The Rune Mage Starting at Hogwarts

Spell Power: 100 (40+60)

Attack speed (affects the speed and accuracy of attacks after the spell is cast): 0.6

Skill Haste (affects spell learning efficiency and increases spell casting speed): 20

Armor: 5

Magic Resistance: 15

Movement speed: 5

Attack range: 50

There are also some attributes that Ryze doesn't currently have, which have been automatically folded up.

For example, life steal and armor/magic penetration.

Looking at these statistics, Ryze is a complete weakling in every sense of the word.

In the game, this would mean that the character could potentially be killed by ranged minions.

Ryze was not surprised by his miserable attributes.

An 11-year-old wizard who has just entered Hogwarts, even with the talent bonus of a Keystone Wizard and the useless big stick that adds 60 spell power, can barely reach the strength of a third-year student when casting spells, but in other aspects he is far inferior.

He cast one spell, and from the start of the spell to its hit the target, it was enough for Nymphadora to cast two or three more of the same spells.

What truly concerned him was the unknown curse in his status bar and his dismal health points.

With the attribute forging tool providing him with 375 health points last year, his 427/675 health points looked alright. However, once that bonus is removed, his 52/300 health points become quite worrying.

"I really am cursed... My parents, who have disappeared without a trace, have really left me a huge mess."

Before the age of 10, Reese believed that his inability to recover was due to a childhood illness.

But after acquiring the rune system at the age of 10, Ryze began to have some doubts.

He spends so much money every year on checkups and health maintenance, but there's been no improvement whatsoever.

Now that the character panel is unlocked, Ryze has finally confirmed his guess.

So, who cursed him, and how exactly did his parents disappear?

It's unclear about Ryze's situation yet.

But he would have to find out sooner or later, after all, his life before the age of 10 was really difficult. There were several winters when Reiz, lying in bed, felt like he was on his last breath.

After reviewing his attributes, Ryze let out a breath and then opened the Rune Shop interface.

It's very similar to the in-game store interface on the client side, but there are currently very few items available. Most of the equipment, runes, and gift packs are grayed out and unselectable.

The only thing that lit up was a prompt about the branch rewards that could be claimed, and an option to purchase attribute forging tools.

"750 Galleons per piece, limited to one purchase per quarter for a random attribute forging tool?"

Although the price is 750 each in the game and the actual price, 750 Galleons does seem a bit expensive.

Ted's brother-in-law earns about 150 Galleons a month at the Ministry of Magic, which is enough to buy two attribute forging tools in a year.

Even if Alfard's coffers are indeed quite full, the annual expense of 3000 Galleons is not something that can be easily explained to Andromeda.

However, you still have to buy it. Being able to use money to improve your strength is arguably the most difficult yet simplest way to do so.

In his past life, Ryze couldn't be a pay-to-win player, but since he has the means in this life, he certainly won't intentionally increase the difficulty for himself.

We just need to find a way to give Andromeda a reasonable explanation.

Thinking this, Ryze finally looked at his Sorting Center reward.

After a year of waiting, he didn't ask for much; he would be content with the same reward as when he bound the system last year.

He glanced around.

The dinner is almost over, but it will probably continue until the Hufflepuff students have finished their dessert.

Dumbledore will probably have to say a few more words after that.

If we wait until we get back to our dorm to activate the reward, it will probably be quite a while.

"Then let's activate it now."

As Ryze thought of it, a colorful light shone out, and then three colorful Hextech rune options appeared before his eyes.

That was brilliant!

The year-long wait certainly did not disappoint him.

Ryze stared at the three runes with slightly wide eyes.

[War Symphony: Gain Deadly Rhythm and the Conqueror's Talent, greatly enhancing your battle awareness and acquiring fragmented Intricate World Runes]

[Precision Prodigy: Your spells will become more precise, and you will also gain Yzuriel's Mystic Gauntlets]

[Doomsday Prophet: You will gain a talent for divination and be able to absorb surrounding curse energy and transform it into adaptive power]

Looking at the three colored runes in front of him, Ryze really wanted to select them all quickly.

The effects of these three runes and in-game have changed to some extent, but they all bring a significant boost to Ryze.

“The incomplete and intricate world runes, Ezreal’s magic gauntlet, and the ability to convert curse energy into adaptive force…” Ryze began to ponder.

Faced with a choice of only three, he quickly ruled out the first rune.

World runes are powerful, but also dangerous.

In League of Legends, Ryze, the rune mage, had his teacher and disciple fall into depravity due to the temptation of runes. Even Ryze himself dared not use the power of runes at will, and could only choose to collect and seal them away.

Rizz, still a novice, naturally wouldn't dare take that risk; he'd only consider it once he reached the level of an adult wizard.

EZ's gauntlet provides him with considerable immediate combat power, since in the lore, EZ's power comes entirely from it.

Secret shooting, elite leaps, arcane leaps, and precise bullet hell.

It can be said to be the last resort for solo queue AD players.

But Ryze prefers the Doomsayer, who can infinitely stack adaptive power, to the latter.

After all, he already has a curse on him, and there are quite a few curses in Hogwarts as well.

For example, Voldemort placed a curse on the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, preventing any teacher from holding that position for more than a year.

The Ravenclaw crown hidden in the Room of Requirement also bears a curse from Voldemort.

The books in the forbidden area and the magical creatures in the forbidden forest may also be imbued with some degree of curse.

Of course, most importantly, the three unforgivable curses are essentially curses.

With this doomsday prophet around, it's as if Ryze has a certain degree of innate defense against dark magic.

Although, just like in the game, this talent should have a limit on the maximum number of stacks per battle, which will limit how much curse energy he can absorb each day.

However, if you can continue to obtain other curse runes, you can further increase the upper limit of curse energy absorption.

If you can get through the early stages smoothly, the King of Curses in the Soul Arena can compete with the King of Body Training in the later stages.

So, when Dumbledore began to point out a few things to note after the dinner, Ryze did not hesitate any longer and chose the Hextech rune of Doomsayer.

[You have obtained the Doomsayer Rune: You can absorb up to 1 Cursed Energy per day. For each Cursed Rune you acquire, you can absorb an additional 0.5 Cursed Energy. Cursed Energy is converted into an equal amount of Adaptability.]

Chapter 13: Ravenclaw's Characteristics

"Attention first-year students: No student is allowed to enter the wooded area next to the school grounds. Of course, some upperclassmen also need to remember this."

"At the same time, I must tell everyone that anyone who does not want to encounter an accident and die a painful and tragic death should not enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor."

"So, before everyone goes to bed, let's sing the school song together one last time!"

After pointing out a few things to note, Dumbledore happily conjured the lyrics of the Hogwarts school song in the air in a magical form, and had it sung to the tune of the Hogwarts anthem.

To be honest, the effect was terrible. From beginning to end, Ryze, who had just chosen the Doomsday Prophet, felt like he was being subjected to a noise attack that was close to a curse.

Unfortunately, he wasn't given additional layers of curse energy.

At the same time, Rizzi clearly saw that several senior Ravenclaw students around him were just opening their mouths casually, reciting the lyrics of the school song weakly as if it were a task to be completed.

The Weasley twins were probably the least disappointed.

Although they used the tune of a funeral march, because the tempo was the slowest, in the end their melody was not only the clearest to sing, but also the most "pleasant to the ear".

Dumbledore even personally took up his wand and directed them, giving them the loudest applause at the end.

"Music is more fascinating than anything we do here."

Seeing Dumbledore wipe his eyes, utter such a sigh, and announce the disbandment, many of the older students at the table finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I can finally go back to sleep.

Next, Ravenclaw's two prefects, Robert Hilliard and Penelope Crevat, stepped forward and each led a young wizard of their respective gender toward Ravenclaw Tower.

The good news is that Europe and America at this time did not have the messy gender concepts that would follow in later generations, so there's no need to worry about Hogwarts having little wizards with the gender of Walmart shopping bags.

So everyone quickly lined up in two rows according to gender and age, from youngest to oldest.

As they walked up the marble staircase of Hogwarts, the two prefects took turns introducing Ravenclaw's characteristics to the new students behind them.

Professor Philius Flitwick, the dean of Ravenclaw, has a friendly and interesting personality;

At the entrance to the Ravenclaw common room, there is an eagle-head pull ring that requires you to answer a question correctly to enter;

The Ravenclaw lounge houses a small college library that is separate from the other colleges, containing some rare books that are not even found in the university library.

Another ghost in Ravenclaw is the aloof Lady Grey, who, apart from occasionally helping lost or forgotten Ravenclaw students, almost never interacts with people from other houses.

For example, Ravenclaw students are always unique. Except for a very few formal occasions, Ravenclaw students do not need to wear wizard robes all day long and can wear whatever they like.

Ravenclaw sounds like a very free atmosphere. According to Prefect Robert, no one would mind if someone spent all day in the common room studying the effects of troll boogers or cracking eggs to observe the shape of the shells.

“Because geniuses are always eccentric,” these are Robert’s own words.

Rizz thought of Luna, the crazy girl who would be arriving at Hogwarts next year.

The other person's personality is considered the most eccentric among the Ravenclaws, to the point that even Ravenclaws, who prides themselves on being unconventional, seems to find it difficult to adapt to the other person's pace.

So these nice words spoken to young wizards are just for show. If someone actually spent a whole year studying troll boogers in the lounge, Rhett wouldn't believe that person wouldn't be ostracized.

Finally, after walking for about ten minutes and climbing countless spiral staircases, at the top of Ravenclaw Tower, before the door with the eagle-head pull ring, Robert finally spoke to the tower's unsolved mystery about Ravenclaw.

"Ravenclaw is obviously a combination of 'Raven' and 'Claw.' In the wizarding world, ravens are indeed a symbol of wisdom, and there are indeed many raven nests on the Ravenclaw Tower, representing our fondness for ravens."

“Many people subconsciously assume that our symbol will also be a raven, but in fact, the symbol of Ravenclaw House has been an eagle since the founding of Hogwarts. We all know how wise Mrs. Rowena Ravenclaw is, but we don’t know her intention in doing so.”

"This isn't a serious mystery, but if you can find the answer during your seven years at Hogwarts, I think Hogwarts would be very happy to award you a 'Special Contribution Award' and include your discovery in the school's history."

"Finally, congratulations again on becoming one of the brightest and most capable students in Hogwarts, and a member of the House of Masters."

After he finished speaking, Robert patted the eagle-head door knocker in front of him.

He didn't give the young wizard a chance to show off, but instead quickly and directly answered the question posed by the eagle-headed door knocker, allowing the young wizards to return to their respective rooms to rest.

Reiz found his dorm room by following the nameplates hanging at the entrance of the first-year dorm rooms.

Ravenclaw's bedrooms are divided into two types.

One is a four-person room with bunk beds, and the other is a three-person room with three single beds arranged in a row along the arc of the tower.

Regardless of the style, Ravenclaw's bedroom is unique among the four houses of Hogwarts.

Reiz was assigned to the former group.

Rhett, who had been crammed into an eight-person dormitory of less than 30 square meters in his previous life, was very satisfied with his dormitory environment at Hogwarts.

The room, which is about 40 square meters, has two sturdy and comfortable bunk beds next to the tower’s huge window. You can see the starry sky outside the window just by turning your head to one side while lying on the bed.

There are several huge wardrobes on the wall near the bedroom door, and on both sides are desks and multi-tiered bookshelves.

Their luggage is now placed on their respective desks.

The young wizards who shared a dorm room with Ryze were packing their luggage, putting their clothes and books into the closet and bookshelves respectively, while introducing themselves to each other.

Of course, don't expect to run into any acquaintances in Ravenclaw.

A first-year high school student named Cho Chang, a student named Luna who hasn't enrolled yet, a headmaster named Flitwick, and at most Lockhart and Quirrell who have already graduated—that's everyone in Rizz's memory who has anything to do with Ravenclaw.

The Ravenclaw students in the same grade didn't have many opportunities to appear in the story.

Rizzi simply remembered the names of her roommates.

The blond, muscular Jewish wizard Anthony, the dark-haired, handsome Michael, and the brown-haired, somewhat talkative Terry.