Chapter 331: Book Knight 136
The library before Fisher was both spacious and full of charm as he walked along the rows of bookshelves towards the center, beneath the huge crystal glass dome where the moonlight shone upon him, allowing him to look down and see a revised map of Nali.
"There are way too many books here, there are only a few scrolls that document hundreds of years of history in our tribe..."
Xiayat looked around at the densely packed books and their categorization on the shelves. The first floor of the library was the tallest, probably about six or seven meters high, and the large bookshelves around it were divided by category with the books neatly arranged. The second and third floors housed other categories of books.
Most of the books here were original copies, like the academic books Fisher had read during his university time in the Royal College library. Many of the books had clearly visible repair traces, having been roughly treated by Schwali invaders during the times of war.
"The amount of books here is far from one-fifth that of the Royal library before ’Gedelin’s shame.’ A part of them have been hoarded by people domestically and internationally and have yet to be returned. A larger portion was burned in the flames... like the ’Magic Encyclopedia of Nali,’ which Mr. Helsen devoted his life to revising, had actually been revised once during the reign of Gedelin II, was also lost in that great chaos."
"Is the Magic Encyclopedia really that important? I see your Magic Association creating new magic every year, and the magic created in recent years has already caught up with the number recorded in those Magi Encyclopedias, hasn’t it?"
Anna, with her arms folded, followed Fisher and looked around at the bookshelves, voicing her doubt.
Although she was from the South Continent, she had lived in Nali for quite some time and understood many things here much better than those two clueless demi-human ladies.
Fisher nodded noncommittally but still said to Moli behind him,
"Magic doesn’t just appear out of nowhere. Besides those who have created brand new Ring Heads and brought forth entirely new magical concepts, most mages are merely groping on the shoulders of giants. The new magic we design is largely either anomalous patchwork creations or simply further modifications along the existing paths of magic..."
"But innovating an entirely new magic concept is a high-risk step. If the design goes wrong, you could be blown half to pieces by the magic in an instant, swept into an unknown space by the world, turned into a desiccated corpse, or even driven mad..."