred years?"

"This..." Anduin shook his head in surprise. He had to admit that he really couldn't do this. Even after understanding the life-making technology, he might not be able to do it.

Making a treasure like the Philosopher's Stone is not as simple as imagined. You must know that this is the first of its kind and there is no predecessor that can be copied or simulated.

If he were to do it, first of all, it would take a lot of effort to create the drawings for the magic stone, and at least he would have to accumulate a huge amount of knowledge about blood magic and spells.

The next step is to come up with an idea, and then conduct a lot of experiments and tests until the idea of ​​making the magic stone is determined to be feasible and the final draft is obtained.

This link alone may take dozens or even hundreds of years if you are not lucky.

Because the purpose of making the magic stone is to achieve immortality, and to test this result, you have to spend enough time and test the results on the test subjects.

Thinking of this, Anduin immediately recalled the snake slough potion formula he got from the Silver Spear Club. To be honest, it looked like an early work produced during the development of the Philosopher's Stone.

Maybe the snake slough potion could be circulated just for testing.

And even if the final blueprint for making the magic stone is obtained, it does not mean that the work is completed, because refining life requires the sacrifice of a large amount of life.

But killing, especially harvesting human lives on a large scale, is actually not as simple as imagined.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop a virus that is highly contagious and has a high fatality rate. To achieve this goal, the amount of work required may take ten years.

If you put it this way, the preparations for making the Philosopher's Stone alone would take one or two hundred years. With Nick Flamel's age at the time, even if he devoted all his energy to it, it would still take him two hundred or even two hundred years.

This result can be achieved after the age of three hundred.

But according to the information, Nick Flamel was a famous alchemist in his early years, and he had a formal job. How could he have so much time to study life refining and viruses?

In fact, if you look at it from the perspective of that time, the appearance of the Philosopher's Stone was actually quite sudden, just like a chicken laying an egg. Suddenly one day Nick claimed that he had made the Philosopher's Stone.

It was only then that Anduin realized that he had actually fallen into a misunderstanding.

He preconceptionally believed that Nick, who was over 600 years old and a legendary alchemist, must be the maker of the Philosopher's Stone.

But after understanding the nature of the Philosopher's Stone, and then thinking about it from another angle, how could Nick Flamel, who was only a hundred years old at the time, possibly create such an amazing treasure as the Philosopher's Stone.

Just like today when Dumbledore told him that he had made a magic stone one day, he would definitely not believe it and would even think that the other party had stolen it from somewhere.

"I see." Anduin thought for a moment before nodding affirmatively, "The Magic Stone is indeed not a treasure that can be obtained in a short while."

"Yes, I didn't have such a talent as you back then, and alchemy at that time was not as ubiquitous as it is now. Although I don't want to admit it, I couldn't even understand the basics of the Philosopher's Stone at that time, and even now

, I haven’t even been able to fully understand the mystery of the Philosopher’s Stone.” Nick laughed jokingly.

"Who is the person who made the Philosopher's Stone? Why did you say you stole it?" Even though the misunderstanding was cleared, Anduin was still full of doubts.

When Nick heard this, he said with a solemn expression, "You must have heard of that person's name, but you certainly can't imagine that he is the despicable Haierbo!"

"Helpo? Is this guy a person from two thousand years ago? Is he still not dead after so long?" Anduin's eyes widened in surprise. This answer was indeed a bit unexpected.

The despicable Herbo was the ultimate antique who existed before 100 AD. He committed many heinous acts and became the first dark wizard in history.

He was also the first wizard to successfully create a Horcrux, and possibly the first wizard to invent a method of making it.

In addition, the other party also invented a lot of black magic, and was the first to hatch a high-risk magical creature like the 'basilisk'.

After Anduin recovered from the shock, Nick continued, "Since you know about life-making, you should also know about Horcruxes."

"But Horcruxes don't seem to be able to truly achieve immortality, right? Even Horcruxes will die out after a thousand years." Anduin is naturally no stranger to Horcruxes, and he even has one on his body at this time.

"Yes, Haierbo also discovered the shortcomings of Horcruxes back then. He regretted splitting his soul for the first time, so he finally chose to reunite his soul."

"Ah? Is such a thing possible? This is too unbelievable? And how did he live for so long with his souls united into one?" Anduin looked in disbelief, which was beyond his comprehension.

God knows how difficult it is to reunite divided souls. Let alone no one in history, there are only a few wizards who have tried.

Anduin himself knew that there was only one magic that could unite souls, and that was the Three Purities Curse.

But that magic does not actually completely split the soul. It is more reasonable to describe it as differentiation, and the process of reintegration can also be seen as allowing the differentiated soul to return.

But to make a Horcrux, you really need to split the soul in two. In reality, it is extremely difficult to restore the stone that was split in half, let alone the soul.

"Oh, to be honest, I didn't believe it before I met him. As long as a normal person does this, it will definitely lead to death, but Haierbo seems to have really found a way."

Nick chuckled. He was also shocked when he learned that Halbo was still alive.

"As for how he managed to achieve immortality, I had no idea at the time. Later I came up with a conjecture. Halpo probably split his soul to create a Horcrux, and then when the condition of the Horcrux declined, he chose to use the soul to

Unite and split the soul again to create a new Horcrux to achieve the effect of extending life."

"Are you sure he won't have mental problems if he does this?"

To be honest, Anduin is a little skeptical about this statement. It is outrageous enough for the souls to become one, but they are separated and reunited. Do you think that they are getting married?

Nick shook his head and smiled as he recalled the past, "Don't mention it. At that time, Haierbo seemed to be mentally disturbed. I think he decided to make the magic stone because he couldn't bear the torture."

"Of course, thanks to Haierbo's mental disorder, I found the opportunity to steal the magic stone."

"So the Black Death plague that was prevalent in Europe was also caused by Herbo?"

Although everything Nick said sounded a bit unbelievable, he finally connected the clues that Anduin had obtained before. Then he seemed to realize something suddenly and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Did you mean to say,

Is that guy Haierbo still alive?"