Chapter 667 The Karkaroff Family

"History is changing, Minerva."

"What do you mean?"

"Herbo's horror clouds hang over the Balkan Peninsula, and his power has even spread to North Africa across the Mediterranean Sea. Starting from the ancient seaport city of Alexandria, the twenty-sixth dynasty of ancient Egypt has completely fallen into his pocket .”

"What did he do before?"

"According to the history you learned in the history of magic class, the land he ruled should only be ancient Greece. When his power was at its most rampant, the priestess Pythia defeated him."

"Then what are Nelson and the others doing? Why is Hai Erbo's power even stronger?" Mag scratched her hair hard. She hadn't heard the news on the Berlin battlefield for a long time, and she restrained her desire to join the battle to follow Professor Binns, but right now The news she heard made her even more anxious, "Did something go wrong?"

"Minerva, you are too restless. What we are exploring is a history that is changing. Before everything is settled, we must not jump to conclusions."

"How can I not be anxious!"

The boredom accumulated in Mag's heart finally broke out, but her good self-cultivation made her still suppress her emotions. She turned her back to Professor Binns, and the wand slipped from her hand and fell into the mist. She knelt on the ground, powerless. He said, "Professor Dumbledore is fighting the most dangerous and evil dark wizard in history in Berlin. Other professors in the school have received letters asking for help. I received the letter and went back to Hogwarts to call for the guards. I was supposed to be a fighter fighting on the battlefield, but now I am a protected person... I have never found what you asked me to find, how can I calm down?"

"..."

In the dull illusion, the upside-down world is collapsing, but there is no sound, only the "rustling" sound of Professor Binns flipping through the books whose words are changing, constantly beating on Mag's heart, she feels herself Just as vulnerable as paper, extremely frustrating.

"Feel sorry."

After a long time, Mag rubbed the back of his hand against his face, sniffed, and lowered his head to look for the lost wand.

"for you."

McGonagall raised her head and saw the smiling Professor Binns holding her wand. She hurriedly wiped her eyes again, took the wand, and continued to search for what Professor Binns said.

"Minerva, I'm sorry."

"Sorry Professor, I'm still losing my temper at a time like this."

"No, no," Professor Binns shook his head and patted McGonagall on the shoulder. McGonagall didn't realize that Professor Binns' touch was no longer the cold penetration before. Although it was still cold, she felt Feeling the real touch, Binns grabbed a handkerchief from the mist and handed it to Mag, "I extinguished a young man's enthusiasm for dedication."

Mag took the handkerchief and sobbed silently. She wiped the corners of her eyes, and suddenly stared at the handkerchief with simple patterns.

"This is my daughter's favorite handkerchief, Minerva. Don't lose it. This is my memory."

McGonagall didn't understand how Binns turned the memory into reality, she subconsciously squeezed the handkerchief tightly and nodded.

"In the past few years, I often invited Nelson to my office to chat, share the wine she gave me, and show Nelson the warm stories of her and me, but in fact, until the last moment of her life, she did not forgive me, forgive me My cowardly father who dare not face death," Professor Binns said with a wry smile and shook his head, "I can't tell anyone why I chose to stop at the door of death. It just adds to the panic."

"professor……"

"As you said, every professor in the school has received a letter asking for help, and I am no exception," Professor Binns waved his hand, and said, "Albus also wrote to me, and he told me that there was a This talented girl has been living in the pain of the death of her relatives and all disillusionment. She put the blame of her mother on herself. She can't blame the enemy who killed her mother, and she can't change anything. The more calm she is, The more she longs for redemption, even the extreme choice at the cost of self-destruction has become her choice."

"I……"

"Hush, listen to me," Professor Binns raised his hand, and McGonagall's wand appeared in his hand. McGonagall lowered his head, but saw that the wand he just received had turned into a cracked wand at some point. "Albus is one of the smartest people I have ever met... He understands human nature and can read people's hearts, but looking at the thick history, everyone who tries to pry into people's hearts will gain nothing." End, no matter what his motives are, he sent me this gem along with the letter, and arranged for you to wake up the standing guard at Hogwarts, hoping that I can hold you back so that you can finish yourself safely In his view, it is impossible for a ghost attached to a castle to take you away, but he is wrong. The place I bring you to is infinitely more dangerous than a battlefield like a meat grinder—die on the battlefield can at least Harvest death, die here and there will be nothing."

"..."

"Believe me, you will face sacrifices, Minerva, you have a heart of gold, that's why I chose you to accompany me," Professor Binns smiled, and waved the wand in his hand, as if After reminiscing about the feeling of being away for so many years, he pointed behind Mag, and a long table of the library appeared on the platform, and the books that were being filled from the blank were quietly placed on the table, " My daughter doesn't understand me, and you don't understand yourself, read a book, take a break, you are indispensable."

McGonagall nodded, walked to the table dumbly, and opened the book that Professor Binns was reading on the top floor.

She really calmed down, and began to read history, which was not as important to her as divination.

"Professor Binns, I have a question."

After catching up with Professor Binns' progress, McGonagall raised his head and asked seriously, "If history has really changed, the history I heard from you should be familiar to me during my studies at Hogwarts, Why--"

"Because you're with me, Minerva," Professor Binns blinked. During the time the two of them were alone in the illusion, his performance deviated more and more from the stale and old-fashioned in McGonagall's impression. Professor Ghost, he became witty and mischievous, as if this was the real appearance covered up by his long memory of a thousand years, Binns turned to the next page, stuck out his tongue at Mag, with messy silver hair and a grimace , which made Mag, who was serious on weekdays and even more nervous now, couldn't help laughing, "Of course, more importantly, you haven't listened to the History of Magic class well. No matter what I say, it's new knowledge for you."

Mag's face turned red immediately, and he stood up and argued, "Where am I—"

"Oh..." Professor Binns smiled teasingly, pointed to the newly opened page of McGonagall, and said, "Look carefully, this is the record of people at that time, you have opened a very important page .”

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Regardless of any country, any era, a brutal monarch is enough to cause his country to collapse at a speed beyond the wild horses, the people's livelihood withers, the regime falls, and the reincarnation of the past reappears on the ruins.

But Haierbo, the monarch who was dubbed "despicable", is a very special one. Not only can he rule everything with his strong power, it is reported that he has obtained the blessing of evil gods from the underworld, and defeated the evil spirits who descended from the gods. Hermes, the traveling god who stopped him, obtained his divine power and became the only ruler called a god in the records of the peninsula.

Although the existence of prehistoric gods has always been a questionable topic in the eyes of historians, it is undeniable that even if the theory of gods is just a literary embellishment, the recorders at that time were not stingy about his power He may not be a god with pen and ink, but in this field of dominating the people, his words are more effective than gods.

And the "Kingdom of God" under his rule did not collapse as quickly as those short-lived warlord dynasties. Instead, it built a building on the basis of terror that would make politicians ashamed today. The source of all this points to a A mysterious staffer, a traveler named Karkaroff.

Regarding Karkaroff, there are different opinions from different sources in the wild history. The current general view is that he does not exist, because there is no name of this person in the tomb inscriptions of the 26th Dynasty found in Egypt;

Another theory is that Karkaroff was a persecuted scholar in Central Europe at the same time. According to genealogical research, this statement does not have historical reliability, because this surname was not first used until AD. appeared, and the scholars who supported this statement were also accused of creating an important figure who helped Haierbo establish a political power in order to add fuel to the history of his country;

In addition, there is another minority theory in the historical circles of the British Isles. They believe that Karkarov is the alias of a wizard named Arthur Chamberlain. The same temporal inconsistency, but it is impossible to ignore that Chamberlain's existence was confirmed in a twenty-seventh dynasty tablet, but even more strangely, according to the research of Semitic and ancient Egyptian scholars The comparison shows that some hieroglyphs in the inscription related to the name "Chamberlain" coincide with part of the content in the alchemy work "Jade Record" signed by "Three Great Hermes". According to the comparison, the inscription's The meaning is about some kind of sacrificial protection. The pharaohs of the 27th Dynasty believed that this person made a decisive contribution to the overthrow of Haierbo in the 26th Dynasty.

But it is undeniable that during Haierbo’s reign, there were indeed one or more long-sighted and intelligent think tanks serving him. Below we will collectively refer to him or them as “Kakarov”. Haierbo’s rule With the appearance of this Karkaroff as the boundary, he showed a very different style.

According to the "Records of the Oracle of Delphi", Haierbo carried out the erosion of ancient Greece for thirteen years. It is muddy, the vegetation is dying, the city-state is dead, and the hearts of the people are crazy."

This rather artistic description shows the brutality of his first stage of rule. At that time, only the city-state Delphi, where the temple of Apollo was located, had sunlight. Under the leadership of the commander, Haierbo was counterattacked by the people of the peninsula. His idol was overthrown, the army was wiped out, and he and the remnants were also exiled to Alexandria on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea.

And the second stage of his dynasty also began from this, and Haierbo's remnants learned from it here, that is, at the same time, records about Karkaroff also appeared, and his army quickly defeated Chengping. The twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt, which was fighting for internal chaos, took the fiancee of a prince who failed in the struggle for the throne to obtain legal recognition in the name of King Qin, and used the seaport of Alexandria as a base to rebuild his old ministry.

At that time, the royal family who had just quelled internal disputes could not dispatch troops to contend with it, so they chose to make peace with this strong army that suddenly appeared by the sea. In the unearthed inscriptions, they believed that Haierbo could control the dead souls to fight, so the He was even more afraid of the fear of Egypt and did not dare to fight against it. However, their seemingly inland policy fell into the arms of Haierbo's forces. He had no interest in ruling Egypt, and his purpose was only to accumulate strength and counterattack the north.

Under Karkaroff's suggestion, Haierbo implemented a series of policies that are enlightened enough even now. They opened the door to the oppressed tribes in Egypt, added officials to nobles, divided fiefdoms, and used certain (According to records, the crops on the land under Haierbo's rule are ripe once a month. This statement is not credible, but it is enough to show the speed of local industry recovery), and his troops quickly became stronger. "Despicable Haierbo opened the gate of the underworld and controlled all the souls of the North African continent." This is how the Egyptians described him.

Externally, Karkaroff formulated a series of strategies to divide the Greek forces. They spread the rhetoric that "Hermes is the most blasphemous foreign conspirator under the guise of gods", which greatly divided the already loose anti-Helbo alliance. , while Alexander was preparing his army, the loose alliance on the peninsula quickly fell apart, returning to the era of friction between city-states before Haierbo appeared.

And what helped them really decide to counterattack was the disappearance of Hermes, the soul of the coalition forces (one said it was an assassination). Under the ebb and flow, even after less than half a year of mobilization, Haierbo's army already had far The power of Du Chongyang's revenge makes people have to wonder whether he can really search for soldiers from the underworld.

Haierbo's rule brought Greece perennial darkness, but the policies he implemented in Egypt laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of Alexandria after they left. This staff member or think tank referred to as "Karkaroff" Tuan has become an outlier that cannot be evaluated in history. His policies show his enlightenment, but his position has plunged Greece, which is about to be counterattacked, into a darker danger.