Hogwarts: The Card System
Chapter 47

Material Cards and Summoning Cards

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Material Cards and Summoning Cards

The card dropped by the Quirrell Horned Beast was an Experience Card (White), a card specifically meant to be exchanged for experience.

It was basically some extra experience.

When he had previously been given three mission rewards to choose from, there had been a blue card worth 1,000 experience.

The card dropped by the Spider Mantis Bug depicted a large piece of yellow-and-green insect carapace, covered in ridges and spikes.

Chitinous Carapace (Green)

Material Card

A special magical insect carapace with excellent physical and magical resistance, especially considering its enormous size and light weight.

The sight of it reminded Ted of Cell~ The card from the mission reward depicted a yellow-green troll carrying a massive club, one hand dazedly scratching its nearly bald head.

Troll (Blue)

Summoning Card

Summon a troll to fight for you.

Duration: 10 minutes. Cooldown: 10 hours.

Note: Trolls are not particularly intelligent. Do not give it overly vague commands.

Ted would have a powerful enforcer from now on?!

Both cards were types he had never seen before.

Material Cards could be manifested into certain materials, such as metals, herbs, ores, and the like.

They could also serve as special "materials" to strengthen other cards.

Cards could be enhanced by consuming other cards or experience points, allowing them to level up.

Material Cards, meanwhile, could grant cards additional effects or enhancements.

As for Summoning Cards, they were simple and straightforward.

Trolls posed a great threat even to ordinary wizards, because their Magical Resistance was truly high.

With someone directing them, that threat would multiply several times over.

He had struck it rich! Really struck it rich!

By now, Ted had accumulated 4,500 experience in his Experience Pool.

Ted felt the urge to level up once more! His Magic Power was now lv3, and with the bonus from his wand, it reached lv4!

The effects were incredible! Like the Sliding Charm from last night—it had lasted five or six minutes without fading.

The two Ice Arrows had also been extremely powerful.

That was the effect of strong Magic Power.

Still, he held himself back.

Today was the last day of October. Tomorrow would be November, and new Otherworldly Knowledge would arrive.

It would be better to wait until tomorrow, see the new Otherworldly Knowledge, and then make plans.

Beyond the rewards, Ted had gained some other insights from today's battle.

The three magical monsters had all been quite powerful.

Against ordinary people, unless they had assault rifles, they would not even be able to defeat the weakest Quirrell Horned Beast.

Against that Modified Troll, unless they had anti-materiel weapons, they would definitely be killed by it.

It might have looked as though Ted and the other Little Wizards had toyed with it.

In reality, the thing's charging speed was astonishing, like a car going eighty miles an hour.

Ordinary-caliber firearms could not disable it immediately. Without something like an RPG, even an entire squad of soldiers would be wiped out within minutes.

But as long as they mastered some suitable magic, a few Little Wizards could handle them.

Wizards who mastered enough magic held an overwhelming advantage over other magical creatures.

No wonder the centaurs had to live in their reserve, giants had been driven into the deep mountains, and goblins were left playing finance at Gringotts without being allowed to use wands.

Even dragons were being farmed!

Early the next morning, Ted's biological clock woke him on time. The moment he opened his eyes, he heard the system prompt.

"Ding~ Talent Otherworldly Knowledge (Gold) has triggered. Sulee Spoutfizzle Alchemy Recipe Notes (Green) discovered."

Sulee Spoutfizzle Alchemy Recipe Notes (Green), containing the potion-making experience of Sulee Spoutfizzle, a Gnome intermediate alchemy trainer from Ironforge. Requires 270 experience to exchange.

Hm? Hm! Hm~ Ted paused. This was another product of Azeroth.

He did not really remember Sulee Spoutfizzle himself. After all, who went out of their way to remember the name of some trainer?

If it had been a key NPC, or someone with quests, that would have been one thing. But the names of functional NPCs like this really were not memorable.

Still, that did not matter. Knowing he was an intermediate alchemy trainer was enough.

In World of Warcraft, alchemy was the profession for making potions. It had a few other byproducts, but potions were its main product.

It was roughly equivalent to Potions!

An intermediate trainer should have quite a few valuable potion recipes.

270 experience points was not expensive!

Ted wanted this knowledge!

As his experience was consumed, information about alchemy recipes and basic techniques appeared in Ted's mind.

Ted gave the information a quick once-over—worth it! Absolutely worth it! Forget 270 experience; it would have been worth 500! Even 1,000 experience!

After sorting through it, Ted roughly obtained the following potion recipes:

Recipe: Minor Healing Potion.

Recipe: Elixir of Lion's Strength.

Recipe: Lesser Troll's Blood Potion.

Recipe: Minor Agility Potion.

Recipe: Defense Potion.

Recipe: Blackmouth Oil.

Recipe: Swiftthistle Potion.

Recipe: Wisdom Potion.

Recipe: Underwater Breathing Potion.

Recipe: Minor Magic Resistance Potion.

Recipe: Healing Potion.

Recipe: Lesser Mana Potion.

Recipe: Anti-Poison Potion.

Recipe: Lesser Troll's Blood Potion.

Recipe: Fire Oil.

Recipe: Fire Protection Potion.

Recipe: Lesser Invisibility Potion.

Recipe: Swiftness Potion.

Recipe: Stoneskin Potion.

Recipe: Free Action Potion.

There were twenty potion recipes in total. Of them, Fire Oil, Fire Protection Potion, Lesser Invisibility Potion, Swiftness Potion, Stoneskin Potion, and Free Action Potion were all at intermediate-to-advanced levels.

In the wizarding world, they would be Potions on the level of Polyjuice Potion.

The main reason was that Azeroth was the kind of place where there was a small war every year and an apocalypse every five years, so most things were made to serve combat.

All twenty recipes held tremendous practical value in battle.

Healing Potions went without saying. Elixir of Lion's Strength increased the drinker's strength, Troll Blood improved recovery abilities, and did Minor Agility Potion even need explaining?

Defense, anti-poison, magic resistance, fire protection... they were all extremely useful! The only problem now was how to substitute the herbs and materials from the wizarding world for the original ingredients in the recipes.

Of course, the wizarding world now had several herbs that only existed in Azeroth as well.

Who knew how that worked. In any case, it made things easier for Ted.

It seemed he would have to put more effort into Potions in the future.

Come to think of it, being proficient in chemistry experiments should be a huge help in Potions, right? Potion recipes always used measurements like "one drop, two drops," "one," or "two." That was not standardized at all, was it? Use a dropper already! Measure things down to the milligram!

Ted ran beside the Black Lake while Anzu soared freely through the sky, occasionally using his size to harass nearby birds flying past. He was being incredibly obnoxious.

By the time Ted returned to the dormitory, showered, changed clothes, and arrived at the Great Hall with Hermione, their friends had not arrived yet.

Ted sat reading an extracurricular copy of Advanced Potion-Making, while Hermione beside him read a book on Transfiguration.

Last night's battle had given the little girl plenty to think about. It was also the first time she had discovered the practical benefits of magic.

Her passion for studying had been fully ignited.

Soon enough, the Gryffindor four arrived, yawning nonstop.

The four had been too excited yesterday. After eating a "victory feast" from the kitchen, they had returned to the Common Room and still refused to settle down, telling the little lions an epic tale until the middle of the night. It had been truly spectacular.

As a result, far fewer Gryffindors had come for breakfast this morning.

The Gryffindors who did come looked at Ted and the others with burning eyes, as though they could not wait to join them on another great adventure.

Hannah from Hufflepuff leaned over and whispered, "Hey~ Ted, I heard you fought a huge troll last night! You almost died before killing three monsters? The entire corridor was covered in blood... Is that true?"

Ted stared blankly. From the way she put it, had he just returned from Verdun? Even the Battle of Moscow had not been that brutal, had it?

By Hannah's account, he probably only had his head left by now.

"Who did you hear that from?" Ted asked.

Meanwhile, Hermione turned and glared furiously at Ron and the others, wearing an expression that said, I knew it.

"I heard it from Gryffindor's Lee Jordan. Quite a few students in our House have heard about it," Hannah said eagerly.

It felt like a fairy tale had somehow happened right beside her.

Ted hurried to reassure her. "No, it wasn't that outrageous. We used a lot of magic and barely managed to hold on until the professors arrived..."

Ron, Jerry, and the others clicked their tongues beside him. Hannah's version was even more outrageous than what they themselves had bragged about yesterday!

Clearly, the rumor had already begun reproducing and evolving on its own~ Ted recalled something the Weasley Twins had said: if there was anything, just tell Lee Jordan. Tell him, and the whole school would know.

He was Hogwarts's loudspeaker!

It took a great deal of effort to send away several waves of curious students. It was not just first-years either; second- and third-years came over to join the excitement as well.

One moment, someone would ask, "Ron, did you really cast the Levitation Charm?"

The next, someone would say, "Jerry, why do you even copy your homework?"

Ron flushed red and stubbornly argued, "There are four key points to the wand movement for the Levitation Charm. Do you know them? Swish and flick~"

Jerry craned his neck and explained, "Copying homework? Can a student's business be called copying? It's reference material, understand?!"

In short, the Great Hall was filled with cheerful air.

Ted had not expected that the six of them would end up entertaining everyone.

This school really had too few forms of entertainment.

Look how bored these kids had become!

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