Ultra-long distance spatial teleportation is a massive magic that can easily span the two poles of the world; one can reach anywhere they want to go. But magic casters who master this kind of magic are very rare; not many magic casters of this level can be found in human history. Generally, humans at most use long-distance spatial teleportation performed by several magic casters together.
Eidor's magic was definitely of an ultra-first-class level, a magic even higher in grade than the long-distance spatial teleportation that requires several archmages to cast together. She could perform it alone, which required extremely high magic control skills, not to mention that the current Eidor was still in a weakened state, not in her prime from ancient times.
However, while Eidor certainly had an extremely high level of magic, her knowledge of the current world was limited. Furthermore, in order not to be tracked by Spider Child, she chose a random teleportation without fixed coordinates. As a result, although Eidor and Tsukasa successfully escaped, neither of them knew where they were currently located.
Tsukasa looked at the forest around her, which was no different from the Monster Mountain Range, and ultimately couldn't make anything out. It seemed she could only use the old method: first use the Appraisal skill on the surroundings to see if she could get any information. After a brief exploration, she discovered that this forest was very close to a human town, and there were traces of human activity in the forest.
"It seems I can only disguise my identity and enter a human city to get information."
Tsukasa made a decision after thinking for a long time. This forest was clearly different from the Monster Mountain Range; there weren't many dangerous monsters, and there were traces of humans having been active nearby, indicating it was just an ordinary forest. Staying hidden here wasn't an option, but just going out like this wouldn't work either. So, she looked at Eidor.
She told
her thoughts to Eidor.
"Magic to change one's image? There is such magic, but in the end, it's just hypnosis that affects other people's vision. If someone has a high-level detection skill, they can still discover the truth." Eidor felt that Tsukasa's idea wasn't reliable. Illusion, in the end, was just such a low-tier thing. The kind of illusion Tsukasa knew about was what was truly incredible; after all, the essence of an illusion is just like a lie—once it's exposed, it's nothing.
Tsukasa didn't explain anything. She had Eidor show her the effect of the illusion first. In her mind, she thought of the image of a certain anime villain—a cloak with red clouds on a black background, and a straw hat hanging with wind chimes. She said to Eidor, "Let's give it a try. Use Mind Reading first, then use magic to turn me into this appearance."
"Okay, it's done."
Eidor just created a tiny magic circle with no momentum at all, and then said it was finished. If she hadn't used magic to create a mirror, Tsukasa wouldn't have believed that doing such a thing could be so simple. She looked into the mirror at the handsome man wearing the Akatsuki organization uniform, with Three-Tomoe Sharingan in both eyes, and fell into silence for a moment.
"How did you turn me from that 2D image in my head into a 3D image?" Tsukasa's retort was on the tip of her tongue. Meanwhile, Eidor, who hadn't turned off Mind Reading yet, just tilted her head, seemingly not knowing what Tsukasa was surprised about, because in her view, this was a very simple matter.
A magic caster must possess superb artistic talent and drawing skills, and naturally, they would also be very proficient in things like makeup, because the essence of magic is just like painting. Eidor saw Tsukasa spacing out again and looking at the system panel, and suddenly realized that modern magic and the magic she mastered were very different in form.
Modern magic is all about quick results; even magic circles are drawn with the system's help. Magic casters don't even need to do anything; even the control of magic power can be left to the system. In the past, magic casters needed to feel and control magic power themselves, and their spirits communicated with the elements of the world... For example, the fact that Tsukasa could control the output of magic seemed like a very remarkable thing now, but in ancient times, this was a basic skill that almost all magic casters had to master in the early stages. Modern magic and ancient magic have essential differences, even if the manifestation and power of the magic don't seem to differ much.
But the fundamental gap is too large.
It could be said that modern archmages are just people who use magic; they don't deserve to be called true archmages at all. They have no idea of the essence of magic, nor do they know how to create new magic. They simply use the magic recorded in that system's database. If something goes wrong with the system, they would probably lose their ability to cast spells in an instant.
Thinking of this...
Eidor felt it was necessary to warn Tsukasa.
"Little Tsukasa, I have something to talk to you about."
"Let's talk about it later."
Tsukasa was very satisfied with her current image. Although as long as she didn't use a mirror, she still looked like her original self to herself, in the eyes of others, she was now the image of that Uchiha youth. So, let's start moving. Before resolving this matter, she wasn't in the mood to chat with Eidor.
"I understand. Let's talk about it later then."
After reading Tsukasa's mind and understanding her feelings, Eidor realized that Tsukasa had always possessed a strong sense of crisis and paranoia. For now, it was better to complete Tsukasa's plan first. Once their situation stabilized, she would discuss this matter with Tsukasa. There was no rush anyway, and this wasn't something that could be resolved easily.
Tsukasa first used Shadow Magic to summon a Shadow Demon. This was a new branch she had obtained after her Shadow Magic advanced. It was a summoning-type skill, but because the Shadow Demon's attributes seemed far too weak to her, she hadn't used it much since acquiring it. However, now was the time when this skill was needed.
Under her magic, the shadow of a large tree solidified, gradually taking on a human-sized form. However, it looked more like a plant-based humanoid silhouette. Its average attributes were around 300 points. Since it was summoned using a tree's shadow, it possessed some plant-manipulation skills, though its HP and MP were a mere 500 points.
As expected, Tsukasa still looked down on such small-fry summons that couldn't even be considered cannon fodder. One had to remember that she considered herself mere cannon fodder; these small-fry summons couldn't even serve as a meat shield for her. Back during training, when used as a shield, they couldn't even block Wakaba-san for 0.1 seconds. Aside from being used for chores like this, she couldn't think of any other use for them.
She summoned three more Treant Shadow Demons.
"Go."
She issued the command to the Shadow Demons.
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