Saeldir kept reading all this time.
Line after line carved itself into his thoughts not just as text but as burning sigils.
His Magic energy drained with every knowledge he absorbed, it was leaking from him as if the Codex were drinking it.
The air around him quivered. His vision thinned at the edges. But he couldn't stop.
King Gulben just watched from the side with unreadable face.
Knowledge poured into him. They were vast, ancient, and devastating in its depth.
Saeldir started knowing concepts he had never imagined, they surged into his mind, heavy and immense.
His heart pounded. His hands trembled.
The first revelation struck him hard.
There existed a power older than kingdoms and even older than Magic power itself. A primordial force born at the dawn of creation.
It was called the System.
The words in the Codex throbbed with their own pulse, reshaping Saeldir's thoughts as he absorbed them.
