Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 277 The Magic Game Goes Big

Ted completed his first transformation, and as expected, his Transfiguration skill was upgraded by 1 level, and is now at level 6.

This level is enough to teach Transfiguration to grades 123.

Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration skill is level 8, but generally, level 6 is enough to be hired as an assistant teacher.

Professor McGonagall was Dumbledore's assistant, teaching Transfiguration to lower grades.

When Dumbledore became the headmaster and no longer taught, she naturally became the professor of Transfiguration.

Sometimes other subjects also have teaching assistants, usually when the professor of the subject feels it is time to train a successor, or is too busy to handle the whole thing. After all, there are not many students in the school.

After completing his first transformation into Shadow Crow, Ted spent another three days completing his Patronus Charm.

Even with the second-level Patronus Charm, Ted was still unable to make the silver light take shape. It was not until he used his psychic powers to carefully explore the true happiness deep in his heart that he finally succeeded.

Moreover, his Patronus Charm has also undergone certain magical modifications and has undergone a certain "evolution" based on the original ancient magic.

Now even the name of the Patronus Charm has changed...

I have to say, psychic powers are really useful.

But now Ted's psychic power has reached level 8, and it is about to reach the top. I don't know how to improve it in the future.

After that, Ted did not study the magic board game with his friends. He felt that there was nothing wrong with taking things slow so that everyone could learn and research as deeply as possible.

We can’t always rely on ourselves to force things to grow, their self-growth is also very important... Mainly, there is another very important thing for me to do - that is to make money!

Although he has achieved financial freedom through Alchemy and Xianyu Home.

But the freedom of magical experiments has not been achieved!
It is too expensive to carry out various magic experiments. If it is simply related to spells or transfiguration, it would be easy to do.

But alchemy, magic puppets, etc. are simply money-eating beasts.

In addition, in order to hatch dragon eggs, a large amount of materials were purchased, which had already emptied the family's assets.

If we don’t raise more money, many projects will be suspended.

As an alchemist, of course, making money depends on alchemy.

For other alchemists, the most difficult thing is how to come up with the formula.

Some skilled old alchemists can also make gold, but their efficiency is very low and they may even lose money. It is better to just make some magic props and alchemical materials to make money.

But Ted can overcome this biggest hurdle with the help of the [Fake Philosopher's Stone (Red)].

The only thing left to do now is to increase production.

The Philosopher's Stone hanging around his neck is not only a piece of equipment that enhances himself, but also an alchemical catalyst that can transform base metals into precious metals.

Previously, Ted’s alchemy level was low, and he relied entirely on the power of the Philosopher’s Stone to transform, so his output was limited.

But now his alchemy has reached Alchemy Level 4 (+1 level Philosopher's Stone), a total of 5 levels, so he can give it a try.

Transforming gold is one of the three ultimate goals of an alchemist and is extremely difficult.

Even if Ted used the universal catalyst, it would still be difficult to produce large amounts of alchemy.

It took Ted three days just to draw the alchemical circle, which is as complicated as a kaleidoscope.

If all the lines of the alchemical array drawn by Ted were straightened out, the length would exceed 108 meters. There were 28 magic runes involved, and it utilized eight alchemical transformation equations, four auxiliary catalysts, and three magic potions.

Ron felt dizzy at the sight of it.

Ron: I'd better study my magic puppet!
Now he studies magic puppets, and he is like a car mechanic, covered in oil all the time. He can already make some small modifications to Unit-01 himself!
This large-scale alchemy process was not as simple as the one with a small amount of gold, which could be completed in half an hour.

Ted worked for six hours, and then had to wait another 6 hours to see the final output...

1264 grams, shaped like a natural gold nugget, it’s so big!
OK! The money problem was solved in one go.

The question now is whether it will cause inflation. Of course, that is the goblin's problem and has nothing to do with me.

Shakespeare expressed the human heart in his play Timon of Athens:

Gold, what a magical power!
Just a little bit can turn black into white, ugly into beautiful, wrong into right, humble into noble, old into young, and coward into warrior.

It can make pagan alliances and split the same clan; it can make thieves gain high positions and make villains respected and loved; it can make crooked-faced scoundrels favored by young girls and make widows with chicken skin and yellow faces become brides again; even if her face is covered with pus-filled sores, she will be considered an extremely beautiful bride!

This is gold, this is the great power of gold!

"Ah, what a wonderful feeling!" Ted hugged the gold nugget and gave it a big kiss.

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However, as the project leader, Ted's long-term slacking has caused strong dissatisfaction among his friends. Now this project has attracted Harry, Neville, Jerry, and Ron, because they can add a lot of content that they are interested in to this project.

For example, you can add some monsters that you like or particularly dislike to the map as enemies in the player's adventure.

You can set some of your favorite chess pieces and even set your favorite game mode.

In short, there is a refreshing feeling of "creating the world".

Even some other outstanding students were attracted to contribute their own strength.

At the very least, they can cast spells on props or chess pieces, come up with some ideas, and provide some exclusive spells and magic.

Hermione: In this case, as the initiator of the project, you are not present. Is this reasonable?
When Ted arrived at the research classroom, he realized how awesome his friends were!

Give them a direction and they can do a better job than you can imagine.

At first, Ted just wanted to make a magic board game, with magic portraits, magic chess pieces, and other things, to make a magic interactive game. It would also be a good idea to make those big IPs playable and not waste them.

It can also be used to collect the spiritual power of the little wizards.

But after several discussions with friends, the content and depth became richer and richer.

First came the "Magic Chess Piece Cultivation" project, and then the "Map Editor" was born.

Then there are the "Chess Magic Battle" and "Team Battle" modes.

Later, Clara suggested adding auxiliary magic equipment to allow players to play the game with the equipment, making it more immersive.

Then Hermione suggested adding a "magic card" element - the idea of ​​sealing certain spells into cards and using them in the game.

The twins then said, why not add a card battle mode to let everyone compete in intelligence!

When it comes to a battle of wits, Hermione becomes very excited and takes charge of the planning and development of this module.

After Jerry joined, he proposed to increase the racial diversity of NPCs and the talent settings of each race.

Ron wanted to add food props and food cards, as well as a lot of magic puppet elements.

After Harley joined, she proposed to add some enhancement items to the adventure mode, and to create a boss based on herself.

Neville wanted to add magic cards with team buff effects and magical plants, as well as the randomness of the appearance of various magical plants in adventure mode.

Anyway, this project has become quite big now. There are as many as 16 little wizards directly involved in the development, and each of them is an excellent student or has a special skill.

Ted: I wanted to cheat some psychic power to make psychic props, but you guys are so serious, I feel embarrassed...

I had no choice but to join in and started integrating various planning schemes, and also referred to the games I had played in my previous life.

The RPG ones are naturally Diablo and Warcraft, the MOBA ones are DOTA and LOL, and there are also kart racing, bubble bobble, magic farm and so on, we will talk about them later.

The first step is to create a "blank chess piece". Although it is called a blank chess piece, it is actually a rectangular chess piece with a base, but there is only a standing rectangle on top.

This thing is a special magic alloy made by alchemy. The core uses magic runes to block psychic powers. It can sense the mind of the first user and thus create a "character"!
This character needs to be developed, and after it is finalized, the chess piece will become what the player wants it to be. This is done using telepathy and reference to relevant information on the Patronus Charm and Animagus.

In the end, chess pieces are a reflection of the player’s mind!

According to Ted's idea, it is best for each player to have only one character at a time, and they should be very careful in developing it. If they fail to develop it, they will have to start all over again.

Of course, chess pieces also require a fee. After all, the cost of the materials is 3 silver Sickles. 30 silver Sickles is not too much, right?

Oh, and the first one can be given away for free, so that young wizards can experience the game for free.

Ted: I want to let you know what free is the most expensive!

This special chess piece, created using telepathic powers, will develop unique characteristics based on the player's training and itself.

In Ted's setting, as long as this chess piece is used long enough and with enough attention, it will eventually form an advanced artificial intelligence.

This thing is also Ted's way of collecting data to create virtual souls.

How long will it take to make a high-level artificial intelligence magic puppet if I just rely on my own experiments?
If there were hundreds of wizards doing experiments for you and giving you all the data for free, wouldn’t it be hundreds of times faster!
Ted now understood a little bit why those big Internet companies in his previous life were so willing to make money. It felt so good!

The RPG mode opens up the map editing function, just like the mod, popular maps will receive some rewards.

In RPG mode, you can also use some magic items and magic cards, and encounter monsters, plants, and the final boss Harry.

In addition, there are card battles, magic chess battles, 5v5 pushing home mode and so on.

In the end, I almost didn’t make a borderline screensaver.

If you are not careful enough with the screen saver that moves on its own, you might get thrown into Azkaban!

Thanks to the book friend "Xiaoyao Daluo Immortal Chu Ritian" for the 1000-point reward!
Thanks to book friends "Tao Xianxian", "tail number 4544" and "Yao Zhong Wang" for the 100-point reward!
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(End of this chapter)