In this Hogwarts without a savior

Chapter 217. 215. Blood Curse Orc

Jon took Neville and the three of them back to the tower with a stack of books about ancient runes.

He did not immediately tell Sir Stoke the meaning of the rune on the slate, after all, he learned the meaning of the content from Nick, and Nick's existence could not be disclosed, so he could only pretend to look it up Bring these magic text books to the tower.

Sir Stoke didn't let him work directly on the top of the tower. The scenery there was certainly better, but now it was almost Christmas, the air was too cold, and a warm room with a fireplace was more comfortable.

Taking Jon to his private study, Sir Stoke took out the rubbings of the runes rubbed from the stone slab on the top of the tower, so as to facilitate his comparison.

Jon pretended to flip through the magic documents casually, but the corner of his eye was on the books in this study.

Just by looking at the titles of the books, one can find that most of these books are tomes related to astronomy, not only written by wizards, but also many books obviously published by Muggle publishing houses.

This jazz does have an extraordinary interest in astronomy. He has shown this since he first met Jon, and it seems that he is not lying.

But when Jon was about to turn his gaze away and pretend to have discovered it inadvertently, at the far corner of the bookshelf, he saw some books that were completely different from other astronomy-related books.

These books were grouped together, and the book covers looked older, obviously not the work of modern wizards.

What attracted Jon was the title of one of the books.

"Research and Exploration on the Curse of the Blood Curse orcs"

After all, Jon's change at this time was noticed by Sir Stoke. He followed his gaze and saw the ancient books on the bookshelf.

"My grandfather's grandfather used to be the vice president of a magic hospital in France. His main research direction in his life was related to blood curse orcs. This is an extremely partial and terrible curse that has been used since ancient times. There is no way to relieve or treat them, and my ancestor only left these materials, if you are interested, you can read them at any time during the time you stay in the tower."

said Sir Stoke generously.

Jon withdrew his gaze from those books. He just had some impressions of curses like blood-cursed orcs. In the original book, the big snake Nagini, which was later made into a Horcrux by Voldemort, was the final form of blood-cursed orcs.

As for the curse itself, such as the blood curse orc, Jon has no interest.

"Thank you Sir for your generosity. Let's go back to our initial topic. I have found some clues about the content of the rune left on that stone slab."

Jon looked at Sir Stoke, and there was a surprised expression on his face.

"Is there a result so soon? I thought it would take at least a while."

"This is actually a matter of luck. Our luck is obviously not bad. From the book I read at the beginning, I found the same content as these runes on the slate."

Jon recounts the information he received from Nick to Sir Stoke.

"This slab should be a lock."

"Lock?"

The smile on Jazz's face gradually faded, and his brows were tightly wrinkled.

"You mean, the meaning of the stone slab itself is to protect and hide something?"

Jon nodded.

"Yes, the rune engraved on the slate is actually a kind of magic used for sealing. It protects the slate from being easily opened, so as to prevent people from discovering what is hidden under it."

As Jon narrated, Sir Stoke's face became more and more gloomy.

He obviously couldn't accept such a thing.

He built most of it with his own hands, and lived in the tower for decades, but it was hidden under the nose without anyone noticing, and he didn't know it at all.

Jon saw the change in Jazz's face, and he asked seriously.

"Can you be sure that it wasn't you or someone else in the tower who arranged this stone slab?"

Sir Stoke said decisively.

"I don't know any runes at all. In this tower, apart from me, there is only Rabi who has been taking care of my daily life. It is even less possible."

Jon stroked his beard and said thoughtfully.

"If you're sure it's not you, it's only possible that someone slipped in without your knowledge."

"Professor Johnson." Sir Stoke suddenly looked at Jon seriously, "Can you...untie the rune on this slate?"

There was a request in his words, as if he couldn't accept that there would be something hidden in his home that he didn't know about.

Jon told the truth.

"I told you before, Sir, I'm not a master of runes. If the ancient runes professor who worked with me in school came over, I might be able to solve it, but my understanding of runes Just out of interest, there is really no way to unravel this stone slab from the rune level."

Hearing Jon's words, Sir Stoke had a frustrated expression on his face at first, but in the last sentence, he obviously heard some different meanings.

"There is no way from the level of runes...you mean..."

Jon said very frankly.

"Rages are indeed not my strong point, but I have some other tricks that can solve these magic runes. However, this method will destroy the runes on the stone slab and eliminate the magic power attached to it ..."

"I don't mind, Professor Johnson! It would be even better if you could erase the magic on this slate." Sir Stoke said, "I just want to know who hid such a thing in my house and what his purpose is. What is it again?"

Jon certainly wasn't surprised by his decision.

Then the two left the study room and returned to the top of the tower where the cold wind was blowing.

On the way, Jon quietly put the ring that was originally worn around his neck back on his finger. When he returned to the stone slab, he lightly touched the first rune on the first row with the finger that was wearing the ring. .

The rune flickered for a moment, and then the magic power originally attached to it was transferred to the second gemstone inlaid on the ring.

For Jon, there is no limit to the storage of magic power attached to magic items. Unlike using a general solution to absorb magic power from the enemy's spells, you can only find someone whose magic power is equal to or weaker than yourself. The magic power attached lacks the control of the will, and the ring is much easier to absorb.

(End of this chapter)