Chapter 47: The Mysterious Library
An ordinary labyrinth can't trap Owen at all, but this library is anything but an ordinary labyrinth
Before entering the library, Owen picked up some small gravel on the ground, and every time he passed a fork in the road, Owen would put a small gravel next to it as a signpost, but when Owen walked back and saw these small gravel again, the place that should have been the passage was blocked by a huge bookshelf, that is, this labyrinth was constantly changing when Owen was not aware of it, and the whole library seemed to be shrouded in a powerful mysterious force, so that those who entered it were trapped in the maze forever and could never find an exit
No kidding, thinking that getting a maze out would trap me—Owen thought
Owen stopped his progress, he looked around the bookshelves around him, and clenched his left fist, which was not injured: "It's a joke to trap some bookshelves and books, and when I break them all, I can go straight through this maze."
Just as Owen was about to destroy a bookshelf next to him with a punch and open a passage, he immediately thought in his heart: No, there are at least a million books here, they may be precious cultural heritage, and they can't be destroyed so lightly, so Owen lowered his fist again
What the hell am I going to do, Owen closed his eyes and thought about how to solve the problem
Then another thought crossed Owen's mind: the books here may be hiding clues to leave this library, and maybe I won't be able to leave for a while anyway, why not look for clues in these books
So Owen pulled out a book from the nearest bookshelf and opened it
Biography: Owen takes a cursory look at the main events of a small nobleman named Pike Emonis from birth to death, who lived to be 67 years old and died 241 years ago
After reading it, Owen put the book back in its place, and he went to the bookshelf opposite and randomly drew a second book, which was about the ordinary life of a rural woman named Coralina, who lived four centuries ago
Later, Owen successively took out several books from the bookshelves in different places and the book layers of different heights to look through, and the results were all recorded in the lives of some people without exception
Owen flipped through the books and featured a nobleman, a commoner, a farmer, a merchant, an adventurer, a soldier, and a beggar, ranging in age from a three-year-old child to a centenarian, and living in a very different number of years, the most dating back to 8,000 years ago, and the latest being a few years ago
After flipping through dozens of books, Owen even saw some records that did not belong to humans, including a very small number of elves and orcs included in the books
At this point, Owen fully understood that this library was actually a repository of all the important events of his dead life, and Owen had a feeling that he was surrounded by countless dead souls......
After several days of day and night, Sophia and her group of five finally arrived at their destination after four trips to horses
Originally, they could have arrived early, but as they had feared, they were surrounded and intercepted by seven powerful enemies along the way, and these enemies unabashedly targeted Dani, and as soon as they met, they attacked Dani and had to kill her, but each time there was no danger, and the cooperation between the partners became more and more tacit, and they came together to exert a power far beyond the sum of all their individuals, and repelled the pursuers again and again
Dani had been completely healed by Sophia the day after her departure, and she picked up her sword to fight without healing, although Dani's combat skills were still a long way from Joyka and Ray, but her swordsmanship foundation was excellent, and she had a famous teacher's guidance and practiced very hard, in Joyka's words, all she lacked was actual combat experience
Therefore, Dani did not become a burden in the team, but became a good fighting force, so although they fought harder along the way, they were able to successfully drive the enemy away in the end, but unfortunately those enemies who were seriously wounded by their partners and could not escape did not hesitate to choose to commit suicide to keep their secrets, and no one was captured - because of this, even if Dani insisted that these enemies were all sent by the Inquisition, they could not get any evidence to prove it
Now they finally came to the gates of Hansar City, and since it was late at night, the gates were tightly locked
Twelve years later, returning to the city where she was born and then fled in grief, Sophia had mixed feelings, and she lowered her head and shed tears
Sister Sophia, what are you doing Seeing Sophia's sudden expression of sensitivity, Dani asked
Not...... It's okay, Sophia wiped her tears with her hand, and then gave Dani a forced smile
Are you really okay, you're too worried
I'm really fine, maybe I'm just tired, Sister Dani, don't worry too much
Seeing that Sophia had reservations, Dani sighed helplessly, along the way, Sophia and Dani, the two young girls, became close friends, and they almost didn't say anything, but now Sophia was unwilling to tell Dani the reason for her sadness, in fact, although Sophia's secrecy made Dani feel a little unhappy, but Dani was still a sensible girl, after all, everyone has their own secrets
The three big men, Joyka, Cassius, and Ray, of course, knew what Sophia's sad reason was, but since the parties themselves didn't speak, they didn't talk much
What should we do now, we can't enter the city, Cassius looked at the tightly closed city gate and the highly guarded guards in front of the gate
Can only rest outside the city for one night, do you still want to break in, Sophia said, Sister Dani, what do you think?
It seems that this can't be helped, I've survived so many days, and I don't care about waiting a few more hours, Dani replied
This is here, but at the foot of the kingdom's capital, those enemies should not be so rampant that they attack us here, Ray said
I hope so, Joyka said softly
So the group set up camp outside the gates of Hansar City, but although Joyka didn't say much, the unusually sharp sixth sense of his years of adventure passed through his mind, and an ominous omen passed through his mind - something very unusual might happen in these few hours
I can't imagine that the dead man actually left such a strong obsession through the page, Owen sighed
Just now, Owen felt that he was surrounded by countless souls, but later Owen found that it was not actually a complete soul that surrounded him, but obsessions left from the fragments of the soul, and these obsessions surrounding Owen did not exude any hostility, on the contrary, Owen also felt that they were very pleasant, as if to thank Owen for having just read their lives that may have been forgotten by the world
Feeling the eagerness of these soul fragments, Owen sped up his reading, and he quickly finished reading the life of a fisherman, just as he was about to put the book back in its place, he suddenly found that there was another book in his hand, why was it here, it was it that it flew over by itself, Owen felt agitated in his heart, but despite this, he still picked up the book that suddenly appeared, opened it, and quickly skimmed through it, which is the story of a noble lady
Just as Owen had just closed the noble lady's book, he suddenly saw that he was surrounded by countless books, some of which had even grown to a height of more than a meter on the ground, and in mid-air, there were actually many books flying towards him automatically from the surrounding bookshelves
The reason why it is said to be flying is because these books are automatically opened from the middle, flapping the pages like a bird flapping its wings, floating in the air and flying slowly
I understood, looking at the books flying in the sky and the piles of books that surrounded me, Owen said with a wry smile, everyone who is recorded in the book here is longing for their lives to be read.