Chapter: 79

His goal was to scan as many as he could within the time limit. The library was shaped like a tower, and each higher floor had less space. There were no windows and the only entrance was from the entrance on the first floor.

‘I should give up on trying to sneak in.’

Chun Yeowun was shocked to see this. The library had one of the top security measures throughout the entire Demonic Cult castle.

“Hey, get in line!”

All the cadets lined up to write their names, and they each received two red candles. One of them had a line which showed how many hours they had spent. One of the candles was placed at the entrance, and the other was for cadet to carry around to keep track of time.

“What? One and a half hours?”

“Why is it so short?!”

Some cadets were sighing at the entrance. It seemed like the time given for the second floor wasn’t that long either. And then it was Chun Yeowun’s turn to enter.

“Second floor?”

“No, sir. First floor.”

“What? You didn’t visit the first floor yet?”

The instructor looked at Yeowun suspiciously and flipped through the book that recorded all the entrances to the first floor to check if Yeowun’s name was there.

“No? Hmm.”

He became curious as to why Yeowun had not visited the first floor yet, but it didn’t matter to him so he placed him on the last page of the booklet and said, “Write your name down there.”

Yeowun then received two candles. His candles were shorter than the candles that the other cadets going to the second floor received.

“You will be allowed one hour. If you go over the limit, you will be dragged out and punished. Make sure you check the time.”

“Yes, sir,” Yeowun answered casually and entered the library. A guard at the entrance gave him a box with a handle so that Yeowun could put the candle inside. This was to protect the books from accidental fire. As he walked in, he saw entire walls covered with bookshelves full of books. In addition, there were bookshelves all over the place. The many rows made it hard to count how many books there were.

“Whoa.”

Yeowun was astonished. He had never seen so many books in his life. He then quickly went over and took out the first book he saw. The cover of the book said: Sword of Five Martials.

‘I don’t have time.’

The first floor had less important books, but it was better to know more than nothing. Since all the cadets were on the second floor, it was good for Yeowun to concentrate alone.

‘Nano, I’ll look through pages. Scan all of them.’

[Yes, Master.]

Yeowun then began flipping through the books. It only took him about a minute to go through the entire book.

[Scanning complete.]

He then continued looking through any book he could find and went on to read any book he could get his hands on. Nano kept telling him whenever the scan was complete. Once Yeowun was able to scan over fifty-five books, his pace became faster. He then moved toward the middle of the floor to look at the books in the middle.

‘Huh?’

At the center of the library, there was a giant stone monument that glowed faintly in blue. Next to it was a middle-aged man with a long beard sitting on a chair. It seemed like he was the guard who watched over the first floor.

‘What’s with this stone?’

As he walked past it with a curious look, the middle-aged man looked at Yeowun’s tag and spoke to him.