This journey through the Fragment World had brought Duanmu Huai quite a few benefits, but it had also made him realize his greatest shortcoming.
At present, Duanmu Huai's party had an MT—himself—a damage dealer—Okegis—and Lorena—healing plus damage. So... what were they still missing?
A mage.
If Duanmu Huai had not particularly wanted a mage at first, then now his need for one had become extremely urgent.
After all, although Duanmu Huai was a Psyker, he specialized in summoning. Aside from Soul Cards, he knew absolutely nothing about supernatural abilities such as magic. Therefore, he urgently needed a magic-oriented assistant with knowledge and experience in psychic magic.
Okegis and Lorena were the same in that regard. Both specialized in physical attacks and knew nothing at all about magic. Duanmu Huai had originally hoped to find a mage in the Holy City, but according to Lorena, there were basically no mages there...
Although there were professions such as wizards in the Material Plane, Duanmu Huai did not dare use them—he did not want one of his companions to suddenly become a Heretic corrupted by Demons someday.
So it was safest to find mages within Soul Fragments. On one hand, the mages in Soul Fragments possessed equally powerful magic, and on the other, the protection of Soul Fragments kept them from being corrupted by Demons.
The next question was... where could he find them?
At that moment, Lorena provided Duanmu Huai with a lead. She had once heard that there was a magical nation in the north called Manaria. Its magical civilization was said to be highly advanced, and it even had a Manaria Magic Academy dedicated to the study of magic. If there was anywhere he could find a reliable mage, this would be the best choice.
Unfortunately, there were no records