"XR037," I said as I appeared in the ruin; it had been a while since I had co here, and now, it felt fragile.
I could explode the space with a flick of my finger, and if I revealed my full aura, I might end up destroying the whole ruin.
I have no intention to do that; I have co for a thing. As soon as I get it, I will return.
With that thought, runes lit up inside , and I moved; my speed was far, but it did not break space. Through it did send ripples across, but they will not cause any damage to the ruin.
In a few minutes, I had the spots where I found the Grimms when I ca first ti with the professor and a few minutes after, the ghost city in which I had to hide to survive from the Grimms.
I even saw the palace that had collapsed when I had retrieved that treasure.
Thud!
Forty-two minutes later, I landed near the stream where the gate would appear, and looking at the ti; there was an hour before it happened.
Seeing that, I sat by the stream in the valley and closed my eyes, and helped my clones in their work.
About an hour later, I opened my eyes with a smile on my face as I saw the formation flashing on the stream before transforming into the gate.
I got up and walked into the gate, and a second later, I appeared in the grand Hers library.
"Welco back, Micheal Zaar," said the mildly sarcastic voice; I turned toward the beautiful woman with purple eyes and radiant forest-green hair.
"Thank you, overseer," I replied, ignoring the mild sarcasm in her voice.
"So, another round of reading; I hope you have brought sothing good, or you will not get even a second of reading this ti," she warned.
"No, I want to try the test," I said, and I could see a faint surprise appearing on her face, which she did not try to hide.
"You seed quite confident," she said. To that, I just smiled.
"Very well, since you want the test, here is the test, but let tell you, this is your last chance; after you fail, the door of Hers library will be closed for you forever," she said.
"Thank you for informing , overseer," I replied, and she looked at for a mont before waving her hand.
The stone disc appeared and the three layers puzzle; the last two tis, I had failed in it, but this ti, I will succeed.
"You have three hours, and your ti starts now," she said, and hazy runes beca clear, and I instantly appeared beside it and began to solve it.
My hands moved fast; they moved as fast as I could think of, and I was thinking fast. My knowledge and understanding of runic equations have increased trendously since the last ti I am here.
Click!
It took two and a half minutes to solve the first layer; first, I had needed more than two hours to do that, and the last ti, nearly one and a half hours, but this ti, only two and a half minutes.
As I had said, my understanding of the runes has gone through trendous advancent.
The solved equation of the first layer rged with the second later, and I began to work on it imdiately.
It is quite complex, but I understand it, and my hand is moving with that understanding.
Click!
The runes moved around as my hand moved, and the equation beca simple and simple, till it had solved too in eight minutes.
I stopped for a mont as only the final layer of the puzzle remained before I began with a smile on my face.
It is quite tough, I give you that, far more than two layers, and I could see how last ti, I had failed.
Whoever designed it is really smart, making it seem tough with convincing trash, which is what most will focus on, avoiding a simple equation that is right in front of their eyes, requiring only a few moves of runes to solve it.
Click!
It took six seconds to solve it, and the mont I did, the whole disc lighted up, forming a stone key.
"Congratulations, Micheal Zaar; you have solved the challenge and thus beca the librarian," she said as she took the stone key in her hand.
I looked at it, but she did not give it to and instead turned to with a smile.
"The access of 1st level librarian is quite low. Do you want to try the challenge for the 2nd level librarian?" she asked with a smile, which did not give a good feeling.
"Sure, but what would happen if I lost?" I asked, "Nothing, you will only lose one chance; like the first challenge, you have three chances for this challenge," she inford without changing her smile.
"Bring it out, them," I said, and the smile on her face beca brighter, and she waved her hand.
As she did, a huge bronze disk appeared, the sa size as the stone one, and runes laid out similarly.
"To solve this too, you have three hours, and your ti starts now," she said, and the runes beca clear.
I looked at the first circle and began imdiately; I have understood the formation, and now I have solved it.
At first glance, it did not look tougher than the one I had solved, but the more I solved it, the more complex it would beco.
Click!
It took twenty-one minutes before I heard the click and moved to the second later, but it did not imdiately start like last ti.
I looked at it carefully for nearly half a minute; I did not move before I finally did. My hands began to slide across the runes fast, but sotis I would stop for a second and again.
I solved the second runic puzzle, but it took one and thirty-three minutes; nearly two hours passed.
Like before, I studied the third and final puzzle, and this ti for nearly five minutes, before I began to solve it.
The puzzle is exceedingly complex; changing a single rune is changing the whole puzzle.
It would have been great if I could take help from my clones, but this place sohow isolated them. I am on my own in solving this formation.
Minutes ticked by as I moved around the runes; sotis, I would stop for a minute before starting again.
It was damn frustrating, but I did not let that frustration clog my mind; I remained rational and looked at each rune calmly as I moved them.
"Three hours are over," said the overseer behind , and the bronze disc turned hazy before disappearing.
I sighed and pulled back my hand.
"It was quite a challenge," I said as I turned to the overseer, "But you have nearly finished it,"
"Do you want to go again?" she asked, and to that, a smile appeared on my face. "No, I am not capable of it yet," I replied, though I am confident that I will beco capable of solving it very soon.
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