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Chapter 242 Spider Silk Weaving Clothes
The giant spider Hilob, refusing to believe in its power, tried to find a weakness in the barrier and attacked it with all its might.

Only then did they realize that the magic barrier provided a 360-degree defense with no blind spots.

Seeing this, Hilob stopped attacking, then spat out spider silk towards the magic barrier, and used its forelimbs to lift Dui, who was protected by the magic barrier, to directly wrap and cover him with spider silk.

Covered by layers of spider silk, the magical barrier that Dui had erected was wrapped into a giant black cocoon.

"Hmph, so what if you have a turtle shell protecting you? Once you're wrapped in my dark spider web, you won't have a chance to escape!" Hilob said smugly.

It takes magic power to hold up a magical barrier. When the magic power is exhausted and the barrier can no longer be maintained, that's when it's time to enjoy its meal.

Therefore, Hilob believes that Dui is no longer able to escape its grasp.

Then it dragged the giant cocoon that wrapped Dui, along with the other two Orks, back into the pitch-black cave.

Hilob's lair is a maze of interconnected tunnels, surrounded by black spiderwebs that absorb light, so much so that even the light of Eyarendil cannot penetrate them.

Therefore, the entire lair was extremely dark, with not a single ray of light. In addition, the dark power of Hilob covered the area, rendering eyes useless and even blurring the five senses.

Inside the lair, the remains of countless creatures lay scattered about—various large animals, orcs, humans, and even elves. These remains were piled up densely, forming a mountain, far exceeding the number of remains of the hundreds of thousands of ghosts on the Path of the Dead.

Since the War of Wrath in the First Age, Hirobum fled here, and thousands of years have passed since then. The number of lives he has consumed is now immeasurable.

The evil god Ugoliant is a monster born from the dark void beyond the world. Driven by dark instincts, it is always affected by hunger and filled with a desire to devour.

As a son of Ugoliant, Hilob also inherited some of these traits, and was constantly filled with a desire to devour life.

When spiders eat, they habitually inject venom into their prey, allowing the venom to break down the prey's internal organs and muscles, converting them into liquid or semi-liquid nutrients, which they then suck up with their mouthparts.

Hilob is essentially a dark creature in the shape of a spider, but is also influenced by spider habits.

It first inserts the venomous stinger at the end of its tail into the Orc's corpse to inject venom. As the venom melts and decomposes, the Orc's internal organs, muscles, and even bones are rapidly broken down into liquid.

The unfortunate survivor, Oak, was able to break free from Dui's Imperius Curse after being injected with the venom. However, upon regaining consciousness, he faced an even more desperate situation, consciously experiencing his body being disintegrated by Dui until his final, complete death.

After dealing with both Orks, Hilob turned his attention to the huge black cocoon that enveloped Dui.

It raised its tail, revealing its sharp, venomous barbs, and stabbed at the black cocoon. Upon hitting the protective barrier shielding Dui, it released its venom.

The venom was highly corrosive, constantly eroding the magical barrier, causing ripples to appear and the barrier to gradually thin at a visible rate.

Seeing this outcome, Hilob seemed to have already foreseen the scene of the barrier breaking, leaving Dui inside with nowhere to escape and only to be devoured in despair.

Suddenly, the giant spider Hilob stiffened, then let out a shrill scream and was launched into the air.

Its sharp, poisonous barbs were now rendered useless after being sliced ​​horizontally with a single cut.

At the same time, a dazzling, holy light emanated from the black cocoon through the gaps in the spider silk, illuminating the originally pitch-black nest.

A black cocoon of spider silk was cleaved open by a sword burning with scorching flames, and Dui emerged from it.

He wielded a flaming sword in one hand and a starlight bottle in the other, unleashing the dazzling light of Eyarendil.

The holy light of Eyarendil made the giant spider Hilob uneasy and he could only retreat for a moment.

At that moment, the system suddenly responded.

[Hogwarts Check-in System: Location: Shadow Mountains - Torreh's Cavern, Check-in required?]

Dui was taken aback; he hadn't expected to be able to sign in here.

However, since there was a sign-in bonus, Du Yi naturally wouldn't miss it, and quickly muttered in his mind, "Sign in!"

[Sign-in successful! Congratulations on obtaining Madam Malkin's Magical Weaving Technique!]

Madame Malkin's textile craftsmanship? Dui was taken aback, somewhat disappointed.

He remembered that Madam Malkin was the owner of Madam Malkin's Robes Shop in Diagon Alley, and that Hogwarts students' uniforms were all made from her.

But Dui doesn't need to open a shop, so what would he do with this magical textile craft?
However, Dui couldn't think about these things at the moment, since he was still in the spider's nest and hadn't escaped danger yet.

At the same time, Hilob was clearly unwilling to let go of the person who had hurt it. It spewed out a stream of black steam, which, like a giant black net, forced back the light from all directions and surrounded Dui.

At the same time, the Eye of Sauron on the Tower of Mordor Baldur also suddenly turned its gaze toward this place from afar.

As if sensing something, Dui, whose soul had undergone a transformation and whose senses had greatly increased, immediately stopped hesitating and said to Hilob with a smile, "Thank you for the spider silk, goodbye!"

As he spoke, he placed his hand on the black cocoon that had previously enveloped him, activated the door key, and instantly disappeared into the cave.

Seeing Dui vanish into thin air, the giant spider Hilob was furious and let out a piercing hiss.

The angry voice echoed out of the cave, reverberating throughout the entire Chilis-Ugo Pass, and even reached the Orks of the nearby Minas-Mogul Fortress.

The Orks at the watchtower also heard the sound and trembled in fear.

"That's the spider's voice. Who angered her?" one of the Orks asked, still shaken. "Could it be the captain and the others?" another Ork guessed.

After all, only Dui and his group went to the giant spider Hilob's lair, so they were the first people the Orks thought of.

“Whether it’s them or not, they’re definitely not coming back to life. The angry Spider Queen won’t let them get away with this!” another Oak said gleefully.

"Does that mean we can elect a new leader?"

The Oc disregarded Dui and eagerly prepared to compete for the team leader position.

……

After a dizzying moment, Dui, who had returned to the top of Fengyun Peak, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The mission went relatively smoothly until the very end, when he finally caught Sauron's attention and managed to leave in time, giving Sauron no chance to capture him.

But after this incident, Sauron will obviously be more vigilant and will not give him another chance to get close to Mordor.

Even within the detection range of the Soren True Knowledge Crystal, there is absolutely no safety.

Fortunately, Windrise Peak was too far from Mordor, so even if Sauron used the Crystal of Knowledge to spy, he couldn't see it at all.

This finally allowed Dui to completely relax.

Then Dui looked at the black cocoon of spider silk he had brought back and a smile appeared on his face.

To trap him, Hilob had previously wrapped a thick layer of giant cocoon with spider silk. The amount of spider silk was more than enough to make ten more invisibility cloaks, let alone one.

Hilob's spider silk is so tough that even a sharp elven sword would have difficulty cutting it.

Its only weakness is that it is afraid of fire, or more precisely, it is afraid of being burned by the fire demon's fire.

Ordinary fire poses no threat whatsoever to Hilob's spider silk.

Dui's Flaming Sword happened to have a flame crystal embedded in its hilt, containing the power of the Flame Demon. It had also absorbed the Fiery Blaze and could release wind blades, which allowed it to easily cut through Hilob's spider silk.

In addition, Hilob's spider silk has very high magical properties, such as being able to block light, even the light of Eyarndil cannot penetrate it.

This kind of spider silk is absolutely the most suitable material for making invisibility cloaks.

Having obtained the spider silk, Dui immediately got to work.

In the magical world, an ordinary invisibility cloak is simply a complete cloak enchanted with magic to grant it the ability to become invisible.

However, the invisibility cloak created by Peverell takes a different approach. It uses a weaving technique to shape runes containing magical power, eventually weaving thousands of runes together to form a complete magical cycle.

This is why the Invisibility Cloak, one of the Deathly Hallows, can remain unchanged for thousands of years.

Therefore, to create a Peverell's Invisibility Cloak, one must first possess exquisite weaving skills, capable of weaving each rune perfectly.

It's impossible for Dui to specifically learn textile technology just to create an invisibility cloak.

Not to mention that he has no talent for textiles at all, even if he studied for ten years, he would never become a textile master. Moreover, he doesn't have that much energy and time to study.

Although he checked in at the giant spider Hilob's lair, he obtained Lady Malkin's magical weaving craft.

However, he only acquired technical knowledge, rather than becoming a textile master overnight.

Moreover, Dui had no intention of delving into magical textile techniques; his energy was limited, and he couldn't possibly learn every single thing he signed in for.

So he had no choice but to ask Alvin for help to complete the invisibility cloak together.

Alwen is a treasure trove. In addition to her impressive combat and magical abilities, she is also skilled in music, languages, painting, forging, cooking, and textile embroidery.

Many of Dui's clothes, including the robe he is wearing now, were hand-woven by Alwen, and are exquisite, understated, and luxurious.

Even the weaving skills of the "weaving workers"—the giant spiders—kept in the tower were taught and trained by Alvin.

Therefore, every tapestry and every curtain in Hogwarts Castle was made by Alvin.

Alvin naturally wouldn't refuse Dui's request.

In order not to waste the magical textile craftsmanship obtained from signing in, Dui specially extracted this memory knowledge, infused it into the Crown of Wisdom, and then put it on Alwen's head, allowing her to receive and learn the magical textile craftsmanship knowledge within.

Alwen already possessed exquisite textile and embroidery skills. Now, with the magical textile craft and the blessing of the Crown of Wisdom, she mastered the skill swiftly, as if from a commanding height.

Together, the two unraveled the mystery, soaking the spider silk in a special solution to remove its stickiness while preserving its resilience.

At the same time, Dui smelted mithril and then made mithril threads that were thinner than a human hair, which were used as one of the materials for the invisibility cloak.

Once all the materials were ready, the two officially began the work of weaving the invisibility cloak.

(End of this chapter)