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The basilisk instinctively approached Dui and had no intention of killing him.

Chapter 142 Hogwarts Castle

Looking at the basilisk wrapped around Dui's hand affectionately like an emerald bracelet, Dui couldn't help but smile.

What he had just performed was a type of contract magic: the blood oath - a powerful magical contract used to ensure that both parties would not harm each other.

Of course, he performed his own improved version of the Blood Oath.

He only ensured that the basilisk could not harm himself, but he himself had no constraints.

He even used the basilisk as a carrier of a blood oath, which would not be broken unless the basilisk was killed.

So now he can raise the basilisk with peace of mind.

Bound by the blood oath, even if Dewi did not use Parseltongue to order the basilisk to close its eyes, as long as Dewi appeared, the basilisk would instinctively close its eyes to prevent him from being hurt.

And no unintentional harm.

"Your name will be Hailbo from now on."

Dewi was not good at naming, so he simply used the name of "Despicable Herpo", the first person in the magic world who bred a basilisk, to give it to the monster.

Then Dui placed the basilisk in a sealed room and reinforced and sealed the door with magic to prevent the basilisk from coming out or anyone from breaking in and causing harm.

After all, there are thousands of dwarves outside the tower, as well as villagers who are hired to prepare meals for the dwarves. Inside the tower there is Edward as the butler, and Legolas who just returned from Mirkwood.

Dui thought that when the castle was almost built, he would simply build a secret room in the mountain below the castle and keep the basilisk there.

Time passed slowly again.

Soon the construction of the castle was in its final stages.

At this time, a magnificent giant castle appeared on top of Fengyunding.

The outermost part of the castle is a high and thick wall, which is built along the edge of the cliff at the top of the peak, forming a huge circle that surrounds the entire Fengyunding.

There is a spacious road on top of the wall, which allows people to circle the wall. The two sides are paved with bricks and stones, and there are lookout holes and arrow holes on the outside. There is also a lookout tower at a certain distance.

There is also a tall tower above the city gate for observation and attacking the enemy.

The city gates are two huge bronze doors.

The bronze door embodies the wisdom of the dwarven craftsmen. It is not only carved with exquisite and complex patterns, but also equipped with complex mechanisms.

Once the door is closed, people outside cannot get in unless they open it from the inside.

The raw materials of the bronze door were found by the dragon Smaug from the far north. They were very hard and had to be melted with dragon flames.

After entering the city gate, there is a wide grassland. A straight white gravel road crosses the grassland and reaches the fountain pool in front of the main city tower.

The water in the fountain pool comes from deep underground in Fengyunding. The dwarves dug down for nearly a thousand meters to bring up the underground spring water.

Above the fountain is a majestic statue of a dragon made of gold.

This was the result of the strong request of the dragon Smaug, for which he also voluntarily contributed part of the gold in the treasury.

As for the dwarves' original idea of ​​carving Dui, Dui rejected it.

He really found it hard to accept the sight of having his statue placed in front of the door for every guest to admire.

After the fountain water overflowed, it flowed to the side of the main city tower, flowed to the garden, passed through the Maolong tree and the Holy White Tree, and gathered in the depression to form a small lake.

Finally, it passes through the city wall, cascades down the cliff to the west, and falls directly into the Mosquito Swamp below the cliff.

Back to the main city tower, the dwarf craftsmen expanded the original Amon Sul Tower and built a magnificent square main city tower with huge stones. It includes an eight-story main building, as well as multiple towers and ancillary buildings.

Among them, the Tower of Amun Sultan is still the tallest building, and the other buildings are just below it.

From a distance, it looks like a huge rocket with many boosters tied to it.

In addition, there are greenhouses behind the main tower within the city walls, as well as stables in the corners of the castle, houses for servants and attendants, and so on.

The Tower of Amun-Sul still served as Dui's living quarters, but upon emerging from the tower he entered a very spacious hall.

The hall can accommodate thousands of guests and will be used to hold banquets, dances, celebrations and other large-scale events. It is also the place where Duy meets with his subjects and handles government affairs.

Around the hall there are kitchens, warehouses, meeting rooms, guest rooms and other rooms.

"Doyle, what do you think? We can make changes if you have any suggestions."

As the person in charge of building the castle, Balin took Dui around the castle and asked Dui.

"The dwarves' construction skills are indeed superb. I have no objection!" Dui nodded with great satisfaction and said happily.

"The only problem is, how can I live in such a big castle by myself?"

The original Amon Sultar was already very tall and large, and the expanded castle is even more magnificent.

After following Balin for a tour, Dui felt his legs were numb.

Hearing Dui's words, Balin suddenly laughed.

The castle is indeed empty now. Such a big castle can easily accommodate thousands of people, but the permanent residents are only Dui and Legolas who is a temporary guest.

Even Edward, who now looks more and more like Butler Dewy, still spends part of his time living in Hogsmeade village at the foot of the mountain.

Especially in recent times, he has been having a hot affair with Anna, the daughter of the village chief Luke, and they run up and down the mountain every day.

However, Balin said, "What's the big deal? You are a lord now. As a lord, you must have a grand ceremony. You must have servants, attendants, and guards. Not to mention that you will have guests coming to visit. You will definitely need them in the future."

Dui was somewhat moved when he heard this.

It's not for the sake of ostentation, but the castle needs someone to clean, the garden needs someone to take care of, and the young eagle Thorondor, the dragon Smaug, the basilisk Herpo, and even the giant spider need someone to feed.

Dui Ke cannot do these things alone, even if he has magic. He will spend most of his time in the future meditating or studying magic, alchemy, etc.

There simply isn't much energy left to handle chores.

"Oh, by the way, the underground passage of the castle is almost dug. Do you have time to go and take a look?" Balin said again.

Dui came back to his senses, and his eyes lit up when he heard his words.

"Has the underground passage been dug? Let's go take a look now!"

Then Balin led the way, and the two of them came to the side of the castle hall and walked down a staircase to the basement.

There is a back door in the basement. When I opened it, a cold wind blew in. Behind the door was a bottomless cave, and a narrow and steep stone staircase extended down along the cave wall.

Seeing Dui's surprised look, Balin proudly introduced:

"We have dug a passage to the bottom of the mountain. It can be said that apart from the main castle building on the top of the mountain, the entire Fengyunding can actually be considered a part of the castle.

If anything unexpected happens to the castle above, we can use this underground passage to get down to the foot of the mountain."

Then the two of them walked down the steep stone steps.

Dui released a bright ball of light, preventing the two of them from falling directly down the stone steps.

Walking further and further down, the two finally arrived at the bottom of the passage.

A hidden small stone door suddenly appeared in front of him.

"This is the back door. The stone door is controlled by a mechanism. Whether you want to go out or come in, you can't push it open with brute force. You need a special key to open it."

Balin introduced Dui to him and took out a golden key and handed it to Dui.

Dui raised his eyebrows. This stone gate looked very similar to the back gate of Lonely Mountain.

Then, under Balin's guidance, he inserted the key into an inconspicuous keyhole in the mountain wall.

As the key turned, a dull sound of gear machinery was heard, and the small stone door slowly opened inward, allowing light from outside to come in, revealing an exit leading to the outside.

Dui was the first to walk out of the small door with his head lowered and bent over, and came outside.

Bahrain followed closely behind.

Outside the small stone gate is still inside the mountain, but it is an empty natural cave, and below the cave is a river flowing out of the cave.

"This place is connected to the swamp outside. Later, the swamp outside can be dug up to form a large lake, and then a few small boats can be placed here as backup. In the future, it will not only be a natural barrier, but also a key escape route." Balin said.

Dui nodded. Although he didn't seem to need this passage, it was better to be prepared.

Then he asked, "How long will it take to dig up the swamp?"

Speaking of this, Balin immediately laughed.

"I think with the help of the dragon Smaug, we can completely dig out the swamp in less than half a month."

After so long, the dwarves also understood why Smaug was so active in helping to build the castle.

In order to prevent the treasure in the cellar from being lost again, Smaug made the greatest effort in the construction of the castle. Almost all the stone, wood and metal needed for the castle were airlifted from afar by him alone with his dragon.

The dwarves only knew that the dragon was greedy for treasure, but they didn't expect it to be so stingy.

And he is so stingy that he would rather go out to work than spend an extra gold coin.

For this, Balin joked to Dui, saying that he now had a very diligent accountant and did not have to worry about the money running out one day.

Hearing Balin's words, Dui also laughed, nodded and said with a smile:

"This is indeed good news. I will tell Smaug later. I think he will be willing to help."

After all, Smaug was eager to get rid of these dwarves as soon as possible, so that he wouldn't have to watch them drinking barrels of wine every day, which would make him feel extremely heartbroken.

Because the money for the wine was all gold coins that came from the treasure he was guarding.

Half a month later,

A huge crescent-shaped lake appeared at the foot of Fengyunding Mountain.

The lake half surrounds the entire mountain, and together with the cliffs on the east and north sides, it forms a natural barrier, preventing the enemy from approaching from all sides.

Hogsmeade village faces Weathertop across the lake.

The only road leading to Fengyunding has become an arched stone bridge across the lake.

After crossing the stone bridge, there is a wide road that winds up to the castle gate.

At this point, the castle named Hogwarts by Duy was finally completed.

Chapter 143 Banquet Invitation

The castle was completed and Duy held another banquet.