Chapter 98: Mana Tree
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As soon as Edward left the gate, he felt something odd in the surroundings. However, after checking, he did not find anything. So, he closed his eyes and felt everything around him.
"There is mana in the environment. Although the amount is pitiful to the point of barely being able to be detected, it still exists.
"Could it be that I manage to travel to another world? It should not be that easy."
"Incidio," said Edward.
Then, he noticed that when the flame appeared from the tip of his wand, it grew 20% larger by absorbing the mana in the air. Then, Edward tried a few other spells, including dark magic, and it was the same. Having mana in the surroundings increases the power of all spells.
Finally, Edward said: "Difei." A flame appeared in his wand, then it also increased in size.
"It seems that Dragon Chant Magic is more effective when used in a mana-filled environment. Moreover, it is more effective on using it than regular Incantations Magic."
After doing his initial test, Edward used his Gate to teleport to the moon.
"Well, it seems that I'm still on Earth, at least one version of it."
Edward then buried a deep tunnel underground and placed the Gate.
"Morgana, enter Stealth Mode." The. The Gate became invisible.
'I should probably find a better way to hide it in the future. I can't always place it on the moon. I might encounter places that have no moon, or civilizations that have established colonies on the moon. Or powerful beings that can easily search an entire planet and discover the Gate.
'Maybe I can place a Diminuendo Charm (Shrinking Spell) inside that allows me to turn it into a small keychain I can carry around. Or worse, just swallow and carry inside my stomach.
'The ideal hiding place would be a small and separate dimension that exists outside of time and space and belongs only to me. That way I could also place a lot of precious items not fearing them being discovered or lost. Unfortunately, I currently cannot create something like this.
'Wait, I do not need to create one. If I remember correctly, the Soul Space is also a separate dimension inside every human's body. If I could find a way to place the Gate there, then it safer would be guaranteed.
'Additionally, if I can link the Gate to my soul, it can protect me. In case of an emergency, it can take my soul away from danger, then all I need to do is built myself a new body.
'Well, I will add this research to the list of long things I have to do."
After sighing deeply, Edward apparated back to Earth, searching for information about where he was.
After reading the minds of all the people he encountered, Edward sighed:
"I did not succeed, as expected. However, it seems that I now can travel to Parallel Universes.
"From the information that I have gathered, this parallel universe is currently in the late 10 century--which is the time of the Hogwarts founders. However, in this reality, the four founders never met one another and became friends, they never established Hogwarts.
"Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor seemed to have an unreconcilable grudge with one another. Their battles are famous in the magical world.
"What an interesting universe. However, before I go to meet these powerful wizards, I need to research the mana in the surroundings. Maybe I can find a way to activate the leyline nodes in my timeline."
Without hesitation, Edward traveled to the nearest leyline node to study them. He instantly noticed that the concentration of mana is higher around these nodes. But after careful investigation, he discovered that they were not activated and releasing mana to the environment.
On the contrary, they seemed to be slowly absorbing the little mana in the air, slowly turning the environment into the one similar to his time. So, he traveled to different nodes around the world, checking to see if they were the same and if there were any anomalies.
"Okay, now I know why there is no longer any mana in my time. However, my search proved to be futile."
After sighing in disappointment, Edward looked around. He found himself in a luscious forest. The trees were tall and healthy. Because of being bathed in mana, they grew stronger and more resilient than the ones in his time.
As he watched this beautiful view, he felt peaceful.
"Wait a minute," he muttered to himself. "What if I could create a tree that can absorb mana from the leyline nodes and released it in the environment through Photosynthesis.
"After conquering the world, as long as I plant these Mana Trees all over the world, mana should be able to exist freely in the surrounding.
"Herbology has many ways to artificially create magical plants. And if that does not work, I can also try using genetic engineering. After all, I have all the technology from my future self."
With a smile on his face, he returned to his Gate, planning to meet the founders tomorrow. He was quite excited.
--Scene Break--
Back to a few hours ago, an hour after Edward landed on this timeline, someone apparated to the place he first appeared.
It was a beautiful woman with black hair and pale skin. As soon as he arrived, she checked the environment.
"This is the place that I felt the tremendous Spatiotemporal energy. But why isn't there anything there? Could it be that some other wizard was playing with space and time? I do not know any wizard that has such profound knowledge.
"Maybe my fears have come true, and something from beyond finally came to this world."
Suddenly, she coughed on her sleeve. Looking at the dark blood left there, she muttered: "My time is running out."
She sighed, "Is this the price I have to pay for messing with things out of my control, things that mortals should not deal with?"
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The next day, Edward stood in a front of a castle in Scotland. He could feel many powerful enchantments surrounding it. Most likely used to either detain or kill trespassers. So, he did not directly go inside but waited for the owner to come to see him.
A few minutes after his arrival, a woman wearing blue clothes and a diadem on her head; she had pale skin and luscious black hair.
Edward lost his bearing for a moment, not because of how beautiful she was, but because she resembled someone she knew. Knowing that he made a social faux pas, he hurriedly said:
"I'm sorry, Madam for coming to your home uninvited. My name is Edward Bones, and I've come a long way to meet you."
The lady saluted back, "And I'm Rowena Ravenclaw. I have to say, I am curious. I have met all the powerful wizards of this land, but never met or heard about you before."
Rowena was indeed surprised. As one of the few people in this world that broke the Second Limiter, she can consider herself the most powerful wizard currently alive. Yet, she discovered that the person in front of her had far more magical power than her.
"That's because I'm not from this world. I'm from a parallel universe," answered Edward.
'Could he be the reason for the Spatiotemporal force that I detected yesterday?"
"Parallel Universe?" said Rowena. "Are you talking about the [Multiple Choice, Multiple World Theory] which states that every choice that an individual makes lead to the creation of an entire world based on that choice?"
Edward squinted his eyes after hearing this. 'Worthy to be one of the most talented witches of all time. She could understand my word so easily.'
"I did not expect that the concept of Parallel Universe exist at this point in time."
"This theory was created by a brilliant wizard, unfortunately, he was ridiculed by the magical society to the point that he died trying to prove them wrong," said Rowena. "You said 'at this point in time', does that mean that your world is in a future state?"
"That's correct."
"Any evidence to prove so?"
"Of course," replied Edward. Then, he took out Ravenclaw's diadem and handed it to Ravenclaw of his timeline. She spent a few minutes analyzing it.
"Fascinating. The craftsmanship, design, and aesthetics are basically the same. The only difference from mine is the fact that enchantments are much weaker and have a few flaws.
Additionally, this diadem seemed to have been used for very dark magic, thus destroying it."
"Well, the Ravenclaw in my timeline is quite different from you."
"How so?"
"Well, she was married, had a daughter, and build a school with all the other powerful wizards in this era."
Rowena paused after hearing this; she remembered a few years ago, her family wanted her to marry a nice gentleman. But she refused.
"One witch named Helga Hufflepuff once came to see me asking me to create a school with her to teach magic to young wizards. But I was so focused on my research that I refused her.
"So, powerful wizard from a parallel universe, what brought you here?"
"Exchange of knowledge, of course."
Rowen Ravenclaw paused for a moment, then she finally invited Edward into her castle. They spent the next three days nonstop talking about magic.
Edward sighed after drinking a potion that prevented him from being hungry. "This is the first time I met someone that has the same drive and desire for knowledge as me, as well as being able to keep up with my thoughts in a discussion."
"The feeling is mutual," responded Rowena. In this timeline, her talent is truly unmatched, so a few people could keep up with her. Furthermore, because of the patriarchal nature of this era, most wizards do not like being outmatched by a witch in terms of knowledge and skill. So, her exchange with others often ended in disappointment.
"Now that we have established a certain level of trust, I can ask you to use a magic that links our mind together to exchange knowledge quicker and more efficiently," said Edward.
Rowena paused for a moment, then she nodded.
Soon afterward, she found herself in her mindscape. In half, the room was a library of all her knowledge, while on the other was Edward's.
"Well, this is the first time I met someone who has at least half of my knowledge."
"This all the magical knowledge you have?" asked Rowena Ravenclaw in surprise.
"Well, not all of them are magical in nature. There is some history and technology there too."
"Technology?"
"You will soon know."
Immediately afterward, the two exchange many of their knowledge, theories, memories, skills, and experiments. The process lasted at least a year in the Mindscape and 1 hour in real life.
After waking up, Rowena was completely fine. She reviewed all the information she just gathered.
"I cannot believe that muggles would develop so much in just a thousand years, meanwhile, us wizards have deteriorated to such a point."
"Well, you cannot completely blame them. Mana is no longer in the environment in my time, so the likelihood of powerful wizards being born has dramatically decreased, " replied Edward, however, he had a frown on his face.
"That is not reason enough to reach such a state," replied Rowena. "Is there a problem?"
"It seems that you do not completely trust me."
"What do you mean?"
"In my timeline, I study the diadem and concluded that my Ravenclaw probably had access to the Room of Brain in the Department of Mysteries. By studying that room, she was able to discover how to increase intelligence and made the diadem. However, I found no such information during our exchange.
"More importantly, I did not find the reason that you are slowly dying."
Rowena paused for a moment before sighing. "I knew that I would not be able to hide it from you. Follow me."
She then led Edward to a long passage in her castle, heading in a specific direction.
"There is no need to sulk. I'm sure that there are many things that you hid from me during our exchange."
"That may be true," replied Edward. "However, you have to admit that the level of trust I gave you is way more than you did me."
With an awkward silence, the two soon reached a room. Inside, Edward saw the perfect replica of the Department of Mysteries. He saw the Room of time, space, love, brain, and the Death Chamber. He even saw the Hall of Prophecy.
'It seems that my deduction was correct. Rowena Ravenclaw in my timeline might have found these Rooms while traveling throughout the world and brought them back to England.
"Later, the location she placed them before her death was probably discovered by other wizards who started studying them. From what I remember, the oldest record of the Department of Mysteries was traced back to 1672, while the Ministry of Magic was created in 1707.
'The wizards who chose the location of the Ministry were probably aware of these magical wonders and wanted to hide or protect them.'
Regaining his thought, Edward asked: "Do these things have anything to the reason you are dying?"
"Yes. I discovered the Room of Space and Time in the same place. However, an accident occurred in the process of retrieving them," replied Rowena.
"Where did you find them?"
"It was the place called [Bermuda's Triangle] in your time."
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