Chapter 135: Acquiring Knowledge (1/2)
He h the sea of tables and drunkards, reet Merlin, but he returned the greetings of those who could
"Hey boss" He sat down next to the thief lord, as enjoying his glass of liquor
"Oh, so nice of you to join us" The elf said while dragging out his letters, it seemed he was rather drunk at this point, and Merlin could s whiskey on the elf's breath
"Do you have the translated docu to deal with a drunk eccentric elf
"Slow, slow, slon All work and no play will rey, you know?" The elf lord h it hed at his own joke before sla up
"Coh the sea of tables and other drunkards
Merlin was lead down a different tunnel this ti around barely able to stand on his oo feet, he suddenly stood up straight and began walking normally
"The blasted elf's curse" Merlin heard the elf mutter, it seemed he had already perfectly sobered up but didn't seem too happy about this fact
"Co him down a tunnel, and within the first minute they had already travelled further than the last four
Merlin was lead into a surprisingly well lit rooe desks There were several people in the roole one of thele one turned to look at the tho entered
"I thought you said you didn't already have a library" Merlin muttered, "Or did you make this one in a week?"
"It's not a library, this is our office" The elf let out a s Merlin "This is where we dodocu nobility
Those last two points were h to be heard
"And for you" The elf began talking as he walked over to a shelf, picking up a stack of paper bound with twine "I believe this is for you"
As Merlin was handed the stack of paper that had a snised as an ite an information sheet to appear
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[Bashkatil Translation (Unique)]
Sheets of bound paper containing a large list of translations of the e, it was : 1
• Upgrades Knowledge: "Language: Bashkatil (Beginner)"
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A smile formed on Merlin's face as he read the itees, causing the sheets to suddenly light up before vanishi+ng in Merlin's hands, causing a notification to appear before hie: Bashkatil (Beginner)" has been upgraded to, "Language: Bashkatil (Inter ability Convenient, but it must surely waste a fair amount of paper" The elf remarked
"I suppose so" Merlin said, "It doesn't always eat the book or paper It seems to only eat the document if it provides a skill"
"How odd" The elf's eyes were sparkling with curiosity The elf turned towards the shelf onceout yet another stack of paper "And this is the recipe we translated Please don't eat it"
Merlin took the sheets, although the elf seemed reluctant to hand them over This stack of paper also shi+ an informationto appear
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[Ghoul Conversion Poison Recipe (Unique)]
Sheets of bound paper containing a translated recipe used by the vampire from another world to convert this world's residents into ravenous undead
• Grants Knowledge: "Recipe: Ghoul Conversion Poison"
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"Well, here goes nothing" Merlin jokingly said as he flipped through the sheets of paper, knowing it wouldn't vanish as it didn't have a li up similar to the last, which caused the elf's body to subconsciously jerk forward and reach for the recipe, but the light vanished before his hand reached it He stopped ly confused
Merlin on the other hand was given a notification
「Knowledge obtained: "Recipe: Ghoul Conversion Poison"」
"Well, it didn't eat it" Merlin said, handing the documents back to the elf
The elf seeained his usual de the it
"Well, that's the translation part co on the cure part, but we've run into a bit of an issue" The elf explained "They don't have a saredient required to make the poison in the first place, vaht be able to help with that actually" Merlin said, "Do you know anybody with the ability to appraise or inspect objects and entities?"