Joining the Battle

The siren who had transformed her snake tail into legs stood two heads taller than an ordinary elf. Her figure was curvy and full, her skin as fair and lustrous as pearls.

Her body exuded a sensual aura beneath the cover of shells and seaweed.

Great Mage Greimus tilted his head and said softly to Roy, "I can sense the magical fluctuations of a sealing array. That siren's body has been sealed into an elf form with Magic Runes. It looks like those Sea Beast Priests value you quite highly!"

"What use is sealing a body with Magic Runes?"

Roy did not know much about magic.

"Mages can use magic to change their forms at will, but a Transformation Spell can only last for a while. Once the time is up, they revert to their original form. And because of mana compatibility, Transformation Spells cannot be maintained continuously. If someone wants to retain a transformed form permanently, they need to use a special Rune Orb to cast a sealing spell, and they must wear it at all times. Speaking of which... those Rune Orbs are extremely precious."

Great Mage Greimus explained to Roy.

"As long as the seal isn't undone, the Transformation Spell won't disappear."

Roy recalled some fairy tales he had heard as a child, such as a wandering merchant turning a child into a donkey. He asked Great Mage Greimus curiously, "So it really is possible to turn someone into a mule or a rat or something?"

"More or less. There would be some differences in size, though!" Greimus rubbed the bridge of his nose and answered vaguely.

"Then can someone turn themselves into a dragon?" Roy asked curiously.

"I think there really was a mage who specialized in transformation magic. After becoming a Fourth Rank Legendary Mage,