The Rune Mage Starting at Hogwarts

However, Rizz didn't feel too much pressure. Instead, he looked at the rewards he received after completing the special raven crossing mission.

A random prismatic talent plus a new feature.

On the Prismatic Talent side, Ryze chose Giantslayer from among Windtalker's Blessing, Feel the Burning, and Giantslayer.

Feel the Burn greatly enhances Ryze's talent in fire magic, and grants him a large-area fire spell that can be used once a day without cost, while also inflicting a Weakness Curse on nearby enemies.

However, fire magic is a bit hard to say. Although it is very powerful, it seems that in any work, it is always difficult to defeat the enemy by fire alone.

At least for now, fire magic may not have a better future than light magic.

In contrast, another characteristic of Ryze is that his thinking and reaction speed are very fast, and even his body is still somewhat unable to keep up with his thinking speed.

Under these circumstances, further enhancing the speed is not a problem.

The Giant Slayer effect is simple: it further increases Ryze's movement and attack speed, and deals extra damage to opponents larger than himself.

This damage has a guaranteed 10% bonus, ensuring that Ryze will receive an extra damage bonus no matter what kind of opponent he faces.

But more importantly, there's a limit to how much damage this can inflict.

Ryze remembered that the damage cap for the Titan Slayer in the game was 30%, but here it has been increased to 100%.

Of course, apart from super-sized magical creatures like basilisks, even adult giants can only take about 70% of the damage increase.

However, this effect, like that of a mad scientist, is self-regulating.

Ryze can control this bonus to some extent by drinking the shrinking potion, keeping it above 30%.

So from now on, Ryze has decided that wherever she goes, she will have to carry several bottles of shrinking potions with her.

As for the new feature, it didn't surprise Rizzi.

Indeed, it was the Soul Arena that Ryze had been longing for.

Now this Soul Arena is in his head.

Rizz has been working on this feature all night.

It's still somewhat different from the game mode in my previous life.

Currently, the Soul Arena is still very basic, and it is not possible to select runes or purchase equipment.

It means being able to enter this arena and duel while he's sleeping.

It was somewhat like the dream he had when he met Ravenclaw before.

Compared to reality, the biggest feature of dreams is that you don't feel tired or run out of magic power in dreams. In other words, although you can simulate the environment where magic power is consumed, you will be back to your peak condition before the next round of duel.

In his dreams, he can duel with people he has fought before and even adjust their intelligence.

Of course, the existence of this opponent is essentially the person he has in his mind. The Soul Arena in Ryze's mind cannot completely replicate an opponent who has all of the opponent's memories, otherwise Ryze could freely use the Soul Arena to steal other wizards' signature spells.

However, in addition to this ability, he can also pull people he approves of into the arena while they are asleep, improve their dueling skills in their dreams, and enhance their combat experience in the shortest amount of time.

However, Ryze does not currently plan to make this feature available to the public.

After all, calling this effect an ancient magic effect would be a bit of an exaggeration. Until he figured out how to explain it, he would have to practice alone in this Soul Arena for the time being.

Chapter 215: The End of the Duel Tournament

As the air in Paris began to smell faintly of flowers in late April, this year's duel tournament was drawing to a close.

For the Hogwarts delegation and even the British delegation, the journey was far more exciting than they had imagined.

Of the three Hogwarts players in the junior division final four, Rhett Butler, a first-year student, ultimately broke records and won the championship.

Although a week had passed since they displayed their light magic on the field, Professor Flitwick still gave a brief explanation of the theory of light magic at the post-competition Q&A session for the junior singles.

However, lacking an understanding of Muggle scientific theories, these wizards' comprehension of light magic was clearly far inferior to that of the wizards at Hogwarts.

After listening for a long time, many wizards still didn't understand what the concept of light magic was all about.

Therefore, many wizards still imagine light magic as a new, more mysterious and incomprehensible form of magic.

However, Professor Flitwick has already said everything he needed to say. If those schools really want to study light magic, they can still develop some magic that distorts light.

By the time the next duel tournament comes in two years, other schools will probably have some contestants who use light magic.

Sirius Black's performance in the adult category was also quite impressive.

Although he didn't make it to the finals, he fought his way through to the semifinals. After a fierce battle, he lost to this year's champion due to exhaustion.

No one would think that the quarterfinals ranking is low.

After all, this is a dueling tournament open to the entire world, making it the best place for wizards under 35 to gain fame.

To be able to reach the top eight among hundreds of elite wizards is already an honor.

With this honor, Sirius Black could easily become an Auror captain in any country's Ministry of Magic right now.

Moreover, everyone knows that Sirius Black spent a full ten years in that godforsaken place, Azkaban, before this year.

When he was released from prison, his body was severely depleted, and it took him three months to recover in St. Mungo's.

Now that his opponent has just recovered, he has relied on his strength from his youth to win the quarterfinals. If he is given more time, or if he has not wasted these ten years, he still has a chance to win this duel tournament.

Faced with this result, Sirius Black outwardly appeared somewhat regretful, feeling that if he had been given two more months of rehabilitation, the dueling champion would definitely not be his match. However, inwardly he was quite satisfied with the outcome.

The subsequent doubles competition was also a popular event. Although there were fewer participants, the doubles competition was still very exciting and engaging.

After all, when two wizards team up against two other wizards, the tactics and the intensity of the spells are far greater than in a one-on-one match.

Doubles has always been a strong suit for Hogwarts, with them consistently making it to the semifinals.

After all, they lacked dueling experience in one-on-one battles, and their spells, apart from light magic, were somewhat rigid.

However, in doubles matches, their excellent fundamentals and tacit teamwork can greatly compensate for their lack of dueling experience.

Even for those powerful and experienced Aurors, it would be very difficult to defeat a Hogwarts duo in a one-on-two match.

Moreover, Hogwarts this year also has the killer weapon of light magic.

Although other schools understood the basic principles of light magic and spent a lot of time researching spells to counter it, the time was still too short.

The light magic became even more unpredictable during the two-person battle, with the two phantoms intertwining almost everywhere on the stage, making it impossible to pinpoint their exact location.

Furthermore, the power of a dual Ultimate Flash is greater than that of a single Ultimate Flash.

Therefore, the two-person duel was ultimately won by the Hogwarts senior students' duo without any suspense.

As for the first-year duo of Rez and Anthony, their partnership is still attracting a lot of attention because of Rez, the junior champion.

During the qualifiers, the two-person battles were basically Ryze fighting two people by himself, while Anthony mainly used simple light magic to help cover and assist, and he didn't really make a move throughout the entire match.

Of course, this was also a tactic that Rez and Anthony had prepared before the match.

After all, Anthony is still too young and his magic is not strong enough. Even if he makes a move, it will be difficult for him to pose a significant threat to those fifteen or sixteen-year-old wizards.

In that case, it would be better to focus all his energy on maintaining the stability of light magic, which would also maximize his personal effectiveness.

With this tactic, and with Ryze's speed and damage further enhanced after acquiring "Giant Slayer," they managed to make it into the main tournament relatively smoothly.

Unfortunately, their team encountered an internal battle as soon as they entered the main tournament. Given that they were very familiar with each other, Reese's individual strength was still not enough to defeat two senior players.

After they first used light magic to locate Anthony's hiding place and defeat him, Ryze held out for a minute before naturally succumbing to their attacks.

"Haha, we two couldn't beat you in the singles, but in the doubles, you're no match for us," Philip and the Hogwarts player who was eliminated by Ritz in the semifinals joked after the match, giving Ritz a hug.

Rizzi didn't seem to have any problems, but Anthony seemed a bit depressed.

He seemed to take all the blame upon himself, feeling that he was the one who was holding everyone back.

If Ryze could find a stronger partner, he would definitely go further in this doubles competition, and might even win both titles.

In response, Ryze simply offered a few words of comfort to the other party.

He already knew the outcome of the doubles match from the beginning; the fact that two first-year students made it to the main tournament was also a record-breaking achievement.

However, given that Ryze had already won a championship, this record seemed somewhat less impressive.

“It’s only two years, really. We can bring this trophy back to Hogwarts in two years,” Rez said to Anthony with a relaxed expression.

He originally planned to reach the level of an adult wizard in his second year, but now, with the blessing of various runes, he has reached the level of an ordinary adult wizard.

Two years from now, he will naturally win the duo trophy he didn't get this year.

He might even try to participate in the adult singles competition. It's hard to say what kind of results he will achieve in the adult category two years from now, given his current growth rate.

Chapter 216: Farewell

As the final fireworks of the closing ceremony lit up the banks of the Seine, this year's World Duel Championship officially came to a close.

Although the Hogwarts players received the most honors, they no longer had much time to travel to France after the tournament.

Since the holiday at Hogwarts had already ended, and they were ten days behind in their classes, they naturally had to hurry back.

However, on the day they left France, the Beauxbatons students also came to the hotel where the Hogwarts students were staying to say goodbye.

Leading the group was Fleur Delacour, accompanied by her equally beautiful younger sister, Gabrielle.

After greeting the other upperclassmen at Hogwarts, Fleur arrived before Ritz with her sister.

Although the girl with Veela blood paid close attention to Ryze during the competition and wanted to get closer to him to find out how he could have such great strength at such a young age, Ryze always behaved politely and distantly.

The only time Reese showed a different reaction was when her sister Gabrielle came to watch the match.

To be precise, Reese, who grew up in an orphanage, was very good at dealing with children.

Especially when Gabrielle was heartbroken after seeing her sister's defeat, Ryze simply offered a few words of comfort, which made the six-year-old girl stop crying and start smiling.

Although they only spent a short time together, Gabrielle still remembered this older brother who was five years older than her. So before Ritz and his friends left France, Fleur brought her younger sister over to say goodbye to Ritz.

“Are you going to cry again, Gabrielle?” Rizz glanced at Fleur, then crouched down to look at the little girl who only reached his waist.

Gabrielle sniffed, and a hint of tears welled up in her eyes: "Is my brother going back to England? When will he come to Paris to visit me again?"

“Yes, my brother has to go back to school, so he has to leave,” Rez rubbed the other’s head, indicating that he would come to France again in the future, and that they would definitely be able to meet again.

After all, it was somewhat of a pity that I didn't get to meet the legendary alchemist Nicolas Flamel during this trip to France.

If the opportunity arises later, he will probably still try to write to Nicolas Flamel through Dumbledore's connections.

Moreover, even if they don't see each other for a short period of time, when the Goblet of Fire is reopened three years later, she will come to Hogwarts again with her sister.

However, by then, she probably won't even remember the guy she's only met a few times in the past few days.

Ryze summoned Aery from within his body.

A streak of blue light flashed through Ryze's body.

Ellie nimbly jumped onto Gabrielle's shoulder and gently brushed the little girl's cheek with her long tail, making the little girl laugh happily, and most of the sadness of their previous separation dissipated.

Hibiscus knew of Alley's existence.

Because the duel cannot involve any external forces, Ryze always makes Aery stay quietly on the sidelines before each duel.

Although she wasn't particularly noticeable before, after Ryze won the junior championship, all the forces around her had thoroughly investigated Ryze's entire background, and Aery's existence naturally became more prominent.

Fleur had never seen Ellie use her powers, but according to her professor, this seemingly adorable little girl possessed magical abilities comparable to those of ordinary adult wizards.

To be honest, if Ryze had teamed up with Aery in the doubles match, he probably would have already won the doubles match.

“You’re really good at taking care of kids, Rizz,” Fleur said, her tone complicated as she looked at her sister, who was playing around with Ellie.

Letting such a powerful magical creature play with his sister, Ryze is truly an extraordinary guy.

“It’s probably because where I used to live was full of kids who were much more troublesome than her. Compared to them, Gabrielle is such a well-behaved little girl,” Rizz stood up and looked at Fleur. “If Gabrielle misses Ellie in the future, she can write to me, and I will reply as soon as possible.”

During this duel tournament, Ritz met many wizards and made many new friends. Basically, every magic school had two or three lower-year students who exchanged contact information with Ritz.

Rizzi didn't know how long these friendships, forged in just half a month, would last, but he did need these friends from all over the world to help him learn more about the situation in the wizarding world.

Fleur has a good personality and is a key figure that Beauxbatons is grooming for the future, so it wouldn't be a problem to be friends with her.

Hearing Ryze's words, Fleur smiled, then asked Ryze, "So, what about two years from now? Will you still participate in the dueling tournament then?"

“I will participate, after all, I haven’t won the duo competition yet,” Rez paused, then continued, “and I also want to try out the adult level around that time, so see you in two years.”

Upon hearing Rizzo's words, Hibiscus paused for a moment.

She looked at the boy in front of her, and the confidence he exuded that far exceeded that of his peers made her feel momentarily dazed.

But upon closer reflection, it seems normal.

"You're planning to go into the adult group in your third year? That's impressive. But I feel like you can definitely do it," Fleur nodded at Ryze.

If Reese can win in first grade, who knows how much he will grow in two years?