Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures

The wizards waved their wands, and spells of white light flew towards the huge stone gate.

The magic collided with the curses above, emitting a dazzling purple light.

“These spells are almost useless,” said Evan, observing carefully for a while.

Although he had not yet figured out the specific purpose of the magic array laid out in the hall, it was obvious that part of the magic power was being channeled to the stone door in front of him through the jade stones on the ground and ceiling, replenishing the power consumed by the door. If this problem was not solved, the wizards’ work of cracking the magic would be completely in vain.

“It does consume some of the curse’s power, though it’s minimal!” said Rawya. “At the current speed, it will take at least ten years to open this stone door and enter the area behind.”

“That’s too slow. Is there no other way?”

“There isn’t a good way to break the curses. Other types of magic will trigger a backlash from the curses. Only a few dispelling spells can gradually drain their magic. The goblins originally planned to create a crack in the wall, but the Ministry of Magic didn’t agree to it. That’s why there’s hardly anyone in the Hall of the Gods. Everyone has gathered in the Excavation Area Number Two.”

Just as Rawya said, compared to the somewhat deserted Hall of the Gods, Excavation Area Number Two was much livelier.

As soon as Evan and Rawya got off the cart, they saw that the makeshift platform was full of people. Almost all the wizards who had participated in the International Alchemical Conference not long ago gathered here. In addition, there were adventurers from all over the world, goblins from Gringotts, and the official excavation team.

The platform was bustling with people, and the wizards were looking around with great interest.

They were discussing and occasionally observing the ancient buildings around them.

The wizards were lining up to enter the Excavation Area Number Two, where there was a narrow hole that was open from top to bottom inside the platform.

This was the entrance left by previous adventurers when they discovered the Ruins of Amun Ra, and it was the entry point into the interior of the ruins.

A metal pipe had been installed above the hole, through the thick gravel.

This was the passage that Rawya and her team used to enter the Ruins of Amun Ra last year, but it had now been closed!

There was an open pit below, which could be descended using a rope…

Evan and Rawya waited for more than twenty minutes before it was their turn.

Following the rope down, underneath the platform was a small, badly damaged secret chamber.

The initial intruders had damaged and looted this room. Exquisite statues had been pushed to the ground, their original appearance unrecognizable. Magic had been used to destroy the walls, leaving ghastly holes, and it seemed that they had been burned. There were traces everywhere of tools used to pry jewels and gold from the walls and statues…

The main entrance to the chamber was intact, but there were many holes in the walls and the ground leading to other areas of the ruins.

In the left corner was a statue of the goddess Isis.

In ancient Egypt, she was one of the most important deities, revered as an ideal mother and wife, the mother and protector of Horus, and also a friend of slaves, sinners, craftsmen and the oppressed. She was called the protector of the dead and young children.

At this moment, the statue of the goddess had also been ruthlessly toppled, leaving only half of its gorgeous wings. The scepter in her hand and her head were nowhere to be found, and even the ground beneath her feet had been dug up, revealing the secret passage leading to the chamber of the three Obelisks.

“The secret passage was discovered by Mr. Zoser, but when we came in, it had already become like this,” said Rawya in a disgruntled tone. “Those adventurers don’t care about any rules or curses, and they don’t even care about their own lives. All they want is treasure. They’re a bunch of fools even greedier than goblins. In order to find the treasure, they will do anything. Look around, everything was destroyed by those people…”

“The Ministry of Magic allows them to do this?” Evan asked in astonishment.

“It’s prohibited by law, but the law also stipulates that any registered adventurer can explore Egypt’s ancient magical relics. Therefore, the Ministry of Magic and Gringotts cannot stop them from coming in. As long as they are not caught while destroying the relics, the Aurors can do nothing about it,” said Rawya. “In fact, the destruction by these adventurers is something the higher-ups are glad to see…”

“Glad to see!” Evan blinked, seeming to understand something.

“Yes, that’s why the Ruins of Amun Ra are so chaotic, yet there isn’t a single Auror in sight,” said Rawya in a low voice, “There are many rumors, but this has almost become the unspoken rule for excavating the ruins!”

This kind of thing might sound very puzzling at first, but combined with the regular curse-breaking work seen in the Hall of the Gods just now, it wasn’t hard to understand why the higher-ups in the Egyptian Wizarding world had such an ambiguous attitude towards these ruin-destroying adventurers.

It should be noted that with the current level of magic, it might take several decades or even centuries to break the curses and accomplish the complete excavation of large ruins using normal methods.

For example, the Great Pyramid and the tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been under excavation for three centuries since their discovery.

But until now, there were still countless curses in the pyramid.

Similarly, an ancient magic ruin of the size of the Ruins of Amun Ra would take at least several centuries…

The goblins couldn’t possibly wait that long; they were eager to get the treasure in the ruins immediately.

It was not impossible to use gold Galleons to make the higher-ups in the Ministry of Magic grant certain conveniences within the loopholes allowed by the law.

Not to mention, the Ruins of Amun Ra might also contain The Golden Book of Amun Ra.

No wizard could resist the temptation of this book that granted immortality.

If someone claimed that the high-ranking officials at the Ministry of Magic had no interest in this magic book, it would be utterly unbelievable.

If this magic book was really discovered, they would be the biggest beneficiaries.

Since Voldemort’s return, Fudge and the poor performance of the British Ministry of Magic had made Evan see through the true nature of those politicians.

From the current situation, it appeared that the Egyptian Ministry of Magic was not much different.

It was just that the Egyptian pure-blood Wizarding families were less powerful, and had been replaced by goblins and Gringotts.

That’s why so many adventurers were allowed to enter the Ruins of Amun Ra.

They didn’t know how to dig, how to break the curses, or even the history of ancient Egypt.

These adventurers only knew how to destroy, obtaining treasures from the ruins through their destructive methods…

Looking at the fierce-faced adventurers around, armed with tools, Evan knew that the destruction and crimes like those in this chamber were happening in unknown parts of the Ruins of Amun Ra. However, it was precisely because of these criminal acts that the excavation of the ruins progressed much faster.

After realizing this, he suddenly felt sick.

Both the adventurers and those providing shelter for their misdeeds—the goblins and high-ranking officials at the Ministry of Magic—disgusted him.

Evan lost interest in exploring further. He followed Rawya into the secret passage beneath the statue of the goddess Isis.

When this secret passage was first discovered, it was crawling with scarabs. Now it was empty, with only obvious signs of being burned by fire…

Passing through the secret passage and entering the chamber, three huge Obelisks appeared in front of him.

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