HP's Foreign Land

This small episode that happened in the area of ​​the non-professional group did not attract the attention of most people in the arena. Only the players in the non-professional group who witnessed the whole process knew that the king of birds was very angry just now. Fortunately, the consequences were not serious .

At best, one of the ladies was a little frightened.

Heimdall had already turned his head to continue his research work, and the lady with long curly hair still looked like she was in a panic, following behind Heimdall step by step.

Heimdall didn't pay attention to it at first, but when he turned around and bumped into the lady for the third time, he realized that it was no accident. He tried to persuade him to no avail, thinking that the lady didn't hinder him, so he let her go.

Both Pickens and Pompeii believed that the mental state of the curly-haired lady was not suitable for continuing the competition. If the contestant himself did not make such a request, the examiner could not make his own claim, not to mention that the two of them were former examiners.

At the current stage, the two followers can only act as if they didn't see anything.

Heimdall lifted a lid, and there were eight or nine animals that looked like hedgehogs curled up in the basket. The lady with long curly hair asked, "Is that a hedgehog?"

Heimdall observed for a while, closed the lid, and shook his head: "It's still not certain that they are all thorns." Now that the raw materials have been inspected, he is more and more convinced that the competition has tampered with it, and there may be some in the total score. Choose this item as a raw material.

"Can a thorn make a wand?" the curly-haired lady asked again.

"Stinger's thorns have magical powers, and are generally used to make quills, such as automatic shorthand quills, automatic answering quills..." Heimdall continued to walk forward. "I've never heard of them being used as wands."

At some point, the other contestants who followed behind them heard his words, quickly retracted the hand that was stretched out to lift the cover, and then continued to follow.

When Pompey saw them, he wanted to drive them away, but was stopped by Pickens. After discussion, the two decided to observe for a while. If these people really intend to get something for nothing, it is not too late to act.

"What kind of wand are you going to make?"

The lady with long curly hair was taken aback, "Are you asking me?"

Heimdall nodded, "Is there anyone else here?"

"Yes." The lady with long curly hair pointed behind her, but there were actually quite a few people.

It was only then that Heimdall discovered the string of "tails", and the tails that were knocked straight smiled awkwardly, and did not disperse.

"Is there something for everyone?" Heimdall was a little confused.

Tails, look at me and look at you. They seem to be unable to make up their minds for a while, but Heimdall doesn't force them, and turns his attention back to the lady with long curly hair.

The curly-haired lady dawdled for a while in embarrassment: "...I've always wanted a wand with a core made of phoenix tail feathers."

So just use cold water to put out the fire for Phoenix?

"That phoenix has already become wary of you, so it will be willing to regenerate you again, and will provide you with a phoenix feather for free." Heimdall didn't follow her mood blindly, "As far as the current situation is concerned, operate It’s not that difficult.”

It is said that among the feathers on the Phoenix, the tail feathers grow the slowest. Pulling out the tail feathers from its body is equivalent to letting a long-haired beauty shave her head. Everyone has a love for beauty. As a magical animal with high IQ, the Phoenix has a middle-aged nature. The item of beauty is definitely indispensable.

Heimdall's implication is clear.

The long curly-haired girl said dejectedly, "I understand." After a while, she asked hopefully, "Can I help you?"

Heimdall froze for a moment, "How about your game?"

"Do you think I can make a wand by myself?" said the curly-haired lady self-mockingly. "I can't finish today's competition at all. In fact, I didn't want to stay here. I also went to the professional group to try it just now. The players there didn't like me. The professional group doesn't welcome followers who drag their feet."

"But you stayed, you didn't abstain, you didn't leave, and you went back to the non-professional group to make wands that you didn't think you could make," Heimdall said.

The curly-haired lady was silent for a moment, and then smiled awkwardly, "I just wanted to try it out, maybe I could do it, but as you can see, the reality is like this... I'm just daydreaming."

Heimdall admired her a lot, not everyone can say such words.

"Everyone has unrealistic fantasies, which indirectly proves that you are not a walking dead." Heimdall pointed out seriously, "Since this is the case, I think it is necessary for me to remind you that a follower should look like a follower, you know?"

Although he didn't understand why he suddenly became strict, the lady with long curly hair nodded with a smile on her face because she succeeded in "extraordinary admission".

"She was too happy." Pompey murmured.

"She'll know." Pickens said calmly.

"I'm sorry to bother you..." A "tail" couldn't help but squeezed in front of Heimdall, raised his hands, and looked humbly asking for advice, "Are these animal hairs?" Hair of different colors, long or short, thick or thin, is tied into small groups with black leather ropes.

Heimdall flicked it with his fingers, "It should be, I got them all in one place?"

Tail nodded, "Is there a unicorn's mane in this?"

Heimdall carefully identified it, and smiled, "It seems to be there."

Tail lowered his voice: "Can you tell me which pinch it is?"

"Hey!" The long curly-haired lady shook her hand in front of her tail. "You can't do this, it's cheating."

Tail became angry, "You can ask, but I can't?"

The lady with long curly hair immediately counterattacked confidently, "Are you comparing me?! I'm... I'm..." Frowning, she turned around and asked Heimdall, "Excuse me, what's your name?"

"Sturlusson, Heimdall Sturlusson."

The long curly-haired lady said it silently a few times, then turned around and said majestically, "I am Mr. Sturluson's attendant!"

The two of them just stared at each other for a while, then gritted their teeth, "Then I'll be a follower too, now you have nothing to say?!"

The curly-haired lady shrugged, "You're the one to give up."

The tail gave her a white look, and then stuck to Heimdall's side, "whispered" said: "Just tell me quietly, I can definitely trust you, but don't let the people behind hear it, they are all here to cheat of."

Zhongwei had already scolded that traitor in his heart, but seeing those three people talking, laughing and whispering around everything, not to mention how jealous they were, the players who actually stayed in the non-professional group Most of them were eliminated by the professional group, that is, they did not become followers. They are very conscious in this regard. Anyway, they were originally going to be followers. It doesn’t matter who they are, as long as they can learn something.

As a result, Heimdall suddenly had more than a dozen followers, and there was a lot of uproar and excitement for a while.

"What should we do?" The two official followers were at a loss, and finally they were squeezed out a long way. They had no choice but to smile and fell behind the team to watch.

"This, this, and this." Heimdall picked out what the servant called the unicorn mane. "To be precise, these are not manes but tail hairs. Although they all have magical properties, the mane hairs are thinner than the tail hairs. Generally, wizards think it is more appropriate to use the tail hairs as the core of the staff. And the unicorn's mane is a kind of Sexuality proof, especially male unicorns, their mane is long and dense, with excellent gloss, which is the key display part during courtship. The supply of raw materials needs sustainable development, and pulling people's hair indirectly destroys people's family formation and inheritance No, tail hair can be used anyway, and it is said that the effect is better than that of the mane. If you pull out the wrong one, the unicorn will list you as a person who refuses to deal with you, and the loss outweighs the gain.”

The followers all laughed.

Holding a handful of animal hair, the attendant looked at the unicorn tail hair that Heimdall had picked out, and asked in confusion, "Why are the colors different? Aren't unicorns white?"

"When the unicorn was born, its whole body was golden. It is said that there is no variegation, and its whole body is pure gold, so this pinch of tail hair should be taken from a cub. When it grows to two years old, its golden color will slowly fade away, and it will start to grow. It is silvery, and when the horns grow at the age of four, the golden color will completely fade away. This pinch is a bit golden, probably a little unicorn between the ages of two and four. The remaining pinch is light and white, soft and smooth to the touch, without any trace Motley, should be an adult body over seven years old."

After the followers listened quietly, they rushed over to look at the three tufts of tail hairs, and started talking about it.

Someone asked, "Can they all be used as rod cores?"

"You can, but adults are the best." Heimdall picked up an awl-like thing with one end thick and the other pointed. "Some wizards think that using unicorn horns as a staff core is better than using tail hair." It’s better to make it stronger. This kind of statement has never been proven. The magic wand is at best an auxiliary tool for wizards to cast magic. It is an extension of our hands and can transmit our magic. There is some dependence, but it is not absolute. Which of the most brilliant great magicians in the wizarding world today can't use wandless spells. The legendary wands mentioned in the history books are said to be able to increase the magic of the user, and I don't know if it is true."

Someone said: "I heard that the wand of silence can make the caster very powerful."

Heimdall thought for a while, and said: "There are many ways to make the magic wand of silence in history, but most of them have been lost now. In addition, they have been passed down as miraculous by people over the years, and they have lost their objectivity."

The attendants nodded and discussed with each other, "However, a wand made of a wizard's brain is not ordinary after thinking about it."

So Heimdall regretted it very much. Why did he rush to draw the core of the stick?Should have done a couple of tricks with that wand first.

While everyone was busy discussing, the curly-haired lady approached Heimdall and whispered, "You don't need to go into such detail."

Heimdall didn't understand her.

The lady with long curly hair said again, "You have no obligation to teach us knowledge, it's all your knowledge."

Heimdall suddenly realized, and felt warm in his heart, so he smiled, "This is not my knowledge, I read it from the book, it is the original author's knowledge, since the book has been published, the original author must hope When this knowledge spreads out, I just make it back into a 'book'."

The lady with long curly hair muttered, "This is the fruit of your labor."

"Making wands requires hands-on practice, and talking about it on paper is useless." Practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

"Mr. Sturluson, what did you choose for the core?" asked one of the servants.

Heimdall shook the unicorn's horn in his hand.

The man asked again, "Where is the body of the stick? What kind of wood do you use?"

"I want to use laurel wood."

People use the flowers of the laurel tree to symbolize the saint Brigitte who spread Christianity in Ireland a long time ago, and the unicorn is regarded as a symbol of purity and strength, which coincides with the spirit represented by the laurel tree.

In fact, Heimdall first wanted to try to make a wand with a holly wood body and a phoenix tail feather as the core, which is the wand Harry is currently using. Last time he was on vacation, he was chatting with the owner of the Ollivander wand store. At that time, the old man Ollivander told him very proudly that the magic wand used by Mr. Potter was one of the most proud works of the old man in his life.

But just like what Heimdall said to the curly-haired lady earlier, it is estimated that the phoenix will not talk to him again.

At this time, Heimdall suddenly thought that maybe the Lusalkas were extinct too early, but even if they still survived, the water demon blood in his body would not change, only the pure Lusalkas hair can produce The magic power of the wand, Yolf did not have that kind of magic characteristics back then, or else he would just pull out his own hair when making the wand, which would save trouble.

After determining the material of the wand core and the wand body, you can start making the wand.

In order to shorten the manufacturing process of wands in the competition, empty wand bodies of various specifications have been prepared in advance, and there is no need for contestants to chop wood and wood.All wood that could be found and used as a stick body was selected into the competition. Heimdall rummaged through piles of small wooden sticks for a long time, and finally found a 26.5 cm long laurel stick body.

Under his command, the attendants rushed to prepare the rod core for him, each holding a unicorn horn and waiting for him, hoping that Heimdall could use the pestle in his hand, and those who failed to grab the materials were dejected. Stare aside.

The raw materials must be refined and concentrated by magic before they can be poured into the hollow stick, otherwise the horn of the unicorn would not fit into the 26.5 cm long stick anyway.

"In order to make the core denser, I plan to try to use two unicorn horns to extract."

Anyway, the magic wand competition pays attention to individuality and innovation. How to do it depends on the player himself, and there is no need to worry about waste of raw materials and other issues.

Under the expectant eyes of all the followers, Heimdall clicked on the two closest to him, and there was a lady with long curly hair among them.

The other unsuccessful people had to put the raw materials back and step aside.

Heimdall pulled out his wand, and the curly-haired lady pinched both ends of the long horn. A small red flame spewed out from the tip of Heimdall's wand. As soon as the flame licked the material, Heimdall immediately shouted "Let go!" ", the lady with long curly hair retracted her hand, and the whole horn was instantly engulfed by red flames.

Heimdall waved at her, and the curly-haired lady immediately moved aside. At this time, the red color began to turn orange-red, and then gradually changed from orange to yellow. This change represented that Heimdall was gradually increasing the flame temperature.

The refining of the stick heart is all about the temperature. Each material corresponds to a different flame temperature. If the temperature is too high, it may burn.The reason why there are tens of thousands of wand specialty shops in the world, but only a few of them are praised by the world, is because those time-honored brands have unique refining methods.

The slender horn shrunk little by little in the yellow flame. When it was compressed into the size of disposable chopsticks, the yellow flame began to turn white under Heimdall's control. He asked another follower to send the second horn into the flame middle.

The attendants around were staring at each other in amazement, all of them were extremely nervous, including the attendant holding the other long horn, his eyes were almost staring. Heimdall urged him several times before he snapped After reacting, he sent the horn into the flame in a panic.

"and many more!"

Heimdall glanced at the things in his hand from the corner of his eye, screamed that it was not good, and stopped him immediately, but this follower was too nervous, his hands and feet were not under the control of the brain, and his reaction was half a beat slow, when he figured it out Heimdall Shouting something to him, the raw materials in his hand have already been sent out.

The moment the second horn was thrown into the fire, the ball of fire that had been compressed into the size of a small ball suddenly expanded, and the whole ball of flames exploded. The dazzling flames blinded people's eyes, and short screams suddenly rang out from all around. .

Fortunately, Heimdall was always in high spirits, and his reaction was not as slow as that of the attendant. He controlled the flames in time and caused no casualties.

Heimdall closed his eyes for a long time before regaining his vision. He held the wand tightly with both hands, and it took a lot of effort to keep the wand from shaking too violently. The platinum flame was extremely unstable, as if It is very repulsive to this later "foreign body", as if "spit" it out, and the horn of the previous unicorn swings back and forth restlessly in the fire.

Heimdall thought that this was not a long-term solution, and immediately lowered the flame temperature, and the flame returned to the lowest red state. Although the flame was still very unstable, the violent trembling subsided a lot, at least the wand would not be shaken out. .

The followers quietly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it, their hearts almost jumped into their throats.

Only then did Heimdall turn around and ask the attendant, "Where did you get that horn? Go and show me the same one!"

The attendant was already stunned by the scene just now. The lady with long curly hair pushed him several times before he came back to his senses and hurriedly turned around to get the raw materials. As a result, he brought the things to Heimdall, Heimdall Dahl's eyes were red—stimulated by the fire just now.

"...This is the dragon's horn." Heimdall squeezed out the words between his teeth.

As soon as the man saw Heimdall's "red eyes", he stopped arguing and said, "It's right next to the unicorn column."

Heimdall's eyes suddenly glowed fiercely, and the pair of red eyes were really frightening. The servant was so frightened that he quickly hid behind others and cated.

"Do you want to start all over again?" Some people think that going on like this is not the answer.

"I'll think about it again." Heimdall was unwilling to give up.

"You can try making double stick cores." A follower suggested.

Heimdall nodded helplessly: "At present, I can only think of ways in this direction."

Double cores refer to the manufacturing method of using two different types of raw materials to fuse into one wand core. This method is mostly used in raw materials such as magical animals (magic plants also have double cores or even multiple cores. But the manufacturing method is different), and it is more common in the low-end market. After all, not all wizards can afford wands with rare materials such as phoenix feathers, unicorn tails, horns, or dragon heart tendons.

There is a saying that "there is no good stuff that is cheap, and the good stuff is not cheap", and this applies to two-core wands as well.

Most of the double-core wands have hidden dangers. The reason why two kinds of raw materials are used to make the core is to make up for the lack of magical properties of a single material. In other words, the double stick core also depends on the attributes of the raw materials. Salamanders and fire crabs are both fire attributes. Only in this way can the balance of characteristics be achieved during mixing and refining. Otherwise, repulsion will occur and the fusion will not be possible, resulting in unnecessary waste.

The dilemma Heimdall is facing right now is the difference in the properties of individual materials. The dragon is a magical animal with fire attributes. It can breathe fire, that is, it can use fire magic; the blood of unicorns can bring people back to life, but drinking it You will be cursed at the same time as the blood, and their horns can also detoxify.The attributes of these two animals can be said to be completely different. The most important thing is that they are creatures with strong magical characteristics. As the raw material of the staff core, the single body is very powerful, and there is no need to add anything to superfluous.

When the water is full, it overflows—in fact, it has already "overflowed" once just now.

Heimdall felt his body go stiff, so he changed his standing position, the sweat on his brow slipped to his eyelids, and he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it, because he was holding the wand with both hands.There was a burst of aroma, and it turned out that the lady with long curly hair was wiping his sweat with her small pink handkerchief, and Heimdall immediately smiled gratefully.

Someone said hesitantly: "Why do I feel that the dragon's horn is smaller than before?"

Heimdall looked intently, and it seemed to be a circle smaller. Someone took out the dragon horn and gestured twice, and all the followers nodded affirmatively. It was indeed smaller, just a little bit smaller. There is no difference.

"Does this mean that low-temperature refining is feasible?" A follower said excitedly.

There were also those who disagreed, "When will this practice last? Tomorrow morning?"

During refining, the magic cannot be interrupted, and the temperature of the flame cannot be changed. This speed is too difficult to control.Not to mention time-consuming and laborious, the effect is not necessarily good.Rod cores refined at low temperatures cannot be compared with those extracted at high temperatures. Low-temperature refining is generally used for cheap raw materials, because these materials cannot withstand the high flame temperature, and both dragon horns and unicorn horns themselves need to be processed. The magic power can only be fully excavated by high-temperature refining, otherwise their magic properties will be wasted in vain.

"I'll try increasing the temperature."

Everyone stared at Heimdall's wand intently. The red flame turned from red to orange, and then from orange to yellow at an extremely fast speed. When it turned white, the little hearts of the attendants almost jumped. mouth.

"The reason he changed the flame temperature so quickly is to reduce the chance of emergencies in the process. The horn of refining unicorns can only stay on the white flame at the highest, and it will melt if it is higher, but the refining temperature of the dragon horn There is still a gap, how is he going to solve this gap?"

The attendants standing in the back row found that the analysis of the remarks was sound, so they turned their heads to look curiously, but they were shocked. When did so many people gather in the non-professional group?

"Didn't you go to the professional group to study?" Most of the players in the non-professional group knew each other.

"We came here with the people from the professional group." Upon hearing this, the followers realized that there were still many unfamiliar faces in the crowd.

With the screams of the servants in front, everyone saw that the two kinds of staff cores in the white flames began to repel each other. At this time, the unicorn horn had been refined to a high density. Heimdall tried to make it match the dragon core. The horns fused together, but was shot away by the dragon's horn. It is worthy of being called the most powerful and ferocious magical animal, and each horn on its head is extremely independent.

"It seems that in the choice of high and low temperature, he chose to use the dragon horn as the main and the unicorn horn as a supplement, that is to sacrifice part of the magic power of the unicorn horn." The players in the professional group immediately saw Heimdall's strength. idea. "If the fusion is successful, the temperature can be increased, and the characteristics of the dragon's horn can be unilaterally refined."

"Prioritizing them under such circumstances may be the only way." Another professional player sighed. "Unfortunately, if all the characteristics of the unicorn horn can be preserved..."

"Using dragon horn and unicorn horn as a core for a pair of sticks is fundamentally wasteful."

In the manufacture of wands, joining forces does not mean invincibility, but the most undesirable method.

The production of the double stick core pays attention to learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses. Most of the selected raw materials are taken from magical animals of the same level. The magic power of the raw materials represents the magical characteristics of the magical animal. The current situation is obvious. The beast is no match for the dragon, which is known for its ferocity.

The magical animals known as "fierce" are all self-contained. Cannibalism is commonplace, and they are destined not to live in harmony with other types of magical animals. Even gentle and kind-hearted unicorns will still be torn to pieces by dragons .

What needs to be solved now is the balance of "force", so that the dragon horn can accept the fusion with another horn. Thinking of this, Heimdall is secretly happy. Although there is no real breakthrough, at least he is no longer clueless.

While the onlookers were expressing their opinions and arguing endlessly about the current situation, Heimdall suddenly yelled in a certain direction, "Brother Phoenix, Master Phoenix, King Phoenix, it was my fault that I offended you, I beg you, big bird, to ignore the faults of villains, please do me a favor, can you give me a tail feather... I will recognize it if it is not a tail feather, as long as it is a feather on your old body!"

Everyone laughed dumbfounded.

The bird king has woken up at some point, and has grown to a full body. At this moment, he is squatting on the black railing above the brazier, combing his feathers slowly, with an aloof posture that everyone is drunk and I am alone.

"That's right! Why didn't I think of that!" Someone in the professional group exclaimed excitedly. "Fire magical animal, the only raw material that can freely choose the temperature of the flame, it is perfect to use it to restrain the magic properties of the dragon's horn!"

The player's companion couldn't help but say, "Three wand cores, dragon horns, unicorn horns, and phoenix tail feathers. How should the price be priced?"

Someone else speculated: "If it succeeds, it may be able to challenge the magic wand of silence in terms of magic transmission?"

When the big guys heard this, their eyes changed drastically, and they looked at the tail feathers of a certain king eagerly.