Mage Legend
Chapter 173: Episode 62 Distribution

Chapter 173: Episode 62 Distribution

Lynch looked at the two sheets of white paper he put back in his bag, and gazed at the small characters above, trying to understand the meaning of these runes. Since teleportation spells couldn’t work, he thought of forcefully breaking the runes on this wall and then releasing a wall-piercing spell to reach the fourth level.

The longer Lynch spent interpreting these words, the more confused he became. The spells of the Dark Elf indeed had their unique aspects. Many of the spells and magical diagrams were completely new to Lynch, with about half of the enchantments being exclusive to the Dark Elf. The special format and structure of the spells posed great challenges for mages when reading them.

Having no other choice, Lynch began to transcribe these runes, recording them in his notebook. He slowly descended to the ground, carrying his questions back to the library on the first floor.

The collection here, besides a small portion related to history, geography, and various branches of knowledge, mostly consisted of insights into magical research. Lynch picked a few books, sat down at a wooden table, lit a candle, and slowly began to read through them.

But the knowledge within these books, like the words on the ceiling, only brought Lynch more questions rather than answers. The books housed in this tower were all works by renowned mages, documenting their insights into magic, focusing on relatively advanced matters rather than introductory material. Explaining an enigma with another enigma was inherently impossible.

Lynch pushed the book away, staring at the candle on the table, resting his cheek, and gazing at the flickering orange flame.

He remembered his time at the Mage Association, studying through the night in that very kind of light. Back then, in front of him there was a pile of books, his tools were a few pens, bottles of ink, and stacks of white paper behind him. Lynch started his spell studies in that environment.

At that time, his only task was to copy books. The Prophetic Master, Caso—Lynch’s mentor—threw him into a room filled with books and said, pointing at the piles of books: "You now start transcribing these books. Don’t come to me with questions; I will not respond. When you’ve copied all these books, I will begin to teach you spells."

From that point, Lynch copied books for four whole years. He didn’t dare slack off even a little, constantly writing with his pen. Several times in the middle, he thought of giving up this arduous task, but then he remembered his parents, remembered the hard-fought opportunity he got to enter the association and become a mage. Lynch bit the bullet and continued his work.

Not all the books in there were ordinary. Of course, the speciality wasn’t about the scarcity or production cost of these books, but rather that a significant portion of these books were imbued with magic.

In the beginning, Lynch suffered from many book page traps. The simpler ones caused dizziness, nausea, and insomnia, while the more severe ones might directly ignite the mage’s robes, burning him like a black lump of coal. Back then, Lynch only knew a few tricks, without any systematic contact with magic knowledge, and was almost helpless against such traps.

Master Caso always told Lynch, who came seeking help: "The process of learning lies in finding answers. The answers are in those books."

Lynch had to try to avoid the trapped spells and read the ordinary books first.

Among the ordinary books, there were quite a few magical books written by mages, though they didn’t have spells cast on them; they brought new challenges. Lynch found transcribing these books exceptionally difficult, as the texts themselves contained magical power, and when Lynch made even a tiny mistake in the process, like a single wrong character, the entire text would vanish. This required the poor mage apprentice to spend ten or even a hundred times more time transcribing the same length of text.

However, this cautious habit unknowingly helped him grasp the structure and usage of spells. Back then, although his systematic knowledge of magic and spell abilities hadn’t improved at all, he possessed a level of magical sensitivity that others could hardly reach.

Four years later, the mentor began teaching Lynch spells. The life of the previous four years turned Lynch into a huge dried-up sponge, and now he started to absorb knowledge madly.

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