bookbashuk Chapter 141 The Birth of the Basilisk
Chapter 141 The Birth of the Basilisk
Chapter 141 The Birth of the Basilisk
The first recorded basilisk in the magical world was created by "the despicable Helbo".
It was bred by a Greek black wizard who spoke Parsleyan.
After numerous experiments, he discovered that if a male egg was placed under a clam to hatch, a giant snake with extraordinary abilities—a snake monster—would hatch.
The method for raising basilisks that Dui obtained by signing in at Goblin Town came from the dark wizard Helbo.
It's a mystery how Herbo came up with the idea of having a rooster lay an egg and then having a toad hatch it.
Dui, who returned to Fengyun Peak, went specifically to the Wenshui Marsh at the foot of the mountain to find a large and fat clam.
Then, using magic, it was fixed to a male egg and placed in a closed room to be slowly incubated.
If nothing unexpected happens, the basilisk will hatch after seven days.
After finishing everything, Dui returned to the meditation room.
He tossed the leaves of the Mauryan tree into the ancient celestial fire, and as the room filled with mist, he leaned back on the comfortable sofa, smelling the fresh scent of sunshine, and softly chanted magical music, falling into a meditative state.
The music was faint yet possessed a mysterious magic, echoing throughout the room, and the ancient flames in the fireplace seemed to be affected, dancing joyfully.
The time spent meditating always passes quickly. By the time you come back to your senses from the state of no-thought, it is already bright outside the tower.
Dui opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them. Despite not having slept all night, he was full of energy and showed no signs of fatigue.
After meditating, Dui felt he had gained a lot. After months of continuous meditation, his spirit and soul had been elevated, and his magical power had also increased significantly.
If he continues at this rate, it won't be long before he possesses strength comparable to top wizards like Dumbledore and Grindelwald/Voldemort.
If one lives long enough, it's not impossible for them to possess power as great as Elrond or even Galadriel in the future.
One could even dream of Maya-level strength.
Thinking of this, Dui felt a surge of passion, his eyes filled with fighting spirit and hope.
Don't be fooled by Gandalf's Maya performance; he may seem less impressive than Elrond and Galadriel.
But that's because his power was greatly restricted in Middle-earth, and he couldn't even cast decent spells without a staff.
Otherwise, as a demigod-level Maiar, Gandalf's power at his peak would have been enough to destroy the world.
After all, although the Maiar are called lesser gods, they are still gods. Apart from being weaker than the Valar, the Maiar and the Valar are both called Aenu, and they were the first creations of the creator god Ilúvatar.
Galadriel is essentially an elf.
Therefore, Gandalf at his peak was far stronger than Galadriel; the two were not on the same level.
Of course, that's too far off for Dui right now.
He doesn't even have the strength of top-tier wizards like Dumbledore.
Reaching Galadriel's level is already an unattainable goal, let alone the god-like Maiar.
But you still have to have dreams, what if you really become a god someday?
In the following days,
Besides checking on the hatching of the male egg at a set time each day, Dui also meditates daily without fail.
The rest of the time, Dui was trying to make a gold-plated product.
The more alchemical knowledge he learned from the Book of Abraham, the more he began to grasp the basics of alchemy.
The cane he gave to Tom Bombadil was a trial piece of his alchemy.
However, the cane was more for show than practical use; it had no other function than turning into flowers, so Dui did not choose it as his first alchemical product.
This time, he was going to make a kind of alchemical product that was quite common in the magical world—a shorthand quill pen.
As for the raw materials for the shorthand quill pen, the fledgling eagle Zorondo had recently molted, and Dui specially selected a few beautiful feathers from it.
Alchemy is different from other forms of magic; it is a profound and secretive discipline that involves the transformation of matter.
Alchemists need to understand the nature of matter and guide magical power through methods such as incantations, potions, and magic arrays to transform matter.
For example, knowing about alchemical products with special functions.
Like the highest achievement in alchemy—the Philosopher's Stone—which can turn ordinary metals into gold.
This transformation is a material transformation, and it is permanent. Even if you try to restore it to its original state by breaking the curse, the gold will not turn back into its original metal.
While Transfiguration can turn other objects into gold, the transformed gold will revert to its original form if the structure of the transformed object is destroyed or the magic is broken using a dispelling spell.
Spells require a sustained output of magical energy to produce their effects, while alchemical products can achieve the same effect as spells, and even provide a permanent one.
With Dui's current alchemy level, he is not yet capable of material transformation, but he can solidify some spells, giving ordinary items special functions.
The function of a shorthand quill pen is to automatically and quickly record what the owner says and thinks on paper without requiring the owner to provide any additional magic.
To achieve this effect, a series of spells are involved, including levitation spells, soul-capturing spells, voice recognition spells, and automatic writing spells.
Combining these spells is no easy feat.
In the alchemy room,
Then an explosion rang out.
The entire tower seemed to shake.
The dwarven craftsmen working outside the tower all turned around for a glance, then continued working.
They'd been hearing explosions coming from inside the tower every now and then for the past few days, so they were used to it.
Dui looked at the feathers that had exploded into ashes in front of him and casually removed the protective spell.
Then replace the feather with a new one and continue making it.
Finally, a finished quill pen appeared.
The quill pen gleamed with a metallic sheen, its body covered with densely packed, tadpole-like runes, giving it an extraordinary appearance.
Dui held the quill pen made from the feathers of a giant eagle and infused it with magic.
The quill pen seemed to be awakened, leaping out of Dui's hand and circling around him.
"Now let me see what you can do," Dui said expectantly, looking at the quill pen.
The quill trembled, then swiftly flew to a blank parchment and quickly wrote down what Dui had just said in cursive script.
Dui continued speaking, and the feathers accurately copied every word he said onto the paper.
Even in the faintest, most indistinct words, it can be discerned.
Seeing this, he pressed his wand against his temple, pulled out the silver thread carrying the memory, and threw it to the quill pen.
The quill pen directly absorbed the silver threads of memory and automatically arrived at a blank parchment book, where it began to write the words "Standard Spells for Beginners" in large gold letters on the cover.
Then, with a deft touch, he flipped the pen to the cover and quickly wrote the contents of the beginner's book of standard spells in dark green ink on the first blank page.
Dui watched the quill pen diligently writing, humming and sighing, and then paid it no further attention.
He has copied all the magic books and knowledge he obtained from signing in and handed them over to the shorthand feather notebook.
Although he can summon the magic books he gets from signing in at any time, and no one else can see them.
However, to prevent any accidents, he still felt it was safer to record the magic books and the knowledge in his mind on paper, in case the system malfunctioned or his memories were lost one day.
Although the possibility is extremely slim, it's always good to be prepared.
For this reason, Dui set up the eighth floor as a library, not only to house his own magical books, but also to collect books and knowledge from all the races of Middle-earth.
"Exceptional intelligence is the greatest treasure of mankind." This famous quote from Rowena Ravenclaw is equally valid in any world.
Exceptional intelligence stems from the accumulation of knowledge.
In Middle-earth, every powerful being, such as Gandalf, Elrond, and Galadriel, is a person of great knowledge and profound wisdom.
Even the Demon King Sauron, when he disguised himself as the Gift-Giving Lord Anata and approached the elves, impressed them with his vast knowledge and superb skills.
Therefore, if Dui wants to go further in the future, he must accumulate enough knowledge and acquire greater wisdom, thereby bringing together the wisdom and knowledge of the three worlds and embarking on a stronger path.
After handing the task of copying the book over to the shorthand quill, Dui turned his attention back to incubating the male egg.
With hatching and hatching time approaching, Dui needs to be constantly vigilant.
After all, basilisks are extremely dangerous; even a newborn basilisk has eyes and venom that can be quite lethal.
Even someone with Du Yi's parsnip-like accent needs to be handled with care.
After all, he could only control the basilisk, not be immune to its gaze.
If you accidentally saw the basilisk's eyes and died, that would be a huge joke.
As Dui waited, the time gradually passed.
At midnight on the seventh day,
In the closed room, Dui deliberately put on sunglasses and then quietly looked at the clam clinging to the black male egg.
The once plump and large clam now lay listlessly on the male egg, immobilized by magic, and its body had become much thinner.
Suddenly, the male egg moved.
Dui's spirits lifted, and he immediately began to prepare for battle.
The creature inside the male egg is trying to hatch, constantly searching for a way out.
Finally, with a soft cracking sound, the rooster egg broke its shell, revealing a small hole.
As soon as he saw the emerald green snake's head about to emerge, Dui immediately commanded in Parseltongue, "Close your eyes before you come out!"
As Dui's hissing echoed through the room, the emerald green figure inside the eggshell paused.
Then a small, emerald-green snake, only as thick as a little finger and with a blood-red feather on its head, crawled out. It closed its eyes, flicked its red tongue, and hissed.
Looking at this little snake, it's hard to imagine that it will grow to 50 feet long (about 15 meters) in the future.
The little basilisk truly lived up to its reputation as a dangerous creature bred with dark magic; even with Dui's snake talk controlling it, it remained extremely ferocious and difficult to tame.
It bites directly into the clam that hatched it, instantly injecting venom.
The clam kicked its feet a few times and died instantly from the poison.
Dui frowned upon seeing this.
No wonder the basilisk is considered an extremely dangerous dark magic creature. If he weren't a parsnip, he probably would have been the first one to turn on the basilisk.
However, he was not unprepared.
After ordering the basilisk not to resist in the parrot's voice, Dui took out a thin needle and drew a little blood from the basilisk.
The basilisk hissed in pain, but dared not retaliate because of the snake-man's command.
Then Dui used his wand to draw blood from his finger.
Then he began to cast a spell on the two drops of blood floating in mid-air.
The blood mingled together under the influence of the spell.
Open your mouth.
The basilisk obediently opened its mouth, and the fused blood instantly flew into it.
An invisible connection then formed between Dui and the basilisk.
This made the basilisk instinctively close to Dui, preventing it from having the thought of killing him.