From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 249 Preparations before departure (300010000)

"We must set off immediately!" Thorin announced to everyone in the expedition early the next morning.

Although everyone coveted the soft beds provided by the elves and the safe residence without night watch, after all, the mission of the expedition was to conquer the lonely mountain and take back the homes and gold of the dwarves. Therefore, even if the joints in their bodies were protesting desperately, the dwarves could accept Thorin's orders emotionally.

"I'm afraid I have to object, Thorin," Ivy said.

"For what?" Thorin asked with a frown, "We have clearly accomplished our primary mission in the elves' territory. Resting any longer will only wear down our will!"

"Because I still have some preparations to do." Ivy said, "If my understanding is correct, after leaving Rivendell, we will continue eastward and cross the Misty Mountains?"

"Yes," Thorin nodded, "It is a very difficult and dangerous road. In order to reach the Lonely Mountain before Durin's Day, we must seize every minute!"

"What about your ponies?" Ivy asked again.

"Leave it to the elves, of course!" said Thorin. "These animals are only suitable for walking on the plains. Crossing the dense forests is their limit. If we want to cross the Misty Mountains, we can only rely on our own feet. Of course, wizard. You can take the golden horse with you. Anyway, you can put it in the magic book."

"So this is what I have to prepare for." Ivy smiled. "Although ponies can't climb mountains, my magic can give them that level of strength, allowing them to carry you up the mountain. If we can ride horses across the Misty Mountains, our speed will be at least twice as fast. And riding horses can effectively preserve our physical strength and willpower to face other dangers. I believe you all haven't forgotten the orcs and wargs we encountered before entering the valley?"

Balin, with a white beard, asked in amazement: "Wizard, can you really make a pony climb a mountain?"

After getting Ivy's affirmation, he immediately changed his camp: "If we can really ride a pony through the Misty Mountains, the speed will be greatly improved. Maybe we can reach Lonely Mountain before autumn!"

"How long will it take you to complete the preparations, wizard?" Thorin no longer insisted.

"Half a month. There are fifteen of us, and each mount will take up a day." Ivy replied.

Thorin looked at Balin. The old dwarf was the steward of this team, and he was the most suitable person to calculate the time, because the other dwarves were not old enough or experienced enough to correctly calculate when Durin's Day would come.

"Of course! Even if we set out now, we may not be able to cross the Misty Mountains in a month or two." Balin calculated in his mind and nodded in approval of Ivy's plan.

"And I remember that Lord Elrond of Rivendell once forged a friendship with the dwarves of Khazad-dûm. Perhaps we can find documents on the accurate calculation of Durin's Day in the library here," Ivy suggested.

This information came from a time before he traveled through time. An e-commerce company invested in and produced a TV series telling the story of the Second Age of Middle-earth. Ivy was deeply impressed by the politically correct elves in the series, so he remembered the story of the friendship between the square-faced elf Elrond and the dwarves.

"Really?" Balin asked. "I've never heard of this!"

"But Elrond does understand the ancient language of Durin..." Thorin had a private meeting with Elrond last night under the leadership of Gandalf. It was with the help of Elrond that they deciphered the secret language left by the King under the Mountain on the map.

But Thorin's opinion of the elves will not change because of these little things. The dwarves are worst at self-reflection.

"Then let's do this. We'll stay here for half a month." Thorin had made up his mind, even though staying in the elves' territory would make him feel uncomfortable. "Wizard, our pony is in your hands. Balin, take all the literate dwarves with you and search the elves' library to find any records about Durin's Day!"

"Oh, I'm afraid they are of no use. What we are looking for are documents written in ancient Turin language, and even I can only understand a little bit." Balin said with his hands spread out.

"You mean for me to ask the elves for help?" Thorin's eyebrows were already raised.

"I mean Gandalf!" Balin was surprised. "He is also a member of our team. We can't let this old wizard sit idle!"————

Ivy's preparations included two aspects. One was to make some strange objects that could help with travel. These objects could not be too powerful because he currently had very few spell slots available. In terms of recoverable resources, only the warlock's spell power could help. Therefore, he decided to make some horseshoes, attach the power of the second-level spell levitation to them, and make it a permanent effect, so as to reduce the load of the mounts as much as possible, and then enhance their ability to climb and jump.

Although it is impossible to make them treat the dangerous peaks as flat land, with the help of other magic, there will definitely be no problem in passing through the Misty Mountains.

As for the Golden Horned Horseshoe, Ivy can invest some more precious resources in it. After all, it will definitely become an important helper for Ivy in her travels in Middle-earth. Being able to gain the friendship of the elves for free is already very valuable.

The second aspect is about the training of elven swordsmanship.

In the battle before coming to Rivendell, Ivy accidentally met the prerequisites for the primary ancient ritual of the Beast Bite Sword. Now she only needs to spend half a day on the elven altar to commemorate Turgon, King of Gondolin, to unlock the primary ancient ability of this elven curved sword.

Moreover, Lord Elrond of Rivendell has promised to find a famous swordsmanship master to train Ivy so that he can master the basic skills needed to wield the beast bite sword.

Coupled with Gandalf who is good at using sword and spells to fight at the same time, Ivy is likely to gain new professional abilities, which is why he has not yet continued to allocate experience to the [Splendid Warlock].

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After spending half a day to commemorate Turgon, the King of Gondolin, Ivy successfully obtained the Legacy Powers of the Beast Bite Sword from level 5 to 10. Unlike the Ravenclaw Diadem and Hufflepuff Gold Cup, the Beast Bite Sword is a very standard Legacy item. After completing the primary Legacy ritual and reaching level 5, you can obtain the Legacy Power of the Beast Bite Sword. You can continue to obtain new Legacy Powers until level 20, of course, the prerequisite is to complete the intermediate and advanced Legacy rituals in sequence.

The basic attributes of the Beast Bite Sword are heavy, one-handed, skillful, +1 elven curved sword, and when it senses a creature that can be called "Orc", it will emit a cold blue light to remind the holder.

The creature category of "Orc" is very broad. The orcs, strong orcs, and ogres in Middle-earth all belong to this category. Various goblins and orcs in the DND world are also among them, and even the goblins in the HP world are included. The spell with similar characteristics to this weapon is the fourth-ring Creature Locate, but it is not as flexible as Creature Locate, and the duration and resource consumption of Creature Locate are not advantageous. It can only be said that each has its own merits.

The fifth-level ancient ability of the Beast Bite Sword is to defeat the enemy "Orc", that is, when facing an enemy belonging to the "Orc" category, the weapon's enhancement bonus is an additional +2, and after hitting the enemy, an additional 2d6 damage is caused. As expected of the sword that kills orcs, the Beast Bite Sword is indeed an expert in dealing with orcs.

The sixth-level ancient ability is "Lightbringer", which enhances the ability of the sword to glow. When holding the Beast Bite Sword, Ivy can use Dancing Lights, Flash, or Light at will. This ability is very useful for dungeon exploration. There are many tunnels dug by orcs and dwarves in the Misty Mountains. If you accidentally fall into them, this ability can ensure that the warriors don't have to hold a torch in one hand and a weapon in the other.

The seventh level is an ability called "Fearful Slaughter". When an "Orc" enemy is successfully killed with a critical hit, it will automatically trigger a fear spell for all Orcs within a 30-foot range. If the save fails, these Orcs will drop their weapons and run away until they can no longer see the beast bite sword.

It is still an ancient ability against orcs. If used on a large-scale battlefield, Ivy can defeat an entire army of orcs with just this sword. Although "kill with a heavy blow" can trigger this ability, after falling into fear, it is very easy to be hit with a heavy blow. Therefore, as long as it is triggered once on the battlefield, "Fearful Massacre" will have a high probability of lasting for the entire battle.

The Beast Bite Sword does not have any legendary abilities at level eight, but the ninth-level legendary ability "Elf Agility" is even more powerful. The effect is a very simple and crude agility +2, and after obtaining the thirteenth-level legendary ability, it automatically becomes a land movement speed of 10 feet.

Ivy was almost certain that the level 13 ancient ability must be a similar increased attribute. As a basic attribute, agility is very important. It determines the character's armor level. After all, the higher the agility, the harder it is for the enemy to hit. In close combat, this attribute is very important.

One of the basic characteristics of the beast bite sword is "skillfulness", which means that after mastering this weapon, you can use agility instead of strength to make a hit check when launching an attack. As long as Ivy chooses a specialty called "elegant slashing", the hit and damage checks when wielding the beast bite sword will be linked to agility.

This is very important for Ivy, because his strength is very low. Even with the status blessing called "Eden" in Middle-earth, his strength is only 12 points, which is almost a disabled attribute for a melee attacker. After changing the attribute that affects the melee attack effect to agility, his agility, which has become 16 points under the bonus of the beast bite sword, is obviously within the normal range. Although it is not as good as his 22 intelligence and 19 charm, it is at least enough.

As for the ability brought by the tenth level, it is a simple and effective enhancement bonus of +1, turning the Beast Bite Sword into a +2 elven curved sword that can defeat enemies.

　I will do 10,000 today! Give me strength!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)