NOVEL WEB Chapter 49: Chapter-47 Handseals
[🫣Sorry for the late update. 😅 I was out of station, and had gone to visit a cultural place. As a compensation, I'll probably write 3 chaps next week. 1 Important thing- Should i write the description of spells which will be used in the chapter at the top separately. Or is it fine the way it is now.] Enjoy the chapter.
[You have combined Hand seals spellcasting with the basic elements of magic and discovered a way to cast spells through handsigns.]
[You have understood the IGNI Sign(A pyromancy sign that can create flames or ignite flammable materials)]
[You have understood the QUEN Sign(A protective sign that can create a shield or absorb damage)]
[You have understood the YRDEN Sign(A magical trap sign that can immobilize or disorient enemies)]
[You have understood the AARD Sign(A telekinetic sign that can knock enemies back or disrupt their concentration)]
[You have understood the AXII Sign(A mind control sign that can influence or manipulate the thoughts and actions of others)
The Fuck!
He actually understood the the hand signs which are inspired by the Salvic mythology and are used by Witchers to focus their energy, cast signs, and perform various magical feats. Kaizo was pleasantly surprised. These spells are especially suitable for emergencies and magic warriors who like to carry a sword or some sort of weapon, so that they could easily cast a spell while fighting side by side.
In short, they can become like Godric Gryffindor. Now, of course it's Kaizo's turn to be ecstatic. The giant wolf didn't know that just in a moment, the prey which had been previously helpless to fight against him, suddenly understood something extraordinary that could now easily defeat him. When the wolf was about to attack Kaizo again, Tonks only saw Kaizo raising a hand, he didn't even recite any spells and a powerful force burst out from his palm, which caught the giant wolf off guard, and threw it backwards. The wolf flew a bit far away and fell on the ground in an embarrassing posture.
AARD Sign
Before the wolf could get up, Tonks attacked him.
"[Confringo]"
Seeing Kaizo being attacked, Tonks became very angry and directly used dark spells. The charred wolf was hit by the curse, and his left arm was nearly severed at elbow, dangling by threads of skin. His right leg was twisted backwards. It's wolf like visage was barely recognizable, swollen with deep lacerations. The sudden crisis is now finally over. Just when Tonks stepped forward to confirm Kaizo's status, in front of their eyes, the body of the giant wolf suddenly turned into a human corpse.
"That's …Picus Curtis!"
The two of them had been fighting for so long, even if his face had been completely smashed, Tonks could still recognize his identity.
"Picus is actually an Animagus!"
Kaizo turned head head to look at where he had knocked Picus, and there was nothing in that place.
"I really didn't think that Picus is actually an Animagus, and he hasn't exposed his ability for so many years."
Tonks couldn't help but sigh,
"He deceived everyone. It only now that I can understand how could Picus escape from several Aurors so many times. As expected of a poacher, whose entire generations family has been poachers."
Kaizo himself was also a little scared. He didn't expect that dark wizards like Picus would hide so many secrets. He thought that by disarming the opponent, he would lose the ability to fight. Who would have thought that Picus would transform into a giant wolf, and launch a surprise attack.
Kaizo would have definitely be killed or downright injured had he not learned a new way of spellcasting. He would have been injured very much when Picus was trying to bite him, the only reason he is well and alive is because he always enhances himself with his buffer spells. But today's experience gave him another lesson,
Never feel sure of your victory unless the enemy is completely dead. Now that these poachers are dead, injured and have lost their ability to fight, the rest is easy. For the poachers who were injured due to the explosion, Tonks confiscated their wands, searched them, and then tied them up with ropes. Then she used the Obliviate on them and used the [Immobulus] and the [Articulus](means restricted joints) curse to bind them and tie their joints and limbs for extra security measure.
Kaizo came to Picus's body and found a bone pendant from his chest. What's inside it is the reason for this adventure of his.
Griffin's Beak
In addition, the most valuable thing on his body except a dragon skin bag, is his magical cloak that was burned to tatters. But he didn't think about taking any of these things. Since he has decided to give Tonks the credit for killing the poachers, he has also has to leave some loot for her. The Ministry officials won't care about these kinds of small things. This is a kind of unspoken rule between the Aurors, whosoever captures the criminals can take their belongings. Of course you can't take everything, you still need to leave some of the criminals loot.
In the end, both Kaizo and Tonks divided the spoils equally, and Kaizo got around 800 galleons. In addition he also took a suitcase which had the Space Extension charm cast on it. Compared with his small bag, the space inside this suitcase in much larger, atleast as big as an ordinary room. This is not surprising at all though, since this is the suitcase of a poacher. Their suitcase needs to have large space, otherwise how would they capture and hold so many large magical creatures.
After dealing with this, Kaizo came to magical door.
"Are you looking for the treasure behind this door?"
Tonks looked at the door and asked curiously.
"It has taken them so long, and they still couldn't open it. Can you open it?"
Due to Kaizo's previous performance, Tonks believes that there are very few things which Kaizo can't do.
"I'll try. There's no harm in just trying."
Kaizo doesn't care too much about this door. Anyway the goal of this trip, the Griffin's beak has been obtained, and he also obtained Tonks friendship as an additional reward. Getting the Moonstone will be just a good bonus. Furthermore, Tonks has already cast the Obliviate on everyone here. If he can't open this door right now, he'll just hide the cave. But it's not like he doesn't know how to open the door.
There are two ways to open the door, one is to solve it's shadow puzzle, and the other is to understand it's spiritual seals which have been cast on this door. However there is another way, that is to use his psychic powers to open the door from the inside. The spiritual seals and magical wards are only on the outside of the door. In fact there is huge loophole, as long as someone can open the door from the inside, he wouldn't have to deal with this complicated seals. But the makers of this door, probably wouldn't have thought, that someone like Kaizo could open the door with his psychic powers. So Kaizo just stood in front of the door, put his ear close to the magic door, and let his psychic powers explore the mechanical structure inside the door.
After abput 7 minutes of trying, he heard a click sound, it seems that the internal structure was finally adjusted to the right place by Kaizo. The heavy magic door finally opened. When the door opened, Kaizo's first obstacle to the Moonstone was lifted. Both Tonks and Kaizo walked towards the corridor behind the gate. As soon as he entered, Kaizo noticed something extraordinary about the place. The underground palace and tunnels in front of him should have been dug manually.
The surrounding walls are paved with artificial stone bricks and slates. But this corridor is a natural road. On both sides of the road are two natural stones walls. The entire corridor should essentially be a "rift valley" hidden deep inside this mountain. The rift valley is very deep and long. The last section is even covered with water and seems to be a part of an underground vein. The two of them followed the rift valley all the way to the end.
But what he saw inside stunned him completely. Inside was a vibrant natural scenery hidden in a cave.
"I didn't expect that such a beautiful place would be hidden deep in ruins of all things."
The moment Tonks saw the inside of the cave, she was completely mesmerized by it. No, this can't be called a cave, but rather a valley. The moonlight shined along the huge crack at the top of this pure land in the mountain. Rivers formed by groundwater flowed thrugh it, and lush plants grew beside the rivers and on the mountain walls. Various flowers are dotted among the herbs and shrubs, and other creeper vines scattered all over the valley walls.
But the most eye catching thing is the huge Oak tree growing on a small slope in the center of the valley. Under the silver moonlight, this ancient and huge tree stretches out it's branches, birds are lingering on the crown of the tree, while various insects were flying around the roots of the tree. The whole scene looked exceptionally harmonious and peaceful. Kaizo observed the surrounded scene and nodded repeatedly.
"No wonder, those ancients chose this place to store the Moonstone. This is indeed a place with a large amount of natural vitality, probably the largest I've ever seen."
"Do you know who built this place?" Tonks asked curiously.
"Of course. The history of this place may be much older than you could even imagine. The first people to discover this valley and build this ruins should be the ancestors of Dryads and the Celtic people."
Whether it is the style of the reliefs in the ruins or this paradise in the mountains, all of this illustrates this point. In ancient Celtic times, wizards were not called wizards. What people believed in that time should be "Druidism".
This group of people who built this plae were probably the ancestors of wizards. Most of today's Muggle and Wizarding world traditions are inherited from that era. To this day, Ollivander still selects wand wood based on Celtic tradition, and chooses the wand owner accordingly. The original meaning of the word "Druid" is "one who is familiar with oak".
The Druids worship and respect the nature, and the Oak tree, no surprise, is their scared tree. This is why there is an Oak tree in this mountainous area. This ruins should be a holy place for spiritual practice and gathering place for ancient Celtic Druids. This Oak tree is the center piece of this sacred place, The Moonstone is a treasure enshrined here by the Druids.
After admiring the scenery her, Kaizo walked forward and came to the Oak Tree. In a hole on the huge tree trunk, a crystal blue gem excluded a faint blue light. This is exactly the treasure which these poachers wanted to steal.
Moonstone
Kaizo grabbed the Moonstone in his hand, and felt a hum of power flowing through it. The power felt gentle and peaceful, and it seemed that it had a strange connection with the moon and the surrounding nature.
"It is truly a treasure of the Druid Religion."
Aa Tonks watched, Kaizo pocketed the gem. After completely all this, kasked the female Auror beside him:
"You won't tell others the secret of this place, will you?"
"Of course not, you troublesome brat are my friend. How could I tell someone your secret."
Tonks shook her head,
"When the time comes, I will tell the Ministry of Magic that I discovered this group of poachers hiding in the nearby mountain outside Irondale. However, 1 of them accidentally discovered me. So I captured him, got information about his fellow poachers and then luckily captured them by surprise."
"As for why they came here, I have no idea."
"Thank you very much, Tonks." Kaizo said with satisfaction.
Tonks shook her head:"Actually, I am the one who should be grateful. It was you who rescued me from imprisonment, and it was you who did most of the planning and even defeated most of these poachers. I just helped you."
"Please don't say that. Without you, I wouldn't be able to defeat Picus alone."
Kaizo retorted.
"Besides, you used the [Obliviation] charm on them, and helped me hide my existence, and even concealed the secret of the Moonstone. You have done many things for me."
"But you are the main contributor, that's for sure." Tonks continued. "It stands to reason that you could atleast get a Second Class Merlin Order for this. But now all of these will be taken by me."
"But, as for your desire to hide yourself, I think that you did the right thing. As a furst year at Hogwarts, it is not a problem to excel in your studies, but when it comes to the creation of a new spell, and when you are involved in a death of a dark wizard, it is best to hide yourself. You may have noticed that some people won't like you due to your lineage. It may remind tgem of someone else entirely. "
"It's okay, Tonks. I understand...it's easy for other people to think of me as the younger version of Voldemort. Don't worry, I will ve cautious." Kaizo heard the other party's implication and was very grateful for her concern. After helping Tonks deal with the poachers and the evidence, the two said goodbye in Irondale.
Kaizo followed the Floo back to the Leaky Cauldron. Tonks returned to the Ministry of Magic and asked for support to complete the finishing work. Lying on the bed in the single room of the Leaky Cauldron, the comfortable bed gradually relaxed Kaizo's tense nerves, and he began to summarize what he had gained from this adventure. First of all, there are two main trophies, the Griffin's beak which is the main material for one of his [Eternal Potion], and now he has it. It seems that he will have to go to the Forbidden Forest in the second year, or perhaps after this Christmas break.
He clearly promised himself not cause any trouble, but look at him now. It can only be said that plans cannot keep up with the changes. The second trophy is the Moonstone. This treasure is indeed indeed mysterious and precious, but he doesn't know what to do with it right now. The second is the monetary gain, that he got nearly more than 1000 galleons. Now from his previous stash of 700 galleons which he got from selling second hand items, he now has nearly 1800 galleons.
This is already a considerable asset. He has heard from Tonks that the salary of an Auror is only 140 galleons per month, as a trainee Auror her salary is bit lower, 100 galleons per month. Most of the Ministry staff can earn only 100 galleons per month. Kaizo's money is almost equivalent to Weasley family's 18 month's salary. 1500 galleons, if exchanged at Gringotts is nearly 30,000 pounds. The exchange rate of money at Gringotts is 5 pounds to 1 galleon. With such a large amount of money in hand, he would definitely be able to live in a much more comforting life in the Magical world in the future.
With this thought, Kaizo gradually fell into sleep.
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