Chapter 101: Era Division, Mental Power Transforms Again! Medieval Level!
When Charles saw the author of the book "The Lost Age", his eyes widened in surprise.
He could never have imagined that this book was written by his old friend Dake?
Judging from the publication date, this should be a work written by Dark when he was young.
"I didn't expect that a terrorist like you, Dak, was actually a cultured person when you were young and even published a book?"
The books included in the restricted area of Hogwarts are not necessarily dangerous books, but they are definitely not the boring stuff that can be found everywhere.
In addition, Shenlan suggested that he had obtained materials about the history of the wizarding world from this book, so Charles became interested and started reading the book carefully.
In this book, Dark's writing style and narrative tone are unexpectedly clear and meticulous, completely unlike the madness that Charles saw when he met him.
Using sufficient historical materials, Dark proposed a new periodization for the history of the wizarding world.
He divided the history of the entire magical world from recent to ancient times into recent antiquity, medieval times, ancient times and ancient times.
The division of the modern and ancient times is from the complete end of the Inquisition and the establishment of international wizarding organizations to the present day.
The most notable symbol of the Middle Ages was the establishment of three major European magic schools, including Hogwarts, and the active founders of many schools. It was an epic era.
Countless talented wizards emerged in that era. Subjects such as Transfiguration, Alchemy, and others in the recent ancient times were all formally taught in the Middle Ages, laying the foundation for today.
If the Middle Ages is a soul-stirring epic, then going back further, the ancient times is a bizarre myth.
Whether it is Merlin, or the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, or Sumerian mythology, Egyptian mythology, Norse mythology...
Those bizarre myths can still reveal the glory of the ancient times and the lingering ignorance and bloodiness, barbarism and cruelty.
As for the ancient times before the ancient times, here, Dak asserted that there was such an era.
That era was much earlier than the mythical ancient times.
That era did not belong to humans, nor to the ancient gods and heroes. The world belonged to some even older and indescribable existences.
In the book, Dak calls them the Ancients and the Great Old Ones.
They once occupied the sky, the earth, the ocean, the stars and the void, but for special reasons, the old rulers fell into sleep one after another.
When the last of the Old Ones and their followers fell into eternal sleep, the ancient times ended and the world entered the ancient times...
Charles felt a little strange when he saw Dak passionately and freely displaying his talent in the field of history.
This meticulous writing style, is it really the same person as the Dark I saw?
However, Charles is not particularly interested in history.
What attracted his attention was another point mentioned in the book by Dark, that is, the magic of wizards, gods or demigod heroes is closely related to the times.
Dak believed that the older the time was, the stronger the magic power of the special beings in that era was, and even the magic items created had extremely strong magic power.
For example, the gods in the ancient mythological era may not even need spells. They can shake the world and cause thunder, lightning, wind and rain with their own ancient magic power.
The objects in their hands do not require any elaborate carving, yet they possess the magical power to shake the sky.
Therefore, the ancient times belonged to the gods and their descendants, as well as those ferocious monsters that could rival the gods. Although wizards had appeared, they were not the protagonists of the era.
But as time goes by, the strength of magic in ancient times is slowly declining.
When the decline reached a certain level, the gods in mythology could no longer perform miracles, and they fell from the altar one after another. They even fought each other for the remaining sources of magic power, and Ragnarok occurred.
But even for the survivors among the gods, as time passed, their magic power further declined and they could no longer survive in the world.
The divine body collapsed, the divine kingdom crumbled, the glory of the myth faded, wizards became the protagonists of the era, and the Middle Ages arrived.
The wizards who had just appeared in history had skills that were crude compared to today.
However, since the beginning of the Middle Ages was not far from the ancient times, magic power still maintained a terrifying intensity compared to today.
Any spell cast by wizards has a power that most wizards today can hardly achieve in their entire lifetime.
At that time, the Three Deathly Hallows, which are still circulated in the magic world as fairy tales today, were born.
Magic items of that strength simply cannot be manufactured nowadays.
This is not a problem of technology or knowledge, but the magic today is not ancient enough, which also means it is not strong enough to support magic of this intensity.
The closer we get to modern times, the more sophisticated the magic-related disciplines become, but the strength of magic shows an obvious decline with the times. This is a rule proposed by Dark.
The only exception is the past hundred years since ancient times.
As the strength of magic continued to weaken and people gradually stopped believing in the deeds of those powerful wizards in the legends, the decline in the strength of magic in the magic world began to slow down, as if at the last moment of life, and even began to rise against the trend.
Even in the past hundred years, among a group of modern wizards who should have continued to be weak, there have emerged several people with extraordinary talents and magical powers comparable to those of wizards in the Middle Ages.
Such powerful magic, coupled with today's increasingly sophisticated and advanced knowledge of magic, has made the combat effectiveness of these wizards extremely amazing, enough to rival the top wizards of the Middle Ages.
Dark also gave a separate explanation for this phenomenon, linking it to the religious trials in the Middle Ages.
In that fanatical, crazy and bloody era, incredibly, the Big Four of Hogwarts and the founders of several other magic schools emerged.
At the same time, there was a surge in many outstanding wizards, whose strength far exceeded that of wizards in the previous or next decade. They seemed to be the product of an inexplicable force in a specific period and were the favored ones of the times.
In this regard, Dake wrote down his own speculation.
"I don't think that the Inquisition alone, those ignorant mortals, could force wizards to that point."
"With the strength of the Big Four recorded in the records, they could easily destroy an army. If these giant-level wizards united at that time, their power would have completely overwhelmed the Muggle army."
“But they were forced to build a refuge and leave a legacy, which means they were in a difficult situation.”
"This is definitely not something that the Muggles during the Inquisition did. At that time, many places recorded special astronomical phenomena, and the stars underwent special changes. I think the threat to the giants was the combined product of the fanatical and crazy atmosphere on the ground at that time and the special astronomical phenomena..."
"In the past hundred years, the births of Grindelwald, Dumbledore, and Voldemort are very similar to the births of the Big Four and other wizards in the Middle Ages. The celestial phenomena are also gradually changing. The dangers of the past may be coming back."
"I think it is related to the lost ancient times. The sleeping Old Ones may be about to wake up."
"I will continue to pursue the lost times and explore the deepest secrets of the wizarding world..."
“This book, The Lost Era, will become the first chapter of my academic masterpiece!”
Ciel flipped through the entire book and unexpectedly saw a comment in the blank space at the back, which turned out to be from Bathilda, the author of "A History of Magic".
In her comments, Bathilda accused Dark of being a heretic, saying that his remarks about ancient times were all speculations with no historical facts to support them and were pure insane delusions.
However, the research on other eras is detailed and the information is sufficient, which is still very good.
Bathilda hopes that Dark can get back on track and not fall into any bizarre delusions, and perhaps achieve greater success in the history of magic.
After reading this, Charles had a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Is what Dake said really a crazy delusion?
At least from the text, Charles couldn't see the madness of Dak at that time.
And now, Dak has successfully entered the dream world of R'lyeh, which proves that he has indeed found the ancient ruins and even become a member of the ancient times.
Coupled with the fact that Dark shouted that the era of the ancients was about to return, the credibility of the words he left in the book undoubtedly soared.
"The ancients are returning?"
Charles' heart sank slightly.
According to Dark, this is a much greater disaster than Grindelwald or Voldemort.
Even the birth of these people itself is a resistance to the return of ancient times.
But after thinking about it, Charles had no choice.
He is still sad about not being able to enter the dreamland of R'lyeh and not being able to touch the reefs and sea water of R'lyeh.
Stopping the return of the ancients is too far away for him now.
However, the generational division method proposed by Dark in the book allowed Charles to have a clearer division of the strength of wizards in the magical world.
The vast majority of wizards today have magic powers from the recent ancient times.
Even top wizards like Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick have not yet escaped from this level, and have only reached the top in the recent ancient level.
But Dumbledore is an outlier. In this modern era, his magic power is comparable to the best in the Middle Ages.
If we take into account the more sophisticated and advanced magic from recent ancient times that Dumbledore mastered, Dumbledore's strength in the Middle Ages would be terrifying. It is possible that even the four giants of Hogwarts would not be his match.
Grindelwald and Voldemort probably also belong to this level.
As for Charles, his magic power is still at the ancient level, but has not yet reached the top level of the ancient times.
After all, given his age, even with the feedback from the ancient dragon form, he has not yet grown to his full potential.
As for mental strength, it is even higher. Due to four deductions of brain occlusion and a lot of knowledge stored in the memory palace, Charles' mental strength has reached the top level in ancient times.
Looking back at the ancient times, there were few wizards who could match him in spiritual power.
The extraordinary magic power coupled with the top spiritual strength in modern times, especially the various powerful spells he mastered, combined with the superposition, Charles' strength has surpassed modern times. There is a qualitative gap between him and other wizards today, and he has entered the medieval level.
But it is still far from the top level of the Middle Ages such as Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and peak Voldemort.
Putting down the book "The Lost Era", Charles breathed a sigh of relief.
According to what Dark said at the end, this book seems to be just his early work, and perhaps we can find Dark's discussions on ancient times later.
If so, he might be one step closer to the true history of the wizarding world.
Thoughts were floating in his mind, but they were quickly suppressed by Charles.
After four rehearsals of Occlumency, Charles was able to remain calm even when faced with information that overturned common sense.
No matter how many secrets you know, without the corresponding strength they are just talk.
This information can only be transformed into real benefits if you have enough strength!
At this moment, Charles glanced at his total number of deduction points and couldn't help but frown.
Before coming to Hogwarts, he searched frantically in the dream world of R'lyeh.
I thought these points would last at least one semester, but plans couldn't keep up with changes. After arriving at Hogwarts, I spent them too quickly and was no longer able to make ends meet.
There were more than 30 million points, but now there are less than 10 million left.
But there are still many places where points are needed. Not to mention the subsequent deduction of brain occlusion, just speed-reading various books to improve mental strength requires Charles to continuously invest points to save time.
Also, Dragon Language Magic hasn't been improved for a long time.
If the plan goes well, Ciel will get the transformation of the three-headed dog of hell, and even the transformation of the Phoenix of Paradise. No matter which one is not inferior to the ancient dragon, the points required are naturally not much less.
Ciel sighed.
"After a big commotion just now, both Dumbledore and Voldemort are probably paying extra attention to me."
"Now is not a good time to go to the Room of Requirement and eat the crown."
He licked his lips.
"Just bear with it. Just bear with it a little longer."
"The trip to the Forbidden Forest should yield a lot of gains. The group of giant eight-eyed spiders alone can provide a lot of points. There are also various magical animals in the deeper parts, such as unicorns and harpy-winged beasts..."
Ciel felt saliva starting to form in his mouth just thinking about it.
"After our trip to the Forbidden Forest, when Dumbledore and Voldemort's attention to me has decreased, I will eat the diadem."
"The plan to breed various magical animals and plants can also begin."
"As for now, forget it, just bear with yourself first."
"Three-headed dog, here I come!"
Soon, Charles once again came to the trap door at the end of the corridor on the fourth floor.
After two or three days, the three-headed dog Lu Wei's injuries had long since healed, and his previous ferocity had fully recovered.
Hearing the creaking sound of the trapdoor opening, Lu Wei immediately let out a terrifying roar.
But the next moment, when Charles lifted the Disillusionment Spell and appeared in front of Lu Wei, the ferocity on Lu Wei's three heads gradually turned into confusion, and then all of a sudden turned into fear.
It could never forget the last time it was forcibly sterilized by Charles. This little wizard was simply not a human!
When Charles came again this time, Lu Wei could clearly smell it from him that Charles had become stronger again.
It’s much stronger than the last time I came!
Lu Wei's three heads quickly started to think together.
The head in the middle recovered from its fright and let out a series of threatening growls.
"We are three-headed dogs, inheriting ancient blood. How can we be subjected to such humiliation by a little wizard?"
"Bite him, kill him!"
But the other two heads curled their lips.
"You can do it if you want. I won't do it anyway."
"Keep your voice down, don't let this little devil hear you."
"Forget it. It seems like we can't beat him. It's just a cut. It will grow back anyway. Just bear with it or..."
Before Charles could do anything, the three heads started making a lot of noise, making Charles' head buzz.
"enough!"
"Whoever barks again, I'm not just here to sterilize you, I'm going to chop off your head!"
Following Ciel's threatening whispers and the powerful magic bursting out from the tip of the Mithril Wand, all three of Lu Wei's heads fell into terror.
The next moment, all three heads showed flattering expressions.
The three-headed dog Lu Wei turned around and spread his hind legs.
The three-headed dog can still tell which is worse, chopping off the small head or chopping off the big head.
As for dignity? What is that? We three-headed dogs don't care about it.
A few minutes later, Ciel came to the Hufflepuff kitchen with a satisfied look on his face, carrying fresh three-headed dog ingredients.
After drinking a pot of extremely nourishing three-headed dog soup, more than 60,000 deduction points were earned.
Then he came to the door of the common room, knocked on the door knocker and sang "Blue and White Porcelain", swallowed the gushing magic vinegar in ecstasy, and gained nearly 100,000 points.
"This Hufflepuff is really at the right place!"
"I'm not worried about the points in the few days before I go to the Forbidden Forest. I hope the materials in the Forbidden Forest won't disappoint me."
In the next few days, Charles repeated this monotonous life.
Part of the time is spent on simulations and deductions in the spiritual world to improve combat capabilities and enhance proficiency in common spells.
Most of the time is spent in the forbidden book area, constantly browsing the materials there and filling the memory palace with knowledge.
In his free time, he would either go play with Fluffy or play music at the entrance of the Hufflepuff common room to make up for the shortfall in deduction points.
But all this is a different picture when seen by those who are careful.
Dumbledore was paying attention to Ciel's movements every day. He was a little surprised to see that Ciel was really reading those gossips that were of no help to his strength in the restricted area.
Originally, he was feeling somewhat uneasy, which made him keep paying attention to Charles.
Now it seems that I might have thought too much.
“It seems that although Charles Evans is a genius, he is still a child after all. He likes to solve these complex propositions and miscellaneous discussions to show his ability.”
Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief.
If Charles continued his crazy pursuit of strength, he would probably be in big trouble.
It is quite difficult to suppress such a genius.
But since Charles has "indulged himself" and "lost his ambition due to pleasure", then things are simple.
Those books containing practical and advanced magic were very precious, but with Dumbledore's connections, he was able to borrow a lot of these miscellaneous talks and weird theories from magic scholars all over the world.
If all else fails, go to Beauxbatons and Durmstrang to discuss this matter, and you can borrow some of the collection from their library.
Dumbledore's lips curled up into a smile.
"If you like watching these, then take your time."
"With the collections of the three schools, there is enough for you to see until the end of time."
"As for going to find the three-headed dog every day..."
Dumbledore thought about it.
"Although it's a bit cruel to Fluffy, he always tries to make me send him away, but if it can distract Ciel, it's worth the suffering."
"Also, the Wizengamot doesn't seem to have passed any bill regarding the protection of three-headed dogs, so it's not illegal to sterilize a three-headed dog."
"Suffer the three-headed dog for a while, and I will bear the infamy in the future. Anyway, I will only suffer for another year at most, and it will only be about 300 times. Just bear it and it will pass."
In the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office, there was a crystal ball in front of Quirrell, on which Charles' movements over the past few days were vaguely reflected.
Quirrell reported to Voldemort with a respectful look on his face.
"Master, Charles has been reading these books in the restricted area these days. I have checked and found that the truly profound magic books have been moved away. What is left for Charles are just some weird magic talks."
"It's just as the master expected."
Voldemort also sneered in his mind.
"After so many years, Dumbledore hasn't changed at all. Apart from talking about love, he is unwilling to give any real benefits."
"As for advanced magic, he is extremely cautious. Even those people in the Order of the Phoenix under him cannot even think of learning it from him."
"He's still trying to do this to a genius like Charles Evans? Stupid, stupid!"
Quirrell said quickly.
"Then Master, do you need me to contact Charles and win him over to your side?"
Voldemort shook his head.
“People won’t cherish things that come too easily.”
"Wait a little longer, leave Charles alone for a while. When he is completely desperate and has no other options, I will intervene. By then, I will definitely be able to pull Charles into my camp."
Even Lucius at Malfoy Manor learned about the changes in the restricted area through his own school director.
He sneered.
"Dumbledore, the old bee, finally did something human. How could he allow a mudblood like the Ciel to learn the truly advanced magic in the restricted section?"
"This Mudblood is so arrogant now. What will happen if he learns more advanced magic?"
Since Ciel had wasted the past few days and his strength had not improved at all after entering the restricted area, Lucius was completely relieved.
"Tonight, Ciel can't delay any longer. He has to go to the Forbidden Forest anyway."
"I'm going to make this mudblood pay for what he did!"
At this time, Charles, who was believed to have been wasting his time in the past few days, did not pay any attention to the opinions of the outside world.
Only he himself knows what changes have taken place in him in the past few days.
The strength of his magic power was indeed stagnant, but in his spiritual world, the area of the memory palace had expanded several times more than before, and the increase in mental strength brought about by this was even beyond Charles's expectations.
His temperament now is subtly different from the past few days. It seems as if he has a deep accumulation of knowledge and exudes the temperament of a scholar. Even his eyes are a little deeper.
This is exactly the change that a large amount of knowledge brings to people's temperament, the so-called "a man of culture is naturally elegant."
When Charles filled the memory palace with another large book from the restricted area, the quantitative changes over the past few days finally reached their peak.
boom!
His spiritual power, which had reached its peak, suddenly began to rise again, showing a qualitative change.
Charles' eyes showed an uncontrollable joy.
"This is……"
"Spiritual power has transformed again..."
"Entering the medieval level?!"
(End of this chapter)
