Derek Academy, Database.
The database was located near the center of the academy. It was a huge building in the shape of a huge book. On it was written the words Derek Academy's database.
Although it looked like it was only three stories tall on the outside, there was a lot going on inside.
Michael showed the pass at the door. After the mage guarding the door checked, he was shocked. "You're holding a high-level mage's pass?"
"This is the pass given by Mr. Jones. Are you his student?" After careful inspection, the mage's expression became even more shocked.
Mr. Jones could be said to be the most demanding high-level mage in the entire academy. To be able to get his approval was already hellishly difficult. Not to mention, he had also obtained the passage talisman he had given him.
Derek Academy placed great importance on the database, and even the daily operations of this place were maintained by sorcerers above the level of mage. At the same time, each pass had the name and seal of the issuing mage. At the same time, every high-level mage's access talisman had to be recorded in detail when they applied to enter the database. In other words, if someone had the access talisman of a high-level mage and deliberately caused damage to the database, not only would they be severely punished, but even the high-level mage who lent the pass would be implicated.
Thus, most of the time, high-level mages would choose to bring their own people in to watch. The gatekeeper had never seen such a situation where he directly lent out his pass. He had only heard of it during his on-the-job training. A high-level mage lending out his own passage talisman was the highest level of trust he had for his student. It was also a silent declaration to others that this was his student, and they should not provoke him.
The person who lent out the passage talisman was Mr. Jones, who was known as the most difficult teacher in Derek Academy. When the mage looked at Michael again, his face was filled with respect. He had more or less heard of Michael's name. He had heard that he had become a mage in a short period of time and had even beaten Miller away.
Thinking of this, the mage frowned in confusion. He seemed to have lost all memories of Michael as if he was a mage who had suddenly appeared during his battle with Miller. He shook his head and stopped thinking about these things. Instead, he congratulated Michael.
This was not the fault of the mage's poor memory. Michael was not a talented player. He was just an ordinary apprentice when he did not have the treasury space. At that time, he had a great interest in alchemy. He practiced day and night, and only then did he have extraordinary progress in alchemy. Later on, with the treasury space, he soared to the sky and was remembered by the others in Derek Academy.
However, in order to promote him to the outside world, the academy directly instructed York of the Magic Promotion Department to write him as an alchemy genius. After all, too many mages on this continent relied on hard work to slowly make a comeback. Moreover, if they publicized it like this, others would think that Derek Academy was cheating. However, it would be different if it was written as a genius with superior talent. Everyone had a thick filter towards geniuses and thought they could do anything under the sun.
As time passed, others in Derek Academy started to view Michael as an alchemy genius. They attributed his achievements to his extraordinary talent and completely forgot that he was once an ordinary mage with an ordinary talent.
The sorcerer on guard injected his magic power into the lock next to the database and opened the door. With a flash of pale white light, the door to the database slowly opened. From the outside, one could see the spiral staircase inside.
Michael stepped through the transparent magic light at the door, and Mr. Royce followed closely behind. After a moment of dizziness, Michael stood in the middle of the data vault.
From Michael's position, one could see doors leading to different rooms. Looking up, he saw a staircase formed by bookshelves spiraling upwards. It seemed to be endless, leading to the endless sky. Magic elves of various colors were flying around the books. Some of them were cleaning the database, while others were moving and arranging different books.
"This is huge!" Mr. Royce widened his eyes in shock. This was the first time he had seen so many magic elves.
This kind of magic elf, rumored to be the most precious in the outside world, could be sold for a sky-high price of hundreds of millions of gold coins on the black market. But here, magic elves seemed to be the most common thing.
For the sake of the confidentiality and security of the database, the magic elves were responsible for its operation and maintenance. Countless magic elves were in charge of just one floor, and the entire database was included.
This database was created by all the mages of Derek Academy using magic power. It contained all the information, literature, and knowledge that one could think of on the entire continent, as well as the information of all the mages in the entire academy. The size of the database kept changing as the information was updated. It spanned a history of hundreds of years. It could be said that no one knew how many rooms there were on the first floor of the database and how high it was.
There were no lights in the database, and the surroundings were emitting a bright and gentle light. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the source of light came from the bookshelves and the magic elves flying around. These bookshelves were all made of high-grade magic stones. Not only could this stone glow on its own, but it could also preserve the information inside well and prevent it from being damaged. Such a stone was located in the core cave of the Dark Forest. The production was not high, and only a few pieces could be formed every few hundred years.
On the continent of Tyre, it was a material that could only be seen in legends.
However, every bookshelf here was made of it. From this, one could see how powerful Derek Academy was. It was indeed the most powerful magic academy in the entire Tyre continent.
Mr. Royce looked at everything around him in shock. These things opened his eyes. Those things that were madly fought for in the outside world and even legendary things could be seen everywhere. They were extremely ordinary things.
Michael took a pass and gestured in the air, and a purple magic elf happily flew towards them.
These were the magic elves that Mr. Jones had in the database. Every high-level mage qualified to enter the database had many magic elves here to help them find what they needed from the vast amount of information.