Hogwarts wizards who signed in to Middle-earth...

As soon as Dui arrived, he looked at the old willow tree with great vigilance.

The trees kept attacking him, trying to force him to come here, to stand before this old willow tree.

Dui knew it.

It is Huon, a close relative of the Ents, the tree people, including the trees that attacked him before.

Huon is more like a tree than a tree-man; one could say it is a tree with self-awareness and is extremely aggressive.

And the old willow tree in front of us is the oldest and most powerful Huon in this old forest.

Moreover, it is full of malice towards humans.

Suddenly, a soft voice drifted through the air, like a soothing lullaby playing in your ears.

Dui suddenly felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him, and his head became dizzy.

He approached the old willow tree as if sleepwalking, completely unaware that he was in danger.

The cracks in the old willow tree widened and twisted, revealing a hideous and terrifying smile, waiting for its prey to walk into its trap.

Dui walked closer and closer until he came to the old willow tree.

The branches of the old willow tree swayed without wind, and a hypnotic song emanated from every leaf on the tree.

It's like someone softly singing a lullaby, or like a group of people whispering.

Just as the old willow tree opened its mouth-like crack, about to swallow him into its trunk, the system, which had been unresponsive, finally reappeared.

[Hogwarts Check-in System: Locating Old Forest, Check-in Now?]

Dui's previously dazed eyes instantly cleared, and he swiftly cast a spell towards the crack:

"They'll all be petrified!"

A beam of white light struck the old willow tree, freezing it instantly, and the singing stopped abruptly.

But before he could catch his breath, the petrified old willow tree broke free from the spell and swung its thick branches at him.

Dui gasped. The petrification spell hadn't worked? He'd run into a tough opponent!

"Armor protection!" An invisible shield blocked Dui's path, colliding with the huge branches of the old willow tree. The immense force caused the shield to ripple.

Seeing that the shield wouldn't hold for much longer, Dui kept thinking about how to break through. When he saw the thick layer of fallen leaves at the foot of the old willow tree, his eyes lit up.

"Blazing flames!" A fireball flew from Dui's hand and landed on the pile of fallen leaves. The leaves ignited upon contact with the fire, quickly enveloping the old willow tree and spreading to it.

Fire is the bane of trees, and even the old willow tree is no exception. Fear of flames made the old willow tree forget about attacking Dui and desperately wave its branches to beat out the flames, trying to extinguish them.

Seeing the opportunity, Dui flew out his cleaver from his waist, slashed off a section of willow branch, and flew back with the branch.

Having obtained the willow branches, Dui fled at top speed, running downstream along the Willow River without looking back, only to hear a roar of anger and hatred coming from behind.

The lower reaches of the Willow River flow into the Brandy River, and the confluence is not far from Buckland.

Returning the way they came is now impossible, so Dui plans to go downstream along the Willow River, then circle back to the Brandy River and go upstream to Stag Town.

But before that, there was one more thing he had to do.

"System, sign me in."

[Sign-in successful! Congratulations on obtaining the Ollivander Wand crafting craft!]

Instantly, a wealth of wand-making techniques and knowledge flooded his mind, allowing him to quickly learn how to make a wand.

Dui was very happy. Although the sign-in reward this time was not a physical item like a spell, he now had the wand-making method, which would allow him to create a wand that suited him and double his strength.

Especially without a wand, he would find it difficult to cast spells that are lethal or powerful.

For example, the Avada Kedavra curse that he so desperately wanted to cast would probably kill him first if he didn't have a wand to help him.

Dui had prepared for the possibility of trees blocking or attacking him along the banks of the Willow River, but to his surprise, the trees on the riverbank were very quiet, allowing him to pass through smoothly.

Unable to figure it out, he didn't think much of it and followed the river to the confluence, then went upstream along the Brandy River.

It was already the next morning when we arrived in Buck Town.

"Oh my god, Duir, where have you been? What's wrong with you?" Zogo Baggins stared wide-eyed at Duir, who had returned looking travel-worn, in disbelief.

"I went to the old forest and had a fight with those trees," Du Yi said, plopping down on the low sofa, catching his breath, and then grinning as he explained. He hadn't told Zhuo Guo he was going to the old forest when he left, so as not to worry him.

"What? You actually went to the Old Forest!" Zogo was shocked and almost spilled the bread he was served. The Old Forest was a forbidden forest for hobbits, especially those from Deer Lands. No one dared to go there. But Dui dared to venture there alone, which terrified him.

After the initial shock, he quickly and carefully examined Dui to make sure he wasn't missing a single body part before letting out a sigh of relief. Still, however, he asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

Dui chuckled and shook his head. "Have you forgotten I'm a wizard? Don't worry about me, I'm not the one who'll suffer this time!"

After calming Zhuoguo down, Dui finished breakfast but didn't go to rest immediately. Instead, he began processing the timber he had brought back.

The timber brought back this time includes more than a dozen kinds of wood such as chestnut, alder, laurel, and elm, as well as a section of willow branch from an old willow tree.

He started testing the compatibility of chestnut wood with his magic, but the results were always more or less a magical resistance, not the most suitable wand wood for him.

It wasn't until it was the old willow tree's turn that Dui's face lit up with a joyful smile.

The old willow tree's branches not only have the highest magical properties of all woods, but they are also the wood that best suits him. His magic power is transmitted most smoothly and quickly through the willow wood, which is simply a pleasant surprise!

He finally found the material for the wand!

Next, all that's needed is to find a suitable wand core to begin crafting his wand.

It was all luck, really. According to the memory of Ollivander's wand-making techniques that I just obtained, the wood used to make the wand not only needs to have magical properties, but more importantly, it needs to be collected during the midnight full moon to ensure that the wand's performance is at its best.

This is why the wands made by the Ollivander family perform better than those made by other wand makers.

Last night happened to be a full moon night, so Dui didn't need to take any more branches from the old willow tree.

The willow branch was over a meter long, enough to make several magic wands. Dui divided it into three sections, picked one up and examined it in his hand. Instantly, he had the ideal shape and size in his mind, and instinctively knew how to proceed.

This ability was granted to him by the craftsmanship of Ollivander's wand.