[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring":3,"chapter-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-236":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting at Hogwarts, Logging into Elden Ring",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496360,1944,"Chapter 236: The Meaning of “Eastern Phoenix,” and Yet Another Staff of Death","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-236",236,"\u003Cp>Hermione, standing beside Arthur, sensed the fluctuation in his spiritual power and immediately realized that he was communicating with the little Golden Crow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after Arthur's consciousness connected with the Golden Crow's mind, his expression turned… strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young witch asked curiously, \"What's wrong? What did the little one say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur replied with a complicated look, \"It didn't really say anything… it just keeps calling me 'Mama.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Hermione heard that, she burst out laughing—just like Huang Xi had earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Ranni, standing nearby, couldn't help but smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, this was completely normal. Many animals instinctively treat the first being they see after birth as their mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was especially true for creatures born within the \"Zen Garden,\" where everything subtly developed an innate fondness for Arthur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, this scene came to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur couldn't be bothered to correct the little Golden Crow either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freshly born, it was still clueless—he doubted it would understand even if he tried to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than fixating on that, it made more sense to think about giving the little one a proper name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur turned toward Huang Xi, only to find her still rolling around on the ground, laughing uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If phoenix feathers weren't naturally immune to filth, she would probably look like a dirt-covered chicken by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a helpless sigh, Arthur said, \"Alright, that's enough laughing. Get up—I have something to ask you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Xi climbed to her feet and asked, \"What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to give this little one a name,\" Arthur said. \"I need to know its gender first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had no experience identifying the sex of birds, let alone a Golden Crow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Evel—713—who could speak right after birth, this little Golden Crow was still unable to talk, so Arthur couldn't distinguish its gender by voice either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That left him with only one option—asking Huang Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a girl,\" Huang Xi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She merely circled the Golden Crow once before giving her answer, though how she determined it was anyone's guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur rubbed his chin and pondered the name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He considered himself half-terrible at naming things and couldn't come up with anything particularly inspired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he'd read plenty of novels in his previous life—borrowing a good name from one of them was always an option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the names of the two three-legged Golden Crows from ancient myths weren't bad at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the Golden Crow in his hands, Arthur said, \"How about I call you Donghuang from now on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chose this name because she was a divine bird from the East, and because she had been cared for—more or less—by the phoenix clan for many years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though that \"care\" hadn't really amounted to much. If not for Arthur, this little Golden Crow might never have been born at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also another reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur hoped she could someday grow to the level of Donghuang Taiyi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The odds were slim, but every bird deserved a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little Golden Crow seemed extremely pleased with the name. She chirped twice and snuggled up against Arthur's cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, half of Arthur's face was scorched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brushing the flames off his shoulder, Arthur said helplessly to Hermione and the others, \"You should all go rest. I'll stay and teach her how to control her own energy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione nodded. She did want to pet the little Golden Crow—but faced with a creature radiating intense heat, she had no idea where to even begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione and Ranni each returned to their residences. Huang Xi, however, stayed behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had only just woken up and had already enjoyed a hearty midnight meal. If she went back to sleep now, she might actually turn into a pig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Huang Xi decided to stay and help Arthur guide little Donghuang—treating it as post-meal entertainment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, inside the \"Zen Garden,\" Hermione and Ranni were accompanying Arthur while playing a game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather—it was more accurate to say the two of them had dragged Arthur into playing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long ago, Ranni had asked about Forager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, not long after Arthur obtained a new game, he would usually extract related items from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, more than half a year had passed since he acquired Forager, and there had been no movement at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Ranni went to Arthur and asked him about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur explained that to obtain items from Forager, all achievements in the game had to be completed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it happened, Hermione was present—and as it happened, the save file the three of them shared together was only missing a few achievements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the two girls dragged Arthur along to finish them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had already asked the system, and it confirmed that as long as this save file reached full completion, it still counted as clearing the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that was the case, Arthur was more than happy to go along with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! All done!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by Hermione's cheer, every achievement in Forager was finally completed by the trio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione immediately urged him, \"Cousin, hurry up and see what you got this time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranni looked over as well, anticipation clear in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had already told them that the rewards this time would be random.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he wasn't extracting items himself, even he had no idea what the system would give him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That complete sense of randomness—and the surprise after the reward was revealed—was probably why they were so invested in this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system's voice rang out in Arthur's mind, and he closed his eyes to check the rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Congratulations to the host for clearing Forager. Clearance rewards are as follows:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three selectable artifacts from Forager,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staff Set,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robot Blueprint]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All things considered, Arthur was extremely satisfied with the rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first reward allowed him to choose any three artifacts from the game's fifteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second reward was a set of four powerful staves from the game, each carrying a potent built-in spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Storm Staff: A golden, torch-shaped staff with a lightning-shaped head. Despite its name, its magic releases three blue lightning bolts straight ahead]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blizzard Staff: A staff with an ice-blue snowflake head. Its magic fires a fan-shaped barrage of ice crystals forward]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Meteor Staff: A staff topped with a crimson meteor. Its magic launches countless meteor-like fireballs ahead]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Staff of Death: A staff topped with the skull of an unknown creature. Its magic is necromancy, capable of summoning countless undead skeletons from nothing]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of each staff's magic depended entirely on how much magical energy the wielder poured into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final reward was a multifunctional robot from the game—capable of gathering resources, protecting buildings, assisting production, and greatly improving efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur first took out the four staves and the robot blueprint, so the two girls wouldn't have to wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Hermione and Ranni's gaze, four uniquely shaped staves and a book suddenly appeared in Arthur's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione exclaimed, \"It's the four staves from the game!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of everything they'd experienced while playing, these four staves had left the deepest impression on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No incantations required—just continuous, powerful spellcasting straight from the staff itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far more convenient than most offensive spells in the wizarding world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur corrected her, \"Strictly speaking, they're staves, not wands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although both were casting tools for spellcasters, there was still a difference between wands and staves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wands were the slim, chopstick-sized tools most modern wizards carried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staves, on the other hand, were long poles—half a person's height or even taller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could be used for long-range casting, or swung as melee weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A classic example was Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings—his close-combat skills were formidable, and he wielded his staff like a club.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wizarding world had once used staves as well, but due to their inconvenience and most wizards' aversion to close combat, staves had faded from use centuries ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione stuck out her tongue. \"I know, I just got excited and said the wrong thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it was the wizarding world's fault for simplifying staves into wands for convenience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why her impression of staves was so faint in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Changing the subject, Hermione said eagerly, \"Enough of that—let me try them out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She extended her hand toward Arthur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur handed her three of the staves, deliberately keeping the Staff of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione didn't possess death-aligned power. Even if she summoned undead, they wouldn't obey her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Arthur hadn't given her the Staff of Death, Hermione didn't ask for it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cousin had told her before—treading into death was dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with necromancy as its built-in magic, the Staff of Death was hardly reassuring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead skeletons in the game might have looked cute, but that was purely because of the art style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione had no illusions that real-world undead would be anything close to adorable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she didn't insist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the three staves, the young witch was just about to test one—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Arthur hurriedly stopped her. \"If you're testing their power, go somewhere farther away. Don't blow up the house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Hermione realize they were still in the residential area of the Zen Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stuck out her tongue awkwardly, summoned the Golden Order Greatsword, and flew toward the mountain forest region of the Zen Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur watched her leave, then weighed the Staff of Death in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The staff he was currently using was also called that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Advance Chapters Available on Patreon\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FWhiteDevil7554\u003C\u002Fp>",1580,"2026-06-06T04:19:46.381Z",1,"novelbin.me","ef788851bfeb21777d352f2e782d6cdad30d1f47fee7dd07d4f023d339d00ae7","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-237","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-235",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-cover.jpg"]