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Chapter 298 - Chapter 301: The Goddess’s True Orthodoxy Is in the Council

The entire Endymion burned with excitement.

All the mages were extremely stirred up, and without saying it out loud, they all recalled the powerful magic that had just appeared before them.

Not a single person was not shaken.

The overwhelming magic power was like it had turned into a sharp spear, stabbing deeply into their already stiff hearts that were like hard stone.

It was simply too magnificent.

That long blade soaked in darkness looked as if it could split the whole world apart.

The suffocating grandeur and pressure felt like it could turn all life into dust of death.

Just a moment ago, they had even thought the entire floating Sky City would be cut into two halves.

The place known as the Twilight Sky Domain had almost completely collapsed under that terrifying slash.

Countless broken rocks directly turned into drifting powder, and the chaotic magic was completely wiped out under that dreadful attack.

Even the thick clouds were swept away under that terrifying momentum.

A dazzling white light rose like a sun reborn in this world, burning everything.

At the moment the goddess disappeared, the surrounding space twisted so badly that people thought the cracks of the void had been completely torn open.

The entire Twilight Sky Domain looked like a crumpled sheet of torn paper squeezed into a ball.

After witnessing that horrifying and grand scene, all the mages desperately wanted to know.

Who exactly was that mysterious figure who possessed such shocking strength and authority, even making the Goddess of Justice appear here.

"Did any of you record it?"

"I recorded the whole thing."

In short, after the appearance of the goddess this time, the entire world would probably tremble a little because of this event.

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[Inside the Magic Library]

The buildings had all been destroyed, the stairs and bookshelves were shattered, floating everywhere.

Haim Horn was still carefully checking every floating book with magic.

Although the scattered books were enormous in number, like stars filling the sky.

With Henny's help, the speed of cleaning up clearly increased.

After all, those books that liked to run around would always take the initiative to appear beside Henny.

They were like a group of followers, constantly coming to her side and circling around her.

This made Henny's speed of organizing the books much faster.

Haim Horn glanced at Cocotte, who was dozing on a cloud, feeling very annoyed.

'Henny, a newly joined council member, knew to help.'

'And you, a former councilor, are still sleeping there endlessly?'

Sensing Haim's gaze, Cocotte lifted her head and looked at him.

She raised her eyebrow slightly, looking somewhat provocative, with a bit of pride in her eyes.

As if saying, 'Oh, so you remember I'm a former councilor.'

A former councilor has no obligation to help you clean up the library.

Henny stood within a small mountain made of books, arranging all kinds of books in an orderly way under her hands.

Whenever she reached out, the books would automatically fly to her side, quietly waiting to be put back.

She first recorded the magic from each book in her thick notebook, then classified and placed them, "Hmm… this is a third tier magic, Blurred Air Blade."

"This one is fourth tier magic, a rare dual element spell."

"This is third tier spatial magic… it uses elemental aggregation, sharply compressing it to cause space folding and bending…"

Henny muttered while carefully recording everything in her notebook.

She was completely immersed in the sea of books. So focused that everything around her no longer mattered.

Seeing such a serious Henny, Haim Horn could not help but feel stunned.

He stared at the huge book in Henny's hands and fell silent.

If this continued, all the complicated knowledge in the library would probably be recorded one by one into that book of hers.

Although the Mage Council had never restricted how deeply mages could study.

As long as someone had enough talent and their brain could carry more knowledge, anyone could freely study here.

They could even take in all the magic of the library alone.

But no mage had ever been able to do all of that.

The process of learning magic was dull and boring.

Some mages might spend their entire lives without understanding even one decent third tier spell.

Yet today, he had seen an exception like Henny.

She was already beyond something that could be explained by simple talent.

At her current speed, Henny might really be able to speed read all the magic in the entire library.

He even started to suspect that Viktor had blown up the library on purpose.

Did Viktor not know that touching the Scale Library would cause an explosion?

The key point was, you could at least tell us beforehand.

If you were going to let such a monster come in to study, we could have just opened the library and let her learn slowly.

And the Council had no rule forbidding Henny from studying.

Even if her efficiency might not be as crazy as it was now, at least we had plenty of time.

"Councilor Horn, this section is also organized!"

In a daze, Henny's voice sounded, and Haim Horn quickly looked over.

Then he stared in shock at the pile of magic books stacked beside her.

Henny stood within the mountain of books, a bit of tiredness on her face, her body slightly bent.

She stretched lazily, and even her bones made soft cracking sounds.

Then she let out a deep breath.

Although such a workload made her feel tired.

Her spirit felt supreme satisfaction.

Seeing Henny's skillful efficiency in organizing books, he was amazed beyond words.

It was as if she had loved organizing these boring magic books since childhood.

Truly, in hundreds of years, Haim Horn had never seen anyone so fascinated by such dull magical knowledge.

Although Viktor was also proficient in many kinds of magic, what he usually saw was Viktor casually casting spells.

He had never seen what Viktor looked like while studying.

After all, he could just clap his hands casually and magic would appear.

It had to be said, Viktor's talent was indeed astonishing.

And he could not figure it out no matter how much he thought.

'How is it that everyone from the Clavenna family is so powerful?'

Cocotte joined the Clavenna family, and in less than two months, she became a fifth tier mage.

And now this Henny, although it was his first time meeting her, her unmatched talent had already deeply shocked him.

He only wanted to know... Is it still not too late to join the Clavenna family now?

Looking at Henny, he asked in confusion, "Henny, are you very good at organizing these books?"

"And your knowledge… it doesn't look like that of an ordinary third tier mage."

Henny's knowledge reserve even allowed her to easily understand fourth tier magic.

Clearly, this was not reasonable.

Henny smiled slightly and shook her head, "Actually, I didn't have magical talent at first. I barely entered the Magic Academy only because of my written exam scores."

"I always thought that as long as I studied hard without stopping, I could become a qualified mage."

"However…"

At this point, her expression dimmed a little.

After that, it was a series of familiar events.

Henny had no talent and could not become a mage. She could only stay in the academy as a magic apprentice.

Principal Rachel took her in and let her become a teaching assistant.

And that was already the most suitable job for Henny.

Other than that, she could do nothing.

Because she could not become a mage, even though she had learned a body full of magical knowledge, she had nowhere to use it.

Even with the job of teaching assistant that barely maintained her life, Henny's path was still not smooth.

No professor valued her, for the same reason.

Because she was not a mage and could not use magic.

So she could only do basic organizing work in the academy, like organizing the library and recording magic books.

And this job... She had been doing it since she was still a student.

As if through this way, Henny could filter out those unpleasant voices and block out everything around her, devoting herself wholeheartedly to the ocean of knowledge.

So…

"Until Professor Viktor came to the academy and became a professor."

"He was the only professor who, even knowing I couldn't become a mage, was still willing to let me work for him."

At this point, Henny relaxed, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her whole body.

From that night when they met in the library, from the next day when she went to Professor Viktor's house with dark circles under her eyes, yet was still kindly received by him.

Viktor's figure became like that of a giant, deeply engraved in Henny's heart.

From the very beginning, Henny's favor toward Viktor had already been completely full.

All the experiences afterward, and all of Viktor's care for her were nothing more than bonus points added beyond a full score.

Listening to Henny's story, Haim Horn stayed silent.

He had never imagined that Henny had such experiences.

Feeling that his question was not very polite, he even felt a bit guilty.

He could not help but turn his head and glare fiercely at Cocotte. 'Such an important matter, and you didn't tell me in advance?'

Cocotte ignored him and even gave him a disdainful smile.

At that moment, a thick book slowly floated to Henny's side.

Silver white patterns flowed on the surface of the book, like blood flowing under veins, looking extremely strange.

The patterns gathered together and gradually formed a pair of twisted eyes on the surface.

Seeing the magic book that suddenly appeared beside her, Henny instinctively wanted to open it like before.

But when Haim Horn saw her movement, he hurriedly shouted, "Don't! Don't touch it! That is…"

But his words were a few seconds too late.

Henny's hand had already rested on the book.

At that moment, the pages suddenly split open in the middle.

Along with chaotic flipping sounds, they began to whirl rapidly.

A terrifying aura surged from all around, like a giant magical claw, pulling everything toward the center of the book.

It was like a bottomless abyss, greedily devouring everything around it.

That huge silver magical claw suddenly grabbed toward Henny's shoulders.

It was so fast that no one present could react.

A flash of white light appeared, and Henny's figure was pulled into the silver glowing book... Until she completely disappeared.

Haim Horn stared blankly at the silver white book that had closed again, standing frozen in place.

'Now, this is big trouble.'

Even Cocotte instantly straightened up, completely awake.

"Isn't that the Deep Layer Library!"

"She was swallowed by that book!?"

The Deep Layer Library had originally been Cocotte's destination today.

Inside were countless spells so forbidden that they could not appear in the present world.

It was not that the magic there was evil.

It was because of their level.

The magic there possessed consciousness.

The magic in the Deep Layer Library would choose its master on its own, automatically granting suitable magic to suitable people.

Most importantly, the Deep Layer Library was forbidden to anyone below the fifth tier.

Because the magic stored inside was impossible for mages below the fifth tier to learn.

Logically speaking, the Deep Layer Library should not have appeared here.

But because the library was blown up, the area storing the Deep Layer Library was also destroyed.

Unexpectedly, even that book had actively come to find Henny.

"We have to find a way to save her." Haim Horn spoke, his face extremely serious.

If a low tier mage stayed in the Deep Layer Library too long, they might lose their sanity.

At that moment, a ripple appeared within the space of the Magic Library.

A spatial portal lit up, and a magic parrot appeared from it. It flapped its wings and landed on Haim's shoulder.

"Bidu bidu, bidu bidu."

As if delivering some information to Haim Horn.

Then, as if the message had been delivered, the parrot's body turned into strands of magic power and disappeared.

At that instant, Haim Horn suddenly froze.

His phantom like head began flickering. His square head looked like an electronic receiver unable to process information.

Blue phantom static gradually covered his entire face.

After a long while, a huge question mark appeared on Haim Horn's face, "What the hell?"

"You're telling me the Goddess of Justice manifested?"

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