Start by logging into the Old Man's Ring at Hogwarts

A single rune increases the garden's time flow by 10 times.

Once all ten Great Runes in the border region are collected, he can harvest ten drops of dew with varying effects each year.

Although he doesn't need that many, he can use them to train his subordinates.

Zicomo had long planned to train his subordinates.

He is currently attending Hogwarts in person, and his avatar is used to do things that he cannot do in person.

Some trivial tasks can be delegated to subordinates.

With several hours to go before dawn, Zicomo decided against entering the border area.

He manipulated his avatar to appear outside Hogwarts Castle and silently made his way towards the Forbidden Forest.

He just remembered that the Forbidden Forest was rich in species, and all kinds of herbs must be everywhere.

He transplanted a batch into his Zen Garden, which would make it easier for him to refine magic potions later.

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Upon arriving in the Forbidden Forest, Zicomo discovered that the herbs grew freely under the trees and in the bushes.

White sage, bubble pods, moonflower, lantern flower, wind-blown grass...

Fortunately, Zicomo had bought a book called "A Thousand Amazing Herbs and Mushrooms" beforehand.

Otherwise, just identifying herbs would be a challenge.

Zicomo harvested one square meter's worth of each herb.

He continued collecting as he went, and soon he arrived deep within the forbidden forest.

The area is covered with dense forests, the thick foliage completely obscuring the sky, preventing even the faint light of dawn from penetrating the woods.

Zicomo had already sensed that something was wrong.

These dark and damp places are the favorite environments for poisonous creatures.

He may have stumbled into the nest of some kind of creature.

"rustle!"

The sound of leaves rustling against the surface of living things rose and fell, and the dense forest in front of Zicomo trembled constantly.

Suddenly, a group of spiders the size of calves darted out of the jungle.

These spiders are covered in black hair and have four pairs of eyes, one large and three small.

Upon seeing them, Zicomo understood; these were Hagrid's eight-eyed giant spiders.

The spiders had cold, sinister eyes and crouched as they slowly advanced, as if to create a greater sense of oppression for their prey.

Unfortunately, Zicomo is not their prey.

On the contrary, they will soon become Zikomo's prey.

Seeing this, Zicomo didn't take out his wand. Instead, he manipulated the stones on the ground and used Transfiguration to turn them into sharp arrows.

"The flames are blazing!"

"A salvo of ten thousand bullets!"

Dozens of arrows burst into flames and shot towards the spiders.

Before the eight-eyed giant spider that was close in front could react, it was shot through the head and died instantly.

Only those spiders that were near the back and blocked by other spiders escaped death.

Upon realizing that most of their companions were dead or wounded, the eight-eyed giant spiders turned and ran back to the cave.

"Aha! It seems Hagrid is about to lose one of his good friends."

Seeing the direction the eight-eyed giant spiders fled, Zicomo first put the dead giant spiders into his system inventory, then got up and chased after them.

The venom of the eight-eyed giant spider is a valuable commodity; a pint of it can fetch 100 Galleons.

Although Zicomo is no longer short of money, he would never complain about having too much of this good stuff.

Deep inside the cave, an enormous eight-eyed spider lay at the end of the cave.

It was a head bigger than the biggest truck Zicomo had ever seen.

"Human! You killed so many of my children and you still dare to come in! I'm going to eat you!" Aragok roared.

"Oh ho, you've got quite the big mouth. You've been raised by Hagrid for over 50 years, and you haven't learned a single good human quality."

Zicomo was completely unfazed and began to mock Aragog.

"Hiss! You're dead! Don't think that bringing up Hagrid's name will work! I'll kill you today!"

Aragog didn't wait for Zikomo to speak again, but instead raised his belly and spat out a giant net that flew towards Zikomo.

Seeing the spider web coming towards him, Zicomo did not dodge.

He picked up his wand and activated the hound's pace.

The next instant, he appeared above Aragog.

The wand in his hand transformed into the Swiftblade of Caria, and he stabbed it several times in the head.

Unfortunately, Aragog, an old spider over fifty years old, had very high magic resistance, and Zikomo's magic could only barely break through its defenses.

"Hmph! Human, your magic won't work on me!"

Aragog shook its head from side to side, trying to shake Zikomo off its head.

"Oh, really? Try this."

Seeing this, Zicomo withdrew his magic, gripped his wand tightly, and thrust it directly at the scratch caused by Kalia's Swift Sword.

This is a wand that's harder than steel.

With his strength, which was more than three times that of an ordinary person, he pierced a hole the size of a bowl in Aragog's head in just a few breaths.

Aragog, in pain, rammed its head against the wall, attempting to flatten the wretched human on its head.

Zicomo calmly took out a piece of pyroxene crystal and inserted it into Aragog's wound: "Perfect, I'll use you to test my magic grenade."

Zicomo spurred the hounds on again and ran a distance away.

"boom!"

A blinding blue light flashed, and when Zikomo opened his eyes again, what came into view was Aragog's headless body.

"Wow, this thing is more powerful than I imagined!"

This magic grenade is an alchemical creation of Zicomo, inspired by magic traps and cracked jars.

The ability of the cracked pot to contain various energies was engraved onto the pyroxene crystal, and then it was filled with explosive magical energy.

Zicomo can shatter the crystal by activating a specific magical circuit within the pyroxene.

At this moment, the violent magical energy will carry the crystal fragments out and splash out, which can be described as a double attack of physical and magical energy.

Just then, footsteps were heard outside the cave.

"Oh no, the explosion was too loud and attracted people here."

Zikomo quickly retrieved Aragog's headless corpse and recalled his avatar.

By the time people from outside arrived, the place was already empty.

Oh no, there are also some small eight-eyed giant spiders and Aragog's shattered head left.

Upon seeing this scene, Hagrid, who had rushed over upon hearing the commotion, let out a gasp.

"Do not!!!"

"Aragok! You died a terrible death!"

Meanwhile, Zicomo, back in his Gryffindor dorm, was tallying up his evening's gains.

He vaguely heard a mournful roar coming from the direction of the Forbidden Forest.

Poor Hagrid, I hope he's not too heartbroken.

After all, Zicomo didn't kill them all; he left some small spiders behind.

(Actually, there wasn't enough time to clean it properly.)

Hopefully, Hagrid will make new spider friends.

During this trip to the Forbidden Forest, Zicomo collected more than two hundred kinds of herbs.

After being planted in the Zen Garden, the garden area increased by half.

The altitude remained unchanged, but the time flow rate doubled, reaching 22:1.

It seems that special plants are still needed to increase the flow of time.

As for the corpses of the eight-eyed giant spiders, there were more than sixty of them.

On average, one pint of venom can be extracted from each spider.

In addition, Aragog's venom sac is ten times larger than that of a normal eight-eyed giant spider.

Zicomo harvested a total of over 60 pints of common eight-eyed giant spider venom and 10 pints of premium venom.