Chapter 1122 - Library
Chapter 1122 Library
Despite their situation, Brown and Lucia had thoroughly looked past life and death. Lucia was still asking questions, and Brown was still answering her. The two of them were simply immersed in the joy of being able to receive and pass on knowledge inside this tiny and straightforward ‘safe’ space.
The world might end the very next second, and they themselves might turn into dust, but at this moment, they were both hanging on with their humble yet stubborn beliefs and ideals.
It was a conviction they had committed themselves to on the first day they came into contact with arcane knowledge. They were willing to sacrifice everything for this conviction, even their lives.
It was perhaps the fundamental reason why the Arcane Empire was able to rise to prominence in just a mere ten thousand years, becoming a dominant force in the multiverse that could not be ignored by the other factions!
The anticipation and thirst in Lucia’s eyes grew even stronger after she listened to Arcanist Brown’s explanations.
Just as she was about to open her mouth and ask more questions, a loud explosion rang out. The arcane barrier around the knowledge hall could no longer endure the terrifying flames. It exploded into a flurry of sparks and flames.
The boiling heatwave surged into the hall, along with an endless amount of flames.
Even the arcane palace at the very center of the city was under attack by Illhoof. Any arcanist with the ability to fight would be doing something else. No one would be here in such a rural place to find trouble with Greem.
As such, Greem ignored the alarms and stepped into the library. He silently looked around him at everything.
It was an extensive and brightly lit library. Golden bookshelves with row upon row of books were everywhere. These books were all thick tomes that glowed with a faint arcane light. Judging from the ornate design of their covers and the soft arcane light they radiated, these tomes were not ordinary books.
Greem couldn’t help but frown at the sight of all this.
Seals. Too many seals!
Clearly, all of the arcane tomes had been sealed to prevent anyone from reading them without being authorized to do so. They were all protected under their own powerful, individual, and independent arcane arrays.
Even though arcane energy supply had been cut off throughout the floating city, these arrays were still untouched. This library was most certainly powered by a small elementium pool beneath the ground.
However, Greem had no interest in destroying that elementium pool.
He slowly browsed the titles of these books, shelf by shelf. Whenever he found a tome he was interested in, he would fire two red beams from his eyes and forcefully shatter the arcane array. He would then reach into the shelf, grab the book, and put them in his Elder’s Ring.
Due to the urgency of the situation, Greem had no time to slowly decipher every arcane array. As such, he had to deal with the seals in the most clumsy way possible.
Of course, if Greem did not care for the damage to the tomes, he could have tossed out a Scarlet Firestorm, and most of the arrays would burn to a crisp. However, in the same vein, most of the arcane tomes would be damaged as well.
With all the elementium explosions that could be heard outside and all the intense tremors that spread through the city, it was easy to imagine how chaotic and devastated the city was.
Greem had given up his plans on all the other things. He started to concentrate solely on scouring and collecting the arcane tomes here.
In contrast to Greem’s casual stroll, two unusual figures hurried to the arcane academy by tracking the fire aura he had left in the air. They soon arrived at the completely collapsed and molten knowledge hall.
In the place of the hall was a terrifying pool of lava. All of the stone in the walls, pillars, and the debris had vanished. Only fearsome, bubbling, liquid lava could be seen.
“I have already sensed that bastard’s aura. He’s inside a secret room not far behind us. Let’s go and kill him!” The one who was speaking was a mysterious black shadow standing at the front.
Even though it was still bright outside, no amount of light could dispel the shadows over this person’s body. One could only faintly make out that it was a woman, and an unusually powerful woman at that.
Meanwhile, the individual following behind had anger and dejectedness written all over his face. Yet, he obviously couldn’t do anything to the person in front of him.
“You will keep your word? I help you kill Greem, and you will let me free?” Judging by the voice, it was Adept Holly who had disappeared from the battlefield prior to this.
At this moment, he was in a silver adept’s robe. However, a strange black rune had been branded onto his exposed forehead, throbbing with an unusual magical flux.
“Hehehe. A Seed of Darkness has already been planted in you. Ordinary magic cannot dispel that Seed. As long as you obediently help me kill Greem, I swear in the name of Origin Darkness to remove the restriction on your person.” Naturally, the shadowy figure was the newly revived Dark Witch Shani.
Even though she had revived, and her powers had returned to Fourth Grade, all of her magical equipment had been lost to Greem’s hands. As such, she could only try her best to find accomplices to deal with that damned fire adept. Otherwise, she no longer had confidence in killing Greem alone.