Admiral of Hogwarts

For Hugo, the fact that Harry got the broom added 3 destiny points to him. If you add the 2 points after New Year's Day, Hugo gained the destiny points to be able to summon a large ship this time.

For Harry, this meant that he now had a new, state-of-the-art broom after the old one was retired. Allow him to continue the next game.

The lesson on the Conservation of Magical Creatures that day was very interesting, because considering that it was wet and cold on the Scottish plateau in January, Hagrid lit up a big fire and put a lot of salamanders in it to let everyone get to know this magical creature. .

"There have been some unusual movements in the Forbidden Forest recently." While everyone was busy collecting dead branches and leaves to keep the fire going, Hagrid took the opportunity to say to Hugo and the others. "The Acromantulas inside are disappearing by the dozens."

I guess there shouldn't be a basilisk in the Forbidden Forest. Hugo answered immediately. "The key question is, besides the Acromantula, are there any other changes in the Forbidden Forest?" "

In fact Hagrid knew what was going on as soon as he asked. Because the counterattack a while ago was like Hugo saying that they would enter the Forbidden Forest to hunt Acromantulas. ?

To an alchemist, the Acromantula is full of treasures. Whether it is their shells, fangs, venom, spider silk or eggs, they can all be used as important materials for alchemy.

So in addition to catching some of them for artificial breeding in the newly acquired sub-dimension and the breeding base in Russia, they also hunted some of the wild Acromantulas for current needs.

The reason why he chose to raise them in Russia rather than elsewhere is also very simple. From the biological invasion caused by Hagrid's raising of Acromantulas, we can see how dangerous this creature is once released into the wild.

Fortunately, this animal comes from the tropical rain forests of Southeast Asia. Places like Scotland are already the northern limit of their survival. Acromantulas simply cannot survive in the wild near their breeding farm in the Soviet Union near the Arctic Circle in the north of the Ural Mountains.

Therefore, in this case, the ship girls can safely keep these magical creatures in captivity and use them as raw material providers. Even if the Acromantula occasionally escapes due to the negligence of the staff, there is no need to worry about biological invasion.

Unlike the traditional potion masters and alchemists, ship girls have no feeling for the poison of Acromantula, but are very interested in their spider silk.

According to Bubo, this kind of spider silk is actually a very good magic textile material. If it is enchanted with alchemy, the fabric spun will have magic transmission properties.

Moreover, compared with those traditional magic textiles, this kind of spider silk is much more cost-effective, and there are also ways to produce it in small batches.

Of course, this kind of thing must not be told to Hagrid, otherwise Hagrid will definitely be sad. Therefore, Hugo could only try his best to lead this matter to the aspect of the natural enemy of some kind of Acromantula coming to the Forbidden Forest.

Fortunately, this group of ship girls had enough bottom line, so they just stared at the attack of the Acromantula as a biological invader. Therefore, everyone else present felt that his conjecture was the most reasonable.

After all, if it were a poacher, it would be difficult to explain why there were more and more valuable things along the way that were not lost at all, but just stared at the Acromantula attack.

"Maybe a giant dragon passed by here?" Hermione said after thinking about some of the photos Hagrid brought. Because there are a lot of burn marks left on the scenery in the photos.

"Actually, I think so too, but as far as I know, all giant dragons are under the surveillance of wizards from all over the world. But now, according to the information I asked around, there are no dragons missing in any breeding farms or protected areas. news."

After hearing Hermione's conjecture, Hagrid shook his head depressedly and said, "So I've been patrolling the Forbidden Forest recently, and I didn't find any traces related to the dragon."

It is normal for Hagrid to not be able to find the ship girls. After all, as a half-giant, even if he is allowed to use the wand now, his level of incident may not be as good as that of some senior students.

When faced with the warning circle set up by the Unicorn's carrier-based aircraft, Hagrid would not even be aware of the existence of the warning circle, so naturally there was no way to catch those ship girls.

In fact, the ship girls did not completely avoid outsiders. At least a few centaurs had seen them hunting in the forest.

But considering that they can only attack the Acromantula, a nuisance in the Forbidden Forest, and can be accepted by unicorns, the centaurs will pretend that they have discovered nothing when they encounter Hagrid's questioning.

"Do you know of any place that sells relatively cost-effective alarms or monitors?" At the end of the sentence, Hagrid looked at Hugo and asked. "There are too many loopholes if I patrol alone."

Obviously, the reason why Hagrid said so much today is that he really can't find what he needs on the market, so he hopes to buy something from Hugo.

"If possible, I think I can help you with part of it." After hearing Hagrid's request, Hugo immediately nodded in agreement. After all, Hagrid also had a lot of enviable materials.

"But you have to figure out the cost, and of course the materials. After all, the cost of various materials is not cheap. I really don't have much money to buy the materials for making these alarm and monitoring facilities."

"Don't worry about this, I will give you things according to your alchemist's rules." As a 60-year-old wizard, Hagrid naturally understands the ways of the world. “But I don’t have much cash, so I can only pay for it with materials.”

The so-called alchemist rules are very simple, that is, in addition to wages, customers also need to provide additional materials or material costs. As for how much more materials there are, it depends on the items being made.

To give the simplest example, if you want to make a legendary alchemy item like the Alchemy Stone, you will need at least a hundred times the amount of materials.

The magic alarm facility commissioned by Hagrid is the simplest type of alchemical product, so it basically means making ten things for eleven sets of raw materials.

Because of the previous dementor attack, Hermione added the training of summoning the physical patron saint during weekend practice.

Just like some ancient records in the wizarding world, although the number of Muggle-born wizards is small, they have stronger talent in spellcasting than wizards from pure-blood or mixed-blood families.

So after Veneto explained the essentials of casting spells, Hermione simply tried five or six times before wisps of silver smoke came out of her wand.

"Well done, sister." Hugo applauded. "At least not many people can make the wand react the first time they cast this complicated magic."

"But it's still far behind compared to your physical Patronus. Looking at the silver octopus floating beside her, Hermione shook her head with some dissatisfaction.

"Be content, my dear sister. In fact, I might not be as good as you when I first learned it." Hugo said with a shrug. "I have been practicing this magic since I learned it last summer. It is only now that I can use the physical guardian spirit."

By the time practice was over, Hermione was able to conjure a ball of silver smoke the size of a basketball. According to this progress, she should be able to summon her own physical guardian angel before the end of this semester.