In the Arcana Library, on the 10th floor:
"The top floor is in another dimension,"
"I feel that my comprehension is at least 10 times better,"
Maximus commented as he observed the surroundings.
"Arcana Library isn't considered a world wonder for nothing," Tintin said.
"Could it also be influenced by the Etherium Realm World Origin?"
"Yes, as the gathering place for almost all the knowledge of the world, it was also blessed with the world origin."
"Each corresponding floor can multiply your comprehension, as long as you're in it."
"It's really amazing..."
"The price to enter is also astounding."
Although he was free to enter, for others to come to the top floor, they needed 100 billion low magic crystals per day.
"Are the books here different from the lower floors?"
"The books on the tenth floor are a collection of books from the first to the ninth floor."
"However, what's different is that each book has its own world."
"That's right, although it's only an illusion."
"That's enough," Maximus didn't bother and found a place to sit.
[Maximus Shadowcrest:
Soul Tier 4: Elemental Mage - lvl 1
Body Tier 4: Sky Knight - lvl 9
Life points: 16,517,110
Potential Points: 14,522,171
Magic Crystal Points: 6,125,934,234]
Looking at his panel, he thought of first upgrading his affinity.
After all, his affinity to most elements is trash; only his most-used element has at least a legendary rank.
[1118 Element Affinity: Trash (260/100k)]
[1118 Element Affinity: Common (2,260/1 million)]
[1118 Element Affinity: Uncommon (28,260/10 million)]
[1118 Element Affinity: Rare (288,260/100 million)]
"Only rare affinity..."
"It should be enough."
After he was done upgrading his affinity, he returned to mastering the spells.
[1118 types of Tier 0 spells: Initial (5 million/112 million)]
"Let's see how much one life point is," Maximus thought as he tried to add one.
[1118 types of Tier 0 spells: Initial (5.001 million/112 million)]
"Only ten thousand?" Maximus sighed.
But thinking about it, initially when he used life points to master spells, it was only equivalent to one mastery point.
"Let's begin," without hesitation, he added life points.
[1118 types of Tier 0 spells: Transcendent (Max)]
A rush of knowledge came through his mind, detailing the very origins of all 1,118 element Tier 0 spells.
"Huh, comfortable," Maximus muttered.
The feeling of controlling every part of the element in the world, as if it were your second nature, was an otherworldly experience.
Although it was only Tier 0, he felt that everything in his perspective was different.
"What's wrong, host?"
Tintin suddenly noticed Maximus's change, as if everything in his eyes had become scalable.
"Nothing..." Maximus said.
But as he looked at Tintin, Maximus could perceive something without relying on the system.
Soon he opened his panel to see how many points had been added to his soul aptitude.
[Soul Amplitude: 614]
Maximus still didn't understand the mechanism of Soul Amplitude.
He only knew that the longer and the more he studied, the more points it would add.
"Let's add more points," Maximus proceeded with his next plan.
Without the subsequent spell knowledge, he still needed to buy it in the system.
But before that, he stood up to look through the spell knowledge in the Arcana Library.
"Tintin, can I have permission to do a quick scan of the books here?" Maximus asked.
"It's only for Tier 0-6; there's a restriction for Tier 7 and above."
"What do you know?" Tintin rolled her eyes, annoyed by Maximus's lack of knowledge.
"From Tier 7 and above, transferring knowledge isn't just writing it in a book."
"Each of them is carved using a rune system, with the soul signature of the creator."
"Just scanning it with consciousness won't work."
"You need to read it one by one, resonating it with your own soul signature," Tintin explained.
"Oh?" Maximus was a little embarrassed due to his lack of knowledge.
He thought the restriction was some kind of formation to prevent it from being stolen.
Maximus also checked through the system to see if it was different.
But to his disappointment, it was all the same.
"It seems that I can't take shortcuts," Maximus sighed.
"Then, can you get me all the spell books from Tier 1 to 6?"
With his status, all knowledge in the Arcana Library was open to him.
If it weren't for this, he wouldn't be so unscrupulous.
"Are you crazy?! What are you going to do with them?"
"To study, of course."
"Tsk, what an ambitious host," Tintin didn't bother to remind her thick-headed host anymore.
Using her authority, books all over the 10th floor floated toward Maximus like a tide.
"Hmm, what happened?"
"Tsk, another greedy junior."
"Another one of those lunatics, huh?"
A group of individuals muttered, seeing a sea of books floating in one direction.
After a glance of attention, they continued to study.
"These are all the spell books you want."
Maximus began to scan all the spell books with his consciousness.
[1118 types of Tier 1-6 spells: Initial (17,134/9.7 trillion)]
"So much!" Maximus was a little overwhelmed by the amount of points he needed.
Plus, this is not yet complete, as other spells only have hundreds of them, not enough to completely study the origin of that spell.
"It's time to buy from the system."
Maximus tapped on the World Myriad Mall and found the shop where he had bought the spell knowledge earlier.
[Hexen Library: ★★★★★
"System, scan all the non-repeated spells from Tier 1 to 6," Maximus commanded.
Soon the system sifted through the shop, presenting him with hundreds of billions of books.
[2,895,372,593 Low magic crystals]
"Buy," Maximus click without hesitation.
His income was already close to two billion low magic crystals per month, so it wasn't a concern for him.
Looking at the books that had nearly formed a continent by itself in the system storage.
Maximus sighted at the vastness of knowledge.
The Tier 1-6 books in the Arcana Library were compact and could merge if they contained progressive information, so they didn't bring much shock.
But the books from the system were separated, numbering in the hundreds of billions.
"It looks like it will take a long time..."
Even with the use of his consciousness, it's not something that can be done in a short while.
A day later, Maximus opened his eyes.
"Huh, it's not easy," Maximus thought, exhausted.
If it were not for the blessing of the Arcana Library eliminating his fatigue.
It would have taken him much longer to scan the spell books he bought.
[1118 types of Tier 1-6 spells: Initial (17,134/38.6 trillion)]
"I wonder when I will finish mastering all of this..."
First, he had the system divide the spells by tier.
[1118 types of Tier 1 spells: Initial (163/3.4 billion)]
[1118 types of Tier 2 spells: Initial (2,353/24 billion)]
[1118 types of Tier 3 spells: Initial (14,618/165 billion)]
"Tier 1 first..." Maximus thought and added life points.
[5,160,000 life points]
[1118 types of Tier 1 spells: Transcendent (Max)]
"Huh," Maximus's bearing became more solemn as his control over all elements strengthened.
"Is there really nothing happening to you, host?" Tintin asked.
His host was really weird.
Just opening and closing his eyes made him become more and more different.
Although she was not sure, Tintin felt Maximus had become stronger.
"Nothing..." Maximus just smiled and continued to upgrade.
[1118 types of Tier 2 spells: Initial (2,353/24 billion)]
[11,285,609 LP+] Adding all his points, Maximus felt some heartache.
Soon, knowledge came like a torrent, smashing his reluctance.
[1118 types of Tier 2 spells: Expert (40,856,092,353/72 billion]
Satisfied, he looked at his panel.
[Maximus Shadowcrest:
Soul Tier 4: Elemental Mage - lvl 1
Body Tier 4: Sky Knight - lvl 9
Potential Points: 3,622,171
Magic Crystal Points: 3,230,561,641]
"Finally passed the thousand mark," Maximus thought in excitement as he looked at his Soul Amplitude
You know, in the ancient battlefield, he only had 8,673 battle power.
If each fight added 1 point to his battle power.
That meant he could fight and win 1,327 matches before proceeding to the silver rank.
The reward is equal to at least 13 new elemental soul paths.
"I only hope there is no cheating mechanism..." Maximus sighed.
"Right, I should get the entire book of Gaia's Primal Genesis," Maximus thought and informed Tintin.
"Alright," Tintin lazily answered and got him the book.
"Here," Tintin said, coming back to the token.
"It's a little different," Maximus muttered, looking at the book.
Opening it, he couldn't understand a word even with his rune system knowledge.
It seemed that all the words were garbled, without any context.
"Just match the soul signature frequency..." Maximus thought of Tintin's advice.
"I can understand it now..."
"However, I should fight first," Maximus decided, seeing the cooldown in the Battle of Ancient had ended.