Went on a little trip this weekend. Didn't have time to write. So next chapter will prob be late. Totally worth it though. Got to be on a boat for the first time, just an hour and a half for 30$. I felt like a pirate.
The seas are calling, I have found my path. Raise the SAIL!! xD
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"Impressive is it not" Salazar said with pride in his voice as everybody looked at his legacy, But Godric couldn't take it anymore.
You were sad, fine I will play nice. But now that you are smug, its a different story.
"You collect animal body parts you weirdo. Who knows what you have been doing to them"
Salazar turned to Godric and the redhaired man shivered. Because there was a smile on Salazar's face. "To use a great example. I shoved them up your mothers cunt!"
"You BASTARD!" Godric jumped at Salazar who just stood still and watched with an amused expression. Godric was still the same even after a thousand years, a beast in battle, a genius in transfiguration, but when thinking was involved.. lets say its not his strong suit.
"You did well Salazar" Harry complimented. He saw some really impressive rituals, even by today's standards. And this man did it in the Medieval Era.
"That one is a ritual on Basilisks right?" Harry pointed at a specific ritual on the wall
"You can tell?" Salazar said in a surprised tone. Harry was a genius without a doubt. But for him to be knowledgeable about complex rituals at his age was unheard of.
Harry nodded as he studied the ritual in detail "There are plenty of examples floating around the black market in these particular rituals. Sacrificing animals parts, they mostly follow the same design. I can read the words, you planned on using venom and skin to make yourself immune to poison and low level spells"
'Great minds really do think alike' Harry withheld a smirk. He was also planning the same but without the immunity to low level spells. Just armor made from Basilisk Skin could do that. And Harry planned on going a lot further than what a wizards body might allow. He didn't want any rituals messing with his body coming to bite him in the ass later in life.
"Hoo, looks like rituals have improved since my time. Good, all magic should be researched to its maximum potential."
Harry nodded "I agree, some of the darker aspects of Necromancy is a bad idea though. Humans shouldn't mess with Death" he said in a dark tone. Harry always avoids taking souls of ordinary people or trying to bring someone to life. That's human ego and it always has consequences, people not understanding what they are actually doing. And even if they are successful a Death God might be notified and will come to kill them.
So necromancy will be on hold until he is strong enough to survive a fight with a God.
"I didn't expect to hear that from you. You are experimenting with souls. Even with the Resurrection Stone, just by being capable of making a 'deal' with us requires Soul Magic"
Harry let out a smirk "I said humans, but that won't apply to me once I am strong enough. Well thanks for being here. Rowena I'll summon you again when I have successfully made a body for Helena"
Rowena nodded. She expected this from him, after all her deal isn't completely finished.
"Good, it feels strange to be in the Mortal Realm" Helga said with a small sigh. It was nice to see Hogwarts again, but this constant pressure on their souls was troublesome. They just know they don't belong here anymore.
"Bah, its about time" Godric just crossed his arms. Despite being afraid to speak up earlier, so he wasn't sent back. His curiosity was the only thing keeping him.
"Good luck Harry. I hope when I see you next time you will tell me what great things you have accomplished in your life" Salazar gave him a warm smile, like a grandfather being proud of his grandson.
Harry nodded at him and released them. The spirits disappeared and went back from where they came from. " Ahhh. Finally done with those geezers. Let's go back Hope"
Harry and Hope left the nest, outside the clones were getting everything ready. This wasn't going to be a simple harvesting. Harry might be doing something inhumane. But this will lead to long term results.
Hope watched with a confused look as the Harries pulled out an extremely large waterproof tarp. It was even bigger than the snake. Then all of them used magic to gently put the snake on the tarp before continuing to build some framework around the edges to make a pool.
"Harry I thought you said you were going to harvest it. But to me it looks like you are making it a mini pool." Hope said as she looked at him with a baffled expression.
Harry grinned at her "Hope this isn't going to be a simple harvest. This is a whole medical operation. I won't let even a drop of blood go to waste from this thing." he proceeded to go to the newly made pool that was only about two feet high, or deep depending on how you look at it.
Every single Harry changed their clothes to black waterproof scrubs. He looked like a butcher or a fisherman rather than a doctor with those scrubs.
"Beginning procedure." One Harry pulled out his Archive Magic and linked it to the Basilisk. Another placed his hands on top of the belly, right where the heart was. "Hadō #63: Raikōhō"
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Lightning engulfed the Basilisk as it spasmed slightly.
Beep. Beep. Beep
A line was moving on the holographic screen. "And we have got a pulse!"
Two other clones went to the mouth. They each carried a very, very big syringe, it was as big as their torso, which they used to gently punctured the venom sack and started to fill it all up.
"Venom extracted. Now the teeth." They proceeded to pull out every fang from its mouth, and blocked the passageway from the venom sack to the fangs. "Fangs removed."
Three Harries gathered around the eyes. Each had an extremely focused look on their face, drops of sweat falling from them as they kept their hands steady and precise. The eyes were the most important and expensive part of the creature.
They cut the skin around the eyes into strips, not caring if it was usable or not, a little sacrifice was needed to get the eyes out in perfect condition. And there were definitely people that would even pay for those strips.
Skin and flesh were slowly removed. Now came down to the bone. They placed their hands around the bone. They applied the sticking charm on their hands and slowly at a snail's pace used a tiny bit of magic to form a string. That sharp string severed the bone cells, layer by layer. It took ten full minutes before they heard it.
Clack
The bone snapped, staying in the exact same place, as it was stuck to their hands. Each Harry lifted up a piece that was the size of an adult torso. The eye was completely exposed now. They gently cut into the flesh around the eyes, going as deep as they can and cutting at the optic nerves. Once they were successful they put the giant eyeballs in specially prepared vat's filled with liquid to preserve it.
'Heh, I feel like I'm in Naruto. Take a Doujutsu and shove it in your skull. They switch their eyes like they are lightbulbs, just screw one on and its done. You get a quick power boost without doing that much'
Next they make a cut around the neck, then from the belly all the way to the tail they skin the Basilisk, but use magic to keep the organs in place. They got Maximum value from the Basilisk Skin. It was such a large chunk of hide that he could make several body armors. And that's exactly what he intended to do. Even what little was left on the skull was going to be replaced later with some leather or something.
After that they take out the skeleton and cut off all the organs and quickly replaced the heart, lungs and stomach with mechanical/ artificial parts. The only real thing left in the Basilisk was its skull with the venom sacks and the brain. As well as its natural stomach acid that was just transferred to the new stomach. Harry quickly connected all the parts together and wrapped it all in a membrane to act as the skin holding all of it together.
The Basilisk was still alive technically. It barely had any brainwaves, but it was alive. The heart was beating and the lungs breathing. Harry would dump food and potions in its artificial stomach and it would use the energy from the food to create more poison.
He had made a Basilisk Poison Factory.
"This is cruel" Hope didn't bother to hide how uncomfortable she was about all of this. Its one thing to hunt it, kill it and eat it. It was a whole other thing to turn it into.. this. it was inhumane.
"It is" Harry didn't deny it. He himself knew very well just how fucked up this was. "But it is necessary. Basilisk Venom is highly desired and severs as an excellent deterrent. It will discourage enemies to attack me. A drop of poison will kill a Mid-Class easily. And I have a large amount of this. Nobody will be stupid enough to attack me.
And I have a certain crazy reputation, If they try and take it away from me for their own goals. I will use it all up against them. Not to motion my experiments, I can improve this, make it stronger, make it airborne. This is my nuclear solution. Unless i concentrate it or use some other rare materials to make it stronger it won't do shit against anyone more powerful than High Class.
But its an army killer. Biological Warfare." Harry looked at the two giant syringes filled with Venom. 'This is a game changer and I'll be damned if I don't use this to its full potential.'
With all of that finished, Harry returned the Basilisk back into its nest, dropped some carcasses in the artificial stomach and sealed it back up. Every month or so he would just drop by and feed it. And in a few months the venom will be ready again.
The other Harry's took everything back home. The one staying at the house looked like they overdosed on sugar. They couldn't wait to start experimenting with the new 'toys'.
"Well let's go, my work is done here, I think I'm just going to rest now"
Hope looked at him with a raised eyebrow "You resting? The world must be ending"
Harry just smiled " Don't be snarky, I do need rest, or well one of me does. We just cycle our sleeping patterns for maximum efficiency"
"Couldn't you just, fuse back instead of them sleeping?" Hope asked curiously. Harry was going to teach her the spell eventually. More hands on deck would be useful, and Hope would use it to rapidly improve.
Sadly her Occlumency wasn't there yet and her mind didn't work like his, at most she would only be able to sustain two extra copies.
"Yes I can, but as I said it wouldn't be efficient. This way someone is always working. And my copies that are working as Constantine and Nicholas need to appear to lead somewhat normal lives. The deeper their cover the better. These connections that they are making will be useful in the future..." suddenly Harry had an evil grin on his face
"Speaking of which. Maybe its time to make use of them. That fat fuck Oliver thinks too highly of himself, capturing me and using my invention to get richer. Lets see how he likes it when he is hunted. I will post bounties on his entire organization. Both with mundane and magical assassins.
The smarter assassins will naturally avoid angering a magical syndicate. But there are always fools who are ready to risk it all for money. if anything else it will annoy the fuck out of them. The weaker members will definitely be killed. Too many holes, even if they are small will eventually sink the ship"
"And you are the treasure hunter who will dive after the sunken ship" Hope smiled at him, Harry always had a habit with connecting stuff with treasure and pirates.
"Bingo~"
Hope just shook her head. Boys will be boys. Even a crazy one like Harry.