The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Moran had previously mined a piece of intermediate-grade magic copper ore and crafted it into a small-scale warning and protection magic array, intending to use it during his fifth-year survival trial.

After use, it can still be used as card-making material in the Book of Cards, saving you some magic power.

This time, she wanted to see if she could find other types of intermediate or even advanced magic ores to enrich the card-making material library of the Card Book.

However, Moran didn't insist. If she couldn't find it now, it wouldn't be a big deal to buy it after graduation. She had saved more than ten red gold coins and nearly a hundred purple gold coins. She could still buy one of each type of magic ore to make enough card-making materials.

So most of the time, she was actually practicing magic, and she treated mining as a break from studying magic.

The space around the underground river is vast, making it ideal for practicing magic.

I only go looking for ore when I practice my gold prospecting, refining, and mining skills every day.

When her magic power was more than half depleted, she would ride a flying broomstick to travel or read books.

As they headed south, the natural caves along the underground river became increasingly scarce. Moran hadn't really put in the effort to find any, and after several months, he hadn't managed to dig up a single magical ore that suited his taste. However, he had read quite a few books, and his magical abilities had improved somewhat.

In early June, Moran saw the tree roots blocking the entire underground river again.

Looking at the map, she realized she had arrived at the hedge wall between the inner and outer areas; these were the tree roots of the hedge wall.

She flew over, but the tree roots remained tightly entwined, unlike the roots between the inner and core areas, which would move aside as soon as she got close.

However, the tree roots were sparser than the hedge, and some gaps allowed a glimpse of the other side.

She peered closely at the tree roots and the wall, and suddenly saw a glimmer of silver light.

Upon closer inspection, it was found on a stone wall several dozen meters away on the other side of the wall, originating from a semi-exposed silver gemstone.

If her dark vision hadn't been upgraded to advanced level, she wouldn't have been able to see that far in the dark!
"Silver?" Moran's breathing quickened; only spatial gems were silver.

It was just too far away; no matter how Moran looked at it, he couldn't tell what level of space gem it was.

But no matter what level it is, it's better than nothing!
Enhancing the spatial properties of a space gem with spatial magic to improve its quality is much easier than enhancing the spatial properties of a regular gem with spatial magic.

It is also easier to enhance high-quality space gems.

"Dean! Could this Space Stone have been deliberately placed here to lure me in?"

Moran asked, "Are there any traps ahead on this road?"

The main issue is that when she was mining the underground river section below the Lone Peak Forest, she asked Ms. Amisa whether the ores would reset after she finished mining them.

Ms. Amisa told her that when the residence is reset, another batch of ore will be reset.

In other words, the academy has ways to control the occurrence of ore.

The appearance of this magical gem exposed on the surface of the rock, which happened to be a space gem that she couldn't refuse, was just too coincidental.

“No,” came Ms. Amisa’s voice. “Since I became the headmistress, no little witch has ever walked this path except for you, and naturally it has never been reset.”

It's normal that the less explored a place is, the richer its resources tend to be.

Moran felt slightly relieved. As long as the dean hadn't deliberately set a trap, she could choose to go to the outer area via this route after she entered fifth grade and get her hands on that space gem along the way.

She memorized the location of the ore and then returned to her home. It was already early June, Ms. Amisha said, and this year's school opening ceremony was scheduled for early July.

With only one month left, she had to start preparing for the fifth-grade survival trial.

The first thing I did upon returning to my residence was to take out the box of space gems that I had always carried with me and which had been contaminated with them.

Originally just ordinary gems of good quality, after being enhanced with spatial magic for nearly two years, the smallest one finally became a mid-level spatial magic gem.

The enhancement of this gem has reached its limit; further spatial manipulation risks damaging it.

Although it's the lowest-grade intermediate-level space magic gem, it still elevates the effect of her space cards to a higher level.

Moran gave it to the Book of Cards as a sample, and immediately developed cards like the {Intermediate Space Gem}.

A form materializes, and a silver gem appears in her hand.

Although this gem is still in the intermediate category, it is of much better quality and larger than the one she enhanced.

This gem is already large enough to be used as a spatial magic item.

Moran tried to draw on it rune combinations commonly used in space magic items, such as expanding space, stabilizing space, and freezing space and time.

She had practiced these rune combinations thousands of times, but she had only practiced with ordinary ores and had mastered the drawing method.

With the abundant magical reserves of the Book of Cards as a backing, capable of creating many {Space Gem Cards}, Moran dared to give it a try.

Her past practice had indeed been effective; she had wasted two intermediate-level space gems and successfully created a magic gem with an inner space of 100 cubic meters, where time was frozen and items could be preserved.

Make a ring setting out of silver ore and set it in; that will create a mid-level spatial ring.

At the same time, her space-related cards also began to be updated rapidly.

There are {space cards} with a maximum static space of 100 cubic meters, {space tent cards} with a maximum space of 40 square meters, and even a series of {mobile cabin cards} with different styles, each 40 square meters in size and 2.5 meters high.

All spatial cards can be restored to card form while storing non-living items that are not part of the card itself, and can be carried around.

It's much better than many spatial magic items.

Of course, as soon as these cards were made, they were added to Ms. Amisha's list of underage witches that she was forbidden to buy.

However, Moran herself was able to enjoy it. She took out a {space tent card}, put some of her favorite furniture and items from her residence into the tent, and decorated the tent nicely.

There are just too many things she likes in her home, all of which she made herself. She wants to keep this one and that one too.

It's not worth making a special space card just to store it.

The cost of creating a space card far exceeds that of creating a furniture card.

It would be better to create a furniture set card that perfectly replicates the home's decor, which would save on magic points.

So I had to be very selective, choosing only my favorites and having to give up the rest. (End of Chapter)