Whilst Beatrice was busy tinkering with her ants, in another part of the world.
Looking at the blond mage who was holding a book in her hands, Leyling's eyes couldn't help but narrow.
Even so, Leylin stood still, hiding in the shadows and not taking any action, as right now it was the middle of the day, and any action he took might be detected.
At this moment, Leylin seemed to melt into the shadows, becoming one with it and becoming completely undetectable.
After silently casting a spell to conceal himself even further, Leylin continued staring at the blond mage, occasionally moving his eyes toward a certain bush.
As he looked at the bush, which was moving slightly suspiciously, Leylin smiled slightly, watching as the blond hair mage began moving further and further away.
Seeing that his target was about to escape, the mage hidden inside of the bush suddenly took action, as three different wind blades suddenly flew towards the blond mage from different directions.
The moment the wind blades approached the body of the blond mage, a golden light suddenly surrounded her body, protecting her.
Even so, the wind mage still continued his assault as two of the wind blades struck the barrier of the light mage in the same spot.
Thankfully for her, by the time the third blade of wind was about to strike her, the light mage had enough time to act, as she suddenly disappeared, before reappearing some distance away a moment later with some sweat appearing on her forehead.
Seeing this scene, the eyes of the wind mage slightly narrowed.
This was the effect of the effect of the Rank 1 light spell, Light Flicker.
After a light mage uses this spell, they will, for an extremely brief moment, turn into light, allowing them to travel short distances nearly instantly.
Of course, as a Rank 1 spell, using this spell was extremely tiring for mage apprentices, causing its use to be quite limited.
A moment later, an arrow created out of light suddenly flew towards the wind mage, as the light mage, who launched this arrow began fleeing in the opposite direction.
...
As Rowan got closer and closer to the battlefield in front of her, she suddenly sensed something, as her eyes turned to a tiny dark cave.
Without any warning, an Earth Spike silently rose through the ground at a fast speed, striking whatever was hiding inside of the cave.
A moment later, Rowan walked up to the tiny cave and stared inside, causing a slightly surprised expression to appear on her face.
"I could have sworn that there was something inside of here," mumbled Rowan as she stared at the end of the cave before shaking her head.
Right now, Rowan had no time to concern herself with this empty cave, otherwise, her prey might escape.
...
As he stared at the light mage, who was fleeing at the moment, the wind mage suddenly grit his teeth before beginning to fly towards her as the wind aided him.
Right now, the wind mage had decided to take a risk, as he began flying towards the light mage.
Without any warning, an earth spike, which had been specially prepared by Rowan beforehand suddenly rose from the ground, going straight through both the barrier and the body of the wind mage.
At the same time, the ground below the light mage suddenly collapsed, sending her down into a deep hole.
After this, Rowan once again took action, as several spikes suddenly grew out from the walls of the hole, causing the barrier that was protecting the light mage to suddenly shatter.
A moment later, Rowan quickly looted the body of the earth and light mage, taking the book in the latter's hands as she began running away.
Without any warning, Rowan spat out a mouthful of blood, and before she could even have a chance to react, Rowan's head flew through the air, allowing her to see the scene of her death.
A small, insignificant snake-like figure emerged from the shadow which Rowan had created under the bright sun.
A moment later, Rowan's body fell to the ground revealing, Leylin, who quickly looted the former's body and ran away.
...
Darkness, although a simple word at a first glance, can describe many things.
But even so, there are a few things usually associated with darkness, with the most ordinary of them being something very simple.
Shadows
At a first glance, shadows might be harmless, causing some to mock the fear of shadows as something, ridiculous and childish, something without any meaning.
Even so, one must not underestimate shadows, after all, every single instinctive reaction of the human body was created by blood.
Created by those who dared venture into the shadows, not fearing what might lie beyond, only to never return, to never leave behind descendants.
...
As he read the book in his hands, some anger couldn't help but inexplicably appear inside of the usually calm Leylin.
After a few moments, Leylin suddenly began ripping the book, which was trying to describe the essence of darkness into pieces.
A few moments later, all that was left was Leylin, who was staring at the torn pages of the book in darkness.
After years of being in darkness, Leylin's eyes had slowly grown accustomed to it, allowing him to clearly see the torn pages of the book, which was sitting on the floor.
"I risked my life for this garbage?" mumbled Leylin as he raised his head, staring it the darkness in front of him.
But then, something usually began happening, Leylin, who usually only slept a few hours a week, suddenly began becoming sleepy.
And then, without any resistance, Leylin fell to the floor, sleeping.
An unknown amount of time began passing, perhaps days, years, decades, or perhaps even more, but eventually, Leylin's skin began falling off, being replaced by a layer of grey scales.
Suddenly, at a certain moment, blood then burst from Leylin's back, as a large set of wings suddenly revealed themselves, throwing off Leylin's robes.
A moment later, Leylin opened his eyes, revealing a set of then vertical pupils.
Right now, inside of a shadowy corner of the world, Leylin had finally transformed, becoming a true Mage.
As he stared at his now scaly hands, Leylin couldn't help but clench his fist.
...
A few hours ago, Hasan managed to get a promotion at his job.
At this moment, as he walked down the street, a small smile appeared on Hasan's face, when suddenly, for an extremely brief moment, something caught his eye.
Instantly, Hasan raised his head, catching a brief glimpse of a shadow flying through the sky before disappearing.
...
Staring at the land below him, which seemed so insignificant, as well as the tiny figures moving about, Leylin slightly frowned.
A moment later, Leylin once again flapped his scaly wings, causing him to instantly speed up.
Even so, as he felt the light of the sun land on his scaly body, the frown on Leylin's face deepened.
"How come it's this bad?" mumbled Leylin, as he began feeling as if his skin was burning.
Thankfully though, with his newfound speed, it only took Leylin a few minutes to reach his destination.
Looking at the forest below him, Leylin suddenly flew toward the ground, landing in a small clearing a few moments later.
After that, Leylin bent down, staring at a tiny opening in the ground before beginning to crawl into it.
Even though the opening was extremely small, so small that a normal human would barely fit into it, the moment Leylin's body was about to touch the sides of the opening, it suddenly began stretching and bending along the small rocks littering it, allowing him to easily pass through.
A few moments later, Leylin's head appeared at the other side of the hole, inside of a small room.
This room was extremely simple, only having a bed and a few bookshelves next to it.
At the same time, the entirety of the room was in pitch darkness not allowing anyone to see anything.
Of course, this 'everyone' excluded Leylin, who was easily able to see in the dark, especially after his transformation.
After simply staying in the small room for a few minutes, silently staring at the wall without saying anything, Leylin suddenly began transforming, as the scales from his skin suddenly retreated, at the same time, his wings also disappeared.
Even though Leylin was in his human form, as he stared at his fist, which seemed much more flawless than before, Leylin could feel the great power lurking in it, which dwarfed anything his previous body could do in the past.
After a few more moments of silence, Leylin walked up to a certain bookshelf before beginning to search for a book
And then, only a few moments later Leylin found it.
'Demonology'
The first thing that greeted Leylin once he opened this book was a list, a list of around fifty types of demons, as well as the pages where they are described.
A moment later, Leylin flipped to a page in the latter half of the book, revealing an image of a grey-scaled humanoid beast with giant wings on its back.
A Shadow Demon
...
Looking at the sixteen little ant eggs, each of them sitting in their own little enclosures, Beatrice couldn't help but slightly smile.
Originally, Beatrice had obtained fifty-seven different species of ants.
After that Beatrice bred a vast majority of them together, obtaining thirty different species.
The reason why these numbers do not match is quite simple, as although most of the species Beatrice now has in her collection are extinct, she had to breed different species to obtain them
But that was not true for all of them, as some species still existed out in the wild, and were easily obtainable.
Of course, maybe some other species that Beatrice needed were still out there, but since she could simply breed them into existence, Beatrice did not bother spending much effort obtaining them.
And in some time, after using the Ant Growth spell a few more times, Beatrice would obtain the sixteen ant species that she needed so that she could continue her breeding process, and eventually obtain a species of supernatural ants.
Staring at the ant eggs, Beatrice once again smiled, as some of her mana pool, which had grown considerably since she had come to this place, became empty.
At this moment, some of Beatrice's mana slowly but surely imprinted itself on each and every one of the ant eggs in front of her, making sure that her control of them was absolute.
After a few moments, and after having finished casting the spell, Beatrice walked away, leaving Elias alone once again, guarding and caring for the ant eggs
...
After Beatrice walked out of the ant room, she quickly returned to her own bedroom, took out a spare robe from one of the drawers and walked into the huge bathroom that was attached to it.
As the water from the shower washed over Beatrice, random thoughts couldn't help but enter her mind.
"It's already been half a year huh, it should be about time for that to happen," mumbled Beatrice as she moved her fingers through her hair, rinsing it.
A few moments later, Beatrice finished washing her hair, but even so, she still continued staying in the bathroom, only leaving around ten minutes later, after dressing up with a new, but still black robe.
The first thing that Beatrice did when exited the bathroom was simple, she walked up to her bed, and sat down crosslegged on it.
A moment later, Beatrice began refining mana, causing time to suddenly pass by at a rapid speed.
...
Two hours later,
At this moment, after refining mana for over two hours, Beatrice suddenly stopped pouring her newly refined mana into her, feeling as if no more mana could fit inside of her.
Suddenly, Beatrice began slightly shaking, as she began refining more and more man, throwing it into her body at a fast speed.
Right now, a transformation had begun taking place inside of Beatrice as well, as her body, which was previously in the realm of normal humans, transformed under the effects of the mana.
Because of her mana, at this moment, every single one of Beatrice's organs was transforming.
She was becoming a High Rank Mage Apprentice.
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