great-warnovel Chapter 227 yielded some gains.
Chapter 227 yielded some gains.
Chapter 227 yielded some gains.
The three returned along the same route, preparing to complete the cold transformation of the little silver mother in the forging room.
By this time, the children had become close friends with the blacksmiths, and each of them had gained something from their interactions.
Draco and Harry were both given a lightweight half-body mechanical armor, which made a whirring sound as they wore it, but significantly enhanced their protective capabilities. Maria received two metal claws that could be worn on her hands, and after transforming, they could also transform together, fitting tightly onto her wolf claws to increase their power. Hermione planned to spend money on this specifically for this purpose later.
Ask the fairies to order her a full suit of armor, modeled after the black sword Maricus.
George and Fred reaped the most rewards. They showed their various gadgets to the goblin blacksmiths and received a lot of praise and advice. In the end, they took away even more strange and wonderful equipment from the goblins, which seemed to be a small portable production line. Hermione suspected that they would be mass-producing prank props next school year.
Cedric acquired a trigger-activated escape ball, supposedly the unique creation of one of the goblin silversmiths.
It can instantly grow larger in the event of danger, trapping the user inside for a high-speed escape. He confidently declared, "This thing can even dodge death curses. I wouldn't have given it to you if I didn't like you!"
Percy felt he was an adult and couldn't accept gifts like other children, so he politely declined the fairies' kindness. However, the fairies still gave him several of their collection of human magic books.
Unlike his brother, Bill wasn't reserved. He enthusiastically explained the ancient Egyptian curse on his earring to the fairies and asked them to make him a small silver fan of the same design to hang on his other ear.
The fairies ingeniously added a fairy curse to it, of course, to protect their master.
Standing before the anvil once more, Hermione savored the feeling of condensing the pyroxene crystal.
The Book of Legnac broadened her horizons, allowing her to discover the deeper secrets of matter transformation within the fairy's way of thinking.
Perhaps now, in some aspects, her shapeshifting abilities even surpass McGonagall's? Of course, the professor who has delved deeper into this field is certainly more comprehensive.
Silver Mother lay obediently on the anvil, surrounded by the clanging of the stamping press and the steam-spraying boiler.
Lava flowed in the ditch at her feet, hinges and gears turned slowly, and goblins and humans gathered around to watch Hermione do her thing.
"Hoo~" She took a deep breath and raised the forging hammer just like she had two years ago.
A white light emanated from Dumbledore's hand, enveloping the Mother of Silver. Instantly, the shimmering silver light on its surface subsided, no longer as bright as before. Reading the Book of Legnark had also brought him much benefit.
The fairies watched nervously, eager to see how their metal magic would be altered by the wizards.
"when!"
Hermione calmly brought down the first hammer, her will, accompanied by magic, vibrating the Mother of Silver's shell.
With her third eye activated, she could clearly see how the activity suppressed by Dumbledore was trembling inside this small piece of metal, and how the stubborn nature of the metal was becoming relaxed.
The fairies' silver mother is like a two-story building that has already been built. The first floor is the metal essence that serves as the foundation, and the second floor is the devouring and proliferation magic that they have added.
Hermione's current task of achieving a cold transformation is essentially to completely destroy the first floor while preserving the second floor, and then rebuild it in a way that perfectly integrates with the original second-floor structure.
This process requires considerable precision and control. Even with Dumbledore's help, who practically packed up the entire two-story building and put it aside, Hermione still had to reshape Mother Carmel as precisely as possible so that when the fairy magic returned, there wouldn't be any disconnects.
"when!"
The second hammer blow came down.
The silver mother seemed to have softened, like a lump of mud rolling on an anvil.
Hermione's forehead was beaded with sweat, but she continued to observe the changes inside the metal with composure.
The coldness, in the borderlands, belongs to the Dark Moon's domain. To make this piece of metal inherently possess the nature of coldness, a biting wind swept around her, and a strange, gloomy moonlight gradually emanated from her body, forcing the onlookers to take a few steps back.
The lava at their feet solidified, but the fairies had no time to care about that now.
They saw a layer of white frost rise to the surface of the mother-of-pearl, which quickly seeped in, making the entire piece of metal even whiter and exuding a chilling aura.
"The final blow!"
"puff!"
"Now!"
As Hermione struck with her third hammer, SilverAsh hardened again from its muddy state, and at that moment, Dumbledore withdrew the white light from his hand.
As the two stopped fighting at the same time, Silver Mother began to undergo spontaneous internal changes.
Hermione's eyes were filled with magic, glowing with a fluorescent blue, as she watched the Silver Mother's changes. It trembled incessantly as the fairy magic readjusted to the cold, silvery properties.
A rattling sound came from inside the metal, but fortunately it didn't crack or explode.
Finally, the two sides seemed to reach an agreement, and after one last tremor, things stabilized.
"It seems to be finished?" Gonuk said, eagerly stepping forward and carefully using pliers to pick up the silver mother-of-pearl, the coldness of which made it impossible to touch with bare hands.
He placed the cold silver mother in front of a silver ingot, and the silver mother immediately and greedily absorbed the metal from the outside world, causing herself to grow larger and larger.
"No problem! It can indeed reproduce normally!" the fairies cheered.
"However, this thing is too cold, so it probably can't be heat-treated or stamped. It can only be hand-shaped using fairy magic."
"Looks like we'll be using the ancient forging room more often from now on; we'll need to stock up on more winter gloves!"
The goblins were discussing when Harry suddenly jumped up: "I get it! That's how Transfiguration is supposed to be!"
With a flick of his finger, he pointed at the fairy silver ingots on the shelf, and the stubborn metal instantly transformed into tiny silver metal figures that danced and sang, emitting unpleasant metallic noises.
Although these figures still have a strong metallic feel, it's clear that Harry has indeed taken a big step forward in Transfiguration. It would be difficult for an ordinary wizard to change goblin silver so easily, and he even brought them to life.
With a thoughtful kick, the stone floor instantly transformed into a crystal floor. Of course, this change was only temporary; he wasn't yet at Hermione's level.
Dumbledore smiled at him and said to Hermione, "It seems you're not the only one who's improved, are you?"
Hermione raised her eyebrows: "He really looks like a protagonist from a novel."
This boy always seems to have many bizarre and amazing abilities, able to achieve breakthroughs simply by observing how others do things.
Ron stared wide-eyed at his good brother's performance, and, not believing in the magic, also tried to kick, but unfortunately, his Transfiguration hadn't reached the point where he could activate it with his feet.
Harry grinned at him, which made the red-haired boy turn his head away and refuse to look at him.
Harry's breakthrough has brought his Transfiguration to a level of greater freedom and control, which means that the safety of his Animagus has been greatly improved.
"Looks like we don't have to wait until school starts; we can start preparing him for the animal transformation process as soon as we get back," Hermione laughed.
After the excitement subsided, the fairies carefully returned the Frosty Silver Mother to their treasure vault, adding another powerful metallic ingredient to their later works.
The wizards were then led by Gonuk to the banquet hall to enjoy a goblin meal (which was actually similar to traditional British food, just barely edible).
"This alliance between wizards and fairies is of great significance; it may be the beginning of a new era." As he was about to leave, Dumbledore said to Gonuk, holding a copper coin.
He set the pyroxene crystal that Hermione had condensed at the very top of the copper coin, making it look gleaming.
"We will then forge a door key that will remain in effect, making communication between the two parties much easier," Gonuk promised.
Under his guidance, the wizards rode out of the mountain again in minecarts; the door key only worked from the outside.
Just then, a gentle drizzle fell every two hours, nourishing the entire Fairy Realm. The swirling clouds and mist transformed everything around them into a fairyland.
In the light drizzle, Dumbledore, with the children, snapped away from Gringland in the warm rain.