Chapter 122 Hand of Shadow
Ashes Academy Library.
"Sir." When two wizard apprentices who were looking up documents in the library saw Lucian, especially the mysterious purple patterns on the latter's wizard robes, they couldn't help but stop and make way for Lucian, while bending down to salute.
"Yes." Lucian quickly walked past the two wizard apprentices, walked quickly to a corner of the library, passed through a witchcraft barrier, and then walked along the hidden stairs to the basement of the Gray Bones Library. go.
At the end of the stairs, there is a simple statue of a bone snake. When it sensed that someone was coming, the statue began to move slowly, and its stone eyes gradually glowed red, and it released a pressure that was no less than that of a formal wizard, seeming to warn outsiders. Don't get close.
However, as Lucian took out a bone token, the scarlet eyes of the resurrected bone snake statue gradually dimmed, and then it curled up its body again and fell silent again.
Click, click, click...
Behind the bone snake statue, there was a secret door that slowly opened.
"Is this the paid library set up by the dean?" Lucian looked at the slightly dim environment inside, and his heart moved. Then the mental power was released, but it was blocked by a special barrier.
Hiss, hiss...
The eyes of the bone snake statue looked at Lucian and made a small warning sound.
At the same time, Lucian felt a breath locking him tightly, even giving him a feeling of hair on his spine.
Although he didn't know where this aura came from, Lucian had a feeling: If he acted rashly, once this aura erupted, he would be seriously injured even if he didn't die.
"Are these some of the methods left by the second-level wizard..." Lu Xian had a rough guess in his mind. At the same time, he quickly restrained his mental power and opened his hands to indicate that he did not Malice.
After a stalemate for a while, Lucian felt the creepy aura slowly withdrawing from his body. At the same time, the bone snake statue on the side also retracted its gaze and fell silent again.
Lucian quietly entered this somewhat dark passage.
Click, click, click... The sound of slight footsteps is particularly clear in the sealed tunnel, and the ancient candlesticks set up in the tunnel can always quietly light up the pale flame before Lucian arrives, and then can disappear before Lucian. Then it goes out automatically.
Because he had been warned once before, Lucian did not release his mental power to test again inside the tunnel. After walking forward for about two hundred meters, he finally left the density range, and what appeared in front of him was an underground library with a small area.
The only difference from the library on the outside is that the books on the bookshelves in this library are obviously much sparser, and there is a special barrier on the surface of the bookshelves that prevents Lucian from touching it.
Small black snakes as thin as silk threads crawled out from the gaps in all directions. These small snakes gradually gathered and merged, and slowly formed a whole in Lucian's body.
It has a snake's tail, a voluptuous body similar to that of a human woman, and also has strips of black hair.
At this time, the eyes on the human face of this creature were closed tightly, and the snake hairs were slightly raised, and the red eyes on each snake hair were looking at Lucian.
She smiled, but spoke fluent wizard language, "Young wizard of Ashes Academy, I am the manager here."
"According to the master's rules, as an official wizard of Ashbone Academy, you can choose two official witchcrafts from the 16 official witchcrafts collected by the master for free. Of course, you can also use the free permission to exchange other aspects of knowledge with the master. . But if you want to redeem more, you need to exchange..."
"Master?" Lu Xian thought for a moment and realized that the creature in front of him that looked somewhat similar to the snake mother of intelligent life should be the slave or puppet of the dean of Ashbone Academy.
With the help of the many witchcraft formations and some methods arranged by the dean here, the fighting power she unleashed in this underground library was enough to crush ordinary formal wizards.
But Lucian's attention soon shifted from the snake mother to the list she handed over.
Hand of Shadow, Ice Demon Shadow...
Lucian quickly browsed through some information about the 16 formal witchcrafts on the list, but he was a little disappointed that these formal wizards were all relatively common formal witchcrafts, and their value was several times higher than what he learned from Carly. The bloodline arts are much different.
"Master Manager, I hope to obtain the witchcraft model [Shadow Hand]." Lucian quickly browsed through the basic information on witchcraft, and then spoke respectfully.
The snake mother nodded, but did not move, obviously waiting for the second witchcraft chosen by Lucian.
"For the second spot, I hope to gain some knowledge about nightmare life. I have been entangled by a nightmare life recently and need to get rid of it as soon as possible..."
Lucian expressed his request.
The scarlet snake eyes in the snake mother's hair stared at Lucian for a while, seeming to be thinking or observing, but soon under the control of the snake mother, five books flew out of the bookshelf, and Landed in front of Lucian.
"The five books here all meet your requirements, but your formal witchcraft redemption qualification is not enough to redeem them." The snake mother said silently. "According to the rules left by the master, the value of this knowledge is 3.2 formal witchcrafts. But I must tell you that the value of the two witchcrafts given to you by the master cannot be retained. For example, if you exchange this book, it is worth 0.8 knowledge of a formal wizard, then the remaining 0.2 difference cannot be accumulated to the next time.”
"Then if I am willing to pay some price in exchange, what will it cost?" Lucian asked while looking at the simple descriptions of these books through his mental power.
"Knowledge, knowledge that is useful to the master." The snake mother looked at Lucian with a smile, and waved her hand at the same time, and a dense list appeared immediately, with many directories recorded on it.
Lucian's expression condensed slightly.
Because the knowledge recorded in these directories is at least useful knowledge for the official wizard level, and is a very precious accumulation for every official wizard.
"Can't we use magic stones or other materials?" Lucian looked at the snake mother, still a little unwilling.
The snake mother shook her head slightly, and after a moment of silence, she looked at Lucian.
"Don't worry, according to the master's order, I will not reveal any details of our transactions here to other official wizards. At the same time, the knowledge you sold me will not be sold privately to anyone before I get the master's permission. Other official wizards..."
"It's really dark..." Lu Xian muttered inwardly, then turned his hands and took out several scrolls from his pocket.
"This is the witchcraft model of the first-level witchcraft [Ring of Fire]..."
"This is a partial research manuscript of an official wizard-level goblin..."
Lucian introduced, feeling a little distressed in his heart.
Although he has mastered or backed up these things, trading these originals still makes him feel like he has been robbed.
"The total is the value of 3.7 formal witchcrafts. Wizard, do you want to trade?"
"Add it." Lucian reluctantly picked up another book worth 0.5 official wizards from the bookshelf on the side.
"Okay." The snake mother nodded lightly. After accepting the items that Lucian took out, she gently waved her hand and lifted the isolation barrier on several books and scrolls selected by Lucian.
"You can only browse here, and you can look at them for as long as you want, but you can't take them out, let alone damage them." The snake mother pointed to a few tables and chairs nearby, and then her body suddenly collapsed It turned into thousands of tiny black snakes, scattered again, and disappeared into the cracks in the ground or the bottom of the bookshelf.
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Lucian placed these books or witchcraft scrolls on the table, and then began to read them carefully.
The first thing he learned was witchcraft [Shadow Hand].
This is a witchcraft specially selected by Lucian for Adeline, and it belongs to the single-target close-range attack category. Not only can it be used in battles with other wizards, but it also has strong suppressive power against spirits and special beings, and can even attack nightmare creatures hiding in the interlayer of dreams. It is definitely a good way to deal with Adeline.
Even using [Shadow Hand] to attack a nightmare creature like Adeline, who is a third-level wizard apprentice, is a bit murderous. If Adeline can be captured firmly, I am afraid that a single attack from the Shadow Hand can directly Get rid of that annoying little thing.
But when thinking of Adeline, Lucian couldn't help but think of the Loren wizard who looked like a little girl.
Wizard Loren was not only the instigator behind Adeline, but also knew some information about the ruins of the Kingdom of Clouds. He is definitely the official wizard that Lucian is most afraid of at this time, and he is also inextricably related to Adeline, who has been pestering Lucian.
Although under the influence of the contract of Ashbone Academy, he and Wizard Loren could not fight each other, but it was always a hidden danger if this continued.
What's more, according to Wizard Huosen's description, Wizard Loren is a well-known murderer and lunatic in the Ashbones Academy... There have even been bad deeds in the past that turned some apprentices into dolls or spirits without distinction.
Maybe one day the Loren wizard would go crazy again, and he would be affected by her.
After Lucian put down the witchcraft scroll, he picked up the books on spiritual beings on the table. At the same time, he also went through the basic information about the Loren wizard in his mind.
This is a veteran official wizard who is good at curses, spirits and human body modification. However, after a spirit experiment failed, she and the summoned nightmare creature were irreversibly fused...
Suddenly, a bold idea flashed through Lucian's mind.
Since nightmare creatures can also be used as familiars or use some special methods to infiltrate or even enslave, is it possible for me to use the nightmare creature that accidentally fused with the Loren wizard to indirectly refine or even enslave the Loren wizard? ?
(End of chapter)