Start by logging into the Old Man's Ring at Hogwarts

Instantly, the vines on his body fell off, and he was fully revived.

Then, while holding down 'Death Bird', he continued to smash the greatsword relentlessly.

Until the 'Dead Bird' dissipates into mist and returns to the Golden Tree.

"Phew, it's quite fun to try out the warrior playstyle once in a while, at least it's very stress-relieving."

“I remember there’s a ‘death ritual bird’ in Lake Lienia. Great, let’s have some more fun with it!”

After resting for a while, Zicomo got up and walked towards the town in front of the gate.

He remembered that the ritual bird was in that spot.

Arriving north of Menqian Town, the 'Death Ritual Bird' was indeed lingering there.

It has wings and a body that are larger than the 'Death Bird', and it holds a weapon that burns with the flames of death.

Unfortunately, Zicomo is now immune to the effects of sudden death.

Thus it became the second creature from the borderlands to be killed by Zikomo's greatsword.

Zicomo was somewhat surprised by what the 'Death Ritual Bird' dropped after it died.

[Ancient Wraiths: One of the few death spells in the borderlands. Summons a horde of automatically tracking vengeful spirits to attack enemies, dealing massive damage and having a chance to trigger the Sudden Death effect.]

This was the first death magic he had ever acquired.

In the borderlands, the power of death is in the hands of a very small minority.

Zicomo estimated that there were no more than 10 spells related to death in the entire border region.

He felt quite lucky after transmigrating, having mastered this advanced magic so quickly.

He was worried that he didn't have a killer skill in real life.

After logging off, Zicomo retrieved the key to the 'Zen Garden' and entered it.

He summoned his avatar and unleashed an 'Ancient Dead Soul' at his true form.

Unfortunately, the sudden death effect was not triggered.

"Ah!!! Continue!"

Zicomo gritted his teeth, took out the 'Philosopher's Stone,' and directly absorbed the limited life energy within to recover his condition.

The avatar continues to unleash the power of the 'ancient, vengeful spirits of the dead'.

He wasn't just masochizing himself because he had nothing better to do.

While the 'Twelve Trials' do offer the possibility of resurrection, in crucial moments of battle, every second can determine the outcome.

He couldn't possibly revive in front of the enemy, could he?

If you encounter a cunning enemy, they might discover that you can revive and turn to flee.

What if you spread the news that you can be resurrected, attracting a group of people to attack you?

Therefore, it's best to maximize your resistances beforehand so you won't have any worries during battle.

He would not reveal his secret of being able to resurrect to anyone unless absolutely necessary.

He had wanted to train his resistance to instant-death magic for a long time, but unfortunately he had never had the chance.

Some might ask why not use 'Avada Kedavra'.

Of course, it's because this magic is unsuitable.

'Avada Kedavra' is a spell closely related to emotions.

The person casting the spell must be filled with murderous intent.

If the killing intent isn't strong enough, at most you can only make the enemy bleed from the nose.

Zicomo isn't schizophrenic or a psychopathic second personality.

How could he possibly have any murderous intent towards himself?

Now that we have the death magic at the border, we can use it to make ourselves immune to instant death.

If someone were to use an instant-death spell like 'Avada Kedavra' on him in the future, the expression on their face when they see that the killing curse has no effect on him would be quite amusing.

Finally, after the 'Philosopher's Stone's' energy was exhausted, Zicomo triggered the sudden death effect.

I experienced once again the exhilarating sensation of vines sprouting from flesh and blood.

After being resurrected, he was finally completely immune to the effects of instant-death magic.

"Braise! Go to sleep. I'll never torture myself again!"

Death magic is not like other offensive magic that only affects the body.

They also act on the soul.

Previously, it was only Zicomo's consciousness that controlled the avatar in the game, so he did not experience it.

The main body is now under attack.

The spirits of the wronged pass through the body and take away some of the life energy, reducing bodily functions and making the body feel cold, like a corpse.

The flames of death attached to the wronged souls will ignite their souls, causing them to experience the pain of their souls being burned.

It was a stark contrast, like experiencing both ice and fire.

Zicomo felt utterly exhausted and went back to bed to sleep.

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The exhaustion of the soul is not easy to recover from. In the past few days, Zikomo has seemed listless and unable to muster the energy to do anything.

Hermione was the first to notice that something was wrong with him.

Seeing that her cousin had been in this state for several days, the little witch finally couldn't help but drag Zicomo to the infirmary.

After examining Zicomo, the school doctor, Mrs. Pomfrey, found him to be perfectly healthy and guessed that he was probably just overworking his brain.

I suggested he rest more, go out for walks, and look at green plants.

So now he spends all his time staring at the plants in the 'Zen Garden'.

Later he found it boring.

They also dismantled the corpse of 'Flying Dragon' Yakir and used its bones and sinews to make a fishing rod.

Not only that, Zicomo also used alchemy to carve a bunch of reinforcing runes onto the fishing rod.

Modern fishing rods and lines are so strong that even whales can't break them.

After making the fishing rod, Zicomo would take it to the Black Lake to fish whenever he didn't have class.

And you know what? This state of mental blankness really helped him recover his energy.

…………

A few days later, Zicomo was invigorated and his condition returned to normal.

Moreover, he discovered that he could now project his mental energy outwards to perceive his surroundings.

With his mental energy probing outwards, the scene within a radius of 100 meters was reflected in Zicomo's mind.

He could even clearly perceive the movements of ants on the ground.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Hermione's Determination to Project Her Mental Power

With a further probe of his mental energy, Zicomo realized something was wrong.

He was sitting by the lake fishing, and his mental energy sensed that two tentacles were carefully removing the bait from his hook underwater.

"No wonder the bait hasn't been falling these past few days, and no fish have been biting! Uncle Mo was right, you can't spoil fish like that, damn it!"

After saying that, Zicomo cast a water-repelling spell on himself and jumped into the Black Lake to Hermione's astonishment.

Once down in the lake, Zicomo finally saw the culprit who had stolen his bait.

This is a giant squid. Its body is larger than a bus, and its eight shorter legs are three to four meters long.

The creature that steals the bait from the Zikomo is its two tentacles, which are over ten meters long.

A few days ago, Zicomo couldn't catch any fish, so he changed his bait to dragon meat.

Unexpectedly, this attracted the giant squid.

This squid is clearly an intelligent creature, as it knows to remove the bait before eating it.

"Since you dared to steal my bait, then you'd better stay here!"

Zicomo angrily unleashed a 'Radiant Arc', severing the squid's two tentacles.

Unexpectedly, this squid was very conscious of its life and didn't confront Zicomo head-on.

It spat out a mouthful of thick ink and ricocheted away into the depths of the lake.

The thick ink spread out, obscuring Zicomo's view.

Knowing that Hermione was still on the shore, Zicomo did not pursue her further into the water.

He remembered that there were fish-men at the bottom of the lake. He thought he could ask them about the squid and then go to its nest to wait for it.