From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 112: Ancient Crown
Ivy looked at the chic crown in his hand. When it was Voldemort's Horcrux, each gem on it looked dazzling, and the golden crown also looked in good condition, making people want to wear it on their heads.

But when Ivy used the energy draining technique to remove the dark magic attached to it by Voldemort, the condition of the crown changed a little. It looked like it was covered with a layer of dust, the clear gems became turbid and obscure, and the golden crown seemed to have faded and turned pale and dim.

After holding the dull Ravenclaw diadem in his hand and examining it for a moment, Ivy decided to use a 1st-level spell identification to check its quality.

As a ritual spell, when identification is prepared, the caster can know what the object he is touching is. If it is a magic item, the caster will know its characteristics, how to use it, whether it needs to be attuned, and even its material and craftsmanship. If a certain spell is affecting this item, or this item was created by a certain spell, the caster will also know the detailed information of that spell.

It turns out that the Ravenclaw crown was made by a silversmith from the Holy Roman Empire. He was brought to the British Isles from the European continent by Viking pirates. Rowena Ravenclaw saved his life. In order to thank Ravenclaw for saving his life, he made this silver crown with his own hands.

Ravenclaw loved this crown from the Muggle world very much, but was afraid that Slytherin, who was also one of the Big Four, would take hostile actions against Muggles. Therefore, after getting the crown, they cast a spell to erase the memory of the Muggle silversmith. However, the gratitude of the Muggle silversmith was still read by Ivy's spell after a thousand years.

For a person like Rowena Ravenclaw, wearing a crown made by a Muggle was obviously beneath her status, so she used magic to gild the crown and gave it magical powers with advanced magic. Legend has it that anyone who wears it will become smarter.

Identification also told Ivy that the Ravenclaw crown was a damaged ancient item that had to be repaired through magical rituals and special expertise to restore its splendor. If not, the Ravenclaw crown would be just a simple valuable item, worth about 1500 gold coins.

As a silver crown that has been well preserved for thousands of years, the Ravenclaw crown is a historical item of great significance even if it has lost the magic of one of the founders of Hogwarts. It should not be worth this price alone, whether in the wizarding world or the Muggle world.

But the spells in the DND worldview have their own set of judgment criteria. As the center of the kingdom of heaven, Toril has had countless kingdoms, and each king has his own crown. When excavating ancient ruins or engaging in interesting adventures, smart and brave adventurers will occasionally find some valuable items of considerable value, including various gold and silver objects.

Therefore, the wizards gave these gold and silver objects a very general price classification. As a crown, as long as it has no magical effect, its value is fixed. The bronze crown inlaid with jewels is worth 250 gold coins. The crown of Ravenclaw is a silver crown inlaid with jewels, worth 1500 gold coins. If it is pure gold, it is worth 7500 gold coins.

Of course Ivy wouldn't pawn it. Gringotts was the only place in the wizarding world that did pawn business. Ivy had always had a bad relationship with the goblins and had never deposited money in Gringotts. If he were to go to Gringotts, it would be hard to say what would happen.

Moreover, the identification technique also told Ivy that the Ravenclaw Diadem was an ancient artifact that could be restored to its former glory after being repaired.

Ivy had never heard of the term "heirloom item", so the first thing he thought of was, of course, to look for relevant information in the Tome of Destruction.

He soon discovered that "heirlooms" refer to items that have been passed down in specific legends. Through specific magical rituals, they can be repaired and inherited, and even new potential can be tapped into for heirlooms.

The legend of the Ravenclaw Diadem has been circulating in Hogwarts for a thousand years. Almost all the wizards who come here to study have heard of this magical crown, but all those who try to find it end up leaving with disappointment. It was not until Voldemort extracted relevant information from Helena Ravenclaw that he took it out of the Black Forest in Albania and made it into a Horcrux.

From this point of view, it undoubtedly meets the title of ancient item, but as a magical item in the HP world, can it really play a role in the world view of DND? Is the Ravenclaw Diadem, which has been restored and activated through the ancient ritual, still the founder's relic that has been circulating in the legend of the Hogwarts campus?

Ivy didn't know the answers to these questions, but he was a pragmatist. He wouldn't look down upon a crown that had lost its magic. He had to make it play its role.

Performing the ritual of restoring an ancient item requires the holder to have enough historical knowledge to figure out its past, but the books Ivy read the most were magic books, and his knowledge of ancient British history was limited to what he learned from various film and television works, and he didn't know how many times the content had been processed. For example, King Arthur was a girl?
So it's obviously impossible to perform the ritual through ordinary means, but Ivy is a wizard, and a wizard who possesses the Grimoire of Destruction. He only needs to spend 2500 experience points to exchange for a 5th-level prophecy spell, and it should be more than enough to figure out the ancient ritual of a crown, right?
However, Ivy still underestimated the crown of Ravenclaw. The 5th-level Spell Master Legend was released successfully, but the information Ivy received was only a simple sentence: "Decorated with gold powder, adorned with evening stars, recreating the Ravenclaw Road, it will crown the holder as the crown of wisdom."

Although it does not look complicated, it is not so easy to make. "Decorated with gold powder" is of course simple, and it definitely refers to the fact that Ravenclaw used magic to gild the silver crown. But "adorned with evening stars" and the following "recreating the Ravenclaw path" do not seem so straightforward. It is impossible that this crown is really decorated with stars in the sky, right?

So Ivy speculated that the so-called "Evening Star" might refer to a gem called "Evening Star", or some behavior related to the stars in the night sky; and recreating the Ravenclaw path is even more general. Whether it is a path in the physical sense, academic achievements, or life experiences, it can be called a path. Ravenclaw is a famous witch, and there are countless anecdotes and legends related to her. Any form of "path" is possible.

Now that he had learned the specific method, he would of course give it a try. After all, it was not difficult to gild the crown with magic. Moreover, Ivy also possessed advanced alchemical products such as the Philosopher's Stone.

Ivy also plans to make some changes to the appearance of the Ravenclaw crown. Because this crown is presented to a lady, it does not look like the familiar ring structure, but looks more like a hairpin or headdress. Silver bars and diamonds together form outstretched wings, and in the middle of the soft curved wings is a lifelike eagle statue.

Ivy imagined that Rowena Ravenclaw might wear this crown on her bun, rather than as a hat. This also explains why this crown does not form a closed structure like the crown people know, but only has a slight arc that fits the head shape. In order to show his heroism, Ivy plans to change the soft but drooping eagle wings of the crown into flamboyant flying feathers, and change the flat side-facing eagle head into a posture that looks down on the world. This new crown will be a masterpiece that suits Ivy's temperament.

The magic of the Philosopher's Stone took effect quickly, and the permanent transfiguration gave Ravenclaw's crown an upgrade. It was no longer what it used to be. As the golden light shone from the crown again, it also regained some of its magical powers.

First of all, it is a +4 intelligence crown, which can allow the wearer to gain a 4-point bonus to intelligence. Together with Ivy's own 16 points of intelligence, he can now learn and understand even the 9th-level spells without any obstacles.

Judging from this effect alone, wearing the Ravenclaw crown can indeed make people gain wisdom.

"Ah, the world has never been so clear!" Ivy put the glittering golden crown on his head. When the new wisdom took over, he suddenly felt that his whole brain was much smoother, just like a single-core processor was replaced with a quad-core one, and the operating efficiency was more than doubled.

Opening the Grimoire of Destruction, a new profession appeared on his attribute panel.

Legendary Fighter (Level 1)
The Legendary Warriors study history and seek lost powers from the pile of old papers. By establishing an inseparable link with an ancient item, the Legendary Warriors gain magical powers. They can more easily understand the content of the ceremony and use the ancient item more frequently, and even customize those abilities according to their needs. The unique ancient treasure will gradually become like a personal item in their hands. The Legendary Warriors will bring new vitality to it, change the image of the ancient item, and compose new songs for the faded legend.

This is an advanced profession. Ivy can obtain the professional characteristics of the original profession (including professional abilities and new spell levels and known spells) when upgrading the level of the Ancient Fighter, but first, he must consider which profession to add the level of the Ancient Fighter to.

Now, in addition to the 16th-level wizard and the 10th-level ancient magic wizard from the HP world, Ivy also has two professions: Scribe Mage and Dazzling Warlock. The former reached level 11 after killing Quirrell, which is enough to support him to release 6th-ring spells, and the latter has not been upgraded since he obtained the first level after creating the Art Elemental Garden like Xiaoyan. Therefore, Xiaoyan's intelligence is not high, entirely because Ivy's Dazzling Warlock level is only 1.

If the level of the Ancient Fighter is added to that of the Scribe Mage, then this profession will absorb the experience value of one level, making Ivy's Scribe spell level 10, while the level of the Ancient Fighter remains at level 1, which is equivalent to the Ancient Fighter as an advanced profession merged with the Scribe Mage profession. Because the upper limit of the Ancient Fighter's professional level is only level 10, Ivy cannot rely on raising the professional level to break through the limit of Legend (level 20).

But if he adds the level of the Ancient Fighter to the Dazzling Warlock, the Dazzling Warlock's level will be 2 (1 level Dazzling Warlock, 1 level Ancient Fighter), which is equivalent to Ivy getting one level of experience for nothing. However, if he does this, Ivy will not be able to invest experience in the Ancient Fighter until the Dazzling Warlock's level reaches 5.

虽然白得一级经验的事听起来不错，但1级升2级本来就消耗不了多少经验值，甚至还不够艾维换一个2环法师法术呢。毕竟1级升2级需要900点经验值，艾维兑换一个2环法术都要1000点经验值，所以这么做实在没有什么性价比。

Only scribes can cast spells. This profession gains a fourth school of professional ability at level 10, called scribe master, which can create a magic scroll with the effect of a level-up spell, but the spell is limited to level 1 or level 2, and can only be used by the caster himself. It is a professional ability that is icing on the cake, and can only be considered average, but its additional ability is still useful, allowing Ivy to halve the time and money spent on making regular magic scrolls.

If Ivy was a poor wizard who made a living by copying spell scrolls in another world, this ability could indeed lead him to wealth. But with the Philosopher's Stone in hand, Ivy only needs to work hard for 8 hours to easily earn 6 gold coins. Which th-ring wizard has such money ability?

After level 10, the Scribe Mage has only three professional abilities. They are the 14th-level Unity of Man and Book, which gives the Scribe Mage an advantage in Intelligence tests, and the ability to avoid fatal damage by temporarily forgetting the spells in the spellbook. It's a pretty good way to save your life and is more or less a trump card.

Then there is the 18th level Spell Mastery, which allows one 1st-level and one 2nd-level spell to be cast at will without consuming spell slots. Ivy feels that the greatest value of this professional ability is to use it to cast the 1st-level Scholar's Touch, which allows one to read a book in 6 seconds without any other cost. It is so valuable.

Finally, there is the 20th level signature spell, which allows the Scribe to always prepare two third-level spells, and every time he rests, he can cast them without consumption. For Ivy, who has no shortage of spell slots, the greatest value of this professional ability is "always preparing two third-level spells", which means he can free up some brain capacity to memorize other spells. However, after having the Ravenclaw Crown +4 Intelligence, the value of these two prepared spells is not very great, not to mention that you have to reach level 20 to obtain them.

From this perspective, the Scribe Club Mage's signature abilities have all been acquired, so adding the Ancient Fighter's professional level to it is the most cost-effective option.

Not to mention that the Ancient Fighter can also allow you to obtain many bonus feats, which is much more generous than the Scribe or Mage who can only get one at level 4. It is indeed a noble advanced profession.

So Ivy did not hesitate any longer and advanced his Scrivener Mage to a Level 1 Ancient Fighter, gaining new professional abilities, free rituals and knowledge links.

The former allows Ivy to complete the ritual of an ancient item without spending money, and the latter allows Ivy to easily read the ritual requirements of an ancient item without consuming a 5th-level spell slot to release Legend Mastery.

(End of this chapter)