Chapter 178 The Gift of Knowledge
There's no use complaining to these corpses.
If Thor did not violate the ban, these corpses could not harm him, but if Thor violated the ban, these corpses would not let him go.
Saul was busy with the corpse until midnight, and went to Kaz to report early the next morning.
Thor briefly skipped over the private transaction and only mentioned that after he accidentally pushed open two doors, the senior student next to him was grabbed by a noodle-like arm and was dragged inside, and has not come out yet.
As expected, Teacher Kaz did not ask about the details of what happened, but just said calmly, "I know."
Two days later, Thor came to the library on the tenth floor of the East Tower with two books about evil spirits that he had borrowed.
Of the two books he found, only the first one recorded a story about nightmare butterflies. The relevant information was still ambiguous. Apart from the knowledge that nightmare butterflies were terrifying and could blur people's cognition and could be captured, Thor gained almost nothing else.
Moreover, the identity of the third narrator in the story is also very suspicious. It is unknown who he is.
Is it a third party who watched the tragedy happen throughout... or is it the nightmare butterfly?
Because there were no other clues, Thor could only temporarily strengthen the seal on the Nightmare Cocoon and dared not continue his research.
He was afraid that the callus would return to his eyes one day.
Once he has solved his physical problems, it won’t be too late to invite Diary to study the cocoon of the nightmare butterfly together.
Returning to the present, Thor stepped into the library.
It's very busy here today, with many apprentices wandering around the front row of bookshelves.
The person in charge of registration was still the arrogant young administrator.
Thor walked over and said, "Hello, administrator, I'm here to return these two books."
The young man turned around with a pout, and when he saw that it was Thor, his expression changed and he looked a little nervous, "Oh, then just give me the book."
Thor was a little surprised to hear the young man's words. In the past, when they returned books, they would register them with the administrator and then put them back to their original places.
If the book is not put back in its place, the administrator will raise the price sharply the next time the apprentice borrows it.
That price is definitely a bloody lesson for any apprentice.
But today... why is the process different?
Thor didn't understand why the young administrator was acting a little abnormal today, but with so many apprentices around him, he still handed over the book in his hand obediently.
In this regard, he has always been obedient.
"Do you want to borrow another book today?" Unexpectedly, after taking the book, the young man was stunned for a moment, and just when Thor was about to leave, he suddenly called him.
Thor originally had no plans to borrow books, but since the other party asked so enthusiastically and politely, he still answered cautiously, "I don't have many magic crystals recently."
Although he just made five hundred - after all, the candle did end up in Ferguson's hands, so this unexpected deal was still a done deal.
But there is never enough money to spend, and prices rise as people’s financial strength improves.
It is said that the experimental materials commonly used by formal wizards are worth astronomical figures, so they generally do not purchase materials and often make them themselves.
"Ahem, I have some damaged soul books to deal with recently. I remember you were very interested in books on this subject. Would you consider taking them over?"
"Can I buy books in the library?" Thor suddenly became interested.
Because in the wizarding world, the unknown usually harbors dangers, so places like the library are actually very unsafe.
If all the books were open to the public, nine out of ten apprentices in the wizard tower would probably go crazy.
But if he could really buy books at a low price, Sol would still be willing to take the risk for useful knowledge.
After all, he could determine whether the book was dangerous to him before he even opened the cover.
"Yes, because they are damaged and dirty books, we will sell them to suitable apprentices at a low price after confirming that they are not contaminated."
Thor still felt a little strange, "But I have been in the wizard tower for two years and have never heard of it..."
“Do you think organizing the library is an easy task? It’s good enough if we can organize it once every two years.” The young man glared, looking like he was about to get angry.
Seeing that the young man had returned to his previous temper, Thor felt a little relieved.
"Then please show me."
The young man raised his chin and said, "Go to the bookshelf in the eighth row of the first column. There are all the books that are ready to be disposed of."
Thor looked around and found nothing unusual. He then glanced at the diary on his shoulder and saw nothing unusual. Then he walked towards the first row of bookshelves.
“This is the eighth row.”
Thor walked to his destination and found that there was no one around.
"It will only be recommended to the right people, so not many people know this news, right?" Thor muttered to himself as he approached the bookshelf.
There are only a few books on this bookshelf, placed in a messy manner.
These books were basically low-level books without any protective seals on them. Thor could see the covers of all the books at a glance.
There was actually a book in here that Thor had borrowed when he was in grade one.
He turned to several other books, and sure enough, two of them were related to the soul.
Just as Thor was about to go forward to take a closer look, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Thor next to the bookshelf.
It's the elderly administrator.
He walked past the two books that Thor was looking at with his hands behind his back.
"Of the two books, The Book of the Empty Spirit and Teach You to Hide in the Gaps, one is missing the second half, and the other is stained in the middle and cannot be repaired. Although the contents cannot be repaired, they can still provide some scattered knowledge."
The elderly administrator put his hands behind his back, turned around slowly, and there was a smile on his face.
"One book costs 300 magic crystals or 29 credits. If you want all of them, you can get them with 560 magic crystals or 54 credits."
Does this come with a discount for buying more? Thor walked forward and asked, "Can I see what's inside?"
In the past, you could read the first few pages of books you borrowed from the library.
But the old man just shook his head.
"No! When dealing with books, we don't support inspection. If you want it, buy it. If you don't want it, put it down."
This is a bit unreasonable.
Whether it is credits or magic crystals, they are not a small amount for Thor.
Saul was a little embarrassed.
But the names of these two books alone attracted him.
The second book in particular always reminds Thor of those dark shadows that jumped and ran and hid in the cracks of the stone bricks every time the tower master appeared.
"I want them all, and I'll pay with credits!" Thor made up his mind and took them all with gritted teeth.
He didn't have many magic crystals, but he still had some credits. Senior Wright cashed in the IOU as soon as he returned to the wizard tower. So Thor had saved more than a hundred credits in the past few days.
But with all the experiments and borrowing books these days, my assets quickly dropped below one hundred.
If he buys these two books this time, his credits will drop to thirty.
But for wizards, knowledge is the foundation, so even though it hurt, Thor still insisted on buying these two books.
Others who buy such an incomplete book may worry about going down the wrong research path due to lack of key knowledge.
But Thor has the Diary of the Dead Wizard, which allows him to correct his mistakes at any time. The worst result is that he will not find the right path, and he will not go astray and die due to misunderstanding.
Hearing Thor's choice, the elderly administrator's smile deepened.
"Okay, then take these two books and go check out."
After saying this, the old man's figure suddenly disappeared, leaving only his voice echoing in Thor's ears.
"Are they really here specifically to promote books? Do they get commissions from selling books?"
Thor didn't understand what was going on, so he walked over and took two books.
Sudden!
A hand wrapped in pink bandages pulled the "Empty Book" from Thor's hand.
Thor looked up and saw the tower master hidden in a brown cloak.
"Tower Master?"
Gorza held the book's spine up to his eyes and looked at it for a few seconds, then uttered an incomprehensible hum and casually threw the "Book of Emptiness" back onto the bookshelf.
The book, which was less than one centimeter thin, fell heavily on the bookshelf with a "bang", and even the cross partition of the bookshelf shook twice.
It was as if what fell on it was not a book, but a person.
I'm going home now. The second update today will probably be in the evening.
I will try to write something on the train. Also, I need to ask for monthly tickets. I still need about 170 to 1,000. It may be too late, but I will still try my best! (End of this chapter)
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