Ever since she was a child, Lavier had been fascinated by the lost history of ancient Egypt and the former glory of this land.
When she was studying at Carnack Magic School, the subject she was best at was the history of magic.
Because of this, Lavier joined Gringotts resolutely after graduation and became a spell dispeller.
As a novice spell dispeller, she hoped to prove herself through the successful excavation of the Sun ruins and find the ancient treasures hidden in the depths of the ruins.
Whether it was the legendary Golden Sun Sutra or something else, as long as it was of sufficient weight, it would be fine.
Therefore, Lavier hoped to get Elwyn's help.
If possible, it would be best to activate the three obelisks and enter the core of the ruins.
But Elwyn did not seem to be interested in that place, and Lavier was not sure if Elwyn could crack the complicated alchemy mechanisms in the obelisks. Her main goal this time was the god Horus.
After Elwyn asked her to help investigate the secret room with the time disorder, Lavier was pleasantly surprised to find that the statue of Horus might be in that secret room. Their destination was the same. If Elwyn could solve the threat of the time disorder in the secret room, she could go in and start the excavation work.
As long as she could find this important god and his treasures, it would be enough to prove her ability.
That was Lavier's plan, but Elwyn's words reminded her …
If the god Horus was really in the secret room, it meant that other than the magical items that caused the time disorder, there were other dangers there.
To get the treasures related to this god, she needed to break the curse of the god Horus.
In ancient Egypt, or more accurately, in the ruins of ancient Egypt before the Roman dynasty, magic, curses, and mechanisms had a very distinct characteristic, and that was related to the gods they worshiped.
Different gods were in charge of different areas, and the corresponding magic was also different.
For example, if they worshiped the god of death, Anubis, then the curses they had to face were all black magic related to death, and they needed to sacrifice the souls of living beings.
Last year, Bill told Elwyn and the others that he had once excavated a ruin from the early dynasty. At that time, the Pharaoh's guardian was Selkate, and this god was also known as the Queen of Scorpions. The magic and curses in the ruin were related to scorpions and required a lot of blood to break.
This custom was very obvious in the early and middle period of ancient Egypt, where magic was divided very carefully.
Wizards and priests who believed in different gods used different magic spells. They could only learn and master the magic spells related to the domain of the god they believed in, and they were only allowed to use these spells.
It was not until the late period of the dynasty that the wizards learned various spells due to the decline of the country's power and the invasion of Rome. The classification of spells and curses left in the ruins and tombs was no longer as detailed.
The reign of Ramesses II was the golden age of the ancient Egyptian civilization.
Therefore, the magic ruins he left behind still preserved this ancient tradition, and this was the troublesome part.
It would be easy to deal with other gods, but magic related to the god Horus would be very troublesome.
This god was considered to be the guardian of the pharaohs and symbolized the royal power. He was in charge of order.
Therefore, the magic related to him must be related to "order."
According to the classification of ancient Egyptian magic, there were many types of order spells, including all the time magic that wizards could understand in a broad sense, control magic, some protection magic, prophecy magic, and holy magic.
These spells did not include black magic, but the degree of danger was no less than that of black magic or attack magic.
Because it was unpopular, it was quite difficult to break.
The most special order spell of "Horus" appeared in the Temple of Edf, which was a temple dedicated to the eagle god Horus, also known as the Temple of Horus. In the depths of the temple, there was a secret room used to store treasures, and there was an order spell.
About sixty years ago, wizards discovered this secret chamber and its magic.
It was a huge stone door, and in front of it were four jars as tall as two people. They were a jar with a human's head, a baboon's head, a jackal's head, and an eagle's head.
These four jars corresponded to the four sons of Horus. Only by putting the correct items into the correct jars in order could the door be opened. There could be no mistakes.
A jar with a human's head was filled with liver, a baboon's head was filled with lungs, a jackal's head was filled with stomach, and an eagle's head was filled with intestines.
The god Horus valued order the most, so he only accepted human organs.
To break this magic, one needed to be proficient in prophecy magic to determine the order in which the liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines should be placed.
Also, someone needed to contribute these organs …
Voluntary sacrifice was unlikely. In other words, to break this magic, one needed to kill people!
The jars were very big, and the organs were very small. To fill the four jars, at least a thousand people had to be killed!
After encountering this magic, the excavation work stopped for a while. No matter how much they wanted the treasures inside, no matter what their true thoughts were, no one dared to say something crazy like killing a hundred people to break this magic …
The excavation work stopped for more than 20 years, but rumors about the god Horus' treasure grew.
Finally, on a summer night 30 years ago, someone attacked the Temple of Horus.
The stone door was opened, and all the treasures inside disappeared, leaving only four jars filled with human organs.
No one knew who did this, and no one knew what the priceless treasures were or their specific whereabouts. This was the most tragic and mysterious black magic incident in the Egyptian magic world in recent years.
The death of a large number of Muggle also caused tension in the entire Middle East, until war broke out …
Since then, order magic related to the god Horus became synonymous with trouble.
If the god Horus really was in that secret room, then Elwyn and the others would have to face such terrible magic.
From the current situation, there was basically no way to break it. They could not kill people and sacrifice their organs.
If there was a similar magic, then they could only give up.
In any case, these were still guesses. Elwyn decided to go take a look before making a decision.
Foreign wizards like Elwyn would only be allowed to enter the Sun Ruins after the International Alchemy Conference ended. In the next few days, he asked Lavier to help him find a lot of books about "order" magic in ancient Egypt. After understanding the situation in this area, he also went to the International Alchemy Conference.
Other than the final selection and commendation, the main purpose of the International Alchemy Conference was to communicate.
There were two main ways to communicate. One was for famous wizards to give a speech, introducing their latest research results and alchemy experience, interacting with the wizards below the stage. There were about 10 speeches every day. The other was free. The organizer of the conference provided a venue, and alchemists and potioneers from all over the world could set up stalls to display their alchemy products.
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