Chapter 1645 - Searching Through the Materials (2/2)

“Me! Me! I don’t want to sleep yet!” Lily literally bounced over. “I love books!”

“I’ll go back to my room. I don’t want to read… Uwaaahhh!” Y’lisabet pouted then screamed.

Before she could take a second step, her father grabbed her by the neck and dragged her to the study as he lectured her. “A child should read more. Learning new things while your brain is still young is the best. Stop thinking about playing all day…”

In the end, everyone went to the study, even Rollie: the catgirl had no interest in books whatsoever, she was just worried that everyone was going somewhere to eat and leaving her out…

Under any circumstances, a mage would need to be well-learned and have an insatiable thirst for knowledge. Even the most downtrodden of mages would not be stingy with their book collections. Even Rheia and her unreliable masters were the same. The dilapidated tower actually had a large collection of books; while they may have paled in comparison to the collections belonging to richer mages of higher status, in the eyes of a commoner, the rows of books against the walls could be described as a “mountain of books”.

The study on the second floor was just one of the libraries within the tower. It mostly had common books about the local culture and sagas of ancient heroes while the more precious tomes of magic were totally missing. It was clear that the room was meant for guests of the tower. Using knowledge to entertain one’s guest was proper etiquette to a mage.

The semi-circle study was not too big, but it could fit Hao Ren and his team. After entering the study, Hao Ren saw four rows of book racks that extended all the way to the ceiling, and before the racks was a sliding wooden ladder. Between the racks were three wide french windows with the night view clearly visible.

It appeared that whoever built the tower was not like the gloomy and conservative traditionalist mages who tended to build their homes with a foreboding atmosphere in it. Those wide french windows were enough to make any visitor feel welcome.

Hao Ren looked around as he started to delegate duties. “Let’s split up to look for intel. Lily and Rollie, the first rack. The Nangongs, both of you take the second rack. Y’zaks and Y’lisabet, the third is yours. Vivian and I will look at the fourth. Read anything that allows you to understand this world better. MDT, you’re on scanning duty. Search for anything to do with the Great Pit, historical or legend, it doesn’t matter.”

“I have a question.” Lily raised her hand. “Why is Rollie paired with me. She’s obviously of no help!”

“The most educated and the least educated together in a group would make progress balanced, no?”

“…That sounds almost reasonable.”

After their duties were delegated, everyone started to busy themselves between the racks. As they had the aid of the translation plugin and data-processing link, it acted like a laser scan even when they were just skimming through the pages. The world’s true identity soon became clear to all.

Hao Ren was reading a book called “The Frost Wolves – The History of the Ten Northern Kingdoms” as he approached Vivian. “How is Noobie?”

Vivian raised her left hand and focused her mind. Simultaneously, a mist-like thing started to wiggle as Noobie took form. The little one was confused at being summoned out of the blue, and she stared at Hao Ren for a good two seconds. Her chaotic red eyes were unreadable, but she then reacted to show her vigilance and hostility. “Sha… Biubiubiu!”

Hao Ren simply raised his hand to block her weak-as-water shadow bolts. “If you do more biubiubiu-ing, I’ll send you to Raven 12345 to eat noodles every day!”

“Eek!!”

“But if you behave, you can stay with us, and you’ll have meat to eat every day.”

The little one pondered hard before she nodded furiously.

“You see, she can behave.” Hao Ren threw Vivian a gleeful look. “So, you can control that thing freely now? Just like your little bats?”

“It’s not that easy.” Vivian sighed. “I tried earlier. I can only summon or absorb her back into my body. Other than that, she won’t listen to me. It’s still quite a difference compared with my bats.”

Hao Ren thought for a bit. “Well, she’s easier to carry around now.”

When it came to that, Vivian nodded in agreement.