Chapter 70: The Venom of the Eight-Eyed Spider
The next day, Seamus went to Hagrid's cabin, this time to test the actual effect of the Vulcan Cannon, and together they went to the place where the multi-headed wand had been tested, and the stones scattered on the ground had not yet been covered with moss.
Seamus took out the Vulcan cannon, set it on the ground, and used his wand to turn the stones scattered on the ground into the same size, and put them into the chain of bullets that had been prepared for a long time.
"Look at Hagrid. Seamus shook the turntable, and the six steel pipes in front of the Vulcan cannon began to rotate, and the stones were pressed into the steel pipes, and when they rotated to the peak, they were launched under the action of the moving magic array.
Because it is fired using a magic array, there is no big requirement for ammunition, the only thing required is to be able to enter the steel pipe.
With a "whoosh" sound of breaking through the air, all the stones were launched, hitting the tree with a dull knocking sound, the rough bark was torn, and the stones were embedded in the tree.
After a short time, all the hundreds of stones were fired, and Seamus stopped shaking the disk. In this test of the Vulcan cannon, he found a very unscientific, but very magical phenomenon, that is, this Vulcan cannon has no recoil at all.
The principle of firing ammunition in the magic array is not to give the ammunition a force to change its state of motion, but to force everything it touches to move forward. As a result, the magic array did not receive any reaction force, and there was no recoil.
Seamus kicked the bracket down, levitating the Vulcan Cannon directly in the air, and when the cannon was fired again, the Vulcan Cannon really didn't move backwards.
"Do you like this thing, I'll make one for you too. Seamus excitedly turned to Hagrid.
"You always make these weird things, I don't think this thing is of any use, maybe it's good for watering, so I don't have to water it myself. Hagrid didn't know what it did, but he thought it was easier to use for watering.
"Okay, no problem, I'll make one for you to water. Seamus readily agreed, then patted him on the thigh and said, "Can you help me find some of the eight-eyed spider's venom, I need to make something out of it." ”
The venom of the eight-eyed spider is a very precious liquid, because it is a very dangerous carnivore, and it is especially fond of human flesh, so it is almost impossible to get venom from a living eight-eyed spider, but if you get the venom from a dead eight-eyed spider, you must be very fast, otherwise it will dry up.
The eight-eyed spider's venom is currently priced at 100 gold gallons per pint in the market, but this is not an unacceptable price for Seamus. The only problem is that the British Ministry of Magic has classified the eggs of the eight-eyed giant spider as contraband, and there are severe penalties for both importing and selling.
Moreover, it is almost impossible to raise the eight-eyed giant spider, which leads to the fact that although the venom of the eight-eyed giant spider is sold in the market, it is simply priceless, and he has not bought it with all his efforts.
It would be nice if it was in Africa, although the origin of the eight-eyed giant spider is in Kalimantan in Southeast Asia, but because the African magical community has not formed a unified regime, there is basically no control over the import and export of goods. This has led to many people entering Africa with white giant eggs as big as floating balloons, although in recent years Africa has been vigorously advocating the killing of eight-eyed giant spiders, but these things are simply not exhaustive.
So now there is a large amount of eight-eyed giant spider venom in the African market, and the little venom in Seamus's hand was sent by Lupin and stored in that teaching book. Inside a seal that Seamus unlocked with the Frozen Magic Array, there was only a small bottle, about 100 ml.
This is one of the raw materials of the "ink" that gathers the bursting magic array, and the little venom sent by Lupin can probably make hundreds of bombs, which is completely less than he expected. The UK's largest eight-eyed giant spider colony is in the Forbidden Forest.
Under the protection of Hagrid, they have not been discovered by outsiders, and they have reproduced safely to this day, and with the blessing of a huge number, they have become one of the creatures standing at the top of the biological chain of the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid is the most likely person to get the venom of the eight-eyed spider, and Aragog, the leader of the eight-eyed spider, will attack any human except Hagrid.
"What do you want that thing for? It's poisonous. Hagrid was a little reluctant, after all, he had always regarded Aragog as a friend, and naturally he was reluctant to do such a thing.
"Because the venom of the eight-eyed giant spider is a very good paralyzing agent after being treated, I want to try to make it. Of course, it was impossible for Seamus to say his true purpose, so he could only tell him, "There are no sales in the market at all, and I saw an eight-eyed giant spider in the Forbidden Forest, so I want to ask you for help." ”
"Oh. Hagrid was a little unhappy, but finally agreed, "I'll go get some venom, and don't tell anyone that there's an eight-eyed spider here." ”
"No problem, I'm sure I won't say. Seamus agreed.
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That night, Seamus sent Hagrid the prepared Vulcan Cannon waterer, and Seamus used a telescopic pouch as a water tank, and Hagrid's land was watered for a month without adding water. He also got the venom of the eight-eyed giant spider from Hagrid, several large bottles, which looked like at least ten pints, enough for him to make more than five thousand bombs.
Seamus returned to the dormitory to find LaVine standing on his bedside table, waiting for him to open his suitcase so that he could return to the closet that had made him comfortable. However, instead of opening the suitcase, Seamus sat down at the table and continued to write a letter.
Dear Jack, I have one more thing to trouble you this time, help find a factory to make some steel balls, fill them with iron sand, and engrave these patterns on the outside.
Seamus used ordinary ink to draw a few design drawings, and the surface of the iron ball was depicted with three bursting magic arrays, and one was a trigger device, which would activate the bursting magic array once it was impacted, producing an explosion.
Seamus stuffed the parchment into an envelope and sealed it with fire paint for Ravan to hold. Ravan was clearly reluctant to go again, just wanted to go back to the closet, jumped on the table and pecked him, pecking his hands bloody.
Seamus had to feed Raven some meat, comfort him, and comb his feathers, and then Laven sent a letter, and scratched the table a few times as he left, leaving a few paw prints on the wooden table.
Seamus licked his wound and opened the pocket that Raven had brought back, which was filled with myths from all over the world, many of which were not printed books. Some were carved into the rocks, and some were sent from the slabs that had been pried down, and some were copied by hand on yellowed sheepskins.
Daisy and the others had collected these in the shortest possible time, leaving aside the myths carved on the stone tablets for the time being, Seamus was not a master of paleographies and could not read what was written on them.
Looking at the books that had been sent in, Seamus first looked through the Greek part, leaving Cerberus and the Gameramon alone, both of which had been proven to exist and even been documented by the Ministry of Magic.
There are not many monsters in Greek mythology, except for these two, that is, the hydra Hydra is the most terrifying, Medusa should have a certain connection with the basilisk, after all, they all have the same petrified gaze.
According to historical records, the basilisk was artificially bred more than 1,000 years ago by the dastardly Helbo, and the first basilisk was born from a toad's hatched male egg when Sirius was in the sky.
Despite such a bizarre cultivation process, the study of the dastardly Helbo has influenced all wizards for more than 1,000 years. Basilisks have been created by many people, and while they are illegal everywhere, it's easy to hide by simply removing the male egg from under the toad before the Ministry of Magic arrives.
Then Seamus flipped through Egyptian mythology, because all African wizards traced their roots to Egypt, and the Sphinx is now also a representative of African magical animals, but because there is basically no one in Egyptian mythology who looks like a human, Seamus also had a headache when he saw it, except for the Sphinx that has been determined, he can't find any clues.
As he looked through these myths, Seamus gradually discovered some problems, some of the same monsters appeared in the myths of various places, and most of these same monsters appeared, and even distributed in those places where the myths and stories were recorded.
Until now, Seamus had not been sure if Muggles had created myths based on the magical animals they had seen, or if myths actually existed. There are basically no myths circulating in the wizarding world, and all myths are written by Muggles, and in this respect, myths may really be just stories.
Seamus was a little relieved when he thought of this, the Chinese myths and stories were completely left aside by him, and from the part of the mythology he knew, he didn't know how many mythical beasts and fierce beasts he knew, if he really found it, he was afraid that the scalp he was looking for would be numb.
took out the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and flipped it over, "The snake eats elephants, and its bones come out at the age of three", Seamus saw this sentence and hurriedly threw the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" back.
If this is true, then who can withstand it, a snake swallowed an elephant in one bite, and it took three years to pull it out, how big is this? Who records the size of the creature in terms of time, which is also too scary.
Letting go of the thoughts in his heart, Seamus smiled and comforted himself, these are all fake, and only what is discovered is real. The others were just made up by Muggles after seeing magical beasts, maybe not even Cerberus, but in the early years Muggles made up after seeing the three-headed dog.
Lu Wei is the three-headed dog with the purest blood, Seamus comforted himself like this, but the figure of Kui Niu that he saw that day has always appeared in his mind and has not dissipated for a long time.