19 Rafdonia (3)
“Then let me go.”
“Ah, yes… Goodbye… … .”
After breaking up with Erwen, the place I went to was none other than the library.
The soothing smell of paper and ink.
A quiet atmosphere that seems to have to endure coughing.
Seeing the various people in the middle of the night who were choosing books, somehow I felt like I was the only foreigner…
Rumble-!
To my surprise, there was one other barbarian besides me in the library.
He reached out and stabbed him in the back.
“Jan, Bjorn son of Yandel?!”
it was you too
Pnelin’s second and third daughter, Einar.
“It’s nice to see you’re unscathed.”
“So are you!”
“… I think we need to lower our voices.”
Ainard also felt the people’s gazes fly and pierce his voice, so he silenced his voice.
“sorry. I think I was surprised because I didn’t expect to see other people here besides me.”
It’s the same with me.
“What’s going on in the library?”
“Last time, I said that you should always think and act. This time around in the labyrinth, I thought that I needed knowledge to think.”
Well, that’s right.
it’s pretty weird
If it wasn’t for sleeping with the book open and snoring.
“Something must have happened in the labyrinth.”
“It was not easy from start to finish. Fighting wasn’t a problem, but… … .”
Ainar continued his words with a bitter expression.
“It wasn’t just the monsters to watch out for.”
He certainly seems a little different from the other savages. They brag about how easily they can beat monsters.
He never said it was hard even if he died soon.
“That’s why I decided to study here.”
“Yes. But again, this doesn’t seem like a good fit for me. Reading text is very difficult. When I was young, I thought I should learn a little better.”
… Oh, is that the problem from there?
“So, starting today, I plan to stop by the Holy Land and learn from the elders again. Now that I am an adult, I will have to pay the price.”
It’s a little surprising though.
The fact that one person can change so much with my rough advice.
Soon, Ainar closed the book he had opened and got up from his seat.
“Are you planning to go right now?”
“If you don’t do it when you think of it, you forget it.”
I see
The more I get to know them, the more I think of them as a sad race.
“Then I will go.”
After a brief greeting, Ainar, who was heading towards the exit, turned around and said as if he remembered it too late.
“ah! Come to think of it, if I came back alive, I decided to repay you for your advice. If you need any help, come to the Angry Rhino Inn. Whatever happens, I will help as much as I can.”
“I do.”
I hope I didn’t forget this promise within a day or two.
I think I’ll be calling for help soon.
***
After Ainar left, I wandered around the library for a while.
Hey, isn’t it a common sight to see that an entire building the size of the National Assembly is a library?
Even in the game, the library only showed the sign ‘under construction’ and was not allowed to enter.
Well, but how do you find a book like this?
I don’t think the location will come out with a few taps on the keyboard like in modern times… … .
I decided to ask for help when I was thinking about it.
“Great.”
When I coughed, the librarian who was dozing at the desk slowly woke up.
“What are you doing?”
“I am looking for a book. related to history… … .”
“Parstyev.”
Before he could explain what kind of book he was looking for, a sleepy-looking librarian murmured.
At the same time, a faint light enters my body.
What, is it magic?
“Now look around and you will find the book you are looking for. You cannot borrow it, and after reading it, be sure to put it back in its original place.”
As the light faded, the librarian spit out only mechanical words and nodded again.
… What the hell is this girl?
For some reason, I didn’t even want to wake up again, so I wandered around the library as instructed.
As a result, I saw books everywhere that made me feel like I was drawn to something.
Slowly, I got a sense of what kind of magic it was.
Demons, History, Labyrinths, Explorers, Essences and more.
As soon as the keywords you think about change, the books that give you attraction also change.
‘What is this convenient magic.’
With this kind of magic, it is understandable that there is only one librarian. Compared to the original size, there were almost no library users.
Among the books, I selected only the books that gave me the greatest attraction and opened them one by one.
[Destroyed World]
Once opened, this nearly 700-page book describes the early history of this worldview.
Novel from https://noblemtl.com
Mostly matched with the game.
Thousands of years ago, life became impossible on this land due to the witch’s curse, and only the last stronghold, Rafdonia, escaped from that disaster.
It is said that for the subjects starving to death with limited resources, a passage from the royal family to another dimension was drilled.
Until it became the labyrinth it is today.
[Commentary on Basic Understanding of Alchemy IV]
The second book describes the process through which manastones from monsters become bread, water, and steel.
I didn’t understand any of the principles.
I read random books and smashed knowledge into my head.
[Holy Wars III]
Thanks to this, I learned more about why the barbarian and the fairy became their current relationship, and what evil spirits are.
People were aware that evil spirits are evil beings that come from another dimension and take away their bodies.
Well, looking back, isn’t that wrong?
[Demons of the Abyss]
Unfortunately, this book does not explain why the evil spirits appear.
However, the Lafdonia royal family and the temples announced the evil spirits as an object of annihilation and what efforts they had made were written in relatively detail.
From a demon’s point of view, it was a good tip.
According to the contents of the book, as long as you don’t spit out taboo words, you’ll hardly ever be suspected of being an evil spirit.
For example, [Dungeon and Stone].
… Shouting out to Sparta should be respectful now.
[How did explorers evolve?]
[Twins of the Royal Lafdonia]
[About the hero]
[Life of Camp Bifron]
After that, I was able to finally get the information I wanted as I continued to read books.
[About the death of the king]
This book dealt with the death of Ravigion III, who was called the first king or immortal king.
However, the various suspicions surrounding it and the changes that resulted from it were all good.
What is important to me is the timing.
Let’s see, the date… … .
“It was 150 years ago… … ?”
It was the moment when my hypothesis proved correct.
The date of death of the king stated in the book was about 150 years ago.
In other words, it means that the place where I am now is the future 150 years after the game.
No matter which race you choose, the game starts the day after the death of Ravigion III.
Shit.
I’ll have to live in the library for the time being.
“Whew… … .”
I closed the book and relaxed my eyes for a while.
Even if I only read the important parts, looking at ten books, I feel like my eyes are going to go blind.
However, I decided to read the two books I took out.
Let’s try a little bit harder. Because important information may come out.
[Record of dimensional instability observation]
Was this the book that the blonde who saved me from crawling on three legs read this?
The book contained cases and statistics similar to mine.
As the blonde says, falling in the outermost part is something that happens once in a hundred years… … .
“Girl.”
As an experienced person, there must have been a lot more of these cases.
Novel from https://noblemtl.com
Most of the time, I don’t know what it is all about.
The rest of the content was just statistics, so I flipped through the pages and paused at the last chapter.
The author’s reasoning was written at the end of the reasoning that ‘entering at the moment the portal is closed may have something to do with instability’.
If this is true… … .
After all, it’s my fault.
It’s going to be sad, so let’s move on to the next one.
[Total 9-grade Essence]
It was the last book.
The abilities of the Essences spit out by 9th-grade monsters were organized like an encyclopedia, but unlike the in-game notation, the information was not provided with exact numbers.
[Goblin]
Patience (lower) Smell (lower) Toxic tolerance (lower) Dexterity (lower) Visual (lower)
* Paralyzing poison is always given when using a melee weapon.
* Create traps.
Looking at the other monsters, if the stat is 21 or higher, it seems to be marked as medium from then on… … .
There was no way to know the standard value of the upper grade.
According to the guide on the first page, it seems that information above level 8 must be purchased from the Explorers’ Guild.
“after… … .”
I closed the book and simply stretched.
Suddenly it was dark outside the window.
It was almost time for the library to close, and there were almost no visitors.
After putting all the books I had read back into their original places, I returned to the inn.
And after a simple meal, he stretched out on the bed.
With this, three days in the city have passed.
“Is it the next 27 days? … .”
The labyrinth opens at midnight on the 1st of every month.
A month here has exactly 30 days, so it means that you have to enter the labyrinth again in about 4 weeks.
“… … .”
What can you do in the city for the rest of your time?
No, what should I do?
As soon as I was organizing all sorts of things in my head, I fell asleep.
When tomorrow comes, let’s start with a new colleague.
***
“mister! mister! Come on, get up!”
From the morning breeze, Erwen came and knocked on the door.
Second of all, it’s a pretty exciting voice… … .
‘Why the hell did he come?’
I hope you won’t come here and say that you’ll follow me instead of your sister.
To be honest, I was thinking that there would be nothing to see now.
“What’s going on?”
“Look at this! The contract was successful!”
As soon as the door is opened, Erwen spit out endless words.
“contract? Oh, did you ever eat the ‘Spirit Stone’?”
Spirit Stones are items that allow fairies to make contracts with spirits of other attributes.
Under the premise of the user’s luck.
“yes! I broke up with my uncle yesterday and successfully signed a contract with a new spirit!”
“You were lucky.”
The price of energy stones in the game is about 150,000 stones.
The success rate was only 10%.
It must have been a gamble for almost all of his fortune for him, but did he succeed?
“yes! I bought it for my sister about ten times and it worked!”
… Shiba, are you here to make fun?
As a barbarian who only inherited this body, he felt a sense of deprivation.
When we first met, I thought he was a pitiful kid because he had a younger sibling to take care of, but now I see that there is no other golden spoon like this.
Perhaps the bow she had was also bought by her sister.
“By the way, it looks like you made a contract with the wind spirit.”
“yes! I was lucky in many ways. Because fire and wind go well together!”
“Okay, let’s cancel the summons first.”
I took a deep breath and said.
I’d be lying if I said my stomach didn’t hurt, but it was for a different reason than that.
“yes? But I haven’t been able to show it properly yet… … .”
“Are you going to mess around here?”
“Ahh! I’m sorry!”
Just then, the raging wind had subsided.
Whoo, as soon as I wake up, what kind of fuss is this?
When I frowned, Erwen, who was overjoyed, began to look at me with a look of disappointment.
“Hey, will I get rid of it?”
I don’t know why it’s questionable.
So, did you mean to look at me and get rid of it?
Nodding her head, Erwen quickly organized the messy room.
Surprisingly, it took less than 10 minutes.
Last time you said you were confident in doing laundry or cleaning, that statement was true.
There is no clutter in movement.
Just like the master from the martial arts.
“Would you like some more?”
“… … .”
“I’ll clean up more… … .”
“not. That was enough.”
To be honest, I wonder if it’s possible to get rid of it even more.
For some reason, it seems cleaner now than when I first entered the inn room.
Well done, let me give you a carrot.
I have something to ask you later.
“By the way, I haven’t said this yet. Congrats on making a contract with a new spirit.”
“Hehe, thank you!”
“Have you had breakfast?”
“Not yet.”
We went down to the first floor to have a meal and talked about the rest of the conversation.
“What can you do with the Spirit of Wind?”
“Slightly twisting the trajectory of an arrow that has already been fired, or shooting it much faster, I think it’s possible!”
Compared to what I expected, it’s a fairly one-dimensional operation.
Is it not possible to rotate arrows to increase penetration, or to silence the sound of arrows being shot?
If so, the fighting power would increase even more.
“Uh, I hadn’t thought of that… It seems like it might be something?”
What the hell is this talk?
I feel bad for some reason.
“Anyway, it’s good. When you’re done eating, you’ll come back up slowly.”
“yes? why?”
“I have work to do in the room.”
Erwen tilted his head.
He looks like he has no idea at all… … .
“You didn’t think that you paid back all your favors with that last time, did you?”
“Yes Yes? Wasn’t it?”
He is also very naive.
shudder.
I locked the door so no one could enter, and I sat Erwen on the bed.
“Come on, use your powers.”
Is there anything difficult to use the skill, how long does it take to use it again, what kind of weakness is hidden in the stealth ability, etc.
There are a lot of things to check.