Chapter 62 The True Face of Ancient Magic

Levi德 felt a sudden surge of foreboding. "You wouldn't... happen to have left behind a massive pool of ancient magic deep beneath Hogwarts, just like Professor Isidora Morganach, would you?"

"No," the senior shook her head.

"Oh... you scared me..."

Levi德 was indeed genuinely startled; he had thought that the senior might have ultimately succumbed to temptation, following in Professor Morganach's footsteps by hoarding a massive reserve of ancient magic beneath Hogwarts.

That truly would have been a case of the dragon slayer turning into the dragon.

"In fact, it's not just one pool; there are many. These ancient magic forces are scattered all around the outskirts of Hogwarts, and you can go and absorb them..." the senior continued.

The heart that Levi德 had just put down leaped back into his throat.

"Senior, you... you don't mean to say that the little gift you mentioned refers to these ancient magic forces, do you? I... I don't dare to absorb too much ancient magic right now..."

The senior waved a hand, cutting Levi德 off. Then, flipping her wrist, a wisp of mist—swirling with black, red, and silver—appeared in her palm.

"The power you don't dare to absorb is this kind, isn't it?"

Levi德 nodded.

"Actually, you don't have to worry at all, because this isn't ancient magic power at all. True ancient magic can be absorbed freely," the senior smiled.

Levi德 asked in astonishment, "This isn't ancient magic? But... I only awakened ancient magic after accidentally absorbing a small vial of it!"

"Because while this isn't ancient magic, it is an alternative kind of energy that can enhance ancient magic. By absorbing this substance, you naturally awakened your ancient magic ahead of time... You must have heard Professor Dumbledore tell you about Professor Morganach, right?" the senior asked.

Levi德 nodded. "He gave me a general overview, but the details weren't very clear."

In truth, before transmigrating, Levi德 had never officially beaten that game. He only knew a vague outline regarding the lore of ancient magic and some of the characters.

When Dumbledore recounted it to him, since Dumbledore himself had not been an eyewitness and was merely going by what others had said, he actually knew even less than Levi德 did. Therefore, he hadn't been able to provide many details.

The senior went on, "Just let me give you a brief rundown of what happened back then, and you'll understand..."

"While researching ancient magic, Professor Morganach accidentally discovered that ancient magic can extract other people's negative emotions..."

"Due to the sudden death of her brother, her father had been overwhelmed by grief and had not spoken for a very long time. So, in order to spare her father any further pain, Professor Morganach used this magic on him."

"After she extracted all the sorrow from her father's heart... she made another unexpected discovery."

The senior floated the wisp of mist closer to Levi德 and continued, "When you use ancient magic to extract someone else's negative emotions, it produces a residue... and this residue can amplify the power of ancient magic!"

Levi德's eyes widened. "You mean this black mist is actually a kind of energy generated by the combination of negative emotions and ancient magic, rather than pure ancient magic itself?"

"Exactly," the senior continued. "Back then, after conducting in-depth research, Morganach discovered that this 'residue' is comparable to a magic amplifier. Not only can it make an ancient magic user's abilities far more formidable, but it can also boost the magical power of those who cannot wield ancient magic at all!"

Levi德 frowned. "How is that even possible?"

The senior replied, "It is a fact. Once Professor Morganach discovered this, she couldn't resist the temptation of such power. Using her position as a professor at Hogwarts, she extracted all the negative emotions of the students at the time and stored the resulting residue in several secret vaults..."

"Even though she was killed just as she was beginning her grand plan... the vaults she left behind remained."

"Since the containers used to store this residue were crafted by goblins, many years after Professor Morganach's death... around the time I first arrived at Hogwarts as a student—"

"A goblin named Ranrok accidentally discovered the journal of the very goblin who had helped craft those containers, and thus learned of this power's existence."

"He believed that this power was actually magic stolen from the goblins by wizards and kept hidden. Therefore, he decided to unearth all of it and return it to the goblins so they could grow stronger and no longer suffer bullying at the hands of wizards."

"Ranrok was extremely clever. He found every single vault except the one deep beneath Hogwarts, and alongside his followers, he absorbed all the 'residue' contained within them..."

"In the end, Ranrok and his loyalists engaged us in a massive battle deep beneath the school grounds."

"The goblins whose powers had been augmented by the 'residue' were immensely difficult to deal with, especially Ranrok... His attacks were almost too much for my mentor, Professor Fig, to withstand."

"Finally, he even managed to absorb the 'residue' from the vault beneath Hogwarts, directly transforming into a powerful dragon and launching a ferocious assault against me!"

Listening with rapt attention, Levi德 couldn't help asking, "And then?"

The senior shrugged. "Then, I took him down."

Levi德 was momentarily stunned. The senior really knew how to deliver the most hardcore flex in the most casual tone! It seemed he still had a lot to learn when it came to flexing!

Ranrok, who had absorbed the residue from nearly every vault and made himself incomparably powerful, had still bitten the dust in front of the senior... She truly deserved her title as the most overpowered transfer student.

"After defeating Ranrok, the residue he had absorbed dissipated once more... I figured that a power like this shouldn't just be buried away—it all rightly belonged to me! So, I absorbed it myself," the senior sighed. "Only after absorbing all of it did I realize that this residue was even more intoxicating to me than ancient magic itself..."

Levi德 was beginning to understand. "So, what you overindulged in and choked on wasn't the power of ancient magic... but this 'residue' that enhances ancient magic?"

The senior nodded.

"Then... what does true ancient magic look like? The kind you said can be safely absorbed?" Levi德 couldn't help asking.

The senior retracted the black mist from her palm and snapped her fingers.

A ball of magical energy resembling liquid mercury materialized right in front of Levi德.

"This is the purest form of ancient magic... Of course, this particular ball is just something I conjured up using nightmare magic to match my memories."

"There are many such purest fragments of ancient magic scattered around Hogwarts, and only those endowed with the aptitude for ancient magic can trace their whereabouts."