The creation of the Philosopher's Stone was temporarily at a standstill. It needed to wait for Saturn's appearance before continuing the next transformation.
After resting well for several days to restore his spirits, Kael turned his attention to other matters.
During these few months waiting for Saturn to appear, Kael didn't plan to remain idle.
He rembered the invisibility cloak crafting thod he'd gotten from checking in at Easterling City. Perfect ti to create one during this period.
Ordinary invisibility cloaks in the magical world were typically woven materials enchanted with Disillusionnt Charms or Invisibility Spells. More precious ones were made from Demiguise hair.
But these invisibility cloaks would gradually fade over ti, losing their invisibility effects.
Plus, they could be broken by spells like the Revealing Charm and detected by magic.
Only the Invisibility Cloak, one of the Deathly Hallows, was the sole cloak with permanent effects.
This cloak could not only provide permanent invisibility but also shield the wearer's magical aura, sounds, even heartbeat. It ignored all conventional and unconventional detection thods.
In the wizarding children's story "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," the youngest of the three Peverell brothers asked Death for sothing to avoid being found. So Death gave him an invisibility cloak.
Legend said that wearing this cloak, even Death couldn't find the wearer. After the eldest brother who got the Elder Wand and the second brother who got the Resurrection Stone died, only the youngest brother used the cloak to evade Death's pursuit until old age.
When the third brother reached old age, he passed the cloak to his son and willingly departed with Death as an old friend.
Of course, this story wasn't real. The Peverell brothers didn't actually et Death.
They were powerful wizards themselves who created the Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, and Invisibility Cloak. Through repeated telling, these beca gifts from Death.
But these three items were indeed extraordinary. The Elder Wand was the magical world's most powerful wand. The Resurrection Stone could summon souls. And the Invisibility Cloak had been passed down for millennia with undiminished invisibility, helping Harry Potter escape danger multiple tis.
Kael's main purpose in creating an invisibility cloak? Guard against Sauron's surveillance.
Sauron not only kept the Great Eye constantly monitoring all of Mordor but also possessed a palantír for long-distance spying.
Sauron's palantír was a massive master stone capable of seeing much farther than Kael's own.
Like when Kael channeled rcury's power, causing such commotion, it attracted Sauron's spying. Without Galadriel's presence and imdiate stripping of Sauron's sight, Kael would've had no secrets left.
Of course, Kael didn't yet know his Philosopher's Stone creation had been discovered by Sauron, who was attempting to seize it.
He only wanted to create an invisibility cloak capable of evading palantír surveillance. Adding to his foundation.
Speaking of invisibility cloaks, Middle-earth also had similar "invisibility cloaks."
Like elven cloaks woven by Lothlórien elves. When worn, one beca difficult to spot, sowhat combining the effects of Notice--Not and Disillusionnt Charms.
Kael also had such a cloak, hand-woven by Arwen.
The most powerful "invisibility cloak" belonged to evil spider-deity Ungoliant's dark cloak.
In ancient tis during the Years of the Trees, Morgoth and Ungoliant conspired. The giant evil spider goddess Ungoliant wove a dark cloak from spider silk, shrouding herself and Morgoth to infiltrate Valinor, reach the Two Trees, and successfully destroy them.
That dark cloak went undetected even by all the Valar in Valinor. Shows its concealnt capabilities.
Kael didn't hope to create an invisibility cloak matching the dark cloak, but could at least replicate a Deathly Hallow invisibility cloak that wouldn't lose effectiveness over ti.
According to the invisibility cloak crafting information from his check-in reward, Peverell the third's cloak materials weren't different from ordinary ones. Both used Demiguise hair for weaving.
The only difference was the magical thods used during creation.
Middle-earth lacked Demiguise creatures, so Kael couldn't use their hair and had to consider substitute materials.
Without much hesitation, Kael chose giant spider silk as the material. Given Ungoliant's precedent of weaving dark cloaks from spider silk, as her descendants, giant spider silk was naturally the most suitable material.
Kael kept a group of giant spiders in Amon Sûl tower within Hogwarts Castle.
Besides serving as backup food for basilisk Herpo, they were controlled by the Imperius Curse and trained to beco Hogwarts' dedicated "weavers."
Kael entered the room housing the giant spiders.
In this small world-like room, giant spiders worked like factory weavers. Each sat orderly at their positions, spinning silk while nimbly weaving with their forelimbs.
Under their rapid weaving, beautiful fabrics were continuously produced.
These spider-woven fabrics eventually found use throughout the castle as bedding, carpets, curtains, tapestries, and other textiles.
These textiles were extrely tough and wear-resistant. Ordinary swords could hardly damage them. Even fire couldn't easily destroy them. Without accidents, they could remain intact for centuries.
Additionally, these spider-woven fabrics beca exclusive clothing for Kael's vassals, servants, and militia.
These garnts were both defensive and lightweight. Better than bulky armor at deflecting fatal attacks.
Kael now ruled Hogsade and Bree, two towns with tens of thousands of inhabitants each. Qualifying as major cities.
Large populations required militia companies that, besides loyalty to Kael, mainly protected city safety against external invasion.
Kael's Hogwarts Castle also gained servants and helpers for castle defense and maintenance.
Forr town mayors Luke and Ratchet were now promoted to mayors of Hogsade and Bree, respectively. They managed the cities while still competing to outdo each other.
These people, receiving Kael's spider silk fabrics, felt deeply honored. They treasured these blade-resistant materials.
Vain Bree Mayor Ratchet often wore his to show off to guests.
Thus Hogwarts-produced spider silk beca sought-after. Many dread of obtaining fabric that commanded sky-high prices.
With hundreds of giant spiders continuously spinning and weaving, Kael's castle never lacked fabric. Even accumulating stockpiles.
So externally expensive spider silk beca employee uniforms within Hogwarts. Militia, servants, and even cleaning staff all received shares.
Kael, having no money troubles, never considered selling spider silk for profit.
But greedy Smaug thought differently. As self-appointed treasury manager and accountant, his greatest dream was swimming in gold and silver seas.
So he stopped sleeping, volunteering to beco a ruthless capital exploiter. He supervised spiders' continuous production while managing sales behind the scenes through steward Edward.
He even understood scarcity principles, controlling fabric output while spreading rumors about complex production requiring only one inch daily. This made rchants compete in bidding.
Thus, to Kael's shock and speechlessness, Smaug calculated each gold coin flowing into his treasury.
Returning to the matter at hand, after surveying the room's giant spiders, Kael ultimately shook his head and gave up.
Though these spiders' silk was tough enough to resist ordinary blades with so magical conductivity, they were just common giant spiders. Distant descendants of Ungoliant with diluted bloodlines.
Since Kael wanted spider silk for invisibility cloaks, better materials would yield better results.
These ordinary giant spiders' silk didn't et his standards.
Speaking of acceptable materials, only the forr giant spider queen of Mirkwood ca to mind.
That spider had bloodlines close to Ungoliant's with such power that Kael, Thranduil, and Radagast the Brown working together barely managed to kill it.
Unfortunately, this spider had long since entered basilisk Herpo's belly. Using its silk was impossible.
Honestly, Kael most wanted evil spider-deity Ungoliant's silk. After all, it could weave dark cloaks undetectable even by Manwë, King of Valar.
After Ungoliant and Morgoth destroyed the Two Trees, they clashed over Silmaril ownership.
Ungoliant bound Morgoth with webs, trying to strangle him. Unable to break free, Morgoth could only summon his Balrog subordinates. They used fla whips to destroy the webs and rescue him.
This showed Ungoliant's silk toughness. Capable of binding even Morgoth.
Of course, Kael only fantasized. Actually encountering Ungoliant, he'd lack even escape chances, let alone obtain silk.
While Ungoliant's silk remained wishful thinking, her offspring Shelob's silk was worth considering.
Giant spider Shelob was the true Spider Queen.
Born in the First Age, Shelob was one of Ungoliant's children.
She and nurous siblings lived in Beleriand's dark valleys until the First Age's end when Beleriand was destroyed in the War of Wrath.
Shelob fled east, establishing nests in Mordor's border mountains while breeding offspring. She gradually ford Mirkwood's giant spider populations.
The previous Mirkwood spider queen was Shelob's descendant, inheriting so of her power and thus becoming so formidable.
If Kael could obtain Shelob's silk for invisibility cloak creation, it would be absolutely perfect.
It might even surpass the original Deathly Hallow invisibility cloak in quality.
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