Locke said to the Dwarf scholar Aul, "By the way, I'd like to look into information on Ancient Creature Bloodlines. Can you recommend anything?"
The Dwarf scholar Aul nodded. "Oh, that's a rather obscure niche field. Ancient bloodlines are difficult to obtain nowadays, so research is extremely challenging. The Black Wizards, on the other hand, have many Archaeology scholars, and they possess quite a lot of information in this area."
"However, Potion Master Augustine, your request is still too broad. It's difficult for me to recommend anything like that. Could you narrow down the scope a little?"
Locke nodded in agreement. "Specifically, Ancient Creature Bloodlines with Metal Element attributes, or resonance caused by two different Ancient Creature Bloodlines. Are there any articles on that?"
The Dwarf scholar Aul's right eye rapidly flickered with different runes. "There aren't many valuable articles in that area. Lilith's Cottage doesn't specialize in it."
"There are several insignificant D Rank articles, one C Rank article, and two somewhat relevant B Rank articles."
Locke became interested.
The Dwarf scholar Aul said, "One is a compilation of Ancient Creature Bloodlines. Because its data is relatively comprehensive, General Studies scholars at the time rated it B Rank, with a score of seventy-one."
"He may have obtained part of the Black Wizards' research through some private channel, so he listed a fairly comprehensive range of Ancient Creature Bloodlines. Among them were three ancient creatures mentioned as having strong affinity with Metal Element particles."
"The second article was also published by the same person. Its main content was his speculation that, in the ultra-ancient era, a kind of mysterious factor once existed that made Magic Creatures as a whole stronger than they were now."
"It was an interesting hypothesis, but the theoretical portion was not rigorous enough, so it could