Chapter 140: Chapter 121 Hand of Shadow

Greybone Academy Library.

"Sir," two Wizard Apprentices who were perusing documents in the library stopped in their tracks when they saw Lucien, especially the mysterious purple patterns on his Wizard Robe, and stepped aside to let him pass, bowing as they did so.

"Hmm," Lucien walked briskly past the two Wizard Apprentices toward a corner of the library. He crossed a wizard formation enchantment, then followed a hidden staircase down to the cellar of the Greybone Library.

At the end of the staircase stood an ancient Bone Snake statue. As it sensed someone approaching, the statue slowly came to life, with its stony eyes beginning to glow red, and emanated a pressure no less than that of a Formal Wizard, seemingly as a warning to the outsider not to come any closer.

However, as soon as Lucien took out a bone token, the eyes of the revived Bone Snake statue gradually dimmed. Then it curled back into itself and returned to its previous stillness.

Click, click, click...