If you were to ask for the richest collection of books in the multiverse, it would be the Magic Society's Great Library.

It is located in the temple of magic in the central area of the Floating City, and contains a vast variety and number of books, covering almost every realm that can be touched, except for certain events and traditions that cannot be recorded in words and images.

Some say that this great library is a microcosm of the entire multiverse, and that each different realm is a unique plane. Some books represent the rise and fall of species, while others symbolize the shining stars, in which the seeker of knowledge wanders hungrily, greedily absorbing the essence of the universe in the hope of being enlightened by the soul.

Krees came to the library with this curiosity, but what he wanted to know was not from books, but from someone in the library.

The floor of the museum is covered with milky white moonstone without a trace of impurities, this rare gemstone has a strong conduction effect on magic, and can also increase magic power to a certain extent through the tremor effect during the conduction process. Almost all magic ink recipes contain this gemstone.

The towering curved dome is carved with imposing motifs, some representing the origin and development of magic, others celebrating the greatness and excellence of the empire.

One of the largest and most striking paintings depicts a middle-aged man with a withered and haggard face folding his hands together and converging on his chest one of the most primitive magical seven-pointed stars, a mage of Tarasia with a long list of titles such as 'Founder of the Magic Empire'.

Patches of hazel bookshelves spiral upwards across the ground and air, reaching the very top of the library. However, those who seek knowledge need not be troubled by the fact that they can't reach the books in the air, as the entire space of the library is constantly filled with the 'Flying Spell' spell, and the spell's effect is automatically applied to all creatures that come to the library.

As Krees entered the library, an alchemical creature in the shape of a hummingbird approached the little mage, "Hello, Your Excellency. "I'm Index Construct 3264, and you can use me to find the location of the book, and ......."

"No, thank you. Krees declined the alchemist's help.

Magic is a magical thing that can be used in many ways. For the first two years, the library could only access the books it wanted through eye-handle structures (tiny branches on the alchemical behemoth of the Floating City) fixed throughout the library, but only later with Krees's suggestion was the addition of this special alchemic creature in the shape of a hummingbird.

And the little mage's suggestion is not only that, the kind of support platform placed in the etheric plane that he revealed to Barrett before is not a casual talk. The Magic Guild also adopted this suggestion, and only needed to study some more details, such as the selection, delivery, and recycling of the War Golem model, as well as the supply of mana, etc., before starting construction.

I've had some indelible impact on the world after all, Krees thought. But the impact is limited to the mage community for now. When I die, will the people of the world remember me?

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Guided by the resonance of the other party's arcane sigil, the young mage made his way through the shelves and found his target, Ben Isu, a curly-haired mage belonging to the 'Arcane Eye' department.

At this time, the other party was holding a book with a light yellow cover in his hand, and he was looking at it with relish, and the dragon fly demon pet named 'Rainbow Shadow' hovered beside Ben Yisu, and the two teams of transparent wings flapped rapidly, but there was no sound.

"Do you know about the devilish invasion of the Holy Kingdom of Aratho?" asked Kreese bluntly.

Curly looked up from the page, "Of course, how could anyone not know about such a big thing?" He closed the book in his hand, put it back on the shelf, and ran his fingers over the spine of one book after another, pulling out another old book with a blue-black cover.

Krees glanced at the name on the cover of the book, "The Legendary Behemoth Kraken", and below the title there was a line of small letters - 'No trace of existence can be erased'.

"Why are you looking at this?" the little mage was curious.

"Are you sure that's the question you want to ask?" asked Ben Issu rhetorically.

"I'm also very interested in the Kraken's existence, but we'll talk about that later. Krees remembered that he had business to do, "I have a Nord friend named 'Barrett', you should have an impression of him, he has been looking for you before. Was that guy also involved in this devil invasion?"

"Yes. Curly nodded in acknowledgement, "And he's also a key figure in the whole affair." Based on the clues gathered by many parties, we can be sure that it was your friend who destroyed the open 'Gates of Hell', prevented the incident from getting worse, and saved the remaining lives in the city. ”

"I admired that adventurer, but alas, he died in the dimensional vortex created by the explosion of Hell's Gate. The area within five hundred meters was in ruins, and not a single creature could escape the whirlpool. And, we also found some of his relics at the site. Curly said regretfully, "I originally wanted to wait for the whole incident to be fully investigated before telling you, and by the way, I will discuss with you the follow-up compensation, do you know his family?

"Let's talk about the statue later. Krees paused, and said word by word, "Barrett is alive!"

"Alive, you're not kidding?" Ben Issu was stunned, "how could he have escaped the tearing of the dimensional vortex?"

"Whether it's a storm or a whirlpool, whether it's an ocean or a spatial plane, the central area of it always forms a relatively safe cavity, doesn't it?" Krees gave a more reasonable explanation, "So, he should have just been sucked into the vortex and teleported to other planes, and was not directly shattered like other creatures." ”

"It's a possibility. Ben Isu touched the fingertips of his ten fingers and placed them in a spire shape on his chest, "However, there are so many planes in the multiverse, and so few can adapt to the survival of ordinary people, how can you be sure that Barrett must still ......be alive?

"He's in Hell!!" Krees said, noticing that his voice was a little high, and deliberately lowered it, "In the city of Dees on the second floor of Hell. ”

"How do you know?"

"I was told this by a soul merchant. "Barrett is now locked up in the prison of Mantili in the city of Dis, and it seems that he is still some kind of gladiator, and needs to fight in the arena." ”

"Impossible. Ben Isu was a little skeptical, "Except for the deepest ninth layer. We have eyeliner on the other eight floors of the Nine Prisons, and if he did participate in the Arena of Dis, I don't think he would have been missed. ”

"His appearance has changed. The little mage explained again, "Although I don't know the reason for the change, according to the soul merchant, he looks a bit like a troll, or an orc, or a goblin, who knows, it should be this kind of creature anyway." You help me report this matter to the association, and then investigate it properly, didn't you say that your department knows everything?"

"No, I mean 'almost'. Ben Issu emphasized, "It's 'almost' omniscient, these two words are important! There are countless secrets in the multiverse, and as mages, we haven't even been able to investigate all the mysteries of magic, how dare we claim to be omniscient?"

Very good, 'modesty' is an extremely rare quality of the mage, "You go now, hurry." "I'll go find my mentor and ask him to accompany me, I don't dare go to Hell alone." ”

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