Chapter 369 : Stellar Guardian
Chapter 369: Stellar Guardian
Hearing Professor Uta’s words, Janna also nodded.
A few days ago, when the Darksun Apostle was hiding within White Coral Academy, Professor Uta had specially summoned Janna and assigned her an Emergency Mission: “Stop the Ritual of Divine Descension by the Darksun Church.”
The specific content of the mission was that Janna needed to rely on the power of the 【Law of Growth Fragment】 to stimulate the plants behind the academy, thereby resolving the problem of the residents of Turin City whose life force was being continuously drained by the Darksun Apostles.
In the end, Janna lived up to expectations and successfully completed this mission, protecting the lives of Turin City’s residents from being devoured by the Darksun Apostles—
“Crash—”
She gently raised her right hand, and as the books on the bookshelf continuously flipped, one by one, magic scrolls made of parchment flew into Professor Uta’s hands.
“Regarding advanced knowledge of 《Guardian Studies》, I have a lot here, but the one most suitable for you—”
As he spoke, a silver-white magic scroll flew out from Professor Uta’s hand.
“Is still this one.”
As he said so, that silver-white scroll landed in front of Janna.
“Stellar Guardian?”
Looking at the title written on the scroll, Janna’s gaze subconsciously fell upon the hexagram ring worn on her right middle finger.
“The knowledge contained in this scroll belongs to advanced ritual witchcraft under 《Guardian Studies》, and it is also a type of protective witchcraft more suitable for Wizard Apprentices to use.”
Since Janna had not yet signed a Confidentiality Contract, aside from the four large characters 《Stellar Guardian》, she was completely unable to see any of the other contents of the scroll.
“Thank you for your gift, Professor.”
“No need to thank me, this is the reward you deserve.”
After casually tossing the now-empty glass bottle into the waste bin beside the workbench, Professor Uta stood up, walked over to the ritual platform, and picked up one of the silver-white glowing crystal balls placed there.
“Take this crystal ball as well. When you officially begin studying the knowledge within this scroll, you will need it.”
With that, the silver-white glowing crystal ball flew from Professor Uta’s hand to land in front of Janna.
“Alright.”
Although Janna still did not know the crystal ball’s exact purpose, she obediently put both items into her Thorn Bracelet.
During the following time, Janna took advantage of this rare opportunity to ask Professor Uta about the confusing points in 《Guardian Studies》 that she had yet to understand. Only after a long time did she finally stop.
“Professor, it’s already getting late, I’ll head back first.”
“Mm. During this time, if there’s anything you don’t understand about that scroll’s knowledge, you can come find me anytime.”
“Alright, thank you again, Professor.”
After bidding farewell to Professor Uta, Janna took the elevator down.
However, after leaving the Magic Tower, Janna did not hurry back to her dormitory. Instead, she continued toward the library as planned.
“Before returning to the dorm, I still need to complete today’s Daily Quest.”
【Today’s Quest: Read ten or more books.
Quest Reward: 100 Talent EXP, 500 Skill EXP, one random reward.】
Just as Janna stepped out of the elevator, preparing to return to her dormitory to study 【Stellar Guardian】, the familiar System Notification once again echoed in her mind.
And this time’s quest was still the same repeated Reading Quest that Janna had already done several times.
“Unknowingly, I’ve already read more than half of the books in the library.”
With the help of 【Magic Reading】 and her habit of spending all her free time in the library, Janna’s reading volume grew larger and larger—eventually, she had read almost all the general knowledge books.
Thus, in the latter half of the semester, Janna had no choice but to begin reading other specialized knowledge not directly related to her own field of study.
For example: 《Introduction to Astrology Magic》, 《Alchemical Puppet Disassembly》, 《Secrets of Body Refinement》, and 《Advanced Trap Breaking》, among many others.
Janna’s way of studying, from one perspective, could only be called skimming through knowledge. She was not mastering every book thoroughly.
But from another perspective, for a beginner apprentice like Janna, the books in the library that had been granted to her for free by Anthony-Rook were undoubtedly the fastest way for her to acquire knowledge at present.
Precisely because of this, Janna treasured this hard-earned opportunity even more.
Even if she was only skimming, Janna’s 【Exceptional Memory】 talent allowed her to firmly remember the contents of every book she read.
Even if she did not understand now, she believed that as her accumulation and comprehension of knowledge grew deeper, she would eventually be able to systematically integrate and refine these scattered pieces of information.
“It’s already this late?”
After staying in the library for an entire afternoon and evening, Janna finally completed today’s Reading Quest under a night sky full of stars.
【Today’s Quest: Read ten or more books (Completed).
Quest Reward: 100 Talent EXP, 500 Skill EXP, Comprehension +0.1.】
Looking at the Quest Panel’s reward prompt, Janna rubbed her slightly sore temples and then closed the panel.
“If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have previewed Professor Uta’s magic scroll in advance——”
Janna’s original plan for today was to complete the “Read Ten Books” quest in the library, then wait until tomorrow after she was fully rested to study the advanced knowledge of 《Guardian Studies》 that Professor Uta had given her.
However, when she had only reached her fifth book, she really couldn’t hold back anymore. Right there in the library, she signed the Confidentiality Contract of the magic scroll and began studying its contents.
At first, Janna only intended to skim through the contents of the scroll, not truly study it.
But the advanced knowledge of 《Guardian Studies》 named 【Stellar Guardian】 was simply “too enticing.” Before long, Janna’s full attention was immersed in the witchcraft knowledge about 【Stellar Guardian】, and she completely forgot about her “Reading Quest.”
The contents within the scroll about 【Stellar Guardian】 were all written in 【Dragon Language】. Though the text was not lengthy, it still took Janna more than three hours to barely grasp the meaning.
Even so, there were still quite a few technical terms that Janna could not make sense of.
“Looks like in the end, I still won’t be able to avoid asking Professor Uta for guidance——”