Choosing Spells

After Fran named this ' Infinite Blood Bottle ', she kept observing the rate at which the liquid was produced in the bottle and trying to figure out the underlying principle.

After some time, Fran determined the rate at which the bottle produced Life Replenishment Potion.

"It can probably reach a rate of 100 milliliters per day. This bottle also has a capacity of 100 milliliters. Will it continue production after it's full?" Fran asked.

But she also knew that, most likely, production would stop once the container was full.

Then, she widened her eyes, trying to figure out how the bottle could produce things infinitely, but no matter how she observed, she couldn't see any sign of Life Replenishment Potion being produced.

When the Infinite Blood Bottle was produced, she did not sense any fluctuations, and even the fluctuations of the Wonder Item itself did not change.

It's as if these liquids appeared out of thin air.

Fran tried various detection methods, such as observing spirits and measuring heat, but still found nothing.

As Fran was agonizing over this, a sudden inspiration struck her: she seemed to have encountered something similar before, something that could generate things infinitely.

That was the [Aether Manipulation] she obtained from the Deep Sea Golden Dragon dragon hatchling; that's what Aether, which is omnipresent in the Material Realm, is like.

It can exert an unlimited influence on external systems without any cost, and even its activation process remains unaffected.

The mechanism by which this Infinite Blood Bottle is generated seems to be like ' Aether,' which makes sense since she can't detect anything.

Fran then remembered that ever since she obtained the [Aether Manipulation], she had subconsciously been using Aether to reduce the energy consumption when casting any spell.

Although she didn't choose to keep the Aether energy constantly infusing her spells so that they would consume no energy, because Channeling Spell in this way would be too inefficient and time is precious, she didn't have that much time to save her Mental Power.

Therefore, when she Channeling Spell, she only offsets a portion of the cost before releasing them. This includes the time she subconsciously used ' Aether ' to slow down the cost of the Miracle Alchemy Miracle Alchemy now.

Putting aside the fact that ' Aether ' can effectively reduce the losses of Miracle Alchemy, which is something many Alchemist dream of.

She recalled that when she used ' Aether ' to slow the depletion of Miracle Alchemy, some of the Aether was perhaps encased in her alchemy.

Only then did Fran realize that she had not only used Life Replenishment Potion and glass bottles as materials, but also ' Aether ' as a material.

Perhaps under her control, these ' Aether ' will undergo some change, making them usable by Miracle Alchemy.

This explains why the Infinite Blood Bottle she crafted has such a powerful effect—because ' Aether ' is also one of the materials used in its creation.

As a material that Fran has yet to recognize, ' Aether ' is definitely a very high-level material in this world.

Moreover, the Infinite Blood Bottle exhibits the properties of ' Aether '.

"I'll have to be more careful when using Miracle Alchemy in the future, otherwise it wouldn't be good if Aether got mixed into the alchemy again."

Having resolved her doubts, Fran breathed a sigh of relief; she could finally put aside this part of alchemy for the time being.

This should have ended when she was concocting the Life Replenishment Potion, but the subsequent developments in Miracle Alchemy kept her focused on it, leaving her no time to do anything else.

"It's time to go to the Battle Mage Corps and choose some spells," Fran thought to herself.

At the Battle Mage Corps headquarters of the Northern Lands Society, Fran entered the small house specifically used for exchanging items. To her surprise, this place, which she had never seen before, was now packed with people.

Fran looked at the line of mages that stretched all the way to the door, with nearly thirty more people even beyond the entrance. She could hardly believe her eyes and was nearly speechless with astonishment.

"What's going on?" Before Fran could even ask herself, a familiar voice called out to her from behind.

"Hey, Fran, long time no see!" Fran turned around and immediately recognized Nora, who used to try to get her to join the Elemental School.

She pursed her lips and responded in a friendly manner:

"Hello, Nora, it's been a long time!"

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Fran asked:

Do you know what happened? Why are they all stuck there?

Nora glanced at it, then said with a hint of sourness without turning her head.

"This happened a while ago. I hadn't passed the test yet, and the day after I passed, I wanted to go back and earn some Battle Merit, but it ended abruptly."

"It seems that the higher-ups of the Transmutation School commissioned the Battle Mage Corps here to investigate what happened in Snow Bear Territory, which is some distance from here."

"At that time, we learned from intelligence that thousands of Mercenary and members of the Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents were heading there, and these forces had some friction with the Transmutation School on the Ocean."

"If your opponent suddenly makes a move, you naturally have to follow suit."

"However, this place is quite far from the Transmutation School's headquarters, and the Transmutation School is short-handed, so they directly commissioned the Battle Mage Corps to investigate there..."

"As you know, only the Battle Mage Corps here accepts employment from others, which is why a large-scale recruitment has been launched. Anyone who goes will receive a considerable amount of Battle Merit."

"In the end, it was over in two days anyway, and I missed the entire operation."

"Today happens to be the day for the conscription settlement, so they came here specifically to exchange their Battle Merit for items."

"It's said that the Transmutation School Transmutation School is extremely generous, apparently because we obtained something incredible, and they are very satisfied."

"The rewards from the Transmutation School are all kept at this exchange point, so everyone is vying to come here to exchange them."

After Nora finished speaking, she sighed. She knew there were many good things in this exchange, but at this time when she needed Battle Merit the most, she couldn't take out a single Battle Merit from her pocket.

Then, Nora asked Fran:

"You came here to exchange for something too?"

"Yes, I completed a quest issued by a lord a few days ago and earned some Battle Merit, which I wanted to exchange here..."

When asked what she wanted in exchange, Fran hesitated for a moment, but still spoke up.

"I came here to exchange for some spells. This time I've become interested in Elemental School spells. Could you recommend some?"

These words made Nora's eyes light up. She hadn't expected Fran to actually start asking her for help now. It seemed that the day Fran would ask her to join the Elemental School was not far off.

Fran had several reasons for directly telling Nora that she wanted Elemental School.

Firstly, Nora's harassment has stopped recently. After learning that Fran had returned from a mission, she hadn't visited again except for the first time, which improved Fran's impression of her.

Secondly, Fran is not a true member of the Elemental School. Although her spell choices may not be too bad in her own eyes, they may not necessarily be the best.

So she wanted to ask Nora for her opinion, to see if this genius of the Yobner Society of the Elemental School had any different views.

After her initial excitement, Nora placed her hand on her chin and said:

"Let's queue up first, and I'll explain everything to you when we get there."

The two walked to the back of the line and stood side by side. Nora then spoke:

"I recommend you choose Enhanced Wind Blade. Although its power is lower, you have Wind Element affinity, and it's also easy to use..."

Fran quickly interrupted her, saying:

"I want to choose a spell that can be very powerful at the First Order. Enhanced Wind Blade is too weak, and I'd prefer a Fire Element..."

When Nora made her recommendation, she took into account that Fran herself 'didn't know' elemental magic and might just want to try it out, so she recommended Enhanced Wind Blade, a spell that is easy to learn.

Because this is strictly speaking an enhanced version of an apprentice spell, it hasn't reached the realm of First Order spells, only scratched the surface. Nora recommended it to try and pique Fran's interest.

She didn't know that Fran was already more skilled with the Wind Blade than she was, so Fran was absolutely not satisfied with recommending this spell.

Rationally speaking, Nora knew she should dissuade Fran from being so overambitious; starting with First Order spells right away—who could handle that?

Even mages here who want to learn spells from other School start by learning apprentice spells, as this makes it easier to get started.

Furthermore, Fran's actions are a waste of her Wind Element affinity, turning instead towards Fire Element, which is somewhat incomprehensible.

However, Nora knew that this wasn't the right time. She only gave a brief reminder, and after receiving a definite answer, she proceeded to give Fran the full recommendation.

"Perhaps you could choose an enhanced fireball..." Nora hadn't finished speaking when Fran shook her head.

"Alright, then you either choose Greater Fireball, the Battle Mage version of Greater Fireball has accelerated casting, or Flame Ray, which doesn't require speed..."

"If you want something that can enhance the power of your spells, you can choose [Elemental Bomb]. After casting this spell, it will have a significant elemental activation effect, making the next elemental spell even more powerful..."

Nora explained many characteristics of Elemental School Battle Mage spells, making Fran feel that her questions had not been in vain, and she had gained a lot of knowledge about magic.

Just then, Fran walked into the house and picked up a booklet from the table next to her. It contained a catalog of items that could be exchanged.

Fran glanced at it briefly and saw quite a few good things; the Transmutation School was indeed very wealthy.

But when Fran scanned one item, her mouth dropped open in disbelief that it was on the redemption list.

[' Song of the Deep Sea ' Sequence Modification Knowledge - A modification scheme that can advance to Tier 3.]