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Chapter 239 Invisibility Cloak

The creation of the Philosopher's Stone has come to a temporary halt. We need to wait for Saturn to appear before proceeding to the next step of the transformation.

After resting for a few days and recharging, Dui turned his attention to other things.

During the months in between waiting for Saturn to appear, Dui did not intend to be idle.

He remembered the crafting method for the invisibility cloak he had obtained from checking in at Dongyi City, and decided to make one during this time.

In the magical world, ordinary invisibility cloaks are usually made of fabric adorned with illusion charms or invisibility charms, while more precious ones are made from the fur of invisible beasts.

However, these invisibility cloaks will gradually fade over time and lose their invisibility effect.

Moreover, it can be broken by spells such as the Revealing Curse, and it can also be detected by magic.

The Invisibility Cloak, one of the Deathly Hallows, is the only invisibility cloak with a permanent effect.

Moreover, this invisibility cloak can not only make the user permanently invisible, but also block the user's magical aura, voice, and even heartbeat, and can ignore all conventional and unconventional detection methods.

In the children's magical story "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," the youngest of the three Peverell brothers asked Death for something that would prevent him from being discovered, and Death gave him an invisibility cloak.

It is said that once you put on this invisibility cloak, even Death cannot find you. So after the eldest brother, who obtained the Elder Wand, and the second brother, who obtained the Resurrection Stone, died one after another, only the third brother relied on the invisibility cloak to avoid Death's pursuit and lived to old age.

Then, the third son, having lived long enough, passed the invisibility cloak to his descendants and happily followed Death away from this world.

Of course, this story is not true, and the Peverell brothers did not actually encounter Death.

Rather, the three of them were powerful wizards who created the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak, respectively. Through misinformation, these items were later believed to be gifts from Death.

But these three items are indeed extraordinary. The Elder Wand is the most powerful wand in the magical world, the Resurrection Stone can summon souls, and the Invisibility Cloak has been passed down for thousands of years, its invisibility ability has not diminished at all, and it has helped Harry Potter escape danger several times.

Dui's main purpose in creating the invisibility cloak was to protect himself from Sauron's spying.

Sauron not only possesses a giant fire eye that constantly monitors the entire Mordor region, but also the Crystal of Knowledge, which allows him to spy on targets from a distance.

Soren's Crystal of Knowledge is a massive main crystal, capable of seeing a much wider range than Dui's Crystal of Knowledge.

The commotion caused by Dui drawing upon the power of Mercury last time attracted Sauron's attention. If Galadriel hadn't been there and immediately deprived Sauron of his sight, Dui would have had no secrets left.

Of course, Dui is unaware that Sauron has discovered his work on the Philosopher's Stone and is attempting to seize it.

All he wants now is to create an invisibility cloak that can evade the prying eyes of the True Knowledge Crystal, thus enhancing his own foundation.

Speaking of invisibility cloaks, Middle-earth also has a similar "invisibility cloak."

For example, the elven cloak woven by the Lorien elves makes it difficult to be detected when worn, somewhat similar to the combined effect of the Ignore Charm and the Disillusionment Charm.

Dui also had a cloak like this, which Alwen had woven for him by hand.

Secondly, the most powerful "invisibility cloak" belongs to the dark cloak of the evil god Ugguliant.

During the Age of the Two Trees, Morgoth and Ulgriant conspired, and the giant spider god Ulgriant wove a dark cloak from spider silk to shroud himself and Morgoth, thus infiltrating Valinor, reaching the Two Trees, and successfully destroying them.

The fact that even the Valar of Valinor couldn't detect that dark cloak speaks volumes about its stealth capabilities.

Dui didn't expect to create an invisibility cloak comparable to the Dark Cloak, but at least he could replicate one of the Deathly Hallows' invisibility cloaks that wouldn't lose its invisibility over time.

According to the information on the crafting process of the invisibility cloak obtained by Dui through check-in, the materials used by Peverell the Third to make the invisibility cloak are no different from those used for ordinary invisibility cloaks; they are all made from the hair of invisibility beasts.

The only difference is that they used different magical methods in their production.

Since there are no invisible beasts in Middle-earth, Dui naturally couldn't use their fur to make an invisibility cloak, so he had to consider other alternative materials.

Without much hesitation, Dui chose the giant spider's silk as the material for the invisibility cloak. After all, there was a precedent of Ugoliant weaving a dark cloak with spider silk, and as her descendant, the giant spider's silk was naturally the most suitable material.

Duy kept a group of giant spiders in the Amonsur Tower of Hogwarts Castle.

Besides serving as food reserves for the basilisk Helpo, she was also controlled with the Imperius Curse and, after some training, successfully became Hogwarts's personal "Weaver Girl".

Dui entered the room in the tower where the giant spider lived.

In the room, which resembled a small world, giant spiders sat neatly and orderly in their respective positions, spinning silk and skillfully weaving spider silk with their forelimbs.

Under their rapid weaving, exquisite pieces of cloth are continuously produced.

The cloth woven by these giant spiders will eventually be used in the castle as bedding, carpets, curtains, tapestries and other fabrics.

These fabrics are incredibly tough and durable, difficult to damage with ordinary swords, and even resistant to fire. Barring unforeseen circumstances, they would likely remain intact even after hundreds of years. Furthermore, the cloth woven by these giant spiders became the exclusive clothing of Dui's retainers, attendants, and militia.

These garments are both highly protective and lightweight, offering better protection against deadly attacks than bulky armor.

Duy now commands two towns, Hogsmeade and Brie, each with tens of thousands of inhabitants, making them two large cities.

With a large urban population, a militia was established, whose main responsibility, in addition to loyalty to Dui, was to protect the city's security and defend against foreign invasion.

In Dui, Hogwarts Castle also gained more servants and helpers, who were responsible for guarding the castle and cleaning and maintaining it.

The two original mayors, Luke and Lucky, have now been promoted to mayors of Hogsmeade and Burrito, respectively, and continue to compete with each other to outdo the other.

These people felt extremely honored to receive the spider silk fabric bestowed upon them by Dui, and regarded this invulnerable fabric as a precious treasure.

The somewhat vain Mayor Latchey of Brie often wore it on his body to subtly show it off to his guests.

As a result, the spider silk produced by Hogwarts Castle gradually became a sought-after item, with many people dreaming of obtaining a piece of cloth, and it even fetched exorbitant prices.

There were hundreds of giant spiders spinning silk and weaving cloth, so there was no shortage of cloth in Dui's castle; in fact, there was a huge stockpile of it.

So the cobwebs that were so expensive outside became employee uniforms inside Hogwarts Castle, and everyone from militiamen and squires to the floor-cleaning servants had one.

Dui himself was not short of money, so he had no intention of selling these cobweb cloths to make money.

But the greedy Smaug thought differently. He considered himself the manager and accountant of the Dui Treasury, and his greatest dream was to be able to swim in a sea of ​​gold and silver.

So he stopped sleeping altogether, volunteered to become a ruthless capitalist exploiter, kept an eye on the giant spider to produce more spider silk, and managed the sale of the spider silk behind the scenes, leaving the butler Edward to handle it.

He even knew the principle that scarcity increases value, so he actively controlled the outflow of spider silk cloth and fabricated rumors that spider silk cloth was complicated and difficult to make, and that only one inch could be woven per day, so that merchants would bid to buy it.

And so, to Dui's astonishment and speechlessness, the dragon Smaug counted the gold coins flowing into his treasury.

That said, after looking around at the giant spider in the room, Dui finally shook his head and gave up.

While the silk of these giant spiders is indeed tough enough to withstand ordinary swords and spears, and also possesses a certain degree of magical properties, they are merely the most ordinary giant spiders, descendants of countless generations of Ugoliant, with diluted bloodlines.

Since Dui wants to make an invisibility cloak using spider silk, the better the material used, the better the finished product will be.

Dui didn't even notice the silk from these ordinary giant spiders.

The only thing worth mentioning is the giant spider queen in the dark forest.

That was a giant spider whose bloodline was close to that of Ugoliant. Its immense strength was such that even when Dui, Thranduy, and Darrigast of the Brown Robe joined forces, they managed to kill it with great difficulty.

Unfortunately, this giant spider is now inside the belly of the basilisk monster Helpo, making it impossible to use its silk to make an invisibility cloak.

To be honest, what Dui wanted most was definitely the spider silk of the spider god Ugliant, after all, it could be woven into a dark cloak that even the Valar king Manwë couldn't detect.

After Ulquiorra and Morgoth destroyed the Two Trees, a conflict arose over the ownership of the Silmarils.

Ugliant bound Morgoth with a spider web, attempting to strangle him. Morgoth was unable to break free and had to summon his Balrogs, who destroyed the web with their flaming whips, finally freeing Morgoth.

This is enough to show how strong Ulgoliant's spider silk is, that it was able to bind Morgoth.

Of course, Dui was just thinking about it. If he really encountered Ugoliant, he wouldn't even have a chance to escape, let alone get the spider silk.

Dui couldn't hope for the spider silk of Ugoliant, but he thought the spider silk of her descendant, Hilob, was worth considering.

The giant spider Hilob, in the truest sense, should be the Spider Queen.

Hirobor was born in the First Age and was one of the offspring of Uggrianth.

She and her many brothers and sisters lived in the Dark Valley of Beleriand until the end of the First Age, when Beleriand was destroyed in the War of Wrath.

Hilob fled eastward, establishing a nest in the towering mountains of the Modo border region, where they multiplied and gradually formed a giant spider clan in the Dark Forest area.

The Spider Queen in the Dark Forest was a descendant of Hilob, and she was very powerful because she inherited a portion of Hilob's power.

If Dui could obtain Hilob's spider silk, it would be perfect for making an invisibility cloak.

It's even possible to create an invisibility cloak that's even better than the original Deathly Hallows.

(End of this chapter)