great-warnovel Chapter 255 New Fragrance
Chapter 255 New Fragrance
Chapter 255 New Fragrance
A whole week of busy work left Hermione feeling more exhausted than if she had fought Voldemort. She would rather go out with the Order of the Phoenix to kill aberrations than teach her students!
Fortunately, this busy period only happens once every two weeks, and returning to student life makes her realize that she is actually quite free most of the time!
She even started to have time to think about how to strengthen the fighting power of the Sparrow's Den.
Although these young Squib fighters possess superb combat skills, even if they train to the top, they will only reach Filch's level. They cannot access the most advanced technological equipment from the Muggles, and their strength will always be one level below that of the witch hunters.
Furthermore, according to the latest intelligence, the fairies have begun to mechanically modify the witch hunters, discarding their perfectly good original arms.
They removed the old legs and replaced them with fairy prosthetics that could punch through walls; they even discarded the perfectly good legs and replaced them with spring-loaded silver legs with incredible jumping ability; they installed laser emitters in the eyes and grenade launchers in the chest—
If these reports are true, then these tits will soon face semi-modified robots whose strength far surpasses their own.
To improve their fighting ability, Hermione thought of the Fanaticism Incense and Acid Spray that she had previously abandoned. She had thought that wizards needed precise willpower to cast spells, and that the Fanaticism Incense, which could make people excited and unbearably hot, might have negative effects.
But it seems perfect for these Squibs and Maria; the increased blood flow would improve their reflexes and motor skills, and also increase their strength.
Acid spray, on the other hand, is specifically designed for mechanical modifications.
Fairy metal is quite corrosion-resistant, so ordinary acid probably won't be very effective. However, a super acid mist based on an inducing spray could bring more surprises to those witch hunters.
Thinking of all this, she made another trip to the perfumery she hadn't visited in a long time, and dragged Lily along to experiment with two new fragrances.
The original recipe for Frenzy Incense required octopus eggs from land-dwelling octopuses and the rare spicy spice Attilia leaf, both of which are species not found in this world. She specifically looked up "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" but couldn't find any octopuses that could live on land, so she had to find other suitable substitutes based on their medicinal properties.
Finally, on Lily's sudden inspiration, she replaced this ingredient with the shell of a fire ash snake, which is equally exciting and even more so in terms of causing a burning sensation.
The other spicy spice is derived from scurvy, one of the ingredients in the intoxicating potion.
The result of this was that although the Frenzy Incense was successfully concocted, the side effects of the Frenzy Incense were amplified because the Scurvy Herb had the side effect of causing encephalitis. Although it could indeed increase a person's fighting ability, making them fearless and strong, after the effects of the drug wore off, it would be accompanied by persistent headaches and fever. If there were injuries during this period, it would likely lead to more serious complications.
Only Maria, as a werewolf, could completely ignore the side effects of the Fanatic Incense. Her strong physique, combined with the prayers "Beast's Robustness" and "Beast's Vitality," allowed her to recover the moment the drug's effects damaged her brain.
Therefore, this spice can only be used as a last resort for the tits, and cannot be used as a regular means of enhancement.
The second type of acid etching spray is much simpler to develop; it only requires adding a sufficiently strong acidic material to the original inducing spray.
After discussion and selection, they finally chose the secretions of the spotted angelica. There are no ants larger than humans in this world, and extracting formic acid is too troublesome. On the contrary, this magical creature that looks like a green fungus has secretions that can even corrode the foundation. The effect is strong and controllable, and it is also very convenient to collect.
However, after making the finished product, Hermione specifically instructed them to rinse their mouths after use! Otherwise, their teeth would rot prematurely!
In addition to acid spray, poison spray, which is also based on inducing spray, was also quickly developed. Lily also used a variety of different potions to deal with different combat scenarios, some of which were highly effective and quick to kill, and others that caused damage slowly.
Similarly, functional magical potions such as the hypnotic elixir of life and death and the confusion potion have also been found to work in conjunction with inducing sprays.
This greatly expands the titmouse's tactical reserves; as long as they have enough perfumes and potions, they can deal with a wide variety of enemies.
However, this also put enormous production pressure on the perfumery. To meet the ever-increasing number of orders from Beauxbatons, the perfumers were already working at full capacity.
If Hermione is to continue supplying the titmouse house, she'll probably have to pay overtime.
Fortunately, Lily's club recruitment for this year has been completed. With the fifth-graders from last year moving up, she has already begun selecting new perfumery apprentices.
Unfortunately, while perfumery may seem to be free of magic, it is actually a branch of the mystical arts of fragrance. Dumb perfumers without magic cannot complete the process, and they cannot even activate combat techniques that use fragrances.
Otherwise, Hermione could have easily had some of the young people at the Titman Institute switch careers; the value generated from producing trigger sprays would be far greater than going out to kill people.
In just a few nights, Hermione witnessed Filch leaving with a few young men using a Portkey, only to return covered in blood.
This house, located in the House of Requirement, is the headquarters and training ground of the Tit's Institute. Most of their older members do not reside here permanently; only the young trainees and intelligence personnel like Professor Figg look forward to staying here.
Various perfumery techniques broadened the way the tits fought, but they didn't significantly improve their direct combat strength. Therefore, even when they took the newcomers out to see blood, they were always injured.
They also wouldn't use potions like White Pepper directly to treat the wounds, because Filch said that would make them forget the pain of the scars.
They also stock some Muggle antibiotics here, just like Cedric did during the summer vacation. They were all brought back from the black market, and they were expensive and not available in large quantities.
"I remember Beauxbatons also had collaborations with Muggles, and there were even Muggle ruling class members who lived in their carriages," Hermione suddenly recalled.
"Can we buy large quantities of antibiotics from them?"
Although the medicines seem sufficient for now, building Hogsmeade and the wizarding city that belongs to Hogwarts in the future obviously cannot rely on just one potions master or expensive medicines bought on the black market. It would be best to establish a more stable medical channel.
Beauxbatons traded with Muggles and goblins, and Grindelwald warned them about this many times, but Mrs. Maxime always acted as if to say, "I was wrong, but I dare to do it again."
Both New Paris and Malfoyburg rely on Beauxbatons for supplies; at most, it's just a warning, nothing more.
Moreover, she suspected that even the UMNO party might need to obtain some of its products from the East through Busbatur.
The number of Muggles who had submitted to the Majustic Party was no less than that of Malfoy Castle, only more scattered. To some extent, they were even more dependent on Beauxbatons. After all, although Grindelwald was full of martial spirit, it was really too difficult for him to get his organized groups of Fiendfire wizards to do production.
While Beauxbatons may not be driven by profit, their strong business acumen is also the foundation of their survival.