Wizet's consciousness returned, and he slowly opened his eyes, letting out a long breath.
The copy of the Emerald Tablet in his hand returned to its original state. It trembled slightly with his exhalation, then drifted down onto the hospital bed like a feather.
This time, he had failed to learn the wisdom left behind by his predecessors from the clusters of stars in the "Otherworld," but he had still gained quite a bit of useful information.
Through his conversation with Hermes Trismegistus, Wizet had gained a deeper understanding of that Skeleton Figure.
Hermes Trismegistus had spoken in exceedingly cryptic terms, using only the imagery of "flames" and "rocks" to recount what had happened in the past.
Wizet had studied war magic, and he could infer why Hermes Trismegistus had done so.
Within the vast field of war magic, there were detection spells akin to "an alarm being triggered by certain keywords or phrases."
As long as the corresponding keywords or phrases were spoken, the caster could receive an alert, then use the detecting war magic to pinpoint the location and learn the exact whereabouts of key individuals.
Wizet had even considered a possibility: when Voldemort had launched his war and thrown England's magical world into chaos, had he employed similar detecting war magic?
That led him to wonder whether the terms England's wizards now used—"You-Know-Who" and "the one whose name must not be spoken"—were actually safety words meant to avoid such detecting war magic.
By the same reasoning, perhaps that Skeleton Figure could also use similar detecting war magic to sense those who knew the secrets of the past, then strike the informed parties a crushing blow.
After all, Hermes Trismegistus had suffered a painful past. To avoid unnecessary mishaps, it was only reasonable for him to use such