Battle Again!

In his Sea of Consciousness, Merlin's Four-Element Mage's Heart loomed like a colossal behemoth. Only two Mage's Hearts remained around it.

These two Mage's Hearts were also the hardest for Merlin to fuse at present, and he had absolutely no experience with them. Unlike the four elements he had already fused, these two would require a long period of gradual simulation.

"Phew..."

Merlin let out a long breath, and a thought flashed through his mind. I wonder who's stronger—me as I am now, or Nilar, the seven-element mage from back then?

Nilar had left a deep impression on Merlin. In the entire history of spellcasters, there had only ever been one seven-element spellcaster, and he had possessed a full thirty Perfect-Level Spells, just six fewer than Merlin.

On top of that, Nilar had been a seven-element mage. Merlin truly did not know which of them was stronger. He had asked around about Nilar, but it seemed no one had ever heard of him. He had vanished into thin air, with only the Spell Ranking in the City of Arcane still bearing witness to his former glory.

"Perhaps Nilar never even became an Archmage. He might have died after failing to fuse his spell models."

Merlin would have loved to meet this seven-element spellcaster. Yet so many Great Legendaries knew nothing of Nilar's whereabouts and had never even heard his name. That left only one possibility: Nilar had died before becoming an Archmage.

Now that Merlin was fusing spell models himself, he understood all too well how difficult it was. One wrong step would render all his efforts worthless and doom him beyond recovery!

Merlin did not continue his fusion simulations. Instead, he spent a great deal of time slowly familiarizing himself with his Four-Element Mage's Heart. After all, he had