The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 685 A smooth plan (please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
It took Ryan more than ten minutes to count and deliver the magic props he had brought before. This batch of magic props was of various types. In addition to the magic props used for magic defense before, there were some new offensive props this time.

"What is this?" George took out a velvet-covered elongated box from the space bag, then opened it and took out the contents. "It looks a bit like a magic wand..."

"Stop it." Ryan quickly stepped forward and took the wand off. After putting it back in the box, he looked up at George. "Please, if you see any magic props you haven't seen before, you'd better ask me. Otherwise, you might really hurt yourself."

"You mean this isn't a normal wand?" George asked, looking at the small blue box in Ryan's hand. "Is it similar to the fake wands Fred and I used to sell?"

"It's a bit similar, but not the same thing." Ryan said as he took out a wand that he had used as a test object from another space bag in his arms. Only then did George realize that although this wand looked like an ordinary wand, it looked much more gorgeous than an ordinary wand. The surface was inlaid with many mysterious patterns made of silver threads and tiny crystals.

"It does look much prettier than an ordinary wand," George commented. "But even though many people need wands right now, I don't think this kind of gorgeous pure-blood-style wand will be popular with those Muggle-born wizards who have lost their wands. And I don't see what's so special about this wand."

"Hahahaha..." Seeing George's serious comment on the wand in front of him, Hermione couldn't help laughing. After the laughter subsided, she said to George, "I didn't expect this thing to be able to hide from your observation. In fact, this wand is a consumable item. It can cast magic automatically."

"Automatically cast magic?" George opened his mouth in surprise. "I only know that some magic items can automatically cast magic when needed, but I have never heard of a wand that can automatically cast magic."

"To be precise, this should be a shortened version of a semi-automatic magic wand, because although it does not require casting, the user still needs to mentally lock onto the target of the spell. Apart from that, it can only use one type of magic." Ryan shrugged. "I must say that it is too difficult to make a real automatic spellcasting item. Even if it is really made, almost no one can afford it."

"Even so, this wand is very powerful." George looked at the wand in Ryan's hand with awe. "What surprised me most is that you can actually mass-produce this thing--"

"Okay, now let's try this wand." Ryan saw that George seemed to be about to start praising the wand and quickly interrupted George, "I have to demonstrate the power of this wand to you first, only in this way can you introduce its function to those who need it. And develop appropriate methods of use."

"Fire." After arriving at the yard, Ryan raised the magic wand and aimed at a stone in the middle of the yard and said, and instantly a missile made of magic energy shot out from the head of the magic wand, and then blew a baseball-sized hole on the stone.

"Pure magical energy?" After a few minutes of learning, George imitated Ryan and used the magic wand to make a hole of the same size on the stone. Then he held the magic wand and looked at it carefully.

"Although it is not very offensive, it can play a very good role in wizard battles. Especially after using pure magic energy, it can effectively kill and destroy most of the current magic defense methods. In short, this is a magic item that is very suitable for use in battle."

"So what do you think is a reasonable price for this thing?" Ryan asked after briefly introducing the features of this thing. In fact, this wand is a modified version of the arcane missile wand. After Ryan got this technology from Silvermoon City during his last trip, he tried to restore a series of magic technologies from Silvermoon City.

However, the restoration of technology under different world backgrounds is a very complicated process, not to mention that the magic level of the last world is much higher than this world. As a result, after such a long period of research, the Arcane Missile Wand, which was not very complicated in that world, became the first magic prop that could be mass-produced using local raw materials among all the technologies obtained in that world. Moreover, compared with the original version, the wand made here is also quite different from its prototype.

"As for pricing, each wand stores 20 magic spells. After use, the wand will be scrapped. You told me that its cost is about 12 Galleons." George tapped his chin with his fingers. "I think 30 Galleons is a more appropriate price because you underestimate the complexity of making such magic props. But I think the specific price can only be finalized after Fred comes back."

"It's okay. I'm not in a hurry anyway." Ryan shook his hand to show that he was not in a hurry and asked George. "By the way, why are you the only one left in the store? Where are Fred and Penelope?"

"Penelope went to the werewolves' planting base in Northern Europe to purchase supplies today," George explained, "because the previous sales of magic props almost cleared out our inventory, and the workshop on the other side of the town now needs more raw materials to maintain production."

"As for Fred, he went to Hogwarts to find Hagrid today. You know, Hagrid often finds some good things unexpectedly in the Forbidden Forest. After discussing with Dumbledore and Hagrid, we can now get some materials from Hagrid that are difficult to obtain from other places every once in a while. To be honest, I hope they can come back soon. It's too tiring to work alone in the store now, even for just one morning."

"So that's how it is." Ryan nodded. There were far fewer people in Weasley's Joke Shop than in the past. Most of the former shop assistants were now working in the new Ministry of Magic.

Because Ryan and his team had previously recruited and trained a large number of hemp-born wizards for their big plan. At that time, they did so only to improve the overall level of hemp-born wizards so that they would be able to fight for their due rights when the time came in the future.

But what Ryan didn't expect was that this opportunity would come so quickly, and he didn't expect that there would be so many people in the magic world who opposed the new order established after the last war, and were always looking forward to destroying the existing order and restoring the past state.

This also led to the fact that, with Professor Dumbledore still alive, Voldemort was able to seize the only opportunity when Dumbledore was unable to escape and, with the cooperation of the previous group of opponents, took over the Ministry of Magic and gained a certain advantage. However, for many reasons, Headmaster Dumbledore was unable to retake the Ministry of Magic in a short period of time, and the war became long-term and lasting.

Under such circumstances, the Hogsmeade Ministry of Magic was established. Because a large number of pure-blood wizards chose to stand on the side of the London Ministry of Magic, resulting in an extreme shortage of personnel, the Ministry of Magic recruited a large number of personnel after stabilization. This gave Ryan an opportunity to take action, an opportunity to allow more Muggle wizards to get better jobs, and then gain the status and voice they deserve.

As expected, after several years of training in the joke shop, almost all of these Muggle wizards successfully passed the exam and were recruited by magic. This was naturally a good thing for Ryan and his team, but the number of people in the joke shop decreased accordingly. Fortunately, after the outbreak of the war, the joke shop's main business shifted to the production of magic props related to the war, and the shop in Diagon Alley was closed. This allowed the shop to barely operate.

However, the lack of staff is still a very troublesome problem. Although some new people have been recruited from the escaped personnel, the shortage of staff will continue for some time until these new people are qualified in the training, resulting in poor operation of the store.

"Then we won't bother you anymore." After instructing George to help collect materials for making the wand, Ryan and the others said goodbye and left. George just waved his hand and started to refine the white fresh essential oil.

(End of this chapter)