Death's Wholesale System?

It's still the same river, the Three Brothers, and Death always wears a hood.

"You have escaped death through your intelligence; choose one of your rewards," said Death.

The eldest brother was an outstanding Alchemy, and he wanted a book that contained all the Alchemy in the world.

In this way, he can forge powerful weapons to protect himself, and also forge Philosopher's Stone, turning lead into gold, and gaining wealth and immortality!

Death walked to an Elder Wood tree on the shore, peeled off a layer of bark from the trunk, and gave it to the eldest brother.

The second son spoke with a Parseltongue; he loved playing with snakes, especially powerful ones.

He told Death that he wanted the most powerful snake in the world.

So Death took a giant python from a muddy hole on the riverbank and handed it to the second son.

Death told the second brother that this giant python was the strongest snake in the world.

Death asked the youngest of the three what he wanted.

The third brother was the most honest and pragmatic. He was hungry and thirsty, and knew that he had a long road ahead of him. Therefore, he wanted something that would allow him to eat and drink his fill.

Death reluctantly handed his cup to the third brother; it was a rough-carved wooden goblet.

After giving the reward, Death made way for the three brothers to continue their journey.

As they walked, they talked about their amazing experience and marveled at the gift of Death.

Later, the three brothers parted ways and headed towards their respective destinations.

The eldest brother returned home after being gone for more than a week. He couldn't wait to take out the book and start refining the Philosopher's Stone according to the steps in it.

The eldest brother followed the steps exactly, and sure enough, he succeeded a few days later.

However, the book only tells him how to refine the Philosopher's Stone, but it doesn't tell him how to brew the Elixir of Life.

The eldest brother is just an Alchemy, not Potions Master.

He tried many methods, but none of them yielded the Elixir of Life. In a fit of anger, he swallowed the Philosopher's Stone.

The eldest brother has achieved immortality and can even turn stones into gold.

The problem is, he can't control this ability; anything he touches turns into gold.

Soon, his wife and children turned into gold.

He was very hungry, and the food he picked up turned to gold; then he wanted to drink water, and the cup and water also turned to gold.

He eventually died of thirst.

Death took the leader's life just like that.

Meanwhile, the second son arrived at a small village and got into an argument with a wizard.

The hot-tempered second brother pulled out his wand and, Parseltongue, told the python to kill the wizard.

But the usually obedient python, unusually, did not obey and instead bit the second brother's wand, trying to swallow it whole.

It turns out that the second brother's wand was Snakewood Wand with a core of Basilisk horn, a characteristic that attracted the giant python.

Without the wand, the second son was easily killed by the wizard.

And so, Death took the second son's life.

Meanwhile, in another distant direction, a large number of believers had already gathered around the third brother.

He discovered that many villages were experiencing famine while he was traveling.

The third brother took out the goblet given to him by Death, and blood-red wine and an endless supply of food automatically appeared inside.

He distributed the food to the starving people without compensation and led them through the disaster to reclaim the land.

Everyone followed the third brother, became his believer, and worked with him to save more people.

However, one of these people did not want to return to his previous life; he also wanted to live a life free from financial worries.

That man betrayed the third brother and, taking advantage of his trust, killed him and stole the wine glass.

But Death could not take the third brother's life.

Because he had eaten the food of the Death, the third son was resurrected on the third day after his death.

After his resurrection, although he no longer had the goblet, he still used his own strength to help the believers.

Many years later, the third brother was very old, and his followers were all over the world.

The third brother greeted Death as if meeting an old friend, and happily left the world with him as an equal.

Nicolas finally finished telling the story.

"Isn't it strange? The same Death, the same river, the same Three Brothers... completely different gifts."

"It is indeed very peculiar." William frowned.

If all of this were true, he would almost suspect that there was a Death wholesale system in this world that delivered legendary magical items to wizards.

"Could it be that this Death System is actually mine, but during the transmigration, a time turbulence occurred, causing the binding to fail?"

William frowned, looking as if he had lost a hundred million.

Seeing William's thoughtful expression, Nicolas smiled and said, "William, have you ever heard of the term 'Deathly Hallows '?"

William snapped out of his reverie and slowly shook his head; he truly had never heard of it.

"Those are the Deathly Hallows." Nicolas took out a piece of parchment and spread it on the table.

"The Old Beedle's Wand from the tales of Elder Wand." He drew a vertical line on the parchment.

"Resurrection Stone." He added a circle above the vertical line.

"Invisibility Cloak." He drew a triangle outside the vertical line and the circle.

"Take them together and they become -- the Deathly Hallows."

"But isn't this Grindelwald's Mark?" William exclaimed in surprise.

This mark appears in any book that describes the first Dark Lord, just like Voldemort's "Morsmordre".

"No," Nicolas shook his head, resting his chin on his hand and chuckling, "This symbol existed a thousand years ago, it wasn't created by Grindelwald. Do you know what that means?"

"What?"

"I know Grindelwald; he's far more terrifying than Voldemort."

Such a great wizard wouldn't choose a symbol as his emblem simply because it looks good; he wasn't that superficial.

This means that even our terrifying first Dark Lord is searching for the Deathly Hallows.

If I say this... do you still think these things are just vague and unrealistic?

William frowned.

"Alright, let's not talk about Grindelwald anymore."

"Let us look at the story Mercury told— the Death's Finger Bone." He drew another vertical line on the parchment.

"A wreath representing infinite wisdom." He added a circle above the vertical line.

"A strangely shaped crucible." He drew a triangle outside the vertical line and the circle.

"Take them together and they become -- the Deathly Hallows."

"In my story—the serpent." He drew a vertical line on the parchment.

"Death's goblet." He added a circle above the vertical line.

"Book of Alchemy." He drew a triangle outside the vertical lines and circles.

"Take them together and they become -- the Deathly Hallows."

"In every story, there are three items that, when put together, constitute the Deathly Hallows."

"When you possess three things, you will become the master of Death."

William didn't know how to answer, and could only stare blankly at the three identical shapes.

Nicolas paced around the desk again.

"William, I know you still have doubts, but please don't doubt them. I have something in my hand that perfectly matches the story."

"I think you've already guessed it, that's right—it's the boss's Book of Alchemy."

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