Chapter 660 The Sealed Right Arm
"Ten thousand years ago, a doomsday catastrophe came, destroying the magical kingdom that ruled the world."
Bagshot slowly told the past history in a deep voice.
"After the doomsday catastrophe, the remaining ancient wizards wanted to continue to rule the world, but they were resisted by the slaves of humans, goblins, giants and centaurs.
They formed a coalition and won every victory, but when they faced the last ancient wizard, they couldn't kill him no matter what.
Finally, the coalition forces forged a weapon, cut his body into five parts, and sealed them in five wooden coffins..."
The old man patted the wooden coffin and said, "This is one of the coffins!"
Bagshot's description is not much different from what Hufflepuff said. Rove thought for a while and said curiously:
"Ma'am, where did you find this wooden coffin?"
"And here comes another mystery." Bagshot hunched over, holding a candle, and walked toward a bookshelf against the wall.
"After the war with the ancient wizards, representatives of humans, goblins, giants, and centaurs held a far-reaching conference.
Of course, the representatives who attended the meeting at that time probably didn't realize that that meeting would determine the pattern of the magic world for ten thousand years to come. "
Trembling, the old man pushed open a cabinet and found a dusty book with a rotting cover.
"This book was written by Agenor Peverell, who participated in that meeting and recorded the content of the meeting on parchment."
Bagshot blew off the thick dust from the book, turned the pages cautiously with one finger, and read, looking at the faded handwriting:
"During the meeting, representatives of various ethnic groups had disagreements over the handling of the wooden coffin."
"The goblins showed their greedy nature. They thought they had done the most. Not only did they ask for two wooden coffins, but they also wanted to take the weapon that divided the wizard's corpse for themselves."
"The goblin's request made the representatives of other ethnic groups very dissatisfied. Everyone cursed, or argued, and yelled at each other at the meeting..."
After Bagshot finished reading, he put down the book, sighed softly and said:
"The meeting was held three times in a row, and finally the talks collapsed, and the coalition forces also fell apart overnight."
"Then... the war broke out again, but it was no longer between the coalition forces and the ancient wizards, but between the coalition forces. They fought the world upside down and blood flowed like rivers."
When Rove heard this, he couldn't help but sigh:
Humans, goblins, giants, and centaurs unite to overthrow those ancient wizards who are superior, treat all ethnic groups as slaves, and wantonly manipulate life and death, and turn their heads to beat their heads for "trophies".
What an irony.
The most uncomfortable thing is that the dismembered ancient wizard, the enemy he couldn't deal with, would collapse in this way... It's really a bit gray and humorous.
"Ma'am, who won that war in the end?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Of course it's us." Bagshot seemed a little tired. She walked towards a chair and said slowly:
"Our ancestors made a secret agreement with the giants, they can get the amazingly powerful weapon, so we got the support of the giants.
Seeing that the horses were unfavorable, they also turned against us at the critical moment. Under the joint attack of the three parties, the goblin was finally defeated and surrendered. "
Bagshot sat relaxed on a high-backed chair. She raised her head, opened her white eyes and said:
"In return for surrender, the centaur got a wooden coffin, the giant took away the weapon, and we took the other three wooden coffins."
"And the goblins... got nothing but were forced to submit to us.
So, after the kingdom of the ancient wizards perished, our ancestors took over their titles and became the "wizards" of the new era and began to rule the world.
And the earliest batch of wizards, their descendants have become the prominent pure-blood families of later generations! "
Bagshot paused for a moment, as if waiting for the three of Rove to understand the content before continuing:
"As for the goblins, they have had deep grievances with us ever since. Although they surrender to the wizard on the surface, they always want to overthrow our rule in their hearts.
This is also the real source of goblin rebellion for thousands of years! "
Listening to these contents that would never be recorded in the history of magic, not to mention Shirley and Hermione, even Rove was fascinated for a while.
"I've always wanted to find out the whereabouts of the wooden coffin, to prove that ancient wizards really existed, not just legends." Bagshot said slowly:
"So, I started looking for clues in the history of magic. The easiest way is definitely to start with the three wooden coffins that humans got."
Bagshot took out a handkerchief, wiped the corners of his mouth lightly, and continued:
"According to the records of multiple families, the wooden coffin fell into the hands of three wizards, and their names are respectively - Peverell, Ravenclaw and Slytherin!"
Rove narrowed his eyes. He had heard Hufflepuff mention this. The Slytherin family has kept the right arm since ancient times, while the Ravenclaw family has the left arm.
Salazar Slytherin once proposed to complete the body of the ancient wizard and asked for the left arm in Ravenclaw's hand, but she refused.
This is also the likely reason why Ravenclaw was killed by Slytherin.
"But it's a pity that the Ravenclaw and Peverell families have long since disappeared in the long river of history..." Bagshot said again with a burst of regret:
"Their two families are in charge of the wooden coffin, and their whereabouts are unknown."
Rove and Shirley glanced at each other quietly. The wooden coffin was not missing, but was in their hands.
Bagshot didn't notice the eye contact between the two, she said softly:
"I set my sights on Slytherin again. Although this surname has also disappeared, there are descendants-the Gaunt family."
"So, I found my classmate who was studying at Hogwarts - Lothar Gunter, and looked up their family information.
Finally, I discovered an important record! "
The old man straightened up all of a sudden, and said, "There is a wooden coffin that was given to the youngest daughter, Leona Gunter, by Ceobe Gunter as an inheritance."
When Rove heard the name, he was obviously taken aback, showing a look of astonishment.
Shirley carefully noticed the change in the boy's expression, and she asked in a low voice, "Rove, have you heard of this name?"
Rolf nodded.
"When I was a child, I heard my grandma tell the story of the founder of Ilvermorny, Aesop Sir, whose mother is Leona Gunter."
"That's right," said Bagshot. "And do you know how Isol's parents died?"
"When Aesop Ser was five years old, her parents died in a fire." Rolf said familiarly: "When she was a child, she was adopted by her aunt Gormlai Gaunt."
"And according to the stories in Ilvermorny, it was her aunt Gormley Gaunt who set the fire that killed Aesop Searle's parents."
Shirley and Hermione both looked surprised.
Hermione was even more puzzled: "Why did Gormlaith Gaunt kill her sister and brother-in-law?"
"Maybe it was because of the wooden coffin, or maybe it wasn't. We don't know the real reason," Bagshot said.
"But with the death of Leona Gaunt, the coffin undoubtedly fell into the hands of her sister, Gormley Gaunt."
"Gormlaith Gaunt adopted her niece Aesop Sayre. Later, Aesop Sayre escaped and took the famous Mayflower to the New World.
And Gormley Gaunt chased and killed him all the way, and was finally killed by Aesop Searle. "
Bagshot raised his head and stared at the wooden coffin with his white-clouded eyes.
"Gumlei Gaunt died suddenly, and she has no offspring. I speculate that the wooden coffin is still hidden in her home."
"But she has been dead for hundreds of years, and no one alive knows the exact location of her home. They only know that it is in the Comgarry Valley in County Kerry, Ireland."
"I investigated for many years, looked up a lot of information, and asked a lot of ghosts before I determined the approximate location of Gormlaith Gaunt's house, and asked Aberforth to help me break the magic around the house."
Bagshot sighed: "I didn't expect that he would actually find this wooden coffin in the house!"
After listening to this, Luo Fe couldn't help but admire Bagshot's patience, carefulness, and ability to peel off silk and cocoons.
So here comes the question:
Who destroyed this wooden coffin? Where did the right arm of the ancient wizard in the coffin go? !
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