Wand Appearance System

Clearly, using a second-hand wand—especially one from a Dark Wizard—is not a wise choice.

But for the Granger family, that wasn't an ironclad rule.

In fact, their family had a tradition of using wands inherited from their ancestors.

The Plant Affinity talent worked just as effectively on wands made from wand wood.

The side effects of a second-hand wand simply didn't exist for the Grangers, who had awakened Plant Affinity.

Before Basil had awakened his memories, his grandmother hadn't allowed him to use the wand passed down from his father and grandfather.

That was because he hadn't shown any sign of commanding plants.

He was merely unharmed by them.

So, according to tradition, he should have gone to Ollivander to choose a wand that would "choose" him.

But their current financial situation didn't allow for that.

And this Blackthorn wood wand—

According to the intricate rules of wand ownership, a conquered wand typically submits to its new master.

Not to mention, he also had the Plant Affinity talent.

If it weren't for the lack of gems, using it to activate the Wand Appearance feature would have been the right call.

But in truth, Basil hadn't activated it right away—not because he lacked gems.

After killing Fenrir, he had gained 5,000 gems.

The reason he held back was his worry that the wand couldn't be swapped later.

What he truly wanted was the wand that had been passed down through generations of the Granger family.

But his grandmother had locked it away in a quartz box with magic.

These past few days, he had been trying every way to open it.

Until today, after resolving his doubts about magic, he chose to accept his fate.

The important part of the Wand Appearance system was the appearances themselves.

The bonuses were tied to the appearances, not to the base wand.

Once materialized, those wands bearing names like Extraordinary Guide, Duel Master, Dragon Knight, Staff of Time, and Shadow of Obsidian would be far from simple, unlike in the game.

Perhaps the turning point lay with them!

So, he couldn't afford to delay any longer.

"Itchy~" Rubbing his ear, which Fanta had lightly pecked, Basil fed it another piece of dried rat.

Then, his right hand reached out unwaveringly toward the Blackthorn wood wand.

Rustle!

Gems: 5932.432 (-2000)

The wand in his hand dissolved into blue specks of light, merging into his body.

His consciousness was pulled, once again entering the Hogwarts that resided in his mind.

The Grimoire opened, and a wand appeared in the lower right corner. Boom!

A series of magnificent, indescribable colors flashed before his eyes.

One by one, wands of unique shapes, surging with various powerful forces, appeared before him.

He instinctively reached out a hand.

As if bewitched, he moved toward the Dragon Knight closest to him.

It was so beautiful—the flaws of Blackthorn wood, its many branches and thorns, had been artistically incorporated into this wand.

The handle, like a dragon's head raised in a roaring charge, the black wood gleaming with a metallic sheen, The fiery red shaft covered in a black dragon's spine bristling with spikes.

Yet—

Ding! Data missing. Spend 1,000 gems to reconstruct?

As his hand drew closer, the description of the Dragon Knight appeared on his retina:

Fourteen inches, Blackthorn wood, Giant's beard hair, very hard

Born from the legend of the wizard King Arthur, housing the great miracle of the Eternal King's ascension to Britain

The power of the Knight King makes the shaft incredibly hard, harder than metal or stone.

The core pulses with the heartbeat of a red dragon!

Your spells will be filled with the power of the red dragon, a blazing explosive force!

Dragon-specific attack +50%

Fire-type spells +50%

Strength +10%

Critical Rate +50%

Critical Damage +10%

"Yes!" Basil ground his teeth.

Clatter!

Gems: 3932.441 (-1000)

A wand that seemed forged from metal, radiating a constant warmth, appeared in his hand.

Deep within the wand, the heavy heartbeat of the Red Dragon began to overlap with Basil's own.

In that instant, it was as if a flame had been ignited in his heart.

His flowing blood grew thick, like scorching magma.

Muscles began to bulge, and layers of scales flickered beneath his skin in a fleeting flash.

His azure eyes seemed to shift, for a moment, into golden vertical pupils.

Family Trait: Dragon Blood of Red Dragon (New)

(Note: While in the Dragon Blood Ignition state, your skin can resist spells dealing less than 3 points of damage, your HP increases by 20, you are immune to fire damage under 50 points, and fire damage is reduced by 50%.)

But it wasn't over yet.

This was only the change brought by the Dragon Knight.

He had forgotten about the wand itself, which had a unique mechanic in the game.

That was the basic attack.

A wizard could swing the wand to deal melee damage to nearby enemies equal to the Attack Power value listed in their personal stats.

That, too, was becoming reality.

Just as he was about to wonder why he had chosen the Dragon Knight, Basil was once again drawn in by the changes in his body.

The thing called the Magic Field within him began to spin.

An invisible force was born, wrapping around Basil and his wand.

In his mind, the Grimoire rustled its pages without any wind.

The Mana stat in his personal info had transformed into Attack Power.

Attack Power: 7+3

He swung the wand sharply at the air.

Boom!

A flash of black-red light shot out, and a violent pressure wave blasted toward the window.

Basil's pupils dilated in shock.

"Fuck, is this a basic attack?"

"Does this count as Magic Field Rotation, First Heaven?"

"What the hell in this magical world could even stand against this kind of power? Just thinking about it gets me hard!"

With that kind of power, if it hit Fenrir's head, it would probably burst it like a watermelon.

"Was it because of the Strength, Critical Rate, and Critical Damage bonuses?"

He didn't dwell on it.

Because, in the game, the appearance of a wand also meant the appearance of the Mana bar—the blue bar.

Coming back to his senses, he realized that, besides the mana defined by wizards, there was now another presence inside him.

A warm, intangible, flowing non-material thing that exuded a faint majesty.

It trickled gently through every limb and joint.

"Devil's Snare!" Focusing his attention on that presence, he activated the Summoning Card.

A portion of it inexplicably decreased.

At the same time, a blue light flashed, and a Devil's Snare made of vines with serpent-like tendrils appeared in the room.

There was no loss of stamina, only a bit of Mental Power spent at the moment of use.

"Devil's Snare!" He set aside the concept of mana, confusing that presence with mana instead.

That presence decreased again.

A portion of his stamina vanished.

An even larger Devil's Snare appeared before him.

He focused his attention, and his absolute control over the summoned creature caused its data to appear on his retina.

Magical Plant: Devil's Snare

Level: 2

Mana Cost: 2

Health: 130+10

Damage: 10+5

Damage per Second: 2+1

"This is also 'mana'?"

"Using them together can summon a higher-tier minion, like having an Echo that adds one card slot to Devil's Snare."

Basil's expression was strange. Was he now a blue-bar mage with mana from Chinese-style fantasy, like in web novels?

He now had three ways to cast spells.

Moreover, he felt that this 'mana' also recovered very much like Internal Energy.

Just like in wuxia novels, it restored itself as it cycled through the meridians, flowing within the body.

Perhaps because he had possessed it for too short a time, this 'mana' showed no improvement after use.

Unlike mana, which would make a subtle, barely noticeable progress after being spent.

Like muscles growing stronger after exercise.

But this one remained exactly the same as when it first appeared in his body, without any change.

Its recovery didn't draw on anything either.

It was as if an unbreakable law had been written into it.

One that defined its quantity and state.

So after depletion, it would automatically restore itself out of nothing.