The group hurried back to Holy Salt Town, bringing two bags of Lizard remains with them.
Once they reached Holy Salt Town, Kevin I led them straight to the library.
The library was one of the most heavily guarded places in Holy Salt Town, with more than a hundred soldiers patrolling it around the clock. They took their duties seriously. Even though Kevin I knew them well, the group had to undergo a thorough inspection before they were allowed inside.
"Holy Salt Town is laid out in a series of concentric rings," Milton explained, knowing that Pan Long was an outsider unfamiliar with the town. "At the very center is the Sacred Prayer Hall, of course. More than ten Holy Servants are praying there at any given time. Ordinary people aren't allowed near it, and neither are the town's administrators under normal circumstances."
"Beyond the Prayer Hall, past a ring of defenses, are the Town Office, the library, and the barracks. The next ring holds the hospital, the school, the warehouses, and so on. The wealthy district begins beyond the third ring, the middle-class district beyond the fourth, and the commoners' district lies between the fifth ring and the town wall. Strictly speaking, the people who can't afford a home even in the commoners' district and have to live outside the wall aren't residents of Holy Salt Town."
"Besides preserving records, the library draws maps, analyzes intelligence, and handles its most important task: researching Calamities. Several scholars here have studied Calamities for years and developed quite a few effective ways to fight them. The biggest problem is that none of those methods can be used on a wide scale yet. They still need to be simplified."
Pan Long nodded slightly to show he understood.
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