From Baron to Lord

As Allen spoke, he walked down the street towards a distinctive building in the distance.

This was the Skywolf School of Skywolf City, a school Allen had built from the ground up.

To cultivate talent for his territory, Allen had spent a considerable amount of resources on it.

Now, it had been quite a while since Allen had last visited.

Even from a distance, Allen could hear the sounds of children inside.

The school was much more popular than before.

Because in the past few months, with Allen pouring resources into it, he had managed to cultivate two trainee knights and seven apprentice mages from the commoners.

Such achievements were insignificant in the academies of those empires and kingdoms.

But in this school, which was entirely oriented towards commoners, it was definitely earth-shattering good news.

It allowed all commoners to see hope.

Their children were not much worse than those of nobles; they simply lacked resources.

Because there were successful examples, the students had become even more enthusiastic during this period.

Moreover, Allen's school did not have many advanced professions; it focused more on lower-level professions that commoners could engage in, which made the commoners feel it was more realistic.

Furthermore, the knowledge taught by the school's teachers was all practical, which the students could naturally feel.

Since they could learn real knowledge, both students and adults would increasingly support the school's operation.

In the future, this school should not have any problems.

Allen went inside to take a look; his original seven magic students had now been handed over to Lawrence and the others to teach magic.

At this moment, these little fellows were studying earnestly.

After taking a glance, Allen left with satisfaction.

Allen planned to build a primary transcendent knowledge library here.

He came this time to choose a location, but fortunately, the school was large enough; Allen quickly selected a wide grassy area.

After selecting the land, Allen did not delay for too long and began preparing to build the primary transcendent knowledge library.

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Chapter 274: The Nobility's Control over Knowledge! The Library is Completed! (4)

"Teacher?!"

Just as Allen was preparing to construct the primary transcendent knowledge library, a surprised voice sounded behind him.

Allen turned around and saw Betty, a girl with long, tea-colored hair.

She was also one of Allen's students, the first apprentice mage he had taught; the other six little ones were a bit behind.

"Oh, Betty, what are you doing here?"

He had just gone to the Magic Academy to take a look; Betty should be studying.

"Well, class just ended, and I came out for a walk. I happened to see you, Teacher. Hehe, Teacher, is it okay for me to call you that?" Betty revealed a smile.

Allen smiled: "Of course, you are my student, after all, although I didn't teach you much."

Allen felt a little embarrassed in his heart when he said this.

Originally, it was agreed that he would be a teacher at the Magic Academy.

But it seemed that after teaching for only a few days, Allen had thrown the teacher's job to Princess Liesel of the Ryan Principality.

After that, he threw it to Lawrence and the others.

It was impossible to say that such frequent changes of teachers would not have any impact on the students.

"That's great. A teacher is a teacher, at least you gave us the opportunity to change our destiny," Betty said respectfully.

Now, the entire Skywolf City respected Allen as a legendary hero.

Betty and the others naturally felt the same way.

Being able to become Allen's student was, in their eyes, the highest honor.

Allen touched Betty's head: "Then study hard, grow up, and serve the duchy."

"I will definitely work hard, Teacher!" Betty said with a serious expression.

Allen nodded; cultivating students was originally a long and arduous task.

Throughout the millennia of the continent's history, there have been countless academies, but how many capable knights and mages have been cultivated?

Not many; it was ultimately only a small portion.

"Alright, Betty, I have to start my work."

Allen turned around and looked at the flat, wide grassland in front of him, which was extremely suitable for building a library.

And how could a school not have a library?

When building Skywolf School, Allen did not pay attention to this point.

After all, at that time, Allen's idea was only to establish a talent cultivation center to incubate his own exclusive talents.

The conditions at that time also made it impossible for Allen to collect too many books and knowledge.

In this world, knowledge is priceless.

Knowledge is only in the hands of a few people.

When Allen was learning magic before, didn't he also borrow magic books from Princess Liesel in the Ryan Palace?

This was enough to show the nobility's control over knowledge.

Not to mention transcendent knowledge, even ordinary agricultural knowledge, blacksmithing knowledge, etc., were almost never spread.

People who possessed knowledge would regard it as a treasure; after all, more professions were able to continue to survive because of this precious knowledge.

No one was willing to make their precious knowledge public; this was undoubtedly creating their own competitors.

In addition, if precious knowledge was known to everyone, then knowledge would no longer be precious.

After all, rarity makes things valuable.

This principle works everywhere.

Allen's situation at the time was also not enough to support him in building such a great building as a library.

So Allen did not build a library at that time.

However, according to Liesel, the academies established by the kingdom and those established by the principalities all had precious libraries.

The library's specifications depended on the size of the academy, but without exception, the library in any place was one of the most important buildings in the entire academy.

Taking Norton Kingdom Academy as an example, its library contained 50,000 books, of which 8,000 were related to transcendent knowledge.

Although the other knowledge was not related to transcendent knowledge, it was also extremely valuable, so it was included in the kingdom's library.

The library was guarded by Holy Knights all year round and was also equipped with advanced mages.

The defense force was extremely strict, and no books could be taken out of the library.

It was not even allowed to be copied.

Each book was enchanted with a mental secret technique, and one had to obtain the consent of the teacher and the school before entering the library to study the designated books.

Of course, because of the mental secret technique, as long as one read it, one could almost remember it in their mind.

In addition, it was precisely because of the mental secret technique that knowledge could only be stored in the mind and could not be reified and passed on to others through any need or text.

This showed how much control the nobles had over knowledge.

Similarly, the library had also become one of the symbols of the foundation of each school.

Thinking of this, Allen felt a little excited; the Allen Duchy would have its own library.

In some ways, the Allen Duchy had already surpassed all other duchies.

Even the Ryan Duchy did not have the strength to build a library.

"Teacher, what kind of work are you going to do?"

Betty asked curiously; the little girl was very lively and wandered around Allen, unwilling to leave.

"Betty, would you like to have a palace of knowledge, a library that exists like a temple?" Allen said with a chuckle.

Betty's eyes widened when she heard this, a library!

Good heavens, had she heard correctly?

Betty had already heard this word from Lawrence and Liesel.

It symbolized endless knowledge.

It was the sanctuary that all students dreamed of, and even the sacred place in the eyes of all transcendent professionals.

Every day, in addition to the students of the academy, a large number of external knights and mages longed to enter it to study.

Wasn't this kind of building said to be only able to be built by kingdoms?

Why was the teacher asking her if she wanted a library?

Betty reflexively opened her mouth and said: "Of course I do."

Allen smiled slightly: "Then, I will fulfill your wish."

He snapped his fingers, and immediately, streaks of white light appeared on the grassland in front of him.

This white light soared into the sky, immediately attracting the attention of all the teachers and students around.

"Good heavens, what... what is that (money good)?!"

"Like a miracle!"

"A building has appeared in the white light, this... could it be a temple?!"

Exclamations rang out one after another, and countless knights and mages appeared around; they were all teachers here.

The next moment, they knelt down in front of Allen.

"Duke!"

Allen casually waved his hand, his entire gaze focused on the white light.

"This... could this be the Duke's miracle?!"

"Ah, unbelievable!"

After seeing Allen, everyone understood that this was all Allen's doing.

Some of them had fanatic expressions in their eyes.

Had they already regarded Allen as their faith?

Soon, the white light dissipated, and everyone's eyes widened after seeing the building in front of them.

"This... this is!"

"A castle?!"

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Chapter 275: Knowledge Treasury, Ancient Transcendent Knowledge on the Third Floor! (5)

This was a huge castle.

The castle's spires and roof were a bright red, while the main body of the castle below was constructed of black bricks.

There were some exquisite reliefs on the outer walls of the castle, some of knights, some of mages, some of scholars, and some of apothecaries.

There were all kinds of reliefs, and they were attached to the walls, giving people an incomparably shocking feeling.

And all the reliefs pointed to one place, which was the castle gate.

Allen was facing the gate; the castle was a three-story castle, but each floor was extremely high, looking almost like a five-story castle.