The biting book had battered Karin until his face was practically black and blue.
Karin fled around the library for two hours before he finally exhausted its strength... or rather, the arcane energy stored inside it!
Then Karin calmly opened it and read its contents... just as Medivh had said, he could not understand most of its descriptions of "Imprisonment," but the parts he could understand went far beyond what Antonidas had previously explained.
After spending a week barely managing to digest the book's contents, Karin began his hunting career in the library.
Every valuable book in the library-valuable to Medivh, that was; to Karin, every book was valuable-had special spells cast on it. Some books had powerful attacks, some hid themselves, and others had no words at all, requiring him to decipher them himself.
But they were all little tricks, and he generally encountered no danger.
Heaven knew why Medivh had set these "traps," forcing Karin to rack his brains over every book he wanted to consult.
For instance, Karin spent an entire day struggling to catch a booklet that actively evaded him... its contents described a powerful spell called a "demon protection barrier," which had also been cast around the outside of Karazhan.
There was also a book that no amount of brute force could open... "Snares and locks: How to become an outstanding breaker of protections." It did not look particularly valuable!
Another book changed its own color and appearance, making it difficult to find again after reading it once. Its descriptions concerned the mind and thought, and it seemed more suited to priests than mages.
Several months passed like this, and Karazhan remained as peaceful as ever.
Karin went "hunting" in the library every day, paying no attention to events outside.
Medivh did not leave