Two days later, the vacation finally ended, and Sherlock's life was filled with courses.
The third trial of the Triwizard Tournament was quickly scheduled.
Unlike the first two trials, many restrictions were relaxed in the third trial.
For example, it is prohibited to use powers other than magic, it is prohibited to use scrolls that are not made by oneself, and it is prohibited to use disposable props...
Generally speaking, it means that contestants can maximize their true strength.
The loosening of restrictions is undoubtedly extremely beneficial to Sherlock, a fake spellcaster.
The reason why the rules changed so much is because their opponents in the last trial were not players from the other two academies.
After a month of preparation, all contestants will form a team and head to an ancient ruins in Serre.
Their goal is to discover the secrets hidden in this ruins.
Based on the performance of the contestants during the trial, the deans of the three colleges will give a corresponding score respectively, and finally the trial points will be calculated based on the score ranking.
One month of preparation time is neither short nor long. Of course, Sherlock hopes to maximize his strength within this limited time.
At least, you must be able to advance to the second level profession.
At present, front-line players have completed their career advancement one after another, and some have even broken through to level 60.
Although level does not represent strength, being stuck at level 50 has somewhat slowed down Sherlock's improvement in strength.
In addition to the second-level profession, he must also find a way to use the hag eyes he obtained from Leatherman Castle.
The processing of magic items like the Hag's Eye belongs to the field of alchemy.
Alchemy, that is, refining rare objects, is a hidden special life skill that can only be unlocked and learned after advancing any one of the production-related life skills to the master level.
Sherlock has been promoted to master in sewing and refining medicine. As long as he finds a suitable teacher, he can naturally learn alchemy.
However, unlike basic life skills, alchemy requires not only extremely high magical attainments, but also a large amount of occult knowledge. As a fake spellcaster, he really couldn't understand the mysteries of magic, so he didn't waste this time.
energy.
Of course, even if he learned it, he would definitely not have the ability to process this hag's eye.
Because Sipu's reading glasses are already a rare item of legendary quality, if you want to use this hag's eye to continue to improve its attributes, you need at least a master-level alchemist to have this ability.
As for Sherlock, he really knew an alchemist, and he was at the Grand Master level.
When he was promoted to master through alchemy and learned that he could learn alchemy, Professor Snape recommended Nick Mellor, a retired master of alchemy in the school.
Nick Mele is the second Potions Professor of Tyrandes College (the first being Salazar Slytherin, one of the Four Founders), and one of the most famous alchemists in Faerûn.
This fame is not only due to his achievements in alchemy, but also has a lot to do with his long life.
No one knows when Nick Mellor was born. When everyone recalls him, they only remember that this person seems to have existed for a long time.
Therefore, there are rumors that Nick Mele has obtained eternal life through human body refining.
Of course, most of these rumors are made up by troubadours to deceive people.
Sherlock met the real Nick Mellor once, he was just an ordinary old magician, but he looked extra old.
The last time we met, he was originally planning to become an apprentice to learn alchemy, but after some tests, he was judged not to have much talent in alchemy, so he finally gave up on this idea.
Although the apprenticeship was unsuccessful, with this fate, he at least had a reason to meet him again.
Under the guidance of the golem maid, Sherlock used the eyes of the hag to meet the legendary alchemist again.
"Little guy, what do you want from me?" In the bright garden, Nick Mellor sat in a wheelchair with his back to Sherlock, watering the flowers and said.
"The final trial of the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin, so I would like to ask you to help me build a strange object." Sherlock got straight to the point.
"No problem!" Nick Mellor agreed directly without asking what kind of strange object he wanted to make, as if he had already anticipated Sherlock's intention.
"Um...what do you need from me?" Sherlock didn't think that his charm was high enough to allow a great master to help him make equipment for free.
The fact that the other party was willing to take action was enough to surprise him.
Under normal circumstances, if you ask an NPC of this level to build equipment, you have to gain a good reputation for several months to become familiar with it.
The bonus effect of the power of destiny should not be so powerful, but this process is skipped directly.
"I do need your help with something, but not now." Nick Mele continued to water the flowers and said slowly.
"Can I ask what it is?" Sherlock asked cautiously.
Nick Mellor finally turned around in his wheelchair, stared at Sherlock with his sunken eyes for a while, and then showed a joyful smile: "When you have the ability to do this, you will naturally know what it is.
Now, let me see what magic items you need to make."
Sherlock was very curious about what Nick Mellor needed him to do, but the other party obviously didn't want to tell him, and he didn't dare to ask. He could only take out the hag's eyes and Xipu's reading glasses and talk about the business of the trip.
"The craftsmanship of that boy from Sip has not deteriorated after all." Nick Mele could tell the origin of the reading glasses at a glance: "Is he still in Cormier now?"
"When I went there two years ago, Mr. Sipp was working as an administrator in the Adventurer's Guild's library. I don't know if the turmoil in the royal city that happened later affected him."
"He is still hiding in that shabby library." Nick Mele seemed to have thought of something interesting and couldn't help laughing: "Forget it, let's not talk about him, let's discuss this.
Such high-quality hag eyes are rare even in my long life.
My suggestion is to make a mask based on these glasses, and then arrange a magic gathering circle on top.
This will not only strengthen the spiritual dream-building ability originally attached to the glasses, but will also not waste the magic power of the hag's eye.
In terms of attributes, do you have any special needs?"
Sherlock thought for a moment and said, "If possible, I would like the ability to interfere with the results of the detection technique."
"interference?"
"It's just that when others use reconnaissance spells on me, they will get some wrong information. It's best that I want them to know this information."
"You want to use wrong detection results to mislead the other party's judgment?" Nick Mellor somewhat understood Sherlock's thoughts.
"That's right! Can it be achieved?"
"What you want is actually a constant passive triggering illusion." Nick Mele explained in professional terms: "With the amplifying effect of the hag's eyes on illusions, plus my skills, it shouldn't be difficult to do it.
, you can just come over in half a month."
"Thank you, Professor." Sherlock seemed to have seen another semi-artifact waving to him, and said excitedly: "Although I don't know what you need me to do yet, as long as it does not violate my moral principles, I will do my best to help.
Your."
"There is no rush, and it should be easy for you at that time." Nick Mellor said and brought up another topic: "I heard Snape said that you wanted to borrow Slytherin's honorary title.
fall."
"Yeah." Sherlock nodded.
Nick Mellor's power in the school is second only to that of principal Dumbledore, and he is also the old headmaster of Slytherin. The matter of borrowing the glory pendant cannot be circumvented by him.
"Then do you know what the core of the glory necklace is?"
Facing such a wise man, pretending to be stupid is obviously not a rational behavior. Sherlock confessed: "I heard... it's half a resurrection stone."
"It seems that you have understood the story of the Three Deathly Hallows. Do you also have the other half of the Resurrection Stone in your hands?"
"Hmm." Sherlock hesitated for a moment, then took out half of the Resurrection Stone that Karen brought to him.
"I have been looking for the other half of the Resurrection Stone when I was young, but I have never found any trace of it. Where did you find it?" Nick Mele's tone could not conceal his curiosity and excitement.
Sherlock once asked Karen this question and did not hide it: "My friend found this in a ruins in the shadow plane."
Nick Mele's eyes lit up and he asked with interest: "Is your friend the little black cat inside? Do you collect the Resurrection Stone just to save her?"
"That's right." Sherlock replied calmly. Since he dared to take out the Resurrection Stone, he was certainly prepared for Karen to be discovered: "It was because of the Resurrection Stone that Karen was harmed by the Dark Temple to be like this."
"If you are willing to lend it to me for a few days, I can help resurrect your friend." Nick Mele pointed at the half of the resurrection stone, his eyes never leaving.
"This..." Sherlock hesitated a little.
Of course he could see the desire in Nick Mellor's eyes, and he also believed that the other party would not hack his Resurrection Stone.
But it was a matter of Karen's life and death, and he really didn't dare to make a decision easily.
"Promise him!" At this moment, Karen's voice suddenly sounded in Sherlock's heart, with a hint of urgency.
"you sure?"
"Only alchemy can truly unleash the power of the Resurrection Stone, and Nick Mellor is the most suitable candidate."
Since I agreed, Sherlock naturally had no objection.
"Aren't you a half-elf? Why did you sign a spiritual oath with Zi Mao!" Zi Mao's spiritual oath requires the union of consciousness. Nick Mele has never seen such an operation in his long life.
"Well, I have a transformation form that is a bit similar to Zi Cat, and then...then I can get Sharis's blessing, so..." Sherlock can't say that he was raped.
"You don't need to say it, I understand." Nick Mele showed a smile that every man understands. He has some small quirks, which are completely understandable.
Sherlock felt that Nick Mellor was already going in an indescribable direction, but it was difficult to explain such a thing, so he put down the Resurrection Stone and hurriedly chose to leave.
