Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower, Library of Ruins.

For almost all wizards, the library is like a holy place—a unique library in the whole of Ebolden, and indeed in the whole of the Empire, not only because of its rich collection of books and variety that it holds the honorary title of "Memory of the Empire", but also because of its location, in the towering nine-pointed star tower in the center of the ancient castle, and the meaning it represents.

The nobles have a large territory and wealth, the shield and the sword of the empire, and the church has the protection and absolute faith of the gods, which is the guidance of the empire, so what do the sorcerers who are abandoned by the gods and despised by the nobles have?

Compared to the first two, what they have is much smaller, but also much thicker - endless knowledge.

The Relic Library is the "creation" of the embodiment of knowledge and memory, which represents the status of wizards in the empire and even the whole world, and it is also the capital of the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower to be able to confront the Holy Cross Church in Eberden - as long as the Ruins Library is still there, the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower will continue to train more qualified wizards.

Unlike previous lives, the "knowledge" of this world is very expensive - a single ancient book is worth at least five gold coins, and a complete spell book can sell for no less than thirty gold coins.

In a trade-rich city like Ebolden, the storage of various currencies, especially silver coins, was so large that a gold coin was worth at least twenty silver coins. In other words, as long as Loren finds a way to sell a high-level spell book, or compile a rune that can improve the efficiency of alchemy items, the pure profit alone is close to a month's "harvest" of the Crutch Gang!

"Knowledge is equal to gold" – the phrase engraved on the gates of Ebotden – is not without reason.

And how many books does the Ruins Library have...... Not only are half of the spaces on each floor filled with bookshelves, but even the walls have been converted into bookcases, and it is said that there is a hidden forbidden area under the tower.

Therefore, I am afraid that even the librarian in charge of the book is not clear.

But Loren's trip wasn't specifically to see the old library—perhaps a "genius" named Isaac would have been more than happy to stay in such a place.

The real reason is that he found out that he was being followed.

Since returning to the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower yesterday, there have always been people behind me glancing at him, and there is not even more than one - the new wizard apprentice, the librarian, the servant who sweeps the courtyard, and the guard of the wizard tower...... There should be no less than twenty of them just discovered by themselves.

If you add those who didn't find it, there should be no less than thirty people.

Because of the spiritual temple, the intuition of wizards is much stronger than that of ordinary people, and it is easy to find out if they are always followed by a few people. But on the other hand, if you can buy and mobilize so many people to follow you, the identity of the other party will be clear at a glance.

In addition to being a time-traveler, Miss Ariel of the Corona family knows almost everything about herself, and the only ones left are the Bellini family.

Standing aimlessly flipping through books in front of the bookshelf, Loren's eyes wandered and listened carefully to the movement behind him.

There are two on the left and one on the right, but they don't seem to have any intention of coming up.

What exactly is this going to do, is it only intended to spy on me?

There's no point in getting rid of them - the entire Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower is theirs, and even if they get rid of it temporarily, they will still be found, so it's better to pretend that they haven't found out, so that they don't have to be vigilant.

So their purpose is to make sure I've left the Nine-Pointed Wizard Tower, or are they wary of me meeting someone?

Do you want to test it?

The "spellcaster" was in his arms, but using a spell in the relic library was too eye-catching. There are three of them, and if you want to get them, you have to get rid of two of them.

"Smack!" he closed the book in his hand, and Loren, who had made up his mind, had just turned around when there was suddenly another person in front of him, and the position was just right to block the two apprentices who were spying on him.

"Ain, why are you here?!" Peter Fasa looked at him with a look of surprise, still holding a thick copy of the Ancient Rune Dictionary in his arms, "I have been looking for you for a long time, and I thought you were no longer in the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower." ”

"Excuse me...... What's the matter?" The black-haired wizard frowned, patted the bookshelf beside him with annoyance, and gently swiped his fingers over the titles of the books: "I'm still looking for some materials, if it's too troublesome, I may not have time." ”

"A Discussion on the Authenticity of the Deeds of Hat Logan", "On the Relationship between Vampires and Humans", "Being Watched by the Holy Cross".

Yes, people, surveillance.

"You still like these miscellaneous books, you really deserve to be a genius, and it's just different from us ordinary people. His expression changed, Peter Fasa sighed, and directly reached out and grabbed Loren's sleeve: "Don't worry about this, I found something that may be helpful for your 'magic array' research." ”

The two deliberately found a desk that was very conspicuous and very empty around. Peter Fasa couldn't wait to hand the book to Loren: "Look, it's in the middle of it, and I've bookmarked it." ”

The brunette wizard raised an eyebrow. Slowly turning the pages, I immediately understood what he meant—that Peter wanted to show himself was not a book, but a bookmark—

"The patrol guards are clearing the Crutches in Gutter Alley, and just two quarters of an hour ago, it should be the Bellini family. ”

Loren's face showed a little surprise, and Peter chuckled very proudly: "How is it, isn't it useful?" Of course, it's up to you whether you want to use it or not, I just think you might be able to use it. ”

Obviously, Peter Fasha, or the Night's Watch, still had his own intelligence network at Ebolden, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten the news so quickly - as for his involvement with the Cane Gang, the Night's Watch named Edward must have guessed.

But why did the Bellini family wipe out the Crutch Gang, did they also know?

It's impossible, although the scar-faced man named Luca is stupid and timid enough, but even in order to survive, he will definitely keep it a secret, and it is Vansteno who makes a deal with the Bellini family, and no matter how stupid he is, he knows that he must not be too involved with Vansteno.

So they didn't realize it, but they planned to set up the blame - no matter how they escaped alive from Vansterno, as long as they eliminated the Crutch Gang and "found" a few pieces of evidence related to themselves, they could pin all the charges on their heads.

Well...... Although it is true, Loren does not intend to be labeled as a "gang leader". Once convicted, the Bellini family will definitely use all means to kill themselves!

So I had to wipe out all the people and things that might have turned into evidence before the patrol guards left. But until then...... Glancing lightly behind him, the black-haired wizard frowned.

I also have to deal with this group of surveillance guys first.

"Very important, thank you so much!" After the surprise, Loren's expression immediately became a little more surprised: "I can't wait, I have to go back to the laboratory immediately......!"

"But what?" Peter looked at him, his eyes just as nervous.

"Remember what we said last time?" Loren had no time to continue playing dumb riddles, "Can you help me ask Mentor Verllow Bellini?"

I have to go back to the lab now, and I can only do this alone, so I can only ask you!"

"Are you sure?"

Peter Fasa could certainly hear what Loren meant—he was going to go to Gutter Alley by himself, and then let the Night's Watch find a way to dig up Isaac Grantham's whereabouts from Verlow's mouth!

"Why not? Loren, who picked up the book, gave him an extremely confident smile: "If all goes well, shall we go to a nearby tavern for a drink tonight?"

After speaking, Loren took the initiative to stretch out his right hand. Peter Fasa with a complicated expression glanced at him, nodded and shook his hand, and said in an extremely forceful tone:

"Then it's decided!"