The definitive answer to magic-martial dual cultivation: the Seris Martial Soul Spell makes its debut!

"The Seris School seems to be flourishing."

In Nevis City, on Atrelin's home soil.

The influential figures who had been following developments in Lainer could not help turning their attention to Roland and the Seris School as well.

Since going to Lainer World, Roland had gradually shifted from a pioneering trailblazer to a leader who coordinated and commanded.

Naturally, he wrote fewer papers himself.

In exchange, however, his past papers were cited increasingly often and covered an ever-broader range of fields, while his credits as corresponding author and lead designer grew more numerous.

Recently, the martial school he had devoted himself to had ventured into magic-martial dual cultivation, a perennial subject in arcane circles.

The journal Arcana had received a submission jointly signed by him and Jados, presenting a substantive breakthrough unprecedented in thousands of years.

Then, naturally...

"Dear Arcane Committee... I, Roland... request money!"

High Mages maintained close ties with the upper ranks. Unfortunately, most of those exchanges involved asking for money.

"Roland is getting more and more ruthless with his funding requests.

We only just secured an award for that Jados a while ago, and now he's asking for three hundred thousand. No, we can approve a hundred thousand at most..."

"I think that, since the Blood Eagle Warriors won such a resounding victory, giving them more funding is only reasonable."

"Exactly. Just think: the casually worded phrase 'tested in actual combat' in these papers represents hundreds, even thousands of lives.

It could even affect the lives of many Lower Tier mages and the course of wars in the Low-Magic World in the future. As Arcane Commissioners, we need sufficient foresight..."

"That may be true, but a few days ago, he requested another hundred thousand or more for Anquis..."

"Hm?"

"Oh!"

The commissioners hurriedly sent someone to retrieve