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In the sky, the Three-Headed Demon Dragon flew through banks of white clouds. Even the Spellcasters felt the cold and cast spells to keep it at bay.

Merlin alone seemed not to notice. He closed his eyes, while his invisible mental power searched through Klais's Guiding Ring.

Klais had plenty of valuable things in his ring. There were millions of Elemental Crystals alone—an almost unbelievable fortune in the Land of Glory.

Beyond the Elemental Crystals, Merlin found precious alchemical and potion-making materials, as well as runes Klais had left behind. A genius among geniuses, Klais was proficient in Runology, Potionology, and Alchemy. Such talent was rare even in the Void Realm.

Yet for all the treasures in the Guiding Ring, the most valuable were the Spatial Spells and Spatial Magic Energy. Once Merlin found Klais's records of Spatial Spells, he began reading at once.

The records filled a spell notebook far more detailed than old Aita's. Klais had documented every step of constructing his Spell Models, from Zero-Level Spells to becoming an Archmage. A notebook this thorough would have been precious even in the Void Realm.

And it recorded Spatial Spells, which were exceptionally rare. Spellcasters with an aptitude for space were few and far between throughout the Void Realm. Fewer still became spatial Archmages.

Even during the War of Civilizations, among all the Spellcasters there, Merlin had not encountered a single Archmage who used Spatial Spells.

Merlin turned the pages of Klais's notes one by one. Klais had come upon a collection of Spatial Spells by chance, along with Spatial Magic Energy.

He had then followed the tests described in it and discovered that he did indeed have an aptitude for space. Thus, Klais became a spatial mage.

But his path was hardly smooth. Spatial Magic Energy was so