As she looked through the notebook in her hands, a faint frown couldn't help but appear on the face of 'Beatrice', who was currently reading through it.
A moment later, this 'Beatrice' now picked up an information cube and begun writing in it.
As the Information Cube of the original Beatrice had been destroyed upon her death, this new 'Beatrice' had to use one of the two information cubes that she had left.
Thankfully, though, with her experience with the first information cube, 'Beatrice' was able to quickly modify the information cube to her liking in quite a short amount of time, allowing her to add a bunch of security features to it.
But the more 'Beatrice' read through the notebook in front of her, and the more she wrote into the information cube, the graver the expression on her face became.
After around five minutes of writing, 'Beatrice' finally placed down both the information cube and the notebook before letting out a soft sigh and touching the sides of her head.
"I guess nothing is perfect..." mumbled 'Beatrice', feeling extremely disappointed because of what she read into the notebook.
Even though becoming an Archmage was extremely far away from her, 'Beatrice' still held that as her overall goal, but as she read through the notebook that her teacher had given her not long ago, this goal of hers was destroyed.
For most normal mages, the fact that the power of their clones cannot progress beyond large levels wasn't an issue, as they could just destroy their previous clones and replace them after they became more powerful.
But for 'Beatrice', this was something that nearly crushed her hopes of ever becoming an Archmage, making her feel somewhat depressed.
The only reason why the hopes of 'Beatrice' weren't completely crushed was a single thing described on a certain page of the notebook.
In there, the creator of that notebook, 'Beatrice's' own teacher, Selena, wrote about something that she had heard about that might fix this issue.
A 'Soul Root'.
A 'Soul Root' was a plant that Selena had read about in a book from the ancient past, as she also had numerous clones, Selena had also researched this plant.
Through this research of hers, Selena was able to determine that although this plant was extremely rare and valuable even in Ancient Times, it still existed.
Sadly, thanks to the lowering of the Elemental Energy in the air, no new 'Soul Roots' were able to grow anywhere in the Magic Continent.
Furthermore, not even the most powerful Magic Academies were able to artificially grow this plant, which signalled its disappearance from the world stage.
Because of this, even though 'Beatrice' did have a tiny chance of managing to become an Archmage, she couldn't place any of her hopes on that chance.
'My plans have to change somewhat,' thought 'Beatrice' as she touched her immaterial chin.
As she thought about her future plans, Beatrice couldn't help but raise the importance of the Earth Ants to her future plans.
Originally, 'Beatrice' hoped that as long as she could become an Archmage, she would have enough power to do certain things.
But now, 'Beatrice' placed that hope on the Earth Ants, who from what 'Beatrice' had seen, could become extremely powerful, if their numbers become large enough.
"It's a good thing that I improved the Soul Swap technique before I gave it to Antonia," mumbled Beatrice as she suddenly sat up from her chair and looked at Cup Spirit Beatrice, who was currently reading another notebook.
Although the importance of the Earth Ants grew in Beatrice's mind, the importance of this little clone of hers also grew, as she knew that she could not new clones on her, at least if she did not obtain a 'Soul Root'.
...
As she looked at the large lake in front of her, which was filled with beings created out of water, Susan, who after spending a year at the Wizard's Hand Academy, had already become a relatively powerful High Ranking Apprentice, couldn't help but frown.
Seeing this, the female mage that was standing next to Susan couldn't help but let out a slight chuckle.
"What Susan, are you disappointed about the Elementals that you are seeing, did you expect something more powerful?" asked the mage as she looked at her apprentice, causing the latter to stay silent from a brief moment.
This silence a great answer for the mage, causing her to continue.
"Us Water Mages are already lucky, as Water Elementals are relatively friendly with us, on the opposite side, Dark Mages have it the worst in this category, as even the weakest Shadow Elemental has to be summoned, as they are unwilling to stay in the physical world for long, because of this, most Dark Mages don't even bother with elementals," said Susan's teacher, causing Susan to nod.
"I know that, I guess the more powerful Water Elementals have to be summoned right?" asked Susan, causing her teacher to nod.
"Yes, but you don't have to worry about that, even though you have A Grade Water Affinity, powerful elementals won't take a look at you until you become an Official Mage, as they don't bond with Mage Apprentices."
"A single exception to this would be those with S Grade Affinity, but there hasn't been anyone with such a talent in over a thousand years, so this can be ignored," said the mage, causing Susan to nod.
Even though Susan had A Grade Water Affinity, she knew that the difference between her and those monsters with S Grade Affinities was as huge as Heaven and Earth.
After a few more moments, Susan's eyes suddenly landed on an elemental who was moving about the corner of the lake, causing them to light up.
A moment later, a wave of water suddenly erupted from Susan's hands.
The wave then traveled all the way from Susan to the corner of the lake, where that Elemental was relaxing, causing the latter to suddenly flinch and realize what was happening.
As she looked through the notebook in her hands, a faint frown couldn't help but appear on the face of 'Beatrice', who was currently reading through it.
A moment later, this 'Beatrice' now picked up an information cube and begun writing in it.
As the Information Cube of the original Beatrice had been destroyed upon her death, this new 'Beatrice' had to use one of the two information cubes that she had left.
Thankfully, though, with her experience with the first information cube, 'Beatrice' was able to quickly modify the information cube to her liking in quite a short amount of time, allowing her to add a bunch of security features to it.
But the more 'Beatrice' read through the notebook in front of her, and the more she wrote into the information cube, the graver the expression on her face became.
After around five minutes of writing, 'Beatrice' finally placed down both the information cube and the notebook before letting out a soft sigh and touching the sides of her head.
"I guess nothing is perfect..." mumbled 'Beatrice', feeling extremely disappointed because of what she read into the notebook.
Even though becoming an Archmage was extremely far away from her, 'Beatrice' still held that as her overall goal, but as she read through the notebook that her teacher had given her not long ago, this goal of hers was destroyed.
For most normal mages, the fact that the power of their clones cannot progress beyond large levels wasn't an issue, as they could just destroy their previous clones and replace them after they became more powerful.
But for 'Beatrice', this was something that nearly crushed her hopes of ever becoming an Archmage, making her feel somewhat depressed.
The only reason why the hopes of 'Beatrice' weren't completely crushed was a single thing described on a certain page of the notebook.
In there, the creator of that notebook, 'Beatrice's' own teacher, Selena, wrote about something that she had heard about that might fix this issue.
A 'Soul Root'.
A 'Soul Root' was a plant that Selena had read about in a book from the ancient past, as she also had numerous clones, Selena had also researched this plant.
Through this research of hers, Selena was able to determine that although this plant was extremely rare and valuable even in Ancient Times, it still existed.
Sadly, thanks to the lowering of the Elemental Energy in the air, no new 'Soul Roots' were able to grow anywhere in the Magic Continent.
Furthermore, not even the most powerful Magic Academies were able to artificially grow this plant, which signalled its disappearance from the world stage.
Because of this, even though 'Beatrice' did have a tiny chance of managing to become an Archmage, she couldn't place any of her hopes on that chance.
'My plans have to change somewhat,' thought 'Beatrice' as she touched her immaterial chin.
As she thought about her future plans, Beatrice couldn't help but raise the importance of the Earth Ants to her future plans.
Originally, 'Beatrice' hoped that as long as she could become an Archmage, she would have enough power to do certain things.
But now, 'Beatrice' placed that hope on the Earth Ants, who from what 'Beatrice' had seen, could become extremely powerful, if their numbers become large enough.
"It's a good thing that I improved the Soul Swap technique before I gave it to Antonia," mumbled Beatrice as she suddenly sat up from her chair and looked at Cup Spirit Beatrice, who was currently reading another notebook.
Although the importance of the Earth Ants grew in Beatrice's mind, the importance of this little clone of hers also grew, as she knew that she could not new clones on her, at least if she did not obtain a 'Soul Root'.
...
As she looked at the large lake in front of her, which was filled with beings created out of water, Susan, who after spending a year at the Wizard's Hand Academy, had already become a relatively powerful High Ranking Apprentice, couldn't help but frown.
Seeing this, the female mage that was standing next to Susan couldn't help but let out a slight chuckle.
"What Susan, are you disappointed about the Elementals that you are seeing, did you expect something more powerful?" asked the mage as she looked at her apprentice, causing the latter to stay silent from a brief moment.
This silence a great answer for the mage, causing her to continue.
"Us Water Mages are already lucky, as Water Elementals are relatively friendly with us, on the opposite side, Dark Mages have it the worst in this category, as even the weakest Shadow Elemental has to be summoned, as they are unwilling to stay in the physical world for long, because of this, most Dark Mages don't even bother with elementals," said Susan's teacher, causing Susan to nod.
"I know that, I guess the more powerful Water Elementals have to be summoned right?" asked Susan, causing her teacher to nod.
"Yes, but you don't have to worry about that, even though you have A Grade Water Affinity, powerful elementals won't take a look at you until you become an Official Mage, as they don't bond with Mage Apprentices."
"A single exception to this would be those with S Grade Affinity, but there hasn't been anyone with such a talent in over a thousand years, so this can be ignored," said the mage, causing Susan to nod.
Even though Susan had A Grade Water Affinity, she knew that the difference between her and those monsters with S Grade Affinities was as huge as Heaven and Earth.
After a few more moments, Susan's eyes suddenly landed on an elemental who was moving about the corner of the lake, causing them to light up.
A moment later, a wave of water suddenly erupted from Susan's hands.
The wave then traveled all the way from Susan to the corner of the lake, where that Elemental was relaxing, causing the latter to suddenly flinch and realize what was happening.
