Chapter 144 Hermes
“Jingle bells~jingle bells~Jingle all the way~”
Humming softly, Jamini quickly dismantled the Christmas gifts of higher value.
The things Snape gave were as always, a lot of bottles and jars, all of which were potions with strange effects.
Professor McGonagall gave Jamini a white robe with mysterious patterns. It is said that she used exquisite deformation techniques to adjust the size as her figure changes. Jamini looked in the mirror in a robe, feeling that the robe was a bit too formal.
Even in the magic world, they don’t wear robes at any time. With the development of the times and the promotion of the Ministry of Magic, most students wear jeans and other Muggle clothes in informal occasions. (Not the second-level)
In Jamini's opinion, the robe given by Professor McGonagall is more suitable for wearing on some important occasions.
Professor Flitvie's Christmas gift is a collection of common spells for duels. Professor Sprout gave Jamini a variety of spices.
The gift Dumbledore gave was very interesting. It was a long and narrow gift box. Jamini opened the box and found a silver sword lying quietly inside.
The sword in front of me was silver-white all over, about one-three meters long, and the slender sword body looked like a traditional hand-half sword, about two and a half wide. A thin blood groove was hollowed out in the center of the sword body, occupying three-quarters of the length of the sword body, which was different from the hand-half sword.
The end of the blade is engraved with Jamini's name in capital letters.
The most attractive thing is not the sword body with a dangerous aura, but the radiant flower-shaped handguard.
The red shore flower, also known as Manzhushahua, is highly poisonous. It is said that the flowers bloom on the other side of the Yellow Springs look beautiful, but the meaning is not very good, and they are basically linked to death.
The blooming Manzhu Shahua handguard makes the sword body look a bit like a side sword, which is more gorgeous than the conventional half-hand sword.
The straight hilt is about thirty centimeters long, with fine snake scales carved on it, each scale is marked with a tiny and complicated Runevan. At the end of the hilt is carved with a round thief, surrounded by two wings.
There is a note attached to the box, and Dumbledore's handwriting is very conspicuous.
‘I ask the leprechauns to forge the lesbians for you. Although the leprechauns insist that this is an invincible hand-half sword, I personally insist that it is a knight sword and hope you can use it properly.
——You are faithful, Albus Dumbledore.’
"Knight's sword? Ha...you say yes."
Jamini held the hilt of the sword. As he expected, the sword was very light, weighing less than three pounds, and was as light as nothing to Jamini's strength of more than a dozen tons.
However, those fairies were right. This sword should be a half-handed sword. A traditional Western long sword is a type of Western long sword. It is compatible with the power of the long sword and the lightness of the one-handed sword. It was once popular throughout Europe.
Jamini had to admit that the group of fairies had a sharp vision. The sword fell into the hands of others, at best, was just an ornament, but in his hands, it was perfect for me to put Wushuang.
The power of more than a dozen tons is not only dangerous to the enemy, but also to Jamini's own weapons. He held an ordinary sword in his hand and used it to attack the enemy with a few cuts, but the Mithril, which is known as indestructible, has no such concern.
Jamini didn't know if Mitsunian was really indestructible, but it would be no problem to bear more than a dozen tons if he could be called this.
Holding the sword, raising your hand, and slashing down.
A silver light flashed through the room, dividing the coffee table in half without any obstacles, with a smooth and flat section.
"Beautiful and dangerous..." Jamini looked at the sword in his hand carefully and murmured to himself: "Snake scales, thief... very well, your name is Hermes."
As he finished speaking, a blood-connected feeling appeared in Jamini's heart. He seemed to be able to feel the joy of the long sword in his hand.
Hermes, one of the twelve main gods of Olympus in ancient Greek mythology, is also called the messenger of God.
He held a pair of snake staff and had wings on his shoes. Legend has it that he could fly around as quickly as his thoughts and guide people to the underworld. Judging from the meaning, this sword is very compatible with this name.
What's more interesting is that he is also the god of business and the god of competition. He is the shelter of thieves and liars, and the patron saint of herders. He is good at eloquence but elegant, clever and kind, and is also a rare god among the gods in ancient Greek legends without personality defects.
In the story of the Golden Axe, the god who helped the woodcutter was Hermes.
It has to be said that although the stinginess and greed for money are well known to the world, their forging techniques can indeed be called the pinnacle. Although they love money, they seem to have a pathological persistence in weapon forging.
It can be seen that Dumbledore really invested heavily in Hogwarts' defense system...
With the sword given by Dumbledore, Jamini always felt boring when looking at other gifts - except for Sirius giving him five thousand Gallons, which made him happy for a while...
This guy was really surprised to pick gifts!
Without interest in looking at other people's gifts, Jamini sat on the sofa and studied Hermes. He soon discovered some of the wonderful uses of this sharp sword.
First of all, it is the characteristic of spotlessness. There is nothing to say about this. The weapons forged by fairies basically have this characteristic.
The second is the ability to devour external forces. Hermes can make himself stronger by devouring external forces. This is also the characteristic of fairy weapons. For example, after the Gryffindor Sword absorbed the venom of the basilisk, it had the ability to destroy the Horcrux.
The ones with the ability to destroy the Horcrux are not snake teeth and swords, but the venom of the snake monster itself. After Jamini quenched the snake monster venom on the sword, these venoms were quickly absorbed by the sword, and the recycling price given by the weapon store was much higher.
After that, some strange feedings were naturally inevitable. Jamini dripped a few drops of phoenix tears on the sword. Unfortunately, the sword did not awaken any healing ability, but instead had the effect of increasing the courage of the sword holder.
Jamini took a lot of effort to suppress some of the strange thoughts he had when dealing with Tom.
Another thing is that Jamini heard that blood can keep the fairy sword sharp, but Jamini did not try it. This sword was already very sharp.
Even from the length and workmanship of the sword, if the historical significance is abandoned, the value of this sword may be above the Gryffindor sword.
The two are incomparable in terms of materials. The Gryffindor Sword is a one-handed sword for duels, which is only about one meter in total. The sword body is slender, while Hermes is a half-handed sword with a total length of nearly one meter and four meters, and the blade is a little wider than the Gryffindor Sword.
Jamini's final test was chakra's conduction ability.
All metals have chakra conduction ability, but some will break after carrying chakra, while others are not strong in conduction ability and waste a lot of chakra. Most metals are not suitable for carrying chakra.
What surprised Jamini was that the stability of Mithril can easily carry the attachment of chakra and has extremely strong chakra conduction ability.
When the chakra is attached to the sword, the loss consumed is less than 10%. This is because he is not very familiar with chakra conduction. As the control ability of chakra increases, the loss energy is reduced to less than half.
Although the loss is a little higher than that of a specialized chakra, for people like Jamini who have a massive chakra, this loss is completely negligible.
With the long sword in hand, it was like a seven or eight-year-old child suddenly picked up a wooden stick of moderate length.
Chapter completed!