"Tougher than one would think for a mage". Ren replied as Sasha came up to him. "He had 1,500 HP and 3,000 MP. He was able to copy my Spells and throw them back at us with much more power, having easily wiped out all of Lucian's elementals and one of my demons, having trapped the other demon in some strange bone cage. Not to mention that instant use spell he had that pretty much made all defense useless, did 150 damage, and was nearly impossible to dodge..." Ren spoke in monotone as he searched through the shelf, those last words making him think a bit. "And if there are even stronger opponents than one we wouldn't have been able to scratch him without the help of Touma and Nero...then you all are in serious trouble". 

Ren went silent after that, just shaking his head. Ren felt like he was on the right track, as he was currently Level 20. But everyone else was still around Level 15 or so, the level gap between them probably due to Ren being Level 9 when they had first met. 

Ren did notice though that everyone's HP was still down from the health bars in the corner of his eye that displayed party member info, so he raised his hand above his head. [i]"Healing Wave".[/i] After several seconds of some water that gave off a gentle glow flowing around his hand, a wave would flow out from that. The central target was whoever in the room still had the lowest HP. Ren used that twice, making sure that everyone's HP was full, and if anyone did have missing HP then having their HP restored by the healing spell would feel really, really good, like their pains and even fatigue being drained away by a gentle, soothing current. After that, Ren went back to searching the shelf, Ren's own MP quite low now since he had used alot of it for a Giga Spiral Bolt that had missed its target, not that Sasha and Silas would know about that. 

The random book that Sasha had pulled out was titled [i]A Beginner's Guide to Spatial Magic[/i], judging by the window that appeared stating that she had obtained the Skill Book titled as such. 

[hider=If Sasha tries to learn it]
Learning it was not possible, as the moment she tried the following window appeared. 

[hider2=Requirements]
You do not meet the requirements for learning this Talent. 

--INT 50
--WIS 25
--Arcane Practice Rank 20
--Manipulation Studies Rank 20
--Alteration Studies Rank 20
[/hider2]

They were some incredibly high leveled requirements, ones that Sasha wouldn't be able to meet for a long time, two of the Talents being ones that she didn't even have yet. [/hider]

If Mike and Lucian used Observe on the crate, they would find out that the crates... were literally just crates. No traps on them at all as they opened somewhat easily, more easily for Mike though thanks to his STR score, but with a bit of effort they could be opened without too much trouble. The contents of the crate that Mike opened would be some strange crystals inside of glass jars, a total of 12 of them. 

Observe on them revealed the following. 

[hider=Observe Data]
Name: Antinite Crystal

These strange crystals, often known as Magic Cancelling Crystals, are known for draining mana from the space around them and absorbing it to negate its power. These crystals, if utilized properly, are great weapons to be used against magic users.

Rank: Highly Uncommon [/hider]

Henry looked back at Mike as he opened the crate and went over, eyes widening as he saw the contents. "Damn... these guys have Antinite as well? That stuff is also hard to get, and dangerous to handle, as improper handling or usage can drain all of the Mana from your body in a matter of seconds..." Henry took the lid of the crate and put it back on the box, sealing it shut with a small spell. "Nice find though, but lets keep this box closed for now..." After that, he went back to the filing cabinet to do some more reading of their files.