The Rune Mage Starting at Hogwarts

Others, including Ravenclaw's students, had also gotten used to being pinned down by Hermione.

However, with his arrival, Ravenclaw was like a catfish being introduced into the world. Under his influence, the learning atmosphere and attitude of the entire college improved significantly.

With the winner of this year's college cup practically secured, his roommates have become even more diligent under his influence.

I always set aside at least one day on weekends to practice spells at the House of Requirement. Whenever I encounter something I don't understand in my classwork, I can get detailed answers from Ryze right away.

In terms of both theory and practice, Reiz felt that Anthony and the others had indeed achieved top rankings in the first grade through their own efforts and his help.

They are now clearly looking to challenge Hermione and want to prove themselves in the final exams eight weeks from now.

Listening to Terry and Anthony, Rizzi said that they could also prepare to start their final exam review.

"We've almost finished developing the wolfsbane medicine back home. I shouldn't have too much to do in May, so I can help you guys with your studies then."

After thinking about it carefully, Rizzi realized that he didn't really have anything important to do in May.

The dueling tournament has come to an end, a breakthrough has been made in the wolfsbane medicine, and astrological divination has been mastered.

Although he was still exploring the challenges and achievements in the Soul Arena, those were all happening in his dreams after he fell asleep at night, and they wouldn't affect his studies during the day.

To be honest, throughout May, he would probably only go and take care of the baby dragon for a few days after Hagrid's dragon hatched, hoping to get a special raven quest from it.

In addition, Ritz also wanted to watch from the sidelines, to see if Malfoy, after being tormented by him for several months, still had the courage to stand up and cause trouble by reporting them.

If Malfoy were still reporting it, everything would still be going according to the original story, and Harry would have a brief encounter with Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest around that time.

If Malfoy has been taught a lesson and hasn't reported Harry and Hagrid's affair, then Rhett also needs to observe the astrological charts during that period to see if Harry and Hagrid will have an unplanned encounter in other situations due to fate.

However, these things don't take up too much energy, and Ryze can spare a lot of time to help her roommates with their final exams.

After receiving Reiz's statement, not only Anthony, but even Michael, who hadn't been too concerned about the final exams, couldn't help but feel a surge of passion.

If you get good grades, it seems you can use tutoring as an excuse to become friends with other girls.

"Then let the four of us in the dorm take the top four spots in this final exam!" With that thought, Michael looked at his other roommates seriously and made this declaration.

“That sounds a bit difficult,” Terry said, looking at Michael with some helplessness. Judging from their usual grades, he and Michael were probably only around the top 20 in their grade, and it would be difficult for them to get into the top 10 in the whole school.

"Unless you can really control your mind and stop spending all your time chatting with girls."

Chapter 230: Changes in the Forbidden Forest

Given Terry and Michael's current academic performance, the only way for their dorm to sweep the top four spots in the grade during the final exams is for Ryze to divine the exam questions and tell them beforehand.

Rizz would certainly not use this method to help his roommate cheat, but he was also a little curious whether Michael and the others could really hold out until the end of the semester.

So Rizzi simply offered to help prepare a study plan.

Putting everything else aside, if they study diligently for a month, it shouldn't be too difficult for them to get into the top ten in their grade.

Whether they can surpass Hermione depends on who is curvier between them.

In such a lively atmosphere, their barbecue party was finally coming to an end.

That evening, after his roommates returned to their dorm, Rhett cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself and quietly left Hogwarts Castle.

Along the way, Rizz avoided the gazes of Felch and the upperclassmen on night patrol, and entered the Forbidden Forest, which had not been visited for some time.

He had actually been back from France for a few days, but this was the first time he had stepped into the Forbidden Forest since his return.

It wasn't that he couldn't find the time a few days ago, but rather that the Forbidden Forest was not very safe a few days ago. Whenever he had the idea of ​​going to the Forbidden Forest, he would have an ominous feeling in his heart, reminding him not to go to the Forbidden Forest these days.

Rizz knew that it was during this time that Quirrell's body began to give out, and he had to rely on unicorn blood to survive.

So he honestly followed his intuition, combined with what he had seen in astrological divination, and waited until tonight, after the danger in the Forbidden Forest had temporarily subsided, before heading there.

Rizz crossed the edge of the Forbidden Forest and entered its depths.

In a clearing bathed in moonlight, Ryze spotted Ferranza.

This was certainly not a coincidence; Ryze deliberately approached the area patrolled by Feralas.

Sensing the commotion created by Ryze, Ferranze turned his head.

After seeing Ryze emerge from the darkness, he didn't exchange many pleasantries, nor did he comment on Ryze's recent victory in the dueling tournament.

He simply nodded calmly at Ryze: "You're back."

“I’ve only been back a few days, Professor Frenzer,” Ryze walked up to him. “When I came back, I sensed something was off in the Forbidden Forest. Has that guy already made his move?”

“Yes, that shadow has been roaming the Forbidden Forest these past few days,” Ferranza said, looking down at Ryze. “We can’t confront him head-on; we can only influence his actions from the side.”

Ference paused for a moment before recounting the final result.

“Two unicorns were attacked,” Ferrenze pointed to several directions deep in the Forbidden Forest, indicating the locations where the unicorns were attacked.

"But because we were prepared, the unicorns were prepared, and we also used our whistles to scare the guy, the two unicorns survived, though they lost some blood and haven't fully recovered yet."

This was the best possible outcome they had discussed before.

After all, Dumbledore was stationed at Hogwarts, and Voldemort was already in a weakened state, so naturally he couldn't find a way to get the Philosopher's Stone without Dumbledore.

In order to survive, he must find other ways to prolong his life and continue waiting for the opportunity to seize the Philosopher's Stone.

Unicorn blood is the easiest way to obtain and the easiest way to change things.

After all, Quirrell only needed unicorn blood to sustain his life, and the lives of the unicorns were not essential. However, Quirrell himself was ruthless, and after drinking the blood of the unicorns, he did not intend to leave them any way out.

If Ryze and his companions hadn't been prepared beforehand, and hadn't discovered the other party's intentions immediately and created a commotion to scare them, forcing Quirrell to quickly take some blood, those unicorns probably wouldn't have escaped their clutches either.

“It’s a good thing that their lives were saved,” Ryze said, looking at Feralas. Although the centaurs had interfered with this life-saving operation, it was clear that this level of modification did not have a significant impact on them or the unicorns.

However, Ryze continued to remind Ferranze that Quirrell would probably target Unicorn later.

After all, Quirrell only obtained some blood from the two unicorns for testing, and he would continue to come back once he found that the blood was not enough for his needs, so the centaurs could not let their guard down.

“I’ve already talked to Hagrid about these things, and he will cooperate with us from now on,” Ferrenze said softly.

Hagrid, a half-giant, possesses more powerful magic than ordinary wizards and has a higher level of compassion for magical creatures than usual.

Although the two unicorns did not die as they did in the original story, they had so much blood drained from them that Hagrid is now very concerned about the invasion.

Quirrell would never want to run into Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest.

With Hagrid and the centaurs protecting them, the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest shouldn't have too much of a problem.

However, Ference seemed to have noticed the dragon egg in Hagrid's hut as well. After talking about the unicorn, he reminded Ryze again.

"Hagrid must have recently obtained something from someone with ill intentions. You'd better remind him to get rid of that hot potato as soon as possible."

Judging from Ferranze's expression, he must have already warned Hagrid before, but it wasn't very effective, which is why Ferranze brought it up to Ryze.

It can only be said that Ference is indeed a guy completely different from other centaurs.

Although Ronan had been quite rational before, he wasn't too worried about human affairs. At most, he would remind Hagrid when they met, and if Hagrid didn't accept it, Ronan, being the kind of person he was, wouldn't bring it up again.

Ferranze brought up the matter with Ryze even after Hagrid had already refused, showing that he genuinely cared about Hagrid's situation.

In response, Ryze could only shrug at Frenzy.

“I know, but I also know how attractive a dragon egg is to Hagrid. Now, unless Dumbledore intervenes, no one can stop him. But I think our principal knows about this and has tacitly approved of it, so let Hagrid enjoy his dragon-raising addiction for now.”

Chapter 231: Ryze in the Soul Arena

After listening to Ryze's words, Ferranze sighed slightly.

He truly couldn't understand Hagrid's preferences.

Do you really want to raise an extremely dangerous fire dragon?

The fact that the Forbidden Forest was already a major headache for them because it was occupied by the giant eight-eyed spider that Hagrid had raised and its offspring.

If another troublesome fire dragon were to appear in the Forbidden Forest, then the magical creatures of the entire Forbidden Forest would probably never be able to live a peaceful life again.

However, from Ritz's words, he knew that Ritz must have made preparations and would not allow the fire dragon to have too much of an impact on Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest.

After talking with Fernando for a while about the changes in the stars, Ryze got up to say goodbye.

Now he no longer needs Ferrenze's guidance to get into the zone and feel the rhythm of the world in about half a minute. Although he is not as fast as those skilled centaurs, he has reached the average level of centaurs and can basically be said to have graduated.

Compared to the increasing number of mosquitoes in the Forbidden Forest as the weather warms up, experiencing the world from the Ravenclaw Tower is clearly more comfortable.

Basically, Ryze would only come to the Forbidden Forest once or twice a week to exchange information with Fernando and Ronan.

"Dumbledore's year-long challenge for Harry is about to begin," Rhett remarked after leaving the Forbidden Forest.

He also needed to figure out a way to remove himself from Harry and his two companions' team.

Given his current relationship with Harry and his friends, whenever something happens on their side, Harry and his friends will immediately come to him for advice.

Once they realize the Philosopher's Stone is in danger, there's an 80% chance they'll come to him for help.

In short, I'll just go into seclusion in the House of Response when the time comes.

With these thoughts in mind, Ryze quickly made his way back to his bedroom.

After a quick wash, Ryze lay down on the bed and focused his mind on the Soul Arena in his mind.

As his consciousness sank in, in the blink of an eye, he found himself inside the Soul Arena.

This was a huge circular arena, surrounded by towering stands, but there weren't many spectators on the stands.

The arena has several different arena environments around its perimeter, even more than the environments available in the game.

From day to night, from desert to snow and ice, Ryze can freely choose the setting for his duel.

In the middle of the arena, there were many wooden dummies for practice, as well as the opponents that Rizz had fought.

For example, all the members of the Hogwarts Duels Club, including Professor Flitwick, as well as the enemies he encountered in the Duels.

These are not real people; they are virtual opponents created based on Ryze's impressions of them.

Professor Flitwick, for example, is incredibly powerful. In Rizz's mind, Professor Flitwick, the former dueling champion, is usually considered the second most capable fighter in Hogwarts, second only to Dumbledore.

Even Snape, who was proficient in dark magic and had developed the Shadowstep Charm during his student days, was, in Ritz's opinion, only 40/60 in a head-on confrontation with Professor Flitwick, with Snape at 40/40.

In particular, Professor Flitwick, under his influence, has a deep understanding of light magic and has now mastered the trick of casting spells silently, without a wand or a trace. Every time he raises his hand, it is a feint that is hard to understand.

Inside the Soul Arena, Ryze couldn't even last half a minute against Professor Flitwick of normal difficulty. Even with the super-fast reaction speed brought by the mad scientist, he couldn't catch when his opponent made his move.

However, since Rhett had never truly fought Snape and hadn't seen Snape fight much, he didn't really know how strong Snape truly was.

Rizzo's strongest impression of Snape's fighting prowess is still the heroic act of Snape being crippled for half a week by a bite from Fulwei.

To be honest, it's really quite tragic.

With this impression, Ryze even thought that even if Snape's image were generated in the Soul Arena, he would probably be limping after being bitten by Fluffy.

However, Ryze isn't here to spar with anyone today; he's here to seriously learn and practice in the ring.

This is the true core purpose of the Arena – every month, a champion from Runeterra will spawn here as the reigning champion.

Ryze will receive extra rewards if he defeats these defending champions.

And this month, the person who appeared before Ryze was the legendary mage who had wandered Runeterra for centuries, carrying a huge scroll.

Ryze, the rune mage who shares the same name with him.

No.

This is not a rune mage yet.

It must have been in ancient times, back to the time of the wandering mage Riz, the Thunder King.

In this initial timeline, Ryze of Runeterra was not yet the vengeful archmage who collected world runes to save the world.

He was originally a magic apprentice at the War Academy, but due to his longing for the outside world, he chose to leave the War Academy after reaching adulthood to cultivate on his own.

In the years that followed, he learned all the magic in the spellbooks he had found, and also mastered extremely powerful lightning magic, until finally, ordinary magic could no longer satisfy his needs.

So he began to have those powerful and rare runes engraved on his skin, eventually transforming himself into the appearance he had in the game.

Of course, the homeless Ryze who appears before Ryze now is not at that level yet.

Even in this state, the homeless Ryze still has hair and hasn't become the bald guy he will be later. He looks like the young Ryze.

However, it would be a big mistake to underestimate him just because this is a young version of the Rogue Ryze.

In the time since acquiring the Battle Arena, Ryze has challenged his opponent three times, but each time he couldn't last three minutes against him.

After all, this wandering Ryze is a genius among geniuses, and he has now found the giant arc scroll and mastered the lightning magic on it.

Due to the game's balance requirements, the true power of these heroes is not fully realized; even the Dragon King, who created the world, can be arrested by a local policewoman with a gun.

But once in the Soul Arena, Ryze could personally feel just how powerful the magic contained in the lightning bolts his opponents casually tossed out.

Ryze didn't expect to be able to beat his opponent right now, but he was very interested in the lightning magic the opponent was using.