Chương 46: Fruitless Search

The Archivum was a place of reverence, a testament to the elven people's enduring respect for knowledge and their unwavering dedication to the preservation of history.

Silax moved closer to the crystal that stood at the center of the building. Surrounding it were tens of platforms. He walked up to one of them and examined it. The platform had a slot where he could insert his identity card, and placed on its surface was a stylus.

He pushed his identity card into the slot and the platform flashed a blue light briefly as it scanned his card. Then he picked up the stylus and wrote some words on the surface.

After a few seconds the words he wrote cleared, and the surface of the platform displayed some new words. They were sections of the Archivum, rows and columns identified by shelf numbers, names of books, and chapters in those books.