Choosing a Spell

The Northern Lands Society's Battle Mage Corps headquarters is located in a small house.

Zane looked at the five letters of recommendation in his hand, his trembling hand almost dropping them. He truly hadn't expected that his Battle Mage Corps would have so many people with connections in just one day.

Normally, you won't see a single person admitted through connections in a year, because unlike other Battle Mage Corps, the Northern Lands Society's Battle Mage Corps doesn't have Promotion Method.

This is also why most people take on part-time jobs; if you can't even cater to a mage's desire for advancement, who's going to come here?

Even if there are ways to get promoted, there's no guarantee of promotion, but at least there's something to look forward to.

Fran looked at Nora beside her, speechless. She had only said she was coming to the Battle Mage's place, but she hadn't expected the other party to actually follow her.

She watched as Nora followed her gaze and smiled at her, which confused her.

After they met that day, Nora kept coming to him, saying she wanted him to get closer to her.

A few days ago, she casually mentioned that she was coming here, and she didn't expect the other party to act so quickly and get the letter of recommendation.

And since the other party had actually followed her here, how could she not know that they had come with her?

She glanced around. Besides Dylan, whom she recognized, there were two others: one she didn't know, and the other she had seen in Philip's previous project.

He had blond hair, a slender build, and some unsightly dark spots on the sides of his neck. Fran remembered his name as Cole, which suggested he was a member of the Transmutation School.

At this moment, Nora leaned in and said:

"Cole is a member of the Ocean Society on the Transmutation School side, which is also one of the top University Association in the Alliance."

Fran glanced at Nora, then turned back and said:

Why are you following me?

"It just so happens that we ran into each other," Nora said with a smile, completely unconcerned about the impatience in Fran's tone.

Fran didn't believe a word of this. Judging from Nora's previous words, the other party probably wanted her to switch School and join the Elemental School.

Fran absolutely cannot switch School now. Firstly, she met Iris, the Society President of the Northern Lands Society, because of Harbos. If she switches School, what will happen to that relationship?

Secondly, Fran has absolutely no need to join the Elemental School. At this point, she doesn't find anything about the Elemental School appealing to her. Isn't it better to stay in the Northern Lands Society and learn magic?

Therefore, she had absolutely no interest in the Elemental School, so she directly said to Nora:

"Stop pestering me. I will not join the Elemental School. I have no intention of abandoning my own School."

Nora was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then smiled and said:

"Who knows what the future holds? How will we know if we don't try?"

Fran merely raised an eyebrow and remained silent.

Standing in front of a group of people with connections, Zane finally finished reading all the recommendation letters and frowned.

He couldn't refuse any of the letters on the list. He glanced at the group of monks he had contacted through connections, and realized he was in a real bind.

He had no choice but to accept all these sorcerers.

"I understand your situation. If you encounter any problems here in the future, you can come to me first, and I can help you solve them."

He was actually referring to the fact that if anyone encountered any trouble in the Battle Mage Corps, they could come to him. You see, the mages in the Battle Mage Corps are quite different from mages in other places; they are very aggressive.

So, just in case, he gave them a few special instructions, telling them to come to him if they encountered any trouble.

Looking at the five mages before him, Zane hoped that they had truly listened to his advice.

"Now let me explain the arrangements for you. First of all, as new Battle Mage, you haven't mastered specific combat skills yet, so you'll need to undergo basic combat training first. Come back here in three days, and we'll begin."

"Before that, you need to collect the spell you are going to learn, as well as a standard set of armor."

The Battle Mage Corps of the Northern Lands Society only needs to collect these items, which is a characteristic of the Northern Lands Society —they are somewhat poor.

While a normal Battle Mage Corps might not offer all spells, at least most spells are freely available for learning within the Battle Mage Corps.

However, the situation was different at the Northern Lands Society. Iris had not been able to apply for the special Promotion Method unique to the Battle Mage Corps, so she could only use learning other spells as an incentive to guide the mages there.

All mages who come here can only claim one spell, and they can also receive a set of armor similar to that of other Battle Mage Corps.

The real expense isn't being distributed as a perk; it's just that this kind of protective gear has a very complete production process, so the price isn't high. The real cost comes later.

Among the equipment of Battle Mage, the most expensive are those related to spells. Many spells require equipment to unleash their true power, and without equipment, they may be less effective than normal First Order spells.

Fran and the group of mages followed behind Zane, pondering what kind of spell they would receive next.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any combat spells from the Forge School here, since this School Harbos n't been established for very long.

This has happened frequently in the history of the Alliance. After all, the development of combat spells takes time; you don't have everything just because you've created School.

The best, and perhaps only, solution to this situation is to study the School to which the founder of your School belonged before establishing his School.

This way, the spells you learn will be related to the spells of your own School, preventing you from learning something completely unknown to you.

Given Fran's current situation, she should just go in, choose a spell from the Elemental School, and then learn it as best she can.

However, Fran's situation is somewhat different. She has Panel that allows her to quickly master the spells she learns. Ultimately, she will definitely learn all the spells.

Therefore, the choice of the first spell is somewhat irrelevant; in principle, she could choose any one.

Fran glanced at Nora, Nora returned the smile as if to say, "Would you like me to help you choose a spell?"

Although she still doesn't know Fran's specific School, one thing she is certain of is that Fran must have been founded by an Elemental School School.

This can be seen from Fran's magical fluctuations; in this situation, Fran choosing Elemental School magic is an excellent option.

After all, the Elemental School has a long history, and the number of spells it has produced is unmatched by other School. Even their own School might not have spells as good as those of the Elemental School.

Ignoring Nora's astonished gaze, Fran chose an Alchemy School spell, [Forced Fusion].