Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 214: The same goes for the universal curse
But Jon has no habit of studying other people's privacy.
He was not interested in what oath Sir Stoker had made, but only in the stone tablet that was suspected to be left by Voldemort.
Jon squatted down and looked at the densely packed ancient magic runes and began to study them carefully.
In fact, most of the ancient magic words in the magic world refer to runes.
In the Hogwarts Castle which is now under the control of Voldemort, there is still an elective course called "Ancient Runes" for senior pure-blood and half-blood colleges.
The text on this stone slab is obviously also runes. However, runes, like most words, are divided into rare characters and common characters. There are so many rare characters that many experts who specialize in this field may not be able to find all of them even if they spend their entire lives.
Because these characters were magical when they were created, and in ancient times, especially in the ancient times when magic wands had not yet been invented, magic runes were an important aid to ancient spellcasting.
There were many talented wizards who would constantly invent new magic runes. At that time, there were no magic schools and the inheritance of magic still maintained the oldest master-apprentice system. Many magic runes were buried in such an era.
So in fact, there are archaeologists in the magical world. They visit wizard relics or tombs all over the world, not for tangible wealth, but for the knowledge of ancient wizards.
Jon stared at the stone slab for a long time. Among the densely packed runes with almost thousands of characters, he could only recognize a few familiar words, and these words could not be pieced together to form a complete sentence.
Unable to find a clue from the meaning, he drew out his wand and gently tapped the stone slab with the tip of the wand.
Then, all the magic runes lit up with a faint light, as if Jon had triggered something.
"All of these magic words have magical powers."
He said in surprise.
Sir Stoker said with a serious face.
"This is the key to my uneasiness. Even if I don't know it, I have some superficial understanding of ancient magic words. I know that the magic words left in the magic world are basically just the words themselves. The magic power originally attached to them has all been worn away with the passage of time. There are very few wizards who can write ancient magic words with magic power. Apart from professors who teach such courses in magic schools, there are only a few such people in the entire European magic world."
Jon's eyes were shining, and he stared closely at the magic runes on the stone slab.
“Not to mention being able to write so much.”
"Yes, the person who left this slate must have deep research in the field of magic runes. Such a person would not be unknown in the magic world. Then why did he come to me and leave this?" Sir Stock's tone was full of confusion.
But this point further confirmed John's guess. The number of people who could write so many magic runes could be counted on one hand, not to mention the European magic world, and the wizards in the entire Western world.
Voldemort is obviously a person of this level.
This stone slab is most likely what he left behind!
Jon did not have such a deep attainment in magic runes, but there were many magic books on runes in the library on the Hogwarts carriage , and they are still in the cabin of the Hogwarts.
He could completely apply what he has learned as he went along. After all, he was not asked to write down the ancient magic runes, but to identify them. This might take some time and effort, but it was not impossible.
"When I left school, I also brought some information about ancient magic runes on the ship. If you are willing to wait patiently, I can take the information and study it slowly."
Hearing Jon's words, Sir Stoker's face showed joy.
"Of course I have enough patience, Professor Johnson. Don't worry, if you can help me solve the secret on this stone tablet, I will reward you generously."
"You don't need any reward. If you can solve these magic runes, it will be my reward for disturbing you these days."
Jon didn't say anything too final, and then he turned around and left with Sir Stoke.
When they went down to the 17th floor, they met Neville and his friends who had just come out from the pasture to observe the living conditions of the cows. Jon called Neville, Ron and Lee, three boys, and returned to the Hogwarts with them.
When sending them away from the tower, Sir Stock was obviously curious about the Hogwarts ship that was floating on the sea. Jon saw that he wanted to visit it, but did not invite him.
Even if the ship was adequately prepared during the insurance period, he would not easily bring an outsider on board, even though from the current perspective, Sir Stoke was indeed a good person.
After returning to the ship, Jon immediately gathered Nick, George and others and told them about his discovery in the tower.
"In fact, I know quite a few runes." Nick said, "When Hogwarts was first founded, runes were not so forgotten in the wizarding world. Although I have never written one myself, I can recognize quite a few of them."
After hearing what Nick said, Jon pondered for a moment, and finally he rejected the idea of asking Nick to go to the tower with him.
"You can't hide your identity. It's no secret that you were the resident ghost in Gryffindor. It's not worth it for us to take the risk of betting on whether this knight will recognize you. However, although you can't go to that tower, I still remember a few words at the beginning of those runes."
Jon tried to write the first sentence of the ancient magic on the stone slab on parchment and brought it to Nick.
"Can you tell what message this sentence contains?"
Nick obviously really knew a lot of runes, he made the final statement after just one glance.
"I've seen this beginning before. It must be a magic text about a sealing spell. Ancient wizards usually use this kind of magic text to seal something valuable."
Jon's eyes lit up.
"Then do you know how to decipher this kind of magic rune?"
"This kind of magic rune is actually similar to the Sealing Spell and the Unlocking Spell in current spells." Nick explained, "A lock with a Sealing Spell cannot usually be opened by the Unlocking Spell. But if the caster's magic power is strong enough, the Sealing Spell can be easily cracked. Even without the Unlocking Spell, the Universal Unlocking Spell can still be used."
"But nowadays, few people can write the unlocking spell that can reverse this magic text. Moreover, you said that the magic text has thousands of words, and the magic power attached to it must be extremely powerful. This makes it even more difficult."
After listening to Nick's words, Jon not only did not frown, but he was shocked.
"What did you say last? Nick!"
Nick was stunned.
"I said this is not easy to crack..."
"No, I meant the last part of the previous sentence!"
"Uh, the same goes for universal spell-breaking?"
Jon excitedly pounded his palm with his fist.
"Yes! It's the same for universal spell-breaking!"
