Just like Soluspedia, the Library allowed Lith to access the content of the books with a single thought and to quote them word by word as if he had memorized them. Just like the Armory, however, the Library's effects didn't apply only to the master of the tower, but also to the people that the artifact recognized as his apprentices.
"Is this how you cheated your way through the academy?" Friya didn't even bother hiding her envy.
"Yep." Lith shamelessly shrugged. "What's the difference between the Library and Soluspedia?"
"Soluspedia is accessible solely to the both of us, but we can use it anytime and anyplace. The Library is much bigger than Soluspedia, it works for anyone of our choosing, but it can't be used without a mana geyser fueling the tower." Solus replied.
"Between the Library and the Yggdrasill branch in the Armory, our magical research will go much faster, and teaching to the kids will become much easier. Whoever we decide to share our gift with, will be able to read our techniques in an instant and have their ingenuity boosted by the staff."
"That's great news." Elina put a cooking book and a few recipes that she wanted to teach Solus in the Library. "With the help of the new floor, our cooking lessons will go much better."
Everyone took something out of their respective dimensional amulet and put the Library to the test. Not only did they remember every single line of each book as if they had an eidetic memory, but thanks to the Yggdrasill branch they could also understand and memorize their contents much faster than usual.
"What's on the last floor?" Salaark asked.
"The Greenhouse." Solus led them to the fourth and currently top floor of the tower.
Beyond the door, there was no room but a small biome that looked like a cultivated field.
They were still inside the tower yet they could see the sun high in the sky as if it was still noon.
A gentle breeze passed between them, making the long blades of grass that surrounded the field bend until it passed.
"Let me guess. Like the mines but for natural treasures." Lith said.
"Yes and no." Solus giggled. "You can't further refine a natural treasure nor can you turn a sunflower into a Frost Dew, no matter how much world energy you make flow through them."
"Then what's the point of this place?" He asked.
"It allows the tower to study the mystical plants that we possess and to preserve their potency even once out of our pocket dimension." Solus said while planting the Earth Root, the Thunderstone flower, and everything they had left from the Dryad's bounty into the cultivated field.
"Given enough time, the tower will understand how their life cycle works and what are the conditions necessary for their growth. Long story short, once the tower is done with them, we will learn how to cultivate them at will."
"Good gods!" Every mage present said. "This means that instead of looking around Mogar to find an ingredient, all we have to do is to obtain one, make the tower study it, and then grow them akin to wheat?"
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