great-warnovel Chapter 228 The Castle of Pyroxene
Chapter 228 The Castle of Pyroxene
Chapter 228 The Castle of Pyroxene
Back at school, Harry was still full of energy. He went straight back to Godric's Cliff through the fireplace in the Potions Office to show off his progress to his mother.
"I need to get Mom to prepare the potion! I'm about to have my Animagus form! Maybe it'll even be a sun!" He was still daydreaming.
Hermione went directly to the Hall of Radiant Stones on the fourth floor, where she mastered the method of condensing Radiant Stones, allowing her to restart her castle renovation plan, which had previously failed.
Hagrid wasn't there at the moment; only two giant eight-eyed spiders, each the size of a table, were guarding the area. They would still obediently stretch their heads over to rub against Hermione's two spiders.
According to Dumbledore, Hagrid had gone to train the magical creatures with Newt Scamander. Hermione, as usual, patted the spiders on the head before entering the hall.
Once the correct technique is mastered, all that is needed to create brilliance is a large amount of magic, which is exactly what Hogwarts has in abundance.
Hermione's authority is now second only to Dumbledore and McGonagall; she can easily control the core of the Brilliant Stone by herself.
During the summer vacation of more than a month, the radiation from the ruins of London has been mostly absorbed. Only the distant part on the other side of the illusory city, which was blocked by the city of illusion, has not been completely cleared. The core of the pyroxene is now in a state of full energy, and even Mag was worried that it might overflow. Now it is just the right time to transform it into a pyroxene crystal.
A massive amount of blue light radiated from the core. Hermione stood in front of the core, closed her eyes and concentrated. Her perspective rose and widened along with her Heavenly Eye, encompassing the entire castle.
With the authority granted by Dumbledore, she freely manipulated the magical flow within the castle, causing it to coalesce in the right places.
A "clattering" sound came from every corner of the castle, and the students in the greenhouse were surprised to find that...
Clusters of beautiful blue crystals are rapidly growing from the castle's outer walls, lawns, and tower tops.
The rich, harmless yet surging magic of pyroxene flowed through the castle, waves of blue light rippled outwards, and even the massive rock beneath the castle transformed into crystalline veins of pyroxene ore.
The magical arrays originally inscribed within the tower no longer require magic power from wizards; the crystal clusters growing everywhere can ensure their long-term operation. The previously reserved launch ports are now proving useful.
Conical pyroxene crystals can serve as perfect energy emitters.
A realization dawned on Hermione's mind: it wasn't just the castle that was changing; with the construction of the high-powered magical environment, the people and animals living in the castle were also being subtly altered.
The harmless nuclear radiation mingled with the wizards in the form of magic, and their bodies gradually adapted and evolved.
In just a few years, the students who graduate from here will have stronger resistance to radiation, will be less dependent on anti-radiation drugs when walking around outside, and will even be able to eat crops grown on the local soil without any problems.
This change is heritable, and their children will inherit this trait. Over generations, perhaps through natural selection, the ordinary human race will be eliminated, and a new human adapted to radiation may become dominant.
By then, even if the goblin curse remains stubborn, the wizards will be able to easily adapt to the environment. Even the plants growing at Hogwarts will adapt in the same way, becoming more durable magical plants, which will then spread from the school to the outside world and gradually take over the world.
"Perhaps the border region also gradually transformed into its current form during the process of the pyroxene falling from the sky?" she speculated.
Magical plants spread across the continent; everyone has the potential to learn magic, except for becoming a magic ball.
Ordinary people wouldn't undergo drastic changes due to the magic of splendid stones. However, those splendid stone miners who spend years mining underground would likely become semi-inorganic because they would be constantly exposed to high-intensity splendid stone magic. This would cause them to passively transform into the form that only Origin-level wizards could achieve, even if their magical level wasn't high. Considering this, Hermione wouldn't dare to allow the magic concentration at Hogwarts to be too high.
Fortunately, even with the energy level of the pyroxene core, this large-scale crystallization and condensation has completely exhausted most of its accumulated power. It will take some time for it to absorb radiation from the air again and recover to its full strength.
Hermione has also mastered another way to drain the energy from the core. Once she reaches the Scottish Highlands, if she absorbs too much radiation, she can directly use that excess energy to forge some sapphire weapons and equipment. It has to be said that the Book of Legnark has been a great help to her.
When Professor McGonagall returned to the castle with her students, she almost thought she had entered the wrong timeline. Was this castle, with its enormous clusters of crystals growing everywhere and shimmering even in the dim light, really Hogwarts, which she had only left a few days ago? The Muggles below the castle began to shout and kneel in worship again.
Once she passed through the barrier and truly entered the castle, the rich radiance magic made her squint comfortably. It was a warm and vibrant feeling, and the tamed energy relieved the fatigue she had felt after flying for several hours. The students behind her cheered as they rushed through the gate.
In the corridor, the candles had been replaced with sapphire crystal chandeliers. Hermione was worried that the teachers and students wouldn't be used to it.
They also adjusted the light from bright blue to a color closer to sunlight.
She deliberately avoided the Potions Department office and classroom to prevent the sapphire magic from affecting the stability of the potions. However, the magic would still slowly seep in, since potion masters also need to gradually adapt to environments with high sapphire magic.
Hermione specially created several clusters of pyroxene crystals in the perfumery, as perfumes are actually of higher quality in such an environment.
As for the herbalism greenhouse, after discussing it with Professor Sprout, she introduced pyroxene crystals into Greenhouse No. 3, which was dedicated to growing spice plants, and had the professor observe their growth changes, gradually expanding to other greenhouses.
The ghost owls were initially unaccustomed to the blue light from the pyroxene crystals, but they quickly discovered the benefits of these glowing stones and even carried some crystal fragments back to their nests. Clearly, they would soon undergo a secondary evolution.
Such a drastic change naturally did not escape the notice of other wizards outside. Soon, the Daily News published huge photos of the exterior of Hogwarts, and the reporters confidently claimed that terrible magical experiments were taking place inside the castle, and that the entire school might be blown to bits before it even reached the Scottish Highlands.
But the nobles were clearly not stupid. They knew that Hogwarts was undergoing a huge change, and it was definitely in the direction of military power. They knew that Dumbledore was making the castle more deadly, and the students would certainly benefit from it.
"Perhaps it's not wise to make the children take a break from school. It will put us behind. We need to know what terrible magical weapons Dumbledore has developed!" said the Burke wizards.
That's why Barty Crouch Jr. arrived at school early.