Volume 1: Raging Waves City Chapter 41: Discussion of Esoteric Techniques
The people from the Nutao City Government Office should be outside the Oulu College now!
Luke pretended to read the book carefully, but in his heart he was thinking about the locations of the Imperial spies and sheriffs who were chasing him.
It was very quiet in Library No. 36, and the gloomy atmosphere was growing gradually without anyone noticing.
It’s coming!
"Elf, you seem very interested in this book."
A voice appeared behind him.
Luke turned around and saw a ghost floating behind him. He was a middle-aged man with chestnut curly hair and a sense of vicissitudes. He was wearing an old-style Oulu wizard robe, and his body was gray and translucent.
"You are... the author of this book, Mage Lowell Felix? I have seen your magic photos in the Hall of Honor of the Oulu Academy. You are one of the founders of the modern Oulu Academy. Your book "Introduction to Alchemy" is still a must-read for magic scholars.
It's just that I didn't expect to see you in this way.
My name is Qingkong, and I am an amateur occultist. "
Following the strategy, Luke successfully lured Lowell Felix and continued to follow the process to advance the plot.
"I have been observing you for a while." Felix floated to Luke's side and said, "Your obsession with the secret arts made me unable to help but show up to warn you. The secret arts originated from ancient sacrifices and are a method of releasing mysterious power.
People who study the occult are easily influenced by mysterious powers. Once they become addicted to them, they will lose themselves and sink into darkness and the abyss.
Oulu College had learned a painful lesson. Although the college did not explicitly prohibit the study of esoteric arts, looking at this, it is clear that Oulu College is very opposed to esoteric arts. "
Luke closed the book in his hand and asked Felix, "Professor Felix... I read your book, but I still don't understand whether curses belong to occult arts, or occult arts belong to curses?"
When it comes to academics, Felix forgets the purpose of his presence.
“What I wrote on the title page, ‘These are two very interesting questions!’ has actually already been answered. The boundaries of academia are fuzzy, and there is a lot of overlap between different disciplines. This is just an interesting question, and there is no need for an exact answer.
Moreover, this book was written when I was early in my research on the occult. Now mainstream academic thought tends to classify the occult as curse magic.
Academic classification has nothing to do with academics, and there is no need to draw a clear line.”
"Thank you for answering my question, Professor. I have another question... Mysticism is the release of mysterious energy, and mysterious energy comes in many forms, some positive and some negative.
But why do you say that studying esoteric arts will lead people to sink into the abyss of darkness?
Moreover, I have studied many cases where the secret arts failed. As you said... people who study the secret arts always uncontrollably deviate their research direction towards the dark side."
Felix replied: "No matter what kind of energy it is, its properties are neutral, and it is people who make it deviate.
Human nature to be exact.
The secret arts have almost no theoretical basis, and they are extremely dependent on the experience of the secret arts practitioners. Everyone has their own understanding of the secret arts, which determines that there is no standard measurement unit recognized by everyone.
This makes it difficult to conduct academic exchanges on esoteric arts, and esoteric practitioners are completely immersed in their own world, making them prone to mental illness.
Therefore, occultists often choose very dark and closed places for their laboratories. Such a mentality and such an environment will easily lead the occult research to develop in the dark side.
Judging from your condition, I think you have just become curious about the secret arts.
"My advice to you is to get rid of it before it devours you. Once the academy finds out that you are studying the secret arts, it will have a very bad impact on you."
"Thank you for your advice, Professor Felix."
Luke thanked Felix, but in his heart he was thinking: Why haven't those people come yet? I came to the library in a swaggering manner and even went out of my way to say hello to the people I met on the way.
There’s no way the Imperial spies couldn’t find him!
Fortunately, when Luke was about to ask another question to distract Felix, hurried footsteps were finally heard outside.
There are a lot of people.
Felix heard the sound, too.
"What happened? Why are there so many people in the library? They seem to be heading this way."
Luke said worriedly, "Professor Felix, if they find out I'm here, will they expel me from Oulu College?"
The footsteps are getting closer!
Felix said to Luke: "I will take you to a place. I will send you out after they leave. Don't tell anyone about me and that place."
"I promise I won't tell anyone."
A portal opened in the library and Felix floated in.
Luke followed him in.
At the moment when the portal closed, a sheriff walked to the door. He looked warily at the dusty library and then searched the next one.
The light flashed before his eyes, and Luke came to another library.
The library is enclosed on all sides, with no doors, no windows, and no exit in sight.
The books on the bookshelf were placed in a very messy manner, and some were directly scattered on the ground. It can be seen how panicked the people who moved the books were.
Felix walked carefully. Even though he was a spirit, he was still afraid of damaging the books.
At the same time, he reminded Luke: "The books here are more than a hundred years old, be careful not to damage them.
Once the people outside leave, I will take you out."
Luke looked at the names of the books on the bookshelf and asked, "These books are all related to the mystic arts, and... they should have been destroyed.
Professor Felix , did you move them here and hide them?"
Felix replied with emotion: “Yes… The dean ordered the destruction of these books related to the occult, but what do the crimes committed by Victor and his friends have to do with these books?
Energy is neutral, and so is knowledge. These are the fruits of nearly a hundred years of research by our Department of Mysticism, and they should not be destroyed just because of some people who have gone astray.
So we forged a batch of esoteric books and sent them for destruction, and then opened up a space to store these research results.
We hope that one day the Department of Mysticism can be re-established and mysticism research can be restarted under supervision. But the disaster caused too much damage to Oulu College, and no one wants to open the scar again.
The secret arts have become a taboo here."
Experiencing this plot in person and playing the plot in the game are two completely different feelings.
Looking at this room full of books, one can imagine how much the Oulu College's Department of Esoteric Arts invested in esoteric research, and one can also see how much they paid to preserve these books.
But Luke did not forget why he came here.
"The Book of Disaster should be here too."
Upon hearing the title of the book, Felix, who was originally a shadow, instantly solidified.
He looked at Luke warily.
"You know about the Book of Calamity! You deliberately asked me to lead you into this secret room!"
