Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 26: Extraordinary Characteristics! Fear is Coming!

Time flies.

time flies.

When a person's life is fulfilling enough, he will feel that time passes quickly. This is the case with Ian. He feels that he is quite different from a few days ago.

[Rune Mastery (Level 1): 3/100]

As the saying goes, hard work can lead to miracles.

When Ian temporarily stopped improving and training other skills and concentrated on learning runes, his talent and the system panel complemented each other and produced a killing effect.

of course.

Being able to raise a skill that has a slow learning progress to the first level so quickly is also related to the skill [Language Proficiency] that is improved simultaneously with the learning of runes.

[Language Proficiency (Level 5): 4/1600]

When this skill that Ian had high hopes for reached the watershed of level five, its extraordinary characteristics naturally emerged.

[Language Proficiency Extraordinary Characteristics - Proficiency in Literature and Language: You will find it easier to learn words and languages ​​that you have never been exposed to.]

Very simple statement.

However, the effect of the extraordinary characteristics is definitely not weak.

As an extraordinary characteristic born from an ordinary skill, although it did not give Ian the kind of extraordinary communication ability he wanted, it did give Ian a brand new talent.

As a result, he learned runes much faster. At the same time, this extraordinary characteristic also gave him the unique ability to learn the languages ​​of animals and magical animals.

Leisure time.

Ian had tried to learn the language of the sparrows outside the house. It was a feeling that one had to have in order to understand. His attempts to listen and distinguish quickly allowed him to sum up the various tones and subtle changes in syllables used by sparrows to express their joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. This was definitely a talent that Ian did not have before he obtained his extraordinary characteristics.

“Maybe if I train it to level ten and awaken the legendary feature, I’ll really have a chance to gain the ability to communicate with all things.” Ian had infinite expectations for the legendary feature that he had never come into contact with before.

but.

He knows it too.

The most urgent task is to complete the homework left by the witch.

after all.

In two days he will enter the hazy fantasy world again. God knows if the witch will impose some medieval punishment on him if the completion of his homework does not satisfy her.

"Fortunately, I am now learning runes faster. Next time I return to the Twisted Realm, I should be able to complete the interpretation of the runes and learn magic."

Ian was secretly planning in his mind.

【Runic Mastery】Successful entry.

Ian has acquired the most basic ability to decipher simple runes - the reason why it is only a simple decipher is entirely because the magic structure of runes is completely different from most languages.

It is completely different from the vocabulary links in English and the combination of Chinese characters. After all, it is a language as well as a medium for communicating magic.

Simply being able to recognize and spell all the runes does not mean that one can decipher the magic that the runes carry. The reason why they are extremely difficult to learn is probably related to this characteristic.

Even if the same runic characters are spelled in the same order, the different links between each character may represent completely different meanings.

If a wizard does not fully understand the connection between each character and rashly interprets the magic runes to cast magic in the way he thinks is correct, then the wizard will most likely end up becoming a part of a confusing illusion.

Ok.

It may also be lifelong disability, missing limbs or something.

No matter how.

Ian didn't want to experience that feeling either... That's why he was extremely careful when interpreting the "homework" left by Teacher Mara.

This naturally slowed down progress.

now.

He had only deciphered most of the text on the dress fragments.

Fear is Coming

It is said that ancient wizards were best at using runes to weave curses. Through the magic runes that Ian has now deciphered, the magic recorded on the dress fragments is obviously a curse magic.

Its principle even involves some means of mental implantation. The general effect should be to implant an illusion into the target that makes the target fall into fear?
Maybe some other illusions could be implanted... What Ian found interesting was that this magic was not unknown, it had once participated in the creation of the well-known magical creature Boggart in the wizarding world. It was a magical creature that could transform freely and would take on the form of what a person feared the most.

Through Ian's research in the nameless bookstore in the village, he found out that the birth of Boggart originated from biological alchemy, and one of the runes used was the [Fear Spell].

This is some interesting little-known fact.

It also made Ian realize that with the improvement of the laws in the wizarding world, the development of this kind of biological alchemy seemed to have stagnated, which was probably similar to the situation of biological gene editing research in the Muggle world.

"After all, it involves ethics."

Ian had no interest in biological alchemy. He mainly felt sorry for the disappearance of magic such as the [Fear Curse] along with the decline of biological alchemy.

of course.

With the guidance of Teacher Mara, a witch from ancient times, Ian may be able to make many lost magics reappear. But I don't know whether such "archaeological excavations" can get any incentive bonuses.

Ok.

Reputation is secondary.

Money is what Ian needs most.

"I don't know if the little money left is enough to buy potions books for Teacher Mara." Of course Ian was worried about money. He didn't forget what Teacher Mara had mentioned before.

Whether for himself or for something else, Ian must pay attention to buying books.

however.

In the wizarding world.

Knowledge is extremely expensive.

There are indeed some gold Galleons left by Snape, but they are definitely not enough to buy all the books related to potions. Perhaps buying some second-hand teaching materials and textbooks first can be a compromise?

“The books may be second-hand, but the knowledge is the same.”

Think of this.

Ian put his money bag in his pocket.

Holding three magic books that were no longer of any use to him, he quickly walked along the cobblestone street and went to the nameless bookstore behind the Wenrenju Feather Pen Shop again.

The simple facade remains the same.

Even in the bookstore with sunshades to block the sun, there was still no customer buying books. Ian walked in and looked around, but he couldn't find the old man in the bookstore.

"What are you looking for?"

suddenly.

A childish and curious voice suddenly sounded.

It scared Ian.

He quickly looked in the direction of the sound.

I saw.

Behind the counter responsible for registration and collection of money.

A girl with a three-dimensional and delicate face was sitting there with a book on her knees. Under her platinum blonde hair, a pair of eyes of completely different colors were staring at Ian.

"I've seen you."

This was not Ian's voice.

Instead, the girl spoke first with a surprised tone.

The sunshade was half drawn.

The sunlight sprinkled on the girl's hair, making the already dazzling platinum color even more dazzling. But what was even more dazzling than the golden hair was the girl's eyes.

One side is blue and the other side is white.

The unique heterochromatic eyes are unforgettable once you have seen them. At this moment, the white side seems to be slowly rotating, and I don’t know if it is an illusion of refraction caused by the sunlight.

(End of this chapter)