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"Because you just read a Codex Book."

Aiwass laughed and said, "That's why you think a Codex Book is something good... Although it certainly is, I'm not particularly in need of Mystical Skills now."

Afterward, Miss Maya planned to give him a Codex Book of the Path of Devotion—though it was said to be a gift, it was actually more like a loan for him to take a look. After all, one could learn by reading it once, and it was someone's treasured and beloved book. When the time came, Aiwass would certainly need to politely return it.

He didn't know what his grandfather had hidden, but it was likely another book related to skills. Perhaps, it was also of the codex level.

A Codex Book is the highest-level book in the study of the occult. Its knowledge is 'alive'.

It is the translated version of the "Nameless Primordial Texts" written in the anonymous script, which is itself a kind of "primordial text." Aside from those on the Path of Wisdom, no one else can understand the anonymous script's version of the text—that is the demonic script of the dead-yet-not-extinct, the brains of those from other paths cannot remember even a single character of this writing.

As long as one is qualified to open and read it to the end, and can bear the knowledge within, one can directly learn the Mystical Skills it carries.

The versions transcribed from a Codex Book become just ordinary text records, devoid of any mystical value. For instance, the textual version of the "Nurturing Secret Sequel" is just an ancient mythological story.

—To put it simply, a Codex Book is a "limited pool."

If you miss this one, you can only wait for the "limited pool reprint" in other languages.

The profession of a Curse Ritual Magician requires one to obtain the Mystical Skills of curses and rituals at the very beginning when entering the Path of Transcendence and can only be acquired if one has not yet mastered Demonology Knowledge.

Rituals are easy to learn, but curses are very difficult, comparable to the extremely challenging Blessing Skill.

Avalon has never had such profound mystical skill inheritance.

Yet, the original "Hand of the Scaleless" spawned so many Curse Ritual Magicians—many excellent Priests from the university struggle for years to learn the Blessing Skill, so where do all these uneducated common Transcendents, who possess such advanced curse expertise, come from?

Therefore, Aiwass believed that "Hand of the Scaleless" might possess a Codex Book related to curses.

It was with this book that they turned those prospective Transcendents, leaning towards the Path of Transcendence, into Curse Ritual Magicians in batches. Otherwise, it's hard to explain: why take the long way when there is a shortcut... unless the long way has a bus service that picks up and drops off passengers.

But in the end, the Supervisory Bureau clearly didn't find this book. If even the intelligence of the Hook Demon was insufficient to uncover this book, then it might still be in that village.

In that case, Aiwass could foresee that he would have at least two Codex Books for the foreseeable future.

Advancing the level of Mystical Skills also requires experience and effort—currently, he is like a seal who has drawn a bunch of good cards. The cards are great, but he can't afford to nurture them.

And the two pieces of fine equipment that Lily acquired made him somewhat envious.

This key will have to be returned to Bishop Mathers sooner or later—after all, it's the key to their department. Can the Guardian of the Holy Tomb not have the key to their own holy tomb?

It's like a security guard who can't open the main gate. When asked why, the answer is because the key was lent to a friend.

...In such a case, Bishop certainly would run into trouble. Even his behavior could be considered more serious than this, a definite violation of rules.

But Aiwass really didn't have any suitable equipment at hand.
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—So, Aiwass needed to find another suitable Weapon before returning the key.

Their current temporary squad is incredibly cool.

Sherlock, as a mage without a staff or grimoire, and as a Legal Mage without a Disciplinary Short Sword—his sword was generally borrowed temporarily from Edward; Hayna, as an Inspector, had no Gryphon, though she had a sword yet no gun; Aiwass, as a Priest, had neither a holy crown nor a scepter, and as a Demon Scholar, no demonology tome or ceremonial kit.

The three of them stood out as entirely empty-handed.

The only thing that could be considered a weapon was the small-caliber ladies' pistol in Aiwass's hand.

The only one with a proper weapon was Lily, whose energy level was the lowest—her silk threads could be used as a weapon, free of charge. Later, when her level was higher, she could tie a hawk feather onto the silk thread.

It was like three high-level players were taking a low-level player to level up, but the high-level players had all forgotten their weapons at home. Meanwhile, the low-level player was fully equipped.

Aiwass knew as well that it was supposed to be a peaceful era. In this version, besides soldiers and law enforcers, very few people carried weapons... but it still sounded ridiculous.

After a while, Mrs. Mina slowly came to her senses.

She looked at Aiwass and seemed hesitant to speak.

"Mrs. Mina, did you see the future?"

Aiwass's eyes lit up. Seeing her reaction, he knew she obviously had seen something in her dream.

——Good grief, can you actually get something from a shopping mall draw?

"...Although the content of your divination is bizarre, something I've never heard of in my life, I did indeed see it"—Mrs. Mina said, shaking her head helplessly, and prophesied, "I saw you summoning butterflies made of pure flame as a protective weapon at will."

Upon hearing this, Aiwass immediately realized the prophet's words were exceedingly valuable. Not only had she avoided all the obscure talk, but she had even seen his Phantom Card!

Aiwass immediately held Mrs. Mina in greater respect and pressed, "What else is there? Did you see anything more?"

"There is a book," Mrs. Mina nodded, trying hard to explain to Aiwass, "Strange as it is, but it's indeed a book. At least according to the Dream-Watching Method, when the hourglass addresses your plea 'Where is the weapon that best fits you?', it indeed pointed to a book. However, it is not a codex."

That must be a grimoire, Aiwass understood.

"What kind of book is it?"

Aiwass pressed on, "Could you give me an accurate prophecy of where it is?"

Mrs. Mina wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with a helpless expression: "I must declare in advance... after this prophecy, I may not be able to divine for you for a long time. And I can't guarantee the accuracy of my divination.

"For some reason, the threads of fate on you are extraordinarily chaotic, with many threads of powerful individuals entangled with yours. It took me a long time to clarify which thread was yours, but your fate seems as if it doesn't belong to this world.

"You should know, Aiwass, I am a level four [Seer], while you are only at level two. Under such suppression of energy level, I can't even see your future clearly—If I were still young, or you were a bit stronger, I might have passed out right now."

After making a very detailed disclaimer, Mrs. Mina let out a deep yawn, looking somewhat deflated.

She began to pack up her things and replied offhandedly: "The place is at Eagle Cape Village in Shepherd Bay County. I saw you discovering the book with Sherlock present, and someone I don't recognize. I vaguely saw the name of the book...

"It seems to be called 'Book of Law'."