Next, Barbara, Montgomery, and Tacitus had differing opinions on what subject to choose.
The three argued endlessly. Tacitus wanted to take the reliable, conservative Treant route, while Barbara believed they should take a path no one else would expect—for example, developing a Magic Vine platform capable of providing healing.
Barbara was both a Botany Wizard and a bloodline specialist of the Conjuration School. Her Botany specialization focused primarily on Magic Vines, while her Conjuration School specialization focused mainly on the Dryad route.
Barbara was exceptionally skilled at combining the two, using Magic Vines to enhance the bloodline power of her primary research subject, the Dryad itself.
That was why she had dared to propose developing large-scale healing Magic Vines.
Barbara extended her left hand, and a Magic Vine with leaves of various shapes, like the waxing and waning moon, slowly crawled out of her palm.
"This is a Moon Vine. It can absorb moonlight and convert it into a natural magical component resembling the First-Ring Life School spell Greater Restoration, healing the wounds on my body. There are many other Magic Vines with similar properties within it. As long as we develop them properly, we can certainly create a tactical-grade Magic Plant."
Barbara said, "Only by catching them off guard can we win!"
Tacitus frowned. "There's an old saying: the stranger something is, the faster it dies. I don't see what's unexpected about this."
"There are many healing Magic Vines, but they're all individual-combat Magic Plants, paired with individual-combat Plant Magic. They aren't suitable as war spells."
"War spells often require coordinated casting, which follows entirely different logic from individual-combat magic." Tacitus said, "There's far too little information on tactical Magic Plants related to Magic Vines. Choosing this would be very risky and might even cause us to suffer a