Chapter 78: Letting Hydra Enter the Ministry of Magic

Chapter 78: Letting Hydra Enter the Ministry of Magic

Louis slowly walked up to the oil painting. Inside the painting, agents were running around everywhere, shouting and yelling. But their voices could not be heard at all, and these agents suddenly seemed deaf and blind, completely ignoring Louis who was right outside the painting.

Before long, all the agents fell asleep under Louis’s Nightmare Curse.

[You used ‘Nightmare Curse Lv7’ on the Agents.]

[You defeated 12 Agents.]

[Counting the elite Witch you defeated yesterday, this week’s routine task is now complete.]

[Strength +1]

After glancing at his strength, which had already reached over twenty points, Louis felt a bit frustrated.

His Mana was quite good, though. Because he had recently swallowed many Dreams, it had already reached forty.

As for various Magic Spells, through constant understanding over these days and continuous exchanges with the fourteen people, some ‘strong spells’ had reached Lv6 even without consuming the Storybook’s energy.

At that moment, Ross came running over from a distance, wiping sweat. He said nothing extra and did not mention going outside. He just stood there, hunched over, stroking his graying beard, smiling flatteringly.

But his meaning was clear—he was the only one still standing.

Louis looked back and saw that the Dark Wizards were all lying on the ground, gasping for breath. Obviously, the reason Ross was the last one standing wasn’t because he was the strongest among them all, but because he had the best stamina.

Or rather, he was the one who best knew how to ‘slack off’.

“Tell Stuart later that you can ‘rest’ on your double rest days from now on—he will take you away,” Louis said.

“Sir, whether I go out or not doesn’t matter. I just want to be able to handle more tasks for you outside, run some errands,” Ross said with a smile.

Louis nodded. “Don’t cause trouble outside. When I have time, I’ll take you to handle matters.”

Hearing this, Ross was overjoyed. He knew the boss’s words meant he could go out anytime. But that wasn’t the reason for Ross’s happiness. Ross was happy because the boss now trusted him a little.

It seemed that over these past days, the boss had indeed watched everyone’s every move (watching the ‘cartoons’ every day) and had read the subconscious thoughts of him and the others in the Dreams.

He was truly loyal and wanted to do big things with the boss. It seemed the boss had noticed—Ross was a smart person!

In fact, Louis had been paying attention to Ross for several weeks. During his last conversation with Harold, he had already decided that Ross would handle matters in Blackhorn Alley from then on.

And Yingling’s group of Foxes were the Ministry of Magic’s informants planted in Blackhorn Alley. The Red Fox Den was a secret Ministry of Magic stronghold. So, with Kevin and Yingling there, Ross and the others could gradually be secretly placed into the Ministry of Magic.

Of course, besides Ross, the other twelve were also ‘smart’. After all, those who weren’t smart, he had sent to the Magic Prison himself.

But Ross was indeed the best at getting things done. He was very clever and a real sly old fox. It was most suitable to let him go out first to lay the groundwork.

Once these people entered the Ministry of Magic and everything was set up, his own position in the Ministry of Magic would be about ready. Then he could gradually ‘awaken’ these subordinates and even bring the smartest ones to his side.

Louis sent Ross away and prepared to deal with the agents. He sat down right where he was. The grass and plants on the ground beneath him suddenly grew wildly, twisting and weaving into a chair. Then, several scrolls, books, notes, and Scripts flew out from Louis’s sleeves, floating in mid-air before him.

Louis studied Polst’s Script and found the logic was perfect—no surprise, as if it was wrong, he would lose his life.

After studying for a while, and taking suggestions from that schemer Stuart, Louis finished writing a new Script.

Then, Louis sent Stuart into the Dreams of Kevin and the others. At the same time, Louis closed his eyes. In the spiritual world, his mind traveled into the Dreams of the agents.

Next, Louis began to influence their subconscious minds while also studying the Magic these people knew.

Louis did not specifically try to memorize these Magic spells. Because through the Magic Mirror, he could completely recreate any Magic he had seen.

So, later, he just needed Stuart to copy down all these Magic spells via the Magic Mirror and organize them for the twelve Wizards.

Soon, Louis altered the subconscious minds of some people. Then, he began to look through the memories of Kevin and the others.

Louis had recently viewed many people’s memories. He found that in the ancient times of this world, Wizards and ordinary people lived together. Back then, this world was a true fantasy world. It was prosperous and glorious.

But later, for some unknown reason, Wizards and ordinary people split into two separate societies.

Anthony believed it was the Lunar Court. Their fear and hatred of Magic caused Wizards to hide in small circles. And under the control of the gods, ordinary human society remained stuck in a medieval feudal Cycle of Reincarnation for tens of thousands of years without any development.

Even because of the gods’ boredom, this world had experienced many games between the God of Light and the God of Darkness—all performed by the Moon Goddess herself in a one-person show.

Civilization was constantly destroyed and reborn. It wasn’t until Anthony appeared that the world became normal.

In that era, Anthony led the Wizards, supporting various Kings. He helped ordinary people defeat the gods, returning power from the hands of the gods back to the hands of mortals.

The world began to develop gradually, and civilization was never destroyed again.

But as the twelve Wizard families rapidly rose to power, they burned books and purged non-noble Wizards. They monopolized the knowledge Anthony left behind. Eventually, this caused Wizard society and human society to completely split.

Now, human society had entered an era of rise. Some Wizards advocated isolating themselves and continuing to play house. Some Wizards advocated ruling the entire world, just like the former Moon Goddess.

Her Majesty Frankischko seemed to have tried to change all this, trying to bridge the gap between Wizards and Muggles. She also wanted Wizards to step out of their small circles and reintegrate into society peacefully—she seemed to have found a direction—turning the Sorrento United Kingdom into the Sorrento Magic United Kingdom. Creating a true fantasy world—she even established a Magic guild.

In that era, Wizards slowly stepped out of their small circles, integrating into human society. They explored everywhere with ordinary people, and the whole world was peaceful and prosperous.

But the Witch Queen ultimately couldn’t outplay the Great Family Nobles and the Noble Wizards, along with the Ministry of Magic and the Magic Council they controlled.

In the end, under the instigation of the Noble Wizards, Wizards became extremely disdainful and dismissive of ordinary people. This led to a war between humans and Wizards. The war only gradually subsided after Delphinia became the Muggle King’s wife, protecting the upper leadership of the Muggle Kingdom.

‘To this day, there is still a gap between Wizards and Muggles. And the long-term lack of contact is making this misunderstanding and gap grow wider and wider.’

‘Perhaps the Witch Queen was right. Wizards should step out into the world and see for themselves, and Muggles should also have contact with Wizards. After all, this world was originally a fantasy world.’

‘The last war left people like Ross still harboring hatred for Muggles. I can remove the hatred from these twelve people, but I cannot brainwash everyone.’

‘If no one does something, who knows what might happen in the next world war…’

Shaking his head, Louis felt he needed to take root in the Ministry of Magic and also in the Muggle Kingdom. To understand more and establish his own influence. So that when the great change comes in the future, he can do some things openly and honorably.

Rather than appearing as the Faceless One and becoming the enemy of the world…

What he had done these past few days was the first step in taking root in the Ministry of Magic—letting Ross and the others gradually come under Yingling’s command.

Now, many Wizards knew that ‘Louis VI’ had already met Yingling. In the future, when his true identity gradually rose to prominence and he let Yingling know who he was, then her aligning herself with him would seem reasonable in everyone’s eyes.

By now, the subconscious minds of all the agents had been shattered by Louis. The remaining work was simple; he could leave it to Stuart.

Opening his eyes, Louis pondered for a moment.

After pinning the blame for the Faceless One’s actions on Polst, the negative side effects of the Blackhorn Alley incident were essentially eliminated. And through the Polst connection, the ‘new identities’ of Ross and the others would become even more reasonable.

After this, the first ‘cleansed’ stronghold in Blackhorn Alley would be just about ready—Yingling, along with Ross and Kevin, would handle this well.

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