ushernet Chapter 270 - 270: Departure
Chapter 270 - 270: Departure
A small library was behind the door of light.
The entire place was no bigger than twenty to thirty square meters. There was a row of wooden shelves by the wall. Books were scattered across the shelves. Weak and pale light glowed on the surface of each and every book. It seemed that they were protected by some sort of magic.
There were very few Mages in the library as well. Only two Mages stood by the shelves, silently flipping through the pages of their books.
"Did you just arrive? To avoid any trouble, it's best that you wear your organization emblem on your chest!" An elderly Mage sitting at a desk by the entrance put down the book he was reading. He frowned as he advised Leon.
It seems even a public territory would run some background checks on wandering Mages!
Mages like the Two-face Mage were wanted criminals for the Zhentarim Association. Ordinary public territory would probably be restricted from access for such Mages.
Leon took the silver crescent moon emblem of the Sarubo Clan out of his storage and pinned it on his chest. The elderly Mage responsible for watching over the place was stunned for a second before speaking, "You are from the Sarubo Clan? I don't recognize you! Could you be the Flame Demon people have been talking about recently?"
The two Mages who were focused on their reading raised their heads when they heard this. They too started to assess Leon.
"Is there any problem?" Leon asked curiously.
"Of course not! It's just that... " The elderly Mage paused for moment, "I heard the conflict between the Sarubo Clan and the Black Glove Association is pretty bad. Some of the Mages from the Black Glove Association are fairly active within Motta City. You best be more cautious when entering and exiting the city!"
Leon could tell that the elderly Mage was well-intentioned. He smiled as he nodded in acknowledgement, before walking over to the nearest bookshelf.
He randomly picked up a hardcover book with a blue front cover...
Gulliver's Travels.
It seemed to be a record of an Mage's travels. Even though it did not involve any profound or complex magical knowledge and theories, there was still reference in learning about the unique magical creatures and plants described and recorded within the book.
The price of this book was ten magic crystals.
Leon put it aside.
Such a book wasn't very valuable, but it was still good to increase the available data within the chip's data library!
Leon picked up an ancient parchment. It seemed as though a certain potion recipe had been drawn on the parchment. It was a potion of the poison series. However the brewing, ratio of the involved materials, as well as the precautions, had all been censored by a pale magical light.
It cost four hundred magic crystals!
Leon hesitated for a moment before putting it back on the shelf.
He had no intention to become a potions master in the short term. Moreover, a physical poison attribute recipe like this one wasn't too useful to an Mage. Spending four hundred magic crystals on this was unnecessary.
Leon picked up a couple of other books. Most of them contained extremely ordinary and fundamental theories. Occasionally, he would discover books with better and improved magical models. However, these books would be extremely and unbelievably expensive. Leon couldn't help but shake his head in disappointment as he made his way through the books. He had flipped through almost half of all the documents here, but he had only managed to pick out three books of some limited value.
In truth, this was unavoidable!
After all, this library was only a public library that the Motta Mages' tower opened to the public. Only wandering Mages or those with limited finances would visit this place.
The truly valuable knowledge was clearly stored in another place, and was only available to the actual members of the Mages' tower. Only groups of Mages with no roots to speak of, such as the Black Glove Association, would be willing to use this place as a headquarters. If they took on some of the daily duties of the tower, they could be recognized as an official member of the tower. They would then be one of the protectors of the public territory!
"Hey. Sarubo brat. There's a little girl looking for you outside... " The elderly Mage called to Leon.
"Understood!" Leon took the three books to the entrance and forked over the magic crystals to the elderly Mage. The elderly Mage quickly started to removed the protective enchantments that had been placed on the books.
When Leon walked through the door of light, he saw Lucy.
Thor didn't seem to be present. It seemed he had been sent away by Lucy.
"I have already reserved the tickets for the ship that leaves tomorrow afternoon. We will be staying at Brucelan Inn tonight!"
Lucy appeared to have accepted her fate as a servant after this period of time. She was no longer as upset and temperamental as she used to be. Once she had calmed down, she was an extremely smart and helpful servant. Her intellect as a pseudo-Mage saved Leon from plenty of unnecessary trouble!
Leon followed Lucy to the inn and ordered the waiter to send the food to their room. He, on the other hand, quickly recorded the contents of the three books into the chip's data library before continuing his re
Thankfully, there was still such a thing as a magical wand in this world. A magical wand enchanted with the Spell of Watercraft could prevent Leon from dying of thirst in a desert. A magical wand enchanted with Fly could prevent him from falling to his death.
If these options were unavailable, he still had golems of various elements and forms stored within his storage belts. All of these could be used for various purposes.
Leon was never concerned about his safety, even if he was high above in the skies a thousand meters above the ground.
He quickly got used to the scenery below the ship. It was no longer worthy of his attention. Thus, he shifted his gaze to the ship's deck.
The few nobles on the ship had clearly been unable to endure the chill at this altitude. Most of them had retreated into the comfort of the cabin, leaving only Mages on the deck. Pale magical glows enveloped their bodies. Clearly, all of them had some form of magic and means to drive away the cold.
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