Chapter 770 Horror

Chapter 770 Horror

Chapter 770 Horror
"It seems that you have also realized the crux of the problem."

After noticing the change in Anduin's expression, Nick smiled leisurely, "Yes, the establishment of the magic school is essentially to fight against the Holy See. At the beginning, it was led by individual pioneers, and then it was also supported by more wizard families. And the relationship between wizards and Muggles has also become complicated because of the intervention of the Holy See."

"On the one hand, the Holy See continues to guide believers to hate the wizarding community. On the other hand, while wizards endure the suppression of the Holy See and Muggles, they also have to absorb talented people from them and teach them to become wizards."

"This awkward way of getting along has caused wizards in different regions to have different attitudes towards Muggles and Muggle wizards, and this has even affected magic schools."

"You must know that the earliest Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry also accepted Muggle students. Unfortunately, after the decline of the Holy See, they started a blood rivalry. In fact, the current atmosphere of the Nordic wizarding world is very similar to the scene back then."

After telling these past events, Nick couldn't help but sighed softly, "I'm sorry for making you listen to me rambling for so long, it's inevitable that older people talk too much."

"You're joking, I should actually thank you for allowing me to understand this world more deeply. I didn't expect that there are so many truths hidden in the dusty history." Anduin nodded slightly, signaling to the old man in front of him.

"Although these truths can be told in a few words, there is actually a lot of blood and hatred hidden in them, so the wizarding world and the Holy See have a tacit understanding to hide that period of history. Even except for the Wizarding International, most countries' magic There is no corresponding information in the Ministry.”

"No one wants to see the conflict break out again, so I also hope that you don't spread what you heard from me. This is very important." Nick looked at Anduin with a sincere expression.

"Please don't worry, I'm not the kind of talkative person, and I know very well that peace is rare." Anduin nodded immediately without hesitation. In fact, even if he told the history he just heard, no one might believe it.

"Well." Nick nodded in satisfaction, "Let's talk about the witch hunt led by the Holy See back then. Since the Black Death was a plague that specifically targeted Muggles, and once it broke out, it was extremely fast. attracted the attention of the Holy See."

"From the very beginning, they suspected that this was a means of wizards. They even believed that this was a signal that the wizarding world launched a war against the Muggle world. The purpose was to reduce the Muggle population by a large amount, so as to suppress the development of Muggles."

"The Muggle world is the foundation of the Holy See, so how could they just sit idly by." Nick snorted coldly, "So at that time, the Holy See incited the people and launched a large-scale witch hunt, and at the same time sent a large number of church personnel to assist Muggles track and hunt wizards."

"Such behavior quickly attracted the attention of the Alchemy Society. Although we were only a group established to study alchemy at the time, most of the members were well-known wizards from various countries."

"When the news came from Europe, it immediately caused panic. Most of us thought that the Holy See wanted to take the opportunity to start another war against the wizarding world."

"Because the magic schools had gradually achieved results at that time, the number of Muggle wizards absorbed by the Holy See was slowing down, which also caused their power to gradually shrink."

"So the Holy See's motivation to launch the Prey Movement is sufficient to prepare for the start of the war. Most people also hold this view, including me at that time."

"You don't know how amazing the scene was..."

Nick mentioned that the eyebrows kept rising and falling, as if recalling some unforgettable pictures.

"Hundreds of owls come and go from Egypt every day, and the letters contacting families and schools are full of words like mobilization, troops, support, Holy See, and cleansing."

"It can be said that we almost detonated a war that could sweep Europe!"

"Fortunately, we didn't completely lose our minds, just when a group of wizards were ready to rush to help Europe and officially start a war with the Holy See."

"Perenal, I, and several respected veterans of the Alchemy Society are preparing to make a final effort before the situation deteriorates completely."

Nick's expression froze at this point, "We were planning to contact the high-level officials of the Holy See directly and negotiate with them one last time."

"Actually, the original intention of that negotiation was not entirely for peace."

"On the one hand, we want to find out the specific reasons for this dispute and see if there is any misunderstanding in it. It would be best if we can calm things down."

"But if the Holy See insists on going its own way, we are also prepared to take the opportunity to explore the reality of the Holy See when war is unavoidable. We even made a plan to launch an attack on the spot and assassinate the top church leaders during the negotiation."

When Nick told without hesitation that they were going to rush into the Vatican to assassinate the Pope, his expression was quite flat, and those who didn't know thought they were just going out to kill a chicken.

But Anduin could still feel the vicissitudes of the year and the dangers Nick and the others faced from the words of the other party.

At the same time, Anduin also realized that his initial suspicions were too superficial. How could such a big event not attract the attention of all parties.

Of course, this may also have something to do with how well the wizarding world hid that period of history. If Nick hadn't said anything, who would have thought that a European war would almost break out that year.

Moreover, both sides of the war were European wizards, as well as the Holy See who did not recognize their status as wizards.

Thinking about it, Anduin couldn't help admiring, "It seems that the war was finally stopped by you, didn't it? No matter what the original intention was, at least the result was good."

"You don't need to comfort me, Anduin." Nick grinned, "Actually, the wizarding world and the Holy See did not go to war at all back then. Apart from the misunderstanding between us and the Holy See, there are deeper considerations."

"Because neither we nor the Holy See can bear the consequences of defeat."

"At that time, wizards basically gathered in family units, accompanied by a large number of wild wizards. Generally speaking, we were like a pan of loose sand. It was really difficult to work together in a fight."

"And the situation of the Holy See was not good at that time. They were able to select fewer and fewer wizards from the people. At the same time, the Renaissance movement in Europe continued to destroy the church's control over the secular world. In addition, the plague was prevalent, so that the rooted The foundations of the Holy See in the Muggle world are weak."

"If there is a real war at that time, the strength of both sides will suffer a devastating blow."

"And this is actually the crux of the matter. After all, the plague is just a pretext. If one of the parties really has the confidence, even if they know that the origin of the Black Death came from Haierbo, they will not stop the war."

"But no matter what the purpose is, after the mission of wizards headed by me visited the Holy See, the two sides finally cleared up the misunderstanding and reached a consensus."

"Then we and the Holy See decided to join forces temporarily to find the cause of the Black Death, because in the research reports shared by both parties, we all determined that this plague was unusual, and there must be wizards behind it."

"To this end, the Holy See dispatched a team of 30 Templar Knights, 2 cardinals, and 4 archbishops, together with 20 elite wizards from major European families under my leadership, to form a search team. Let’s study and trace the origin of the plague together.”

Nick did not elaborate on what kind of agreement they reached with the Holy See at that time, presumably the content of it needs to be kept more secret than the history itself.

"So you finally joined hands with the Holy See to find Hai Erbo?" Anduin did not expect that the two sides who were still fighting each other a second ago would form an alliance so quickly.

"Yes." Nick nodded, "There is no way, neither of us can have absolute trust in each other, let alone hand it over to one party to be solely responsible."

"Understandable." Anduin nodded slightly, "Then how did you determine that the culprit was Hai Erbo? This process must not be easy."

"It's not easy, we almost wiped out the whole army." Speaking of this, Nick gradually revealed a sad expression.

"In the beginning, although the progress of the search team was slow, it was mainly a lot of time wasted in locking the source."

"We spent more than a year walking in various countries and cities where the plague broke out, trying to find clues of magical intervention."

"But the result is very frustrating, even though we have locked down several areas where the plague first appeared, and determined that there is a magical atmosphere that seems to be absent."

"But the culprit hid himself very well, leaving no trace for us to track."

"There was a deadlock in the search team for this reason, and then there were differences in the team.

Some people think that more resources need to be deployed to participate in the tracking, some people think that there is an insider in the team, which allows the target to escape easily, and some people think that this task cannot be completed at all, and even have the idea of ​​​​giving up .

At the beginning, it was only us and the Holy See who were arguing, and later there were different voices in the respective camps. In short, it was really chaotic at the time. "

Nick sighed helplessly, and then smiled lightly, "But that period of life was also very fulfilling, can you believe it, I actually became good friends with those bishops."

Seeing that Nick started to stray again, Anduin couldn't help reminding, "Then how did you finally lock on Hai Erbo?"

"Sorry..." Nick also knew that he was too long-winded, so he quickly returned to the topic. "The reason why the search team was able to find Haierbo is because we finally determined our thinking."

"After finding a large number of places of origin of the Black Death, the members of the Alchemy Society discovered from the map that there seems to be some kind of special connection between these places."

"Especially after connecting those locations together, we got a complex spell pattern, which is a ritual spell that belongs to the cultivation of life."

"After confirming this clue, everyone immediately found the status. After repeated research, several alchemists in the team and I finally locked the magic gathering point of the spell."

"And there is where Haierbo refines the Sorcerer's Stone!" Nick said, his eyes gradually froze.

"When we arrived at the target location, we found that it had been forged into a solid fortress, filled with various curses and traps, and we lost several Templar knights just to meet Haierbo."

"Obviously this plague was premeditated by Haierbo, who knows how many years he has been preparing for it." When he told this story, the haze on Nick's face never dissipated.

"Then you started fighting with Hai Erbo? What does he look like? What are his abilities?" Anduin was already preparing to collect information about this enemy who didn't know if he was dead or not.

"It's hard for me to describe his image to you." Nick had a grim face, as if he didn't want to recall that period of the past.

"In short, when the other party appears in front of everyone, the enemy can no longer be called by humans. At the beginning, we didn't even know who the other party was, or what kind of creature it was, or some kind of magical construction."

Then Nick took a deep breath, and slowly told Anduin, "If there is one word to describe the other party, it would be horror, an indescribable horror!"

"Its body is huge and bloated, like a meat ball full of pimples, eyes, and tentacles, and the surface of the thing is constantly flowing with foul-smelling and corrosive thick water."

"If you look carefully, you can even see that its body is made up of corpses, and the tentacles on its body are essentially human limbs."

"As long as you see it, you will have a sense of fear from the heart, and at the same time, you will continue to have hallucinations and ravings in your ears. Those voices are enough to drive you crazy."

"Afterwards, the battle broke out, but it was not initiated by Hai Erbo, but from within us."

Nick lowered his head in pain, even a thin layer of cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

"Several templar knights and wizards who were not determined enough turned directly and attacked everyone. For this reason, we had to knock down or even kill them first."

"Believe me, it's not a good feeling to have your hands stained with the blood of your comrades, especially your close comrades who have been together day and night for more than a year."

Nick sighed again and again, "And the real horror just came after dealing with the mind-controlled teammates."

"You can't imagine who can use dozens of wands to cast spells at the same time, but we have seen it with our own eyes. Yes, every tentacle on that meat ball can cast spells with a wand!"

"The powerful black magic rushed towards us like raindrops and waves. Almost as soon as we met, the search team was reduced by more than half, and everyone fell down one by one before they even had time to react."

Speaking of this, Nick showed a rare look of fear on his face, and then his tone was ashamed, as if he was justifying something, "Anduin, sometimes it is not shameful to run away, especially when the opponent is so strong that it is hopeless."

(End of this chapter)