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Chapter 73 Methods of Raising Basilisks

"What's going on? Is the crystal ball broken?" The dwarves were also full of surprise.

Gandalf, seeing this, was also puzzled and reached out, "Duir, may I take a look?"

Dui handed the crystal ball over.

Gandalf took the crystal ball, thinking about Bilbo's location.

However, the crystal sphere still displayed the same image as before, and Bilbo was not seen.

"Is this crystal ball really broken? Or has the crystal reached its expiration date?"

"I knew these things made by the elves are all show and no substance, not even as sturdy as what we dwarves make."

The dwarves launched into a tirade of complaints.

On the contrary, Dui, looking at the image on the crystal sphere, suddenly realized something.

Could it be that Bilbo has obtained the One Ring and is now invisible by wearing it?

That's why the True Knowledge Crystal can show his location but not his form.

However, only he knew about this, and it was not appropriate to reveal Bilbo's acquisition of the One Ring to these dwarves.

So he maintained the same puzzled expression and put the "broken" crystal ball into his leather bag.

He then suggested that everyone go to the bottom of the abyss to find Bilbo.

However, before that, Dui needs to sign in once.

The system responded shortly after we entered the goblin cave, but we were in an emergency and didn't have time to respond.

I can finally sign in now.

[Hogwarts Check-in System: Location: Misty Mountains - Goblin Town, check-in required?]

Full of anticipation, Dui silently recited in his mind, "Check-in."

[Sign-in successful! Congratulations on obtaining the method to raise the Basilisk!]

The method of breeding basilisks? Dui was surprised.

He never expected that this would be the sign-in item.

As far as he knew, the Basilisk was a very dangerous dark magic creature in the Harry Potter world. The Basilisk's eyes had powerful killing power; any creature that made direct eye contact with it would die instantly, while those that made indirect eye contact would be petrified.

Moreover, the basilisk possesses deadly venom, which can only be cured by phoenix tears; no other potions or magic can save it.

The basilisk also has a long lifespan, living for thousands of years, and it grows larger and larger as it grows.

The basilisk is extremely dangerous. Apart from the Parseltongue, who can communicate with and control it, no one else can tame it.

Therefore, many dark wizards who attempted to cultivate basilisks were ultimately devoured by the basilisks and died.

Now that Dui has the talent for Parseltongue, if he can cultivate a powerful weapon like the Basilisk, it would be like adding wings to a tiger for him.

But why does he feel like he's increasingly heading in the direction of a dark wizard?

Parsleyan speech and basilisk pets—in the magical world, isn't that exactly what a dark wizard would be like?

Fine, a dark wizard it is then, Dui gave up on agonizing over it.

As long as it enhances my strength, I don't care if he's a black wizard or a white wizard.

After all, as a great man once said, "It doesn't matter if it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat."

Dui learns about the breeding of the basilisk. The breeding of the basilisk is not complicated. It requires finding a seven-year-old rooster, having it lay a magic egg on a night when Sirius is in the sky, and then incubating the magic egg under a toad.

The final result of the magic egg is a bright green serpent monster. Its gender can be determined by whether it has a scarlet feather on its head; if it does, it is a male serpent, and if it does not, it is a female serpent.

Of course, it is against common sense for a rooster to lay an egg, even in the magical world.

Therefore, there is a special black magic ritual and astrological resonance that can break the taboos of natural laws.

That is, on a night when Sirius is in the sky, using the power of the stars as a catalyst, black magic is used to forcibly rewrite the instincts of living beings, causing a rooster to lay a cursed magic egg, which in turn gives birth to a black magic creature called a basilisk.

Middle-earth also has Sirius, so Dui doesn't need to worry about not being able to breed basilisks.

It's just that seven-year-old roosters are hard to find, and Sirius only appears in the sky around midnight on January 1st every year.

It's already June, and we'll have to wait another six months for Sirius to appear.

By then, the Lonely Mountain mission had already ended.

Therefore, Dui had to temporarily put aside the matter of breeding the basilisk.

The goblins inside the cave were either dead or unconscious, and posed no longer a threat to the group.

Instead of rushing to find Bilbo, the group planned to search for treasure in the underground goblin kingdom.

First is the largest cave where the Goblin King resides, which is obviously the most likely place to hide treasure.

As expected, once everyone entered, the cave was filled with an unprecedented amount of gold, silver, jewels, and diamonds. It was a treasure trove unlike anything they had ever seen before, perhaps only the treasure of Lonely Mountain.

Even Thorin, who had seen the treasures of Lonely Mountain, couldn't help but be amazed when he saw the treasures before him.

"My God, we're going to be rich!" the dwarf Devalin exclaimed, his eyes filled with fascination.

"Stop drooling, Dwarin! And these treasures are Duir's spoils, not yours!" The dwarf Balin slapped his bald head and reminded him irritably.

The dwarves, after being reminded, immediately realized what was happening and reluctantly looked away.

Although they were greedy, they knew that the fact that everyone was able to escape from the goblin encirclement unharmed was thanks to Dui, and that they had not contributed anything.

Dui, however, did not show much emotion towards the treasure before him. Having seen many treasures, he had become able to treat them with a calm mind.

Therefore, they generously expressed their willingness to share, allowing everyone to take as much as they could.

Except for Thorin, who refused as always, the other dwarves accepted Dui's offer and happily rummaged through the gold and silver jewelry in front of them, stuffing their pockets and backpacks until they were bulging.

Just as the dwarves were rummaging through the treasure, Dui noticed a glint of silver light peeking out from beneath the gold coins.

Curious, he walked over and brushed aside the gold coins covering them.

The object buried in the gold coins was finally revealed.

It was an exquisite and magnificent spear, entirely silver-white, radiating a cold light. The spearhead was engraved with beautiful patterns and mysterious runes, and its tip was like the sharp point of a snow-capped peak, snow-white and cold, extremely sharp, as if it could pierce through the hardest substance.

Dui's eyes widened in amazement as he looked at it, and he couldn't help but reach out and grab the spear.

As soon as he grasped the spear, his pupils contracted, and the magic power within his body involuntarily surged into the spear.

The spear burst forth with a dazzling, cold light, its tip gleaming with sharpness and containing a terrifying explosive force.

Dui couldn't resist thrusting the spear into the cave wall, and it pierced straight into the stone wall as easily as piercing tofu.

Immediately, a powerful destructive force was released from the spearhead, and the entire stone wall quickly cracked and teetered on the brink of collapse.

Gandalf, who was standing nearby, looked very surprised when he saw the spear. "Duir, may I take a look?"

Duy noticed the change in Gandalf's expression, handed him the spear, and asked, "Gandalf, do you recognize this spear?"