迦兰呆呆地坐在长椅上，脑子一片混乱，完全没有注意到清晨的露水又一次打湿了他那身深蓝色的法师长袍，这件法师长袍十分厉害，可以随时施展阅读、解读、抄写、修复、清洁、整理书籍等小法术。


    嘉兰开始思考：“我这是在哪儿？我是怎么到这里来的？”


    他突然想起来，“对了，我在图书馆整理书架，突然间玄力之潮袭来，我吓得跑都不敢跑，结果被‘冰棺’防火魔法阵给冻住了……”


    “那到底是怎么回事？秘法之潮为何会这么强烈？难道是法师塔里的哪位宗师级法师实验失败了？而我却被冻在这里，怎么会出现在这个奇怪的地方？”


    如果魔法师的实验出了问题，并且图书馆的防护魔法阵被激活，那么救援应该很快就会到达。


    可看他现在的身体状态，就像是被冻了好久一样，连被老师夸赞强大的玄气都快消耗殆尽了，正常情况下，玄气消耗的很慢。


    即使没有冥想或调理，身体衰退也需要几十年甚至几个世纪才能达到这个程度。


    更何况自己身处‘冰棺’之中，这个号称‘连时间都能冻结’的魔法，身体一动不动，奥术能量消耗的还要更慢！


    所以，他已经被冰封在‘冰棺’之中至少百年了！


    贾兰一惊，这怎么可能？自己是冻住了，可那些救援人员呢？他们为什么抛弃他，让他冻这么久？


    而且，他的老师也不可能抛弃自己唯一的弟子，让他变成一块永恒的冰块吧？


    突然，迦兰想到了一个极为恐怖的可能：“难道……秘法之潮毁灭了外面的一切？而我在‘冰棺’之中，却活了下来？”


    “不不不！不可能！我老师可是宗师级别的十三阶大法师！有‘位面之门’‘位面转移’‘高等传送’，他都能瞬间逃走！”


    伽兰不愿相信，自己这位在图书馆当了几千年管理员的老师，会因为一次实验而消失。


    “除非整个艾伯伦世界都被毁灭！”The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.


    迦兰这么想着，但是立刻就被自己的想法吓到了。


    “不不不！‘莲书龙’还挂在天上，大家都好好的，世界怎么会毁灭？什么能毁灭世界？肯定是哪里出了问题！”


    Jialan shook her head vigorously, trying to forget that terrifying thought: "For instance, if I were frozen by the ''Ice Coffin'' and my body was too fragile, my teacher might fear injuring me during the thawing process and have to leave me in the ice until it melts by itself..."


    "But I''ve heard that ice frozen by the ''Ice Coffin'' has never melted naturally, except through magic?"


    Jialan glanced down at the "Catalog Stone" of the Kraneburg Library, which hung on her chest. She had just witnessed the ice melting under the moonlight of "Book Lian," and it was too magical to believe.


    If moonlight could dispel the "Ice Coffin," then this spell wouldn''t be so popular. Historically, there had never been any mention of moonlight being able to unlock it.


    The melting of the ice must have some connection with the moonlight, but it certainly wasn''t the main reason.


    Jialan decided to wait until daylight to search for clues. He tightened his grip on the "Catalog Stone," the "key" to the library''s reading room, which seemed to have changed as well; it had been absorbing the moonlight of "Book Lian" just now.


    Jialan hesitated for a moment, then picked up the light blue rhombus-shaped crystal and examined it closely. The "Catalog Stone" was a treasure of the Kraneburg Library, but theoretically, it couldn''t store magical power.


    The "Catalog Stone" glowed with blue light, and the secret magical runes inside were visible, but it seemed to have something extra... Many small light points like stars?


    Jialan shook her head; she didn''t understand this. Perhaps only her teacher knew.


    After daybreak, Jialan looked around and was surprised to find that she was still near Kraneburg. The "Gem Cape" on the other side of the "Seawall Mountains" was already illuminated!


    Looking at the sparkling "Gem Cape," Jialan crouched down, dipped her finger in the dew, and calculated her position.


    "Judging by the light of the ''Gem Cape,'' I should be about 30° west of it, not 15° from the library... After calculating, it seems I''m in the ''Cape Forest''?"


    Jialan looked at the water marks on the ground in disbelief. Wasn''t the "Cape Forest" a wetland connected to the mangrove forest? When did it become a city?


    Jialan looked around with suspicion: "Did someone rescue me and bring me here? Where is this? The new campus of the library? Why haven''t I seen it before?"


    But soon he understood. If he had really arrived a hundred years later, then it wouldn''t be surprising that the "Cape Forest" had become a city!


    Sitting on the bench, Jialan began to ponder once again. The current situation seemed far from promising.


    弄清楚了自己的位置之后，他的心里更加不安了，他感觉到自己在“冰棺”里被冻住的时间比他想象的还要长，或许比他最初猜测的一百年还要长。


    这是为什么？


    一眼望去，这座红树林城市就让人感慨万千：这里曾经繁华，如今却变成了这个样子。那些古老的城堡，覆盖着青苔和藤蔓，似乎已有数百年历史。


    迦兰难以想象是什么样的恶劣环境，能让一座不到百年历史的城堡，显得如此破败，大多数情况下，时间的流逝，是魔法所无法阻挡的。