[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts":3,"chapter-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-27":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Transfiguration Master of Hogwarts",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2320732,4539,"Chapter 27: Ancient Runes","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-27",27,"\u003Cp>The Great Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen’s review was still ongoing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flipped through his notes on Ancient Runes, astonished that these ordinary symbols possessed such magical power! Allen was deeply amazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other matters were too distant to act on now; the most important thing was to check the library for Ancient Runes and confirm his findings—perhaps he could find the correct method of recording Ancient Runes among the library’s books. Allen thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would have been nice to bring Hermione along to the library to research Ancient Runes, but given her behavior earlier, that was out of the question. The thought made Allen’s head ache again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen was always a man of action; after dinner, he immediately rose and headed for the library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finding a book titled *The Origins of Ancient Runes* in the library, Allen found a quiet corner and began reading voraciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he realize that Ancient Runes had long since declined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exact time of Ancient Runes’ emergence was not recorded in detail; in the earliest savage age, humans were not the dominant rulers of the world, but rather regarded as delicacies by many magical races and magical creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, people discovered that certain ruins contained mysterious symbols, and when these symbols were combined, they produced extraordinary powers—these symbols were called Runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans with talent observed the various magical effects produced by these symbol combinations and invented the first spell. As the human population grew, the number of talented humans increased, accelerating the development of magic and laying a solid foundation for the grand structure of magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through countless efforts, spells were gradually invented, especially after the wand was created, drastically lowering the barrier to spellcasting. The number of human wizards rose exponentially, and eventually, through sheer numbers, powerful spells, and flexible application, human wizards defeated one magical race, magical animal, and magical plant after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some defeated magical races vanished forever from the river of history; others took refuge in barren lands, barely surviving and forever losing the ability to resist wizards; still others were enslaved and trampled beneath wizardly feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this prolonged war, some magical races became allies of human wizards; some integrated into wizarding society and were assimilated, while others lived cautiously within territories designated by wizards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magical animals and plants fared even worse. Despite their vast numbers, they possessed extremely limited intelligence and no social organization—they were like scattered sand before wizards, and were gradually placed into pots, cauldrons, and herbal decoction vessels, becoming the nourishment for wizarding ascendancy. In the end, despite their immense numbers, they were cooked to the brink of extinction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magical plants fared better; many were domesticated by wizards and thus survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magical animals fared terribly. Eventually, wizards realized that without deliberate intervention and restriction, many magical animals would vanish forever—and magical materials derived from them had no substitutes. Thus, a broad international consensus emerged to protect magical animals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizards enacted specific laws to protect them, and to change wizarding attitudes, government leaders had to start with children: all magical schools were required to offer Care of Magical Creatures classes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, you read that right! The magical animals eventually confined to captivity were even stripped of the prefix “magical,” renamed as “magical creatures” to sound less threatening. It was truly tragic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completing these great conquests and absorbing the magical knowledge of the conquered, human wizards forged the stability and brilliance of today’s magical world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would a book on the history of Ancient Runes detail the conquests of human wizards? Because humans grew powerful through studying Runes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and Runes perished as human wizards gradually conquered the world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this war of conquest lasted so long, the prolonged conflict caused immense damage to knowledge transmission. Moreover, Runes were too obscure and costly to learn, making them unsuitable for widespread dissemination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, the rise of human wizards was not smooth; especially in their early, weak phase, the situation was often precarious. Wizards who mastered the most Runes were usually the strongest, and in every battle, they were forced to lead the front lines for humanity’s survival—making them prime targets for enemies. Thus, Rune Masters suffered heavy losses; the death of even one such master caused devastating damage to the transmission of Runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, visionary leaders sent Rune Masters to the rear to keep them from combat, but even the human rear was not safe—enemy races frequently infiltrated to sabotage, causing further losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The barrier to learning Runes was extremely high: they were highly abstract and obscure, requiring years of study before any mastery could be achieved, making the cultivation of successors exceedingly difficult. Moreover, war destroyed many ruins where original Runes had been discovered, further hindering later research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the invention of the wand greatly increased the number of wizards and shifted the balance of power, allowing wizards to sound the call of conquest, it also nailed shut the coffin lid of Ancient Runes, already half-buried in the grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the number of wizards increased with the wand’s emergence, greater numbers demanded more efficient methods of magical knowledge transmission—something Runes were inherently unsuited for. The urgency of wartime further demanded rapid combat readiness, so Runes were abandoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After wizards invented other languages and methods capable of rapidly transmitting magical knowledge and established a new system of magical research and education, Runes fell completely into obscurity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after becoming world dominators did wizards look back and realize that the transmission of Rune knowledge was nearly extinct. Though they spared no effort in salvage and preservation, it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, war had caused countless variants, irregular writings, homonyms, heteronyms, and mistranslations in Runes, burdening later protective research with immense difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans are also a lazy species; once a simple method of mastering magic emerged, they refused to use complex ones. Thus, today, fewer and fewer wizards in the magical world are willing to study Runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this day, Runes are collectively called Ancient Runes, but their symbolic meaning now far outweighs their practical value. Wizards have gradually come to regard Ancient Runes as a memorial and symbol of their ancestors’ arduous pioneering spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Ancient Runes have become an elective offered only in third year at Hogwarts. It is said few students choose it, as mastering Ancient Runes offers little help for future employment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading the origin, development, glory, and decline of Ancient Runes, Allen’s heart remained unsettled for a long time...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never imagined such a shocking history existed in the magical world, nor had he realized the symbols he had seen carried such weight—so intimately tied to the very origins of magic. This filled him with great excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a path that looked arduous, destined to be extremely difficult—but Allen faintly sensed this was the correct path.\u003C\u002Fp>",1125,"2026-06-20T16:09:23.977Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2ed925da0119397c97c34a63239217141401eb72f92c4d0f68d93a68bca8c956","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-28","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-26",284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-cover.jpg"]