Is this something to be surprised about?
Ouyang Qianjin looked at the book in her hand, which 'carried millions of souls,' with some curiosity.
Honestly.
Even though I know this book was made from the souls of a million people.
But when she actually held it in her hands, Ouyang Qianjin didn't feel anything at all.
I even felt that apart from being a bit heavy, there was nothing particularly special about it.
“Young Miss, magic books are very precious. Just one book is enough to turn a magic apprentice into a master.”
"As you just said, the materials used to make spellbooks are particular; not just anything can be made into a spellbook, and even then, the process isn't guaranteed to be successful."
"In other words, it is very likely that more than a million Lahadians died in order to produce the book you have in your hand."
"It could be two million, three million, or even tens of millions."
Seeing Ouyang Qianjin's appearance, Sebastian knew that this was a difference between two worlds, which caused his young lady to have a distorted perception.
That makes sense when you think about it.
In the common knowledge about this world that Ouyang Qianjin instilled in him, magic books could be divided into many grades according to their quality, just like clothes of different materials.
In some movies, novels, comics, games, and TV series, magic books and wands have even become standard accessories for magic books.
In their world, while staves are considered standard equipment, spellbooks are definitely not.
"Tsk tsk, so you mean a lot of Rahad people died to make this book? Was the total population of the Rahad Empire that many?"
Ouyang Qianjin was somewhat curious.
After all, it existed as an empire, so its population must have been quite large.
The problem is that a large population means a large army, and the quality of the army should also be guaranteed.
If it were really as Sebastian said, with tens of thousands of people disappearing all the time.
That would certainly alarm the imperial upper echelons, prompting an investigation and subsequent action.
After all, each page of a book requires a minimum of ten thousand souls to create.
Therefore, in Ouyang Qianjin's view, it doesn't make logical sense.
Unless that person is powerful enough to stand against the entire imperial army.
In their own understanding, that was a power that humanity could never achieve.
Hmm... if it were a necromancer, they might be able to find a way to do it.
For some reason, Ouyang Qianjin thought of this.
"Hehe, young lady, besides the Lahad people, there are also many other groups on the continent, such as the Teple people, Spiert people, Mimigash people, East Ferman people, Plateau people, Avel people, and so on. Of course, among them are the Kiu people, who are absolutely inferior and are forever slaves."
"Perhaps this spellbook was created just when the Rahad were being used?"
Sebastian laughed.
Given the large number of people, this situation is entirely possible.
“I see. That makes sense. There’s no rule that says we can only use the unfortunate Rahad people as materials.”
Ouyang Qianjin thought Sebastian's analysis was very likely.
I was just too surprised and misunderstood.
They got stuck on a minor detail.
"By the way, young lady, what's the name of this magic book?"
"Sebastian asked."
“The name of each magic book has a unique and absolute meaning. If you could know the name of this book, you might be able to deduce some things that you might be interested in.”
"The name? I do know that, it's called 'The Rahad Annihilation Text,' what's wrong?"
When Sebastian asked about this, Ouyang Qianjin didn't think much of it.
He immediately revealed the name of the magic book.
Without any pause.
“Uh… well, it seems I was wrong. This shouldn’t be the magic book that ‘just happened’ to be used by Rahad to succeed.”
However, while Ouyang Qianjin did not pause, Sebastian did pause for a moment.
"Oh? What do you mean?"
Just as Sebastian said, Miss Ouyang became interested.
"Since the capital of the Lahad Empire is called 'Lahad,' and the book is titled 'Lahad Annihilation Text,' it must have been created after a battle was fought against the capital, and the garrison and the people in the city were successfully annihilated."
"In fact, the capital city of Lahad Datu and its surrounding satellite cities have a combined population of over one million."
"If an attack occurs and the outer cities are breached, those people will probably move to the capital."
"Of course, the 'Lahad' in the title could also refer to the empire itself, or it could be a war of annihilation that destroys a nation."
Sebastian said this, not entirely certain.
"Heh! Hehehehe..."
After hearing Sebastian's seemingly self-talking analysis, Ouyang Qianjin couldn't stop laughing.
The Battle of the Capital?
Or perhaps it was a war of annihilation?
That does sound interesting.
But I don't know why I started laughing.
And there are signs that it's getting out of control?
There's no reason for it.
While Sebastian's analysis was quite interesting, this was definitely not a reason to laugh.
I wouldn't burst into laughter over something like that.
Ouyang Qianjin had an indescribable feeling in her heart.
But it's like smoke or fog—you can feel it, but you can't grasp it.
Even the laughter itself was beyond its control.
"Young Miss, may I have a look at the magic book?"
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