#92 - Engraving

This made Anduin a little puzzled. Why not get some Leme alloy from Nicolas Flamel to arm the Order of the Phoenix? Was it really because there were difficulties in making this alloy?

Anduin had no clue, but this kind of advanced material was not something he could imagine at his current level. ReadingΜ

Then Professor Bones continued to introduce Anduin to other magical metals, such as Agrippa alloy, which was slightly less strong than Ulfberht steel. Because this alloy was invented by the human wizard Cornelius Agrippa, many alchemists had the recipe, so it was not very rare. There was also the infamous Hepheastus alloy, a type of alloy suitable for carrying curses and dark magic, invented by the despicable Hepheastus. This alloy had good transformation properties and could be converted and disguised as other magical metals, making it a very suitable material for scheming.

Obviously, Professor Bones's alchemy level was not as superficial as he said. He could list most of the materials in the wizarding world like a treasure, with a very rich accumulation of knowledge. Moreover, he had most of the alchemy materials on hand, either raw materials or various physical objects that had been made into alchemy items. Observing and touching these materials with his own eyes allowed him to quickly have a basic impression of them.

After introducing various magical metals, Professor Bones also explained to Anduin the role of many woods in alchemy.

As well as the application of many magical creature products in alchemy. In fact, the most common alchemy props on the market now are of this type. Many magical creature skins, furs, bones, blood, teeth, etc., are widely used in alchemy.

While introducing magical creature materials, Anduin suddenly realized a problem, that he seemed to have been sitting in a treasure trove without realizing it. He had seen many of the skins, furs, bones, and other materials that Professor Bones introduced in Hagrid's hut.

For example, when introducing unicorn hair, Anduin discovered that this wasn't the rope Hagrid used to hang cured meat? And it was the kind made of a dozen strands braided together. He had been curious before, how could the rope for tying cured meat not change color at all, always maintaining a bright luster.

And the cushion that Hagrid gave him that was very comfortable to sit on was actually made of Manticore fur. Anduin had seen an even larger piece of that kind of fur in Hagrid's hut, which Hagrid used to pad boxes. And the needle Hagrid used to make leather goods was actually a horn of an Erumpent. The doormat placed at the door was actually a dragon skin. He had never noticed it. →

Good家伙, it turns out Hagrid is a hidden rich man! Anduin felt that he could no longer look at Hagrid with the eyes of a normal person.

In the following days, Anduin studied with Professor Bones and identified many alchemy materials. On this day, Professor Bones finally began to explain to him the method of making alchemy items.

"Here, these are the important tools for alchemy enchantment," Professor Bones said to Anduin, spreading out a rolled-up tool set.

In that tool set, there were 14 carving knives inserted, 7 in a group, a magnifying glass, and next to it were placed scales, rulers, compasses, pliers and other tools.

"There are two main ways to enchant, one is to directly enchant with spells, like invisibility cloaks, but this method has a poor duration. Ordinary invisibility cloaks can last for a few years, which is already very good. The other is inscription, engraving magic runes on magical materials. As long as you replenish magic in time, the duration will be greatly enhanced.

There are two ways to inscribe, one is bright inscription, and the other is dark inscription. As the name suggests, the former is to directly use a carving knife to carve the rune patterns on the alchemy material, and then perform enchantment. The other requires more superb skills, using a dark carving knife to directly inject magic into the alchemy material, and then maintain a stable magic output, engraving the runes while directly enchanting. This enchantment process requires extremely strong magic control, and the alchemy effect of the finished product is also better," Professor Bones introduced the function of various carving knives, while explaining different enchantment techniques.

Anduin nodded, checking the difference between the different carving knives. One group of carving knives was for bright inscription, with sharp cutting edges on the tips. The kind used for dark inscription, the front end of the carving knife had no cutting edge, but was like a fountain pen, with a thin conduit, which was used to transmit magic.

"Okay, you try it. Your magic control is good, you can directly try dark inscription. If you don't believe it, practice bright inscription first," Professor Bones handed Anduin a piece of wood, as a carrier for inscription.

Anduin took the piece of wood, then took a medium-sized dark carving knife, and tried to input magic. Soon the front end of the carving knife lit up slightly, and then he controlled the magic output, trying to carve the Levitation Charm rune on the wood.

After actual operation, Anduin found that inscription was indeed difficult. On the one hand, he had to control the uniform output of magic, and on the other hand, he had to pay attention to the accuracy of carving. Fortunately, the rune he was inscribing was the Levitation Charm rune, which he was very familiar with, and the probability of error was not high.

After inscribing more than half of the rune, Anduin lost control, causing the magic output to be too large, and the wood 'snapped' and cracked.

Professor Bones on the side nodded slightly and said, "It's already very good. It seems that your magic control is very good. What's rare is that your hands are also very stable. Wooden materials are prone to this situation when they receive excessive magic pressure. If it is on metal materials, the fault tolerance will be much higher. It seems that you are very suitable for the craft of dark inscription. Try again."

Anduin nodded, and took another piece of wood and tried to inscribe, but failed again after inscribing more than half of it, and the material was scrapped. Professor Bones was very patient and constantly encouraged Anduin to try.

Finally, after making 4 mistakes, he completed the inscription of the rune. After slightly activating it with magic, the inscribed small piece of wood calmly floated in the air.

"Well done, one success in five times, and still on wooden materials with high difficulty, your success rate is already close to that of a professional alchemist," Professor Bones said very happily, seeing Anduin's success, his expression was more excited than Anduin's.

"Thank you, Professor Bones," Anduin was also very happy. After crossing this threshold, his alchemy experiments could gradually begin.

"Well, you have to practice hard after you go back. I'll lend you this dark carving knife first. After you gradually become familiar with the feeling of inscription, we will start testing your Echo Location Curse," Professor Bones saw that Anduin's talent was so good, and was very satisfied, and said encouragingly.