Looking at the empty room around her, cold sweat filled Beatrice's forehead.
"It's been a long time since I have had a nightmare," mumbled Beatrice as she got up from her bed and walked around her room.
After standing around for a few minutes, Beatrice finally fully calmed down, causing her to lay in her bed and once again begin sleeping.
But at the same time, the image of that certain woman would occasionally pop up in her mind, causing Beatrice to jolt awake several times throughout the night.
...
Looking at his apprentice, a large frown appeared on Mr. Errol's face, but after a few moments, he couldn't help but raise his hand.
"Was this the person you saw?" asked Mr. Errol as the image of a black-haired woman suddenly appeared in his palm.
"Yes, that's the one," said Beatrice as she stared at the picture of the woman, which looked eerily similar to her mother, with the exception of her pitch-black hair.
Hearing Beatrice confirm it, Mr. Errol couldn't help but put his palm on his forehead, but after a few moments, a dark smoke suddenly surrounded Beatrice.
"It's true, Selena did not leave any mark on your apprentice," said an old voice, as an extremely old man suddenly appeared next to Mr. Errol.
"Teacher, then why would this happen?" asked Mr. Errol as he looked at his teacher, Archmage Withered Soul.
Rather than answering Mr. Errol's question, Archmage Withering Soul stared at Beatrice.
"You are from the Lyon Kingdom, am I right?" asked the archmage, causing confusion to appear on the faces of the two other people.
"Yes," said Beatrice, as thoughts swirled within her mind.
"Then, are you familiar with the 'Watford Family' by any chance?" asked the Archmage as he looked at Beatrice.
Upon hearing the extremely familiar name, both Mr. Errol and Beatrice became extremely surprised, for completely different reasons.
"Yes, that's the name of the Noble family from which my mother was from before she married my father," said Beatrice, causing Mr. Errol's eyes to suddenly twitch.
"Now do you understand?" asked the archmage as he gazed at his apprentice, even his old face showing some emotion this time.
Hearing the words of both his teacher and Beatrice, Mr. Errol's mouth couldn't help but open and close once more, as several thoughts swirled within.
"So Beatrice is a descendant of Selena?" asked Mr. Errol as he stared at Beatrice with his eyes wide open.
"That's right, that's the only reason your apprentice can have such visions," said the archmage as he looked at his disciple.
Hearing that, Beatrice breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, some other thoughts couldn't help but flash through her mind.
But at this time, both Beatrice and Mr. Errol were unaware of the thoughts going through the mind of the archmage.
'Will Selena try to use Errol's apprentice, or will she continue with the Dark Revival spell,' thought the archmage, unsure of which method his former apprentice would try to use to revive her sister.
At the same time, in another completely hidden location.
Looking at the extremely huge mass of corrupted human souls, a smile appeared on Selena Watford's face.
Suddenly, the ball of human souls began transforming, into something else.
"This is it," mumbled Selena, feeling the extremely pure, and terrifyingly powerful Dark Mana that was being created by her creation.
Without any warning, the Dark Mana that was floating in the air suddenly began being absorbed by Selena, causing her to fully reveal her real body.
Suddenly, a demon-like being appeared in the place of Selena.
Her already well-endowed body became completely voluptuous, while horns, wings and a tail sprouted on her body.
Right now, Selena looked completely like a true Succubus from Hell, but as the extremely pure Dark Mana from the ball of souls poured into her body, several transformations began taking place inside of her.
But sadly, after a few minutes, the amount of Dark Mana produced by the ball reduced drastically, causing Selena to wave her left hand.
Suddenly, in hundreds of hidden locations across the continent,
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Looking at the dark hole in front of him, James gritted his teeth, but remembering the orders of his superiors, he still couldn't help but do his job.
"Throw them in," said James, causing two guards to come up to the hole, with a small child in their hands.
Without any warning, the guards threw the child into the hole, before another two walked in with another child.
Such scenes took place in thousands of different places across the entire continent, as tens of thousand of pure souls of simultaneously sacrificed.
...
Under the effect of the sacrifices, the amount of Dark Mana emanating from the ball of souls suddenly increased to a massive degree, causing Selena to smile, and begin absorbing it all.
Slowly but surely, the Dark Mana replaced Selena's weak flesh and blood, as her horns, tail, and wings slowly fell from her body and onto the ground.
After that, Selena's actual flesh and blood began slowly melting, being replaced by pure Dark Mana, causing the melting of her remaining body to increase even more.
Hours passed, and under the effects of the Mana, and Selena's unrelenting efforts, her entire body had been fully transformed, abandoning flesh and blood, and becoming a True Elemental being.
Suddenly, Selena started twitching as she sent the powerful Dark Mana toward her soul without any reservations or defenses.
As expected, Selena's soul was then immediately destroyed and smashed into pieces, causing her body to fall to the ground.
...
Looking at the unending darkness around her, Selena sighed before stretching out her hand toward the darkness, causing a small dark dot to suddenly appear in the place where her former soul resided, her new soul.
Using her understanding of Darkness, Selena's new soul slowly grew, transformed, and morphed into something far beyond a mere mortal soul, but still, it remained in that same shape, a tiny dark dot.
Slowly but surely, Selena opened her eyes, causing everything around her to suddenly stop.
"So this is what it feels to be an Archmage," mumbled Selena as she got up from the ground, a large smile appearing on her face.