Chapter 292: Bestial Order (1/2)

[Phoenix's Tears: a tear of a phoenix that would prolong the life of a dying being by one year if they consume it. The tear can also be a medium of summoning and can be used to forge fire artifacts.]

Even though the last line mentioned artifacts, it was still different from the tears he got at the Runes Apprentice Cup. This was a bona fide tear from the legendary creature, the phoenix. The properties of fire were integrated into it, thus the ability to create fire artifacts.

Arthur had pieced together the information he got about Gala to make an offer she couldn't refuse. As promised, when the night was at its darkest, the spirit appeared beside Arthur and turned him invisible.

He sneakily left his room and went to the library following the map Gala gave him. The night's darkness worked to aid him, not that anyone could see him with the little spirit helping him.

He reached the library's grand doors and found them to be unlocked, probably by Gala. The door swung inward and Arthur slipped inside before closing it.

The library was kindled by a thousand gem, covering all of the shelves and tables with dim light. It was empty, luckily for him. He walked through the shelves as he read the titles of the books, each carrying a different myriad of information.

'Fine Attainments in Way of Beasts, Elements, and Reaction of Arcane, Road to Alka's Grand Tree,' The list went on and on, piquing Arthur's curiosity to no end. This world was as wide as Earth, but with different properties and rules.

For one thing, there were no spirits back on earth. The closest thing to a spirit was a manifestation ability. However, here, it was a different entity separate from humans.

Another thing was abilities, as they didn't exist in this world. There were traits instead, the thing that separates humans from Demis. Arthur had yet to understand how this different line of evolution came about.

'Evolution of Demis by Farn Zoran,' Arthur paused at this book. He pulled it out and opened it to read. It took him almost thirty minutes to understand the general gist of how Demis came about.

Long ago, humans were nearly wiped out of existence by the Calamities. All changed when one human, on the verge of starvation, ate the heart of a monster.

This would have resulted in death, as the monster's violent mana would have killed the human. However, instead, the first Evolved Demi appeared.

With the traits of a monster that granted him abilities to change the world, the human was able to survive. Naturally, this led to the extinction of humans that aren't Demis and only the new races remained.

After that, the world began to change. The humans grew stronger and managed to build kingdoms in areas the Calamities didn't venture into. This was what brought the Demis into existence, or so it was theorized. That era witnessed very little historical documentation.

The reason that Demis look down on humans is that their existence is a flaw that might spell doom for the world. They were the last of the evolutionary road and their reemergence is a sign of weakness.

'So, the Demis hated humans because they were a burden to the world. The humans were weak against the Calamities, making them only mouths to feed.'

Arthur closed the book. He didn't have time to waste on this, but it was good to know about it. After returning the book to its place, Arthur went toward the restricted section of the library.

It was another door that glowed with red lines. Arthur took out the key Gala gave him and it also glowed red. The light emitted from the door and key entangled before the door was unlocked, even without Arthur inserting the key.

Arthur entered the restricted section and found only two shelves. All of the books were written in Alvan Language except for one only.

'Bestial Order.'

It was written in Yalveran Language. Arthur frowned and pulled the book out before examining it. He was confused as to why this book would be in Yalveran.

'Is Bloodline Order something discovered by someone from Freda?' Arthur wondered as he looked for the name of the author, but there was none.

He was now convinced that Freda spoke Yalveran, for reasons he couldn't understand. There was a connection between Freda and the Yalveran Union that he needed to uncover.