Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Isn't the pool UP? (Edited)
The dinner ended in a strong atmosphere of reasoning. Tom dragged his tired body back to the bedroom and, after washing up, lay down on his bed.
Tom waited quietly for zero hour to arrive and fell asleep. When he awoke, the first rays of morning sunshine were hitting his face. He felt he had forgotten to do something, and it took him a while to remember: the UP pool was open today!
Today was the day to draw Dumbledore!
He wasn't sure what kind of encouragement Dumbledore would give him, but it wouldn't hurt to draw him, since he was one of the strongest wizards in the world right now.
So Tom clicked on the system's draw screen and saw the UP group for Dumbledore, which showed a promotional image of Dumbledore raising a hand and apparently mumbling words, with four big words next to it, "Fire and Phoenix," followed by "Open Draw" and "Character Event Draw."
The Event Draw is a bit different from the resident draw in that you need to exchange the magic stone for something called Entangled Fate, which can only be drawn with it. The price of the Entangled Fate also did not go up, it was also 160 magic stones.
Tom had a good idea and traded for 79 pieces of Entangled Fate, including the one he got from the previous mission, it added up to 80, but the reason he didn't trade 90 pieces at once was because he still had some illusions.
"Well, good thing my hair is messed up this morning, so let's draw!". Without further ado, Tom drew.
"On my turn, draw!"
"Bingo!"
Nine blue, one purple, nine rags, and a wandless spell fragment.
"Out!"
Nine blue and one purple, this time the four star one was Enchantment (Incendio), it was the second time he got it, and the system told him that duplicate skills could be converted directly into 100 experience, experience could be added directly after advancement.
"I have a hunch, it's in the next shot, um-ah..."
Purple + Blue again, but this time a little better, two four stars, a silent spell fragment and a wandless spell fragment.
Numbly, Tom clicked again and again, and soon he had drawn 60 rounds, getting 3 wandless spell fragments, 2 silent spell fragments, 2 fragments of (Apparition) and a duplicate scroll of Enchantment (Incendio).
Tom could only console himself with the fact that 60 rounds yielded 8 four-star items, which was not a bad deal.
So he changed his strategy and drew them round by round, which seemed to have a metaphysical bonus.
So, on round 63-
Gold? Is that gold? Good heavens!
Tom couldn't believe his eyes, he hadn't taken the guarantee this time! He had drawn a five-star character in only 63 rounds, which was perfect.
[I'm the great astrologer, Trelawney!]
Tom couldn't believe his eyes. He thought there might be some kind of nasty error in his system. Wasn't this Dumbledore's draw? How was Professor Trelawney here again?
Looking at his 3 points in Divination, Tom sighed a little, the grade in the brackets after the Divination talent was "Exceptionally Gifted", knowing that the same 3 points in Charms only gave him a grade of Moderately Gifted, while the same talent in Potions required 5 points....
This reflects the fact that most people have no talent for divination, to the extent that a three-point talent would qualify as a Superior Talent. Talent rankings would go from No Talent, to Intermediate Talent, to Superior Talent, to gifted, and above Gifted, probably "Azkaban"? But that seems more like a special title.
But to be honest, it is quite useful, at least the "Intuition" ability that comes with it is quite useful in life. Of course, sometimes there is that saying "good words fail to persuade the damned", and you can't do anything with personal judgment when "Intuition" gives a warning.
Tom neighborhood his disappointment, continued to draw cards. This time, it took 86 solid rounds to draw Dumbledore. At the sight of the golden light, two tears fell from the corners of Tom's eyes: it was so bad, so bad, it was so sad to hear and so sad to see!
How could it be like this, the small warranty was already crooked, but the big warranty had to be made up to 80 rounds! It's a system that is bullying the poor subscribers because it has no competitor and no uninstall button on the interface.
But what else can be done? With all the stones extracted, and no refunds like IOS, Tom could only watch as he lost 23,680 stones and now had less than 30,000 stones in his account.
I had no intention of participating in the draw any further, as I assumed there might be a more suitable character in the pool at the end of the period.
But with 149 rounds in, it paid off, as Tom miraculously drew 7 Wandless Spell fragments and was able to synthesize the 5-star spell [Wandless Spell].
[Wandless Spell: A technique that allows you to cast spells without using a wand. This technique makes it difficult to cast spells and can easily lead to unintended consequences if not done correctly. Only highly skilled mages can master this technique. Therefore, when using a spell, the skill level is reduced by one and the success rate is equal to the skill level. There are currently no wandless spells available]
While Tom currently knows how to cast a wandless spell, he does not yet have a spell that can be used without a wand.... He needs to advance his spells and practice to increase his proficiency.
In addition to this skill, Dumbledore, which Tom drew with a lot of effort, is also the "most powerful wizard", adding 2 points directly to Tom's talent: +2 to the Transfiguration gift, making it 5 points. He also unlocked the alchemy talent, and a gray line appeared in the magic theory section: [Alchemy Level 0 (????)]. It looks like Tom needs to go find a few alchemy books to teach himself and it will unlock.
After all, there is no alchemy course at Hogwarts, and the only way to activate it is to go to the Wizarding World and find an "adventure", of course, if you can get a letter of recommendation from Dumbledore, then the odds of activating the "adventure" are probably good. Now that he didn't have to, Tom could try to learn on his own.
With no classes on Friday morning, Tom planned to spend some time in the library, looking for books on magical animals. He got up, brushed his hair a bit, put on a fresh robe, and went into the Common Room. As for his dirty clothes, he put them in the laundry basket, where the Hogwarts house elves would pick them up and wash them.
Tom met Hermione in the Common Room when he came down for breakfast, still wearing a robe, but a blue top with lapels of a fabric that looked a bit like denim.
"Morning, off to the library?" Tom greeted Hermione, inviting her to join him in the library.
"Yes, I think we should find some books on magical creatures, after all, we were grounded..." When it came to reading, Hermione seemed to have endless things to say.
The two had a quick breakfast in the Great Dining Hall and went to the library.
Chapter 45: Chapter 45: The Occamy Hatching (Edited)
Instead of being moved by the presence of the little wizards in the library first thing in the morning, Mrs. Pince didn't have the strange feeling of "Ah, these children are trying hard," she had the strange feeling of "You students are here to damage my books again!"
Mrs. Pince loved books, but in her eyes, a book was best kept in perfect condition, and anyone who turned it over did the most damage to it, which is why she doesn't like little wizards.
After being questioned by Mrs. Pince, Tom and Hermione finally entered the library, where they first went to find some books about magical animals and then sat down in an inconspicuous corner.
"Breeding Magical Animals", "Fantastic Animals and Where to Find Them", "Oviparous Magical Beasts: From Hatching to Burial" Hermione was a bit puzzled, what are you doing with all these books? The only book that seemed reliable to her was "Fantastic Animals and Where to Find Them." Hermione looked at the list of books with the words "breeding" and "hatching" and pondered.
Suddenly, a flash of light crossed her mind and she deduced something extraordinary.
"Are you going to find a way to hatch the silver egg you got in Diagon Alley?" Hermione said quietly as she looked at Tom.
Tom confirmed her idea, "And I have two vials of a magic potion to aid hatching, now I have to figure out how to use it..."
Hermione was instantly intrigued and began to quickly flip through the books Tom had pulled off the shelf, trying to read between the lines to find some clue about "facilitating the hatching of oviparous magical creatures."
"...medieval wizards would put fire dragon eggs in a bonfire because the mother dragon would breathe on them when they hatch their own eggs...this doesn't seem to work, because I don't see anything in the book "Fantastic Animals and Where to Find Them" that says the Occamy is heat resistant."
"Look at this, the ancient Roman priests would mix volcanic ash collected from the wild with water and apply it to the hatching eggs, saying it would bring together the four elements of earth, water, fire and wind, which would make it easier for the eggs to hatch." Tom pointed to a sentence in the book for Hermione to analyze.
"So maybe the magic potion was to be rubbed on Occamy's egg? Wait a minute! I have the original text here: prepare two copies of the magic potion, and rub it on the eggs at the time of the alternating sun and moon, to complete the hatching." Hermione found the answer in "The Fantastic Beasts of Oviposition."
"The alternation of the sun and moon? Isn't it morning and dusk?" Tom frowned, he was going to try tonight. After finding the answer he needed, the two stopped thinking about the book and decided what to do.
After their afternoon flying lesson, Tom and Hermione found a deserted classroom and waited quietly for dusk to come.
Tom watched the sun fade into the sky, and immediately pulled out the bottle of red potion, uncorked it, and took a look inside. The potion was very sticky, and it looked like the water inside had evaporated from being left too long.
"Will this magic potion expire after it's been left for too long...?" Tom looked a little vain, while Hermione took out the book and read it carefully a few times, shaking her head, the original text said nothing about the shelf life of the magic potion.
Tom thought, 'They can't reward me with expired magic potions for a decent system, can they?' The egg had been in his possession for three months and hadn't reacted at all, so if he waited any longer it would probably hatch dead, so he had to use the potion, which he didn't know when it had been made.
Tom dripped the potion onto Occamy's egg, which inexplicably felt like rice porridge on an egg. When the whole bottle was poured, the potion was absorbed into the egg, the egg hadn't changed much in appearance, but it was warm to the touch and seemed to have a heartbeat.
"I will get up early in the morning, still in this classroom, to hatch Occamy's egg thoroughly." Tom picked up Occamy's egg and left the classroom with Hermione. But instead of going straight back to the Common Room, he found an excuse to separate from Hermione: he had to pick up two other mission prizes.
One of them was hidden in the Room of Requirement. Tom was impressed, why was the system putting all the rewards in the Room of Requirement?
What was the point of doing a quest?
But when he was guided to the quest reward, he was deterred by the fact that it was a mediocre ink bottle. There were 800 vials of this type of ink, if not a thousand, in the Room of Requirement, and he'll be damned if he can find it without any guidance!
This ink bottle will enhance the five-star pen you drew, which needs no ink, and it's super simple to dip the pen into the ink. Tom followed the instructions on the system, dipping the pen into the bottle, and something magical happened: the ink was absorbed by the pen as quickly as a sponge absorbs water. The black ink was absorbed along the grain of the pen, and finally the ink in the bottle was absorbed and the whole pen was dyed with ink, which was better than the white it had been, and the pen also feels a little strange.
But soon the ink vanished like a tidal wave and the pen was white again, back to its plain and unimpressive appearance.
Tom picked it up and saw that the system notes had changed [Pen (Five Star - Refined II): a pen that could write without ink, correcting the user's grammatical errors].
"This will work!" Tom's eyes lit up, the pen was great, his current problem was that he was too colloquial in his answers and made a lot of grammatical errors. Sometimes he would write sentences like, "The question says that the answer will be faster if the firepower is increased. The pen will automatically change it to read: The question says that the reaction can only be accelerated by increasing the firepower.
This was very convenient, and Tom needed it.
Finally, the hidden reward was hidden not in the Room of Requirement, but in a hallway on the seventh floor of Hogwarts castle. The system did not specify where it is, but tells Tom to look for anomalies in the hallway. Tom looked twice in the hallway, sensed something was wrong, and upon closer inspection saw something different: a European-style suit of armor, topped with an Oriental-style helmet!
Tom tried to grab the helmet, but when he reached out, he stopped, and it took a second before the system popped up with an update [Dungeon Mission: Realm War unlocked, touch the helmet to enter the dungeon].
"Damn!". Tom was scared, if he hadn't stopped, he would be in the dungeon now! Tom thought this wasn't the right time, he needed to prepare to enter the dungeon, and if he was going to enter, didn't he at least need to know what the rewards would be?
The night passed in silence.
The next day, Tom and Hermione arrived at the classroom before sunrise. The journey was safe, as the warden, Filch, also had to sleep, he could patrol at midnight, but never in the wee hours of the morning.
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