"[The Elementalist]."

  The image of the Izanami-style robed man was summoned by Agatha; at the side stood a suit-wearing man with the same face behind a desk in a very luxurious; Elizabeth found it…intriguing.

  "He doesn't use Security Nodes?" Elizabeth asked as the image became clearer, there was no way someone couldn't link the two identities.

  "He…does use them," Agatha answered, "Only his are more…nuanced, he has a longer list of whitelisted people, you probably entered by the grace of your parents…or because he has some degree of i in you."

  "So... should I know his name?" Elizabeth asked back.

  “Oda Ryuuji, the heir of Izanami.” Agatha said summoning another picture, on this ohe man was standing with an older man to his side, Elizabeth couldn't reize the older man but she assumed he was important, since he had several bodyguards surrounding them, one even looked like a bodybuilder more than a guard…

  "So? What's his deal?" Rossie said from the side, "He seemed good at using talismans, but surely there is more to him?"

  "He is not only 'Good' he is the best," Agatha said summoning more photographs of him, in some he was weaving on the air as words seemed to be inscribed on the air, in others he was throwing talismans and in others he had his hand pced on the ground as a magic circle was shining. "He is what we call a magic specialist."

  "...so a Sage?" Rena asked from the side.

  Was [The Elementalist] the ultimate form of what Michael could achieve?

  "Not quite what you are thinking, but close enough; on that side of the world, they have a slightly different version of what we call a [Sage]." Agatha said, summoning the picture of the average Sage Elizabeth had thought.

  The image of an old man wearing robes and holding a staff, on the side of that image was another one of a man wearing the Izanami style robes, a weird top hat and some talismans on his hands.

  "What is a [Sage]?" Agatha asked to the three girls.

  "A spellcaster?" Rossie said first.

  "A mage that achieved the top of magic?" Rena added, fused about something in the question.

  "Hmm….Someone who studies magid develops new ways to use it?" Elizabeth asked unsure.

  "That is our definition, but their side of the world has a different meaning fe. There is a on saying among the mages of their side." Agatha said, summoning a new holos, this one had speakers built in.

  The video started pying and soon Elizabeth heard the voice of Oda Ryuuji, [The Elementalist], "Throughout Heaven ah, I alone am the honored ohe image panned out, and he was surrounded by multiple hostile mages.

  After he finished his t, multiple bells flew out from his sleeves. These bells started ringing out, and with each ring, a spell blossomed.

  [Fire Lance], [Wind Scythe], [Earth Hammer], [Water Cutter], [Icycle Spear], [Seed Leech], [Lightning Vortex], [Darkness Bullet], [Holy Rain]... The list went on and on, multiple types of spells from all varieties.

  All blooming oer the other, no spell was repeated, and eae targeted a single objective; half of them were A-Tier spells. While the targets could barely be B-Tier spellcasters.

  "As you see, he has quite the variety of spells, there are rumors that imply that he seals attacks sent his way and stockpilled them for ter use. Releasing them upon enemies. Other people say that he casts ritual magic to create these spells and then seals them up." Agatha said as the video stopped after the st enemy was defeated, every single moment the fight went on more and more spells tinued showing up.

  That was indeed dangerous, but also made Elizabeth wonder, if he was that dangerous... how much of a menace was Jenna?

  "So...best case sario he has a limited stockpile of spells, "Elizabeth said eyeing the image on the s.

  "Worst case sario he may be able to use our own attacks against us," Rena said while also eyeing the video as her hand seemed to twitch as if it wao get hold of her sword.

  "So...will he be an enemy?" Elizabeth asked, she hadn't used her Identify on him, but if he ossible enemy...she may o.

  "Depends on how he sees you, he is mostly focused on keeping his nation afloat, so if he thinks that you are a dao his citizens then yes. He may bee an enemy, and making him an enemy means making his bodyguard aoo." Agatha said, and to the surprise of no one, she shohoto of [The Elementalist] standing in front of an Izanamy-style temple.

  "His bodyguard? Why would I care about..." Elizabeth was about to say as she noticed the figure standing behind [The Elementalist].

  An armored man in a full body armor.

  "...Are you tellihat [The Beast Master], one of the most powerful men in the world...Is a mere [BodyGuard]?" Elizabeth said as she felt a headache wanting to form.

  "I mean, if what [Odyssey] told me this isn't the weirdest thing you have seen." Agatha said with a shrug.

  "Fair, but that is still s." Elizabeth grumbled, "Okay, I'll try to not antagonize him."

  And she meant it, fighting against [The Elementalist] sounded like a pain, she doubted he would be able to seal her attacks...she hoped so at least, but dealing with [The BeastMaster] would be harder.

  If he could summon that type of creature...and depending on how his [Skills] ied with the monsters iion... He may be the most dangerous man to be around.

  Elizabeth didn't want to even think about what could happen if he got ahold of one of her Minions, if all he got from them was their skills...This man could get access to Terra Nexus. But if he also got access to their mana pool...

  Then Elizabeth's advantage over other people (Her Mana Pool) would bee a weakness, no. Worse than a weakness, it would bee an advao their enemies.

  "Okay, ? Someone more manageable?" Elizabeth said shaking her head, it was meanio think about these types of things.

  "An easier one now then, of those that are left...well I guess this one?" Agatha said dismissing the images of both [The Elementalist] and [The Beast Master], by Elizabeth's t there were only four left.

  If one didn't t Jenna that is.

  "This one is easier to manage," Agatha said as she summohe image of a man dressed in a monk attire, "[The Monk]."

  "That is zy writing," Elizabeth said as the image materialized, "Also, I think that one may be an enemy...or at least somewhat antagonist."

  "Why?" Agatha asked, fused, "He is known to show to giveaways, visits orphanages, and shows i in just causes."

  "Exactly," Elizabeth said, "That is the kind of people that are easier to manipute into itting crimes. Also, the one I'm going to study under may have punched him in the face."

  "...right." Agatha said shaking her head, "He is a [Holy Caster] type, focused on proteg and exorg evil spirits, he is not known for his power or for plex magic use like [The Elementalist] or [The Beast Master]."

  Exorcism?

  ...As in...

  "He sends the souls of the damned into the circle of transmigration?" Elizabeth asked thinking about those that served under her, the dwellers of the dark.

  "That is one way to see it, depends on who your soul is pledged to he send them there, be it [Heaven], [Hell] or anything iween." Agatha answered, "He himself is not privy to where one ends up, but he is known to be able to purify and sites out of haunting spirits."

  "Why did they sent him against [The Juggernaut] then?" Elizabeth asked fused, no one else should know about how Jenna's power worked...right?

  "They did?" Agatha asked surprised, "ht, so that's why you said that your teacher for the third year punched him huh..."

  Agatha moved the pictures and showed images of [The Monk] doing rites and exorcism.

  "He is usually relegated to tanking attacks and deying tactics, so maybe it was that?" Agatha said with a shrug, "Either way, even if he became an enemy you should be able to deal with him easily enough, good thing you are more of an [Elemental] mage, if you were a [Neancer] or something like [The Mother of Shadows] who uses apparitions then you would be in danger."

  ....right.

  "Any way of knowing if his magi affect my minions? Some of them...are not quite...normal." Elizabeth said, summoning one of the [Cores] that her minions used to house their souls. "Any sample of his magicks to test with this?"

  "A [Soul Core]? How did you get one of these? Are you using actual [Souls]? How did you even..." Agatha said surprised as she brought a piece of paper from one of her drawers, "Who I'm kidding, you probably got it from your parents..."

  Agatha pced the purple marble on the middle of the magic circle and after feeding some mana into it Elizabeth saw the marble burst, that didn't seem like a good result.

  "Well, if your minions use these, then you may be out of luck." Agatha said blowing out the crystal motes away from her desktop.

  Elizabeth targeted each of those motes with her [Space Manipution] and teleported them away bato her Shadow Haven. She would see if those could be used for something else ter.

  "Noted," Elizabeth said; she didn't use many of her Minions in the way of bat, but she did like to use them as scouting force, and if [The Monk] could exorcise the soul of the damhen perhaps he had ways to detect them...

  That would mean that she was at risk of being exposed if he ever tried tet her.

  "Well, more likely than not he will not be an enemy, since he rarely goes out of the way to fight against other people. He mostly goes after people who use undead, those that summon demons and cultists." Agatha said dismissing the images of [The Monk].

  Elizabeth would not think about all those Dragon Cultists she could feel beyond the dimensions.

  "The one, I guess, would be one of those that you are most familiar with," Agatha said, summoning the image of a bck-haired Asian woman dressed in a bck ga dress and looking down from a chair. "[The Mother of Shadows]."

  "Ea," Elizabeth said afterward.

  "There is no evidehat [The Mother of Monsters] and [The Mother of Shadows] are reted in any way...at least officially, after [Advent]. She was one of the first to e forward and jump from being a [Vilin] and turned into a [Hero]." Agatha said, showing neer cutouts.

  So she cashed out as soon as possible.

  "She was weled into [The ars] without too much fuzz sihey needed a new powerhouse after [The Juggernaut] left them," Agatha said, summoning the photo of a ruined building and a grainy picture of [The Juggernaut] leaving the area.

  Elizabeth was not sure if she should ask Jenna about that or not, surely there was a reason for this.

  "She is a know, famed for summoning all type of creatures that would make people think twice about fighting against her. She has summoned all type of creatures that should be inhabitants of hell. From the fabled Hydra to the vicious Cerberus." Agatha said summoning photos of those monsters, one by ohe pictures tinued growing in variety and iype of horror they provided.

  "Nons?" Elizabeth said notig a trend, the clsoest thing to a dragon had been the Hydra after all.

  "Not recorded at least, not like she o. Usually what the Minotaurus 't solve the Cerberus , and if worst es to worst she drops a Hydra food measure." Agatha said with a shrug, "Never had the o summon something like that, and if that wasn't enough. She IS a Shadow User, so you uand how versatile that is."

  "What type of shadows does she use?" Elizabeth asked, she hadn't fought against many Shadow Users besides Max and Nyctophagia, and in the first she was defeated before knowing what happened...

  And the sed had been more of a fight between armies thaween users.

  "All of them," Agatha said without expining more.

  "All?" Elizabeth asked, "So like...she has teleportation? Elemental manipution? Summoning? Magic? on making? What type of Shadow skill did she have?"

  Elizabeth hadn't been too focused on what other shadow users did, but she knew most had a niche and stuck to it; not many were like Elizabeth, who could just twist her mana into a new form and expand her power range.

  "As it sounds, she has Shadoution, she has been seen using shadow-made ons, manipute shadows into bolts of energy, obviously summon very solid creatures. Her summons had been o bleed and die...not that they stay dead for long..." Agatha said showing a video of a minotaur being decapitated and bleeding out, only for shadows to sew his head bad for his blood to turn into shadows that returo the minotaur, the thing stood again and walked as if nothing after, "She is known to have some kind of sealing or restraining skill too. Something with sewing the shadow shut?"

  Agatha then showed a video of Ea's shadow over someone else who looked scared and for some reason didn't move. Was she sealing his movements with shadows?

  Elizabeth didn't see any of Ea's shadow on the person's body. All that she saw art of Ea's shadow that overpped with the other person.

  And that was all she needed? How was she even doing that?

  Elizabeth didn't uand how that worked, also. "Well that seems unfair," Elizabeth didn't like the fact that Ea seemed to have so much freedom.

  "Not like it will be a problem to Eli-Eli," Rossie said from the side, "She do all of that too!"

  "Right, if anyone knows how to fight someone like that it would be Eli, since she has as much freedom with her Shadow Powers too," Rena added too.

  Well, that was true, but it also meant that Elizabeth would fight someone who could be as good if not better than her with Shadows...And Max was not the best shadow user...

  And he had been able to defeat her, at least Elizabeth now ko use her mastery over other elements to pensate, so perhaps she would just [Thunder Queen] her way against Ea too?

  "Okay, that only leaves two left right?" Elizabeth said shaking her head, she wao get this over with.

  "That is correct, the sister and brother." Agatha said, summoning the st couple of pictures of this presentation, "[The Warlock] and [The Prophet]."

  "The holiest woman in the world," Rossie said with distaste ione as she gred at the picture of the holy woman.

  "The most cursed man in the world," Rena added as she looked at the [Warlock] as if he was a bug on the ground to be squished.

  "And the people who are attempting to take the spot of caretakers of Zaanam," Agatha said showing a photo of those very same people on the middle of the world gress. "So if you o make a good impression on someone is in them,"

  "Or murder," Rossie said from the side with a cute smile.