Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)

Chapter 557: Discovering History

“So that’s why you were so certain that the theory of time not being able to be rewound was wrong. I’m curious… Did you really change the past? What did you change?”

Xiao Lin maintained his Heaven’s Eye for a moment and quickly realized that using it in this space consumed even more of his strength. He said, “Before I answer that question, I think it’s time you fulfil your promise.”

“What a petty man!” Bell mumbled, “Follow me.”

Bell brought Xiao Lin to the deepest parts of the library as promised, and in front of them was a steel door that was sealed shut. On the door was a frightening amount of locks; it was unbelievable how so many locks had been fixed on, but what caused Xiao Lin to be speechless was that Bell only needed to wave her hand, and all the locks fell on the ground soundlessly.

“You don’t have much time. You’re far too weak. You can’t stay in this realm for too long, or it will cause irreparable harm to your soul.

“Also, I did not hold much hope for you initially, but since you have that eye, you could give it a try. It could be of some help.”

After Bell’s final warning, she lightly pushed him into the room, and she kept watch outside.

Xiao Lin did not even have time to say anything when the door behind him shut itself again soundlessly. The light had been quite dim before, and there were no windows in that room. After the door closed, Xiao Lin was surrounded by complete darkness, but the darkness did not last long. After a dozen or so seconds, a row of blue lights lit up next to the walls.

Upon closer inspection, Xiao Lin saw that rows of transparent glass orbs had been placed on the closets surrounding him. The orbs had a white substance inside, and the glow was from that substance.

Xiao Lin reached out and took the closest glass orb. The moment his Xiao Lin’s hand touched the cold orb, Xiao Lin suddenly felt an immense bout of dizziness, and then a strong suction came from the orb, even completely twisting his body. It was then that Xiao Lin was even more certain that he was not in solid form.

In the dizziness, Xiao Lin seemed to enter a dream world. At some point, he was no longer in that little black room, but instead in a bright meeting room, but the surroundings looked blurry and dreamlike.

There were six people in the meeting room, and they seemed to be fiercely debating something. Xiao Lin could not hear anything initially, but after a few moments, the sound seemed to close in from a distance, and started to get clearer.

“The orcs are getting more and more bold! This is already the thirteenth merchant group that has been attacked in this month! If we don’t increase our retaliations, those brainless barbarians will get worse!”

“I agree. Dawn Academy is one of the first colonist countries, so we absolutely mustn’t let anyone look down on us.”

“I agree.”

“I have no comment.”

“In at least three months, we should have chased those orcs away to the Endless Seas!”

“I object. Let’s not be too eager for war. It’s not the right time. The Americans have just signed a peace treaty with the elves, so the elves no longer need to watch their backs. If they work with the orcs, coupled with the fact that our troops have fallen drastically in strength in recent years, open war will cause unbelievable casualties.”

“Coward!”

“You’re just afraid of the orcs!”

…

Xiao Lin could vaguely understand what he was listening to. That was probably the meeting regarding starting the war with the orcs all those years ago. Even though all of them looked unfamiliar, he had recognized that lone person who objected to going to war. Even though that person looked very young, it was obviously a younger dean. Of course, he was still not the dean at that time.

The results of that discussion were already obvious; those who wanted war had an absolute advantage. The dean then slammed the door and left in anger. As for what happened after, Xiao Lin naturally knew early on. During the war against the orcs, Dawn Academy’s losses were immense, and they had lost their status as the strongest colonists due to that.

The surroundings turned into a blur again, and had dispersed like ripples in the water. Xiao Lin once again returned to the dark room, but he had already grasped the use of those toys. They were a little like memory crystals, and had recorded down important matters. As for why the meeting had been sealed here, Xiao Lin could more or less guess the reason. The participants of that meeting would naturally not want anyone to know they were the ones who proposed the war.

It was unbelievable that the dean had predicted the results of the war, even back then. Even though the war ended in Dawn Academy’s victory, the war had caused the academy too many losses. It could be said that the academy fell into decline after that, which caused them to be caught up to and surpassed by the Judge Academy.

However, that was not the reason Xiao Lin was there. Even though Xiao Lin was very interested in what happened back then, he still put Bell’s warning in his heart. He seized the time to continue looking for other crystal balls. He tried a few of them, but they were all from the wrong time periods.

There were at least a hundred glass balls there, and if he continued trying like that, he would not have enough time. Xiao Lin was a bit anxious, but he suddenly remembered Bell saying that his Heaven’s Eye would be able to help him. Even though she was vague with it, Xiao Lin still decided to try.

It was very taxing activating his Heaven’s Eye here, as he could not feel the presence of any elemental energy. Because of that he had no way to replenish the large amounts of energy he used to maintain the Heaven’s Eye. With Xiao Lin’s current level, it was quite an endeavor.

Xiao Lin did not know why Bell wanted him to use Heaven’s Eye; it was obvious Bell was not clueless about that eye, but just as Xiao Lin was suspecting that he would need to use Time Rewind, and target it at those glass balls, he suddenly realized something.

The Eye of Truth could even see through time!

The liquids in the glass orbs started to disperse and look clearer under the Eye of Truth. Even though he could not completely see through what was inside, it felt like a movie that had been sped up to the fastest speed; he could not see it clearly, but he could still somewhat grasp it.

Xiao Lin walked around nearby, and the eye on his forehead constantly looked around. He was quite satisfied with how useful his eye was even though it was an eye. Heaven’s Eye did not actually ‘see’ the outside world, instead it ‘felt’ it. The results of the feelings were transmitted into Xiao Lin’s mind, and he made his decisions based on that.

With that method, Xiao Lin suddenly seemed to feel a sudden stimulation as he entire body shuddered. He quickly walked to the rightmost row, and eyed the last glass ball there.