Land

Land (ラント) is a second-class mage in the Fourth Party of the First Class Mage Examination. He specializes in illusion magic. Serie later promotes him to a first class mage.

Personality
Land is cool, calculating and overly cautious. He prefers to wait and let his opponents make the first move so he can analyse them and determine their weaknesses while utilising his duplication magic to catch them off guard and ensure he's never in any danger. By his own admission, he does not trust anyone and barely interacts with the other examinees of the First Class Mage Exam except for Übel. Despite this, he seems to have a conscience and doesn't like to have another's blood on his hands. During the second stage of the exam, he refuses to use Übel's escape golem after losing his own (though this may be due to him being a clone) and later rescues her from being killed by her clone, in spite of the fact she threatened his life previously.

First Class Mage Exam - First Stage
Land first appeared at the start of the First Class Mage Exam, where he joined Fern and Übel in a team for the first stage of the exam. The three of them were able to catch a Stille thanks to Fern's bird capturing spell, but were separated when they were attacked by Wirbel's party. Land ended up fighting Scharf who appeared to have the advantage at first, using his flower petal magic to injure Land's arm. However, Scharf was quickly defeated when one of Land's clones snuck up behind him and knocked him out with a blow to the neck. It is later revealed that during the fight, another one of Land's clones was observing the battle between Übel and Wirbel.

After reuniting with his teammates, he accompanies them to a cave where they hide to try and avoid any further confrontations. He interrupts Fern talking about the spells she knows to suggest they do not show their hand to each other as they will be rivals in the second stage of the exam.

After passing the first stage of the exam, Land returns to Äußerst where he is followed by Übel who uses Sorganeil to bind him while she explains her powers to him. Land is not intimidated and tells her he doesn't care if she kills him. Übel releases him and he walks away, telling her not to follow him. Despite this, she keeps following him in an attempt to get him know him better and he ends up begrudgingly eating with her at a restaurant. He is sitting on a bench with Übel when he receives the letter announcing the location and date of the second stage of the First Class Mage Exam.

First Class Mage Exam - Second Stage
Übel is still following him around at the start of the second stage much to his annoyance, and he eventually enters the Ruins of the King's Tomb with her. They are soon attacked by Übel's clone who manages to take him by surprise and badly wound him as well as stealing his escape golem. Trapped at a dead end, Land and Übel discuss the clone's capabilities and he observes that it is unable to talk, but has knowledge about their capabilities and is wary of approaching because of the real Übel's Sorganeel. Übel asks him if he is the real Land, and he responds saying that there is only one way to find out. Übel offers her own escape golem to him so he can use it to escape, but he refuses, stating it is for her own survival.

Despite his protests, she goes to fight her clone and gets caught by Sorganeel. Before it can finish her off however, another Land clone appears behind her and charges up a spell, distracting the clone long enough for the real Übel to use her cutting magic to kill it. Übel picks up the stolen escape golem only to find it is also a fake. Land asks her why she made such a risky move and she answers by saying she knew he'd hate to have her blood on his hands when he refused to take her escape golem and that he would come to rescue her if she was going to die. Land asks whether she can emphasize with him yet and copy his power, but she says that she thinks it will take more time.

Land is still with Übel when they meet up with Denken and discuss Sense's clone. Übel offers to take care of it but Land protests that she could not even beat Wirbel, and even Denken, the strongest among them, cannot beat Sense. Übel insists she can cut through Sense with Reelseiden but Land notes that Sense's hair has many layers of spells cast on it that would make cutting through her hair extremely difficult. Despite Land telling her to wait, Übel goes to fight Sense's clone.

After Übel defeats Sense's clone, Land is restrained by Sorganeel again which is cast by a revived Übel clone. She is accompanied by a Land clone and they are approached from behind by Lawine, Kanne and Laufen clones. Land says they should just give up but they manage to survive long enough for Frieren and Fern to defeat Spiegel and stop the clones and are able to make it to the innermost depths of the dungeon to pass the second stage of the exam.

First Class Mage Exam - Third Stage
Land attends the third stage of the exam where he is interviewed by Serie. She immediately realises he is a clone and is annoyed that he has not even taken a single step into the exam area. Another Land reveals himself and claims to be the real one, but Serie surprises him by identifying him as another clone and stating that his real body has never even left his home village, something not even Übel was able to see through. Serie says he has guts and passes him, making him a first class mage.

Abilities

 * Duplication Magic: Land uses a powerful and unnamed duplication magic to create near perfect clones of himself. While the full extent of his powers is unknown, he can create and control at least two clones at once and at a great distance, being capable of using his clones to complete the First Class Mage Exam in Äußerst without ever leaving his home village. His clones seemingly have the same appearance and powers as the original Land and are almost indistinguishable as clones. Of all the First Class Mage Examinees, only Übel was able to identify Land as a clone and was later unable to discern a second clone. Serie is the only person who has been able to identify the clones as well as locate the original Land in his home village. In addition, he seems to be capable of creating duplicates of objects such as the golem in the second stage of the exam, but it did not appear to have the same magical capabilities as the original.