The Library and Time Machine
Ian looked at the black book in his hand with <Book of the Dead> printed on the cover, with a satisfied smile on his face.
This is a replica he made after years of hard work, imitating <Black Book of the Dead>.
More importantly, this book is completely produced using [Word Enchantment] technology. Not only does it not rely on the power of gods, but it stores a massive amount of Negative Energy to replace the power of Underworld.
According to the team's many years of research, Negative Energy is the fundamental energy generated by death and has a strong influence on souls and undead creatures. Using it, spellcasters can more easily control souls, corpses, cast curses, etc.
As long as ordinary people hold this book <Book of the Dead> made by Ian, they can easily create and control the Mummy or undead creatures, enslave the souls of others, and even steal souls from Underworld to Resurrection the dead when the gods are sleeping and Underworld is in automatic operation mode.
If Underworld hadn't been left unsupervised, this kind of Resurrection behavior would have caused big trouble.
Looking at the book in his hand, Ian couldn't help but sigh, all magic systems have their unique features and advantages, and there are often some connections between them.
After many years of research on the divine forging technology, he finally understood its essence. To a certain extent, this method was similar to the forging technique of Dwarves in his original universe.
Dwarves Most of them are not good at enchanting, but they can still create powerful magic Divine Artifact. The reason is that they can develop the effectiveness of magic ore to the extreme, and even stimulate the potential magical properties of the ore.
For example, if someone wants a fire-attribute magic item, Dwarves will ask the other party to provide a fire-attribute ore. Then, they will perfectly retain the fire attribute of the ore during the forging process.
Once magic is injected into a sword made of this kind of ore, it may emit fireballs, heat the blade, or burst into flames from the tip. The specific effect depends on Dwarves's skill, the rarity of the ore, and other factors.
Although Dwarves usually does not require enchantment to make Divine Artifact, this also means that their process is limited by materials. However, they have also developed countless alloy formulas.
In this universe, the God of Forging is similar to Dwarves in material processing, but they went a step further and added [Word Enchantment] to enhance the power of Divine Artifact.
One of Ian's biggest achievements recently was the discovery of a Law of Thunder lightning belonging to Zeus, and the successful use of Time Rewind to observe the entire process of forging it by Hephaestus. This was an extremely valuable learning experience for him.
"Master, with your current ability, you should be able to improve Floating City's performance by at least 30%," Morgana appeared next to Ian and said.
"Indeed," he replied, "If we have enough Divine Power, we can even completely transform it and elevate it to a new level."
Ian looked at the room full of Divine Artifact and sighed.
Many of these Divine Artifact were created by powerful human wizards, and he benefited greatly from them. Others were born naturally because they were in special places or experienced special events.
What's even more interesting is that a small number of Divine Artifacts were born from legends made up by people long after they existed.
This process is similar to gathering beliefs. Because people have made countless myths around certain items over the years, these items have really become Divine Artifact under the influence of Faith Power.
"How long has it been?" Ian asked.
"It's been 12 years; it's reached the point in time you told me to pay attention to," Morgana replied.
"Do you want to go to Peru now?"
"No, I still have to wait for the crash," Ian replied, "Are there any other supernatural events? Have you discovered anything?"
"Yes. I discovered two secret organizations that have been fighting for centuries over the magic Divine Artifact scattered around the world."
"Which two?"
"One is called the Library, and the other is called Serpent Brotherhood."
Ian fell into deep thought, and these two names awakened his deep memory.
He remembered that after watching the new version of <Doctor Who> in his previous life, he discovered the <The Librarian> series on the Internet in order to find similar dramas.
He watched all three movies. Although they couldn't be compared with "Doctor Who", they were still interesting and filled the drama void in his heart to a certain extent.
He knew that there would be a spin-off series later, but he had not seen it.
"The Librarian, Flynn Carson," Ian murmured to himself, "That's a very smart man with a thirst for knowledge; he would be a great Arcanist prospect. However, he needs to undergo rigorous training and prevent him from becoming 'The Librarian'."
"Hermione Where are they?"
"They were all immersed in research and never came out," Morgana replied.
Hearing this, Ian breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he had just completely ignored his wife for ten years. This would have caused big trouble. The thing about Luck is that all Arcanist will become extremely focused once they enter the research mode, and usually hate to be disturbed the most.
"Master, now that you have finished studying these Divine Artifact, what are you going to do with them?"
"Recycle and extract the Divine Power inside. Once we find a way to remove the Divine Power imprint, the energy will be of great use."
After saying that, he left.
United States, New York, Metropolitan Public Library.
Ian was dressed in a black suit, white shirt, long windbreaker, top hat, and a black cane in his hand. He walked into the Library gracefully.
When he walked to a special isolation area in the Library, he saw four people waiting for him with gloomy faces.
With a smile on his face, Ian looked at the two old people in the group and said, "You two must be Judson and Charlene. As for you two, you should be the current the Librarian and Guardians."
After a moment of silence, the old man named Judson spoke, "Wizard, what are you doing here?"
"It seems you know my existence?"
"Countless Divine Artifacts kept by governments around the world have been stolen and replaced with extremely powerful illusions. We know it was you," said the current the Librarian, who looks like a gentle man in his early forties.
Ian doesn't know him. After all, in his knowledge, including Judson, he only knows three the Librarian.
"I'm curious how you discovered me," Ian said, "That must be a very powerful Divine Artifact. Let me guess, it's Jade Emperor's Haotian Mirror? Legend has it that that mirror can monitor the three realms."
"Or Raven of Odin? After all, he used them to spy on Nine Realms's intelligence."
No one answered him. Then, the Librarian asked, "What is your purpose here?"
"You know, there is no need to be so tense between us," Ian said calmly, "I only want two things: first, to read all the books in the Library. Second, I need Time Machine by H. G.Wells."
"We will never agree," Judson flatly refused, "Our mission is to prevent this power from falling into the wrong hands."
"How about we each take a step back. I will only study the Time Machine and not take it away. You can even supervise me throughout the process," Ian suggested.
However, all he saw was the determination on these people's faces.
"I have so many powerful Divine Artifacts in my hands, but in the past twelve years, I have never used them to do anything evil. I understand that the Librarys are in a battle between good and evil, but I don't care about that."
"All I want is knowledge."
Judson looked at the others, and then said to Ian, "I'm afraid we still have to refuse."
"Can you tell me the reason?" Ian asked.
"Since you stepped into this building, I have secretly used a Divine Artifact to test your good and evil."
"I guess the result is not satisfactory to you."
"It can be said that," Judson replied, "Although your body is shrouded in a golden glow, symbolizing the countless good deeds you have done in your life, it cannot hide the horrific crimes you have also committed."
What Judson didn't say was that he was truly afraid of the sins he discovered about Ian. What confused him even more was that Divine Artifact actually judged this person to have excellent karma.
This means that this person not only committed heinous crimes, but also established a greater Merit. Judson cannot imagine what achievements Ian would have achieved without those sins.
Of course, what he cannot understand is that the "sins" of Ian are often the necessary means for him to obtain "Merit". Maybe it is not necessary, but in Ian's view, it is indispensable.
"It's a pity that we can't reach a consensus," Ian said, slowly taking off his gloves, and the cane in his hand instantly Transfiguration turned into a magic wand.