Others were from the book cache held in the aranean treasury or stolen from the private collections of the cultists working with the invaders.
He was looking for something, anything, that might allow him to grow fast enough without resorting to Xvim’s idea of advancement.
Unfortunately, he had found little so far. As expected, really. If there was an obvious way to gather magical skills and power faster than normal, it would already be in widespread use.
He was actually rather glad when the door opened and Zach walked inside, since it gave him the excuse to take a break from his self-appointed task. He was kind of amused to see Zach flipping through a book of his own, though. It wasn’t often that Zach decided to read, especially a book as thick as the one he was currently holding.
“Som
