Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Three Sages' Bazaar (6) The Winged Demon
There was a pungent smell inside, and there were bottles and cans of unknown effect all around. There are several large iron cages on the ground www.biquge.info pen & fun > pavilion, and a few flying heroes are locked up, and in the dim room, a pair of ruby-like eyes are particularly eye-catching. The round body and golden feathers resemble the croquettes sold at some of the food stalls they pass by.
The Flying Man was originally the Golden Flying Man in Quidditch matches, and they were magically pinned within the confines of the field, and the team that caught them first was awarded 150 points, and people often killed the Flying Heroes after the match, because their eyes and feathers were extremely valuable. With the massive rise of Quidditch, the number of Flying Heroes has plummeted. Later, the Flying Men were replaced with the Golden Snitch and a game reserve was established for them.
"What do you want?" asked a sleepy-eyed wizard at the counter without looking up.
"You heard of the Cloud Dragon?" Phoenix walked up to him and found a bucket of dragon dung next to the shopkeeper, and he was able to sit still.
"Know, if you want to buy - we'll take the bounty. We have the world's largest poachers organization, and we can get you all the magical creatures you want," he said in a half-dead tone, "The old slippery head store is worthy of your trust, with branches in Wanbang City, Paris, Zurich, Cairo, and Luoyang. โ
"You don't have to speak in that tone. Phoenix put a bubble head charm on himself, and his gaze lingered on his wand for a moment.
"You think I want to. He barely looked up, revealing scarred cheeks and a black leather eyepatch with some unknown animal emblazoned on it.
"How long will it take?"
"Hundreds of years, I guess. โ
"You're kidding meโ"
"No, I've done it allโso to speak," Watson lowered his wand slightly, "there is no habitat, no information, we can only look for a needle in a haystack, and a few hundred years is an optimistic estimate." โ
Phoenix didn't speak for a while.
"The Sphinx doesn't take that long, does it?"
"Is it in stock, it depends on what special requirements you have?"
"Cubs, preferably newborn. โ
"Ah, to learn magic Animagus. Since the invention of this magic, this demand has increased dramatically. He tinkered with the jars and pulled out a small pendant, "But if you want me to say, the Invisible Beast is pretty good." You can be invisible, and you may even gain the ability to predict the future. โ
"You must know that the Invisible Beast can predict what will happen in a short period of time, which is much more useful than the existing prophecy techniques. His tone was not like just now, his eyes were fixed on the old book that he had turned out, "Ah, there was a recent stocking, and a Sphinx is about to give birth, let me ask you." โ
With that, he walked over to the fire and sprinkled some Floo powder into it. plunged into it, thinking that it might be to confirm the source of goods.
"He had a point, maybe it would change something for my superstitious friends, magical creatures with powerful magical powers aren't necessarily the best. โ
"What do they want?" Watson asked with interest.
The shopkeeper's head was thousands of miles away with the Floo Net, but the two hands occasionally made a few strokes.
"Worse, they want a sphinx or a Kemera - I should say, the benefits of being immune to magic are obvious, but how to make sure they don't get eaten is a problem. โ
"Spells are just a formality, the key is whether the magical creatures are willing, and the form of the magical Animagus is not pleasant for both parties-"
Phoenix didn't continue, and the shopkeeper was already up.
"You're lucky, one is just five days old, and the other one is born tonight or tomorrow morning, do you want that one?"
"Wait for the one who is born, and be warned, you look like you're going to die. He said kindly.
"Don't worry, you've already taken the antidote. He returned to the counter, "After birth, we will load it in a special box that will keep it asleep, and the speed of time inside and outside the box will be different. It's custom-made for some special transactions, one-time - so, the price is a total of 125,000 gold. Pay with one hand and deliver with the other!"
Seeing Phoenix nodded.
"Alright, I'll let you know with this pendant when it arrives. He happily handed it to little Watson, "What else do you want?"
"What else? I mean, what's interesting?" Phoenix, looking at the store.
"Of course, come with me, it's all rubbish. The shopkeeper invited them inside with great enthusiasm, "All the good things are here." โ
They followed the shopkeeper into the inner room, which was more spacious. In addition to various dark magic items, there are also some sleepy and dangerous animals, and not far from them lies a giant serpent.
"It's a basilisk!" Phoenix was a little surprised, this thing hadn't been popular for a long time.
"Yes, it's not a hassle to raise them, just take the hen eggs out from under the toad before the magical beasts management arrives. "But it only listens to the Parseltongue, which is very rare, and if it can learn the Parseltongue - I really don't know which fool bought the goods in the first place, and smashed it in his hands for more than two hundred years." If you want, I can give you a very low discount. โ
The shopkeeper changed his words.
"If I knew Parseltongue, I'd consider it. "Phoenix isn't very interested in creatures that can be killed by roosters.
In addition, the basilisk is full of treasures, and you can make a lot of money if you don't kill it directly if you don't have a pet. No one buys it now, so it can be seen that the original price ordered by the shopkeeper is not low.
"How about this?" the shopkeeper picked up a lump of ice, which was inlaid with something dark red, "The eggs of the fire gray snake, which can be used to make aphrodisiacs." Set of seven, not sold separately. โ
"That sounds good," Phoenix said, smiling wickedly, "that's what it sounds like." โ
The shopkeeper was even more excited, apparently thinking that Phoenix was a rich man and that the eggs of the Grey Snake were expensive.
"You're reallyโyou'll love this, waitโ" The shopkeeper quickly disappeared between the overlapping goods.
"The Winged Demon," he said as he ran out with a wooden box, the same box he had seen from the Son, "a very rare thing. โ
He took out his wand and tapped it twice on the box, and the top became transparent. For the size of this box, the contents inside, it is really pitiful.
"What's that?" Phoenix looked at Watson Jr. in confusion, who shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't know.
"It's very rare and very little has been studied on it. But it was so powerful that one of the Winged Demon defeated Grindelwald in 1926. He dramatically lowered his voice, "I would never sell it to ordinary people, this is my private collection." โ
"Defeated whom?" said the two in unison.
"Gellert Grindelwald," he said solemnly, "I didn't believe it at first, but an uncle of mine was an Auror in the U.S. Department of Security. The winged demon belonged to Scamander, and he saw it with his own eyes. Skadman is still alive, soโ" (To be continued.) )