The Truth of Magic

Chapter 165 Legendary Library (23)

Zhao Xu later told Antinoya the whole process of mastering advanced abilities, especially the fact that he had sworn to the "source of magic" until death.

Antinoya didn't say much, but gave him a "proof of borrowing" on the desk in the past, and asked him to find the answer by himself.

After Zhao Xu regained his spell position the next day, he took the parchment "proof of borrowing" that Antinoya had given him, and began to head for the destination "legendary library" recorded on it.

Compared with the library of knowledge, which can enrich and improve skills and knowledge, the "library of legends" has no records at all.

Zhao Xu looked through the novice mage's guidebook, which recorded the location of most of the buildings in the floating city, and the core area of ​​the floating city, the "Palace of Truth", did not mince words.

The obelisk at the corner of the Floating Void City is also marked, but there is only a simple name on it, and at the same time, a circle of extremely dangerous marks is used to mark "no entry".

But the "Legend Library" does not seem to exist.

Zhao Xu followed the route he remembered, and after spending about 20 minutes, he finally arrived at the location indicated on the "borrowing certificate" - the Knowledge Library.

The Knowledge Library occupies an extremely large area. Zhao Xu has only borrowed books on the bottom two floors before, and the higher floors are not accessible to him at his current level of knowledge and skills.

But this time, the parchment pointed to the tenth floor of the "Library of Knowledge", and Zhao Xu also used the alchemy elevator in the library for the first time.

As the gate opened, Zhao Xu walked in with one stride. Just as he was about to press the button on the top floor, which was the tenth floor, his hand froze.

There is no tenth floor!

At this moment, Zhao Xu took out the certificate again and looked through it. Although Antinoya's cursive characters on the parchment are very elegant, they are also extremely clear. It is on the tenth floor.

Zhao Xu sighed, feeling some pressure.

Since the last time he experienced the disappearing classroom 101, he had understood one thing.

But wherever Antinoya didn't take him, there were usually checkpoints waiting for him.

However, Zhao Xu didn't hesitate too much, and just pressed on the brass hollow layer button - nine floors.

In the alchemy elevator's "babbling, babbling" sound, accompanied by the sound of the ratchet dragging, Zhao Xu slowly rose with a slight sense of overweight.

At this time, he also took out the "Novice Mage Handbook" and flipped through it until he reached the introduction page of the Knowledge Library.

Zhao Xu frowned deeply as he looked at the records about each floor.

"Boom." The elevator slowly crashed into the space on the ninth floor at this time, and the gate slowly opened after touching the mechanism.

Zhao Xu walked out directly.

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

The only strange thing is that there is a thick layer of dust on those classics, as if no one has touched them for decades.

Moreover, outside the book cover of each classic book, an additional metal iron frame is added, and padlocks are added to the opening and closing gaps.

Every mysterious tome here is locked.

This floor is also completely different from the floors below. There is no front desk for borrowing books and reviewing qualifications.

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 was closed, as if it had been directly erased.

Zhao Xu looked at the booklet in his hand with a serious expression, and stuffed it back into his backpack.

It is recorded in the pamphlet—the library of knowledge, with a total of eight floors.

Then what happened to the ninth floor that appeared out of nowhere on the floor he came from?

At this time, Zhao Xu also noticed that the words on the borrowing certificate that Antinoya had written to him had faded away little by little, as if it had been used.

Zhao Xu immediately became alert and began to think about the current situation.

Is the floor in front of me just the ninth floor of nothingness, or the tenth floor where the clues of the legendary library are located?

And the only thing he could be sure of was that he could reach this seemingly abandoned floor through the "proof of borrowing" that Antinoya gave him.

He even suspected that when others entered the elevator, they would not be able to see the "nine floors" brass button, otherwise this booklet would have been questioned long ago.

After Zhao Xu cast a "protection against evil" spell on himself, he walked forward.

With the star cloak, he is not so worried about those melee attacks at the moment.

After two or three steps, Zhao Xu approached the first row of bookshelves and directly took down a locked classic.

He managed to get over the metal frame and figured out the title of the book——"Evil Ritual: The Banquet of the Undead". A terrified adventurer.

Zhao Xu stuffed the book back directly, and took out another ancient book that was adjacent to it. After a closer look, the name was "The Stealing of Life, One Hundred Ways of Pain".

Zhao Xu immediately browsed through a whole row of books. They were "The Witch's Sacrifice", "Ten Taboo Rituals in the Wild", "The Lich's Natatorion", "The Curse of the Blood Sacrifice, Family", "How to Become a Demon" ...

Zhao Xu couldn't help but shook his head, seeing none of the good books.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu went straight to the second bookshelf.

After some browsing, he came to the third bookshelf.

In the end, Zhao Xu had vaguely understood.

This floor is a sealed library, where all kinds of evil rituals and vicious curses are displayed.

Zhao Xu knew that there were evil spells in spells, but looking at these classics, the methods involved were more primitive and cruel.

It seems to be a remnant that has continued from the uncivilized era.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu frowned.

On the wooden board on the far right of the bookshelf, there is still a bunch of rusty keys hanging on it.

Zhao Xu took off the bunch of keys and looked them over. He found that the handles of the keys were of different shapes, many of which were skulls or even demon heads.

Moreover, there were finely carved words on the head portrait. Zhao Xu picked up the thickest one and read it with wide eyes, "The structure of an inferior devil."

Immediately, he realized that it was the name of one of the classics on this shelf. At that time, the cover of the book was a lemure in an indescribable state, which almost made him sick.

This means that these keys correspond to the frame lock cylinders of those classics.

Zhao Xu directly took out the "The Structure of Inferior Demons". The book was very thick, about half a fist in size. He looked at the structure of the key and the shape of the hole in the padlock in the middle of the classic, and it really matched.

Zhao Xu gently aligned the key with the lock and inserted it in, then twisted it.

"Tick tock." A sound.

The lock is open.

But Zhao Xu immediately turned back and locked the lock cylinder again.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu felt a vibration from the classic in his hand.

However, he didn't panic in the slightest, and directly put the classics back to their original positions.

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

Zhao Xu was almost scared to turn around and cast a spell.

However, he immediately regained his composure and turned his head to look at an old sorcerer who was leaning on crutches. He bent his back and looked at Zhao Xu, his eyes were cloudy, as if he was about to rot.

It was completely different from the mages that Zhao Xu had seen before, although they were old, they were still full of energy and spirit.

"May I ask who you are?" Zhao Xu asked, secretly preparing to take out his protective staff.

"Don't be nervous, I really want to do something to you, you can't take out the things you put in your backpack."

The old mage said, coughing uncontrollably.

"How did you know I was going to dig something out?" Zhao Xu asked for advice at this moment.

"Your movements and demeanor are too obvious." The old mage said with a smile, but the skin on his face was already dry and wrinkled, and his laughter seemed a little hoarse.

After hearing these words, Zhao Xu relaxed.

He nodded, and he really should correct those redundant movement habits in the future, otherwise he would not be able to hide the words and emotions of these mages.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am Morton, the gravekeeper of this 'abandoned library'."

Abandoned library?

Gravekeeper?

Zhao Xu suddenly noticed the weirdness that the old sorcerer said, but he remained patient.

At this time, only the voices of the two of them echoed in the entire library, which seemed a little gloomy.

"A little curious? Why isn't it the taboo library you guessed? It's abandoned?"

After finishing speaking, the old mage turned his head and looked at the venue with a depth of 100 meters and piled up countless bookshelves, "Because the classics here are all outdated things."

Zhao Xu also began to understand at this time.

It stands to reason that the more evil and terrifying something is, the more deadly people will read it.

Zhao Xu was not interested in some methods that required sacrificing others to gain strength.

But for some, these taboo and terrifying ritual magics have their own amazing fascination.

So it's a little strange that there are no half living people on this floor.

"Most of these ancient books record some ancient rituals, many of which have expired, and there is no big problem in the first place. The main reason is that most of these ancient books have some kind of curse effect, which will affect the readers, so they are all sealed here, waiting for the years to come. Abandoned." The old mage recalled.

"Then, Master Morton, do you know how to get to the Legendary Library?" Zhao Xu asked humbly at this time.

"Hehe, it's really interesting. It's actually a level 3 mage like you who is going to the 'Legend Library'."

The old mage couldn't help laughing, which made Zhao Xu a little worried about him.

Suddenly, the old mage's laughter stopped, and he looked at Zhao Xu, "The entrance to the legendary library is in a certain book here."