great-warnovel Chapter 224 Cold Compassionate Short Sword
Chapter 224 Cold Compassionate Short Sword
Chapter 224 Cold Compassionate Short Sword
Exchanging ideas about shapeshifting with fairies gave her some new insights.
The goblin blacksmith was so angry when he saw Hermione was about to start hammering his work again that he almost jumped up, but Gornuk stopped him.
He had seen this little girl with his own eyes as she modified Hufflepuff's golden cup and brewed a resurrection elixir that could break the Death Curse.
"when"
Just as when she hammered the demon core metal, the forging hammer in Hermione's hands emitted a long, drawn-out sigh.
The strike, imbued with magic, seemed to instantly alter the power within the short sword—the power the fairies used to modify the silver, making it tough and sharp.
"Alright." With just one strike, Hermione threw down the hammer. This change was not as dramatic as it had been before.
She handed the seemingly unchanged dagger to the fairy blacksmith: "What do you think?"
The latter took it suspiciously: "Just like that? What could possibly happen—"
But before he could finish speaking, he was frozen by the biting cold of the short sword.
"How is this possible!?" He grabbed the short sword.
Imbuing weapons with magic is something fairies often do; for example, they might add a dust-repelling effect to all their creations. Gryffindor swords, in particular, possess properties such as spatial teleportation, self-reinforcement, and sharpness.
Simply adding magic to a weapon wouldn't be enough to surprise the fairy so much.
What truly made him jump was that Hermione had changed the nature of the short sword with just a casual hammer strike!
That's an ability only fairies possess. Silver is very soft, but the silver armor and swords they forge completely violate the original properties of this metal.
Hermione, the human girl, seemed to achieve the same effect with a seemingly simple hammer blow!
"It sacrificed some weight and toughness, but gained considerable cold magic! This doesn't even exist in the physical properties of metal!"
His surprised shouts attracted all the goblins, who passed the dagger around one after another, ignoring their fingers turning blue from the cold—because they insisted on touching the icy blade. Even Gonuk joined them.
The fairies found a test brick, and the short sword easily pierced it, quickly freezing the surface of the brick.
The Cold Infusion is quite suitable for a mage's weapon infusion attribute. Although Fire, Superior, and Blood infusions are also good, for Ron, it should be more effective when combined with Magic Insight for execution. Moreover, Cold can also reduce the opponent's mobility, making it easier for him to parry.
Another reason is that Hermione is not very good at fire and blood, which belong to the realms of the Fire God and the Mother of Truth in the borderlands, respectively. She hasn't translated prayers much lately, but she is quite good at the Snow Witch's cold magic.
"It's like a piece of metal that's naturally imbued with cold magic, how come we didn't think of that?" the fairies exclaimed in amazement.
"Because we're not good at conjuring fire or ice! That's a wizard's specialty."
"If that little girl provides these strange metals, perhaps we can imbue them with more magic, like this—"
As they talked, they experimented with the short sword more, while Ron grew increasingly impatient, but it wasn't his turn yet.
Finally, after the goblins finished their astonished research, the short sword returned to Ron's hands. It had gained the ability to remain untainted by dust and to self-repair by absorbing silver. The blacksmiths originally wanted to try adding the spatial teleportation ability of the Gryffindor sword, but that was too difficult; even Gonuk himself couldn't do it.
This short sword can now be called the "Frost Fairy Short Sword". Although it cannot be considered a treasure that can be passed down through generations, it is still a masterpiece among masterpieces. It would be sold for a high price in Beauxbatons. After all, it is forged entirely from fairy silver, and its ability to cut through the Ironclad Curse alone is enough to make it very valuable.
The gleaming silver blade, paired with a finely polished ebony hilt by Beauxbatons, and a sapphire inlaid at the end by the fairies for aesthetic purposes, looked noble and elegant. Ron played with it with great affection, but the sword was too cold at first, so he had to be careful when carrying it.
"A truly ingenious idea. You may be the first person to have mastered Transfiguration to this extent," Dumbledore praised.
Hermione smiled slightly. The inspiration mainly came from the magic of the Borderlands. Unlike the wizards of this world, she was not influenced by common sense. Anything could happen in the Borderlands, making it easier for her to understand the goblins' thinking.
Maria also quietly squeezed over, holding her Wolf Moon Holy Mark in her palm with a hint of shyness. Her meaning was clear: she also wanted to strengthen it.
But the holy seal is for prayer. Even if she really gave this thing a divine transformation, it wouldn't be able to function as a metal unless Maria grabbed it to hit someone.
However, Hermione accepted it anyway. The different holy seals in the borderlands all carried different power enhancements, which were the power bestowed upon the holy seals by the gods they believed in. Hermione did not yet have her own laws, but that did not prevent her from using the methods she learned from the fairies to change the holy seals themselves to make them more suitable for their holders.
"Give me a drop of your blood." Maria immediately bit her fingertip and dripped it onto the mark.
She picked up the hammer again and gently tapped the wolf head totem that howled at the moon.
A soft "ding" sounded.
Hermione modified the original metallic properties of pure silver, mixing her own Moon Magic with Maria's werewolf bloodline. The moon portion became brighter, spontaneously revealing the radiance of the Moon's nitrogen box, while the wolf head below transformed into a strange half-metal, half-flesh structure.
When Maria grasped the Holy Seal again, she felt as if it had become one with her. The lower half of the wolf's head responded to her body temperature and pulsed with her bestial power, while the upper half, bathed in the soft moonlight, perfectly suppressed her brutal bloodlust, allowing her to pray more effectively.
"If placed at the border, it should be considered a double boost to magic and faith, while also strengthening the prayers of beasts, right?" Hermione thought to herself. Unfortunately, Maria wasn't a wizard and couldn't utilize the magic bonus, but this was a unique feature of Hermione herself as a wizard and the moon.
Seeing that Maria had made a purchase, Draco also brought over his carved seal of the end: "Can I have mine too?"
But Hermione refused him: "You can wait. If you really want to try the Dragon's Blessing, my suggestion is to wait until the ritual is successful, and then I will make a new holy mark for you."
Draco understood. He said that after Charlie returned to the dragon farm, he would soon send the Rock Dragon Heart, along with a bill. Draco said that the money would be on his account and he would find a way to pay Hermione back.
"Miss Granger," Gornuk approached.
"As we said before, if you could provide more of this—a qualitative leap—in our metal, I think we could create better weapons and armor."
Hermione thought for a moment: "I can't spend too much time on this, but if you're willing to give me a goblin hammer, I can convert your existing silver ingots into Cold Infusion."
The number of metal ingots on their shelves wasn't much; it would only take an afternoon to complete. And the fairy forging hammer, this peculiar little gadget, could perfectly replace the whetstone. I didn't know that last year, so I used it and threw it away. Now I'll keep one on me and be able to modify weapons and equipment at any time.
The fairies huddled together, chattering and discussing for a long time. Finally, Gonuk stepped forward and said, "If that's the case, we have another suggestion: cut a piece off the Silver Mother and have you change its attributes."
"In return, besides the Fairy Hammer, we can also show you the Book of Legnak."