The Elemental seem to snort in disgust at Kirito’s request (if that was even possible), but turned to climb back down the well anyway.
Once back up, it crossed the inner sanctum and brought the two books and four scrolls over to Kirito.
Looking them over, Kirito saw that they consisted of the following –
Four lacquered bamboo scrolls originally written in Old Realm, but with a Realm Tongue translation scribed into the margins; each detailing the creation rituals for a different set of exceptionally powerful Ofuda Strips (Paper Charms meant to be hung on the outside of buildings to ward them from certain types of harm) – These included the Ofuda of Protection From Disease, the Ofuda of Protection From Spirits, the Ofuda of Protection From Theft, and the Sacred Ofuda.
The first book was really just a collection of pages, written in Old Realm and apparently torn from some larger manuscript, before being sewn together with horsehair.
It contained diagrams and information on the creation process of four arcane relics – the Collar of Dawn’s Cleansing Light, the Starmetal Divining Bowl, the Reflecting Glass of Many Faces, and Wings of The Raptor.
The second book meanwhile, was a monstrously large tome, not with written text, but with each letter of every line of every paragraph painstakingly embroidery-stitched into each of its four hundred silk pages.
This book also appeared to be encoded in some manner, as the characters (which had the appearance of Old Realm) made no sense when read directly.