Chapter 46
She had written back, assuring him that the Aurors who did it were happy to do it, since their jobs had become much easier after that night. Apart from her, he hadn't received any replies, but knowing that most of those people were parents who had children to send off to Hogwarts, Harry didn't expect any replies until Hogwarts had started and the poor parents finally managed to scrounge together some free time.
He finished up the last letter with a smile. It was to a girl six years of age who had sent him her lucky teddy bear and a note that had a message written in a messy scrawl. 'Love you Harry Potter. - Jemma'.
Harry put away the fountain pen back into his inventory and put the letter in his book bag. He'd borrow Terry Boot's owl tomorrow to send it off. While he knew that practicing with quills were important as they were the only writing tool allowed in exams, fountain pens had an inimitable class of their own.
Besides, if his track record held true, he would soon manage to get a skill for penmanship. He could grind that and get better at it.
Ping!
And there it was, right on cue.
A new skill has been created due to writing a metric ton of letters.
Calligraphy, Lv-10
You can write with any writing instrument with your mastery of the art of script. This skill can make a significant difference in runes, arithmancy and other forms of written ritual magic.
Ping!
Due to getting to level 10 in a special skill, choose one of the following calligraphic techniques to learn.
-Single calligraphy technique: Marked up
A technique which uses beautiful writing to get your teachers to give you extra marks. Increases reputation and opinion of teachers.
Chance of success- 30+Level of Calligraphy
Cost- Cool down period of 10 seconds
-Runomancy attack: Runic Burst
An attack which upon activation unleashes a number of rune amplified spells on your foe. The spells are chosen randomly out of your combat spell arsenal. The number of spells is only limited by the amount of times you choose to attack your enemy or your mana pool.
Attack- (Number of spells x Wis)% damage + Dex
Cost- Cooldown period, +5 seconds for every spell
-Wandless Magic Mind Arts: Compulsion Script
A technique that uses both magic and mind to push the reader's opinion of what you write to be positive, making them more likely to do what you wish them to do. An extremely essential tool for many magical politicians.
Attack- Level of Wandless Magic + Level of Calligraphy
Cost- Cost of Wandless Magic
Harry looked at the options available to him and wondered which one he should choose. The first one was entirely useless to him. It was cool and would make sure that he would end up getting Os, but it would discourage Harry from hard work and that wasn't what he wanted.
The third one was very tempting. Harry had promised himself that he'd work for the betterment of werewolves after he'd learned of the difficult conditions they lived in, and that would require him going into politics eventually. This skill was obviously tailor-made for that. So he was torn between that one and Runic Burst.
Harry's Gamer Mind worked at speeds that wizards twice his age would have trouble comprehending. It quickly compared information he already knew, information he'd acquired by absorbing books, and his own personal knowledge archives trying to come up with a preference for one of them over the other.
The thing was, Harry deduced, his status as the Boy who Lived already gave him unprecedented popularity in the magical world, already giving him a boost of opinion with most people. If he played it right and gave a few regular interviews and open letters, then his political career wouldn't even need the technique. Plus, the description implied that there were politicians who knew the technique already.
That meant it could be learned.
But Runic Burst was a unique and rare move, and Harry knew that the Ancient Runes class offered in Hogwarts only taught most basic written spells. Even better, its attack was limited only by Harry's stat points.
'Maybe I should take it,' he thought. He was no slouch in Dex with a solid 12 with his +3 bonus added. And he could always improve later in the future. In fact, the plans of exploring the Forbidden Forest could be useful for that. Jumping across treetops had done a lot of good for his Dex so far.
Perhaps a sound investment now would lead to him reaping the rewards later.
"That settles it,'" Harry said as he clicked the second option from the three given options.
Are you sure you want, Runomancy attack: Runic Burst?
YES/NO?
He quickly pressed yes and the other two options disappeared. The knowledge on how to use Runic Burst flew into Harry's head.
Ping!
Congratulations! You learned Runic Burst!
Calligraphy, Lv-10
You can write with any writing instrument with your mastery of the art of script. This skill can make a significant difference in runes, arithmancy and other forms of written ritual magic.
Special moves:
Runomancy attack: Runic Burst
An attack which upon activation unleashes a number of rune amplified spells on your foe. The spells are chosen randomly out of your combat spell arsenal. The number of spells is only limited by the amount of times you choose to attack your enemy or your mana pool.
Attack- (Number of spells x Wis)% more damage + Dex
Cost- (Cost of wandless magic x 50%),Cooldown period +5 seconds for every spell
Harry closed the box and laid back on the pillows, any desire for sleep gone. He knew that he physically didn't need to sleep unless he had to refill his HP and MP, but it was a good way to pass time and rest his mind.
Remembering his idea of exploring the forbidden forest, he peeked out of his curtains and took a look at the wall clock in the dormitory before starting to get ready to explore.
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Explore the Forest
Reward,
2000 Exp
Failure,
Eventual death by laziness arsehole
YES/NO?
Pressing yes, he put on his wolf jacket with the hood down and pulled out his second wand. He had read that there were spells to trace and test wands that had the Trace on them, so he wanted to avoid using his original wand.
So he put his holly wand into the inventory and quietly sneaked over to the window and opened it, hoping to all heavens that he wouldn't come face to face with two amorous ghosts.
Luckily, he didn't.
Climbing onto the ledge of the window, he paused for a moment to wonder how on earth he was about to get down to the bottom of the tower. It was a straight 120 feet drop interspersed with nothing other than the occasional flagpole, gargoyle or a window jutting out. His well-honed Parkour skill was going to be put to heavy testing.
Eyes darting around the surface of the tower, he plotted a tentative course down to the bottom of the tower and judging his speed and direction, Harry let himself fall. Grabbing onto the jutting flagpole a few feet below the window, he dug his hand into the gaps between the stone bricks and swung around until he found adequate footing. Quickly letting go of the edge he fell and caught the edge of the stone below it.
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