Chapter 1164: Convenient Charms
“What the hell, there is a cold fog everywhere in the UK now... This is very abnormal, it always feels like something is happening that we don’t know about.”
At this moment, a truck loaded with cement was driving cautiously on the road shrouded in thick fog. The middle-aged truck driver stared straight at the road ahead, but he was chattering to the middle-aged man accompanying him. The man spoke, "Since July, various strange things have happened frequently across the UK, as if..."
“Those weird things are really weird!”
The middle-aged man looked at the thick fog ahead and frowned, interrupting the truck driver directly, "The fog is too thick now. Should we find a place to wait for the fog to dissipate before we get on the road?"
"you're right!"
The middle-aged truck driver hesitated for a moment, but was finally convinced by the people next to him. After all, his life was his own, and accidents were indeed easy to happen when driving in this dense fog.
"you…"
After the middle-aged truck driver found a place to stop the truck, he suddenly fainted in the driver's seat before he could say anything.
The middle-aged man in the passenger seat lowered his arm, reached out to open the truck door, jumped out of the truck, walked around to the side of the truck where the cement was stored, took out a "small wooden stick" from the bag, and swung it around the truck. , after releasing a barrier to repel Muggles, he sprayed mist from the tip of the wand, making the surrounding mist thicker and completely blocking people's sight.
With the help of the cover of thick fog, the middle-aged man took out a suitcase from the bag, opened it and placed it on the ground. He raised the "small wooden stick" and waved it towards the cement on the truck body. The neatly stacked bags of cement looked like As if he had grown legs, he jumped off the truck and entered the seemingly bottomless pit of suitcases one by one. A large truck of cement was emptied in the blink of an eye.
“Next…”
The middle-aged man mumbled and closed the suitcase, walked to the driver's seat of the truck, and raised a "small wooden stick" to tamper with part of the truck driver's memory.
The lucky guy will wake up soon and be sure that he has delivered the goods to the destination.
As for the pound sterling for purchasing cement, I have naturally paid for it, but the price is a little lower and is brought close to the cost price.
After doing all this, the middle-aged man lifted the spell around him and disappeared into thin air with a suitcase filled with a truck of cement.
When the middle-aged man regained his sight, he was standing beside an abandoned village. He held the suitcase in one hand and the wand in the other. He first flicked the wand on his cheek. The middle-aged man's face began to squirm, and was soon replaced by a young face. His body shape also underwent some changes. The clothes that were originally just right became loose, and after a tap of the wand, they turned into casual autumn clothes that fit well. .
Even without the use of compound potions, Albert can still easily disguise his appearance through transformation. As long as he does not encounter an extraordinary wizard, his flaws will not be easily seen.
In fact, most wizards cannot understand such advanced things as "magic traces".
Albert walked up to a dilapidated house on the edge of the deserted village. He muttered something in his mouth, raised his wand and flicked it gently, like removing a layer of gauze covering his true face. He walked directly in and his whole body changed. The deserted village disappeared.
“I guess you must be here!”
After seeing that the person who came was Albert, Fred emerged from the void. Apparently, he had just used the Disillusionment Curse to hide his whereabouts.
“Well, it’s always good to be careful. The protective magic on the outside is not reliable.”
Albert turned his head and looked at where George and Lee Jordan were hiding.
"You really can't hide anything from me. I've always been curious about how you saw through the Disillusionment Curse?" George asked his doubts, appeared with Lee Jordan, and greeted Albert with a smile.
“It seems that you have got everything.”
“Well, it cost me a lot of time and pounds to get those building materials.”
Albert put the suitcase on the ground, waved his wand, and summoned several suitcases of the same style out of thin air with a crackling sound, containing steel bars, sand and gravel.
“Actually, I still don’t quite understand, what are you doing with these things?” Lee Jordan really didn’t understand why Albert was messing with these things.
"We will continue to build several secret safe houses in the future. Although we can also use abandoned Muggle facilities as temporary strongholds, we have to do a little tidying up before we can live temporarily." Albert made an excuse casually.
If he hadn't considered turning this place into a wizard village in the future, Albert would never have put the secret gathering place here, let alone spent a lot of effort to get these building materials to prepare for a big fight.
The three looked at each other and shrugged helplessly. They believed that Albert must have some reason for doing this.
As for the reason, Albert didn’t say it, so they didn’t ask.
“Where’s Shanna?” Albert changed the subject.
“Sanna is helping you sort out the information.” Lee Jordan seemed to remember something and sighed softly, “We also want to see the new version of the Defense Against the Dark Arts Guide.”
“The things taught in the Self-Defense Guide are all basic, and at best you can protect yourself.” Fred added, “I feel less and less safe now.”
"It's useless even if there are too many. The Ministry of Magic won't allow it." When Albert wrote the "Self-Defense Guide", it wasn't just a hot thought. Many things were actually stuck on the Ministry of Magic's tolerance. The contents of the "Self-Defense Guide" Most of the talent is retained.
“Will a new book be published?” George suddenly asked.
"Probably not. I don't think the Ministry of Magic will allow it. Even if it is published, it will probably be changed beyond recognition." Albert didn't care about this.
“The more I read, the more I look forward to your new book.”
George suddenly had a little expectation. The content of the books that could be published was actually just like that, and it must be restricted by the Ministry of Magic.
“There’s nothing to look forward to. Your current level of defense against black magic is already higher than most people. As long as you are careful, there will basically be no problem.”
Fred, George and Lee Jordan's defense against the dark arts was taught by Albert. The three of them would not be at a disadvantage when dealing with dark wizards. At worst, they could even take the elixir to explode their seeds.
"We'll be embarrassed if you say that." Fred pretended to be embarrassed.
“Okay, first take me to see your achievements in the past few days.” Albert interrupted the chat and walked towards the newly repaired house.
“The air below is not good, so it’s best to use the Bubble Charm.” George reminded.
After the four of them put funny cannon spells on themselves, they walked along the stairs and into the passage.
The stairs **** downward, about ten meters underground. The space inside is very narrow, and the surrounding walls are as smooth as if they had been cut by a sharp blade.
Under the stairs is the front hall. The space inside can barely accommodate four people. After entering, there are two tunnels on the left and right. There are several narrow rooms that can barely accommodate two people. If you don't use the Bubble Charm, the dull air will not help. breathe.
“It’s so depressing in there, I doubt we’ll all have to wear the Bubble Curse in the future, otherwise we’ll be suffocated to death.” Li Qiaodan didn’t like the crowded environment inside and couldn’t help complaining.
"You don't need to worry about this, it will be fine with a little renovation." Albert comforted, he was very experienced in how to transform this place.
"Well, we also need a hidden exit to avoid being blocked by others." After Albert returned to the ground, he said to the three of them, "I remember there is a steep **** to the west, which is very suitable for a hidden exit. .
“Like Hogwarts?” Fred asked curiously.
“You could think of it that way.” Albert did borrow the Hogwarts method of hiding.
"If that's the case, no one will be able to find the specific location!" George joked with a smile, "Those who don't know would think you plan to learn the secret passages of Hogwarts."
"If it's possible, that's actually good, but it's a pity that I don't have that much energy to do these things." Albert handed the map to George, "Besides, we only need a rough base at the moment. When we really need it, we can slowly build more Complete."
“It always feels like you want to recruit other people to help.” Fred couldn’t help complaining.
"By the way, Kingsley told me that Kenneth was being targeted." George changed the subject. He felt that if he followed what Albert said, he might get a lot more work.
“Is that guy okay?” Albert asked.
“It’s okay, Kingsley saved him in time, but the guy seemed to be very resentful towards us.”
"There is nothing we can do about it. Someone has to come to the front desk to attract firepower." Albert said carelessly, "But if he acts as a bait a few more times, no one will focus on him."
If it weren't for his father's bad things, Albert wouldn't bother Kenneth. After all, the two parties still have some friendship, but Kenneth has to pay a price if he wants to join now, otherwise he might give them up for something some other time. sold.
The expressions on the faces of the three people were quite wonderful, and they silently mourned for Kenneth for three seconds in their hearts.
"And about you, I've already told Bill where you plan to meet." George said another thing.
"Find a Muggle cafe and let him use the compound potion. I will give you the address then. Hmm..." Albert's tone paused, as if he thought of something, and suddenly said, "Actually, you can let the Ministry of Magic pretend Come be like me and go meet Kenneth, do some fishing enforcement, maybe you can really catch a few fish."
“Don’t torment him.” Lee Jordan said with a bitter smile.
"We can let the Ministry of Magic disguise it!" Albert nodded vigorously. "It's okay if it's all fake. Anyway, as long as the Death Eaters mistakenly think they have found our hiding place."
“This method is really hard to guard against.”
George felt that it was unlucky for the Death Eaters to target Albert. The Ministry of Magic would definitely be willing to spend time setting up this trap, which would be more reliable than hunting down Death Eaters everywhere.
"If they want to kill me in the future, they have to consider whether the target is a real person." Albert thinks this is a good idea. If the Death Eaters are allowed to eat a few more times, they will not be looking for him all day long. trouble.
“You are the only one who is full of bad ideas.”
"Okay, we'd better get this done quickly." Albert walked outside.
Fred, George and Lee Jordan saw Albert conjuring a crucible out of thin air, and then put the cement, water, river sand and gravel in the suitcase into the small crucible in a certain proportion, and then used the wand to With a gentle click, several things inside quickly rotate and stir.
“Are all Muggle buildings done like this?” George looked into the cauldron and found that the Seamless Stretching Charm had indeed been cast inside.
"Not entirely, but it's stronger this way. Don't forget, we have to stay underground next, so it's good to make it stronger. If the base was blown up while practicing spells that day, we might have been buried alive. ." While chatting with the three of them, Albert waved his wand and conjured a pile of wooden boards out of thin air. They were glued together by the pasting spell and quickly formed the model Albert needed.
The whole process went smoothly, and Albert just moved the wand on his hand and completed it easily.
Then, the steel bars are closely connected together and placed on the grinding tool. After the mixed cement is poured in and tightly combined with the steel bars, the surface is smoothed again and the water on the cement is directly evaporated using a spell. Traces, a wall is easily completed.
“It looks pretty good.”
“Is this a wall?”
Albert's approach obviously subverted the three people's cognition.
“Yes, with four walls and a cement cover, wouldn’t it become a house?”
"Are you sure that's a house? And what's going on with this..." Li Qiaodan didn't know what to say.
“Use the shrinking spell to move in. You should make use of the spells you learned in school.”
Albert waved his wand, demoulded the cement wall and moved it to the side. If an ordinary wizard wanted to shrink the wall, several people would probably have to chant a spell at the same time, but Albert did not have this problem.
Next, in less than a quarter of an hour, a cement box was formed. Although it looked like a simple wooden box with a mortise and tenon structure without nails, it was undoubtedly quite strong.
“Are all Muggle houses made like this?” The three of them stared at the “house” made by Albert with their mouths open.
"It's almost the same. They usually use cement to pour the structure of the house. I'm just using magic to be lazy. Although it does look a bit ugly, this thing is definitely strong." Albert was quite satisfied with his results. "Next, you need to To expand the space inside, I will shrink this thing and put it in, and then fill in the gaps.
Albert has already thought about it. He plans to use this cement board similar to building blocks to piece together the underground base.
Thick reinforced concrete with mortise and tenon structure and permanent adhesive spell can ensure that the secret base will not have any security risks.
After all, the space inside is expanded using the Traceless Stretching Spell, so there is no need to worry about collapse due to being unable to withstand the heavy pressure.
(End of this chapter)