The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 401 Free Magic Book

The space on the eighth floor is smaller than that on the seventh floor, and there are fewer books.

Here, Moran not only saw the magic of the delicacies feast, but also the witch's spellbooks of his three predecessors, Tracy, Carmela, and Anita.

Unlike those she had seen before, these were all at or above the peak level.

Moran glanced at it; the first-tier witch's book was priced at 30 mana for permanent magic power and could store tens of millions of standard volumes.

Moran could afford the price, but her magic level wasn't high enough, so even if she signed a contract for a first-tier witch's book, she couldn't use it.

So I can only keep it for now and buy it when my magic power level is high enough.

The other spellbooks, like the Feast of Delicacies, are from another world.

Moran glanced through them briefly and found that there were roughly two types of magic books.

One type is similar to witch's spellbooks, which are sold as spellbooks containing "magic contract templates".

One type is completely free magic books.

The first type can only see the first few pages of the introductory text. To see the actual magic parts, one needs to pay with permanent magic power and sign a contract before they can see the contents of the magic book.

However, after signing a witch's magic contract, one can master the corresponding magic. After signing the contract, one still needs to study these magic books on one's own in order to learn the magic.

These books record the witches' unique magic, some of which they developed themselves, and some of which they obtained from the Well of Heaven.

These kinds of books cannot be copied unless Moran signs a contract to buy them all.

Another type of completely free magic book is actually a unique magic of the witch predecessors. Like other magic books, it used to require a permanent magic contract to read.

But after their owner passed away, these magic books were donated to the witch clan, and they went from being paid books to being free magic books that every witch could learn.

While the Well of the Sky holds infinite possibilities, it also presents endless dangers.

Therefore, many top-tier witches who intend to donate their estates to the clan association for the development of the clan will sign an estate donation contract with the clan association in advance and leave the address of their witch's house.

The witch's clan book can detect the witch's life status. If the witch's name appears in the chapter on extinction in the clan book, it means that the witch has met with misfortune.

If a deceased witch had previously signed an estate donation agreement with the clan council, the council would send a witch to her witch's house to take over her estate.

Many witches who have surpassed the peak level and begun to explore the Sky Well choose to build a witch's house in the Witch Wilderness to store their important possessions, in order to prevent their inheritance from being seized by other races.

Apart from witch magic, the books on the eighth floor were all left behind by the most powerful witches.

After Moran finished copying all the free magic books, he only copied down the introductory sections of the paid magic books.

Even if she can't copy the entire book, she can still read the introductions to these spells later and buy more to learn according to her needs.

After all, these are all top-tier magic spells, which can only be learned after breaking through to the peak level; they cannot be learned now.

Moreover, they are all otherworldly magics, each with its own learning requirements and different upgrade methods, so they cannot be generalized.

Even Moran wasn't at the point where he could squander permanent magic power and buy whatever spell he wanted.

The number of magic books that could be copied on the eighth floor was far less than Moran had anticipated; there were many empty spaces left in her witch's book.

Thinking that there was still plenty of time before the agreed time, Moran went to the lower floors of the library to see if there were any books about the Valen people, so he could copy them down.

Although the percentage of spellcasters among humans is relatively low on the continent of Valen—only one spellcaster appears among hundreds or thousands of humans—the human population is among the largest on the continent.

Overall, the number of human spellcasters is still quite considerable.

In terms of sheer numbers, they constitute the largest group of spellcasters on the continent of Valen.

For Moran and the others, this is the best place to earn magic power, so they must pay close attention to it.

If all goes well, human contractors can help them break through to the peak level and even higher.

Moran had previously only read books about alien races compiled by witch scholars, and had never seen such original books about alien races.

Since we're preparing to infiltrate among humans, it's necessary to read more books about human settlements to understand the situation.

Although humanity now has many nations, the overall territory is still divided in two by the "Origin River," the largest river in the Valencian Community.

East of the "River of Origin" lies the jurisdiction of the Magic Empire, while to the west lies the jurisdiction of the Yara Empire.

The other kingdoms and duchies, although possessing a degree of autonomy, all fall within the sphere of influence of these two great empires.

When witches travel, they mostly choose the Magic Empire. In the books Moran had read before, there were more descriptions of the Magic Empire, but not much about the Yara Empire.

It is said that the Yara Empire was generally more conservative and closed-off.

I originally wanted to find more books about the Yara Empire in the library.

Unexpectedly, after searching around, I found that there were still more books from the Magic Empire.

There are many books that introduce various principalities, kingdoms, and even famous cities.

The books in the Yara Empire, however, are all old news; the newest ones were published a hundred years ago.

They are not as valuable as the books in the Magic Empire.

Moran had only copied a few books from the Magic Empire when, relying on his fluent Valen language, he found some information about mental magic and compound magic.

Magical knowledge is a powerful tool for the magical empire to consolidate its rule; it is through this that they have been able to bring all the most powerful mages under their command.

Therefore, the protection of knowledge is very strict, and magical knowledge is only in the hands of a few people.

The higher the level of magical knowledge, the higher the barrier to entry for learning it; even just gaining the opportunity to learn it requires a great deal of effort.

Moreover, even if you learn it, you cannot easily pass it on to others.

Most mages sign strict contracts with their apprentices when they take on new ones and teach them magic, in order to ensure that their magical knowledge is not leaked.

Mental magic, composite magic, as well as many advanced spells and all top-tier spells, are all controlled by the Magic Empire. It's considered remarkable for any kingdom or duchy to possess a few spellbooks of advanced magic.

The magic book that Della's grandmother sent contained advanced magic for mages, which was already quite difficult.

In the Magic Empire, these spellbooks would be enough to support the establishment of a kingdom.

If it weren't for Della's grandmother's years of running the business in the Duchy of Lance, she might not have been able to collect them.

At least Moran didn't see any advanced spellbooks about human mages in the clan library.

With the Chinese New Year approaching, my efficiency has decreased, and I only have one chapter today.