Chapter 176: Preparations Complete

In the end, Allen still decided to paint the upper half of the white sphere red, making it look like a Poké Ball; this was both a twisted sense of humor and a form of nostalgia.

Presumably, no one could have imagined that this brightly colored sphere possessed all the functions of a real Poké Ball.

Allen designed the Stasis Runes on the Poké Ball to be as small as possible, so he could carve as many runes as possible, thereby enhancing the Poké Ball's suppression power.

The material of the white sphere was the bone of some magical creature; Allen tried carving a single stroke on it and found that carving characters on smooth bone was quite difficult. To ensure a success rate, he bought more bones of magical creatures to practice.

In the end, he spent a week finally completing this task.

The final product looked like a Poké Ball: a fist-sized sphere divided in the middle by a black band, with red on one side of the black band and white on the other.

The band was black because Allen worried that if others saw the Stasis Runes, they would learn the runes, so he carefully wrapped the carved section of the Stasis Runes with black magical tape; by the way, this roll of black magical tape was what remained from when Ron used it to stick his broken wand back together at the start of the term.

Looking at the familiar Poké Ball in his hand, Allen felt a heart full of accomplishment.

He also tested this magical version of the Poké Ball; indeed, just as he had guessed, it could hold dozens of Transfigured Beasts, and once these Transfigured Beasts entered, they would be "frozen" for a duration.

When he needed them, he could quickly release two, then rapidly establish a connection with them, and launch an attack.

The appearance of the Poké Ball brought suddenness and speed to his tactics.

Wizards could not imagine that so many terrifying Transfigured Beasts could suddenly pounce out of a sphere; a wizard with insufficient vigilance would easily fall for it.

Originally, when Allen Transfigured a Transfigured Beast, he first needed to adjust the memories in his diary every morning and transfer them into his brain, then find a suitably sized object before he could wave his wand, chant the incantation, and complete the Transfiguration.

This process not only consumed time, but sometimes he could not find a suitable object to serve as the carrier for the Transfiguration spell; for instance, during that duel club incident, if Harry and Ron hadn't brought over a few chairs, he probably would have lost.

The appearance of the Poké Ball allowed Allen to store the products of his Transfiguration spells, using them directly when needed; in a sense, this turned the casting of the Transfiguration spell into an instant-cast operation.

Therefore, Allen was quite satisfied with the appearance of the Poké Ball.

When Allen finally broke free from the matter of making the Poké Ball, he discovered that time had reached May, with only a little over a month left until the end of his second year.

Recently, Allen could feel Yoder's attitude toward him becoming colder and colder, and their communication had also become very scarce.

He knew this was Yoder applying pressure on him; if he could not defeat the Basilisk, Yoder would truly not let him continue using the Mind Chamber.

However, by now, Allen also felt he was almost ready; he had prepared everything he could prepare.

Although he had been obsessed with Magic Rune Circuits over the past month, his experiments with wings had never stopped; during this month, he tried the wings of many magical creatures, such as Hippogriffs, Thestrals, and Phoenixes, and also tried the wings of many ordinary creatures.

In the end, he increasingly felt that Phoenix wings were actually the most suitable, because the magical power on Phoenix wings was the strongest; these magical powers could bring him extra defense and a certain hovering ability, and although the Phoenix's flight speed was not the fastest, it excelled in being extremely, extremely agile, nothing like the broad, sweeping movements of dragon wings, making it particularly suited for flying in relatively narrow spaces like the Chamber of Secrets.

After selecting the wings, Allen began to sort out the preparations he had made for facing the Basilisk.

First was the preparation for his own innate Transfiguration.

Allen planned to modify his memories three times on the day he faced the Basilisk to perform three specific Transfigurations.

The three parts for these specific Transfigurations were the glands of a Fire Dragon used for breathing fire, Phoenix wings, and Phoenix eyes.

The Phoenix wings and eyes were for self-preservation and healing; this goes without saying. Additionally, he had extra-prepared a broomstick; the ambush by the Acromantula had rung an alarm bell for him, so this time he prepared a contingency plan to continue fighting or escape using the broomstick if his wings were injured while facing the Basilisk.

Previously, Allen had also planned to Transfigure a set of dragon scales, but in the end, he abandoned this because a full set of dragon scales was too heavy, which would affect his agility and speed during flight, and the defensive capability of the dragon scales themselves was equivalent to nothing against the massive Basilisk capable of delivering crushing attacks.

Then there was the gland of the Fire Dragon used for breathing fire; this should be Allen's strongest offensive means at present, so it must be Transfigured.

Next was the preparation regarding Transfiguration spells.

In this aspect, it was mainly the Shock Bulls and Shock Falcons that Allen had specially prepared to deal with the Basilisk; these two types of Transfigured Beasts had already filled his Poké Ball. He had also practiced many times in the Forbidden Forest on how to command these two Transfigured Beasts to engage in combat. Although the upper limit of how many there could be against the Basilisk remained unknown, he was after all only a second-year young wizard, and achieving this level was already very good.

Additionally, after some thought, Allen Transfigured a set of Mithril Armor for himself.

The reason for Transfiguring Mithril Armor was that Allen knew some snakes could spray venom. Although many sources did not say the Basilisk could spray venom, the Basilisk was after all called the King of Serpents; on matters of life and death, he had to anticipate the enemy generously and must have a defensive measure ready.

If he were flying in the air and suddenly got drenched by the Basilisk's venom, and if the Basilisk's venom could penetrate his skin to cause injury or affect his condition, he would very likely fail because of it; he could not take this risk.

The reason for choosing Mithril Armor instead of dragon scales was that Mithril Armor was much lighter than dragon scales, and he was only utilizing the property of Mithril to absorb and enhance substances; when venom splashed onto the armor, it would be absorbed, allowing him to adjust the Mithril armor to be very thin.

As for the style of the armor, Allen chose full-coverage plate armor.

There were many suits of armor in Hogwarts Castle serving as decorations; most were old antiques, and their styles were historically real, such as the famous "Iron Canister" Gothic armor and Milan armor; these two types of plate armor were both peak representative works of European armor.

Additionally, some suits of armor were designed and manufactured by a wizard who loved armor and then donated to Hogwarts; one suit of armor fit Allen's aesthetic very well, so in the end, he chose the style of that suit of armor.

This was all of Allen's preparations for facing the Basilisk.

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