The Staff's Melee Form

After successfully testing the Rings of Raggadorr's instant defensive effect and the Disillusionment Charm's convenient stealth capabilities, Gwen's heartbeat quickened slightly with excitement.

She turned her gaze to the final magical pattern on the staff that had yet to light up—the core enchantment that best embodied their original concept of a "melee mage"—and activated it.

The next moment, something marvelous happened!

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the black staff in Gwen's hand, originally only about a foot long and resembling an elongated fidget pen, began to extend and expand.

In the blink of an eye, the originally short staff became a long pole roughly five and a half feet in length, reaching the height of her brow.

The staff remained a deep black overall, its metallic texture gleaming beneath the courtyard light. It now carried more of the imposing, lethal aura of a long staff—the "ancestor of all weapons."

The intricate and mysterious magical runes and circuits originally carved into the staff remained clearly visible, draping this formidable weapon in a veil of mystery and adding a unique beauty to it.

After enlarging, its shape—slightly thinner in the middle and thicker at both ends—became even more pronounced.

Although Gwen looked like a slender, delicate young woman without much visible muscle definition, ever since she began studying Kamar-Taj's magic, her physical condition had long been subtly strengthened through daily exposure to magical energy.

More importantly, under Lin Hai's deliberate guidance and influence, she had never relaxed her training in the martial skills associated with Kamar-Taj's melee mages. Whether it was basic physical conditioning or techniques for wielding various weapons, she had invested considerable time and effort into them.

Thus, although Gwen's current physical capabilities were still far from comparable to Lin Hai's or Peter's, she was already on par with a young