great-warnovel Chapter 226 Establishing a Covenant
Chapter 226 Establishing a Covenant
Chapter 226 Establishing a Covenant
The Book of Legnak details the forging process of the Gryffindor sword, including the magic incorporated into it.
All the backdoors were clearly listed, and as long as a fairy could retrieve the sword, it would be guaranteed that the wizard would never be able to find it again.
However, Dumbledore saw everything clearly. He pondered and memorized the plan, intending to eliminate the goblin's hidden tricks once he returned and had Neville pull out the sword, ensuring that the sword belonged solely to Gryffindor.
Hermione's focus, however, was not on that; she was more interested in the goblins' ability to forge fantastical objects.
Ordinary blacksmithing techniques were of no value to her; she could do better with Transfiguration. But King Legnark I analyzed more deeply the way fairies created fantastical objects, a talent inherent in them. Blacksmithing was just a form; fairies borrowed this form from the blacksmiths' early practice of forging copper blocks. This was more meaningful to Hermione.
She recalled Queen Marika smashing the Elden Ring. As a contraption of rules and runes, she had only seen runes in this world, within Dumbledore's soul, and they were clearly not physical entities.
In her understanding, forging the Elden Ring, or smashing it, is similar to the abilities of fairies—not creating physical objects, but rather creating concepts and rules.
They are a race closer to the mind and will than wizards, and even more willing to live in unreal fantasy realms.
Hermione has finished reading the textbooks for all seven years of Hogwarts. In terms of the conventional wizarding education system, she has learned most of the magical theories of mankind. The more advanced parts belong to the level of Dumbledore and others, but the knowledge is more inclined to personal understanding. Grindelwald, Voldemort, and others are all different.
If she wants to pursue further studies, especially to forge magic rings like the Eternal Queen, she will inevitably need to draw inspiration from the fairies.
These magical races, possessing unique magic, are like the Knox people from the depths of the Borderlands. They have extremely high levels of creation and magic, but the fairies are slightly weaker. They have not created liquid metal life, nor have they forged a weapon capable of harming the Supreme Will and its messengers—the Hunter's Finger Knife.
Of course, it is probably precisely because they were not defying the heavens that they did not suffer the fate of destruction.
However, if the "polymer" controlled by the Extinction Faction can truly become a vessel for robots with souls, then it probably means that their technological capabilities are infinitely close to the Eternal City. Being able to create vessels for metallic life forms probably also means that destruction is not far away.
The book looked very thick, but each page was actually made of thin metal plates. She and Dumbledore finished reading it in no time, since there were many parts that belonged to goblin magic, which they couldn't even try and could only skip.
"Perhaps I can try to suppress the Mother of Silver's activity with Transfiguration, and then you can take the opportunity to transform it," Dumbledore pondered.
"Silver Mother's magic is simply to devour metal and replicate herself. As long as you can change the properties of the ore itself from the bottom up, it won't have a significant impact on the fairy magic at the top."
Hermione nodded silently. She closed her eyes and pondered for a long time; the fairy magic gave her a new perspective.
He didn't open his eyes immediately, but the Golden Thief Stone at his waist suddenly glowed.
A dense aura of brilliance emanated from the little witch, who reached out and condensed the glowing blue light in her hand, compressing it further and further!
Finally, with a ding, a small, pure, and translucent piece of pyroxene crystal fell into her hand.
She did it. Even without transforming into a magician's ball or upgrading her moon form, she managed to reverse the transformation of the Radiant Stone's energy simply by breaking through her understanding of transformation magic, thus restoring the non-existent Radiant Stone in this world.
The old man and the goblin looked at the small stone in her hand in surprise. She handed it to them and said with a smile, "Let's sign a contract. With a contract guaranteeing the cooperation between Hogwarts and the coexisting goblins, both of us can feel more at ease."
Gnuck naturally had no objection. He handed the pyroxene crystal to Dumbledore, then ran to the Hundred-Bearded Old Goblin, pulled out a brand-new copper coin, and took out a silver pen.
"It's been so many years, I've almost forgotten what it feels like to draft a contract." He sighed, shaking his head to recover from the shock Hermione had given him, and quickly engraved the contract clauses on the copper plate.
It's clear the goblin is incredibly professional in this area; Dumbledore and Hermione are watching from behind him.
They carefully considered each point for loopholes, and the three of them also discussed the details of the collaboration.
"If there hadn't been a war, and Gringotts were still in the hands of the goblins, I might have preferred to be a lowly employee. That would be much more enjoyable than racking my brains every day to throw things into Fiendfyre," he joked in a good mood, while the words under his fingers increased rapidly.
Dumbledore examined the small pyroxene crystal, then glanced with satisfaction at Hermione, who was focused on the contract.
In summary, the contract stipulated that wizards of the Hogwarts faction and goblins of the Coexistence faction had an obligation to help each other. If they witnessed a member of the other faction in danger, they were obligated to lend a helping hand, provided that their own safety was also at stake.
Wen Yu's Gringland and Hogwarts Castle will be open to each other's members to a limited extent, and a stable channel for communication will be gradually established.
Fairies and wizards can trade, not limited to Galleons and barter, but weapons of mass destruction and advanced mithril power armor require authorization from their respective high-ranking officials.
In the first batch of transactions, the wizards traded a large quantity of meat, fruits, vegetables, potion seeds, and magical creature eggs from the outside world for a general-purpose half-body armor made by the fairies, a small number of chainsaw swords, pneumatic rifles, fairy-style broadsword mines, and many magical devices including honesty detectors and alarm buzzers.
The goblins of the Coexistence faction did not possess the forging technology for large weapons, which was kept secret by the Extinction faction. They were not trusted and could only manufacture small weapons and individual equipment in those days. Muggle fortresses, tanks, and war machines excluded them. Therefore, Hogwarts could not obtain the most powerful Muggle weapons. But even if the goblins could manufacture them, given their numbers and Hogwarts' financial resources, they probably could not afford it.
However, Dumbledore still ordered two extra sets of high-grade mithril power armor, the same ones Gonuk was wearing.
"Its main purpose is to enhance strength. What are you here for?"
Dumbledore smiled. "Filch and Ferenc will need them."
He originally wanted to order three sets to equip Hagrid as well, but after calculating Hagrid's size and Aragog's size, he realized that if Hogwarts were fully equipped with high-level power armor, the current Hogwarts would probably go bankrupt, so he had to give up.
In other terms, after Hermione completed the Cold Silver Mother for the goblins, the goblins promised to complete the reconstruction of the outer area of Hogwarts, namely Hogsmeade, in the future, and the weapons and equipment sold to them would also include those made of Cold Silver Mother.
Gornuk had originally wanted to advocate for the reconstruction of the goblin bank in Hogsmeade, ideally named Gornuk, but Hermione declined the proposal, saying that letting goblins manage the money might not be a good idea, as they might not be able to control their greed and could relapse into their old habits.
"Alright, that's all. Just sign your name here." After writing his name, Gnuck handed the silver pen to Dumbledore.
But Dumbledore smiled and shook his head: "Give it to her. She is one of the Hogwarts Board of Governors and can represent the school as well."
Gonuk paused for a moment, but he believed this was the White Wizard accumulating political capital for his successor.
So he didn't pay any attention and handed the pen to Hermione. Just as Dumbledore said, magical contracts are strict yet flexible, and whether he or Hermione signs them, the effect is the same.
Hermione hadn't expected Dumbledore to push her forward. Logically, as the headmaster, he was the most suitable person to sign the contract, but she still shrugged, picked up the pen, and signed her full name at the bottom of the coin.
"Perhaps he wanted to strengthen my sense of belonging to Hogwarts in this way."
Having completed the most important part, Gonuk took the copper coin, and it immediately split into two identical pieces.
He gave one copy of the contract, which had been signed and contained the terms, to Dumbledore, and carefully placed the other copy on the top shelf of the large bookshelf.