In the room, Elwyn and Lavier huddled together and studied the map of the Sun Relic excavation in detail.
Lavier pointed at the center of the map for Elwyn to see. It was an irregularly shaped room, and the excavation progress and discoveries were marked around it. There were also many tunnels connected to it, extending all the way to the edge of the map.
"Do you remember what I told you last year?" Lavier said. "Based on the size and location of the entire Sun Relic, Mr. Zuo Sai believed that we could enter the core of the relic directly from this place. So, after the relic excavation work began, his excavation team did not enter the God's Vault from the main entrance like the others. Instead, they started from the room that the team of explorers who first discovered the Sun Relic entered. "
Elwyn nodded. Putting aside his greedy nature, Zuo Sai the Fairy was still very capable.
"I was in his excavation team as an intern assistant and witnessed the entire excavation process. The initial excavation went smoothly, and we found a lot of valuable things. There were some stone slabs with ancient Egyptian texts engraved on them. The contents of the slabs also proved this point. With the help of the stone slabs, we found a secret tunnel. "
"I remember you saying that it was a secret tunnel filled with scarabs. It was located under the statue of Isis. She was the goddess who guarded the dead," Elwyn said as he looked at the tunnel that Lavier had pointed out.
The tunnel extended into another room, which was drawn on top of the map.
Compared to the irregularly shaped room above, the space on this floor was smaller, and there were very few things in it.
There was only a strange pattern drawn in the center. It was a triangle with a circle in the middle.
The three points of the triangle were labeled with very small words: Sun Obelisk, Moon Obelisk, and Star Obelisk.
"Sun Obelisk, Moon Obelisk, and Star Obelisk!" Elwyn read it softly.
The obelisk was the most distinctive ancient Egyptian building apart from the pyramids.
It was shaped like a square column, and it gradually shrank from the bottom to the top. The top was shaped like the tip of a pyramid.
The spire was often covered in gold, copper, or gold-silver alloys, and some magical obelisks would even use strange crystals, gems, and various mithril ores.
Usually, obelisks were built in the most prominent places, carved from a single piece of granite, weighing hundreds of tons, and engraved on all four sides with complex hieroglyphs or magic runes praising the gods and pharaohs. When the sun rose from the east and shone on the top of the obelisk, it would shine like a dazzling sun.
But building an Obelisk inside a building was unprecedented.
"The problem lies with these three obelisks. They are actually a Magic Mechanism that involves Alchemy. This is also the main reason why Zuo Sai wanted to invite you to join the excavation team last year." Lavier nodded and continued, "Mister Joser thought that as long as we reactivate the Magical Gears within the obelisks, we would be able to open the door. However, later research discovered that the three obelisks were actually used to activate the magic in the middle."
"There's a spell at the center of the obelisk?"
"Yes, there's a magic altar there. We ignored it at first, until Mister Joser's reputation was ruined … "At this point, Lavier glanced at Elwyn before continuing," After Mister Joser was done for, we could no longer hide the fact that we discovered the secret tunnel and this room. We could only report it to the higher-ups. The fairies who entered Gringotts later thought that the altar was a spell formation that could be used for teleportation, just like the key to a door. It would only work after activating the obelisk. But regardless of whether it was opening the stone door or activating the teleportation magic altar, there was no difference. We still had to use Alchemy to activate the magic within the three obelisks. "
"Yes, so this time, the Egyptian Ministry of Magic used the opportunity of the International Alchemy Conference to invite Alchemists from all over the world to participate in the excavation of the Ruins of the Sun. They wanted to decipher the magic within the three obelisks." Elwyn said, generally understanding the whole matter!
"That's right. Over the past year, Gringotts and the Egyptian Ministry of Magic that got involved later found many Wizards proficient in Alchemy to study the three obelisks, but there was no progress. They didn't give up, because from the current situation, this is the fastest way to enter the core of the Ruins of the Sun."
"Oh, is the Alchemy magic involved in the three obelisks difficult?" Elwyn asked.
"It's quite difficult. I learned some Alchemy in school, but I couldn't understand the ancient magic and magic runes on the three obelisks at all. The Alchemy knowledge involved is too complicated and ancient. It's very different from modern Alchemy." Lavier replied. "Gringotts originally wanted to invite Nico Lemaire. After all, he's the most famous Alchemist in the world, and the only one left from that era. But he didn't agree, and recommended you together with Dumbledore. How should I put it? Those fairies have high expectations of you, and hope to work with you."
"High expectations?"
Fairies were probably the most unprincipled creatures in the world. Their greedy nature made them only see benefits.
As long as Elwyn could help them decipher the magic on the obelisks, they would probably do anything.
Putting aside what the fairies could offer, Elwyn thought about it carefully. He didn't really want to participate.
This was a mechanism left behind by Ramses II. Who knew how long it would take to completely decipher it.
It was possible for ten years, twenty years, or even a lifetime …
Elwyn had personally seen the magic left behind by the ancient warlocks and the Magic Spell Formation set up using Alchemy in the lost ruins under the swamp near Hogwarts. That unimaginably complicated "Silence" magic alone was something he had yet to understand.
Not to mention the massive runes that absorbed the magic from the Magic Stones to support the entire magic.
The arrangements made by the ancient warlocks in the ruins were completely beyond Elwyn's imagination and ability.
If not for the help of the Book of Abraham, he wouldn't have been able to study it at all.
Inferring from this, as the most famous ancient warlock in history, the mechanisms and magic left behind by Ramses II would only be more complicated and profound than the lost ruins near Hogwarts …
There were so many things waiting for him to do. Elwyn couldn't possibly spend too much energy in Egypt.
At most, he would stay here until the end of the summer vacation, and then he would return to England.
Besides, even if he was lucky enough to activate the three obelisks, who knew where the Teleportation Spell Formation in the middle would take him?
More importantly, no one knew what would be waiting for them when they teleported there.
Based on Elwyn's understanding of the ancient warlocks, there might not be any treasures, but there was a high possibility that they had left behind some terrible trouble.
Perhaps Ramses II had sealed some Evil God, Outer God, or Void Creature inside the Sun Ruins, and a group of ignorant human fairies had tried to excavate it out of greed and ignorance …
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