From Hogwarts to Sturhaven

More importantly, constructs can be completely customized by their creators!

If the method of creating strange objects is used to manufacture the parts of the construct, then perhaps Ivy can create a sufficiently bizarre and psychedelic helper.

The only problem is that undead and constructs may not necessarily become a mage's pet, allowing Ivy to share vision with them or even cast spells through the pet's body.

Perhaps the all-powerful Grimoire of Destruction contains what Ivy wants to know.

So Ivy spent the rest of the weekend immersed in the Grimoire of Destruction, letting herself swim in an ocean of knowledge.

And guess what? He actually found it!

Among the vast list of expertise, there is one that reads: "Steinhai's literary portrait."

Through long study, you have learned from the scriptures of Strychian how to summon the Strychian statue to assist you.

A Yuanxiang is a construct that is a magical pet of a mage. Depending on the academy to which the magic scholar belongs, it will have different forms of appearance.

These are the Soul Puppet Garden Statue (Hengjian Academy), the Art Element Garden Statue (Cuili Academy), the Divided Spirit Garden Statue (Liangxi Academy), the Ink Spirit Garden Statue (Yinhao Academy), and the Pest Garden Statue (Mihua Academy).

The Soul Puppet Garden is like a collection of wise souls from the distant past. Through the shaping of dust and magic, they have gained a more enduring form. The mages believe that these ancient sages will be their best helpers in studying history.

An Elemental Garden Statue is a "living work of art," a material expression of the caster's creativity and emotions. To create one, the caster must be proficient in elemental magic, drawing power from a mixture of natural elements to create an artistic outer shell, and then infuse its core with their own creative spirit and artistic essence. Elemental Garden Statues possess both the destructive power of elemental life and the ability to emotionally attract other life forms.

When Ivy read this, he had already decided to choose this specialty. What could be cooler than having a chosen Evocation Mage create life with elemental magic?

Chapter 56 Strickland's Educational Philosophy

Ivy tried to operate on the character panel, but found that the Stryker Arts Garden seemed to be a specialization with prerequisites.

If Ivy wants to acquire this feat, she must also choose the Stryker Apprentice feat as a prerequisite. Since she has already decided to make the Elementalist Statue her familiar, Ivy won't give it up. It's just a matter of giving up one more feat slot, which isn't difficult for Ivy, who possesses the [Perfect Multitasking] talent.

Moreover, Ivy has already mastered third-circle spells and will soon gain another feat slot. Adding to the six feat slots from her level 15 Wizard and level 10 Ancient Wizard classes, Ivy now has a total of seven feat slots, five of which are already selected: Spell Reduction, Supermagic Mentor (Twin Spells, Instant Spells), Telekinesis (Intelligence +1), Artifact Creation, and Eye Spells.

With the addition of Strider's two feats, all feat slots will be filled.

Since the Stryker Academy seems to require apprenticeships as a prerequisite, Ivy might as well finish reading this entry first. She'd also like to understand what this Stryker Academy is all about.

In addition to the Soul Puppet Garden and the Art Element Garden that have already been introduced, there are three other types of gardens in Strychwen.

The Spirit Garden appears to be a magical creature with a strange fractal structure. Its body is entirely composed of solid light, and its microscopic and macroscopic structures are unified, making it an artificial life form full of mathematical beauty.

Ink Spirit Garden is like a mixture of ink and shadow, looking like a small ink mud monster. It is an excellent helper in literary research and essay writing. When its master is in trouble in battle, it can also unfold its body and become a cloud of ink, like an octopus spraying ink to obscure the enemy's vision.

The Pest Garden is like a small creature living in a swamp where the forces of life and death are mixed. Although it looks ugly and thorny, it actually possesses a profound life essence. Mages who have studied life and death can glimpse the wonder of nature's creation from it. Therefore, these contradictory little guys have become the representatives of the Mi Hua Academy.

The statues symbolize the school's educational philosophy. Like Hogwarts, Strelhaven is a magic school renowned worldwide for its magical education.

Ivy spent a little experience to exchange for a copy of Sturhaven's admissions brochure, which she read with great interest.

As mentioned above, Streihaven is a comprehensive magical university located in the "Akavivo" timeline, which is keen to recruit talented students from across the multiverse.

Its mission is to "discover and preserve magical knowledge, so that this knowledge can be passed down from generation to generation; to advocate learning all kinds of magic in a free and open manner, and to improve the lives of people all over the world through the use of magic."

Similar to the four houses of Hogwarts, Striaven also has five houses for students to choose from. However, these represent five different areas of study, and therefore are not like the Sorting Ceremony at Hogwarts, which takes place at the very beginning of the school.

All students who receive an acceptance letter from Strychwen will receive comprehensive basic magical education in their first year. After passing the end-of-term exams, they will be assigned to a house in their second year based on their own research preferences.

There are five colleges for students to choose from, all founded by the famous ancient dragons of Akavivo.

Having learned about the differences between the colleges through the previous introduction of the Stryker Academy statue, Ivy had a general understanding of the differences between them. Therefore, after highly condensing the information in the admission brochure, he came to the following conclusion.

First and foremost, it's important to note that each college in Strelhaven has a research theme and two opposing yet complementary philosophical concepts to guide its research. Therefore, philosophical discussions at this magical university are endless.

Hengjian Academy is a place where history is the primary subject of study. The students and lecturers here are more passionate about exploring the past and building on it. Order and chaos are the themes that this academy is always exploring.

The Academy of Splendor is a place where elemental magic is practiced as an art form. Students and instructors draw inspiration from every visible and invisible element to create breathtaking elemental wonders. Of course, the faculty and students here unanimously agree that magic is also a form of art. The two guiding philosophical concepts of the entire Academy are refinement and expression. Simply put, should artworks evoke reflection on the spiritual world or help people perceive the grander external world? In other words, the philosophy of the Academy of Splendor is a debate about "inner and outer."

The Institute of Quantitative Analysis focuses on the study of the nature of mathematics, using precise calculations to explore the secrets of esoteric arts. The philosophical focus of this institute is on matter and theory, namely, whether mathematics is a generalization and reflection of the material world, or a virtual tool originating from the creators of theories.

Silverhall Academy believes that the power of magic exists in language and writing. It teaches students the magic of rhetoric, poetry, narrative, and writing, and its classes sometimes take the form of speech contests or fantastical stage plays. The philosophical focus of the mages affiliated with Silverhall Academy is on light and shadow—whether the purpose of communication is to make the world a better place or to effortlessly gain personal advantage. Regardless of which viewpoint the Silverhall mages lean towards, they all possess exceptional oratory skills.

The Mihua Academy focuses on the essence of life, that is, the magical power that circulates between life and death. On the Mihua students' schedules, you can always find all sorts of strange and unusual courses, including life sciences, biology, ecology, botany, and chemistry. The philosophical thought that influences the faculty and students of this academy is, of course, "life and death," but to be more specific, it is about whether the ultimate force driving the natural process is growth or extinction.

The Strychian University Admissions Brochure is thin, consisting of only a few simple pages, but it was enough for Ivy to glean the educational philosophy of this magical university.

Unlike the four houses of Hogwarts, which focus on the essence of students' character, Strideham is more concerned with the philosophical analysis of magic in relation to the world. This is a grander theme that attracts countless aspiring spellcasters to pursue it.

The title of a magic university is entirely fitting for Stryhaven.

If we follow this line of thought, wouldn't Hogwarts, which recruits 11-year-old wizards and mainly provides staff for various shops and companies in the wizarding world, become a magic high school? Or a magic vocational school?

Hogwarts School of Professional Magic and Technology?

Ivy shook the idea out of her head, and then selected the two specializations, Stryker Apprentice and Stryker Portrait, on the character panel.

Chapter 57 Warlocks and Dragons

Since Ivy acquired two feats related to Stryhaven, his Grimoire of Destruction has unlocked a considerable number of exchange options.

Most of the new content appears to be related to Stryhaven, and you can guess from the names that it's probably something like textbooks.

For example: "Introduction to Magical Botany", "Fundamentals of Magical Aura", "Introduction to Computational Magic", "Introduction to Ink Magic", "Introduction to Ancient Languages", etc.

Although they were all labeled as beginners and basics, the exchange price for each book exceeded Ivy's expectations, reaching as high as 3000 experience points, which could be exchanged for two third-circle spells.

Fortunately, the two specializations Ivy chose related to Strelhaven came with two textbooks: "Introduction to Elemental Magic" and "Introduction to Elemental Arts." The former was a textbook for apprentices at the Academy of Estrild, while the latter was about how to create Elemental Artworks.

After Ivy carefully studied the two textbooks, she became even more convinced of the name "Stridhaven University of Magic".

"An Introduction to Elemental Magic" explains the characteristics of almost all types of elemental magic in simple and easy-to-understand language, and provides certain learning methods. If this textbook falls into the hands of a talented student, it might inspire many unique and innovative forms of elemental magic.

As for "Introduction to the Elements of Art," it details the techniques for mixing various elemental magics to create elemental statues. For example, mixing water and earth elemental magic, and then forging them with fire elemental magic, gives the elemental statues an elegant and colorful appearance.

Upon closer inspection, Ivy realized that this was simply firing porcelain. Every time traveler from a distant Eastern power would be familiar with this traditional craft.

Of course, besides the porcelain shell, the most important thing about art elements is actually their inner spiritual core, because it represents the passion and creativity of the creator. Only an artistic spiritual core can give an art element a true life; otherwise, it is just a mere structure.

So, in addition to training Slytherin Quidditch trolls, Ivy's extracurricular life now includes researching new elemental magic and crafting techniques.

When people are focused on something, it is always difficult to notice the passage of time.

That's what Ivy is like.

Before we knew it, it was already mid-December.

This was the day's Quidditch routine torture—of course, Ivy was referring to during training.

Mr. Marcus Flint, the troll number one and the Quidditch captain of Slytherin, bravely raised his hand, if only he could have stopped his arm from trembling uncontrollably.

"Sir? Our college plays Ravenclaw this weekend, shouldn't we..."

"A match?" Ivy stopped serving, and the trolls who had been struggling to dodge the cast iron ball in the air took the opportunity to catch their breath. "I didn't notice this. What's the schedule?"

Troll One lowered its flight altitude and jumped from the broom to the ground so that Ivy wouldn't have to keep looking up to talk to him.

After quickly straightening his wrinkled Quidditch uniform, Troll One said, "The Hogwarts Quidditch Cup uses a double round-robin format. Each house's representative team will play against the other houses twice. At the end of the season, they are ranked according to head-to-head results and total wins. If there is a tie, all the points from the matches will be added up, and the ranking will be compared. Of course, if the points are still the same, a tiebreaker will be played. However, as far as I know, this tiebreaker rule has not been implemented for at least a hundred years."

Ivy nodded. The rules were simple, the same as the S-series group stage rules used by a game abbreviated as LOL.

"So that means there will be a total of 12 matches in a school year?" Ivy recalled the first match in November. "From November to April, two matches a month? And then guarantee that every college has a match to participate in every month?"

“Your wisdom is simply unparalleled!” Troll One counted on his fingers for a long time before nodding, his amazement making Ivy feel a little disgusted. “That’s right! Last month, besides our match against Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff also had a match. Ravenclaw won, but it was a hard-fought victory.”

“If we win this match against Ravenclaw, it will give Hufflepuff a head-to-head advantage. But the season has just begun, and everything is still…” Troll One immediately realized what he was saying and swallowed the rest of his words, then began to flatter Ivy, “But with your training, I believe Ravenclaw is nothing more than a bunch of chicks to us!”

Ivy agreed. After several weeks of grueling training, the Slytherin Quidditch players looked considerably stronger. Students from any other house would look like chicks standing next to them.

Ivy even had the urge to cast a giant-sized spell on herself before talking to them.

“Very good.” Ivy called to the team members who were still in the air to land, and instructed Troll One, “You are in charge of leading them in tactical simulations, using the same set I devised before. Ravenclaw is not a strong opponent, and our goal is the Quidditch Cup at the end of the term. So I only have one requirement for you: crush them.”

Upon hearing the blunt word "crush," the seven trolls revealed expressions of surprise and cruelty. Having been tortured by Ivy for so many days, their hearts were already filled with resentment and anger. However, they dared not unleash this resentment on Ivy, so the Ravenclaw players, who were scheduled to play Slytherin that weekend, would naturally suffer the consequences.

However, given that it was his team's first match as coach, Ivy still gave them a few extra instructions: "The rest of this week's training will be entirely dedicated to reviewing tactics and relaxation training, to adjust everyone's mindset and body, and strive to be in the best possible condition for the game. Also, keep your hands under control at all times, and don't get locked up before the match!"

“Your will!” the trolls shouted, and Ivy couldn’t help but tilt her head to the side.

Having dismissed the trolls, Ivy returned to the House of Requirement.

Ever since acquiring the two magic textbooks belonging to the Stellar Academy, Ivy would go to the Room of Requirement whenever she had free time to conduct her own magic experiments.

His first artistic creation is nearing completion: a sculpture combining wizarding enchantments, flight charms, and D&D dragon breath. The overall design is a gold and black fire dragon, only about the size of a palm.

Actually, this was a failed work, considered Ivy's first attempt at ceramics. However, due to the lack of a spiritual core, this artistic element couldn't move freely. Therefore, the determined Ivy added a wizard's activating charm and a flight charm to ensure it could fly like a real fire dragon.

Dragon Breath was added last, based on the skill of crafting rare items.

In this way, the small ceramic fire dragon can fly and roar in the air, and even breathe fire three times a day!

When Ivy finished the project, he found that there was another entry under the profession on the character panel: Level 1 Supreme Warlock.

Chapter 58 Malfoy's Invitation

"The magic of the Supreme Sorcerers originates from the surging waves of elemental magic. They are adept at creating massive magical effects. Using elemental magic as their brush and the entire world as their canvas, they will bring this world one magnificent spectacle after another of elemental magic."

Ivy softly read out the job description for the Supreme Warlock. In the D&D universe, a Warlock is a spontaneous spellcaster, which means that all their magic is innate and deeply rooted in their blood and soul.

Unlike mages, whose spells require numerous prerequisites, warlocks cast spells more like an instinct, an impulse. While they can cast spells more flexibly, this also means their spell repertoire is more limited compared to traditional mages. The magical power within their bloodline restricts the types of spells they can cast.

However, this limitation is no problem at all for Ivy, who possesses the "Perfect Part-Timer" trait. Before becoming a Supreme Warlock, Ivy was already a qualified mage.

If you ask what the qualification standards are for a monk,