From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 39: Thunder Arrow of Destruction

In the magnificent spell practice room, Ivy held his Grimoire of Destruction and struck a cool and expert pose.

The Book of Destruction in his hand opened with a "swish", and the pages of the book moved without wind. A deep blue arcane light formed a mysterious and profound magic circle just above the pages.

Ivy placed his free hand on top of the blue arcane light, and the next moment, the arcane light turned into a condensed and dazzling ball of lightning.

"Thunder Arrow of Destruction!" Ivy stretched out her hand and pointed, and the ball of thunder turned into an electric arrow, which instantly hit her target - a set of rusty metal armor.

The metal armor was shattered into pieces by the power of the destructive thunder arrow, and its parts flew all over the sky.

Of course, the power of the Thunder Arrow of Destruction is more than that. A few seconds later, lightning flashed on the parts scattered on the ground, and even the metal rust spots that had been on their surface for who knows how long became much lighter. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that this was actually the secondary damage of the Thunder Arrow of Destruction!
Seeing the effect of his spell, Ivy nodded with satisfaction.

Through unremitting efforts, his level as a scribe and wizard has reached level three, which means that he can already cast second-level spells smoothly.

Among the second-level spells, the one he admired most was "Ma Youfu's Acid Arrow".

Of course, among DND's second-level spells, there are countless spells with extremely high practical value.

For example, Phantom Step can be understood as a 30-foot flash. The casting action is very fast and almost impossible to be interrupted. In Hogwarts where Apparition is not possible, it has immeasurable potential.

But who made Ivy a Shaper who loved to cast fireballs? Even in that phenomenal MMORPG that was super popular back then, Ivy's favorite class was a fire mage who could cast pyroblasts in succession.

As a master of the dark arts, Ivy can unleash powerful explosions, cut through steel with the Cutting Curse, kill a dozen poachers with a single blow, and even use ancient magic to summon lightning from the sky.

However, it is still not easy for him to cast a fireball with explosive sound and light effects.

"Fire God Makes the Way" and "Burning Flames" can summon flames one and control flames respectively. "Fierce Fire" can even make black magic flames form fire monsters with a certain intelligence, but turning flames into perfect spheres is really not the expertise of wizards.

Now that Ivy can learn magic from the DND world view, Fireball is no longer out of reach, after all, it is only a 3rd level spell. Ivy only needs to upgrade his scribe and mage by two more levels.

However, as the level increases, the work in the potion classroom can no longer provide considerable experience, and Snape does not have that many potion materials to deal with. After all, he is only one person, and there are less than 1000 students including seven grades. This level of demand is really not a big number in front of Ivy who can mass-produce the Master's Hand.

Nowadays, when Ivy went to the Potions classroom for detention, he would summon an invisible servant to deal with the matter, while he would cross his legs and read a magic book borrowed from the library, or browse for any specialties worth choosing.

Ivy, who had obtained a 2nd-level spell slot, immediately came to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor of the castle.

By wandering three times in this corridor with a tapestry of a troll beating Barnabas with a club, Ivy obtained a room where he could release magic at will.

The place is decorated magnificently, and there are useful props everywhere.

There are soft cushions to prevent falls, targets and dummies for practice, various rusty armors, and even soft sofas for people to rest and have tea breaks.

The Thunderbolt of Destruction is the first 2nd level spell released by Ivy. It is actually a spell modification of Ma Youfu's Strong Acid Arrow by Ivy through the Awakening Grimoire.

In simple terms, Ivy turned the acid in Mayoufu's Acid Arrow spell into thunder, and gave it a name - Destruction Thunder Arrow.

The "destruction" here is Ivy's last name "Doom", so this spell can also be called "Doom's Thunder Arrow".

Many common spells in the DND world view begin with people's names, such as "Mayoufu's Acid Arrow", "Tasha's Laughter", and "Maddenkainen's Disintegration".

These guys who can put their names before spells are all very famous and powerful wizards. And Ivy named his spell Destruction Thunder Arrow to imitate their deeds.

Ivy had long thought that one day he would make his name appear in spells, and not in the form of self-entertainment as it is now, but in a form that is widely recognized by people.

In fact, in addition to the destructive thunder arrow, this spell can have various other versions, but because Ivy only has a third-level scribe and wizard level, he can only learn two from a pile of spells to choose from.

I have to say, this is really infuriating!

What's the difference between this and letting a starving person watch a barbecue through a glass?
Fortunately, Ivy can gain all kinds of knowledge about spells from the Grimoire of Destruction by spending experience, but turning them into spells that can be released requires long-term learning and mastery.

Therefore, the factors that can limit Ivy's growth are, first, experience points, and second, life span.

There happened to be a magic stone in the castle that was said to make people immortal. Although Ivy did not intend to use it to prolong his life, it was not illegal to study it, right? Not to mention that it could also make gold!

Although the small treasury that Ivy kept in the Book of Destruction was still bottomless, if there was only money coming in and no money going out, it would eventually be exhausted.

It’s always good to plan ahead.

Ivy enjoyed afternoon tea on the soft sofa in the spell practice room, then happily left the eighth floor of the castle and headed for the library.

But while going down the spiral staircase, Ivy met a guy he didn't like very much - Professor Quirrell of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Mr. Du...Mr. Dum!" The man with the big turban that gave off an unpleasant smell called out to Ivy.

The latter had to feign surprise and say, "Oh, sorry. I didn't see you, Professor Quirrell."

"No...it's okay." Professor Quirrell was very considerate. He wished the "younger generation" behind his head could be like him. "I just want to ask...why I haven't seen you in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom for a long time?"

"Well." Ivy hesitated for a moment, and decided to tell the truth, "Because I think we need to focus our limited energy on more worthwhile things."

(End of this chapter)