Rather than choosing to use destructive magic that consumed a large amount of mana, Arc pursued the path of a mage warrior—an entity that mainly used a compressed and limited amount of magic against one’s opponents in battle.

Of course, this meant Arc found it difficult to rank up as a mage because she wasn’t pursuing the path of a pure mage. The fact that she, a mage warrior, could even use Rank 4 spells during battle was a testament to how much back-breaking effort she had put into her craft thus far.

“If you had twenty minutes to prepare safely and ten minutes of battle time, would you be able to release a Rank 1 spell?”

“No. That would be impossible.” Arc shook her head.

Since she was covered with her signature full-body black armor, her facial expression was not revealed, but her body language showed that raising her level to accomplish what Merlin was asking wasn’t a simple feat.

The clause of [twenty minutes to prepare safely] was of course something that gave any magic user a chance to accomplish something, but her situation was different from that of a pure mage like Jeros.

Of course, having time to prepare beforehand...