Chapter 598: Passing time and discoveries.

Chapter 598: Passing time and discoveries.

Nick wasn't just teaching the stuff that Hogwarts did though but the basics of magic as he knew it so it was far more in depth and comprehensive. This meant that despite learning extremely fast Celebrimbor was still technically in the first year of Hogwarts in terms of magical skill. Had he learned just the stuff that the school taught he would likely already be approaching the fifth year mark but Nick was making sure the fundamentals were set before allowing him to move on. There were pros and cons to this style of teaching but the elf lord only complained a little since he knew that in the long run this would pan out.-

Besides this not much had happened in the world as Zeus was marshalling forces with heavy opposition while he tried to grow his own power. The rest of the world was also starting to stabilize as people and magical beasts reached an treacherous balance. The Americas that Hestia had taken over had been condensed into a series of large cities that survived but were rather crowded in most peoples opinions. The goddess herself had basically just made it clear that if someone didn't like the way things were they were free to leave.-

Interestingly enough Nick discovered something amazing about the style that even it's creator hadn't known. The starting shape of the Zanpakuto before it was imprinted actually created a different result based on what it was. The creator of the style had only ever made blank Zanpakuto that were in weapon shape so most of the time the imprinted ones were also suited for combat to some degree. However by creating ring shaped blank Zanpakuto Nick discovered that not only were the Shikai for them not combat related but they could even allow one to craft via their Zanpakuto alone.-

These types of Shikai were thus labeled support types as they weren't meant for combat but rather to lend aid to those who went into it instead. Healing , crafting , creative and buffing Zanpakuto were all very common in those who got their Shikai from ring blanks. The creative types that could produce resources like metal or plants were classified as treasures in the city as in exchange for some effort by the wielders people could get supplies so the price of those things went down drastically.-

A good example would be a Shikai owned by a potion maker that could create and control slime. this slime allowed the person wielding the Zanpakuto to absorb an organic ingredient and add that ingredients property to the slime without any change in how a potion made with the original ingredient would function. The best part was that the guy could swap the properties at will after he absorbed a sample so he was a walking potion ingredient gold mine. Snape had sent no less than a hundred messages trying to get the guy with that Zanpakuto to work for him.