Simulacrum.
This was the spell Soren had recovered from the Ancient Ruin. As a rather unusual level 8 spell, Simulacrum was known to very few people at present. After finding a way to bring it back, he had handed the mask inscribed with Simulacrum to the Fallen Witch and Goria. Only through their research had they finally completed the analysis of its spell formula. The spell had been widely used during the Arcane Empire, mainly because the Archmages simply had too much to deal with.
Under those circumstances, even splitting one person into two might not have been enough.
That was why the Archmages of that era had devoted so much effort to researching projection and simulacrum spells. From what Goria had told him, Soren knew that the upper ranks of the Northern Witches Council possessed a very special holographic projection spell. Unlike projection spells that routinely required the fourth or fifth level or higher, this spell needed only the second or third level. Holographic projection was a 3rd-level spell, while flat projection was a 2nd-level spell. A fourth- or fifth-level wizard could master them.
But!
The only troublesome part was that the spell seemed to require an extremely sophisticated alchemical device. At present, its use was limited to the various towers of the Northern Witches Council.
"This spell looks like it'll be very useful for our future research!"
As though the Fallen Witch's test had piqued her interest, Goria turned her attention away from her experiment completely and asked slowly, "How did the test go? Can you control your original body and the simulacrum at the same time to conduct research?"
The Fallen Witch shook her head. "Not yet. Mental control is still mostly concentrated on the original body, but the simulacrum can help with some simple tasks."
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