Chapter 48: The Future War

The academy's library was a giant three floors edifice.

The first floor specialized in books about magic, spells, and everything related to magical tools. The second floor contained books of warrior skills and growth techniques.

As for the third floor, it needs a special permit and everything inside it, whether it is a technique, skill, or even magic spells. It will be a high level and difficult to train.

What was on the third floor was not necessarily secret techniques. In the past, these books were available to everyone, but unfortunately, the students fell under the magic of its power, so they ignored what suited them and tried to practice it, which led to wasting their time and effort and got into problems in gathering energy.

Therefore, the academy decided to place these books on the third floor, and to increase students' motivation, they stipulated that the students should contribute to the development of the academy and present important achievements to the kingdom to be able to enter the third floor.

Students can also exchange high-level weapons or techniques that they have inherited from their families or found in the ruins that do not suit them with techniques and skills from the same level from the third floor.

"There is no need to rush in visiting the third floor today. We just have to search for the books that contain these topics, which will give us a better idea for our future training path."

Jin pointed to the menu he had prepared earlier and said.

"Du Bai and Lian, go find these books, Li Chui and I will search for the rest."

Jin's decision was wise. The permit's duration to enter the third floor was only one hour, and it wouldn't be enough for them to search for a skill that suits them in such a short amount of time.

So it was best to try to learn more about their spirit forms and laws before entering the third floor.

Li Chui, who had been anxiously waiting for a chance to be alone with Jin, couldn't stop herself when Du Bai and Lian left from asking.

"Jin, tell me, what do you know about the dark law users, and what will happen in the future?"

Since Jin had come from the future, Li Chui tried to find any clues of the disaster that was threatening the kingdom, but the answer was not what she had expected.

"It is true that I came from the future, but I did not grow up in the White Mountain Continent and did not know much about the history of the humans continent, only some famous historical facts, such as the occupation of the Flying Islands Kingdom and its control over the entire human continent and the flight of dozens of nobles to the Ancestral Island."

The news came down on her like a thunderbolt. Li Chui's mouth almost touched the ground as she heard about the future disaster that Jin coldly narrates, screaming at him as loud as possible.

"You madman, how can you be so cold-blooded when you know that a disaster like this will exterminate our kingdom!? Quickly tell me the details."

Jin closed his ears because of her screaming and answered her calmly.

"Shhh, don't raise your voice, we're in the library, everyone is staring at us."

When Li Chui noticed everyone was staring at them, she bowed her head, apologizing, and returned to ask for details, the look of concern did not leave her face. Jin sighed and answered calmly.

"About ten years from now, a heavenly warrior will appear in the Flying Islands kingdom, and he will seek to dominate the rest of the kingdoms, and since the other kingdoms do not have a heavenly warrior, they will end up surrendering, I don't know why do you even care so much about this matter."

"Bah, the human continent will go to war in ten years, and you don't see that it matters."

The girl was going to explode from Jin's coldness and indifference. Her whole body was shaking, and she felt a strong desire to hit him. Her features exposed everything she was thinking in her heart, so Jin smiled and explained the situation from his point of view.

"Li Chui, you only see things from your perspective, our world does not seek peace, and its only language is war, there is no concept of peace among humans, we only live in a state of balance, even the losing wars waged by humans on the Oris is part of maintaining this balance, Every warrior and magician in this world seeks to reach the top and obtain the power of the heavens and the power of the holy magicians, and one day, whether this day is far away or soon, someone will reach the top, and whoever he was, the balance will be destroyed by him, and this fake peace will be destroyed."

Jin's words opened Li Chui's eyes to see how naive and helpless she was. That was the truth. Everything would change if any of the three kingdoms got a Heavenly Fighter. That kingdom would take over the rest of the kingdoms.

"Besides, that was another timeline, but the future has changed because you have summoned me. Perhaps a heavenly warrior or a holy magician will appear sooner than we think. Don't forget that we also strive to reach the top, so there is no point worrying about the future now."

Jin's deep and calm voice made her regain her calm, as she was more determined than ever to become stronger, the only way to protect the future of the human continent was to become stronger.

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When Li Chui saw someone younger than her was more determined and confident, it made her a little upset, so she started teasing him.

"Do you want to say that your arrival to our time will change the future? Do not overestimate yourself. My summoning to you from the future was just a co-in-ci-de-nce (coincidence)."

The girl intentionally spelled the word to curb his arrogance.

"Coincidence, huh, do you really think that I came here by coincidence? There is no such thing called coincidence. You and I are just pawns in a strange game. Tell me where you got the book and the talisman that helped you to summon me?"

"I found them in...I got them from...I don't remember. I don't even remember where I left that book? How is that possible?"

The thought of forgetting something so important put Li Chui in confusion.

"As I told you, we are pawns in a strange time game, and the loss of your memories is not a coincidence, but there is no need to worry, the master of this game does not look like a bad person, I mean, he created a timeline in which there is no Plague."

Li Chui remembered that this was the name of the thug that Jin had talked about in their first meeting. However, she was surprised that she did not remember where and when she got the book and the talisman, and from Jin's words about the time game of which she was a part of. She thought that their knowledge of the future might be a good opportunity for them to change the future.

Seeing Jin examining the shelves for books, she stopped discussing the future and its difficulties and joined him in searching for the books.

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After about an hour, everyone gathered again and sat down around the table with stacks of various books. Lian put the first book strongly in front of Jin, who read its title before giving her a surprised look (Ashtria, evidence of his existence).

'She does not want to let the matter pass. What a stubborn girl, just like that day when I met her.'

Jin smiled as he remembered the meeting with the adult Lian in the future. She was still the same stubborn woman who was hiding her face with a white mask.

"Don't stare at me, just read the book."

Lian's beautiful voice pulled him out of his sea of memories to reply with a smile, changing the topic.

"I can't stop thinking about your pretty face that you keep hiding it from me."

Lian lowered her head, and in a timid voice, she said.

"Just read it."

"Later, I'll read it later, I promise."

Then Jin turned to Du Bai and said.

"Du Bai, did you find what you were looking for?"

Du Bai shook his head, disappointed that he hadn't found what he was looking for. He hoped to find something about his second law, the air law. But it seemed that this law was classified under the category of rare laws. There was no information about it. As for his growth technique, he needed to know what his spirits form name first.

At first, Du Bai was planning to hide the matter of his activation of the Ice Law so that no one would suspect that Jin was a spiritualist, but after he had to use it against the dark law user Singh, and had the opportunity to choose a high-level growth technique, the situation changed.

He had previously agreed with Lian to spread a rumor that he activated his law by eating the beast's essence purified with the help of her spirit form, but first, he had to know the name of his spirit form for the trick to work.

According to the Book of Ice Bird Beasts, four spirit forms fit the specifications of Du Bai's spirit beast, but each had its advantages and growth techniques.

From the ferocious Ice Hawk form to the Snow Sparrow that forms snow alongside ice, to the Blue Feathered Heaven Eagle, which excels with the power of its wings that lift it high into the sky, to the Six Paths Phoenix, which has two pairs of wings.