Zhao Xu later explained the entire process of mastering advanced abilities to Antinoya, especially the fact that he had sworn to the "origin of magic" until death.
Antinoya didn't say much, she just went over to the desk and wrote a "loan certificate" to him, letting him find the answer on his own.
After Zhao Xu regained his spell position the next day, he took the parchment "Lending Certificate" given to him by Antinoya and started to go to the destination "Legendary Library" recorded on it.
Compared to the Knowledge Library, which can enrich and improve skills and knowledge, the "Legendary Library" 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, including the "Palace of Truth", the core area of the floating city.
The obelisk located in the corner of the floating city is also marked, but it only has a simple name on it, and a circle of extremely dangerous signs indicating "no entry".
But the "Legendary Library" seems to not exist.
Zhao Xu followed the route in his memory, and after spending about twenty minutes, he finally reached the location indicated on the "borrowing certificate" - the Knowledge Library.
The knowledge library occupies an extremely wide area. Zhao Xu has only borrowed books on the bottom two floors before. With his current level of knowledge and skills, he doesn't have to touch the higher floors above.
But this time the parchment pointed to the tenth floor of the "Learning Library", and Zhao Xu also used the alchemy elevator in the library for the first time.
As the gate opened, Zhao Xu walked inside in one stride. Just when he was about to press the button on the top floor, which was the tenth floor, his hand stopped.
There is no tenth floor!
Zhao Xu then took out the certificate and looked through it. Although Antinoya's cursive characters on the parchment are very elegant, they are also extremely clear. They are on the tenth level.
Zhao Xu sighed, feeling a little stressed.
Since the last time he experienced the disappearance of Classroom 101, he has understood one thing.
But wherever Antinoya didn't take him, there was usually a checkpoint waiting for him.
However, Zhao Xu didn't hesitate too much and pressed the brass hollow layer button—nine layers.
As the alchemy elevator made a "beep boop" sound, accompanied by the sound of the ratchet dragging, Zhao Xu slowly ascended with a slight sense of overweight.
At this time, he also took out the "New Mage Handbook" and started flipping through it until he reached the introduction page of the Knowledge Library.
Zhao Xu frowned deeply as he looked at the records about each layer.
"Boom." The elevator slowly crashed into the ninth floor space, and the gate slowly opened after touching the mechanism.
Zhao Xu walked out directly.
In front of him were countless rows of heavy wooden bookshelves, with mysterious books neatly stacked on them.
The only strange thing is that the classics are covered with a thick layer of dust, as if no one has touched them for decades.
Moreover, an additional metal iron frame is installed outside the cover of each classic book, and a padlock is added to the opening and closing gap.
Every mysterious book here is locked.
This floor is completely different from the floors below. There is no front desk for borrowing books or 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 was directly erased.
Zhao Xu looked at the booklet in his hand with a solemn expression and stuffed it directly back into his backpack.
The booklet records that there are eight floors in the Knowledge Library.
So what happened to the ninth floor that appeared out of thin air from the floor he came from
At this time, Zhao Xu also noticed that the words on the loan certificate written by Antinoya 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 is it the tenth floor where the legendary library clues are located
The only thing he could be sure of was that he was able to reach this seemingly abandoned floor through the "borrowing certificate" given to him by Antinoya.
He even doubted that when others entered the elevator now, they would not be able to see the brass button for "nine floors". Otherwise, this booklet would have been questioned a long time ago.
Zhao Xu first cast a "protection from evil" spell on himself and then 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 barely looked past the metal frame and discerned the title of the book - "Evil Ritual: The Dinner Party of the Undead". The cover picture showed a group of skeletons glowing in a strange red light, dancing around a bonfire. Above the bonfire was a figure. An adventurer with a frightened expression.
Zhao Xu directly stuffed the book back and took down another classic book that was next to him. He took a closer look and the name was "Stealing Life, One Hundred Ways of Pain".
Zhao Xu immediately skimmed through a whole row of books, including "Witch's Sacrifice", "Ten Forbidden Ritual in the Wilderness", "Lich's Phylactery", "Blood Sacrifice Curse, Family", and "How to Become a Devil" …
Zhao Xu couldn't help but shake his head. It didn't look like a kind book.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu walked directly to the second bookshelf.
After browsing, he reached the third bookshelf.
In the end, Zhao Xu 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 also evil spells among the spells, but looking at these classics, the methods involved were more primitive and cruel.
It seems like a remnant from uncivilized times.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu frowned.
On the wooden board on the far right side of the bookshelf, there is still a bunch of keys that are slowly rusting.
Zhao Xu directly took off the bunch of keys and looked at them, and found that the handles of the keys had different shapes, many of which were skulls or even the heads of demons.
Moreover, there were finely engraved words on the portraits. Zhao Xu picked up the thickest one, opened his eyes wide and read, "The structure of the lemure".
He immediately realized that it was the name of one of the classics on this shelf. The cover of the book at that time was a lemure in an indescribable state, which almost disgusted him.
This means that these keys correspond to the frame lock cylinders of those classics.
Zhao Xu took out the "Structure of the Evil Demon" directly. The book was very thick, about half a fist in size. He looked at the structure of the key and the hole shape of the padlock in the middle of the book, and they seemed to match it.
Zhao Xu gently aligned the key with the keyhole, inserted it, and then turned it.
"Tick tock." A sound.
The lock is unlocked.
However, Zhao Xu immediately reversed the screw and locked the lock core again.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu felt a vibration coming from the classics in his hands.
However, he did not panic at all and directly stuffed the tome back into its original position.
"Young man, you are indeed very cautious." An old voice came from behind Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu was almost frightened and turned around to cast a spell.
However, he immediately regained his composure and turned around to see a mage who was so old that he was leaning on a cane. He was looking at Zhao Xu with his back bent, and his eyes were full of turbidity, as if he was about to rot.
It was completely different from the mages Zhao Xu had seen before, who were still energetic and energetic even though they were old.
"Who are you?" Zhao Xu asked, secretly preparing to take out the protective staff.
"Don't be nervous. If I really want to attack you, you can't take out the things you put in your backpack."
The old mage said, unable to help coughing.
"How did you know I was going to take out something?" Zhao Xu asked for advice at this time.
"Your movements and expressions are too obvious." The old mage said with a smile, but the skin on his face was wrinkled and his laughter seemed a bit hoarse.
After hearing this, Zhao Xu relaxed.
He nodded. He really should correct those redundant movement habits in the future, otherwise he would not be able to hide the ability of these mages to detect emotions.
"Let me introduce myself first. I am Morton, the gravekeeper of the 'Abandoned Library' on this floor."
Abandoned library
Gravekeeper
Zhao Xu suddenly noticed the weirdness mentioned by the old mage, but he still remained patient.
At this time, only their two voices echoed in the entire library, which seemed a bit eerie.
"A little curious? Why isn't it the forbidden library you guessed? But abandoned?"
After saying that, the old mage looked back at the venue that was a hundred meters deep and filled with countless bookshelves, "Because the books here are all outdated."
Zhao Xu also began to understand at this time.
It stands to reason that the more evil and terrifying something is, the more people are seeking death to read it.
Zhao Xu is not interested in methods that require the sacrifice of others to gain strength.
But for some people, these forbidden and terrifying ritual magics have amazing charm in themselves.
Therefore, it is a bit strange that there is not even half a living person on this level.
"Most of these classics record some ancient rituals. Many of them have expired, and the original problem was not big. The main reason is that most of these classics have some kind of curse effect that will affect the readers, so they are all sealed here, waiting for the passage of time. Abandoned," the old mage recalled.
"Then, Master Morton, do you know how to get to the Legend Library?" Zhao Xu asked humbly.
"Haha, it's really interesting that a level 3 mage like you is going to the 'Legendary Library'."
The old mage couldn't help laughing suddenly, which made Zhao Xu worried about him.
Suddenly, the old mage's laughter stopped, and he looked at Zhao Xu, "It is said that the entrance to the library is in a certain book here."
(End of chapter)