Chapter 127 Book Research

To Soran, this sentence was extremely damaging.

[Degree of Corruption: 0.002%]

As the corruption progressed rapidly, so did the anger and murderous intent of the dark shadow at the center of the flame.

The scorching heat seeped into the room through the crystal, illuminating the room.

There were constant whispers coming from the dark shadows, trying to crawl into Levi's mind.

And Levi——he took the initiative to put his ear close to it, and finally understood the meaning of the whisper: "You will face death."

[Degree of Corruption: 0.031%]

"Really? That's not bad. After all, in my opinion, whether alive or dead, it's much better than being half dead."

Boom! A heavy pressure suddenly pounced into my consciousness, and a shadow spread in my heart, like a strong wind, splitting my rationality.

Levi's breathing suddenly became much more difficult, even a little difficult.

However, the inner fire did not go out because of the darkness. Instead, it became stronger and more resilient, and could not be extinguished in any way.

"I will find you and kill you."

The evil and filthy declaration echoed in my consciousness.

"You can't kill me."

Levi responded to it.

indistinct--

The black shadow in the crystal disappeared, and no image appeared again.

Levi's eyes blurred and he took a step back, feeling a little weightless.

[Degree of Corruption: 1%]

"I'll help you!"

Saruman raised his staff and was about to bring it down, and the swing of the stick made the wind blow.

Ding! I couldn't tell whether it was the sound of metal meeting or wood meeting wood.

A simple wooden stick blocked Levi's way, and the pipe hanging on it was shaking due to the vibration.

"Gandalf."

Saruman cried out in displeasure.

"No need, he is not bewitched."

Gandalf smiled, slowly moved Saruman's staff away, and helped Levi.

"how?"

"Fortunately, thanks to your help, it's not a big problem."

"Not a big problem? I think it's a big problem. You have completely angered Soran. He will definitely find a way to retaliate against you. You'd better be careful recently."

"After all, Sauron's dark magic is always difficult to prevent. You never know when it will sneak up on you."

Gandalf did not forget that magic was Levi's weak point.

"If anything goes wrong, remember to go to Rivendell or Golden Forest. There are people there who can help you."

"Or if all else fails, we can go find Radagast. He might have some ideas."

"And me."

Saruman put away his staff, walked over naturally and said, "You can also come to me, I will be happy to help."

Gandalf nodded.

He still trusted Saruman.

Levi did not consider this as a priority option.

Go to Saruman, he might really help you, but it probably won't be for free.

"Okay, got it."

Levi agreed verbally, then covered the crystal stone of true knowledge again and ended the topic.

It's too dangerous.

In other words, I have been traveling around Middle-earth for the past two years and have experienced a lot of things, and my will has been tempered to some extent.

If it had been when I first came into this world, it might have been even more dangerous.

The purpose of using the crystal of true knowledge has been achieved, and this matter has come to an end.

In Saruman's inexplicable regret, Levi came to the library on both sides of the tower and searched through the titles of books on the shelves row by row, looking for something that might trigger something new.

"What do you want to read, Levi? I've been here for a while and I still have some memories of the books here."

Gandalf volunteered to act as guide.

"About magic."

"magic?"

"That's quite a lot, let me think. It's over here."

A moment later, in front of a bookshelf, several piles of books were stacked on the table. Levi looked up and read the titles of the books from top to bottom, and his scalp tingled.

This title is enough to make a pamphlet.

"Okay... I'll see."

From that day on, Levi lived directly in this huge library, flipping through books day and night without ever taking a rest.

Gandalf, as a guide, also read books with Levi for a few days, but he left after confirming that there were no new conflicts between Levi and Saruman.

"Time waits for no one, I have to continue my journey."

This gray-robed wizard is never idle.

Several days passed like this, and there was not much movement in the library.

During this period, Saruman came once. He was a little puzzled by this guest who never slept when working.

"You really don't need to sleep?"

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"I don't want another person to die suddenly in my tower."

He warned Levi.

"Just take care of yourself."

Levi was too lazy to explain to him.

Saruman clutched his staff tightly, turned away, and never came back.

But outside the library, he called another servant: "Go and keep an eye on him. Don't let him die in there."

If such a prominent figure died in his own tower, it would bring a lot of trouble. Even if he didn't do it, it would be considered that he was responsible.

That can't be washed away even if you jump into a rushing river.

He didn't pay attention to Saruman's little actions.

Levi was scratching his head over reading these days.

Unlike what he thought, these so-called "magic-related" books were mostly history books, some legends, and poems.

The content is messy, covering almost every era.

One even mentions a mysterious man who lives deep in the old woods of the Shire...

There are a lot of varieties, but they are all useless.

None of the books teaches magic or records a certain craft. There are only a few related books, mixed with a lot of humanities and popular science. There is very little useful information, or rather, the little useful information is just mentioned in passing when talking about the humanities and history of a certain place.

Levi, who didn't believe in evil, just stayed in the room and continued watching.

But even after I finished reading all those books, some thin and some thick, I still couldn't understand what they meant.

But it was not without gain.

Among these books, there are two with annotations by Saruman, in which he wrote down some of his own inspirations, and many of these characters refer to some kind of research he is conducting.

And these studies are related to the 'elements' that make up the essence of the world.

Unfortunately, these are just some random notes without any real focus. The essence of Saruman's research is probably in his private laboratory...

Looks like I have to go find him.

"well--"

Sighing, Levi stood up, dusted himself off, opened the door and walked out.

This push even scared a servant who was dozing off at the door.

He quickly greeted Levi and left in a hurry.

Not paying any attention to the servant, Levi walked up the stairs step by step, observing the internal structure of the tower, just to relax.

I haven't stood up in a long time.

Looking up, even Levi couldn't help but sigh - there are really a lot of books here.

Bookshelves are almost the main interior of this huge and mountain-high black tower. From the bottom to the top of the tower, most of the rooms are used to store books and are connected to each other in a certain pattern.

The remaining small number of rooms are used for living and research.

Thinking of this, Levi turned and broke into a room with a proper alchemy table and grinding tools.

There were some notes scattered on the desk by the window, and the ink on them seemed to have not dried for long and was still fresh.

"About the infusion of metal materials."

Levi picked up a page of notes and began to read.

If he had just arrived at this tower, he would definitely not have understood the many jargons and terms mentioned above.

But after going through that pile of books, Levi is no longer a rookie.

He could barely understand a few lines.

(End of this chapter)