time at hogwarts

306. Arthur’s Struggle



Jessamine Weplington's reply was not that fast. After all, it required crossing the ocean.But Magos realized he had made a mistake after sending the letter.Jessamine Weplington is not living in the old-fashioned magical world now. He and his wife are living in seclusion in an ordinary town. He can just go home and make a transoceanic phone call later.

A moment of silence for the owl about to send a meaningless letter across the ocean.Then he followed Sauron's description and drew the general appearance of the ghost and wizard he saw, not to report them, but to make himself careful about them, so as not to be tricked to death without knowing it.

It was already an hour later when Arthur came to the store.

"Sorry, McGoss, I'm late," Mr. Weasley said as he hung his hat and scarf on the hanger.

"The wizard who was reported by the neighbor today is really unlucky. He just used a few magic spells on a Muggle camera so that it can automatically follow and take pictures. It is similar to the camera used by the reporters of the Daily Prophet, but Now if he is found out, he has to be fined two hundred gold galleons."

After listening to Arthur's words, Magos felt that if the Ministry of Magic continued to implement this boycott policy in the future, with the rapid advancement of technology in the ordinary world, it would be difficult to say whether magic could still prevail over technology.At that time, maybe the Ministry of Magic would not have to do anything, and just spend all their time modifying the memories of ordinary people who discovered traces of wizards.

"Quirrell said you have something to see me about, what is it?" Mr. Weasley pushed the people out of the room and asked confusedly when he saw Sauron standing next to Magos.

"Who is this"

"He is my father's bodyguard, Sauron."

"Hello." Sauron smiled and nodded. He knew from Magos that this was the wizard who could add magic to his sniper rifle, so his tone was very polite.

"Hello." Mr. Weasley smiled back.

"Actually, the main reason for asking for your help this time is for him. You also know that my family was attacked by a wizard last summer." He paused as he said that, and he was a little worried if Arthur knew that he had asked him to modify the sniper rifle. , will he be scared and run away?After all, it only costs [-] gold Galleons to modify a camera. If you want to modify a destructive weapon magically, money may not be able to solve it.

"So" Arthur felt bad. Please help and added the words "bodyguard" and "attack" to make him feel that things were not that simple.

"I hope you can make some modifications to his weapons."

As the ominous premonition came true, Arthur's eyes widened.

"Nonsense. It's okay to modify those Walkmans. At least they can help ghosts. Now you actually ask me to strengthen Muggle weapons. Do you know what the crime is?"

"That's why I asked you to help here." McGoss looked sincere.

"I won't do it for you." Arthur turned around and was about to pick up his hat and scarf and leave.

Seeing that the request was useless, Magos had no choice but to use aggressive generals.

"Don't you want to see Muggle weapons? Even if you don't want to in the end, you haven't lost anything, right?"

Arthur's footsteps were steady, and a very tangled look flashed across his face. Of course he was curious about Muggle weapons. The weapons he could get were either in tatters or were antiques from a long time ago.So now that he has a weapon used to protect rich Muggles in front of him, the attraction to him is undoubtedly huge.

Magos didn't waste any time and brought a sniper rifle that Sauron had assembled in front of Arthur.

"Look, this is their most powerful weapon with the longest range."

Arthur involuntarily took the sniper rifle handed over by Magos, his eyes gleaming.

"It's amazing how they could invent such a powerful weapon without the help of magic."

"What's even more powerful is that you should know the power of the two atomic bombs dropped by the United States during World War II."

"Atomic bomb" Arthur touched his head,

"I don't really remember it. I'll look through the records of that period when I get back."

Magos didn't pay attention to Arthur's questions. It's normal for wizards in the magical world not to understand the history of the ordinary world. What's more, strictly speaking, they can indeed be said to be people from two worlds.

Then Arthur began to study the sniper rifle seriously. From time to time, he asked Sauron about the purpose of some parts and asked him to disassemble it and take a look.

After careful study, Arthur reluctantly returned the sniper rifle to Sauron.Then Magos asked him for help again, this time his refusal was not as strong as before.

"Actually, your research on this weapon is not entirely harmful."

"Yeah." Arthur knew that Magos was determined not to give up, and he was a little tempted, so he stopped and waited for Magos to persuade him.

"You see, no matter whether there is a war between Muggles and wizards in the future, the more you know about their weapons now, the greater your contribution will be then."

"And we don't just regard them as weapons for ordinary people. You also know that there are signs of mysterious people appearing all the time. If wizards who resist Death Eaters can equip such a weapon, not to mention killing the enemy, they should be able to resist. Strengthen it a lot."

These words obviously moved Arthur. Don't forget that Ron was almost killed by Voldemort who was parasitic on Quirrell when he was in first grade.If Ron could have one more weapon that didn't require incantation and was powerful enough to threaten the wizard's life, his life protection would undoubtedly be at a higher level.

"How do you want me to change it?" Arthur asked expressionlessly.

"To be clear in advance, if the Ministry of Magic discovers it, I will not admit that it was modified by me."

"Of course, of course." Magos nodded repeatedly.

Arthur took the sniper rifle from Sauron again and returned to the room.

"Tell me."

"I have tested its power. If the obstacle spell I use hits the same location twice, the obstacle spell will be broken. Now I am wondering if I can transform the gun into a sniper rifle that weakens the influence of the spell."

"It can't be done." Arthur shook his head.

"The first is the material. It is not made of special metal that can guide magic, so it can be cast with some mischief spells or finding-object spells, but it cannot be cast with antagonistic attack spells."

"What about silencing and making it impossible to determine the specific location?"

"This is not difficult. You can use a silencing spell to silence the sound, and place a confusion spell at the location. But it can only block the wizard for a moment, and it is impossible to confuse the wizard's intuition and observation all the time."

This effect is completely different from what Magos expected. Not to mention the increased elemental damage and attack power that he imagined, he didn't expect that he could only add two temporary abilities in the end.

"Can the bullet be changed?" Magos asked reluctantly.

"It's difficult." This time Arthur did not directly deny it.

"If you only want a short-term effect, that's fine, but if you want it to be effective all the time, you need to engrave some symbols of the magic spell on the front. The bullets are too small and the success rate is very low. It is better to attack directly with the magic spell."


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