From Hogwarts to Sturhaven

When the word "killed" was uttered, Ivy clearly saw surprise on everyone's faces, even those Slytherins who considered themselves pure-blood elites.

They were still students, and none of them were mentally prepared to completely destroy their enemy.

Therefore, in Ivy's view, all the student conflicts that occurred in this magic school were nothing more than children playing house, even if they really had the ability to kill people and the impulse to do so.

But their purity and awareness are not yet sufficient.

"Don't worry, no one will die in my class. What I'm going to teach you today is just the first way to win." Ivy summoned a wooden mannequin, the part representing the hand was a pitted sphere with a comical little twig stuck inside.

Ivy took out her wand and clearly chanted, "Expelliarmus!"

The red light struck the dummy, the impact causing it to fall backward. The small branch representing the magic wand flew across the arena and was easily caught by Ivy.

“Disarming Charm. This is your first lesson.” Ivy looked around, and everyone stared wide-eyed at his movements. “The Disarming Charm is, of course, a gentle spell; it only needs to hit the opponent to take their weapon away. But it can do much more than that.”

Ivy raised her wand once more and chanted, "Expelliarmus!"

The red beam once again crossed the long platform and struck the wooden dummy lying on the ground, but unlike last time, this time it was blown to pieces instead of lying on the ground.

Ivy began to explain his behavior: "Even a cleansing spell can become an offensive spell if a skilled wizard wants to do it, so you'd better dodge every spell he throws at you before you can knock him down in one go, even if he's chanting 'clean clean.'"

"Cool!" the Weasley twins whispered. "Does this prove he's a skilled wizard?"

“Mr. Weasley.” As Ivy’s voice and gaze arrived, the two brothers quickly made room for each other. “If you have any opinions, feel free to speak them out loud so we can hear them.”

“No objections whatsoever!” the Weasley brothers exclaimed in unison. “We’re just too eager to start learning this spell!”

Ivy narrowed her eyes, expressing skepticism about their explanation: "Is that so? Then let's see what you're capable of."

Chapter 98 Blood Flows Everywhere

"Do you remember the spell from before, gentlemen Weasley?" Ivy asked in a condescending yet polite and indifferent tone.

“We remember…” Weasley, who spoke first, was nudged by his brother, who added a polite phrase for him, “We remember, Professor Victor.”

“Repeat it?” Ivy didn’t doubt it; “Except for your weapon” wasn’t a difficult phrase.

“Ex…Expelliarmus (Except for your weapon).” The two brothers swallowed hard and said in unison.

“Smart.” Ivy beckoned to them. “Come on up. Let everyone see if your intelligence and eagerness to learn can help you successfully cast the spell.”

The two brothers swallowed hard, then climbed onto the long, narrow platform in the center of the classroom and stood at opposite ends.

“It’s good to have a goal for practicing spells, which is why I asked you to have classes together. Pay attention to my gestures and the angle at which I wave my wand. This is essential for beginners, especially for the two Weasleys.” Before we officially began, Ivy explained and demonstrated the other components of the Disarming Charm.

That was standard textbook content, which Ivy believed was primarily used to help young wizards strengthen their self-confidence. After all, wizarding magic relies mainly on belief and emotion, and a learning process could certainly help young wizards build confidence. But for true magical masters, spells and wands were unnecessary.

After the Weasley twins indicated they were ready, Ivy turned and left the long platform from the side, only to miss her step.

Just as the students watching gasped and reached out to catch him, they saw Ivy standing in mid-air.

Whether it was the little snake from Slytherin or the little lion from Gryffindor, they all held their breath and stared intently, afraid that if they breathed too hard, Ivy would fall from the sky.

Arya Spinnet was a bold and curious girl; she even reached under Ivy's deerskin boots and felt around: "...only air...Professor Victor, how did you do that?"

“I think the two Weasleys who are going to demonstrate the Disarming Charm for us should be the focus of your attention.” Ivy ignored the surprised young wizard and turned to the somewhat nervous Weasley brothers, saying, “When I count to three, you will cast the Disarming Charm on each other, understand?”

“We understand.” Both of them raised their wands, one of them awkwardly touching his chest.

Seeing the Weasley twins raise their wands, Ivy suddenly asked, puzzled, "What did you stuff into your chest?"

“It’s just a piece of candy, Professor.” The guy, who I couldn’t tell was George or Fred, seemed calm, but Ivy’s suspicions grew stronger.

"Bring it here," Ivy commanded.

Weasley hesitated for a moment, then finally pulled a round, bright red ball from his breast pocket, which looked like a fruit hard candy.

Ivy cast a spell to take the small ball from his hand.

As a zero-ring spell, the hand created by the Wizard's Hand should be a pale blue hand like a ghost, but with the help of Ivy's telekinetic feat, it can also become completely invisible.

Therefore, to the students, the ball in Weasley's hand seemed to float into the air, and this silent levitation spell was much more acceptable than Ivy standing in the air.

With a gentle squeeze of his mage hand, Ivy caused the red ball to explode, splattering red liquid onto the ground below, making it look like blood had been spilled everywhere.

Everyone realized that this was a prank prop used to fake the effect of being injured and bleeding.

“What is your explanation for this, Mr. Weasleys?” Ivy asked softly.

“Believe me, Professor Victor. This was just an accident…” The expressions on their faces were nothing short of sincere.

“Gryffindor loses 10 points.” But Ivy wasn’t having any of it.

“Professor?” one of the Weasleys cried out, his eyes wide, practically the epitome of innocence. “We really just took the wrong one!”

"Maybe I should deduct another 10 points from Gryffindor?" Ivy remained unmoved.

“Alright, George! Let’s get started practicing magic!” Another Weasley decided to return to class, followed closely by his seemingly innocent brother.

"Send the ball here." Just to be on the safe side, Ivy cast a Summoning Charm. To his surprise, it wasn't just the Weasley brothers who had those little red balls; almost every Gryffindor boy had one.

It seems they not only found out that there would be sparring sessions in Defense Against the Dark Arts class, but they also learned that Ivy liked to have them work with Slytherin students.

Ivy threw all the red balls on the ground and said grimly, "Gryffindor loses 10 points."

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"You don't look too good. Did the class go well, Professor Victor?" Professor McGonagall, sitting at the faculty table, asked, noticing Ivy's ashen face.

“I can assure you, it won’t go as smoothly as you imagine, Minerva.” Professor Snape, who had never spoken to Ivy before, suddenly interrupted. Perhaps out of his desire for the title of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, his voice didn’t sound very friendly. “Making a bunch of empty-headed students practice in the classroom? You’re asking for trouble, Professor Victor.”

“I think I understand now.” Ivy rubbed her temples.

Although he expected the students to cause some trouble, he did not expect that the most destructive force would come from the first-year students who had the weakest foundation in spells.

A Gryffindor freshman named Seamus Finnigan even blew up a wall while practicing the "Knockback Charm." Ivy had absolutely no idea how he did it.

If Ivy hadn't simply had them review previously learned spells, some unfortunate little wizard might have ended up in the school hospital.

"By the way, Professor McGonagall, Gryffindor lost 20 points this afternoon," Ivy said to Professor McGonagall as she placed a piece of steak on her plate.

Professor McGonagall frowned and asked, "What's going on? Ah... it must be the Weasley twins. You have a third-year class this afternoon. Tell me, what prank have they played this time?"

“They were hiding small balls that could splatter bright red liquid in their chests,” Ivy explained. “And I was about to have them practice.”

“I hope you stopped them.” Professor McGonagall’s brows remained furrowed, and even the delicious apple pie couldn’t ease her tension.

"Luckily, I stopped them." Ivy shook her head, no longer continuing the topic.

Chapter 99 The Philosopher's Stone

Ivy's research on the Philosopher's Stone can only be described in four words: absolutely no progress.

Because every time he took out the magic stone, he couldn't help but bite off a little bit and swallow it, so after two or three times, the magic stone was completely gone.

Just like when he first ate the Philosopher's Stone, the subsequent meals gave Ivy a total of 2 points of growth in each of his physical attributes, and he also grew taller, even taller than when he was 16 years old more than a hundred years ago, and almost as tall as Dumbledore.

In addition, there have been new changes to Ivy's character panel.

His wizard class level has reached 16, and below the original three class traits, a fourth one has now been added: Philosopher's Stone.

The Philosopher's Stone is the greatest masterpiece of alchemy created by wizards, possessing a variety of extraordinary and special abilities.

Ivy can now spend eight hours crafting a Philosopher's Stone imbued with magical power. He can either keep the benefits of the stone for himself or give it to another creature. As long as a creature possesses it, it will gain all of its abilities.

Based on Ivy's current wizard class level, carrying the Philosopher's Stone now has the following effects.

First, Ivy can see in the dark just as she can in daylight.

Secondly, Ivy can be completely immune to the invasion of toxins.

Finally, Ivy's shapeshifting ability was given extraordinary talent by the Philosopher's Stone, allowing him to permanently shapeshift an object if he wished.

Alternatively, Ivy can choose to destroy the Philosopher's Stone, fully releasing the magical power contained within it to accomplish several miraculous magical effects.

First is the ability to turn stone into gold, which is one of the Philosopher's Stone's powers. Ivy can convert ordinary metals into gold of equal weight. However, the maximum value of gold that a Philosopher's Stone can convert is 10,000 gold coins, equivalent to 10,000 Galleons in the Wizarding World.

Then there's the Panacea, which allows Ivy to apply all the magic of the Philosopher's Stone to a single creature, removing all curses, diseases, and toxins from it and restoring it to a state of complete health.

Next is resurrection. The Philosopher's Stone possesses the ability to transcend the boundaries of life and death. Ivy can use all its magic on a dead creature, as if casting a fifth-circle necromancy spell to awaken the dead. In doing so, Ivy does not consume spell slots, nor does she need to know the spell.

Although Awaken the Dead is a 5th-circle necromancy spell, Ivy had never seen it in the Grimoire of Destruction's spell list before. This is because it doesn't belong to the mage class's spell list, and its regular casting method differs from how mages cast arcane magic; therefore, Ivy cannot learn it from the Grimoire of Destruction.

The spell "Awaken the Dead" can revive a creature that has been dead for no more than 10 days and has not lost any body parts or organs necessary for survival.

Awakening the dead completely neutralizes or cures any toxins and diseases that affected the creature after successfully resurrecting it. However, it is ineffective against curses and magical diseases. If the effects of curses and magical diseases are not nullified or terminated before the spell is cast, the creature will still suffer from those curses and magical diseases after returning from death, just as it did in its previous life.

For a resurrected creature, the process of returning from death is quite arduous, so he will suffer from this pain for a long time after his resurrection until he has a full week of rest before he can live and fight as before.

Although the spell "Awaken the Dead" has many limitations, it remains the spell with the lowest cost among those capable of resurrection. For mages like Ivy, it is an extremely important backup plan.

The final effect of the Philosopher's Stone is rejuvenation, which can restore a creature's youthful vitality, reducing the target's age by up to 30 years and by no more than 13 years, but it will not increase their lifespan accordingly.

The only limitation of the Philosopher's Stone is that Ivy cannot create multiple Philosopher's Stones at the same time; she can only start creating the next one after one Philosopher's Stone has been completely exhausted.

In addition to bringing new professional characteristics to the wizard profession, the magic of the Philosopher's Stone even interacted with Ivy's personal expertise.

After confirming her attribute panel in the Grimoire of Destruction, Ivy chose "Material-Free Spellcasting" as her first feat. This feat can eliminate the need for materials required for some spells, but it is ineffective for certain spells that require high amounts of materials or have special requirements.

For example, the Soul Cage that Ivy used to imprison Tom's soul fragments required a small silver cage, and Ivy had to melt down quite a few silver coins to make it work.

The new "Spellwork Material Reduction" feat now includes "Philosopher's Stone" in parentheses. Its effect has changed from eliminating some low-value materials to allowing the use of Philosopher's Stones to replace spell materials. It can replace materials worth up to 10,000 gold or up to 5000 experience points.

The only thing that Ivy found regrettable was that this effect couldn't be used to exchange for new spells in the Grimoire of Destruction.