Harry Potter : Bloodraven

[ Item: Sorcerer's Stone ]

[ Extraordinary Characteristic: Life Enhancement ]

[ Grade: Excellent ]

[ Extraordinary Characteristic: Transmutation (Semi Permanent) ]

[ Grade: Basic ]

First of all, the Sorcerer's Stone displayed multiple characteristics, unlike a normal magical item. But this wasn't the first time something like this had happened, so Maverick wasn't overly surprised.

The other items that had prompted multiple characteristics were his very own alchemy products—the ring and the bracelet—that his teacher had given him. From this, he concluded that extraordinary characteristics could be replicated multiple times from such items, though he had yet to test the theory in practice.

Nonetheless, the two characteristics the Sorcerer's Stone displayed were, in simple terms, unremarkable. However, that didn't mean they weren't important. Maverick just expected the Stone to have better traits, maybe even mythical grade, given all the attention over it. After all, this was the same Stone that had inspired an entire book, with its name in the title.

Unfortunately, things don't always turn out as you expect.

He focused on the first characteristic, Transmutation (Semi-Permanent). The name matched the rumors about the Stone being able to turn any metal into gold. But according to the system, the change wasn't permanent.

He wondered if Flamel had exaggerated its abilities, or if the transformation simply lasted for a very long time but not indefinitely.

Either way, he trusted the system's judgment more than old stories. On top of that, the characteristic was labeled as Basic, which made him lose interest in copying it.

Then there was the Excellent-grade characteristic, "Life Enhancement." From the name, it once again aligned with the rumors of the Stone granting a long lifespan. However, much like the earlier characteristic, this too seemed to be a watered-down version—prolonging life rather than granting literal immortality.

But an Excellent-Grade trait was still much better than some basic ability. Moreover, Maverick had come to a realization—very, very few items ever prompted an Excellent grade. Almost 99% of the items he had tested so far turned out to be Basic grade.

This made him wonder what kind of item the system would regard as Mythical grade. The Deathly Hallows, perhaps? Or maybe... the Infinity Stones? It was a curious thought, but one for another time.

He then focused on the next set of prompts, the ones that had appeared when he made up his mind earlier to copy the Excellent-grade characteristic.

[ Do you want to use one Extraordinary Characteristic Point to replicate Excellent-Grade Characteristic, Life Enhancement? ]

Following that came the system's way of informing him it had something else in mind, much like what had happened when he replicated the Extraordinary Characteristic of Scamander's suitcase.

[ Unable to integrate Extraordinary Characteristic! ]

[ Converting Extraordinary Characteristic to an integratable state. ]

[ Conversion complete. ]

[ New Extraordinary Characteristic: Vitality ]

[ Replicating Extraordinary Characteristic. ]

[ Extraordinary Characteristic: Excellent-Grade Vitality (unfused) ]

Now, the new trait had been added to his list of Extraordinary Characteristics, but with the "unfused" remark. This was one of those cases where he was genuinely thankful that the abilities he replicated did not integrate with his body immediately. Otherwise, there would be a whole lot of other factors he would have to consider when copying a new ability.

He let out a long breath and stood up from the chair, his expression changing to one of full concentration. Before proceeding with the fusion, he extended his vast Magical Sense outward, ensuring there wasn't a soul nearby.

Satisfied, he turned back to the chair, flicked his finger, and transfigured it into a comfortable-looking bed. His Transfiguration skills were no joke. At his advanced proficiency, the magic would last for hours, and he assumed the integration wouldn't take longer than that—after all, this wasn't a breakthrough in rank.

After that, he lay down comfortably, taking a deep breath in before exhaling slowly to prepare his mind and body for what was to come. Once he felt ready, he brought up the system panel and willed the new characteristic to fuse.

He felt the effects of the system at work almost immediately. It was like an itch or like tiny creatures were crawling all over his body, both on the surface and inside. It was very uncomfortable, but not unbearably painful.

The sensation continued, sometimes stronger, sometimes weaker. Eventually, he closed his eyes and turned off the active Magical-Sense he had extended outward, thinking of may be try and relax to not feel the flow of time.

Seconds turned to minutes, and minutes turned to hours. He was no longer lying on the bed, as it had been transfigured back to its original form. Now, he sat reading a book, trying his best to distract himself from the irritation. Unfortunately, it didn't work either, as his face was seen twitching every so often in response to the pain.

Putting the book aside, he racked his brain for another way to distract himself, but nothing came to mind. Finally, he decided to simply wait out the process and endure.

And so, he waited patiently as the system worked its miracle, integrating the trait and transforming his body on a cellular level. At the same time, the crawling irritation across his body started to change, mixing with pain and getting stronger with each passing moment.

Fortunately, his pain tolerance was no longer as weak as when he ranked up to Great-Magus, and he was able to persist even when the pain reached its peak.

Another hour later, the discomfort and pain slowly started to fade away and, eventually, disappeared completely. However, due to the accumulated fatigue from enduring the pain for so long, he couldn't immediately tell what had changed in his body.

Thankfully, the system finally gave the prompt that the characteristic had been fused, meaning he could now get a more detailed description from the system interface.

Before that, he first cast a quick cleaning spell on himself, getting rid of all the sweat from his skin and clothes. Then, he sat comfortably on the chair once again and turned his attention to the system.

[ Name: Maverick Caesar ]

[ Class: Wizard ]

[ Rank: Great-Magus ]

[ Magical Energy: 7,826+ ]

[ Points: 2,559 ]

[ Extraordinary Characteristic Points: 0 ]

[ Extraordinary Characteristics: ]

[ Excellent grade Spellcasting ]

[ Excellent grade Independent Expanded Dimension ]

[ Excellent grade Flight ]

[ Excellent grade Vitality ]

[ Talents: ]

[ Magical Energy Manipulation (Advanced +) ]

[ Magical Sense (Advanced +) ]

[ Spacial Rift (Advanced +) ]

[ Dominant Spirit (Advanced +) ]

[ Transfiguration (Advanced +) ]

[ Alchemy (Advanced +) ]

[ Potions (Intermediate +) ]

[ Spells: ]

[ Aquired Master Proficiency: ]

[ Fiendfyre + | Illusio Lunam Lectorem + ]

[ Aquired Advanced Proficiency: ]

[ Flipendo + | Bombarda + | Bombarda Maxima + | Expelliarmus + | Sanare Vipra (Advanced healing) + | Protego + | Finite Incantatem + | Petrificus Totalus + | Stupefy + | PatronusCharm + | Episkey (Healing) + | Reparo + | Revelio + | Disillusionment + | Wingardium Leviosa + | Occlumency + | Legilimency + | Apparition + | Mirror World spell + | Confundus + ... ]

He took a brief look at the status screen, and the first thing that caught his eye was that his Magical Energy had increased noticeably by more than a thousand units. He clearly remembered it being around six thousand five hundred just this morning, meaning this was directly related to the new extraordinary characteristic.

His mind quickly came up with a few hypotheses, but for now, he set the thoughts aside and turned his attention to the new addition on his system panel.

As he focused, the system provided a brief description of the new ability.

[ Extraordinary Characteristic: Excellent grade Vitality ]

Note:

Improves recovery, endurance, and physical resilience. Increases resistance to injuries and greatly enhances the body's natural healing process.

Healing factor increased by 1000%

Cell degradation rate decreased by 500%

Judging from the system's remark alone, his physique had gained an overall boost in all of its positive functions. He was already a Great-Magus, which meant his biology was far superior to that of a regular human.

Now, with the enhancement from the vitality characteristic, he figured he was physically much stronger than even the peak of Great-Magus, and possibly even close to the physique of an Arch-Magus.

Nodding in understanding, he decided to run a little test and retrieved a blade from his storage ring.

Swish!

With a swift movement, he swiped the blade across the skin of his arm, using enough force to make a cut that would normally affect a regular Great-Magus.

A faint white mark briefly appeared on his skin before disappearing in seconds. He arched an eyebrow at the result, then repeated the action, applying more force with the next swipe.

Swish!

This time, a clean cut appeared, followed by blood starting to gush from the capillaries. But within moments, the bleeding stopped, and the cut began to heal visibly before closing completely in seconds.

A typical Great-Magus would need at least 15 minutes to half an hour for a cut like that to heal completely, but for him, it happened almost instantly, just like the system had remarked about his healing factor now being ten times more powerful.

Sending the blade back to the storage ring, his thoughts once again turned to his Magical-Energy. It had increased by over one thousand units, but more importantly, this was the first time an Extraordinary Characteristic had directly affected his Magical-Energy.

This wasn't difficult to figure out. After all, every time his Magical-Energy increased, his physique showed a corresponding improvement. So, it wouldn't be wrong to assume that the same could happen in reverse.

Putting all that aside, another important detail he noticed while looking at the system panel was that he could now promote himself to the rank of Arch-Magus if he wanted to.

However, if he ranked up now, he would be left with only a hundred or so points, which was simply not enough, especially considering there was a good chance of awakening two new talents upon promotion.

Perhaps after the end of the year, he thought. After giving it more consideration, he decided it was better to wait.

More time passed, during which he performed some final tests on himself and gained a solid understanding of his new capabilities.

One point was very clear to him. Apart from the seven Speakers, there should not be any witch or wizard alive in the world right now who could match him in magic or power.

But Maverick was by no means arrogant or overly proud of this fact. There was still so much he didn't know about this world, not to mention the things he does know. To put it simply, witches and wizards were just one group of extraordinary individuals, and there were many others out there.

So, if there ever came a time when he would feel even slightly confident about his strength, it would be after reaching the rank of Arch-Magus. At that point, he would at least have the capital to voice himself among his own kind.

Until then, today's accomplishment was just another step forward on his path toward realizing his ambitions in this grandiose universe.

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Author's Note:

Just a quick update — up to Chapter 100 is already available on P AT r30n!

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