Chapter 303

"Lady Yaga," Murphy said, "according to my feelings, you and the two great shamans and the strong people I know seem to be not much different in strength. Does this mean that you and them are in the same hierarchy of magic?"

Lady Yaga laughed. "What them, it's us. You have long been in this hierarchy."

"It's just that the spells everyone masters and the specialization direction of magic are not consistent, which leads to differences in combat strength, but on the ladder of magic, they are about the same."

Murphy understood.

If it is changed to a more understandable way of saying it, it is that Murphy is already in the same "realm" as top wizards like the Great Shaman and Dumbledore.

There is no difference in realm between them, but the difference in everyone's means and fighting styles will lead to differences in combat strength.

"Then, does this mean that Maria is in a hierarchy above us?" Murphy frowned. "Have you seen characters in that hierarchy?"

Lady Yaga shook her head. "No, it's unlikely that such characters will appear in this world."

"Wizards can only reach our position at most," Lady Yaga said. "You don't understand yet, but if you go further up, you will encounter an invisible wall."

"Magic only allows humans to reach this height."

Murphy was stunned. This was the first time he heard of such a thing.

"Are you saying that there is a ceiling for the strength and realm of wizards?"

Lady Yaga nodded. "Yes. You will eventually hit that 'ceiling.' By then you will find that everything has a price. Magic and life cannot be obtained at the same time. Powerful magic will inevitably lead to a shorter lifespan, and a long life will be at the cost of the loss of magic growth. It is as if magic has set a total amount for each of us, and the amount you can take from it is limited."

"The price of forcibly trying to break through this limit may be death, or loss of sanity... but, it seems that no one has ever succeeded."

Murphy frowned. "Then... what is going on with this heart coordinate?"

Murphy finally didn't get an answer. After a check, Lady Yaga couldn't find that "heart coordinate" in his mind either.

Either the heart coordinate doesn't exist, and it's Ragnuk's nonsense, or the person who set the heart coordinate for Murphy is indeed beyond the "realm" of Murphy and Lady Yaga today.

In this regard, Lady Yaga has no good way.

"Perhaps, only by breaking through that 'ceiling' is it possible."

As for how to "break through," Lady Yaga doesn't know either.

Fortunately, the only thing to be glad about is that even if the heart coordinate does exist, it doesn't show a direct threat. Murphy still has time to solve this problem slowly.

So, Murphy had to put the heart coordinate aside for the time being.

He still has countless things to deal with.

The mess left by Ragnuk, he must clean it up.

"Breaking News! Gringotts Goblins Plot Rebellion!"

"Inhuman! Brin Family Blood Sacrifice, Black Magic Resurrects Ancestors!"

"Satisfying! Aurors React in Time to Suppress Rebellion!"

"Uprooted! Watchers Destroy Goblin Cult Lair!"

"Fully Disclosed! Goblin Rebels Will Face Public Trial!"

British wizards woke up and were bombarded by several heavy news reports on the Daily Prophet.

Rita Skeeter used her inflammatory writing style to describe a terrifying fact: Goblins are preparing for a bloody rebellion again. They have held large underground gatherings many times to discuss armed coups and intend to overthrow wizard rule.

They have even prepared several assassination lists, which may attack important departments of the Ministry of Magic at any time.

They will also cut off the economic lifeline of wizards and take the wealth in wizard vaults as their own.

On the other hand, in order to realize this terrible plan, they intend to resurrect the king of the ancient goblin kingdom a thousand years ago, Ragnuk, and for this, they do not hesitate to use their own people for blood sacrifice.

Once Ragnuk is resurrected, he will lead all goblins to launch a full-scale attack on wizards.

This terrible plan has been going on in secret for I don't know how long, and ordinary wizards knew nothing about it.

Fortunately, the Aurors and Watchers discovered the goblins' conspiracy in time and wiped out the rebels, stifling it in the cradle before this bloody rebellion happened.

Great, Aurors! Great, Watchers!

Such a bad incident, the Ministry of Magic is preparing to publicly try some important criminals so that wizards can see the ugly behavior of this group of goblin bad guys.

Wizards all over the UK were stunned by these reports, so when the Goblin Rebellion Trial Conference started a few days later, the Wizengamot Trial Court of the Ministry of Magic specially added thousands of seats for observers for those wizards who cared about this matter.

The trial process went very smoothly, and the evidence of the goblin rebellion was very sufficient. Whether it was the wands, armor, documents, etc., found in Weller Longhand's castle on Oak Mountain, or the confessions of some goblins, all proved that the goblin's intention to rebel was certain.

And the blood sacrifice had dozens of goblin corpses, which was ironclad evidence.

During the trial, wizards were excited and demanded that all goblins involved in the rebellion be beheaded, but the Wizengamot upheld humanitarian principles and threw them all into Azkaban.

At the same time, the Ministry of Magic confiscated all the assets of the participants and announced that Gringotts would be managed by the Ministry of Magic from now on.

The Ministry of Magic will conduct loyalty tests on all Gringotts goblins and clear out all goblins who are dissatisfied with wizards.

After the trial, the wizards' perception of goblins reached its lowest point. These decisions of the Ministry of Magic not only did not cause dissatisfaction among wizards, but were fully supported. Many wizards even expressed that the Ministry of Magic's means were too gentle and should kill all goblins in the UK.

Of course, this is unrealistic. First, genocide is inhumane and will leave handles, and second, the goblin group is all over the world. Slaughtering British goblins will arouse the hatred of goblins in other countries and bring a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Anyway, they don't have Gringotts and are restricted from using wands, so it's hard to cause any big trouble. Just let the Aurors keep an eye on them in the future.

The raid on the Brin family allowed the Ministry of Magic to obtain a large amount of funds, and even obtained two mines.

But what Murphy is most interested in is not these things—he has already mastered the central bank, and money is just a matter of moving his mouth.

What he cares about is several secret goblin smelting techniques found in Weller's castle, which mentioned a way to make goblin metal, which can smelt metal through magic, thereby producing goblin metal with extremely excellent magic affinity.

Goblins can use this metal to make magic items, which can be easily attached with various magic.

The Sword of Gryffindor is the masterpiece of this metal.

The moment he got this smelting method, Murphy realized that the biggest obstacle that had been blocking his path of combining science and magic might have a clue.

(End of chapter)