From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 245 New Occupations and New Levels (1000010000)

The next target of the Lonely Mountain Expedition is Rivendell, which means "Rivendell" in Elvish.

Gandalf introduced that the lord of this place is the half-elf Elrond, a knowledgeable elder. The reason why the Lonely Mountain Expedition must visit Elrond is to unlock the secret of the Lonely Mountain map.

Although Ivy could also use the magic of deciphering ciphertext to handle all this, but now his spell slots are used up one less, and he doesn't know when they will be restored, so he has to be careful with his calculations. Therefore, when Gandalf and Thorin were discussing the map, Ivy didn't say a word.

In order to alleviate the predicament of lack of spellcasting resources, Ivy had been riding on Jinjiao for a whole day, and finally decided to invest all the experience gained from the adventures along the way into the profession of [Splendid Warlock]. As spontaneous spellcasters, the source of magic power for warlocks is themselves, and maybe they can bypass the restrictions set by Ilúvatar on the Central Plains.

In addition, Ivy also plans to ask Gandalf, who is also a wizard, for advice on how to use the sword. In any case, he cannot let the Beast Bite Sword become a useless decoration.

Besides, Gandalf is regarded by many netizens as the first melee mage, so maybe Ivy can get a new profession from him.

After Ivy invested all the 2400 experience points gained from killing the ogres into [Splendid Warlock], he successfully upgraded the profession which had been maintained at level 1 for more than a year.

The arrival of the Dazzling Warlock at level 2 brings a new professional feature to Ivy: Elemental Metamagic.

This class feature gives Ivy 2 spell points that can be used for metamagic, and one more per level, up to 22. And when the spell that requires metamagic contains any description of elements, the spell points required for metamagic are halved.

The spell points obtained from [Elemental Super Magic] are the same resources as the spell points of the [Super Magic Tutor] specialty, which means that Ivy's level 3 career level gives him a total of 5 spell points and two super magic options.

However, a warlock's spell points can be used for more than just super magic. Warlocks can also use spell points to create spell slots, up to a fifth-ring spell slot. The spell point consumption for one to five-ring spell slots is 2/3/5/6/7 points respectively.

The level 3 Dazzling Warlock gave Ivy two new metamagic options, and he chose [Extreme Spell] and [Cautious Spell].

The former allows Ivy to spend 2 spell points to directly maximize all variables in a spell, while the other allows Ivy to leave a small space in a spell with a huge killing range to protect her own units from being harmed by friendly forces. This is very necessary for the Lonely Mountain Expedition with up to 15 people, otherwise Ivy is likely to miss the opportunity because of concerns about friendly forces.

It was a long journey from the Ogre Forest to Rivendell, and it would take several days on horseback, not to mention that the dwarves rode on ponies with shorter legs.

During this time, Ivy managed to figure out the specific ancient rituals and general ability types of the Beast Bite Sword.

The Beast Bite Sword is a weapon that can be used from level 5 to level 20, and can provide up to 12 different ancient abilities.

After Ivy was ready to obtain a new profession from Gandalf, he synchronized this elven curved sword with the profession of [Scribe Mage/Ancient Fighter]. This way, as long as he completed the elementary and intermediate ancient rituals, Ivy could directly use the ancient abilities up to level 14. This was more or less a bug, after all, he was the one using the weapon, so he would definitely choose a solution with stronger immediate combat power.

Just when they were about half a day's journey away from leaving the Ogre Forest, an uninvited guest showed up.

The noise coming from the woods made all the dwarves alert. Thorin raised his hand and everyone drew their weapons. Most of the dwarves used heavy weapons such as hammers and axes, but there were also dwarves who used less sophisticated weapons such as slingshots and iron pots for self-defense.

Ivy hoped that the person who came would be an orc, because the prerequisite for the primary ancient ritual of the Beast Bite Sword was to kill five orcs personally in a battle.

"Thieves! Fire! Murder!" The man who came out of the woods, driving a sleigh pulled by rabbits and shouting these words, was a man even shabbier than Gandalf.

The rabbit sled crashed straight into the middle of the Lonely Mountain expedition and stopped in front of Gandalf.

"Radigast!" Gandalf shouted, indicating the relationship between the newcomer and himself. "The Brown Wizard! My old friend!"

"Another wizard?" The dwarves were delighted. Even Bilbo, who was frowning because he had provoked the ogre before, smiled. Isn't it a good sign that legendary figures appear before them one after another?
"Well..." Gandalf got off the horse and talked to the brown-robed wizard standing on the sled at eye level. "What brings you here?"

"I'm here to find you, Gandalf." The brown-robed wizard looked very serious with his beard and hair stained with bird droppings. "Something bad is happening!"

Gandalf waited for Radagast to explain further, but the latter tried three times but failed to get the words out. Even Pombo, the most patient of the dwarves, began to lose his patience when the brown-robed wizard spat out a stick insect from the tip of his tongue.

"...many spiders appeared in the forest, huge spiders, they might be the descendants of Ungoliant..."

"...and their source is Dol Guldur..."

The brown-robed wizard had just finished his warning when a new visitor arrived. Everything seemed to be going smoothly, just like something in a storybook.

The howling of wolves echoed through the jungle, and even Mr. Baggins, who had spent his whole life in Bag End in the Shire, could tell that the wolves were coming with bad intentions.

"Wolf!" Qili, who was using a bow and arrow and had a pair of good eyes, was the first to discover the enemy who was eyeing them covetously, an incredibly large black wolf.

The black wolf that jumped down from a high place startled the pony under the dwarf's crotch, causing chaos in the entire team.

The only ones who were not affected were Ivy and the golden horn under his buttocks. The holy golden unicorn snorted a series of times, lowered its head and charged at the wolf in the middle of the team.

The Warg, who had been showing off his power all his life with his sharp teeth, claws and huge size, never understood until his death when horses that were not afraid of Wargs appeared in Middle-earth?
The golden horn on the unicorn's head was like a spear, piercing through the gap between the wolf's shoulder blades and throwing it away.

Seeing Golden Horn's heroic performance, the dwarves who had been hit by its horse hooves several times were the first to cheer for it.

Gandalf and Radagast did not feel relieved. Both wizards understood that the Wargs were only sentinels of the dark forces and that greater dangers were chasing them.

"It is the Warg of Gundabad!" cried Gandalf. "It is the enemy of ponies!"

"Let me lead them away!" The rabbits pulling the brown-robed wizard's sleigh performed much better than the ponies, so Radagast volunteered.

"I'll go with you!" Gandalf made a decision immediately. "Ivy! Let your companion lead the ponies to run towards Rivendell. He is a qualified leader! As long as we enter the elves' territory, these wargs will not dare to act recklessly!"

"I don't know the way!" Ivy touched her thigh, which was sore from riding for a long time, and shouted to Gandalf.

"Your companion knows it! It can understand our direction!" Gandalf did not give Ivy time to refute. He turned around and rode his horse in the opposite direction with the brown-robed wizard's sled.

"I didn't know Golden Horn had this ability..." Ivy complained in a low voice, leaning over and patting Golden Horn's neck, "Take us to the Valley! Golden Horn! The Valley of the Elves!"

Apart from trying everything possible, what else can Ivey do?

Fortunately, Golden Horn seemed to know the way just as Gandalf said. After a neigh, he leaped to the front of the team and led the dwarves' ponies through the woods.

　It worked! Yay!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)