Chapter 17 (2/2)
”It's still too slow. I need more books on emptiness, more details on how to use the power of emptiness.” Loren said, ”of course... It's just academic.”
”Well... So you need a good librarian to help you find these documents, and then someone who can answer your questions.” Isaac nodded seriously, and then immediately stood up: ”but now that I'm here, you don't need any!”
”Be quick and start, brother Loren. We have a whole afternoon to solve your little problems!”
Looking at the people who had been rummaging on the distant bookshelves, the smiling Loren couldn't help thinking of what some people had said... What the martyrs wanted most was to die generously; What Isaac Grantham, a pretentious man, craves most is to be needed by others, otherwise he will not find a sense of existence.
As long as the bait is thrown down, he can't wait to rush up and solve all the processes and troubles for himself, and then wait for his incredible expression of surprise like a dog wagging its tail.
At the moment, Isaac has completely lost his lazy appearance. Like an accurate hound, he went to the predetermined bookcase, took the required book, and then turned to the next one. It was like a map with a route floating in front of him, telling him the exact location of each book.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Isaac returned to the original point and dropped a thick volume in front of Loren: ”although you haven't started reading, I can tell you that so far no wizard has ever used a method similar to yours to learn occult science.”
”But in some literature on incantation, some wizards did use similar methods to analyze incantations in the past, but most of them were only applicable to low-level spells.” before Loren could speak, Isaac picked up the file and turned it to the page for him: ”I think it may be of some reference significance to you.”
”Wait... Have you read all the books in this library?” Lauren asked tentatively.
”I don't think your rhetoric is accurate at all.” Isaac snorted modestly: ”in my way, all the knowledge in this room, I can know exactly which bookcase it is hidden in and the page of which book. If not, who must have taken it or lost it!”
”Sorry...” Lauren smiled apologetically. He suddenly realized that this might be a great opportunity, but he couldn't be too abrupt. He had to take the initiative to tell himself when the other party didn't pay attention.
The advantage of having a genius around is that the other party only needs a few words to make the problems that the apprentices racked their brains as simple as one plus one equals two, and Isaac's super memory also saves Loren's time to turn the book. Even in the field of incantation, which the other party was not good at, Isaac understood better than ayin.
That's why the little wizard kept saying that he was a pretentious bastard, but he had to admit that each other's talent really exceeded himself. According to Loren's understanding, I'm afraid the guy in front of him who speaks faster than he turns the book doesn't know anything about human and worldly wisdom. He may have deliberately pretended to be like this.
But what's the problem? Is Ayn Rand really so naive that there is no secret? So this kind of thing doesn't matter at all. As long as the other party can really help himself, Loren doesn't care whether the other party is really the same.
Especially he is not a guy who looks the same.
”In a word, although this method of pushing back the spell structure is good, its defects are also obvious. A simple low-order spell is hardly helpful to you, but it just wastes this wonderful attention.” Isaac showed a difficult expression for the first time: ”maybe this is one of the reasons why those incompetent spell casters can only be a juggler all their life.”
”So... Do you know a high-level spell?” Lauren said ”inadvertently”.