Not ambition, but the future!
Cyrus's answer came like a wake-up call.
"Let me be frank, everyone. Nowadays, the Statute of Secrecy does not bring protection to wizards, but is filled with ignorant arrogance. It blocks the vision of wizards like a mountain." Cyrus said softly, "But in fact, the Muggles that wizards disdain to understand have already developed rapidly."
"Half a century ago, Grindelwald had foreseen this, and for this reason he took a tough attitude to break the Statute of Secrecy, even at the cost of starting a war! Of course, he failed."
"That's what I'm worried about." Fitzgerald looked at Cyrus.
"When you master the power of ancient magic and become stronger than you are now, will you also attempt to start a war?"
Wizards are always afraid of bloodshed and too many sacrifices, which is related to the scarcity of wizards. However, change is inevitable. Cyrus wants to change the existing order of the wizard world, so naturally there will be people who want to stick to the old order.
The only thing he could promise was that he wouldn't be as extreme as Grindelwald.
"Ms. Fitzgerald, since you know a lot about me, you naturally know that I am different from Grindelwald. He is a pure-blooded wizard, and I am both." Cyrus said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Of course, if it was really as Fitzgerald knew, Cyrus should be a person who hated Muggles very much. But that was her understanding of Voldemort, not Cyrus.
Having said this, Cyrus didn't plan to say anything else.
He just looked up and watched Ms. Fitzgerald fall into deep thoughts and doubts. As for Rookwood and Percival, they were not as worried as Fitzgerald.
They didn't know much about Voldemort, and from what they had seen so far, they were quite satisfied with Cyrus.
After a long time, Ms. Fitzgerald finally relented.
"The first trial will be held at the Sen Barka Tower. If you can really pass the four trials and gain the power of ancient magic, I hope you can remember everything I have said today."
As soon as the other party finished speaking, the water surface under Cyrus' feet, which looked like a reflection of the starry sky, began to ripple. Then, a huge map reappeared in front of Cyrus' eyes. It looked as if he was standing thousands of miles in the sky, leaning down to take in Hogwarts and the vast surrounding area.
Sen Balka's Tower is located north of Hogsmeade. The owner of this ruined tower should be the fourth guardian Sen Balka, but it was used by Percival as a trial place.
After determining the location of the trial, none of the guardians stayed there for long, and they all turned around and left.
Cyrus naturally did not stay long.
He arrived at the Chamber of Secrets on Christmas Eve and flew to the ruins of the tower. Because of this, he missed Peter Pettigrew who took Harry away.
By the time Ron asked Ginny for the diary, Cyrus had already completed the trial of the Tower of Sen Barka.
To be honest, the so-called trial was nothing worth mentioning. The test that Percival left behind was nothing more than the Pensieve Guards, and these things were not worth mentioning in Cyrus's eyes.
On the contrary, the last memory he obtained made Cyrus very interested.
What I remember is the scene of Morgana learning ancient magic, which embodies another powerful power of ancient magic - changing the environment.
Similar spells actually exist in ordinary magic. In modern magic, there are spells that can create thunderclouds or ice and snow, as well as spells such as "cloud spell withdrawal" that can make the weather disappear.
But these spells change the weather more than the climate.
The most powerful magic prop that Cyrus had ever seen for changing the environment was Newt Scamander's suitcase. That small box contained a variety of climates, and they did not interfere with each other. Newt certainly could not have such a powerful ancient magic, and Cyrus was more inclined to believe that it was Dumbledore's work.
Although Dumbledore cannot see the echoes of ancient magic, his powerful magical powers can still make some seemingly ordinary spells exert extraordinary power.
Just like after Voldemort got the Elder Wand, because his own magical power was so strong, when he used the Elder Wand that did not recognize him as its master, he was still able to exert powerful power.
This power was so strong that for a moment he could not tell whether the spell he cast had the magic bonus of the Elder Wand or not.
As he himself said to Snape - "I have only performed my usual magic. I am highly skilled, but this wand... no. It does not perform the miracles it should. I cannot sense the difference between this wand and the one I bought from Ollivanders all those years ago."
Then he killed Snape, but still didn't realize that he had failed to become the master of the Elder Wand.
As far as Cyrus's magical power is concerned, naturally one day he will reach the same height as Voldemort and Dumbledore, but the ancient magic brings him a more convenient path, and it can also allow him to go further! It only took him a few glances to almost understand the casting principle of the ancient magic released by Morgana.
"I was just wondering how to make a suitcase like Newt's, and this one came to me without any effort." Cyrus thought and prepared to return to the map room when he received Ron's message.
only--
"Why Ron?"
He frowned.
Normally, the only person who would use the diary to contact him was Hermione. Although Ginny wrote in the diary every day, she didn't know that the diary could be used to contact herself.
As for Ron -
It was a little embarrassing to say that in fact, the relationship between him and Ron was not as close as that between him and the others.
However, seeing that Ron looked anxious, Cyrus decided to respond to him.
"What's wrong, Ron?" - "What's wrong, Ron? What happened?"
After Ron kept writing Cyrus' name in the diary, the first response finally appeared in the diary.
Ginny stared at the clear handwriting in a daze, and for a moment she was so angry that she forgot to worry about Harry's safety.
"So, you already knew that the diary can actually contact Mr. Cyrus, and Mr. Cyrus could obviously reply to me, but you kept pretending not to know?" Ginny looked even angrier than Hermione was at the time, and her fiery red hair looked like it was on fire!
She stared at Ron like a lioness, as if she would immediately smash him to pieces if he didn't give her a satisfactory answer! "Um - I just thought, maybe I could try -" Ron stuttered, but in the end he didn't tell her that Harry had received a birthday gift from Cyrus.
By the way, the gift Ron received was an owl, which made up for the pain of losing Scabbers.
"Besides, I think it's understandable that Mr. Sellers ignores you. He's doing big things. He's the one competing with the mysterious man now. How could he chat with you every day?" Ron said, "If Harry hadn't been kidnapped this time, I wouldn't have bothered him!"
Ron shook his head and wrote down what happened in his diary, from which Cyrus, who was on the other side of the diary, also learned what happened.
However, things were a little more troublesome than Cyrus had imagined.
He originally thought that Ron was looking for him just for a trivial matter like Buckbeak, but he didn't expect that it was because Harry was missing.
"Did he go missing last night?" Cyrus looked up at the clear sky and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It had been so long that even a time-turner could not return to the point in time when Harry was taken away.
However, Peter Pettigrew took Harry away, and needless to say, Cyrus knew what Voldemort was planning.
"You are no match for me with Lanlock's body, so are you planning to revive as soon as possible?" Cyrus sneered. It is not that easy for Voldemort to revive. In addition to the blood, flesh and bones that must be prepared, he must also prepare a new body for resurrection.
In the original book, it was the baby that Pettigrew was holding.
In addition to the baby, potions also need to be prepared in advance.
The method of refining this potion is not difficult, but it takes a long time to prepare. During the Triwizard Tournament, Barty Jr. had many opportunities to take Harry away, but he didn't, and waited until the last stage of the Triwizard Tournament, because Voldemort had not prepared everything before that.
Before this, Harry would not be in danger of life, and would not even have any minor injuries.
Because Voldemort was headstrong and very stupid, in order to prove his strength and to prove that he was not defeated by a boy, he wanted to kill Harry with his own hands. Not only that, he also wanted to break the so-called prophecy with his own hands in front of all the Death Eaters and personally erase the Death Eaters' doubts about him!
For this reason, after his resurrection, he would immediately summon his former subordinates through the Dark Mark, so that everyone could see how he killed the "Boy Who Lived", and he would give Harry a "fair" duel! Therefore, Cyrus was not worried about Harry's life at all. He was more worried that if Voldemort was resurrected in advance, he might not be his opponent as he had not yet mastered the ancient magic.
Cyrus never dared to underestimate Voldemort.
He himself was resurrected by devouring one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, and he understood better than anyone how terrible Voldemort's talent was.
Harry Potter is just a fairy tale after all, but the reality is even more cruel. People who have read the original book think that Voldemort must have split too many souls so that his brain is not working well, but in fact, making Horcruxes will not reduce a person's intelligence, but will only make him crazier! "If Voldemort is resurrected, he will definitely be stronger than the original book, because Lanlock's body is in his hands." Cyrus pondered.
Having been defeated by ancient magic, Voldemort would never give up the power of ancient magic. He would definitely find ways to take Lanlock's talent for himself so that when he is resurrected he would also have the ability to see the echoes of ancient magic.
If that's the case, it would be even worse.
"I'll find a way to find Harry." Cyrus didn't even bother to return to the castle. After replying to Ron, he immediately performed Apparition. The next moment, he appeared in a cemetery.
The cemetery in Little Hangleton was as deserted as ever.
On this morning when everyone is celebrating Christmas, naturally no one would come here.
The snow on the ground was very thick, and the heavy snow pressed down a large number of tombstones, as if putting white hats on the deceased who had passed away many years ago.
Cyrus followed his memory and came to a tomb with the name "Tom Riddle" on it.
But don't get me wrong, this is not Voldemort's grave, but the grave of Voldemort's father.
The tomb looked ordinary: it was made of marble and looked beautiful in the snow, but Cyrus's face fell almost at the first sight of it.
"The grave has been disturbed!"
He could tell at a glance that there were traces of magic here. Someone had moved the tombstone and taken away the body of "Tom Riddle"!
And this person could only be Voldemort.
"Yes, he does! Because he knows I know..." Cyrus muttered to himself.
This may sound a bit awkward, but it is easy to understand. Cyrus also has every bit of information about the Horcrux in his memory, so he naturally knows how Voldemort resurrected. Voldemort also knows this, and he is afraid that Cyrus will hinder his resurrection, so he took the bones from the grave in advance.
Inevitably, at this moment Voldemort could no longer choose Riddle House as his temporary residence.
But in this case, Cyrus didn't know where to find Harry.
"Voldemort is now using Lanlock's body. In this case, it is impossible for him not to borrow the power of goblins." Cyrus speculated on Voldemort's current state and actions.
If Voldemort really intended to be resurrected, he would not dare to show up during this period. He not only had to hide from Cyrus, but also from Dumbledore.
And now the only subordinate under his command is Peter Pettigrew.
This is a useless thing, and just like Voldemort himself, Pettigrew is also wanted. On the contrary, after losing their leader Bodrick, the number of goblins has dropped sharply and their vitality has been greatly damaged.
At this time, if Lanlock, who once led them, came back, they would definitely be willing to follow behind "Lanlock", even if Lanlock was once a sinner of the goblins.
"It all depends on what the goblins do. Before that, I have to master the power of ancient magic as soon as possible!"
Cyrus was about to leave the cemetery when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, as if it was scraped by a red-hot knife!
Then, a broken picture suddenly flashed before his eyes.
I got the H1N1 flu, so I took a day off today and didn't go to the company. I originally said I wouldn't update, but then I thought about it and decided to update. How about it? Don't you love me? The H1N1 flu is very serious recently. Everyone should pay attention to protection when going out. Wear more clothes and wear a mask! Although it's uncomfortable to wear, it's unsafe not to wear it! (End of this chapter)