Chapter 114 – Leonart’s Second Solution
A knight, clad in full armor, stood behind her. This was likely the high elf’s guard. The blue and white knight’s full armor indicated service in the Kingdom’s Third Knight Legion. The faint sense of danger Li Wen felt originated from this very knight.
Li Wen didn’t know what had attracted the high elf’s attention. If it was her suspicious behavior of wearing a cloak, it seemed a bit far-fetched. After all, in Leicester, where the rain never ceased, there were too many people dressed similarly.
“Is something wrong?” she asked, trying to make her tone as gentle as possible, like an innocent girl.
The blonde girl smiled, her brilliant golden eyes fixed on Li Wen, as if trying to see who she really was beneath the cloak.
“You seem to be looking for something. Do you need help?”
Were high elves a kind race? The answer was no.
“Thank you,” Li Wen politely declined. “But no, I can do it myself.”
If she hadn’t wanted to open the Magic Map in front of everyone, she would have already found the location of Mitreton College.
Li Wen didn’t want to waste time and turned to leave. The girl behind her watched her retreating back with a pensive expression.
***
Li Wen found Mitreton College without much difficulty, due to its prominent landmark building.
Mitreton College occupied a considerable area, at least comparable to well-known schools in the real world. Its most striking feature was undoubtedly the Mitreton Bell Tower, known as Leicester’s First Tower. It stood at least sixty meters tall, and even from a great distance, as long as it wasn’t blocked by other buildings, one could see it by looking up.
Mitreton College was usually open to the public. Nobles, the wealthy, and celebrities living nearby would sometimes visit the college’s renowned library to borrow books, under the guise of cultivating their sentiments.
Effortlessly, after Li Wen removed her cloak and fabricated a casual reason, she successfully entered the college.
Walking onto a deserted path, she finally had the chance to take out the Magic Map.
“In this direction…”
Li Wen found the location of the Sorcery Anomalies Hand Association. Just as she was about to put away the map, she noticed Bailu had gone online.
After thinking for a moment, Li Wen decided to put Bailu aside for now, as going to the Sorcery Anomalies Hand Association was more important.
In fact, there were already rumors within Mitreton College. Many students claimed to have seen floating books and glowing staffs when visiting the library at night. They believed these were from wizards and mages of the last century, hidden in some corner of the college.
But they would never have imagined that the founder of Mitreton College was a former Guild Leader of the Sorcery Anomalies Hand Association. Since then, the principals of Mitreton College were usually members of the Sorcery Anomalies Hand.
Li Wen followed the location marked on the Magic Map from memory and arrived in front of a cylindrical library.
This was Mitreton’s old library. Although it hadn’t been abandoned after the college built a new library building next to the Bell Tower a few years prior, few people came here anymore.
Li Wen walked straight in. The librarian at the entrance was reading a newspaper and paid her no mind, only casually reminding her:
“Remember to return books after you’ve finished reading them. If you want to borrow a book, register with me. Be careful not to dirty or damage the books.”
Seemingly an ordinary librarian, Li Wen still tried to ask, “Do you know about the Sorcery Anomalies Hand?”
“What hand?”
The other party was stunned. It was indeed an awkward name.
“It’s nothing,” Li Wen said calmly. “Just a book I’m looking for.”
This seemed to pique the other party’s interest. “I do hear about some strange games young people play, looking for books. Are you one of them?”
Realizing this might be related to the Sorcery Anomalies Hand, Li Wen feigned a look of confusion.
“Can you tell me more?”
“It’s just some eccentric rumors that young people like,” the administrator rambled on. “They say there’s a secret Spellbook hidden in some corner of the library, and it can only be found through a specific method. Once someone finds the Spellbook, they’ll be taken to the world of witchcraft and magic and never return.” He added, “I’ve been working here for over thirty years. If there were some mysterious Spellbook, wouldn’t I know?”
Following his lead, Li Wen asked, “Since they can never return, why would anyone pursue it?”
“Who knows? Don’t you young people like that sort of thing?”
After bidding farewell to the librarian, Li Wen began searching the surrounding bookshelves.
Yes, she wanted to find that legendary book.
Since such stories circulated within Mitreton College, it was clear that the Sorcery Anomalies Hand had intentionally spread them. Considering their purpose, it was likely a method to attract curious, talented, and proactive students as new recruits for the association.
Since it was used for “recruitment,” this book might have a certain threshold, but it shouldn’t deter everyone. It might test students’ intelligence, patience, or other positive qualities.
Since it was a magical book, Li Wen might be able to find it using the restraint effect of the Poem of Paradise.
However, the first problem was that Li Wen’s Poem of Paradise had a range of only five meters. Covering every corner of the library was obviously not feasible. The second issue was that this was the association’s location, the Sorcery Anomalies Hand, and who knew what counter-spells, magical traps, or ritual arrays were hidden here.
Rashly activating her ability could cause unnecessary trouble.
Li Wen pondered a countermeasure. The first thing she could confirm was that blind searching was definitely not advisable.
The administrator said it could only be found through a specific method. Since this was a trial set by a magical association, the method must be a method belonging to a mage.
Perhaps a Trigger Magic?
Li Wen thought of this type of spell, which could place a spell like teleportation or defense on a person or object. As long as a pre-set condition was met, the spell placed would be immediately triggered. This seemed to align with the librarian’s statement.
Since it was a Trigger Magic, what was its trigger condition?
Li Wen didn’t bother thinking about this question; she had already figured out a solution.
Generally, most magic has a countermeasure, but that’s for mages.
For ordinary people or Transcendent non-mages, cracking a mage’s spell was extremely difficult.
Unless they understood magic and were proficient in rituals and array studies.
The solution Li Wen thought of was a ritual: “Leonart’s Second Solution.”
