The Admiral of Hogwarts

"Besides the traces left by the Armored Giants here, what else have you found?" Hugo asked, looking at the pile of large equipment fragments on the ground. "Is there anything left behind, like items related to wizards?"

"Of course, look here. I found five or six fragments that originally belonged to the same wand," Not-Worried said, taking out a few pieces from the pile of debris that looked like completely charred toothpicks.

"When wands are made, they are often imbued with magic to prevent damage from fire, breakage, and other conventional methods. The duration of this magic depends on the wand's age and how well it's maintained."

"And this wand in my hand was clearly damaged by a severe spellcasting error during the casting of dark magic. This indicates that the battle that took place here was very intense."

Even though only some fragments were left, Hugo and the others obtained a great deal of information thanks to Not-Worried's careful research and analysis as a professional.

The best news for them now was that the area they needed to search next was greatly reduced.

Because the information contained in these equipment fragments clearly indicated one thing: a magical battle did indeed break out here years ago, and both sides, or one side, involved in the war used Armored Giants.

The reason for drawing such a conclusion was simple: they had read a large number of books that all pointed out one thing: although giants have insufficient intelligence, they can be trained into qualified thugs or guards.

However, considering the giants' terrible appetite, the difficulty of training due to their low intelligence, and the cost of the equipment found on-site, it can be known that the battle that broke out here was definitely an almost evenly matched battle between two major forces.

"A force that could fight the Swedish Ministry of Magic's elite Auror squad to a standstill 50 years ago—" Hugo frowned and searched his memory. Soon, he thought of something. "Could it be the Wizengamot?"

"That's the most likely guess," Not-War nodded in agreement.

"Think about the series of exile organizations established by that group of Germans after World War II. I think even if Grindelwald was defeated that year, with his charm at the time, it's very possible that the Wizengamot still maintained its structure and gathered together to prepare to do something."

"So, what we are likely looking for now is something related to Grindelwald," Hugo shrugged after hearing Not-War's words. "This is really good news."

Considering that Grindelwald's power swept across the entire Europe except for the United Kingdom, the Wizengamot was likely to have plundered a huge amount of resources from this land.

According to some records they had searched before, in the liquidation process after the end of the war, the various resources that were plundered and finally returned to the victims, plus the part that was taken over by the Ministry of Magic after the victims could not be found, added up to less than 1/5 of the lost amount.

Indeed, resources and wealth are consumed in large quantities during war, and whether it is the Wizengamot or the Ministry of Magic, when they own these wealth, they will also lose a part of it.

But even considering all these consumptions and losses, at least half of the wealth that was plundered back then is now in an unknown state.

You know, that was the Wizengamot that ran rampant throughout Europe and established powerful forces in the Mediterranean region and the United States outside of Europe, and anyone with a brain would know how huge a wealth their decades of accumulation would be.

Of course, based on the organizational situation of Grindelwald's subordinates back then, the batch of people assigned to Narvik should only be a very small part. Even if they really brought wealth, it would only be a small part of those wealth.

But these things that may be a very small part of the wealth for the Wizengamot and Grindelwald would be an astronomical wealth for Hugo and the others.

Of course, the matter of the Wizengamot's treasure is only Hugo and the others' analysis based on the records of the time and the information obtained from the items salvaged from the bottom of this mud pit.

However, considering human nature and the possible value of this wealth, Hugo and the others felt that it was a very worthwhile thing to spend time and energy searching here.

After thoroughly inspecting the pit and confirming that there was nothing left, the ship girls under Hugo's command began to search outward in a spiral pattern with this mud pit as the core.

A few minutes later, St. George, who was searching near the east, discovered a suspicious place. "Everyone, come and take a look," St. George contacted through the admiral network, "There seem to be some obvious traces of artificial intervention here."

After hearing St. George's words, everyone immediately ran towards the place where she was. When everyone appeared in that forest, they found that the snow and fallen leaves under St. George's feet had been dug away, revealing the moss below.

Hugo walked closer and found that these mosses looked no different from ordinary mosses, but after thinking about what St. George had just said and observing carefully, he suddenly noticed that there was a straight line formed by the same species of moss in these mosses.

"This straight line is obviously the result of artificial intervention," St. George pointed to the ground with the shovel in her hand and said. "And what we have to do next is to see what this line wants to express?"

Understanding the next task, Hugo and the others immediately started to clean the ground along both sides of the line. Soon, a pattern of about seven or eight square meters appeared in front of Hugo and the others.

This is a strange triangular symbol, composed of an outer triangle, an inner circle, and a vertical line that divides the entire symbol in half. It looks like a triangular eye.

Since the force represented by this symbol has disappeared for nearly half a century, most people may not know what this symbol means.

But for Hugo and those under his command who have obtained a lot of information from another world, they recognized at the first time when they cleaned up this symbol that this was Grindelwald's symbol back then, representing the Deathly Hallows.

"It seems that our previous guess was correct. The force that fought against the Swedish Ministry of Magic back then really belonged to the Wizengamot," Enterprise said with a sigh, looking at the symbol on the ground.

"And if there really is a treasure, it shouldn't have been discovered by anyone," Not-Worried continued, and then quickly introduced the mysteries here to Hugo through the admiral network.

If the magic ministries of the two countries had really discovered this symbol back then, they would have dug three feet into the ground in this place to look for all kinds of clues.

And the fact that there are no traces of being touched here can only indicate one thing, that is, neither of the magic ministries discovered the secret of this place.

"The thing used to make the mark is a cold-zone moss that can have a lifespan of hundreds of years."

As an alchemist, Not-Worried memorized a lot of information in her mind, so she searched for the content about this moss in the first time.

"Obviously, this is to convey some kind of information to future generations."