Why must the devil be Defeated?

Chapter 82: 081 emmmmmmm……
 

In the following period, Shane nearly soaked himself in the guild’s library, absorbing all sorts of knowledge from this world.

Especially the knowledge related to magic, Shane paid particular attention.

To maximize the enhancement brought about by his cheat and skills, Shane wished to learn all kinds of magic, useful or not, just to start learning them.

After all, the uses of magic were so diverse that even the less popular ones might be needed at some point, and he could learn various magic skills at the fastest speed without worrying about not being able to learn them. Naturally, Shane wanted to learn all the magic he could.

In such circumstances, Shane successfully found Basic Magic Books of Flame, Ice, and Thunder Attribute Magic, learning various types of basic magic rather than just possessing the four simplest, most basic kinds.

However, even after searching through the entire library’s catalog, Shane could still not find books on magic systems other than Attribute Magic, nor could he find any magic books beyond Basic Magic.

That meant, as Shane had previously thought, the guild’s library did not possess any advanced magic books, and the magic he could learn from here was limited to just the basic magic of the Attribute type.

“There really is no way advanced magic would be available for people to learn unconditionally.”

Shane was not surprised.

After all, the applications of magic were too extensive and too unique.

Magic was originally power developed by the Divine Race and the Demon Clan, and today, various fields’ systems continue to emerge, with each race continuously developing magic to enhance their overall racial strength. How could the hard-earned research findings be casually disclosed?

What if other races took it to enhance their strength and then used it against oneself?

What if the Demon Clan stole the technology and theory, causing the carefully developed results to be abused and misused, turning into a power harmful to others and oneself?

All these concerns meant that the races could not possibly disclose the truly profound magic knowledge.

Moreover, unlike other combat techniques, if magic was used criminally, it could indeed cause tremendous damage.

Take, for instance, a mage who has learned intermediate Flame Magic. With just a careless release of one intermediate Flame spell, creating a sea of fire to burn down one or two buildings would be a piece of cake.

The damage caused by the power and effects of magic was different from mere combat methods. Even a low-level mage could potentially cause tremendous damage. Considering this, it was unlikely that advanced magic would be freely provided for anyone to learn.

In light of this, the channels for learning magic were strictly controlled in any country.

Especially those rather special yet useful magic systems; wanting to learn them was not so easy.

For example, Shane learned from books that magic such as the Holy Series, Recovery Series, and Support Series can only be learned in temples in various towns. Only with the temple’s approval could one learn these systems of magic.

And rare and special magic systems like Space and Gravity were also under strict control by the state; without a recommendation from the nobility or even the royal family, no mage could learn these systems of magic from public channels.

As for intermediate and upper-level magic, one would need a recommendation from the adventurer’s guild to apply for these levels of magic books.

Thus, Shane could only learn basic Attribute Magic from the library, and knowledge of other types of magic was limited to theory and explanation, never including the instruction of usage.

“It looks like, I should really take the opportunity to seek advice from Merica.”

Shane reflected.

Elves are inherently a magical race, born from nature, and they can learn various systems of magic almost undisturbed from their race, much less restricted than humans.

That is also because elves are almost innately kind-hearted and do not cause harm to the world, hence their special treatment.

It is said that elves, favored by the Divine Race, have inherited rare magic passed down from them, highlighting the uniqueness of this race.

This once again made Shane feel he needed to take the opportunity to get closer to Merica and have a good talk about life. (jokingly)

However, his gains in the realm of magic were limited to this, it didn’t mean Shane had no other gains.

At least, in terms of knowledge, Shane had really learned a lot.

Now, Shane’s understanding of the world had improved significantly compared to before, even though many secrets couldn’t be learned through books, common knowledge was no longer his weak point.

Shane even found records of past heroes, from which he learned many things.

Especially, the hero from a thousand years ago, reputedly the strongest of all, who had defeated the Demon King, Mitra.

Shane read quite a few rumors about this hero.

“It’s said that the hero possessed an incredibly powerful unique skill, capable of creating multiple avatars with the same strength as himself, one person able to withstand the army of the Demon Clan.”

“It’s said that the hero’s Holy Sword, just by its sharpness, could cleave through a dragon’s scales, sever thick shields, and even halve any damage inflicted by an attack, enabling a rise of five levels in all skill levels, and even magically increasing the hero’s level by fifty above his own.”

“Besides, the hero’s Holy Sword had many other miraculous uses, capable of annihilating all evil in the world, and also diminishing any curse, rendering them unable to pose a threat to the hero.”

“Among all the heroes, the power of this hero’s unique skill and Holy Sword was unmatched, so formidable that even the Three Great Goddesses would marvel at it.”

Shane had come across such a record.

Seeing this, Shane glanced at the effects of his own Holy Sword.

Level +100.

All Skill Levels +10.

All Type Damage Reduction of 99%.

All negative status immunity.

Sharpness at the highest level.

Durability at the highest scale.

Causing significant damage to objects of evil nature.

Possessing purifying and expelling effects against forces of evil nature.

“emmmmmmm…”

At that moment, Shane silently put the book back and pretended he had never seen it, then turned and walked away.

These were Shane’s gains during this period.

During this time, Vivian and others seemed to have indeed been very busy, causing the squad members to rarely gather together.

So, during this period, Shane had almost always come to the guild alone.

However, each of Shane’s visits brought a rather subtle atmosphere.

Because, the way people in the guild looked at him had changed.