"Can time even stand still, just like light?"
Hermione murmured, looking at the new map on her phone screen. She couldn't imagine what kind of imagination Director Lorne must have had to come up with such a scene.
The scene paused; Hermione had lost control of the miniatures.
The next second, a cutscene and CG sequence appeared together.
Morgana had previously been veiled in mystery, finally revealed herself in full. In the Chamber of Stilled Time, she looked down at the little man with an imposing figure and a majestic expression. Hermione felt as if her gaze had pierced through a thousand years of time and the limitations of the screen, landing directly on her.
The plot unfolded much as Hermione had anticipated. In order to defeat and avenge Merlin, Morgana had sealed herself in Chamber of Stilled Time long ago. Her body did not age within the Chamber of Stilled Time, allowing her to survive. During this time, she relentlessly recruited minions and stirred up conflicts between wizards and non-wizard races, including but not limited to Muggle, Goblin, Giant, and Werewolf.
To Hermione's surprise and to Hermione utter astonishment, Merlin's experience was truly remarkable.
As the highest peak in the Wizarding World, Merlin quickly mastered all magic after coming into contact with it in the Middle Ages, surpassing even the talents of the Four Founders. Among them, time magic is the most mysterious and the most dangerous. While studying time magic, Merlin explored the limits of his ability to travel back in time and accidentally arrived in the time of King Arthur. He helped Morgana's sister inherit the throne of Uther and sent the corrupted Morgana into the Chamber of Stilled Time.
Then, Merlin returns to the Middle Ages to create the Time Chest, collecting the souls of heroes across various historical periods and ultimately delivering them to the protagonist. The protagonist is the final artifact Merlin uses to execute Morgana after a thousand years.
Hermione thought, "Isn't this just like me last semester?"
Past, present, and future—a unified whole, striving towards the same goal.
The final chapter of The Wizard Legend Saga caused quite a stir on the Cuckoo Forum, and even the grandfather paradox began to circulate on the forum.
[ Yiyi Lang: This looks so real! Do you guys think time magic really exists in reality? Are there really Ancient Magic alive today?]
[ Headless Knight No. 23: Time magic definitely exists, but it's unlikely that Ancient Magic could live to this day. I specifically looked up the History of Magic, and Merlin from Arthur didn't appear in history; he's just a legend.]
[ Red-Haired Minister for Magic: Yes, brothers. I may not be very talented, but I have used time magic before. It is indeed a very magical thing.]
[ Linglingqi: The person upstairs is spouting nonsense again. I could say I've lived from ancient times to the present.]
Hogwarts, Headmaster's Office.
Dumbledore fiddled with the Magic Mobile Phone in his hand, having been following the discussions on the Cuckoo Forum about the latest plot of Wizard Legend: time travel, the grandfather paradox?
Although he had always suspected this, seeing Lorne dare to openly include these things in the plot made him think even more.
Could Lorne be a time traveler or Ancient Magic who never died?
Although the mysterious matrix in the Magic Mobile Phone and the unparalleled Potions in his possession suggest that this conjecture is likely true, Dumbledore already has a pretty clear understanding of Lorne's identity.
He was just an ordinary kid who grew up in a small town in England. The only thing that made him extraordinary was that he possessed magic and was able to receive an acceptance letter from Hogwarts.
For some reason, he was missed in the Book of Admittance and the Quill of Acceptance. Then, a few years ago, his name reappeared on the admissions list. I had to go find him myself. At that time, he really didn't have a single bit of magic.
After coming into contact with magic, Dumbledore could sense that the other person's total magical power and spellcasting skills improved by leaps and bounds. If there were no other factors, his talent could rival Merlin's at that time, or even be stronger.
However, considering the other party's alchemy and Potions skills, it's impossible without other factors.
He once consulted Nicolas Flamel about the craftsmanship of the Magic Mobile Phone. After carefully disassembling the Magic Mobile Phone, the greatest alchemist of the time praised the gears inside that could hold magic power. When he ran his fingers over the patterns in the stone slab, he was so surprised that he lost his composure.
He said the patterns on the Magic Mobile Phone were very similar to the ancient magic circles he had been studying, perhaps indicating that it had pioneered a new field in alchemy.
So, are you, like in the story, someone who traveled from the past or the future, Lorne?
"Stinky rat!"
Draco slammed his fist on the table in anger, the sound attracting Narcissa, who was passing by in the hallway. She opened the door, looked at Draco without saying a word, while Draco himself sat up straight. "I know, Mum, to be elegant."
Narcissa nodded in satisfaction and left.
Draco pulled out the Magic Mobile Phone he had hidden under his clothes. This damned rat had already appeared on his screen for the third time, and this time, he was helpless to stop it from escaping again. The gesture of the rat pointing its middle finger across the screen was like a slap across Draco's face, making his face turn as red as if it had been painted.
Crabbe and Goyle in the Cuckoo were also complaining that they had only encountered the Santa Hat Mouse once, and statistically speaking, this mouse might be the rarest boss in this event.
"It must be," Draco muttered angrily through gritted teeth. "They're so rare and hard to kill. All the other bosses have kill records, and the rewards they drop are all listed in tables. Only this stinking rat hasn't been killed yet."
Draco mechanically channeled his magic, barely engaging in any other activities all day. A single stinky rat kept him grinding monsters all day, and after the third rat escaped, he continued mechanically grinding monsters on the map with the highest monster density, without wasting a single moment.
Just then, a red halo appeared on the screen before the image appeared; the size of this halo...
Another Santa hat mouse!
According to the previous event rules, the boss would disappear if it wasn't killed in time, but Draco didn't want to see the rat's taunting actions anymore, so he simply ignored the rat and guessed how to defeat it based on the Santa Hat Rat's skill " Severed Finger Escape " and its location. He then shared his ideas with Crabbe and Goyle.
[ Free-Spirited Dragon: Do you think it could be related to other games?]
[ Three Mouths One Pig: You mean Suitcase Beasts? But it doesn't seem to be Fantastic Beasts.]
[ On Losing Weight: Dumb! Goyle, the fact that it's not Fantastic Beasts means it can be linked to other games, right? The Suitcase Beasts just got a new storyline recently, it might be an Animagus.]
[ The Free-Spirited Dragon: If it's Animagus, its skills will always go first in its rat form. To defeat it, we must transform it into human form before entering the battle.]
[ Three Mouths One Pig: But how do we turn him into human form? We can't use skills outside of combat.]