Chapter 1051: The Concept of an Elemental Spirit Servant Army
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 1051: The Concept of an Elemental Spirit Servant Army
Once the Supreme Council’s resolution was fully finalized and the plan to open a new battlefield in the Main World faced no further obstacles, the progress of the Calamity within the Emerald Forest game world plummeted.
After all, the objective had been achieved. There was no longer much point in further destruction. While I didn't particularly like the elves of this world, I didn't harbor an obsession to wipe them out entirely.
Of course, more importantly, I was training Lonafu.
Knowing the final emergency shutdown deadline for Emerald Forest, I wanted to use this opportunity to see if Lonafu could develop some combat capability.
Giving Lonafu combat power wasn't as simple as handing her a Mana Source and a spellbook.
I remembered Teacher Ji Niang saying that not everyone can successfully cast a spell on their first try with a spellbook; I was a special case.
So, I planned to give Lonafu a "trial" during this final period.
If she showed talent in magic—even if it wasn't particularly brilliant—I could help her shape her self-generated mana.
After all, she wasn't from the Main World, so she was already lagging far behind others in terms of Spirit Vision talent.
However, her advantage was that she had helped me significantly, and more importantly... she was sufficiently obedient.
This obedience was different from the loyalty of Cleveland or even Millian. It was a submissiveness born of servility, an obedience that reached deep into her subconscious.
I would never encounter someone like that in the Main World. More importantly, she was simple, making her more malleable. If her personality "grew crooked" later, it wouldn't really matter. Having an extra hand to help me handle trivial matters would be useful, much like Lin Xian, who was the first in the combat sequences to side with me.
My requirements for Lonafu were simple.
I would give her a thousand Mana Sources and basic spellbooks, then have her fight those players.
In the game world of Emerald Forest, the players' combat power was restricted, so no true powerhouses would appear. Naturally, I wouldn't give her overly powerful spellbooks.
I gave her the most basic Fireball Spell, the Wood Binding spell which was more compatible with nature, and the Wind Blade Spell, a wind-type spell that had left quite an impression on her.
During training, Lonafu failed several times while trying to use these spellbooks. She failed Wood Binding—her most compatible spell—twice. She failed the Fireball Spell, which I considered the simplest, four times. However, she only failed once with the Wind Blade Spell, which she was very persistent about.
I wasn't sure what these results said about her talent; I had basically never failed when using a spellbook.
What mattered more were her combat techniques.
Whether it was talent or hard work, I needed to see a spark of potential before it became worth my investment.
* * *
Meanwhile, in the Main World.
The soul essence repair that had been a hot topic in the Witch Academy had finally concluded a few days ago.
The last lingering concerns regarding the United Club's academy war had completely vanished, and a fire of "revenge" had finished brewing within the academy.
The United Club's attitude toward the Hundred Academy Alliance shifted instantly from a balanced war of attrition to aggressive invasion!
To put it in perspective, the Witch Academy's United Club was like a vengeful, fierce cat that had finished licking its wounds, shifting from a defensive, recuperative state to a hunting posture.
They ultimately lacked experience in academy wars, but their massive scale gave them the right to be willful.
After the soul essence repair was over, I took over the concept and framework for the "Witch Warship Summoning Spell," which my life clone had been too busy to handle.
I also accepted Mentor Belica's "deposit gift." Her research data had already been categorized into my Tree of Great Knowledge.
Finally, she presented me with an "Aerial Vehicle Construction Spellbook."
Indeed, it was a construction spell, not a summoning spell. This meant the spellbook was a functional one, distinct from general cultivation spells.
According to Mentor Belica, this type of spellbook was considered of lower value because, compared to general spellbooks, it was very difficult to cultivate a Saint Realm spell domain order from it.
A spellbook is a platform for spell research; it smooths the path for a witch's advancement all the way to the Saint Realm. Compared to pure spells, spellbooks make it easier and more systematic for one to grasp the threshold of the Saint Realm.
But to me, there wasn't much difference. Moreover, it was only "more difficult"—so difficult that she had never seen anyone generate a domain from this spell—not impossible.
In my hands, what if everything was possible?
What I valued was the derivative potential of the Aerial Vehicle Construction Spell.
Derivative spells were difficult for average students, but not necessarily for me.
However, I had to set that aside for now.
I had more important things to do. Before the plan for the game world was officially implemented, I used this time to continue perfecting the "Consciousness Incubation" technique in the dungeon world with Sister Bai, using Ling Yi's "friend" as a medium.
This technique hadn't been fully perfected on the Ancient Remnant Ice King; it was missing the final step. This was a point of great frustration for me, so I continued the experiment using a plant elf as the medium.
If all went well, it would help me fully perfect the technique while also helping Ling Yi gain a friend. It was a way to kill two birds with one stone.
As for now?
I sought out Cleveland once again.
"The obstacles to the plan for opening a new battlefield have all been cleared. Barring any accidents, everything will proceed steadily according to my plan. However, it takes time for a world drifting in the void to collide with the Main World. Conservatively, the collision will happen next semester."
"Next semester? It seems the plan is moving very quickly." A glint flashed in Cleveland's eyes. Now that Xiao Han was personally explaining this to her, it was basically a done deal.
More than half of this semester had already passed. In a little over a month, it would be vacation time again. The period between the end of the semester and the start of the holidays was always a peak time for snatching new students. After all that bustle, they would welcome a massive shift in the Main World's landscape!
Everything seemed to transition so smoothly that Cleveland couldn't help but be shocked once again by the power of the figure before her.
"Mhm. I'll leave the matters of the United Club to you. For the next period of time, I won't intervene unless something major happens. But if it's a life-or-death moment, don't hesitate too much to ask me for help. I need to get back to my own business."
After a brief exchange of intelligence with Cleveland, the short meeting concluded.
However, after seeing Cleveland off, I welcomed a new guest.
"Why have you come looking for me again?" I looked at the Rebel Witch before me. I always felt like she had nothing better to do. And... a Fool's Dream spirit was sitting on her shoulder.
Yu Cha. I remembered her. I didn't expect this girl to have made off with one of my Fool's Dream spirits!
But if that was Yu Cha's choice, I naturally wouldn't interfere with that freedom.
"Hi~ Sage Sister, I came to see you~" Yu Cha was incredibly excited upon seeing me.
"It's quite a surprise to see you here." I responded to the Fool's Dream spirit's enthusiasm, then looked at Sheryl.
"If I said I promised Yu Cha I'd bring her to see you, would you believe me?" Sheryl reached for her shoulder, and Yu Cha scurried down her arm and jumped into my arms.
"...Yes, I believe you." I instinctively reached out to hold Yu Cha. I could feel the sincerity of the Rebel Witch before me, even though a Transcendent life level separated us.
"But I imagine you have something else to discuss as well? You can get straight to the point."
"Alright~ how direct. I'm just a bit curious. I was very interested in your proposal to open a new battlefield world earlier. How is the progress?" Sheryl didn't stand on ceremony and asked directly. She had grown to like this straightforward way of communicating.
"Not bad. The game world has basically given up on itself now, so it's easy to manipulate. I picked a world called Emerald Forest; it's full of elves."
"You certainly know how to pick them~ The Afuhemisen Elves are probably going to be hopping mad, aren't they?" Sheryl said with a laugh. "By the way, do you need me to contact some friends outside the Main World to give you a hand? According to your plan, once the game world abandons that candidate community world, it will no longer be restricted by the contract."
"No, thank you. Everything is still within the plan for now. If things move too fast, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up. Even now, I feel like I'm almost overwhelmed with things to do." I shook my head, declining the offer of help.
"Don't you have life clones? Why not just create a few more to help you out?"
"It's not the same. Having too many life clones isn't necessarily a good thing. Can you imagine what would happen if hundreds or thousands of 'me' finished their work and had nothing to do?"
"When you put it that way, I suppose you're right? Old Mei Po said one of you is already enough to give her a headache. Hundreds or thousands... hehe..." Sheryl laughed at the thought. "But even so, adding one or two more to reduce your pressure shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"Sister Bai wouldn't be able to take it."
"Hmm? Uh... Oh~ I see~" Sheryl was stunned for a moment before she reacted, wearing an "I understand" expression.
I gave Sheryl a strange look. In truth, I was just being evasive.
To me, a life clone was like a version of myself starting from scratch, like leveling up an alt account.
But using the same power to replicate the same pattern was meaningless to me. Power isn't just a simple accumulation of numbers.
Right now, I hadn't even established a clear distinction between my main body and my life clone; its primary purpose was to serve as a scapegoat for my infinite mana experiments.
However, the uses for a life clone went far beyond such low-level applications. Using it that way was a waste of a godsend, and allowing them to proliferate would easily breed some unpleasant perceptions within me.
After all, powerhouses have the mindset of powerhouses, and I have my own principles.
I didn't chat with Sheryl, the Rebel Witch, for long, spending most of the time playing with Yu Cha.
But at the very end, Sheryl asked me a serious question.
Namely: In my life plan, how much longer until I advanced to the Transcendent level?
I didn't respond directly. Instead, I showed her something else.
I reached out. There was no mana fluctuation, no aura of a spell, but the space in front of me rippled slightly at my touch!
This was a manifestation of touching real light and shadow—at the very least, my real touch had reached that threshold.
This was a sign of imminent advancement to the Transcendent level. No answer could have satisfied Sheryl more than this response.
From enrollment until now... less than two years.
It was nothing short of a miracle!
After seeing off the Rebel Witch and Yu Cha, I informed Sister Bai and entered the dungeon world.
The place still maintained its basic natural landscape. Neither Sister Bai nor I had any intention of changing it.
"Sister Xiao Han! You're here~" Upon seeing me, Ling Yi immediately called out my name.
Ling Yi had fully accepted the title of "Sister Xiao Han" by now. After all, I really had been busy working for her friend for a long time.
Under Ling Yi's warm welcome, I approached the clump of vegetation... no, it should now be called the egg incubating the plant elf.
Under my incubation, it already had a nearly formed body and soul essence. All it lacked now was a consciousness to make the life vibrant.
The consciousness of a plant elf was not the same as that of the Ancient Remnant Ice King. I could use the power of the Great Glacial Throne Technique to trace the other's life sequence through racial origins, but for the plant elf, I had to take it slow. Furthermore, there was no shortcut through a Great Spellbook for this.
I had plenty of patience for it, however.
I had accumulated a vast amount of knowledge regarding consciousness, and my own practical experience had given me a deeper understanding of concepts like "Life Sequence" and "Racial Authority."
With the consciousness incubation experiment on the Ancient Remnant Ice King as a foundation, I wasn't without experience when it came to the plant elf.
What I lacked now was just that final step.
Once I mastered this "technique," it would carry another significance.
It meant I could create life at will!
Specifically, life forms based on the template of a plant elf!
Other people's creation involves constant fumbling and extension, while I was constantly mapping out the underlying foundations.
When the time came, whether it was plant essence, fire essence, or even a hurricane core—these naturally born spirits—I would be able to create them with a wave of my hand.
When that day truly arrived, what kind of scene would it be?
One thing was certain, however: such naturally born elemental spirits would not hold the same status in my heart as the Fool's Dream spirits.
If I had to give them a role, I thought... a servant army would be a good suggestion.
After all, I had realized in the world of Emerald Forest that trying to destroy a world with my current strength alone was still a bit too taxing. If I had a servant army to do my bidding, I wouldn't have to work so hard.
Searching the whole world for player settlements and main cities was truly exhausting, and my mental strength couldn't cover an entire planet.
Therefore, the creation technique for elemental spirits still held significant value for me.
It would be even better if it could be linked with the "Elemental Spirit's Blessing" spellbook.