The wind in the Forbidden Forest stirred gently.
Feeling his Protego shatter.
Lucien still picked up the Qilin horn.
He examined the short horn in his hand, white as jade and as exquisite as a work of art.
Could it dispel magic?
It was practically a bug in this world.
Hmm, he needed to test it again.
Lucien casually Transfigured a pebble on the ground into an exquisite cup and summoned it into his hand.
As the Qilin horn was about to touch the cup.
The cup flashed and reverted to a pebble.
Lucien raised an eyebrow. It could even dispel Transfiguration.
As for the range, it seemed that this anti-magic effect occurred within roughly one centimeter of the horn's surface.
If it could be fashioned into a weapon...
Made into bullet tips, the effect would be—damn.
It could ignore magical defenses and shoot directly into the target's body.
Hmm, if Delayed Truth could be added to the bullets to create an explosive effect.
Or perhaps some poison could be contained inside.
It might also work for making shields, thin armor, or other defensive gear, though that would require quite a large amount.
"System, how long is a Qilin's shedding cycle?"
[A Qilin in its growth stage sheds its horns once every six months.]
That was normal, but the quantity really was a little low.
Lucien didn't consider himself some sort of devil. He wasn't about to deliberately saw off a young Qilin's horn.
Besides, he might not even be able to saw it off.
If he waited for natural shedding, he would only get four horns a year.
That probably would not be enough for armor.
Hmm, there was no need for that. What he wanted was the Qilin horn's innate anti-magic ability. If a thin layer of Qilin