CH448

“You pass.”

“I’m sorry?”

“You were looking to get access to the last two floors, right? You’ve passed. Come along, I’ll update your card.”

Being told that, he finally had the confirmation he’d been waiting for when she first came to question him like so many others had, yet picking at his sacrilege in a way only Yuzu and Elvat had before. The woman before him was obviously a tier three skill holder in his eyes, and had just confirmed that she was the same one he’d been waiting to test him as she gave the good news.

“So you’re the head of this place?”

“The one and only. I’m Killi, we can talk a bit more once we get you sorted.”

Having his suspicions confirmed made sense of why her questions had managed to be more interesting than so many others he’d dealt with, not to mention how she’d had thought to ask about the gates. She must have looked over the plans he’d submitted and actually had a reasonably deep knowledge of what was on each floor, but none of that mattered to him compared to the most important thing of all.

Another tier three skill holder! And she wants to talk more a bit after, she wouldn’t mind me taking a peek, right? I’m sure this will be fine.

He hadn’t bothered reading her mind during their little exchange but connected to her as they walked to take a look at her skills, finding the one that made her what she was immediately.

Embodiment of knowledge. A tier three knowledge skill. Oh my god, I’m so jealous. Of course, who knows, I might not be that far off myself.

He’d already made it to the fourth level of his own awakened knowledge skill, the sheer volume of information he was forcing into his head making it an inevitability. He’d been spending the days he had been waiting for his test learning as much as he could, and it seemed it was paying off in a big way, with it becoming his second highest skill in the short time since it had awakened, with the speed it would continue to grow depending on the range of information he received.

Helori had already told him that at the rate he was reading at, it was actually leveling rather slowly, a result of the topic not being broad enough as his level grew. Right now he was learning about magic at a depth he never had in the past, but the knowledge skill covered all information, not just the narrow slice he was currently digging into.

Which means I really should try and find out wherever all of the books from craftsman’s tower are being stored, and maybe I should read up on some other topics I don’t know much about either. And if I ever get around to decoding the archive then that’s sure to help. Actually, on the topic of language, I feel like learning another one of those ridiculous so-called languages Myriad’s people would use to communicate would probably be insane enough to raise my level. Mmh… No, not worth it.

Besides, as handy as his knowledge skill was, it wasn’t something he considered one of his core ones. That right was reserved for all of his awakened crafting-type skills, along with unnatural mind. Those were the abilities that made him who he was, and they were the ones most worth developing.

Of course, having said that, I’m still definitely asking how she awakened her knowledge skill if I get the chance. I absolutely want the bonuses to my attributes and lifespan that getting a third-tier skill would give me.

He let his thoughts wander some more as he went along with Killi, seeing her add the new mark to his card as the other surrounding librarians congratulated him before she again led him, taking him up each floor.

“So as I’m sure you know the first floor deals with the more common tier one magics, along with related information that isn’t necessarily magical in nature, all of which is found on not only this floor, but the surrounding buildings as well. Of course, those other buildings also contain information that is more related to some of the other floors we’ll pass, but was deemed less relevant and therefore not kept in the main building. The second floor is where things get a bit more exciting if I do say so myself, with the information leaning to how different branches of magic can join to create different results. Floor three continues the trend, though it starts getting works on awakened magics too, not that I need to tell you that. Am I correct in believing you read through that entire one?”

“Ah, yeah, but I was able to learn a lot.”

He’d only finished it because his thought speed skill kept rising to greater heights, with him having gained yet another level just the day before, right before he went down a floor for more reading. When he used it it already felt like nothing in the world was really moving if he wasn’t paying close attention, only the pages he was forcing to turn, needing to use tighter and tighter bits of mana to be sure he wouldn’t use up his supply and pass out from exhaustion.

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But all of that was already proving its worth. He’d need to read up on all of the findings his research organization had managed to pull while examining the summoning spell, but he was sure he was already making connections that could be relevant to that massive project.

Of course, I’ve also found plenty of contradicting info in all of that. He thought with a sigh. Makes sense, I’m not sure if the mage’s guild even has anything like a peer review process. Maybe something else to try and introduce to the world in the future. For now, I’ll just try and keep track of what’s blatantly wrong and move from there.

Killi continued as some of his minds focused on those thoughts, until they finally made it to the fourth floor, so clearly smaller than the others due to the building’s slanted walls, yet containing some of the most valuable information if it was to be believed.