The Truth of Magic - Chapter 165

165 the legendary library

After Zhao Xu told Antonya about the entire process of how he had mastered his advanced abilities, he especially told her about how he had made a vow to the origin of magic that he would do anything for her until he died.

antonya didn’t say much. she just went over to the desk and opened a “borrowing certificate” for him, asking him to find the answer on his own.

the next day, after zhao xu restored his spell slots, he took out the parchment that antonya had given him and started heading towards the destination that was recorded on it, the library of legends.

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compared to the scholarly library, which could provide a wealth of knowledge for players to improve their skills, the legendary library had no such records at all.

Zhao Xu had flipped through the beginner wizard guide book. It recorded the locations of most of the buildings in the floating city, and the core area of the floating city, the “Hall of truth,” was not a secret.

The obelisk in the corner of the floating city was also marked, but there was only a simple name on it. At the same time, there was a circle of signs indicating that it was extremely dangerous, indicating that it was “off-limits.

However, it was as if the legendary library did not exist.

Zhao Xu followed the route that he remembered, and after about 20 minutes, he finally arrived at the location indicated on the borrowing proof-the scholarly library.

the library of knowledge took up a lot of space, and zhao xu had only borrowed books from the bottom two floors before. with his current level of knowledge and skills, he didn’t need to go to the higher floors yet.

But this time, the goatskin paper was pointing to the 10th floor of the scholarly library, and this was the first time Zhao Xu was using the alchemy elevator of the library.

After the door opened, Zhao Xu strode right in. Just as he was about to press the button for the tenth floor, which was the highest floor, his hand stopped.

There was no tenth level!

Zhao Xu took out the proof of identity and looked through it again. antonya’s cursive writing on the parchment was very light, but it was still very clear. it was the tenth floor.

zhao xu sighed and felt a little pressured.

Ever since he had experienced the disappearance of Classroom 101, he had understood one thing.

As long as Antonya didn’t take him to a place, there would always be a checkpoint waiting for him.

but zhao xu didn’t hesitate too much. he just pressed the brass button that showed the ninth floor.

as the alchemy elevator started to creak and the gears started to turn, zhao xu felt a slight sense of heaviness as he slowly rose.

He took out the “beginner mage’s Handbook” and started to read it, all the way to the introductory page in the scholarly library.

zhao xu looked at the information about each level and frowned.

“thump.” the elevator slowly entered the ninth floor, and the door slowly opened.

Zhao Xu just walked out.

In front of him were countless rows of heavy wooden bookshelves, on which mysterious books were neatly stacked.

The only thing that was strange was that there was a thick layer of dust on those books, as if no one had touched them for decades.

Each book had a metal frame and a lock at the opening and closing gap.

Every mysterious book here was locked.

this floor was also completely different from the floors below. there was no front desk for checking and borrowing of books.

after zhao xu walked out of the elevator, the gate of the alchemy elevator slowly closed. at the same time, the brass button on the ninth floor also disappeared the moment it closed, as if it had been erased.

zhao xu looked at the little notebook in his hand with a serious expression on his face. he then stuffed it back into his bag.

The book stated that the library of knowledge had eight floors.

Then what was going on with the ninth floor that had appeared out of thin air on the floor he had come from?

Zhao Xu also noticed that the words on the borrowing certificate that Antonya had given him were slowly fading away, as if it had already been used.

Zhao Xu immediately became alert and started to think about the situation he was in.

Was the floor in front of him the empty ninth floor or the legendary tenth floor where the clues of the library were located?

The only thing he could be sure of was that he had only been able to reach this seemingly abandoned floor through the borrowing certificate that Antonya had given him.

He even suspected that if anyone else entered the elevator, they would not be able to see the ‘9th floor’ brass button. Otherwise, this booklet would have been questioned long ago.

zhao xu cast protection from evil on himself and then started walking forward.

With the star Cloak, he was not that worried about the melee attacks.

After two or three steps, Zhao Xu got close to the first row of bookshelves and took down a book that was locked up.

He barely managed to look past the metal frame and distinguish the title of the book-” evil ritual: the dinner of the undead “. the cover was a group of skeletons glowing with a demonic red light, dancing around a bonfire. above the bonfire was an adventurer with a frightened expression.

zhao xu stuffed the book back into his pocket and took out another ancient book next to it. he took a closer look at the title and found that it was titled “stealing lifespan: 100 ways to suffer.”

Zhao Xu immediately skimmed through the entire row of books. They were all about the witch’s sacrifice, the ten forbidden rituals of the wilderness, the phylactery of the Lich, the curse of the blood sacrifice, family, and how to become a demon.

zhao xu couldn’t help but shake his head. none of the books he was looking at were anything good.

As he thought about this, Zhao Xu went straight to the second shelf.

After some browsing, he came to the third bookshelf.

In the end, Zhao Xu started to understand.

this floor was a sealed library. all kinds of evil rituals and vicious curses were displayed here.

zhao xu knew that there were also some evil spells among spells, but after looking through these books, he realized that the methods involved were even more primitive and cruel.

it was as if it was a remnant that had been passed down from an uncivilized era.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu frowned.

on the wooden board on the far right side of the bookshelf, there was a chain of keys that had already rusted.

zhao xu immediately took out the keys and looked at them. he realized that the handles of the keys were all in different shapes and sizes. many of them had the heads of skeletons and even demons.

there were also some words carved on the avatars. zhao xu picked up the thickest one and opened his eyes wide to read: “the structure of underlings.”

he immediately reacted. it was the name of one of the books on this shelf. at that time, the cover of the book was an indescribable low-level demon, which almost disgusted him.

this meant that these keys were the corresponding lock cylinder for those classics.

Zhao Xu immediately took out the structure of lemures book. It was very thick and was about half a fist in size. he looked at the structure of the key and the shape of the keyhole in the middle of the lock. it really matched.

Zhao Xu gently inserted the key into the keyhole and turned it.

“drip.” A sound.

the lock opened.

but zhao xu immediately turned it in the opposite direction and locked it again.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu felt the book in his hand start to shake.

however, he did not panic in the slightest and directly stuffed the book back to its original position.

“Young man, you are indeed very cautious.” An old voice came from behind Zhao Xu.

zhao xu was so scared that he almost turned around to cast a spell.

But he quickly regained his composure and turned around to see an old wizard who was holding a walking stick. He was looking at Zhao Xu with his back hunched over and his eyes were cloudy, as if he was about to die.

He was completely different from the mages that Zhao Xu had seen before, who were old but still full of energy.

“may i ask who you are?” zhao xu asked, but he was about to take out his protective magic staff in private.

“don’t be nervous. if i really do something to you, i won’t be able to take out that thing in your backpack.”

the elderly wizard said as he coughed.

“how did you know i was going to take something out?” zhao xu asked for guidance.

“your actions and expressions are too obvious.” the elderly wizard laughed. however, the skin on his face was already dry and wrinkled, and his laughter was a little hoarse.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu actually felt a lot more relaxed.

He nodded. He really should get rid of those unnecessary habits in the future, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to hide from these mages ‘observation skills.

” let me introduce myself. i’m morton, the grave keeper of the ‘abandoned library’ on this floor. ”

An abandoned library?

the tomb keeper?

zhao xu immediately noticed what the old wizard was saying, but he still remained patient.

at this moment, only their voices echoed in the entire library, making it seem a little eerie.

“A little curious? Why isn’t it The Forbidden Library that you’re guessing? It’s abandoned?”

After saying that, the elderly mage turned around and looked at the hundred-meter long hall filled with countless bookshelves. because the ancient books here are all outdated.

zhao xu was starting to understand.

logically speaking, the more evil and terrifying something was, the more death-seeking people would read it.

zhao xu wasn’t interested in things that required the sacrifice of others to gain power.

however, for some people, these forbidden and terrifying ritualistic magic had amazing charm in itself.

therefore, it was rather strange that there was not a single living person on this floor.

“most of these books and records are about some ancient rituals, many of which have already failed. there shouldn’t have been any problems. the main reason is that most of these books have some kind of curse effect that will affect the readers, so they are all sealed here and are waiting for time to pass.” The elderly wizard recalled.

“Then, wizard Morton, do you know how to get to the legendary library?” zhao xu asked humbly.

hehe, how interesting. It’s actually a Level-3 mage like you who wants to go to the library of legends.

the elderly wizard couldn’t help but laugh out loud, which made zhao xu a little worried.

Suddenly, the old wizard stopped laughing. He looked at Zhao Xu and said, ” the entrance to the legendary library is in one of the books here.