"Ten thousand years ago, a doomsday catastrophe came and destroyed the magical kingdom that ruled the world."
Bagshot used a deep voice to slowly tell the past history.
"After the doomsday catastrophe, the remaining ancient wizards still wanted to continue to rule the world, but they encountered resistance from former slaves such as humans, goblins, giants and centaurs.
They formed an alliance and won every victory, but when faced with the last ancient wizard, they could not kill him no matter what.
The coalition finally made a weapon, cut his body into five parts, and sealed it in five wooden coffins..."
The old man patted the wooden coffin and said, "This is one of the coffins!"
Bagshot's description was not much different from what Hufflepuff said. Rolf thought about it and said curiously:
"Madam, where did you find this wooden coffin?"
"This involves another secret." Bagshot hunched his back, holding a candle, and walked towards the bookshelf against the wall.
"After the war with the ancient wizards, representatives of humans, goblins, giants and centaurs held a far-reaching meeting.
Of course, the representatives who attended the meeting at that time probably did not realize that that meeting would determine the pattern of the magical world for the next ten thousand years."
The old man tremblingly pushed open a cabinet and found a book covered with dust and with a rotten cover.
"This book was written by Agenor Peverell. He participated in the meeting and recorded the contents of the meeting on parchment."
Bagshot blew off the thick dust on the book and carefully turned the pages with one finger. She looked at the faded handwriting and read:
"At the meeting, representatives of various ethnic groups had differences over the handling of the wooden coffin."
"The goblins showed their greedy nature. They believed that they contributed the most. Not only did they ask for two wooden coffins, they also wanted to take possession of the weapon used to cut the wizard's body."
"The goblin's request made representatives of other ethnic groups very dissatisfied. Everyone cursed, argued, and yelled at each other at the meeting..."
After Bashat finished reading, he put down the book and sighed softly:
"The meeting was held three times in a row, but eventually the talks collapsed, and the coalition fell apart overnight."
"Then... the war broke out again, but it was no longer between the coalition forces and the ancient wizards, but between the coalition forces. They fought until the world was turned upside down and blood flowed like rivers."
When Luo Fu heard this, he couldn't help but sigh:
Humans, goblins, giants and centaurs united to overthrow those ancient wizards who were aloof, regarded all ethnic groups as slaves, and controlled life and death at will. They turned around and beat them to death for the "trophy".
What an irony.
The most uncomfortable thing is probably the ancient wizard who was dismembered. The enemy he couldn't deal with would collapse in this way... It's really a bit of gray humor.
"Madam, who won the war in the end?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Of course it's us." Bagshot seemed a little tired. She walked towards a chair and said slowly:
"Our ancestors made a secret agreement with the giants so that they could obtain that amazingly powerful weapon, so we got the support of the giants.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the centaurs also turned against us at the critical moment. Under the joint attack of the three parties, the goblins were finally defeated and surrendered."
Bagshot sat relaxedly on a high-backed chair. She raised her head and said with her white-covered eyes:
"In return for surrendering, the centaur received a wooden coffin, the giant took away his weapons, and we took three wooden coffins."
"And the goblins... didn't get anything and could only be forced to surrender to us.
So, after the kingdom of ancient wizards perished, our ancestors took over their titles, became the "wizards" of the new era, and began to rule the world.
And the descendants of the earliest batch of wizards have become prominent pure-blood families in later generations!"
Bagshot paused for a moment, as if waiting for the three of them to understand the content before continuing:
"As for the goblins, they have had a deep grudge against us ever since. Although they surrender to the wizards on the surface, they always want to overthrow our rule in their hearts.
This is also the true source of the goblin rebellion for thousands of years!"
Listening to these contents that would never be recorded in the history of magic, not to mention Shirley and Hermione, even Rolf was entranced for a moment.
"I have always wanted to find the whereabouts of the wooden coffin to prove that the ancient wizard really existed and was not just a legend." Bagshot said slowly:
"So, I started looking for clues in the history of magic. The easiest way is definitely to start with the three wooden coffins obtained by humans."
Bagshot took out a handkerchief, wiped the corners of his mouth gently, and continued:
"According to the records of multiple families, the wooden coffin fell into the hands of three wizards, and their names are Peverell, Ravenclaw and Slytherin!"
Rolf narrowed his eyes. He heard Hufflepuff mention this. The Slytherin family has kept the right arm since ancient times, while the Ravenclaw family has the left arm.
Salazar Slytherin once proposed to complete the body of the ancient wizard and asked for Ravenclaw's left arm, but she refused.
This is also the possible reason why Ravenclaw was killed by Slytherin.
"But it is a pity that the Ravenclaw and Peverell families have long since disappeared in the long history..." Bagshot said with another regret:
"Those two families are in charge of wooden coffins, and their whereabouts are unknown."
Luo Fu and Shirley looked at each other quietly and saw that the wooden coffin was not missing, but was in their hands.
Bagshot didn't notice the eye contact between the two, and she said softly:
"I set my sights on Slytherin again. Although this surname has also disappeared, there are descendants left - the Gaunt family."
"So, I found Lothar Gaunt, my classmate who was studying at Hogwarts, and looked up their family information.
Finally, I discovered an important record!"
The old man straightened up and said: "There is a wooden coffin that was regarded as a legacy by Cleopatra Gunter and given to his youngest daughter Leona Gunter."
When Luo Fu heard this name, he was obviously stunned, showing an expression of astonishment.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Shirley carefully noticed the change in the boy's expression, and she asked in a low voice: "Rolf, have you heard of this name?"
Rolf nodded.
"When I was a child, I heard my grandma tell the story of Ilvermorny's founder, Aesop Seir. Aesop Seir's mother was Leona Gaunt."
"That's right." Bagshot said, "Then do you know how Aesop Seer's parents died?"
"When Aesop Serre was five years old, her parents died in a fire." Rolf said familiarly: "When she was a child, she was adopted by her aunt Gormlai Gaunt."
"According to the stories spread in Ilvermorny, the fire that killed Aesop Seir's parents was set by her aunt Gormlaith Gaunt."
Shirley and Hermione both looked surprised.
Hermione was even more puzzled: "Why did Gormlaith Gaunt kill his sister and brother-in-law?"
"Maybe it was for the wooden coffin, maybe not. We don't know the real reason," Bagshot said.
"But with the death of Leona Gaunt, the wooden coffin undoubtedly fell into the hands of her sister Gormlaith Gaunt."
"Gormlaith Gaunt adopted her niece Aesop Sayre. Later, Aesop Sayre escaped and took the famous Mayflower to the New World.
And Gormlaith Gaunt chased him all the way, and was eventually killed by Aesop Seer."
Bagshot raised his head and stared at the wooden coffin with his white-clouded eyes.
"Gormlaith Gaunt died suddenly and suddenly, and since she had no descendants, I speculate that the wooden coffin is still hidden in her home."
"But she has been dead for hundreds of years, and no one alive knows the specific location of her home. They only know that it is in the Comgarry Valley in County Kerry, Ireland."
"I investigated for many years, looked up a lot of information, and asked a lot of ghosts before I determined the approximate location of Gormlaith Gaunt's house, and asked Aberforth to help me break the magic around the house."
Bagshot sighed: "I didn't expect that he would actually find this wooden coffin in the house!"
After listening to this, Luo Fe couldn't help but admire Bagshot's patience, carefulness, and ability to peel off the cocoons.
So here comes the question:
Who destroyed this wooden coffin? Where did the right arm of the ancient wizard in the coffin go?!