Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Obtained it

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Anvis opened the strap and flipped the heavy cover open.

The slightly yellowed goatskin parchment had turned dark yellow and almost brown. Its luster had become abnormally old, as though it had went through an extremely long period of time.

The originally empty title page now had a strange huge symbol.

The symbol itself was made up of spirals that emitted an ominous aura, twisting and changing lines, and strange round dots of different sizes.

The ink that depicted it was also very peculiar. In Anvis’ eyes, this dark green ink seemed to be flowing continuously.

Carefully examining the mysterious pattern, Anvis kept comparing it in his mind, trying to find the meaning behind the symbol.

But in the end, he failed to find any similarities. This strange symbol was the same as the material of the book. It was beyond his current knowledge.

He tried to flip to the second page, but he realized that he could not open the rest of the pages. It was as if they were glued together.

Anvis immediately understood why he couldn’t read it.

His spiritual force was not strong enough! He could not withstand the mysterious knowledge in the book.

Slap!

At this moment, the Duke suddenly clapped his hands.

The sound seemed to turn off some kind of switch, and the strangeness in the room instantly disappeared.

Anvis shivered and looked up as if he had just woken up from a dream. The spiritual power that was connected to the book naturally broke.

A strange feeling rose in his heart, as if something had changed.

At this moment, the sound of the hourglass had returned to normal. However, a large portion of the silver-blue sand in the upper half of the hourglass was visibly missing.

“It’s been three hours and thirty-two minutes since you touched the book with your spiritual power.”

Noticing Anvis’s gaze, Lord Karlos spoke flatly.

“Three hours? Has it been that long?!”

Anvis was stunned for a moment, his eyes filled with surprise. In his perception, less than three minutes had passed.

“Does it feel like it hasn’t been long? This is the Lakana effect: When your spiritual power quality is too low and you try to analyze high-level spells, you will have this illusion of time.”

The duke opened his hand, and a magic structure as complicated as a flower appeared in his palm. Then, it gradually turned into flying light spots from top to bottom.

“If I hadn’t interrupted you just now, you would have exhausted your spiritual strength without realizing it. If this continues, it might even damage your spirit.”

“If your rank is higher than rank 4, even if you are still not able to complete the analysis, you can still sense that something is wrong after your spiritual power has been drained too much and immediately cut off the connection…”

As he spoke, the Duke suddenly realized the issue of his words.

“Of course, this is definitely not your problem. On the contrary, this is a good thing!”

“As a member of the Olivendi family, you definitely can’t make the fatal mistake made by those ordinary professionals, they blindly pursued the speed of advancement and neglected their foundation.

“An early ripened fruit will taste unripe and boring. Even though we possess bloodlines, between people of the same level, different foundations can create a large disparity in strength.

You must remember that the growth of your strength in the future will be based on your initial foundation. Every slow accumulation now will be magnified thousands of times in the future!

“Only when your foundation reaches the perfection and you advance in the most perfect manner can you go further on the path of an expert!”

“I understand, Father.”

Anvis nodded slightly. He could not help but be wary of what had just happened.

Having memories from two lifes, he should have immediately sensed that something was wrong, however he had still unwittingly fallen into it. This was undoubtedly a wake-up call to his relaxed disposition.

“So, what are you going to do?”

Lord Karlos nodded, tapping his fingers on the table to draw Anvis’s attention.

“Although the aura of this book is somewhat strange, I can sense that it doesn’t have any ill intentions towards you.

And its hidden state could deceive my senses. Without a doubt, it was at least a ninth-tier, or even peak ninth-tier magic item!

I’ve just checked the library’s register. It’s one of the first collections in the library, a donation from the first family head, Sir Aldridge.

“This means throughout thousands of years, you are the only person capable of sensing and controlling it.”

“Father, I want this book. May I have it?”

Anvis immediately understood the meaning behind the duke’s words and immediately smiled as he made his request.

A high-tier magical item would bring about a significant increase in his strength.

Most importantly, past Anvis did not have it in his memories, which made it a variable in fate.

In his current situation, any such variable was extremely precious.

“The books in the library are the family’s public property. I can’t give you one of them.”

Gently stroking the engravings on his cufflinks, the duke raised his gaze, his blue eyes focused on Anvis’s surprised and puzzled expression, his tone unhurried.

“However, if you really want it that much, I can lend it to you temporarily. And in the future, as the price, you need to add three or more books of the same type to replace it in the library.”

“Do you accept this offer, Anvis?”

“I accept! Father.”

“Very well.”

The duke casually decided on this matter. During this process, both of them tacitly did not mention the exact time of this future.

At the same time, the thick book in Anvis’ hands suddenly burst into dazzling white flames.

Startled, Anvis instinctively retracted his hand that was holding the book. However, he immediately realized that although the entire book was burning, the white flames did not have any temperature.

After leaving Anvis’ palm, the book did not land on the ground. Instead, it floated steadily in the air.

As the white flames burned, runes with a faint glow appeared on the cover. Then, they gradually collapsed from top to bottom, turning into dark blue specks of light that scattered.

A large number of light spots converged in the air of the study, forming a dark blue river of stars. Under the contrast of the silent and burning white flames, it looked mysterious and magical.

Soon, the runes on the cover were all gone. The ring on the duke’s index finger lit up slightly, and the flame disappeared just as it appeared.

“Now, it’s yours. However, if something unknown happens to it in the future, inform me immediately. Understood?”

“I understand.”

Anvis grabbed the book that was floating in the air once again. The moment he held it in his hand, his heart suddenly moved, and the heavy book instantly shrunk to the size of a palm.

“Have you been acknowledged? Not bad.”

The duke nodded knowingly. He took a piece of paper from his desk drawer and stamped it with the heraldic ring.

As soon as the ring and the paper touched each other, a colorless magic light flashed, leaving a mark that looked like ice crystals.

“Take this and find Leonard. Get him to take you to the warehouse in Moonset Castle to get the materials to make a book chain.”

The duke shook his hand and threw the paper to Anvis, who caught it gracefully.

“Then I’ll take my leave, Father.”

After receiving the duke’s approval, Anvis bowed and left the room quietly.

After he left, Duke Karlos looked at the door and tapped his fingers on the table with a frown.

“The Secret Scripture of the Ancients? This aura…”

After a moment’s thought, the duke pulled open the bottom drawer of his desk again. His fingers traced a complicated miniature array on the deepest board.

A glimmer of light flashed, and the wooden board that depicted the array rippled like water. An extremely hidden compartment opened silently.

At the same time, an illusory and mysterious fragrance that seemed to come from an endless distant country drifted out.

Inside the secret compartment was a palm-sized, plain-looking silver dark key.

Its entire body was made of some unknown metal. The handle of the key was carved with strange and delicate vine patterns. Its surface was incomparably dim, as if it had experienced an eternity.

Stroking the cool metal texture of the key, the Duke suddenly laughed mockingly for no reason at all.

“Taboo, haha… Taboo?”

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