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Great Library

“Let’s

go! Leylin watched Weyers as he left and brought Yuro with him. He had

yet to arrive at his intended destination, which was the Great Library.

To him, whatever just happened was like a circus act and nothing more.

When Leylin’s figure had disappeared as well, the remaining Magi present immediately got up, their faces full of grime.

Being

affected by the battle out of nowhere and being suppressed by a Morning

Star domain for a long time had now left them in a pitiful state.

Afterwards,

the officials who had arrived slowly began to tidy up the roads and

calculated the losses. Everything was methodical and thorough.

“Gill!” back in the office, Weyers’ voice was low. The arrogance from before had completely vanished.

“Master!” A black shadow silently surfaced from the floor.

“Investigate

this! Who’s responsible for the incident at the Floating Feather

Avenue? Who was it that did this on my watch?” Weyers’ voice was frigid

as he spoke in a discerning manner.

“Understood!” The black figure answered and withdrew noiselessly.

Once

Weyers was alone in the room, he frowned. He began to sift through the

memories of the day’s events, and a cold smirk appeared on his lips.

“Trying to use me as cannon fodder, eh? Good! Very good!”

How many

among those who had reached the Morning Star realm were fools? No

matter how young he looked, even if he seemed like a child, Weyers had

lived for almost a hundred years. It was clear to him what had happened.

Provoking

a Morning Star Magus just for some false reputation? He would not do

anything so stupid. Even if his backing could take on the backlash,

pointless actions should be avoided if possible.

“That Warlock

Leylin from today was quite interesting. Like me, he’s being bound by

some pointless reputation.” Through the events that had occurred that

day, Weyers had formed a favourable impression of Leylin.

He was

currently enraged at the person who had set up this situation. “Perhaps

I’ve been keeping a low profile for too long, and some people have begun

to think I’m an easy target…” he muttered to himself after a long

period of silence. The temperature dropped as his voice sounded, and the

place turned into an icy wonderland…

Of course, Leylin was not

aware of any of this. After Weyers had left, he had arrived at the Great

Library under Yuro’s guidance.

“Truth is my calling!” “The pursuit of knowledge is the foundation of all strength.”

Leylin

was currently observing a large number of statues in a seemingly

boundless palace. They were proportionate, and so detailed one could

differentiate the strands of hair on their bodies. It made them seem

lifelike.

The pedestals under these statues held information like their time periods, maxims, achievements and the like.

Leylin turned his attention to the time period of the central statue after reading its maxim. “Illesme. Year 1327–?”

“Just

a birth date, and no death date. Could he have lived for over five

thousand years?’ Leylin stared at this statue in astonishment. He saw a

kindly old man there, a spotless white beard floating in front of his

chest. A pair of wise eyes hid behind circular rimmed glasses.

“This

is the Great Sage, Lord Illesme. He was the first generation ruler of

Sky City and is a Breaking Dawn Magus. While his whereabouts are

currently unknown, many still believe that he is alive, and is perhaps

risking his life exploring foreign worlds…” Yuro was full of admiration

as she made the introduction.

“Mm!” Leylin had seen some

information regarding this Great Sage, but those were all mixed in with

legends and rumours. None had been as specific as the base of the

statue.

He circled the forest of statues with interest, finding

that only Morning Star Magi and above were allowed here. They were

scholars who had made significant contributions to Sky City or the Magus

World.

There was a small number of Magi who were like Illesme, with only a birth but no death date.

This

meant there was a good possibility of them still being alive, perhaps

stuck in foreign worlds or ancient spell formations. However, if they

were to appear as a group, the strength they possessed was enough for

the entire central continent to tremble.

“Without the contributions of the past sages, there would not be the Magi of today!”

Leylin

looked solemn as he bowed to the many statues, “I, Leylin Farlier,

shall complete all your unfinished work, and resolve all regrets!”

Of course, he could only say this inside his mind. If Yuro heard it, things would be slightly troublesome.

Though the continent was full of ambitious Magi, there were few as egotistical as Leylin.

After

they paid their respects, Yuro brought Leylin to the entrance of what

seemed like a greek temple. “My Lord, here is the entrance to the Great

Library. The collection here in the Sky City is open to all Magi with no

restrictions.”

What surprised Leylin was that the entrance to the

library had no doors, nor were there any guards. Everyone could move

about freely.

A comfortable warm glow from eternal light spells filled the area.

Magi would pass by Leylin every once in a while, but while there were quite a few of them, they were generally very quiet.

Yuro

spoke in a low voice by Leylin’s ear. “The Great Library is set up

above a gigantic spell formation and is being managed by a sentient

spirit genie. It’s in charge of all management, and while there aren’t

any guards stationed here, there has never been an incident thus far!”

“There’s

never been an incident here?” Leylin nodded. This meant that on top of

the basic effects of repelling dust, moisture and flames, the gigantic

spell formation also possessed an exceedingly more powerful defensive

ability.

“Yes! Rumour has it that the defensive spell formation of

the Great Library can even confine a Morning Star…” She was

apprehensive while she spoke, peeking at Leylin while afraid he would

grow angry. However, Leylin remained calm, and Yuro could not tell if he

was happy or annoyed.

“Not bad! My expectation on the information here has risen further now!”

With

the spirit genie managing the area, every single corner of the library

was probably being monitored. With the ability to suppress even Morning

Stars and the Magi of Sky City being ready to provide support very

quickly if anything were to happen, there seemed to be an impenetrable

defence. There was obviously a vast amount of information.

There

was a large bright hall past the entrance that could hold over a

thousand people without becoming crowded. At the middle were hundreds of

tables, and what looked like terminals.

“The Great Library is

separated into seven levels. The first three are open to all Magi, and

you can browse through once you pay a certain number of magic crystals.

The information and documents at the fourth level and above are kept

very confidential, and one can only browse through them using

information points.”

Leylin stood aside, watching a Magus

operating the system. After inserting pure magic crystals into the

terminal and using spiritual force to interface with it, he took out a

blank crystal ball at the opening of another device. Large amounts of

information was transmitted, instantly filling the crystal ball up with

information.

“Transmission of data, as well as a backup!” Leylin

shouted in surprise. Thankfully, the terminal could not directly send

information to the Magus’ memory, or Leylin would be worried that

something like the A.I. Chip existed in this world.

“Yes! As long

as it’s information that the spirit genie has a backup of, it can be

duplicated using the terminal. Of course, there is a required fee.”

Some

information was stored in certain special materials, and it could only

be presented in that specific format. For example, there were some books

that the spirit genie was unable to make a duplicate of, and required

that one read using the physical copy.

Leylin now had so many magic crystals that he cared little for them. He asked Yuro, “How do I obtain information points?”

“There

are two methods. One is to complete missions by the Sage Committee. The

second is to furnish the spirit genie’s inner library with information

it still does not possess. One will be awarded information points based

on the value of the added information.”

Yuro laughed wryly, “But I

don’t recommend the second method. This could have been possible in the

early days, but with the addition by generations of Magi, there’s very

little information that the Great Library has yet to obtain…”

After

hearing how the library operated, Leylin was quiet for a long while and

took a deep breath. “How bold!” he exclaimed. Even the first three

levels being made public showed how bold they were.

The system of

information points conversion also allowed the library to become more

abundant in information, and by this point, it had accumulated a vast

trove of knowledge.

Such a huge amassment of information had

allowed Sky City to withstand the test of time. Considering it one of

the strongest organisations in the central continent was not even a

stretch.

Yuro brought Leylin to a terminal. After paying the magic

crystals, she passed a white crystal card to Leylin. “This is a blank

crystal card. Every newcomer here will obtain one!

“You may choose

to seal it with your spiritual force, or you can leave it open.

However, you will then need to keep your crystal card properly, or else

anyone can choose to use it!”

With a sweep of Leylin’s soul force,

the library card began to emit a black luster. He placed the card in a

small depression, and the terminal’s screen instantly brightened.

A few lines in a familiar script appeared on it and gave him a few choices.

Leylin did not try to skim through the table of contents, but instead chose to obtain information points through providing data.

Though

Yuro mentioned that the database was already quite complete, Leylin was

confident. His A.I. Chip had a lot of information regarding the Lava

World! The Great Library couldn’t have information from foreign worlds,

could it?

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