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Chapter 835: A Trivial Contest
🕑 Added 2023-08-13 03:47:12 +0000 UTCIt was the same scepter Evan had seen in Slytherin’s hand. The dark golden scepter carried a powerful oppressive aura, even stronger than the aura of the god Thoth himself, entwined by two serpents, and surmounted by wings.
The snakes’ mouths were wide open, revealing terrifying fangs, and a round orb was placed between the two snakes.
No, it was an eye— the Eye of Horus!
Evan was certain that there was absolutely no such eye on the scepter in Slytherin's hand.
In front of him, the image of Thoth gently waved the scepter in his hand.
With his movements, one after another magical runes flashed from the Eye, from simple to complex...
Some were runes that Evan had seen, recorded in the research notes that Flamel had given him, and there were many that he had never seen before.
These runes were finally combined together, densely intertwined, and structured into a complex cluster.
The god Thoth gently touched the cluster of light with the scepter, instilling magical power into it and giving it ultimate strength.
In the blink of an eye, a Philosopher’s Stone appeared.
"This is how the Philosopher’s Stone is made..." Evan looked at the Philosopher’s Stone shining green in front of him.
It was beyond logic and above reason. It was like a dream.
It took him a few seconds to react and try to remember the complex magic runes that were the basis of Alchemy.
Evan suddenly understood why Nicolas Flamel insisted on him coming here to see the Emerald Tablet by himself, not just because of the maxims on it.
The key to everything and the basic framework of Alchemy was these magical runes. As long as he recorded these things in his head, he could quickly master the basics of Alchemy.
Evan could combine them at will, blend them with various substances, and make the alchemy props he needed.
For example, the Pensieve involved dozens of complex magical runes and patterns.
Evan had seen these runes on the Pensieve, and recorded their order and distribution, but he didn't know the specific drawing method of the runes. He was not sure how to do it, and he couldn't replicate the Pensieve.
But God Thoth just showed all this and the specific drawing process to Evan, and he kept it all in his head.
As long as he was given enough time to study and experiment, he believed that he could redraw these runes.
After mastering the specific drawing method and arrangement sequence of the runes, he could make an identical Pensieve.
"After mastering these alchemy runes, the first part of The Book of Abraham would no longer be a problem for me. It only requires time to practice and master it. If I get the Time-Turner, time would not be a problem either. So all I need to do now is to find the scepter, the message left by Slytherin..."
Slytherin's scepter was indeed very important.
Evan decided to start with the vampires, they must know something.
In the nest of Aragog the king of the Acromantulas, Evan had seen Slytherin’s wand, Locket, ring, and scepter in the four corners on the last wall, jointly suppressing the horror of the evil god in the middle.
So it seemed that this matter was also related to Herpo the Foul and his temple in ancient Greece, where Slytherin had found the evil god and the scepter. Perhaps Herpo the Foul stayed there.
The first part of the incantation in The Book of Abraham was drawing to a close, and the figure of Thoth gradually disappeared.
Evan’s vision returned to the real world, but he did not rush to leave. He closed his eyes, and continued to recall the strange scene.
While he was busy memorizing those Alchemy runes, the goblin Zoser looked at him carefully.
Zoser didn’t see those runes. He only saw the green-glowing words floating from the Emerald Tablet, surrounding Evan, and then entering his body in turn. Those words and strange magic seemed to be absorbed by Evan.
And then, Evan stared at the huge slab of the Emerald Tablet blankly, pondering.
"Mr. Mason!" He tried to shout, but there was no response.
Zoser knew that Evan must have got some secret from the Emerald Tablet he didn't know, about how to make the Philosopher's Stone.
Thinking of this, his gaze became even hotter, and the greedy look on his face became more obvious and undisguised.
He made up his mind that he must know how to make a Philosopher's Stone from Evan, or let him make one.
As long as he possessed the magic of turning stones into gold, he would be the richest goblin in the world.
“These are all mine, I have just to control this boy..."
He looked around, breathing slowly, and he suddenly realized that now was a great opportunity.
This place was located thousands of feet deep underground in Cairo. Only the two of them were there, and nobody else.
As long as he controlled Evan, he could force him to say everything, using Legilimency, Veritaserum, or the Imperius Curse...
"By the way, it's also a good choice to use the Cruciatus Curse. No one can stand that kind of pain."
The malicious smile reappeared on Zoser’s face. He stretched out his slender finger, ready to attack Evan.
He didn’t think he would fail. The boy was just a fourteen -year-old wizard and was definitely no opponent to him.
If he had known about Evan’s past experience, he would definitely not have thought so, nor would he have been so rash in attacking...
The next second, a green light flew towards Evan.
Evan had long felt the malice of Zoser, and he opened his eyes as the opponent waved his finger.
The next second, Evan’s right hand, which had been placed on the wand, pulled it out and swept it up.
Under the action of fast casting and silent spell, a shield appeared in front of him instantly, at an amazing speed!
As soon as Zoser’s curse flew to Evan, it quickly retreated back along the original road, flying back to the goblin.
Before the deceptive smile on his face disappeared, he saw the light of his curse reflected back.
"He discovered it, how is this possible?" Zoser opened his eyes wide, dodged in a hurry, preparing to fight back.
He must not let this boy leave the place. He needed to get the method of making the Philosopher’s Stone and this boy's life!
Before Zoser could react, Evan’s wand naturally drew an arc in the air, reaching the goblin in the distance when it fell.
Immediately afterwards, another red light flew from the end of the wand hitting him directly.
It was the Full Body-Bind Curse!!!
A layer of blue-gray appeared on the body of Zoser, and he could not move anymore.
He could only watch helplessly as he was hit by the curse that came back from the counterattack, followed by terrible pain...
He wanted to shout loudly, but couldn't make any sound under the effect of Petrificus Totalus.
The expression on the face of the goblin was painful and distorted. This was the curse he was going to cast on Evan, but now he was suffering the consequences.
He was suffering from his stupidity, and perhaps regret and shock.
