The Sorceress raised a hand and used a transparent force field to block the splashing water. Only after confirming that the Whisper Element was still so faint did she return to where she had been standing.
Even though such a powerful explosion had occurred underwater, the bottle remained utterly motionless on the lakebed, as though it had all been an illusion.
"Interesting."
The two brothers formed a frame with their hands and aimed it at the bottle. After waiting a moment, they reached a conclusion:
"It can be locked onto. It's solid, not an illusion."
As they spoke, they raised their hands, trying to use a spell to pull the bottle up from the lakebed. With the power of Eighth Ring Arcanists, the basic spell "Object Movement" could move not only a little bottle like this, but even a whole pile of Little Mia. Yet strangely, Shade and Megan could both clearly feel that their spellcasting had succeeded, while the bottle did not move at all.
"I'll try."
As Megan spoke, a column of water shot up from beneath her feet and then condensed into a slender pillar of ice in her hand. The ice pillar grew longer and longer, until it could reach the glass bottle on the lakebed. Only then did Megan lower it underwater.
The three of them and the cat all saw the other end of the ice pillar touch the bottle, causing it to roll slightly underwater. But when Megan tried to extend the ice pillar further and freeze it together with the bottle, the ice pillar in her hand suddenly shattered completely.
"I'm certain that I couldn't possibly fail to cast such a simple ice-conjuring spell."
The Brown Hair Sorceress spoke in a grave tone:
"It seems this is one of the relic's properties.