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Originally posted by SurvivalistMerc:
I'm 3s across the board but 2 in air. I commit to a path only after I know I will have lots of that path's gems.

My conjuration is currently level 4. Blood level 2. No blood slaves currently owned. Nation doesn't have blood magicians or ? magicians.

One possible strategy is to find indie mages then, for example by site searching, or through conquest. Sages are pretty common, as far as I was able to tell. Another would be to do what Saber suggested, get your first 50 slaves to empower one of the commanders. But, that might be a slightly more expensive way, depends on what you want to do later and what the situation is now. I wouldn't go through all that hassle if you don't plan on expanding blood further, and just need 1 blood on 1 commander for that one site.