The man behind Hogwarts

Chapter 183 Dealing with Professor Sprout

"What if it's the venom of the Acromantula..."

William asked casually: "I heard that the venom of the Acromantula is very expensive, not only because it is difficult to obtain, but also difficult to preserve. If you really encounter it, is there anything you can use to collect the venom?"

The topic went round and round and finally got to the point.

Last night, he reached an agreement with Aragog and provided him with the tools to collect venom. He collected the venom and gave it to him.

Originally, I wanted to find Snape. As a master of potions, Snape must have special tools for collection work.

Unfortunately, there was no Potions class today, and I didn't have time to go find him.

I just took the herbal medicine class and thought that Sprout might also know something about this, so I asked this question.

"Acromantula?"

Sprout exclaimed, "The Acromantula is a very dangerous creature. If you encounter it, you must run away without hesitation and don't think about collecting venom.

If you see an Acromantula, it means there are thousands of Acromantulas lurking around you. "

"They can be said to be the nemesis of the little wizard."

"Without good defensive magic and deep magic power, it would be very dangerous for anyone to encounter the Acromantula."

William pursed his lips and nodded, expressing deep agreement.

That's right, that's right.

Thousands of big spiders surround you, above your head and around you, wherever you look, you can see cute little furry ones.

If you want to escape from the siege of Acromantula, defensive spells are the top priority.

"That's right, Professor, the Acromantula is too dangerous."

"Is there anything I can collect and preserve the venom from?"

Looking at William's eyes full of curiosity, Sprout nodded secretly with pleasure.

Good grades, polite, good-looking, and so curious about knowledge.

How could there be such a good student?

"To collect the venom of Acromantula, you must use specific tools, which must be able to preserve the activity of the venom. Such tools are rare, but I do have a few."

really have?

William's eyes lit up, he was really unintentional.

"Professor, I am somewhat interested in this. Can I buy two from you?"

"No problem, come with me." Sprout didn't doubt that he was there and took William directly to get the tools.

After half a moment, she handed William two strange tools the size of kettles.

"These two are collection pots and also have the function of preservation."

The collection pot has a pointed head, a round belly and a flat bottom. There is a small handle next to the kettle. Only the pointed end of the kettle has a lid that can be opened. If the lid is closed, it can be completely sealed, and the contents inside can be sealed under the influence of magic props. Maintain activity.

There are two in total, which can be used interchangeably.

Before leaving, Professor Sprout repeatedly told him to just study the collection pot and never think about collecting the venom of the Acromantula.

William smiled and agreed.

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"Hagrid, let's go find Aragog first."

In the forest at night, two people and a dog walked through the forest, preparing to continue looking for the red giant bee.

"Looking for Aragog?"

Hagrid looked at William suspiciously. He had just fought with Aragog's children yesterday. Could it be that he hadn't had enough of it yet and wanted to continue it today?

"What are you thinking!" William couldn't help laughing: "I told you yesterday that Aragog and I really became friends, not what you thought."

"Okay, let's go back quickly."

Just as the two of them rushed to Aragog's lair, the big spiders in the lair were quite strange.

Acromantula lair.

Also known as Aragog's Web by Hagrid.

Inside the lair, on a relatively open plain in front of Aragog, a group of Acromantulas surrounded a ball of flame.

The big spiders vibrate their joints from time to time and make clicking sounds.

The mouth communicates in spider language.

The flame surrounded by spiders was clearly the Gubler fairy fire left by William. It was a ball the size of a basin and fell to the ground and kept burning.

There was obviously no firewood or anything combustible underneath the flame, but the flame was still burning vigorously.

A whole day has passed since William left it.

The Gubulai Immortal Fire neither spreads nor decreases, it always maintains that size.

Aragog also looked at the flames curiously.

"What kind of magic is this? Can it really be immortal?"

"And this flame is not afraid of water."

"Strange and strange."

Last night, William said that the flame would never go out, and Aragog thought he was bragging. Unexpectedly, one day later, the flame still didn't go out.

During this period, the children also tried to extinguish it actively, but failed.

It is not afraid of water.

Even if you pour water on the flame, the flame will not be affected; the water will pass through the flame and fall on the ground to form a small puddle, and the flame will burn on the puddle.

Until now, the water in the small puddle has almost dried up.

Water attacks had no effect, and the smart spiders also tried earth attacks.

I'll cover you with soil and see how you still burn.

Hundreds of spiders used their slender little legs to dig up the soil, pushing layer by layer onto the flames, just like dung beetles working, pushing lumps of soil.

Soon, Gubulai's fairy fire hit the big spider in the face again.

The flame was like an invisible phantom, and it was useless to cover it with soil. It could only pass through the flame and fall to the ground, filling up the small puddle again.

"Forget it, if it wants to burn, let it burn."

Aragog came to a conclusion weakly and dismissed the children who were watching.

"Fortunately, the flame is not big and can only illuminate a few meters around it."

"If the flames are brighter, I will have to move with the children. William is too much. Why should I install a light in my house? I don't know if we like darkness."

William and the two arrived at the entrance of the nest and went in along the tree hole.

As soon as he came out of the tree hole, he saw a burning flame inside the nest. The bright and warm flame added a little light to the dark nest.

"Huh." Hagrid took a few steps forward curiously, looking at the flames in confusion: "Aragog, when did you have this thing here?"

Aragog climbed out of the hole and looked at William sadly.

You tell me, it's not your good friend's fault.

"You said this, William gave it to me." Aragog said against his will: "The flame is not bad, it can just add a little brightness to my place."

"Is that so?" Hagrid accepted it.

"Yes, that's true." Aragog forced a smile. There is no need to tell Hagrid what happened between him and William, so as not to worry him.

William nodded secretly.

Although Aragog is an Acromantula, his feelings for Hagrid are not adulterated at all.

He is able to overcome biological instincts and neither harm nor eat humans. No Acromantula has ever been able to do this.

He still cared so much about Hagrid and put himself in Hagrid's shoes.

It is truly the supreme testimony of interracial friendship.