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Chapter 1190: Entering the Ruins of Amun Ra
🕑 Added 2024-08-01 06:58:15 +0000 UTCAs for why these four statues reacted, the specific reason was unknown!
The principle of the Sorting Hat was soul magic, and the Four Founders of Hogwarts each instilled part of their thoughts into it. The Sorting Hat was therefore able to see through the essence of the students and classify them according to the traits valued by the Four Founders.
It was certain that there was no such magic on these four statues. The Founders of Ilvermorny probably did not have the ability of the Four Founders of Hogwarts to separate thoughts and instill them into the statues. There was no spell in the existing magic system that could have such an effect.
Therefore, to most wizards, it was incredible that these four statues could react to students.
People were talking about it, and that was why there was a legend about the existence of Indian sacred artifacts …
Many wizards were curious about the internal structure of the statues and wanted to know whether there were any legendary sacred artifacts inside.
But it seemed that apart from Grindelwald, no wizard dared to destroy these four statues...
After a long period of observation of the students of the four Houses, wizards found that they had obviously different characteristics. Some people said that the four Houses of Ilvermorny were the epitome of the inner world of a wizard or witch: Horned Serpent represented the mind, Wampus represented the body, Pukwudgie represented the heart, and Thunderbird represented the soul.
Others said that Horned Serpent favoured scholars, Wampus, warriors, Pukwudgie, kind-hearted healers and Thunderbird, adventurers.
These distinctions were very clear, indicating that the statues' distribution of students was not random but followed a certain pattern.
From this inference, the sacred artifacts inside the statues might have the ability to identify each person's inner qualities.
From this point of view, the so-called Indian sacred artifacts were indeed worthy of their reputation and were powerful enough.
Although Ilvermorny had always been considered the American counterpart to Hogwarts, and the two Wizarding schools had many similarities, there were still differences between Hogwarts and Ilvermorny beyond just the Sorting Ceremony.
Unlike British wizards who bought their own wands, in Ilvermorny, once students had been allocated a House they were led into a large hall where they selected, or were selected by a wand.
Until the 1965 repeal of Rappaport’s Law (the famous law segregating the No-Maj and Wizarding communities), which enforced very strict conformity with the Statute of Secrecy, no child was allowed a wand until they arrived at Ilvermorny.
Moreover, wands had to be left at Ilvermorny during vacations and only upon attaining seventeen years of age was the witch or wizard legally allowed to carry a wand outside school. This was much stricter than the Statute of Secrecy and wand usage laws in Europe.
Of course, to this day, this decree had been repealed and Ilvermorny no longer provided wands.
However, the management of students' wands had never been lax.
During the holidays, students under the age of seventeen were still required to hand in their wands, which would be managed by the school.
Apart from this difference, another distinction was that there were still many Pukwudgies working at Ilvermorny and holding important positions, which led wizards to jokingly call Ilvermorny a school controlled by Pukwudgies.
It was simply impossible to see a goblin in Hogwarts.
But Pukwudgies were quite common at Ilvermorny. They were not slaves like house-elves, but managers of the school.
Imagine this picture: students needed to obey the orders of Pukwudgies during school...
It sounded a bit funny, but it brought many benefits.
First, Pukwudgies in America were rich; second, they were interested in all kinds of strange and bizarre magic items.
They would pay students to make these things, and would also issue tasks and large orders for students to make them.
This was also one of the main reasons why Alchemy, Potions, etc. had developed relatively well at Ilvermorny.
Additionally, the biggest impact of having a large number of Pukwudgies was the ever-expanding underground part of Ilvermorny.
Although Pukwudgies in the Americas were smarter and wealthier than their cousins in Europe, they still retained the primitive habit of digging tunnels. The underground part of Ilvermorny was quite extensive, expanding in all directions based on the remains left by the ancient Indians. To this day, no one had been able to fully explore it.
For safety reasons, the school prohibited students from entering.
But just like the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, many students still sneaked in.
Quite a few people had found treasures left by ancient Pukwudgies or Native Americans inside, and became famous for it...
These were the details about Ilvermorny. Through Paul’s introduction, Evan was filled with anticipation for the school.
If there was an opportunity for exchange studies at other schools, it would indeed be a great thing.
There was also Karnak School of Witchcraft in Egypt. Evan had also learned a lot of information about this Wizarding school from Rawya. Whether it was the Great Pyramid of Karnak or the Necropolis of the Gods, they all made him yearn for it.
Unfortunately, without an invitation from the school, outsiders like him were not allowed to enter.
If it were in the past, there might have been a chance.
But considering the current tense situation in the Wizarding World, there was no chance that such an application would be approved.
Studying abroad could wait. The most urgent priority was to defeat Voldemort first.
This was the situation Evan was facing. He had to enter the Ruins of Amun Ra to find something that could enhance the power of the Time-Turner, and go back to Hogwarts a thousand years ago to ask Ravenclaw for her treasure key...
During the International Alchemical Conference, the situation in Cairo changed again.
Gringotts, troubled by the numerous alchemical mechanisms within the Ruins of Amun Ra, took advantage of the conference to start recruiting Alchemists on a large scale for their excavation team.
In addition, there were many unofficial mining teams that were also recruiting people.
Some operated on a partnership basis, agreeing to share any findings according to a set ratio; others used a hiring system, offering a daily wage to Alchemists, with rates ranging from dozens to thousands of Gold Galleons.
Although there were many Alchemists attending the conference, almost all of them were hired within half a month.
Even if not everyone was interested in excavation and treasure hunting, no one could resist the curiosity about the alchemical mechanisms left by Ramses II.
Since they were already in Egypt, they didn't mind staying a few more days to visit the Ruins of Amun Ra.
In such an atmosphere, wizards were gearing up to do a big job in the Ruins of Amun Ra.
By the end, the main venue of the International Alchemical Conference was almost empty!
The wizards had all gone to the Ruins of Amun Ra. Rawya told Evan that the number of wizards who had entered or were about to enter the Ruins of Amun Ra in the past few days, including all the Alchemists, the members of the excavation team, and the adventurers who flocked there for the treasure, was actually more than ten thousand. It was simply unbelievable.
Because of the large number of people, no one seemed to consider whether there was any danger.
In such a frenzy that was almost like a group tour, Evan finally followed Rawya’s excavation team into the relic...
