#478 - Familiar equipment (asking for monthly ticket recommendation)

“Yes, sir.” Charia had also lost her previous nonchalance at this moment. She didn't expect to enter the base's alert range so quickly. Fortunately, Anduin was cautious enough, otherwise, barging in head-on might have really led to a mishap.

“Sir, do you think there might be a second layer of defense? The protection here seems a bit strong.” Charia asked nervously after carefully exploring a distance further.

“We can't rule out that possibility. Perhaps the deeper we go, the stronger and more complex the defenses will be.” Anduin didn't believe that this breeding base would only use ordinary warning spells for prevention.

This kind of warning spell is only sensitive to magical power and can detect strong life reactions. Ordinary wizards would use this spell at home for theft prevention, but it is generally criticized for its poor effectiveness.

However, casting such a large-scale warning spell still requires a sufficient supply of magic power. Further ahead, we are likely to encounter more complex detection methods.

“Sir! Look there!” Charia, who was fully alert, pointed to a large tree not far away and exclaimed excitedly.

“I see it. This should be the outermost defense node.” Anduin, unable to bear Charia's shouting, calmly approached and examined it.

Inside the tree hole on the inner side of the tree, a palm-sized magical pattern was flashing. After only two glances, Anduin recognized that this was a rune mixed with [Warning Spell] and [Muggle Repelling Charm].

“The rune has been found, now we need to find its power supply.” Anduin handed the tactical map in his hand to Charia, then took out a magnifying glass and carefully examined the area around the rune.

Soon, Anduin discovered a pattern connecting to this rune. This fine pattern stretched out from the tree hole and ran along the trunk to the ground.

“A magic power channel completely connected by Agrippa alloy? Taking the breeding base as the center, and then spreading outward like a spider web through underground pipes. Although it's not a very expensive material, it actually extends such a long distance. That's quite a large investment.”

Anduin couldn't help but sigh. He only dared to bury some magic pipes at home, and the materials he used were only the worst Palasite brass.

As a result, the Silver Spear actually laid pipelines on a kilometer scale. Just imagining the materials they needed to do this, he was amazed by the club's wealth and generosity.

“Let's go, we'll advance along this magic power channel. To save costs, their next node should also be installed on this pipeline.” Anduin tilted his head and instructed, then immediately set off and led the way.

After discovering the magic power node, Anduin became a little bolder, because the distance from the outer edge to that node was about one kilometer, so Anduin deduced that there would be no new security measures within the next kilometer, so he gradually increased his pace.

However, Charia, who was following behind, was even more speechless, because before she was just carrying a launch rod, but now, because Anduin wanted to explore the location of the magic power pipeline, she had to hold an extra tactical map in her hand.

As expected, the next kilometer was very smooth, and during the continued exploration, Anduin confirmed that no new guardian magic appeared.

Finally, after traveling another kilometer along the magic power pipeline, they discovered another 'Warning Spell' rune. It seemed that a large area of the outermost perimeter maintained this low intensity.

After exploring another kilometer forward, Anduin felt something was different.

“This kind of magic power fluctuation, if I'm not mistaken, should be a mixed rune containing [Alarm Charm], [Traces Charm], and [Human Repelling Charm]. Why does this fluctuation feel so familiar to me?”

After Anduin crossed a thousand meters beyond the second warning spell rune, he cautiously took a few steps forward, then immediately retreated.

After passing through the outermost two layers of the alert circle, the defense intensity immediately increased by a level.

The [Alarm Charm] is a strengthened version of the Warning Charm, which can more sensitively detect intruders and send warnings to the guards, while the [Traces Charm] can accurately identify humanoid creatures.

The [Muggle Repelling Charm] can affect the minds of Muggles and drive them out of this area. This kind of rune is also equipped in the outermost alert circle. It seems that within a 12-kilometer radius centered on the breeding base, there will be no Muggles.

Fortunately, it's still just the outer layer of this rune, and the sensitivity is not so strong. If they go deeper, Anduin and Charia will be exposed.

Because the [Feedback Cloak] on him and Charia can only shield the alarm spell and the repelling charm, and the effect on the traces charm, which is more sensitive, is not very good.

Fortunately, Anduin was prepared. He tapped the brooch on his body to activate it, and his body was wrapped in a faint magic power. This was the equipment he had prepared specifically to cover up monitoring magic such as the traces charm. He had enchanted an enhanced shielding charm on it.

After using the brooch to cast a spell on Charia again, the two continued to go deeper.

“Sir, the newly appeared mixed magic, why do I have a sense of deja vu?” Charia asked Anduin in surprise while being fully alert.

“You feel it too? Although I don't know if the guess is correct, the thing that casts this mixed magic may be the one we are familiar with.” Anduin didn't expect Charia's perception to be so sharp.

“The one we are familiar with?” Charia was a little confused.

“I'm just guessing, we'll have to see the next magic node to get the answer.” Anduin didn't say it clearly, but silently hurried forward.

Before they had to wait long, after traveling another two kilometers along the magic power pipeline, the two also saw the magic node that was simply hidden.

“Damn, isn't this the [Anti-theft Monitoring Device] we sell?” Charia looked at the metal rod hidden in the bushes and said angrily.

“I guessed right, I didn't expect this Jin Feixia to be quite capable of stealing from himself.” Anduin looked at the familiar alchemy tool in front of him, and a look of as expected appeared on his face.

The so-called [Anti-theft Monitoring Device] is actually another 'rod series' product launched by Silver Flash Trading Company in the past year after the [Tactical Map], [Shielding Jammer], and [Anti-Apparition Jammer].

This [Anti-theft Monitoring Device] is specially sold to customers who have anti-theft needs, such as Gringotts, individual merchants who store important goods, and those wizarding families with large assets. They all like this product very much.

Moreover, because this product is protection-oriented, the danger rating is only XXX level. Although this type of product cannot be purchased directly in stores, it can be ordered from Silver Flash Trading Company after approval by the Ministry of Magic. The control intensity is not as high as the previous types of rods.

The other three types of rods are absolute non-sale items, and even the British Ministry of Magic has not revealed that they have such things.

When conducting overseas trade, this XXX-level alchemy equipment is uniformly controlled by the Ministry of Magic.

That is to say, if some people overseas want to buy this kind of tool, they have to order directly from the British Ministry of Magic. It is useless to find Anduin, and the Ministry of Magic will evaluate the buyer before determining whether to conduct the transaction.

This is actually to ensure that these dangerous tools will not directly flow to the people. If some criminals get these devices, it will be a big trouble.

Just like now.

Presumably, Jin Feixia must have purchased directly from the United Kingdom with the convenience of the German Ministry of Magic. If an official institution buys XXX-level equipment, the British Ministry of Magic will definitely not suspect it.

As a result, these things have now flowed from the Ministry of Magic into the hands of the Silver Spear.

“Damn it, what are those people in the Ministry of Magic doing? They actually sold our things to smugglers.” Since seeing the [Anti-theft Monitoring Device], Charia was so angry that her face turned green, and she couldn't help but curse.

“Heh, there's no way around it. They don't know the details of that Minister Peter. If a Minister of Magic came to you to buy something before coming to Germany, would you refuse?” Anduin found it ironic to see his own products here and couldn't help but laugh.

“Hmph, you're still in the mood to laugh.” Charia glared at her heartless boss, “Since the [Anti-theft Monitoring Device] has appeared here, maybe the Silver Spear also has our other equipment in hand. If the guards in the breeding base are all wearing tactical vests later, I won't be surprised.”

“What you said makes a lot of sense.” Anduin also put away his smile at this time, “But the price of these devices is not cheap. The guys in the Ministry of Magic are quite dark-hearted. They basically sell them at twice the original price.”

“If the other party's second line of defense is all equipped with [Anti-theft Monitoring Devices], that would be a considerable expense. Not to mention that the club has two other breeding bases. If that side also has such a scale, is there really money to buy other things?”

“This…”

Charia thought about it and it seemed to be the case. Since the Ministry of Magic obtained the regulatory power of Silver Flash Trading Company's XXX-level products, it is equivalent to monopolizing the foreign trade of such products.

Now those high-level officials in the Ministry of Magic are about to transform into black-hearted merchants. As long as there is an opportunity to go abroad on business, they will definitely try their best to peddle these products.

Minister Badeno even created a commission system internally. The more you sell, the more commissions you get, so that the current directors and deputy directors are rushing to take on any job that can go abroad on business.

Anduin is happy to see this happen. After all, the profit margin of his products is already quite high, and with the price of those XXX-level products, the sales volume will not be too high.

And the Ministry of Magic is now equivalent to becoming Anduin's free sales, and can also promote him abroad, no matter how you think about it, it's not a loss.