From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 57: The Warlock and the Dragon
Ever since Ivy acquired two Strixhaven-related specializations, quite a few redemption options have been unlocked in his Grimoire of Destruction.

Most of these new contents seem to be related to Strixhaven, and from the name we can guess that they are probably teaching materials or something like that.

For example: "Introduction to Magical Botany", "Basics of Magical Aura", "Introduction to Computational Magic", "Introduction to Ink Magic", "Introduction to Ancient Languages", etc.

Although they were all labeled as entry-level and basic, the exchange price of each book was beyond Ivy's imagination, as high as 3000 experience points, which could be exchanged for two third-level spells.

Fortunately, the two Strixhaven-related specialties that Ivy chose came with two textbooks, namely "Introduction to Elemental Magic" and "Introduction to Art Element". The former is a textbook for apprentices at the Turi Academy, and the latter is about how to make art element garden statues.

After Ivy carefully studied the two textbooks, he became more convinced of the name of Strixhaven University of Magic.

"Introduction to Elemental Magic" explains the characteristics of almost all types of elemental magic in simple language and provides certain learning methods. If this textbook falls into the hands of a talented student, it may inspire many unique new elemental magics.

As for the "Introduction to Art Elements", it details how to mix various elemental magics to create art element garden statues. For example, mixing water elemental magic with earth elemental magic, and then calcining it with fire elemental magic, the art element garden statue presents elegant and colorful colors.

Ivy thought carefully, isn't this just firing porcelain? Every time traveler from the distant eastern country will be familiar with it, it is a traditional craft.

Of course, in addition to the porcelain shell, the most important thing about an art element is actually the spiritual core inside, because it represents the passion and creativity of the creator. Only an artistic spiritual core can give an art element real life, otherwise it is just a simple construct.

So in addition to training Slytherin's Quidditch troll, Ivy has another extracurricular life - studying new elemental magic and art element crafting techniques.

When people focus on one thing, it is always difficult to notice the passage of time.

That's what Ivey is like.

Before we knew it, it was already mid-December.

The day's routine Quidditch torture - of course, Ivy was referring to training.

Mr. Marcus Flint, Troll Number One and Slytherin Quidditch Captain, bravely raised his hand, if only he could stop his arm from shaking uncontrollably.

"Sir? This weekend our house will have a match with Ravenclaw, should we——"

"Game?" Ivy stopped serving. The giants who were struggling to dodge the cast iron balls in the air took the opportunity to breathe. "I didn't notice this. What's the schedule?"

Troll No. 1 lowered his flying altitude and jumped from his broom to the ground, making it easier for Ivy to talk to him without having to look up all the time.

Quickly straightening his wrinkled Quidditch uniform, Troll No. 1 said, "The Hogwarts Quidditch Cup adopts a double round-robin system. Each house team will compete with other houses twice. At the end of the season, the teams are ranked by win-loss record and total wins. If there is a tie, all the scores in the game will be added up and the rankings will be compared. Of course, if the scores are also the same, there will be an extra game. But as far as I know, this extra game rule has not been implemented in at least a hundred years." Ivy nodded. The rule was very simple, the same as the S-League group stage rules used in a game abbreviated as LOL.

"So there will be a total of 12 games in a school year?" Ivy recalled the first game in November. "Starting from November and ending in April, two games a month? And then every college will be guaranteed to have a game to participate in every month?"

"Your wisdom is simply unparalleled!" Troll No. 1 counted on his fingers for a long time before nodding. The amazement on his face even made Ivy feel a little sick. "That's right! In addition to our match with Gryffindor last month, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff also had a match. Ravenclaw won, but it was a hard win."

"If we win this match against Ravenclaw, then Hufflepuff will have an advantage in terms of winning or losing. But it's just the beginning of the season, and everything is still..." Troll No. 1 immediately noticed what he was saying, swallowed the rest of his words, and complimented Ivy again, "But with your training, I believe Ravenclaw is just a bunch of chickens to us!"

Ivy agreed with this. After several weeks of devilish training, the Slytherin Quidditch players looked much stronger. No matter which house the students stood in front of them, they would look like little chickens.

At one point, Ivy even had the urge to use the giant transformation technique on himself before talking to them.

"Very good." Ivy called the team members who were still in the air to land, and at the same time instructed Troll No. 1, "You are responsible for leading them in a tactical simulation, using the set I formulated before. Ravenclaw is not a strong opponent, and our goal is the Quidditch Cup at the end of the semester. So I have only one request for you, crush them."

Hearing such a straightforward word as "crush", the seven trolls showed surprise and cruel expressions on their faces. After being abused by Ivy for so many days, their hearts were already filled with resentment and anger. But they did not dare to release this resentment to Ivy, otherwise the Ravenclaw players who were going to play against Slytherin at the weekend would naturally suffer.

However, considering that it was the first time for the team he coached to play, Ivy still gave a few more instructions: "The training content for the remaining days of this week will all be changed to reviewing tactics and relaxing training, adjusting each of you physically and mentally, and strive to be in the best condition to face the game. And then always control your hands, and don't be put in solitary confinement before the game!"

"Your will!" the troll gentlemen shouted, and Ivy couldn't help but tilt his head.

After disbanding the trolls, Ivy returned to the Room of Requirement.

Ever since he got the two magic textbooks from Strixheim Academy, Ivy would go to the Room of Requirement to conduct his own magic experiments whenever he had free time.

Now his first art work is about to be completed. It is an art sculpture that combines the wizard's animation spell, flying spell and DND dragon's breath spell. The overall shape is a golden and black fire dragon, only about the size of a palm.

In fact, this is a failed work, which is Ivy's first ceramic firing. However, due to the lack of spiritual core, this artistic element cannot move freely. Therefore, Ivy, who refuses to admit defeat, adds the wizard's activation spell and flying spell to it to ensure that it can fly like a real dragon.

The Dragon's Breath Technique was added last, relying on the expertise of Making Wonderful Items.

This way, the little ceramic dragon can come alive, flying in the air, roaring, and even breathing dragon's breath three times a day!

When Ivy completely completed this work, he found that there was one more item under the occupation item on the character panel: Level 1 Dazzling Warlock.

　The Quidditch season in the original book seems to have only 6 games, that is, each school plays once. For the sake of the plot, I changed the competition system to a double round-robin.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)