Chapter 119: The Second Floor of the Library.

Helag didn’t need to worry about textbooks for herbology and potion-making; Larry had them all, and Helag already had them in hand.

Course issues were also not a concern, as Larry personally taught him, treating Helag as a real student.

Helag checked his rune stone and saw that there were almost no courses available at the moment. Regular courses would resume in a few days.

Courses in Moonlight Forest were very affordable, mainly to benefit the apprentices. The formal wizards teaching these courses had task requirements, needing to hold a class every three months.

Moonlight Forest provided many resources to the contracted formal wizards, who in turn had responsibilities and obligations.

In the recent war between Moonlight Forest and Green Hut, several formal wizards died, a significant loss for both sides.

Helag urgently needed knowledge related to ancient magic, which wasn’t available on the first floor of the library. He had to check the second floor.

The Moonlight Forest library had seventeen floors. Even third-level apprentices could only access the second floor.

Higher floors were restricted to contracted formal wizards.

Since Helag decided to make Great Dark Heaven his innate spell, he needed to learn more about it.

Early the next morning, just as dawn broke, Helag finished his meditation and headed to the library.

Larry had no orders for the next few days, giving Helag time to visit the library.

When Helag arrived, he found over a dozen people waiting outside the library.

The library would open soon, and some people were reading by the streetlights.

Helag thought of Leo, who still hadn’t replied to his messages. Leo had few friends, so Helag couldn’t inquire about his whereabouts.

Most of the people outside the library were like Leo, hardworking first and second-level apprentices. Including Helag, there were only two third-level apprentices.

At six o’clock, the library doors automatically opened.

The waiting apprentices entered orderly, without rushing.

Unlike crowded schools in his previous life, the Moonlight Forest library had plenty of space.

Helag first wandered around the first floor, scanning new books into Deep Blue.

The library updated slowly, with new books mostly written by Moonlight Forest wizards and added after approval.

Helag then climbed the stairs to the second floor.

The second-floor door was closed, with a slot for the rune stone. Helag placed his rune stone in the slot.

The stone lit up, the slot glowed green, and with a ding, Helag retrieved his rune stone, and the door opened.

The second floor was even larger than the first, with endless rows of bookshelves.

“Looks like there’s spatial magic here.”

Helag estimated the space, which was three times larger than it appeared from outside.

Only two people were on the second floor: a librarian, a third-level apprentice named Layton Porter.

Layton looked very old, with white hair and beard. The sign in front of him read, “Layton Porter.”

Third-level apprentices typically lived between 120 and 150 years, aging slower than ordinary people.

Layton looked exceptionally old, likely over a hundred years.

Helag knew some elderly apprentices, unable to advance, would leave Moonlight Forest to retire at home.

Others, like Layton, chose to stay and spend their remaining years in Moonlight Forest.

Moonlight Forest didn’t expel them, as there were always tasks needing people, like library work, suitable for the elderly.

Library work was easy, not even requiring book organization.

The library had spells that automatically returned books to their original places.

“Are you newly advanced?” Layton, though old, had sharp eyes and smiled from his chair.

Helag nodded. “Yes, I’m here to check out the second floor.”

“Every newly advanced third-level apprentice rushes to the second floor, so I know almost all of them. Despite my age, I remember everyone. You’re new to me.”

Layton spoke slowly but clearly.

After chatting with Layton, Helag learned the general layout and categories of the second-floor books and headed to the history section.

Layton resumed reading, occasionally sipping his coffee, looking content.

Helag stood under a tall bookshelf, looking up.

The shelves were nine meters high, making it hard to see the top books.

But this wasn’t a problem for Helag, who had Deep Blue to gather information.

For third-level apprentices, it was also easy, as they could use magic to sense and retrieve books.

Helag started scanning books from the first shelf in the history section, recording them into Deep Blue’s database.

He didn’t have time to read each book, focusing on scanning them quickly.

Given the second floor’s size, Helag estimated it would take three to four days to scan all the books.

The second-floor books were richer and deeper in content than the first floor, with advanced versions of many first-floor books.

Four days later, Helag stood before the last bookshelf, flipping through “Geography of the Dragon Tribe,” scanning it into Deep Blue.

“Finally done,” Helag thought.

The second floor provided immense knowledge, enough to last a long time.

For ordinary apprentices, it could take decades to read everything here.

But Helag didn’t need to read every book. With Deep Blue’s database, he could access the information anytime.

After completing this task, Helag began reading seriously.

He focused on ancient history, ancient magic, and information on body-refining wizards.

He didn’t need to stay in the library, preferring to read at home.

As he left, Layton was asleep, resting on a book.

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