Chapter 938: Magic Exposure Level
Following the fairy, Ivan looked around. At the end of the stairs was a gorgeous arched spire with statues of bald eagles made of pure gold standing on both sides.
After a few people crossed the arch and entered the vestibule, their vision suddenly became wider.
It looks like a large square. Perhaps because it was newly built in the early 20th century, the North American Magic France Club's residence looks much more grand than the British Magic Headquarters. The overall decoration style is even more between the new and the old, with both the ancient flavor of the seventeenth century and the design concept of modern architecture.
The most eye-catching one is the four huge roulettes floating above the hall, like a clock.
Ivan almost recognized it as a timer at first glance, but after a few closer glances, he realized its unusualness, because the clock's dial does not display the time scale, but grids painted with different colors.
Seeing that Ivan was very interested in the clock, Pierce took the initiative to explain. "This is a magic exposure level clock that can be used to monitor conflicts that broke out around the world."
When the clock pointer points to the first green square, it means there is no threat. Next, it gradually becomes low threat, medium threat, high threat, dangerous, unexplained severe situation and emergency level...
Now, the hour hand has stayed in the middle of yellow and orange grids, which means that the form of the magic world is no longer optimistic and is on the verge of exposure.
Not only that, with the rotation of the golden rings in the dial, the hour hand is still moving at a very slow speed.
When the pointer reaches the last crimson square, it means that the existence of the wizard has been fully exposed, and conflict and war may break out at any time.
Ivan nodded and took his eyes back from the huge clock. So the European continent was worse than he expected in advance. Those Aurors might not be able to stop frequent vicious events, which would lead to the continuous rise in magic exposure levels.
"Please go here, gentlemen!" The fairy servant said loudly, leading Ivan and others into the conference room next to him.
At this time, there were only about ten minutes left before the meeting officially began, and the hundreds of seats in the conference room were already filled with representatives from all walks of life.
A burst of noisy talk continued to reach Ivan's ears. An African wizard wearing a special costume and hanging human bones on his chest shouted at the witch next to him, and his mouth was filled with unknown local language.
In addition, Ivan even saw the figures of fairies and horsemen. These inhuman intelligent creatures were all arranged in an area on the right, and there were only fifteen seats in total.
When Ivan passed by, he heard one of the horsemen complaining that the Demon France would arrange for it was too small, and it was difficult to even turn around.
The fairy brought several people to the half-ring long table at the front of the conference room before leaving. Ivan followed Pierce and glanced at it, and found that there were five magic nameplates placed on the long table, representing North America, Britain, France, Tsarist Russia and the Asian Magic Association.
This is very similar to Muggle's political structure. At first Ivan thought it was just a coincidence, but after careful consideration, he realized that it was precisely because of the existence of wizards in this world, a world-wide power must also have strong magical power.
Just as Ivan was thinking, a tall and thin strange male witch slowly walked to the stage, and the noisy talk in the conference room gradually stopped.
"That's Wilkinson, the chairman of the North American Magic France Association." Pierce lowered his voice and explained to Ivan.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to attend this World Wizards Joint Conference..." Wilkinson stood in front of the stage, and his deep voice, with the blessing of the loud curse, overwhelmed the last whisper, attracting everyone's attention.
"I believe everyone has heard of the purpose of holding this meeting in advance. Now a new round of crisis has emerged in the magic world. Gellert Grindelwald, who started the wizard war more than 50 years ago, fled from the Newmongaard prison seven months ago. In recent months, he has attracted thousands of believers in the European magic world, and is planning to start a war between the Muggle and the wizard world..."
Wilkinson explained while waving his wand to point at the giant light curtain behind him. Illusory images were presented in front of everyone, all the information about Grindelwald and some of the scenes of the conflict, as well as the restored memory scenes.
Finally, the image was frozen in the scene where Grindelwald beat seventy French elite Aurors and arrested them all.
After seeing those scenes, the wizard representatives in the audience were in an uproar. Although many of them knew about Grindelwald's escape from prison, they did not expect that this man could develop his power to such a huge scale in just seven months.
Grindelwald's strength exceeded the imagination of many wizards. Before that, they could not believe that someone could be so powerful.
Amid the slightest discussion, Ivan turned his head slightly to look at the seat next to him. The French minister's face was so dark that he probably regretted giving this memory to the North American Demon French Association.
"Silent...Silent!" Wilkinson frequently waved his wand and fired one spell beam after another into the sky. It took a while to calm the noisy conference room again.
After clearing his throat, Wilkinson talked about the main business and suggested that all countries unite to share intelligence and form a special reaction force to deal with the crisis and arrest Grindelwald as soon as possible.
Ivan nodded secretly, feeling that this meeting will probably have results soon.
The troubles brought by Grindelwald are definitely not from a certain region or country, but from a crisis in the entire magic world. If you choose not to ignore them or even stand by, it will inevitably lead to irreparable consequences...
Ivan believed that these wizard leaders could not understand such a simple truth.
However, the development of things was far from as smooth as Ivan imagined. When discussing the issue, the president of the Asian Magic Association said in a dilemma that this was a European business and they were not willing to interfere too much. There are still many troubles in Asia in the near future.
The Russian minister directly rejected the proposal to form a coalition, and did not care about the threat brought by Grindelwald at all, and even said in a strange way. "We all know what the French are best at. In fact, you sent so many elite Aurors but were defeated by Grindelwald, which is not surprising to me..."
Chapter completed!