Spirit Taming

Chapter 543: Older Journals

Purple appeared to have other things to do. He eventually parted ways after Clark and him talked some more. Since Clark's group had full permission to be within the city and move around as anyone else, there was no reason for them to need a citizen of the city moving around with them. Therefore, Clark and the group headed on their way.

It was a quick moment before they split up to gather what they needed. Everyone knew what they would need individually and as a group. Clark ended up with the respective task to gather the needed books for everyone. It seemed small, but when he managed to make his way toward the Terra city archive building, he found himself at a loss.

Records were important for any city. Libraries, knowledge stores, and archives all had a lot of value. The reason that the Terra City archives were very important were simple, they had records of many underground cave systems. But they also had many other things.

"Welcome to the archives. Please present your identification and allow us to hand over any paperwork you need to fill out to view certain items." The woman that greeted Clark was very well mannered. She clearly knew her job and was ready to efficiently move things along.

This was also part of her main duty to ensure that she had all the records are stored properly. It was very clear that she took pride in caretaking these books, maps, and everything else associated with the archives.

"I am Clark from Nova, I am actually here with the family token of my friend Purple. I need copies of certain volumes and will pay the fees for that. I don't need any maps or any historical information. But I would like to look at the books here that I might be able to learn from.

It's better to have an open mind when one is heading out in to uncharted wilderness." Clark's promptness was appreciated since some people came to the archives looking for very specific or odd genres. Not everything was easy to find.

"Well, we can have everything guided as you wish. Your spatial ring had identification that matches your claim and I can see from the medals you have that it matches as well.

Now, is there any specific wilderness information you would like before we go to the copied book section?" The woman clearly knew her position and knew that the copied books were the main source of income for the archival growth. But she did not let that keep her focused on selling the copies.

"I need to know as much about the wilderness as possible. Not the controlled wilderness areas with paths and within territories of cities. I need to know about the wilderness past all that. The realm wilderness that nobody controls." The woman froze. She wasn't sure that she had heard this properly. Especially since she had never had anyone as young as this asking for such information.

Normally it was older and much stronger tamers.

"This sort of information is not held for any specific clientele. However, are you certain that this is the sort of information that you would like?" This was still an odd question that was not what anyone would normally ask. But she was sure that she could provide what was needed.

"Yes, I am very interested since I will be venturing in to these wilderness areas. My group will be using it the same as my mentor and a few others to be able to grow. We are confident in surviving there. I assure you, I am here for a good reason. The knowledge you have here will be very important to me." Clark did his best to put the woman in charge of the archives at peace with this.

In no way would she feel she did not provide the information he needed.

"Then please follow me. This is a rarely used section of the archival libraries. The books for sale are to your right. Feel free to browse them as need be. I will assure your payment and that you have the full copies when you leave. The information on the shelves to the left are historical, but this entire shelf is the gathered research of the deep wilderness."

The shelf presented to Clark was old. Very old. The books were clearly unkempt and some of them were even recopied since the books had started to degrade over time. That was just the cost of time within an archive. Every book was not made to last the same way that books were made nowadays.

Even then, some of them were made with unique beast materials just so that they would not burn if a fire occurred or a flood.

The books also had a thicker binding than many others. They were exploration journals. Those were the records of people who had gone looking in the deep wilderness for certain things or just to make themselves immortalized in such exploration.

"Thank you for your help. I will be here for a while reading." Clark watched the woman walk away. She clearly had some worries since people as young as him would never be researching this. However, Clark didn't have any reason to tell her his or the group's business.

The first few books were the explanations of the land and where certain deep wilderness areas started. These were different in the respect that they noted places that humans could not travel to normally. Mostly because of the beasts that live there.

Specifically, the mountain ranges north of Nebula city were a deep wilderness that everyone could not even think about venturing safely. The environment was too treacherous. Too cold. Too dangerous for anyone to go since the beasts that lived there were right at home. Able to hunt anything they saw.

The limitations of the environment were the same in the open oceans passed the islands where others lived and the celestial sea academy was. This place was where larger beasts that could swallow ships whole. Or beasts that stayed away from land their entire life and would attack anything or anyone.

Technically, the same could be said for the highest clouds in the sky. Many people would not venture too high and in to the open sky because beasts might live there that never came to the ground or the sea. These were all easily see wildernesses.

But the wilderness that Clark was focused on was one that was closer to Nova than many would expect. This was a place near the forest that many would not go to. It was simply because the forest had many toxic plants as it developed in to a jungle. It also skirted the borders of where certain beasts made their homes.

Long standing territories that the humans allowed because it was better to have a powerful beast ruling it than having many fighting for power and causing dangers to Nova.

Thuis was similar for every city. They would rather have strong beasts with a territory than many without one. It was just smarter when it came to setting boundaries. Worst comes to worst, they could always defeat the stronger beasts with the strongest of tamers. But that was rarely needed.

When Clark focused on the records of the larger forests and jingles, he noted that the copied books were in volumes. More organized than most. It made him think that bringing Ella might have been the better option here. Unfortunately, she had stuck with Isa so that they could record whatever Isa needed to purchase and check things off the list.

"Records of the violent jungle." Clark mumbled the titles of the volumes he found. The books were well written and clear. They were separated in to multiple excursions to explore this violent jungle. It meant that each journal had been from the same survivor exploring the border near Nova City. a good thing.

'Sudden quest: Truly Violent?

Requirement- read the ten volumes of the wandering explorer's journey in to the ""violent jungle""

Reward- permanent increase in reading speed and comprehension'

The quest seemed odd for a sudden quest. However, Clark didn't look down on it. A permanent increase to his reading speed and comprehension could help him for life. No matter how small the increase was, it was a very good thing.

The thing he didn't get though, was that it had the violent jungle in quotes and the quest had a title with a question. It meant that he would need to learn more about this violent jungle so that he could figure out if there was more to it.

Looking at the first volume, he found that the entire first entry was an explanation of why the research was going to happen. Why there was a team going to such a wilderness. But it also stated that there were reasons to go.

"Devi, Crim, Shy, if you three want to come out and read too, you are welcome. We have a lot to learn." Clark didn't doubt their intelligence. They had all gained a lot from their binds with him as he had from them. They could easily read well enough to comprehend a decent few things. Devi more than the other two, but enough to have their own curiosity.