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Looking at Celinina's back, the corners of Lothar's mouth curled up slightly.

He had always wondered whether a girl with animal ears like Celinina only had a pair of fluffy animal ears on top of her head, or would there be a pair of human ears under her hair?
Because of the rain, Lothar's doubts were also solved.

is the latter.

...

The rainstorm came and went quickly, and it stopped in less than an hour.

This is also a good thing. Right now is the time to harvest wheat. If the rainstorm lasts longer, the crops will inevitably suffer.

A considerable part of the grain in Constantinople came from Thrace and the west coast of Asia Minor, which were just on the edge of Constantinople.

Of course, the Empire has many granaries. The Crimea Peninsula across the Black Sea and the Trebizond Military District in Asia Minor are all well-known grain-producing areas. If it is not possible, they can also be imported from Egypt.

Even if the grain production in Thrace and Asia Minor is reduced, Constantinople will not be without grain, but the soaring grain price is still foreseeable.

It was already daylight.

In the courtyard, there are verdant green plants with little drops of water hanging on the branches and leaves.

Anna wore a luxurious purple dress and walked into the room with her hands behind her back, carrying a scent of incense.

As soon as she saw Lothar, she frowned and looked at it carefully.

Lothar, who had just taken a shower, lay lazily on the chair, and said casually, "Why, you don't know me after seeing me all night?"

"Have you regained part of your strength?"

Lothar was slightly taken aback, realizing that Anna had seen that she had become stronger again: "I have a good vision."

Anna couldn't help yawning.

"I made treasures for you last night, and I stayed up all night."

"Thank you, Ms. Anna."

"You don't have to be polite about this relationship between us. But you need to come with me today to complete the final steps of making the treasure, so that when you use it in the future, it will consume less."

"Okay, when are we leaving?"

"Just now. You know, I'm actually very busy. There are tens of 10 people in Constantinople. There will always be all kinds of trivial things when there are too many people. Today, a few pilgrims are missing. The water ghost was dragged into the underground tunnel to eat, and two officials died tomorrow, because they were cursed by a wizard invited by the enemy, and the day after tomorrow, someone in such and such place discovered the trace of the werewolf."

"You have to handle these things yourself?"

Lothar frowned, if that was the case, Anna would be so pitiful.

It's almost becoming a legend, and he still has to work hard, like a social animal. This extraordinary person is really not a face-to-face.

"That's not true. If it's a trivial matter, the Thracian Guards can handle it. Also, don't forget, we are the Levant Wizards Association, and there is an association."

Anna smiled at the corner of her mouth: "By the way, I just want to introduce you to a few more companions today."

"it is good."

Lothar nodded.

"If they go to your territory in the future, please take care of them. Of course, if you ask them for help, since everyone is a member of the association, they will also give you some face."

The association said that it pays attention to "equivalent exchange", but between people, after getting along for a long time, it is impossible to calculate everything clearly.

"Does Flynn want to come together?"

Anna suggested: "We are going to the Great Library of the Empire, where there are many books about witchcraft. If you go together, you can just learn some knowledge. The books in it are limited and I am not allowed to borrow them out, but you can go there yourself. It looks okay."

Fringila tilted her head, thought for a while, and refused: "I don't want to go, I don't want to learn, I want to go out and play."

Lothar was a little speechless, but there was a kind of "it's you" that he had expected.

Celinina reminded: "My lord, what happened last night."

"right!"

Lothar came to a sudden, and began to talk to Anna about being spied on last night.

Anna's expression became serious as she listened: "A spy with the same or even faster speed as Miss Cellinina is indeed very dangerous."

Anna could feel a dangerous aura from Celinina, which meant that at close range, Celinina was capable of threatening the life of a powerful wizard like her.

Although it was only a threat, it was already remarkable.

faster than celina
Anna thought for a while, and said: "The other party may not have malicious intentions. After all, he was discovered and he just ran away. Maybe he was just curious about you, but we still need to be more vigilant."

The Greeks also understood the reason why others are not allowed to sleep peacefully on the side of the couch.

Celinina wanted to protect him with Lothar, but was rejected by Lothar. He hoped that the four of them could travel together and visit Constantinople again, not for nothing.

Fringila is not a studious material, and Lothar didn't expect her to go to the library and read those boring books for a whole day.

The Imperial Library in Constantinople is the largest library in Europe, not one of them.

It is the beacon of civilization throughout Christendom.

As soon as he entered the door, Lothar was shocked by the scene in front of him.

In front of me is a spiral building. The bookshelves are close to the wall, and along with the spiral staircase, they continue to extend upwards. The bookshelves are full of all kinds of books.

They are classified according to papyrus, parchment, slate, and paper on each bookshelf. There are originals, translations, and redundant hand-copied copies.

Looking around, the towering bookshelves look like giants, straight into the dome, and there is no end in sight.

"Welcome to the Imperial Library, come with me."

Anna led the way, and the two walked up.

When going up to the third floor.

Lothar saw a very sloppy woman sitting cross-legged on the ground.

Her hair probably hasn't been washed for a long time. It's messy and sticky in locks and strands. It hangs on the side of her face, covering her face. She is holding a book and reading it engrossed.

Anna said casually: "This is Eve, a very powerful witch who specializes in formations. Hey, don't look, the guests are here."

"Oh you, hello."

Eve was probably a little socially afraid, and when she came back to her senses, she replied stammeringly.

"Hello, Ms. Eve. I am Lothar, the lord of Transjordan and Limassol, and a spellcaster."

After Eve had spoken, she didn't know what to say.

Her hands pinched the cover of the book somewhat restrainedly, and Lothar couldn't help becoming a little restrained seeing her so restrained.

"It's time for you to take a shower. If this continues, my book will be dirty by you."

Anna complained helplessly: "I even doubted whether I was right or wrong in accepting Eve. I didn't like to ask her to clean up a water ghost, so I just stayed in the library all day."

"The wizard who made the fusion monster came to steal the book last time, but it was in front of her. Normally, as a formation master, she would definitely be able to detect it, but she just didn't."

Lothar smiled, thinking of the nerds in the previous life: "Probably, Ms. Eve, she is more yearning for the world in books."

Eve's eyes lit up in the disheveled hair.

Anna looked at her and said helplessly, "Maybe, who told me to accept her, that's the only way to go."

It went up to more than ten floors.

Lothar saw a witch again.

She is not as sloppy as the former one, with a delicate hair style, sitting on a recliner, reading a book comfortably, and from Lothar's perspective, she happens to be able to see the cover.

It's a pity that Lothar didn't understand the words on the cover.

He guessed that it should be in Hebrew. He had seen many similar characters on some sculptures and stone slabs in the Holy Land, but he couldn't recognize them.

"The president is back."

The witch raised her head, her eyes lingered on Lothar's face for a while, and then she smiled and said, "Sure enough, he is very handsome. The president did not lie to me. If there is a chance, we will communicate more in the future."

Anna said unhappily: "Stop fussing. Today the chief tribune reported that a ghoul's lair was found in the western suburbs. The Thracian Guards are not in the capital, so I will leave it to you to clean it up."

"Oh yes, I haven't introduced you yet. This is Lienna, a fire mage who is not bad enough, and is good at dealing with such dark creatures like corpses."

Ghouls are monsters that like to live in dark and humid places and steal corpses for a living, but they will never refuse to eat living people. They are also called the most common monsters along with water ghosts.

But just because they are common doesn't mean they are easy to deal with. The former are extremely powerful and their minions are full of poison; the latter can dive into the bottom of the water and are as flexible as swimming fish, making them difficult to catch.

Anna was right, too many people would always lead to all sorts of trifles.

There are many churches in Constantinople, and there are also many tombs. It is normal to attract ghouls. Unless everyone enters the age of cremation in advance, this kind of thing is inevitable.

Lienna complained all over her face: "Master President, do you want a beautiful wizard like me to go to the smelly sewer or tomb to find a group of disgusting ghouls?"

She chattered on and on:

"This kind of thing, even if the Thracian Guards are not here, you should hire some demon hunters to do it. I remember that there are a few demon hunter schools in Poland that offer fairly fair commissions. I can match you up."

Anna snorted softly: "You have to be worthy of the allowance you receive from the association, don't try to be a salary thief."

It seems that the Wizarding Association doesn't support people who eat nothing.

Lothar said silently in his heart.

"Ok."

Lienna got up, and when she passed by Lothar, she rubbed the back of Lothar's hand vaguely. Seeing Lotha looking over in surprise, she showed a charming smile.

"You can come here to find me at any time in the future. We can do it here, or we can choose a manor with a good view. The breath on your body is really fascinating."

Anna rolled her eyes: "Don't pay attention to this slut, her ambition is to sleep with all the handsome superhumans in the world, even those demon hunters who smell of monsters will not let them go."

"Sounds familiar."

"Yes, just like the witches you met in Van Helsing in 'The Witcher'."

Lothar thought to himself, this is probably the worst time Van Helsing was hacked.

What does the piling you made by Geralt have to do with me, Van Helsing?
Continue to go up.

From the outside, the large library, which is 20 meters high, looks even taller inside, with more than [-] floors in a row. When you look up, you can still see layers of stairs.

During the period, Lothar met three more witches, and their images were much more normal. With the busyness of scholars, they kept shuttling among the bookshelves, transcribing and repairing fragile books; translating ancient books that were difficult to read. into Latin.

"This large library was built by a powerful spellcaster, and it used a lot of space-expanding formations. That is to say, I really don't have much talent in space magic, otherwise it would be impossible for it to be stolen."

Anna sighed softly, she was still very sorry for not being able to master space spells.

Because it's really convenient.

If a portal is opened to directly connect to the capital of the enemy country, when the time comes, the magic soldiers will fall from the sky, and it will be easy to win a war that has been inconclusive for more than ten years.

Lothar asked: "Are there any other famous wizards who master space magic?"

Anna shook her head and said: "I don't know, but even if there is, it shouldn't be too advanced. It is very difficult to get started with space magic. Once you get started, it is even more difficult to go further. This is different from the traditional way of relying on spell models to gather magic power." Spells are completely two systems."

Lothar recalled his experience in Montreal, and said: "I met an old god in Montreal before, probably the crocodile god in Egyptian mythology, and he used to cast good space spells."

"Those old antiques are exceptions. What they cast is not space magic, but directly created with divine power, which is equivalent to the effect of space magic."

Lothar listened to these awkward words, but could understand the meaning.

In fact, it was the same as casting the spell that I borrowed from my subordinates. I only knew that I could aim the harpoon at the bottom of the underwater fish and be able to reach the fish, but I didn't know that this was the principle of light refraction.

Anna thought for a while, and then said: "However, most of them are already in a dying state, and they are not as worthy of fear as the totem gods of Africa."

When we came to the top floor, after a rough count, it was at least fifty floors up.

It is obviously a spiral staircase, and the smaller the steeper structure goes up.

The space here has become extraordinarily open, and there is a large pool on the right hand side, with a diameter of at least 30 meters, and the pool looks like it is bottomless.

As soon as Lothar approached, there was a throbbing in his blood, and his eyes had the urge to turn into golden vertical pupils.

Fortunately, Lothar restrained in time.

This is probably the breath of the sea dragon that Anna often talks about, no matter what, it is unacceptable.

Anna greeted: "Nicole, come over and say hello to the guests."

In the pool.

Shadows emerge.

A pair of golden vertical pupils gradually approached the water surface.

Nicole looked at Lothar with a hint of vigilance in her eyes. She could feel a strong sense of threat from Lothar, but this person came with "mother".

"Hello, Miss Nicole."

Lothar swallowed.

Even if it is a serious dragon clan, devouring the blood of the same kind is of great benefit to its own strength, which also causes the dragon clan to live alone except for a few types.

Nicole didn't feel greedy, but felt that there was a black terrifying dragon behind Lothar, with a bony crown on the top of its head, drooling from the corner of its mouth, staring at her closely.

boom--

Nicole dived back into the water without turning her head back to swim deep.

"Neko is afraid of you."

Anna thought about it for a while: "I guess you hunted too many dragons, and you are contaminated with the resentment of the dragons—by the way, I haven't asked you yet, why are you looking for dragons?"

Lothar also thought about it.

He is thinking about how to make it up.

Seeing Lothar's expression, Anna waved her hand in disinterest: "Okay, it's fine if you don't want to say it, and you don't have to search your guts to make up a lie."

Lothar is as good as others: "Then I won't make it up."

"Come with me."

Anna pressed on a bookshelf on the top floor of the library, and the bookshelf immediately slid to the side, revealing a wooden door behind it.

open the door.

In front of him was a room full of cauldrons, crucibles, test tubes, measuring cups, glass jars and other experimental equipment, and there were faint traces of smoke on the walls.

Lothar's sight was immediately attracted by a fiery red gemstone suspended in the middle of the room. The familiar aura belonging to the "King of Volcano" definitely came from the tyrannical dragon.

"This is."

"Yes, this is the treasure made for you."

Anna smiled and said: "The tyrannical dragon you killed is not easy to say, there is a small amount of volcanic divinity in it, as long as it is used properly, it is at least a semi-divine weapon."

"how should I do?"

"Because the main body of this thing is the heart of a tyrannical dragon, it is not afraid of fire by nature, so it is very difficult to completely integrate it with the materials I put in. I need you to cast your most powerful fire spell, and put It melts."

"You can't even do it?"

"It's not impossible, but this treasure is for you to use after all. You can handle the knife, which can improve the fit between you, which is what I said before, and can reduce your ability to use it. consume."

"You have confidence in me, but I haven't even mastered the spell model of 'Lianju Fireball'. Are you sure I can melt it?"

Anna smiled and said, "You don't need to hide it in front of me. If you are not good at fire magic, why would you ask me to create a fire-type treasure for you?"

Lothar smiled and said, "I have a good vision."

"what should I do?"

"Calcinate it with your most powerful flame spell. The stronger the power, the better. You don't have to worry about burning it. It has the divinity of flame. The higher the temperature, the higher the quality."

Lothar looked around: "Won't this place be destroyed?"

"do not worry."

Anna snapped her fingers, and the debris in the room disappeared immediately, leaving only an empty room: "This is the alchemy laboratory built by the designer of Constantinople for himself, and it is very strong."

Lothar thought for a while, and felt that Anna was trustworthy, so she didn't need to be too wary, so she told her, "Stay back, don't be scared."

"Joke, I have also experienced big winds and waves!"

Anna hummed softly, and then ran behind Lothar, far away.

Her mouth was harsh, but Anna always cared about her own safety.