Karl put one of the intact books in his inventory as well, to read later, and continued his search through the rubble.
The back rooms would more likely have valuable tomes than the front, unless there had been books stored in the pews. But those were likely to be the same songbooks that he already had.
The back of the temple looked like it had taken much heavier damage than the front. The blocks were mostly shattered, and not just collapsed, while there were signs of burning as well.
That might be secondary damage, the result of a lamp or fireplace being active when the building was destroyed.
But it also looked like more attention had been paid to this area, and someone had cleaned it out of valuables before the barrier was erected.
There were empty shelves in the rubble, the desk drawers had been removed and stacked to sit empty in the weather. Very orderly, not like the place was ransacked, but like someone had deliberately come to remove the valuables for safekeeping.
[That’s a shame. I was hoping for books.] Remi sighed.
[Me too. There is so much that could have been learned here. It’s not a total loss, though. There are a lot of runes here for me to study, and they’re in a whole new language.
I got the System Update, which is a great start, but I still need some practice with them.]
Karl spent a few more minutes searching, but the temple had obviously been cleaned of valuables long ago, which left him only a few clues, including a wall painting that had survived mostly intact, to guess how wealthy the temple had been.
It didn’t look promising. What it showed was two people in black and white robes flying while standing on a sword.
That was pretty cool. But not a sign of great wealth.
[I want a flying sword.] Cara insisted.
Being able to relax on the sword while travelling would be even better than just flying by herself.
[We can work on that later.]
After all, every Immortal could fly once they gained enough power, it wasn’t exactly a huge accomplishment. The ones with wings and skills were just faster at it.
"Alright, I think that I know what I need to do. There are enough Temples here that I just need a clear spot. If nobody else can enter the temple grounds for the World Dragon, then I will make the entrance to the Trial in the yard outside the barrier.
Give me a day or two to prepare the trial stone. There is quite a bit that goes into it." He explained.
"Will you be starting on that now?" The white dragon asked.
"I have a punishment detail at the Alchemy Hall to finish first."
The dragon laughed. "In that case, you can stay right here. I will get you transferred from Elder Socrate’s supervision to mine. This is a project to help the entire Clan as well, and none of the Elders would argue against it.

Anything that they were missing before would be present now, and Karl briefly considered where he should put them in the Tiny World.
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