Wasn't this the life wizard from History of Magic who specialized in herbology and nature magic?
For the first time, Draco realized the benefits of studying History of Magic.
If he remembered correctly, Ella had been a highly respected healer who lived in seclusion in the Black Forest, treating patients, only to be burned to death by ignorant Muggles in the end.
Those damned Muggles!
Draco instantly felt that Ella ought to have been on his side all along.
Even Ella's basic attacks in combat had special effects: a ring of vines stabbed into the Troll, applying a slowing effect.
Watching the combat effects as the Troll's club struck Ella again and again, Draco was heartbroken.
You bastard, hit me instead!
After several rounds of basic attacks, Ella unleashed her ultimate.
Countless vines rose from the enemy's area, their tender green branches growing wildly. It was clearly an area-of-effect skill. At the same time, a ring of green numbers floated above both Ella's head and his own.
It even heals!
For Draco, who had to return to the village and drink spring water to restore his health after a few rounds of fighting bats, this was an unexpected delight.
After the ultimate, the Troll crashed to the ground.
Ella gave a radiant smile and said to the character Draco controlled, "Draco, you're braver than any young wizard I've ever met. I look forward to seeing you again."
We have to meet again, Ella!
Draco couldn't help searching around anxiously. "Where can I get Ella?"
As though it had heard Draco's murmur, the game brought up a page with a half-open chest as its background.
"What's this, a single pull... and a ten-pull?"
After exploring for a while, Draco finally understood. His character's chest was inset with a Crystal of Time imbued with divine power by the God of Time, and he could use crystal shards to draw ancient wizards who had existed in history or figures from legend out of the chest.
It was like pulling character cards from Chocolate Frogs. Draco found that perfectly reasonable.
Even better, a beginner's first draw was guaranteed to yield a gold.
Oh, gold meant the highest-rarity cards. His Ella was gold.
The game's creator was so generous. Not only did he give away ten free shards, he even guaranteed a gold.
Ella, here I come!
Draco immediately tapped the ten-pull.
Streaks of blue and purple light flashed through the gaps in the chest, finally settling on a golden beam.
Draco excitedly tapped confirm.
But his smile suddenly froze. The Ella of his dreams hadn't appeared on the screen. In her place was an unlucky knight holding a greatsword.
Crabbe and Goyle had just filled their stomachs and were about to open the door and return to their dormitory when they suddenly heard a heart-wrenching cry from inside.
"No-"
Lorne finally got out of bed.
After working hard for so long, it was time to check the fruits of his labor.
[Quest: Collect the Power of Emotion from your own kind] [Progress: 116/100] [You have completed the current quest stage. Claim reward: Random improved spell x1?]
Heaven rewards those who persevere!
Lorne felt that he truly had given his whole heart to Hogwarts. He absolutely deserved to reap this much Power of Emotion.
He silently said to himself, Claim reward.
[Ding! Reward successfully claimed. Reward contents: Later-Generation Improved Levitation Charm x1]
Something inexplicable suddenly flooded Lorne's mind. The feeling was like the rise and fall of his lower abdomen as he breathed-you couldn't feel its presence or even control it, but when you became aware of it, it had already been there your whole life.
Human progress had seen explosive phases in the agricultural revolution of ancient times and the Industrial Revolution, but the fastest and most sweeping was still the knowledge revolution between 1970 and the twenties of the next century.
The Wizarding World was the same. After the twentieth century, whether in the fusion of magic and technology or in magic alone, its development was extremely rapid.
The Improved Levitation Charm was one of the products of this.
Lorne swept his gaze across the room. Without an incantation or a wand, every object in his field of vision began to float.
As a simple spell taught to new students, the current Levitation Charm had many drawbacks in practice. For example, it couldn't be cast on multiple objects or on living things, and it could also fail if the target was too heavy.
The Improved Levitation Charm had none of these restrictions. He could cast the Levitation Charm on targets in parallel, control their speed, and ignore their weight.
He could even cast it on himself to achieve flight.
The system had not only given him knowledge of the Improved Levitation Charm, but had also automatically given him a max-level Levitation Charm that he could cast silently and wandlessly.
He was no longer a weakling with a combat power of five.
Now he could go talk to Professor Quirrell and Professor Snape with confidence.
With a thought from Lorne, all the floating objects gently descended, returning to their original positions one after another with only the faintest sounds.
He checked his quest log again.
[Quest: Collect the Power of Emotion from your own kind] [Progress: 116/300] [Rewards: Random improved spell x1, Percy Great Perfection Realm] [Considering the host's varied methods of collecting the Power of Emotion, source tracking for acquired Power of Emotion is now available]
Lorne was reassured. He had been worried that the system would only provide spells from now on, without increasing his total magic reserves.
Ever since the questionnaire began, he hadn't meditated for even a minute.
Now everything was fine. He didn't need to work hard at all, just wait for the wizards to produce Power of Emotion for him.
As for source tracking, Lorne gave it a cursory look. It simply let him see whether his Power of Emotion came from emotional fluctuations caused by direct contact or those caused by his derivative products. The latter would be reduced to some extent, with a conversion rate of one-half.
For instance, if he organized an event and attended in person, all the Power of Emotion he generated there would be added at a one-to-one ratio.
Power of Emotion generated by derivative products, such as the Magic Mobile Phone, would instead be added at a one-to-two ratio.
It imposed a small restriction on him.
But that didn't matter. Lorne's ultimate goal was to earn Power of Emotion while lying around, so his focus still had to be on derivative products. Otherwise, having to keep holding events would work him to death.
Lorne sat at his desk. Most of the to-do items on the parchment had already been crossed out. Using the Levitation Charm to control his quill, he crossed out "weekend event" and "launch the phone" as well.
Now only three items remained: talk to the professors, summarize the event, and collect game feedback and update content.
Although the last item was a long-term task, Lorne still opened his phone and connected to Wizard Legend's storage component, wanting to strike while the iron was hot.
"Holy shit," Lorne couldn't help swearing when he saw the data. "Why has Draco created so many accounts?"