As expected, she knew what the key was after she went to the library.
The three buildings were connected together to form a huge "H". The four-story building was made of brick and stone. The front and back of the main hall were covered with soft grass. It was not hard to imagine that many apprentices would sit on the grass and read during the day.
Entering the hall on the first floor, she saw a map on the wall. It showed the room number and the corresponding book type.
The guard on the first floor only looked up at Danny. He did not even check her identity card before letting them in.
The single-room library was not big. At least, it was not as big as a modern provincial library that was thousands or tens of thousands of square meters. According to the age, type, and rarity of the books, the library was divided into two hundred and twenty-five spacious stone rooms. If one needed to read a book, they could use the key to open the door and get the book.
The books that the students and apprentices could borrow were not the original copies.
Beside the walkway, under the eaves, and in the hall, even though it was already dark, there were still a few old apprentices who lit oil lamps and copied books at their desks.
Danny felt like she was back in her university study room.
The first place to go was the archive room on the third floor. Iron boots echoed on the marble walkway. There was not a single apprentice nearby. She opened the thick wooden door with a bronze key. The smell of ink and tanned leather filled her nose. The stone room was two hundred square meters wide. It was so quiet and dark that it was like a tomb.
Lifting the oil lamp, she saw seven or eight tall wooden shelves that took up three-quarters of the space in the room. They were filled with bound books. According to the age marked on the shelves, she found the latest two years of "court bulletins" and "important official news". They were excerpts of letters sent to the City of Knowledge by the scholars from the various lords' families.
White Knight took a thick stack of documents to the first floor. Danny stayed there alone. She locked the door, drew the curtains, and sat down cross-legged with her back against the bookshelf. She opened the long and narrow box hanging in her thick cloak and took out a glass candle.
Moments later, the gray light lit up. Danny almost immediately found Laresa and Marvin, who were wandering aimlessly.
Just like before, when Danny found them, they did not find her.
She used her mental power to enter the gray light … A few kilometers away in the Crow's Nest, the magician Marvin's tower, the glass candle suddenly shone brightly. A gray shadow crawled out of the candlelight.
"Ah, it's Master Xi Kui!" Marvin exclaimed.
"Fortunately, it didn't crawl out of my mouth this time." Larissa patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief.
Under everyone's gaze, the gray ball of light stretched into a blurry female figure like plasticine. It was a bit like a 3D projection made by Fifty Cent's special effects.
"When I left the last time, Marvin and I exchanged beacons. Of course, I don't need to use your mental space as a transit station."
Danny explained as she frowned at the two additional people, Leo Tyrell and Swineherd Pater.
How did the two of them get together?
"They are?" She pointed at the two and asked directly.
Leo was dumbfounded, as if he was scared silly by the scene in front of him. On the other hand, Pater's brown eyes were filled with bewilderment, and the freckles on the sides of his nose were also flashing with excitement. However, in the face of such a fantastical scene, he didn't lose his mind.
"I'm Pater, Dr. Mulwin's assistant," Pater stammered.
Danny's pupils shrank as she looked down. She really saw a hemp rope on Pater's chest with a silver chain hanging from it (Medical).
His neck was still empty in the afternoon. Now, not only did he get a chain, but he also got a new 'doctorate instructor'?
The blonde youth also came back to his senses as he bowed elegantly and introduced himself, "Hello, Master Xi Kui. I'm also Dr. Mulwin's assistant, Leo Tyrell."
"I didn't see these two apprentices before." Danny turned to Dr. Mulwin and deliberately asked in a suspicious tone, "Could it be that you didn't find a candidate for the gathering and pulled these two little Muggles to make up the numbers?"
"Muggles?"
"Ordinary people who don't understand mystical knowledge."
"Oh!" Ox-neck Marvin nodded and explained, "Leo has been my assistant for a long time. Pater was introduced by Larissa this afternoon. I saw that he was quite smart, so I stayed to help him."
Blackie also nodded and said, "Dr. Wargrave is so old that he can't even recognize people and can't teach Pater knowledge. After accompanying him to get a silver chain this afternoon, he introduced him to Dr. Mulwin."
"Did the two of you get meditation from the glass candle?" Danny asked again.
"Not yet, but I'm learning the 32 Valleglia Alphabet," Leo said.
"I didn't light the candle either," Pater said cautiously.
People who could light the glass candle for the first time were extremely rare, and learning could indeed develop the brain and improve the quality of mental power.
Perhaps they couldn't light the candle when they were young, but when their bodies matured as adults, their intelligence and knowledge were greatly improved, and they were qualified to become a wizard.
Of course, there was a higher chance that Leo and Pater were Muggles.
"How many mages did you find this week?"
"About five."
Danny frowned, "About?"
Marvin explained awkwardly, "I found a Red Priest in the Lower City, a Doctor with a Valleglia steel chain in the City of Knowledge, and a Bishop in the Starry Cathedral.
Maybe I made a big move, and the old man in the Old Town in the Towering Tower knew about the gathering. He and 'Crazy Woman' Moroya also wanted to join. "
"Sigh, the seven priests and dogs can't join the supernatural gathering … Forget it, just these five. Do you have an agreed place to meet? It's best to find a place where there are few people. High-level magic is a little harmful to ordinary people. "
"Is the Towering Tower okay? There are many empty rooms in the tower. "
Danny nodded and finally asked, "Let's meet three days later at midnight under the Towering Tower?"
"Okay."
Just as Danny was about to end the conversation, Larissa suddenly stepped forward and bowed, asking, "Master Xi Kui, I've encountered some difficulties recently. Not only can I continue to construct the meditation runes, but a quarter of the completed runes also shows signs of collapsing. What's going on?"
"Your talent is actually good, but your basic knowledge is too poor. The meditation runes in the glass candles involve 64 runes, but you only recognized 32 of them, and seven of them are wrong. There's also a problem with the runes' combination … "Danny shook her head and sighed.
"Then what should I do?" Blackie was a little panicked.
"Stop cultivating, or go to the City of Knowledge's library to find the Valleglia Secret Codex, or find a fire mage teacher."
"Since the City of Knowledge brought back four glass candles from Valleglia, there must be a set of witchcraft knowledge. With Doctor Marvin's authority, he should be able to find it." Danny said with certainty.
"This, I'm afraid it's a little difficult." Marvin shook his head and explained with a bitter smile, "In theory, the doctor's black iron key can open all the doors of the library's library.
But the real secret codex and secrets are in the underground library, and only the Head Steward can freely go in and out. And at this sensitive time, I don't dare to ask the Doctor Council for permission to read the codex. "
Pater, who had been silent, suddenly asked, "Basement? Is it the library's basement? I've seen a few doctors go in and out of the basement in the library. "
"No, the basement of the library is filled with the original manuscripts of precious books. The Secret Codex Pavilion is in the Head Steward's Pavilion, in the underground library." Doctor Marvin shook his head.
Danny glanced at Pater thoughtfully and asked in confusion, "Why do you say that this is a sensitive time?"
"Dragons!" Marvin's expression became extremely solemn, "Does Master Xi Kui know about the Targaryen and dragons?"
Danny was shocked and nodded, "Of course, everyone in the Free City knows that the last princess of the Targaryen Family hatched four dragons."
"Four?"
"There's one more recently."
"Sigh, three or four are all the same." The doctor shook his head and sighed bitterly, "Because of the news about her and dragons, the doctors in the City of Knowledge have become extremely sensitive to the occult. I don't even dare to study magic openly, so how would I dare to ask to enter the library to find the Valleglia Secret Codex? "
"Why?" Danny was puzzled.
"Haha, thousands of years have passed. As their understanding of the world deepened, the City of Knowledge began to develop its own will — to build a 'real' world without magic and witchcraft." Doctor Marvin grinned bitterly, the red juice of the sourgrass between his teeth slid down his wide chin.
"The real world, the Age of Chaos?!" Danny was shocked speechless.
"That's right. They hope to build a world without dragons, glass candles, prophecies, witchcraft, or any other mystical powers, and even gods. It's a world dominated by mortals. The ancestors of the City of Knowledge called it the real world."
"This … is crazy! So, the City of Knowledge isn't unaware of the Magic Tide? "Danny muttered.
"The City of Knowledge knows everything. It's because they know all of this that they decided to —"
At this point, Doctor Marvin shook his head and sighed, "There are some secrets that I can't tell you. If I did, no one in this room would be able to live, including me."
"Leave the City of Knowledge." Marvin turned to look at Laresa and said gently, "You're talented. If you have a good teacher to teach you, you might become a great fire mage, just like Master Xi Kui."
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Danny. Blackie also knew what he meant. She looked at Danny with longing eyes.
Obviously, since she could not read the secret books of the City of Knowledge, becoming the disciple of Xi Kui, the successor of Valleglia, was the best choice for Laresa.
"Let's talk about it after the gathering." Danny was not in the mood to think about taking in a disciple.
In the library, in the library on the third floor, the gray light of the glass candles went out instantly. Danny frowned and sighed. "No wonder the City of Knowledge deliberately targeted me. If there were no dragons, they might not mind the restoration of Targaryen. But dragons revived magic, which is contrary to their expectations of the Age of Chaos. "
She had mixed feelings. She did not know whether to admire the scholars of the City of Knowledge or to mock them for wasting their efforts.
Dragons could bring the Magic Tide to the human world, but where did the Tide come from?
The Tide came from the sea.
Dragons were like the wind, causing waves in the Sea of Magic. But the existence of the Sea of Magic was not determined by dragons. In the Age of Chaos, the power of the gods was still active.
"Knock, knock, knock …" While she was in a complicated mood, someone knocked on the heavy wooden door from the outside.
"My lady, it's me." The old knight sounded a little anxious. "I found a terrible message in the files."
Danny put the glass candles back into the wooden box, pulled the bolt, opened the oak door, and asked curiously, "What's the matter?"
"Deviant Ghosts!" The old knight panted and said anxiously, "The Great Wall of the Northern Region sent an urgent report. The legendary deviant ghosts have appeared. A large number of savages are being driven south. The Night Watchers are not strong enough. The Great Wall can't be defended!"
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