Chapter 221

Half an hour later, Nawate First Library.

This is an extremely grand building; one could even say it is the most magnificent building Luosen has seen since arriving in the Nawate Plane.

Naya led the way: "This library houses nearly all of Nawate's knowledge, with five floors above ground and five below, holding over one million volumes—it is our nation's largest library."

"Mage Luosen, in recognition of your outstanding contribution to Nawate's national security, you may copy four books in the Hall of Wisdom and have two hours of free selection time."

Luosen felt a slight stir in his heart: "Does two hours of free selection mean I can browse?"

Naya nodded: "Exactly, you can skim through to get a general idea of the content and avoid making a wrong choice."

"But note two points: first, handle the books carefully to avoid damaging them; second, do not use any spell to aid in recording."

Luosen secretly rejoiced: "I understand, thank you for the explanation, Mage Naya."

Naya, unsuspecting, continued: "I personally recommend that you definitely copy the following three."

"One is titled *Encyclopedia of Void Life*, one *Power of Faith*, and the last *Legend*."

"These three correspond respectively to the vast majority of knowledge needed to resist demons, and the in-depth discussion of Power of Faith and the Legendary Realm exactly matches your needs."

"Besides that, you may also freely copy one more book."

Having said that, he turned to Qi Ge Rui La Na: "Miss Qi Ge Rui La Na, you have obtained the right to copy one book. I will make no recommendations."

Qi Ge Rui La Na asked: "May I copy any book I wish?"

"That's right; in the Hall of Wisdom, you may copy whichever book you value."

"Considering you are not familiar with the basic contents of the Hall's collection, I will act as a guide and briefly introduce the books' contents."

"Understood."

As they spoke, the three entered the library.

The two followed Naya down a wide, tall corridor, then along a spiral staircase leading underground, walking for about five minutes, finally passing through several thick defensive barriers before arriving at a somewhat narrow storage room.

The storage room held fewer than a thousand books, yet each title was astonishing.

Luosen casually glanced over and saw 《War of Annihilation—Encounter Record of the 19th‑Rank Demon Gao Milie》, 《Investigating the Nature of Light—Detailed Explanation of Destructive Light》, 《Super‑Aggregation Phenomenon of Elements》, 《Investigating the Nature of Elements》, and so on.

Every book's title is immensely grand, and grand without being hollow; they are astonishing achievements of arcane arts that truly link theory to practice.

Obviously, Nawarat's 800‑year history of resisting demons is also an 800‑year history of seeking stronger demon‑slaying power; they have truly tried every conceivable method.

Gazing at these priceless collections, Luosen even felt an impulse to join Nawarat.

With his wisdom and various prophetic insights from Earth, if he could attain a leading position in Nawarat, he would surely vigorously advance Nawarat's arcane‑arts research, possibly evolving it into an arcane‑arts stellar civilization within a century, and even turn gods and demons into protected animals.

But this impulse lasted only an instant before fading.

Because to Nawarat, he is ultimately an outsider.

No matter how hard an outsider strives, they can never truly reach the top echelons of a vast nation, let alone lead it.

This is universal human nature.

Just think about it and it becomes clear.

A bustling, lively big family, where everyone is a relative bound by blood ties.

Now an outsider with no blood relation has come, wanting to manage your family's people, spend your family's money, and be the head of your household; if you were still willing to accept that, you would absolutely be a family of utter fools.

By comparison, returning to one's own plane, managing a group of one's own kin, and slowly building up is the reliable path to gaining great power.

In the midst of his thoughts, Luosen found the three books recommended by Master Naya.

He did not rush to confirm, but instead flipped through page by page; after a quick read‑through, he finally nodded in confirmation.

The average time spent per book was ten minutes—not fast, but certainly not slow—and he used no arcane arts during the process.

Naya found it slightly odd, but naturally attributed it to a mage's rigorous character and gave it no further thought.

After Luosen had confirmed those three books, Naya handed them over to the library assistant for copying.

Finally, one more book could be copied.

Luosen walked among the precious volumes, picking up any whose title caught his interest and carefully flipping through them page by page.

In one go he read another three books, all very thick tomes.

Their value was astonishingly high, so each took twenty minutes to read; by the time he finished, an hour and a half had passed.

He still had half an hour left to make a choice.

Then Luosen saw the book 《Investigating the Nature of Light—Detailed Explanation of Destructive Light》.

He had once dealt with a destructive‑light artifact, leaving a deep impression, and now he gave it a more careful read‑through.

Upon seeing it, he thought in shock: 'Isn't this knowledge from the Radiant Empire?'

Luosen had a fairly deep understanding of radiant power, and at a glance he could tell that a large portion of the knowledge in this book definitely came from the Radiant Empire.

Coincidentally, Naya was standing beside him; after a moment's consideration, he asked directly: 'Miss Naya, does Nawarat also have ties with the Radiant Empire?'

Naya blinked, then nodded: 'That's right; the Radiant Empire is a great nation, and our two countries have much cooperation in various arcane‑arts technologies.'

Oh~

Luosen nodded and slipped the book back.

Externally he remained composed, but inside his thoughts surged: 'Good thing I left a trick up my sleeve in the alchemy manual.'

He continued forward and then saw a very thin book, estimated at under fifty pages, with a completely black cover, on which a small title was written.

"Investigation of Planar Travel"

Luosen felt a stir in his heart and stopped before this book.

Naya had been following at his side; seeing him stop, she followed his gaze and then offered a suggestion.

"The content of this book is highly innovative and gives great inspiration, but because the research difficulty is extremely high, it is not covered in depth." "In short, it lacks practical utility."

Luosen laughed: "I love this kind of innovative thinking; I'll give it a good look."

Naya nodded: "Just take a look; this book isn't very important, doesn't contain much, and you can finish reading it quickly while standing here."

Having said that, she turned and went to look for Qi Ge Rui La Na.

Luosen first flipped through the book, entered it into Laifu's database, and only then began to carefully read the first page.

Because time was limited, he only intended to read the first few pages.