Chapter 434: Chapter 241: The Game with the Librarian_2
[He takes out that radiant, colourful ’Easter Egg Bookmark’ without a word and stuffs it into your hand.]
[You have received the ’Easter Egg Bookmark’ (item)!]
[He reaches out, signaling for you to return the ’Invasion Bookmark’ that you acquired earlier.]
[Would you like to return the ’Invasion Bookmark’?]
"Letting you off so easily, it wouldn’t justify your arrogant attitude just now."
Without any hesitation, Lin Xun presses ’No’.
[You shake your head slowly, implying that one ’Easter Egg Bookmark’ is not enough.]
[The ’librarian’ turns ashen, grinding his teeth, squeezing words out from between them, "Apostle, don’t push your luck!"]
"Is this the way you ask for a favor?"
"If I don’t skin you today, how am I going to survive in the community in the future?"
[You reach out again and touch the ’Rest Page’...]
[The ’librarian’ is seething with rage, despising you with all his heart for putting him in such a humiliating position again.]
[His old face wears a flattering smile, after a long hesitation, he grits his teeth and pulls out another bookmark.]
[The ’librarian’ completely abandons his previous arrogance, his hands present the bookmark, only hoping that you would return the ’Invasion Bookmark’.]
[You received the ’Sacred Objects Bookmark’ (item)!]
[Do you want to return the ’Invasion Bookmark’?]
[You take the bookmark, shaking your head again to show it’s not enough.]
[The ’librarian’, furious, starts cursing. He’s pointing at you, shaking...]
[The moment you touch the ’Rest Page’ again, his curse stops abruptly.]
[The ’librarian’ again suppresses his anger, explaining to you that it’s reasonable for you to get an ’Easter Egg Bookmark’ with your test score, and getting a ’Sacred Objects Bookmark’ is already an extra reward.]
[If he gave you any other rewards, he wouldn’t need you to report back to the library, his main body would find out the inconsistency.]
[An ’Easter Egg Bookmark’ and a ’Sacred Objects Bookmark’. This is the biggest compromise and concession he can make within his authority.]
"It seems like I can’t squeeze much more out of him..."
Getting another ’Sacred Objects Bookmark’ is already extraordinary. To get the last ’Sacred Objects Bookmark’, you had to complete a test given by a librarian’s duplicate for this reward.
So now, it’s like getting a double reward for one test.
[You take out the ’Invasion Bookmark’ and return it to the ’librarian’.]
[He takes the bookmark, he doesn’t curse you again, as you imagined. He just takes a long sigh, looking quite exhausted.]
[He begins to mutter a lengthy spell, preparing to leave ...]
Lin Xun has an idea.
The Invasion Bookmark is returned, the test reward is given, but this librarian seems to have forgotten something.
[You stop the librarian in his tracks, interrupting his incantation.]
[The ’librarian’s’ eyes widen, about to lose his temper, but you raise your hand and point towards his monocle.]
[He remains silent for a long time, then angrily takes off his monocle and throws it at you.]
[You have received the ’Librarian’s Monocle’ (rare level item)!]
[Even after receiving the monocle, you still don’t allow the librarian to leave.]
[Under his helpless gaze, you slowly explain that even though you’ve returned the ’Invasion Bookmark’, annihilating his second dereliction of duty charge.]
[But don’t forget, gaining additional profit in the illusion zone is also considered the librarian’s dereliction of duty. If he just leaves, he will inevitably be punished.]
[With a faint smile, you ask the librarian if he wants to evade punishment.]
[He immediately replies, "Of course I do!"]
[Having said that, the librarian looks at you suspiciously, assuming you are going to use this as leverage to extort him again.]
[But you shake your head and explain that according to the librarian’s previous words, there are other places in this Chapters that can give you a clue about the specific location of ’Capital’.]
[You can erase the information you have learned, thereby eliminating the need for punishment.]
[But he must tell you where to find the clues to places like ’Capital Jiangshan’, and how to obtain these clues.]
In the game, knowing the specific location is equivalent to unlocking the travel map of a new area.
Without knowing the exact location, you can only wander aimlessly, praying that you are lucky enough to stumble upon the place.
For example, in the last Chapter, ’Xiamala’s Star Observatory Tower’, Lin Xun stumbled upon this hidden map in the mist without acquiring a travel map, thanks to his exceptional good luck.
However, places like ’Recluse Valley’, without a specific travel map, you might not even come across it if you explored for a lifetime.
Asking the librarian to tell him where the ’Travel Map’ is wouldn’t count as a physical reward, and could help the librarian to eliminate penalties. Lin Xun could also benefit from it. It would be a win-win situation.
That’s right, instead of going directly to ’Capital Jiangshan’, taking an extra step to find the ’Travel Map’ would be more beneficial for Lin Xun!
To this day, it is unknown how many years have passed since the divine war between the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ and ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’ ended.
The illusions of monsters extracted from time in the illusion world cannot change the timeline. The way history was supposed to develop it still does so.
Given ’Shuten-doji’s’ never-back-down attitude, it is possible that the Shuten-doji clan got extinct during the divine war.
Even if ’Shuten-doji’ hid his clan in ’Capital Jiangshan’, time has changed, and going there now could probably lead to an empty, abandoned place.
And the location where the ’Travel Map to Capital Jiangshan’ is hidden might contain other clues, or even the ’Travel Maps’ to other monster clans’ lairs, such as ’Nine-tailed Fox’, ’Great Tengu’...
An extra step could open up more possibilities, so why not go for it?
[The ’Librarian’ was taken aback at your proposal. He couldn’t comprehend why you, who was on edge and greedy as a ghost just moments ago, would suddenly offer to help him.]
[You shrugged, indicating that it was up to him to believe or not as the penalty wouldn’t affect you.]
[The ’Librarian’ pondered for a long time before saying that he couldn’t tell you exactly where that place was, nor how to obtain the clues.]
[But he could tell you a story from this world’s history.]
[Without waiting for your agreement, the librarian began telling the story...]
[The ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’s’ victory in the divine war symbolized the human side defeating the monster tribe.]
[Therefore, most books containing information about the monster tribe were destroyed in the war, and few have survived.]
[But books about the divine war were treasured by the victors and have been passed down to this day, including some that contain shocking secrets.]
[Nowadays, these historical books are kept in the imperial palace in Sakura fall, the capital.]
[You, as an apostle from the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ faction, might want to go there and learn some history.]
[As the common saying goes, one learns wisdom by reading history, one learns about the present by referring to the past... You’re sure to learn a lot of ’useful’ history.]
Lin Xun’s eyes lit up.
"Well, well, he said he couldn’t spill the beans, but it seems he’s nearly sold out!"
[The ’Librarian’ stopped there, looking at you, signaling you to relax, just like when you entered the illusion. Don’t resist.]
Lin Xun knew that the librarian was about to erase his knowledge of the specific location of ’Capital Jiangshan’.
After the librarian erased it, he wouldn’t be able to go directly to ’Capital Jiangshan’. It was equivalent to losing the travel map, leaving him with nothing but the name of the place, with no other useful clues.
Just like knowing the name ’Wuzhi Shrine’, but Lin Xun still had to search laboriously, only able to go after finding the exact location.
[A tremendous psychic force is heading towards you, do you want to resist?]
Lin Xun wasn’t afraid of him turning hostile, unless the apostle attacked the librarian first, he wouldn’t be able to fight back.
This experience was exchanged by many apostles on the forum with their spiritual strength.
Though few could defeat the ’Librarian’, there were still many apostles who couldn’t help but take a swing at him, perhaps it was the nature of the fourth disaster...
[You relaxed and let this psychic force wash over you...]
[After a while, the ’Librarian’ withdrew his psychic force.]
[He looked deeply at you, seemingly trying to remember your face, then mumbled a spell, and disappeared.]
[His aged voice echoed at the top of the tower...]
[Wise apostle, I look forward to meeting you in the next Chapter, if you and he are lucky enough...]
Lin Xun opened the control panel and item column and found everything unaffected. The librarian didn’t pull any tricks.
He grinned, "What’s this? Looking forward to seeing me... could this librarian’s clone be a masochist?"
