An ancient divine artifact—the Twin Serpent Wand. It was the wand of Herpo the Foul, a dark wizard whose name struck terror even among legendary wizards.
Now, the wand had regained all its power and fallen under Voldemort's control.
This was a crisis the modern wizarding world simply could not handle.
Before today, Dumbledore had never believed Voldemort could conquer the world. But after today, he was no longer so certain.
Moreover, behind the Twin Serpent Wand's revival, there might well be a plot to resurrect Herpo.
That was why Merlin and Hogwarts' four founders had made preparations around Amosta, to help the wizarding world a thousand years later survive this crisis.
The memory left behind by Slytherin must have been carefully chosen.
That memory had been meant to remind Amosta of the Sword of Gryffindor's importance.
But—
Dumbledore narrowed his eyes at the sword in Neville's hand, his thoughts slowing.
From the information they had, Gryffindor had once possessed two swords. One was the sword he had owned before visiting Avalon, the one currently in Neville's hands.
Gryffindor had used it to...
Oh, perhaps Merlin's seal had been severely damaged by the corrosive power of the Twin Serpent Wand. Thus, Gryffindor had been forced to leave behind his own sword to reinforce the seal. After leaving Avalon, he had found goblins and forged another sword.
That speculation had some basis. But it was not enough to explain why Slytherin had needed to borrow Gryffindor's sword—unless—
Out of habit, Dumbledore began pacing again.
Though everyone was anxious, they could only breathe softly, afraid of disturbing Dumbledore's thoughts.
Suddenly, something happened outside the village. Quite a few Aurors flew over the rooftops toward the village square.
Though the people inside The Hog's Head Inn noticed the commotion, not one of them