Chapter 18 Arrived

Avis opened the buckle and flipped open the heavy cover.

The slightly yellowed parchment pages now turned dark yellow, almost brown, and the glossy texture became extremely old, as if it had gone through an extremely long time in an instant.

On the originally empty title page, there suddenly appeared a huge strange symbol.

The symbol itself is composed of a spiral that exudes an ominous aura, twisted and changing broken lines, and strange dots of varying sizes.

The ink used to depict it was also very strange. In Anvis' eyes, this black-green ink seemed to be still flowing.

Carefully examining this mysterious pattern, Avis kept comparing them in his mind, trying to find the meaning behind the symbols.

But in the end the attempt failed, as this strange symbol, like the material of the book, was beyond his current knowledge.

He tried to turn to the second page, but found that the pages behind him could not be turned, as if they were glued together with strong glue.

A strange feeling came over him, and Avis immediately understood why he couldn't read:

The mental strength is not strong enough! Unable to bear the mysterious knowledge in the book.

“Pah—”

Just at this moment, the Duke suddenly clapped his hands.

The sound seemed to turn off some kind of switch, and the abnormal feeling in the room disappeared instantly.

Avis shuddered all over, raised his head as if waking from a dream, and the mental power connected to the book was naturally disconnected.

A strange feeling arose in his heart, as if some change had taken place.

At this time, the sound of the hourglass returned to normal, but a large piece of the silver-blue sand in the upper part of the hourglass was visibly missing.

"Three magic hours and thirty-two minutes have passed since your spiritual power touched this book."

Noticing Anvis's gaze, Duke Carrot spoke calmly.

"Three magic hours? Has it been that long?!"

Avis was stunned for a moment, his eyes filled with a bit of surprise. In his perception, it seemed that less than three minutes had passed.

"Doesn't it feel like a short time has passed? This is the Lakana effect: when your mental power is of too low quality and you try to interpret a high-level spell, this time illusion will occur."

The Duke spread out his hands, and a spell structure as complex as a flower appeared in his palms, and then gradually turned into scattered light spots from top to bottom.

"If I hadn't interrupted you just now, you would have exhausted your mental energy without realizing it. If you continue, your spiritual sea might even be damaged."

"If your rank is above the fourth rank, even if it is still not enough to complete the analysis, you will be able to detect something wrong after consuming too much mental energy and immediately cut off the connection..."

As he spoke, the Duke suddenly realized the problem in his words.

"Of course, this is not your problem at all. On the contrary, it is a good thing!"

“As a member of the Olivendi family, I must not make the fatal mistake that ordinary professionals make: blindly pursuing advancement speed while ignoring my most fundamental foundation.

An early-ripening black honey fruit will taste green and bland. Even if we share the same bloodline, different foundations will lead to a huge difference in strength between people of the same rank.

You must remember that all future growth will be built on your initial foundation. Every bit of slow accumulation now will be magnified thousands of times in the future!

Only by making your foundation reach the limit of no further improvement and being promoted in the most perfect manner can you go further on the road of a professional!"

"I understand, Father."

Avis nodded slightly, secretly alert about what had just happened.

As he possessed double memories, he should have realized something was wrong immediately, but he still fell into it unknowingly. This was undoubtedly a wake-up call for his originally relaxed mentality.

"So, what are you going to do?"

Duke Carrot nodded and tapped the table with his fingers to attract Anvis's attention.

“Although the power of this book is a bit strange, I can sense that it has no ill intentions towards you.

Its hidden state can deceive my perception. There is no doubt that it is at least a ninth-level, or even a peak ninth-level magical artifact! I just checked the library catalog. It is one of the first batch of books in the library, which originated from the donation of the first-generation patriarch, Lord Aldridge.

This also means that for thousands of years, you are the only one who can sense and control it."

"Father, I want this book, can I?"

Anvis immediately understood the Duke's implication and made his request with a smile.

A high-level magical artifact will bring you a significant improvement in strength.

The most crucial thing is that little Anvis does not have it in his memory, which makes it a variable in fate.

Given his current situation, any such change is extremely valuable.

"The books in the library are the family's public property. I can't decide to give you any of them."

Gently stroking the carvings on the cufflinks, the Duke raised his eyes, his blue eyes fixed on Avis's somewhat surprised and puzzled expression, his tone neither hurried nor slow.

"But, if you really want it, I can lend it to you temporarily. In the future, as a price, you need to add three or more books of the same type to the library to replace it."

"Do you accept this offer, Anvis?"

"I accept, Father."

"very good."

The Duke finalized the matter casually, and during the process, both of them tacitly did not mention the specific time in the future.

At the same time, the thick book in Avis's hand suddenly burst into flames.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

Avis was startled and instinctively retracted his hand holding the book. But he immediately discovered that although the entire book was burning, the white flames actually had no temperature.

After leaving Anvis's hand, the book did not fall to the ground, but floated steadily in the air.

As the white flames burned, runes with faint light appeared on the cover, and then gradually collapsed from top to bottom, turning into faint blue light spots and dissipating.

A large number of light points converged in the air above the study, stretching out into a faint blue galaxy. Against the backdrop of the quietly burning white fire, it looked mysterious and magical.

Soon, all the runes on the cover collapsed, and a ring engraved with a coat of arms on the Duke's index finger glowed slightly, and the flame disappeared out of thin air just as it appeared.

"Now, it's yours. However, if it undergoes some unknown changes in the future, notify me immediately, understand?"

"I see."

Avis grabbed the book floating in the air again. The moment he touched it, his heart suddenly moved, and the heavy book instantly shrank to the size of a palm.

"Did you get recognition? Not bad."

The Duke nodded in understanding, took out a piece of paper from the desk drawer, and stamped it with the emblem ring.

The moment the ring face came into contact with the paper, a colorless magical light flashed and left an ice crystal-like mark.

"Take this to Leonard and ask him to take you to the Moonfall Castle warehouse to get materials to make a book chain."

The Duke shook his hand and threw the paper to Anvis, who gracefully reached out to catch it.

"Then I am leaving, father."

After getting the Duke's approval, Anvis bowed and then quietly left the room.

After he left, Duke Carrot stared at the door, tapping the table with his fingers from time to time, with a frown on his face.

"The old secret scripture? This kind of aura..."

After thinking for a while, the Duke opened the bottom drawer of the desk again, and outlined a complicated miniature magic circle on the deepest wooden board with his fingers.

A faint light flashed, and the wooden board depicting the magic circle began to ripple like water waves, and an extremely secret secret compartment opened silently.

At the same time, a vague and mysterious fragrance wafted out, as if coming from an endlessly distant country.

In the secret compartment was a dark silver key that was about the length of a palm and had an ancient design.

It is made entirely of some unknown metal, and the handle is carved with strange and delicate vine patterns. The surface is extremely dull, as if it has gone through an eternity of age.

Touching the cool metal of the key, the Duke suddenly chuckled in a mocking voice, not knowing what he was thinking about.

"Taboo, hehe...taboo?"

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Gu——→Recommendation ticket

(End of this chapter)