Abyss Sequence-Chapter 359 - 16: The Grand Library
——This is insurance, this is loading, this is shooting. Okay, now you can go hunt dangerous-level demons!
Wang Lingyu felt as if she had just learned these terms but was directly thrown out by Yan Luo to hunt dangerous-level demons.
Touching the pouch where her casting materials were stored, Wang Lingyu suddenly remembered that she was now an Engraver, so she rummaged through the pouch and took out a scale piece, casting a protection spell on herself.
Maintaining a protection spell requires a certain amount of Magic Power. Although the consumption is minimal when just maintaining it, over time, anyone would be overwhelmed.
Therefore, even Engravers of the [Mage] Sequence wouldn’t keep protection spells constantly active on themselves.
What Wang Lingyu feared most now was a sudden attack. Even if the protection spell could only block one attack from a demon, as long as she had time to react, it was enough for her.
At first, Wang Lingyu was very cautious and on edge.
But as she walked on, she found no trace of dangerous-level demons and gradually lowered her guard.
However, just when her vigilance dropped to its lowest point, a demon hidden among the branches leaped down, pouncing on Wang Lingyu.
When the demon struck Wang Lingyu, a layer of protective shield appeared on her body, but it was immediately shattered by the demon.
Being pinned to the ground, Wang Lingyu let out a panicked scream, struggling desperately to get up but being firmly held down by the demon.
BANG!
With a loud noise, the head of the monkey-like creature strutting on Wang Lingyu’s exoskeleton back burst open.
Yan Luo put down the sniper rifle he had set on the car window and sighed.
In the Abyss, the roles of hunter and prey change in real time. Letting one’s guard down here is equivalent to handing over one’s life to the demons.
Although Alfheim isn’t the Abyss, its environment resembles it closely, making it an excellent training ground.
Just as the others were absent, he could use this opportunity to train Wang Lingyu well, ensuring she could at least activate her engravings at the first moment of an attack to cast protection spells on herself.
In the meantime, he could also consume demon flesh to accelerate his body’s transformation process. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
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Through the Teleportation Array, Sasa and Yulia traveled thousands of miles to the ’Academy.’
The teleportation experience was peculiar; Sasa felt as if her entire body was stretched and then tossed into a spinning washing machine, washed several times from head to toe.
Moreover, Sasa’s body was relatively weak, causing her to vomit upon arriving at the Academy.
Fortunately, she had already learned about the teleportation experience from Julia and had prepared barf bags in advance.
After vomiting, Sasa wiped her mouth and, acting as if nothing had happened, walked out of the Teleportation Hall with Yulia.
Outside the Teleportation Hall was a main road of the Academy. The gray, stone-paved avenue extended far from the stairs, disappearing at the horizon in Sasa’s vision.
Many side roads branched from the main road, resembling branches growing from a tree trunk.
The ’Academy’ is a relatively monotonous place. The buildings here look like they were cast from the same mold, with straight lines and square forms.
Living in such a city, it would be difficult to navigate without landmark buildings.
Fully armed, Sasa and Yulia exited the Teleportation Hall, immediately attracting the attention of many elves passing by.
Obviously, these elves were quite curious about Sasa and Yulia’s attire.
This is the ’Academy,’ the only school in the Elf World of Alfheim.
Typically, after elves are born, they learn alongside their parents during their growth, gradually mastering the elven script and survival skills.
If there are no parents, other elders would assume this responsibility.
Thus, there are no illiterates in Alfheim—every elf is literate and possesses a skill to earn a living in adulthood, gaining other skills through continuous work.
The Academy is different; it is a place for imparting ’extra knowledge.’
’Extra knowledge’ refers to knowledge ’not required for survival.’
Professional arts, world knowledge, biology, transcendental power research, and so on, are the ’non-survival-required’ knowledge of Alfheim.
However, unlike the school model on Blue Star.
The Academy’s teaching mainly relies on the ’scholars’ residing in the city. Upon entering the Academy, elves need to personally visit these scholars in the city and become their students by passing their assessment to learn knowledge.
The ’Academy’ has no Lord, only an Academic Committee—which roughly means this—the Committee directly manages the issuance of scholar qualifications. Only by obtaining this qualification can one have the credentials to teach.
Based on the above, elves who join the Academy are inherently curious, unwilling to waste their lives solely on survival.
Seeing Sasa and Yulia wearing armor distinctly not of elven style, they naturally felt puzzled and curious.
At this moment, a blue-haired elf wearing a mask approached and asked Sasa and Yulia, "Who is Lady Sasa?"
Subsequently, she saw the relatively shorter armor raise a hand.
"I am Sasa."
Sasa lifted her visor, looking up at the blue-haired elf standing in front of her, "May I ask who you are..."
"I am one of the administrators of the Grand Library. While wearing this mask, I do not possess my own name; you may call me ’Number Seven.’
The blue-haired elf tapped her brass mask, "I will lead you to the Grand Library. Upon reaching the entrance of the Grand Library, you need to present us with the ’Saint’s Blood.’ Once your reading time at the Grand Library concludes, you will need to hand over that Saint’s Blood to us."
Is it really only after the reading time ends that the Saint’s Blood needs to be handed over?
Sasa was a bit surprised by this, exchanging a glance with Yulia.
On Blue Star, transactions definitely wouldn’t work this way.
Number Seven led Sasa and Yulia away from the entrance of the Teleportation Hall, boarding a carriage heading for the Grand Library.
The elves residing in the Academy require commuting, hence carriages are available in the city.
The carriage carried Sasa to the entrance of the Grand Library and dropped her and Yulia off.
Sasa took out the Saint’s Blood she carried with her and displayed it to Number Seven, receiving permission to enter the Grand Library.
"Only one person may enter the Grand Library."
Number Seven stood at the continuous flow of the entrance, saying to Sasa and Yulia, "And no weapons are allowed inside."
Sasa took a deep breath, publicly disengaged her exoskeleton armor, handing it over to Yulia, wearing only goggles and casual clothes as she headed toward the Grand Library.
Yulia stored Sasa’s exoskeleton into her spatial pouch, looked at Number Seven, and asked with a smile, "Are there any interesting places to visit in this city?"
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Sasa followed other elves into the Grand Library. Some elves noticed her ears and height, causing them to talk about her.
No elf in the world has such short and round ears. She looked more like the legendary ’human.’
It’s said that humans have come from Midgard to their world and started doing business with them again after an interval of over eight thousand years.
So, is this woman who looks like a child a human?
Just as some elves wanted to inquire if Sasa was indeed human, an elf clad in robes and wearing a brass mask quietly approached her.
"You must be Lady Sasa, correct? I am Number Five. I will accompany you throughout, assisting you in obtaining the books you desire."
The golden-haired male elf, known as ’Number Five,’ spoke in a low voice.
Sasa was aware the elves would definitely monitor her, so she didn’t mind.
Besides, she couldn’t acquire the books she wanted without Number Five’s help.
The Grand Library’s interior resembled a gigantic reading room. There were only tables and chairs on the floor, while books floated high above the seemingly boundless library, forming a spectacle akin to galaxies and nebulae.
Elves possess innate casting abilities, allowing them to easily summon any book they desire from above, but Sasa did not have this ability.
Sasa found an empty spot to sit and presented her request to Number Five.
"I’d like to find books related to ’soul’ and ’spirituality.’"
Directly searching for books related to engraving would be too conspicuous, so Sasa wanted to look at other books first, and then help Yulia find a way to become Sequence One.
