A reclusive group of scholars discover a secret in their library and it drags them into a fight they were not ready for.

rewiew of the book in my library of webnovel.

I fasten my pace towards the library. After school ended I decided to visit the library and take the books so that I could start researching today. I want to get rid of the assignment as soon as possible. 
I entered the library and was greeted by a sweet smiling teenage boy. I returned the smile and went through the book shelves to choose the suitable books. I found one book but it had the least amount of  information. So I decided to ask the boy to help me. 
Y/n: Excuse me? (Excuji me😂) can u help me find a book?
Library boy: Yes mam! Sure! What are u looking for? (He said walking towards me)
Y/n: ummm.. would u find me some thick books about THE JEON DYNASTY?
Library boy: okay mam! Wait here I will find one. *bright smile*
He went to some old room where there were alot of old books stuffed in piles. He searched through the books and in the process sneezed a lot due to the dust. Finally he found the book that I  was searching for and handed it to me. I almost broke my limbs at its weight but before that the boy held the book with a grin and went to the reception to issue the book.
Library boy: mam here (handing me the book)
Y/n: thank u!
Library boy: mam? Can I ask you a question?
Y/n: sure! What is it?
Library boy: why r u digging through this 200 year old book? The book u hold is really really old.. it's not even printed, it's handwritten. On top of that no one is interested in the history of this Dynasty so it was lying in that storeroom..
Y/n: my cruel teacher punished me by giving this assignment. I have to collect all the information about this Dynasty. *Sigh*
Library boy: that's sad..hope u survive through this (smile)
Y/n: thank u!! Bye! 
Library boy: bye mam! Come again!

Time skip (at home)
I am staring at the book for a quite solid minutes...After eating some snacks I decided to study the book but it is something like when i look at it i feel goosebumps. The library boy said it's 200 years old maybe even more than that..and also it's handwritten..but why was that library having this book? It's not that old to have a 200 year old book...I shrugged off the thoughts and wiped off the several layers of dust that's on the book. I blew the dust abit to finish off and coughed hard. Then what I saw left me bewildered and made me feel I had seen it somewhere...

The book had the title "THE JEONS" written in bold curcive and the handwriting was calligraphed beautifully in silver coating. The book's cover was a bit torn and damaged at parts but the scenery that was drawn made a weird sensation in my stomach as if it was calling me. I opened the book and it had ancient kind of paper..no doubt it was 200 years old.. I opened the first page and saw a big coloured potrait painting of a well built masculine figure with a sword and a beautiful crown. His throne was designed as peacock with different luxurious and rare stones which I swear I have never seen in my whole life...all the stones glistened in the painting as if the painting was real. I was mesmerized but turned the page gently to see the most handsome persons I ever saw...I almost forgot how to breath and my jaw fell to the ground.... It was the potraits of the three Princes- Park Jimin, Kim Taehyung's and Jeon Jungkook. They looked breathtaking.

￼

Prince Jimin

￼

Prince Taehyung

￼

Crown Prince Jungkook

I unintentionally traced the pictures with my fingers as if  they were my old memories.. After taking a long wide view at the pictures I turned the page to see tons and tons of handwritten sentences about the kingdom. I sighed and wore my glasses. Y/n u have wasted alot of  time Fangirling over the princes now time to do alot of hard work! I sat on my study table with pens and notebook to jot down the points I would include in my assignment.

To Be Continued~~

The Library of Heaven's Path allows the user to compile a book about someone as long as they execute a movement in front of the user or by touching a person who is unconscious. The compiled book would contain information about the person's background, abilities, and flaws


At the same time, the Library of Heaven's Path can compile books on ongoing processes such as fabricating process of a mech through direct sight, and on materials or non-living objects through direct touch. Similarly, the book would reflect information concerning the ongoing process or the artifact, including its flaws. A book is also compiled by eating a dish of food, it shows how it was cooked and its history, completing a superior Gourmet skill.


This allows you to guide other mech designers on their fabrication  process to create perfect mechs, and the ability to discern flaws in objects which allows you to enhance their abilities through resolving their flaws

However, one shortfall of this ability is that it only grants you knowledge of what the user's in direct contact or direct line of sight with, unless it forms a larger system. unless you have an overview of the entire larger system.


Other than that, the Library of Heaven's Path also has the ability to collect books through touch. This ability can be activated regardless of the presence of seals on the book itself.The user  is able to access the books in the Library of Heaven's Path as well, and their reading speed in the Library of Heaven's Path is stated to be enhanced by more than a hundredfold as compared to outside, thus allowing you to accrue much more knowledge as compared to others.

After the Library of Heaven's Path was upgraded , the user will be able to collect books into the Library of Heaven's Path just through a direct line of sight with the books, and you could assimilate the content of a book into the memory just by flipping through the corresponding book in the Library of Heaven's Path.

The Library of Heaven's Path also has the ability to compile books of similar nature together, and through taking the correct portions from each individual book, it's able to form a flawless manual or book regarding that knowledge. Through this ability, the user or owner can theoretically compile flawless manual on anything


The strength of the abilities of the Library of Heaven's Path depends mainly on the power of the heaven's in the realm one is in.

When the earns the earnest gratitude of their students as a result of impartation of knowledge, the Library of Heaven's Path has a chance of condensing a golden page in the Book of Heaven's Path. The uses of the golden page are as follows:

1.It can be used to enhance your Soul Depth by 5. 

2.It can also be used to assimilate the content of all of the books he has collected in the Library of Heaven's Path into the owner's head instantaneously


3.The golden page can be used to seal objects and living beings and store them in the Book of Heaven's Path.


4.The golden page can be consumed to temporarily materialize the Book of Heaven's Path and use it as a weapon to crush your enemy. 


5.The golden page can be used to purify the inner lineages or in other words gene optimization

The looks like the cover 

Having 160cm for height, and a slender, model-like figure having a modera

Transmigrated in the Mech Touch as a girl with overpowered cheats aiming to live her life to the fullest

A wish fulfilment fanfiction so don't expect anything

"Who are... Oh! It's you."

Shortly, Leah arrived at the library. She smiled as she opened her inventory when the librarian, Kejan realized who she was.

"It was 50 gold, right?"

"Yes."

She listened to Kejan's response as she handed over 50 gold.

"You said your name was Leah, correct?"

This time Kejan asked as Leah shook her head.

"Yes, my name's Leah."

"Ms. Leah….here you go!"

It did not take much time to make the library pass and Leah was able to receive it right away.

"Will you be using it right away?"

Kejan asked.

"Yes!"

"I will hold onto the pass and keep it in storage. When you're done utilizing the library, you can receive it on your way out."

"Okay!"

Leah replied as she handed her pass to Kejan once more. She accepted the pass and Leah headed inside.

"....Wow."

She stopped her footsteps as she awed in admiration.

'It's beautiful.'

She marveled in the library because of the books that were sparkling inside. When she saw the twinkling books, she felt confident.

'I'm certain there's something here!'

There was something at the library. She felt assured.

It was at that moment.

Squeak

"…..?"

The sound of footsteps made her turn around. She was able to see the person who was making the footsteps. It was a man that looked too old to be called a boy, but looked too young to look like a youth.

'Who is he?'

She was a little taken back because she didn't think anyone would be at the library.

'Is it an NPC?'

Is it an NPC, by any chance?

'It doesn't seem like he would be a user…..'

The likelihood of him being a user was remarkably small. In order to enter this place, one would need a pass. And to purchase a pass, they would need 50 gold. If they were a user, generally they would not pay 50 gold to go to the library. However, because she didn't know for sure, she approached the man.

"Umm, excuse me…."

She opened her mouth as she stood in front of the man.

".....?"

He looked at her strangely as he heard her voice. She then asked.

"Are you a user?"

There was no reason to drag the time. She was direct with him when she asked.

"Yes."

Rustle

The man replied and began reading a book. She wanted to ask more questions but closed her mouth and thought to herself.

'He was a user.'

The man's identity wasn't NPC but a user.

'I wasn't the only person to think about the library.'

Indeed, there were an immensely large amount of users whom started 'Pangaea.' It would be weird if there were no users who questioned the library when it needed 50 gold to access.

Rustle

She turned her sights from the man and looked at the bookcases. She was delighted to see the numerous twinkling books placed in the bookcases and began walking.

'.....Hm?'

She tilted her head in wonderment.

'What is that?'

She thought all of the books were sparkling but that wasn't the case. There was one book that wasn't twinkling.

'There's no way…..'

There was solely one book that wasn't sparkling. By chance, wouldn't it be the something hidden inside the library? She quickly headed towards the bookcase with the un-sparkling book and took it out.

"...?"

She frowned.

'Guidebook?'

She thought it might be a hidden piece but found that it was a guidebook instead.

 

'Hey, what is this.'

She was disappointed as she placed the guidebook back inside the bookcase. Then she looked at the sparkling books next to it and thought to herself.

'What kind of book is it?'

She anticipated what kind of book it would be.

'It's not a dictionary, is it?'

She couldn't exclude the probability of it being a dictionary. She erased the disappointment from the guidebook and took out the sparkling book with much anticipation.

'Rodin?'

The name of the book was 'Rodin.' She was certain it was someone's name. She returned to the desk and began reading.

'It's a travel journal.'

The journal was about a person who left for an adventure and suffered treachery, then met Satan and got revenge and after listened to Satan's request.

The moment she finished reading the entire book and closed it.

Swoosh

The sparkle disappeared.

"….?"

She was confused. Why would the twinkled suddenly disappear?

"Huh?"

Soon, a message appeared and she was shocked.

[Wisdom has increased by 1.]

It was because of the message that stated wisdom increased.

'The stats increased?'

She only read a book. There was nothing else she did besides that. But, wisdom increased.

'Is this a place where you can receive stats?'

Clearly, it was because she read a book that her wisdom increased. She was sure that this place, the library, was a place where you could increase your stats.

Without a word, she brought back the next book. Then, she began roughly, but quickly speed-reading through the book.

'...….?'

However, this time, a message did not appear. It was not only the message that was different.

'Why is it still sparkling?'

The twinkling was the same as before.

'If I read a book, then doesn't the sparkling disappear and I'm given stats?'

That was the situation just a moment ago. She read a book, then the sparkle disappeared and her stats increased. But why is the sparkle not disappearing this time?

'Is it....'

Suddenly, a thought occurred as she opened up the book again. This time, there was a difference between what happened just a moment ago and now.

'Do I need to meticulously read it one character at a time?'

The first book she read, she read carefully thinking there may be something in the book. And the second time she roughly read the book quickly. That was the only difference between the two. She began reading the book meticulously.

And the moment she closed her book.

Swoosh

[Wisdom has increased by 1.]

The sparkle disappeared and a message appeared.

'As I thought.'

She was assured.

'I have to read carefully?'

The conditions of having the twinkle disappear were being meticulous.

'But....'

She thought to herself as she read the message.

'Is this it?'

By any chance, at this place, does the hidden piece at the library end with increasing stats?

'Can you not change your occupation here?'

Her face was filled with regret as she anticipated a special occupation. Of course, it wasn't only because of the occupation itself.

'It's so inefficient.'

Increasing stats is extremely important. However, the problem was the time it took to read all of the books.

'Preferably, if I went hunting with the time it takes to read a book.'

The only stats you could earn from reading a book were wisdom. That's not increasing by 3 or 4 but only 1. It would be better to go hunting with the time it took to read because you could increase more of your stats.

'If it was strength, agility, or stamina, then it would be different.'

On top of that, wisdom was not a very important stat to her. It wasn't that she didn't need wisdom at all, but in order for her to change into a close combat occupation, important stats to her were strength, agility, and stamina.

'What should I do.'

She contemplated whether she should stay at this place and read to increase wisdom or if she should throw it away and head down to meet up with Gia instead.

It was at that moment.

-Gia: Hey Leah!

Gia spoke over the headphone.

-Leah: Yeah.

She responded to Gia as she opened the next book. Though, she was unable to read the book as Gia continued speaking.

-Gia: Big news!

-Leah: Big news? What is it?

-Gia: You arrived at the library, right?

-Leah: Yeah, I arrived at the library.

-Gia: The books there, they sparkle right?

"...…?"

She was flustered with Gia's question.

'How did she?'

How did she know that the books sparkled?

'No way, was there information posted on it?'

By any chance, was there information posted on the Internet about this place? But, even if it was posted on the Internet, there was no way that Gia would be able to find out as she was connected onto the game.

-Leah: How'd you know?

She asked Gia. She was really curious as to how Gia found this information about the library.

-Gia: When I came down and was walking around, I met an NPC that was advertising the library and passing out sparkling books. So I read the book and the twinkle disappeared as my stats increased! So I thought maybe, all of the books inside the library were like this!

"....!"

Leah was unable to say anything to what Gia just said.

'The books in this place were not the only ones that could increase your stats?'

She thought that only the books at this place would be able to increase her stats. That's why she contemplated to herself. If she should stay at this place and read the books to increase her wisdom or if she should meet up with Gia instead.

'There's no reason for me to stay here.'

However, there was no reason for her to question herself. It only had to be a book. It didn't have to necessarily be a book at this place for the stats to increase.

'I should go.'

She stood up from her seat as she decided to go down and hunt as she slowly read a book to increase her stats.

It was at that moment when she finished her thoughts and got up from her seat.

-Gia: But the conditions to go to the library are crazy.

Gia continued speaking.

-Gia: The term to utilize the library is 50,000 fame.

"...."

Leah thought to herself for a moment as she heard what Gia just said.

'No, still.'

Of course the thought did not last very long. No matter how difficult it would be to utilize the library at a different area, it would be a waste to use her time at this place right now. And if she was to work hard, she should be able to meet the standards to utilize the library and then read books to increase her stats. The books will not run away.

-Leah: I'll be going down.

She whispered to Gia. She then looked at the man reading a book in front of her. She was not the only person in this place.

'Should I tell him?'

While reading a book, a sparkle of light disappeared. And, as it did, a message appeared.

[Wisdom increased by 1]

This is translated by Asada Translations, if you would like to, you could read it there, the credits go to asada translations...Thank you, reviewer (I 4got ur name) for pointing that out

We will beat Asada translations tho, some friendly competition ?

"Heaven and earth are callous, treating all beings like dogs..."

"The sun sets and the moon wanes, an imperfection appears in the heaven and earth..."

Boom!

Before I can process what is happening, one profound adage after another is resounded through my mind. Feelings of inadequacy and inspiration are surging through me, leaving me lightheaded and giddy.

Without completely comprehending what is happening, I find myself standing before an enormous palace. Every detail is displayed in an exquisite and majestic design. Above the entrance are four words that seem to glow and move as if alive. 

'Library of Heaven's Path'

Walking into the open entrance, I am rendered speechless as I see endless rows of elaborately carved bookshelves. Every corner is illuminated with an unearthly glow, and every bookshelf is filled with books of every type.

Reaching for the nearest book, my hand seems to pass through it as if it's only air. Regardless of the failed attempt, I am brimming with excitement. I've just received a power possibly even greater than the Temporal Demon Spirit Book. 

I can't stop myself from shouting at the top of my lungs in excitement. It's several minutes before I'm capable of restraining my laughter and jumping. As happy as this makes me, I've got work to do. This wont make me instantly powerful, but with enough books, I can reach the top of this world.

Looking around at the vast sea of bookshelves, I try remembering everything I can about my newfound power. I never did finish the story, but I'm confident I remember most of the vital details. Like that over-powered golden page! 

My enthusiasm is quickly shortened as I recall the dozens of deity rank servants, the six major deity followers, and the Sage Emperor himself. That's not even mentioning the Demon Lord or all the unknown enemies in the Draconic Ruins Realm. I will need a massive number of golden pages or a ridiculous amount of power. Most likely both. 

So if I remember correctly, to unlock the ability to receive golden pages, I have to fully and completely commit to embracing the essence of a teacher. I doubt it will work unless I sincerely mean it. It looks like I will have to expand my personal knowledge and then find students that will be genuinely grateful for what I teach them. 

That second part shouldn't be too hard in Glory City. With so few people being able to reach Gold rank, there must be thousands desperate for some kind of miracle to walk into their life. With the Library of Heaven's Path, I can be that miracle they desire and collect a golden page that I desire. 

A golden page can additionally be used to seal an enemy or item. It can also be used to annihilate an enemy if they're close enough. One can be consumed to improve the powers of the Library or used to assimilate all the books in the Library of Heaven's Path into my own knowledge. Another is to increase my soul depth, but I have no idea how that's going to translate into a different world.

For my golden page priority, my first will be held in reserve for life and death emergencies. Once I get a second one I will either use it to improve the Library of Heaven's Path or gamble on improving my soul depth. Either way, keeping a golden page for unavoidable fights I can't win is a must.

From what I can recall, there are several overpowered abilities of the Library of Heaven's Path. The time inside the Library of Heaven's Path is much slower than in reality. The extraordinary ability to correctly identify any possible flaw in a book, item, technique, or unconscious person is amazing, but the ability to compile books is invaluable. With enough books, the Library of Heaven's Path can produce the perfect way to achieve nearly anything. 

Time to conduct some tests. Thinking of exiting the Library of Heaven's Path, I find myself sitting in the Glory City public library once ago. Taking a look around, nothing seems to have changed. No one is paying me any attention. 

Looking down at 'Introduction to Meridians', I place my hand on the open pages and think 'Flaws!'. 

"Heaven's Path is imperfect!"

Suppressing my excitement, I will myself into the Library of Heaven's Path once again. This time, there is a tangible book in front of me. Seizing the book and thinking of its flaws, a new page obstructs my vision.

['Introduction to Meridians' by Ye To]
[A book written by Ye To 245 years ago describing...] 
[148 Flaws. Flaw #1 On page 1...]

After briefly skimming the description and a few flaws listed, I feel it's pointless to actually read any of the books in the public library. With so many flaws in a book intended for beginners, I can understand why so many in Glory City are hitting a bottleneck. Some of the descriptions and locations of the meridians couldn't be more wrong.

Exiting the Library of Heaven's Path seems to come easier the second time. After standing up, I place 'Introduction to Meridians' back on the shelf and start looking at the other books nearby. Moving to the end of the bookshelf, I slowly walk back and forth running my fingers across the spines of the books while thinking 'Flaws!'.

After several minutes, I've touched every book on the bookshelf and enter the Library of Heaven's Path. Before me is several hundred recently absorbed books.

Thinking of a book on meridians, I loudly command, "Compile!"

The gathered books quickly merge into one. Checking the flaws of this newly created book, I'm relatively thrilled to see there are only 87 flaws remaining. With just a few brief minutes, I've removed 61 flaws from the 'Introduction of Meridians'.

Exiting the Library of Heaven's Path, I eagerly get started on absorbing all the books the public library has.

After only 40 minutes, I'm hit with a head pounding migraine. It feels like my brain is trying to explode out of my head. I hastily sit down, shut my eyes, and start rubbing my temples in a hope that it will relieve some of the pressure. 

The pain lessens to a more manageable throb nearly 20 minutes later. Not daring to physically move, I enter the Library of Heaven's Path and notice several thousand newly absorbed books. I think I can safely conclude I'm not strong enough to absorb more than two or three thousand books at a time without rest.

Deciding to get some food and sleep, I exit the Library of Heaven's path and make my way back to the orphanage. Dinner will be served soon, and then I plan to try and sleep the rest of this migraine off. 

I wake up the next morning feeling much better. I take a quick bath and finish getting ready. After a traditional breakfast served by the orphanage, I grab a few pieces of fruit and bread for lunch. Before leaving, I inform the Matron I will be spending the day at the library.

After learning from my mistakes the day before, I enter the public library and immediately head to an isolated corner. Out of sight of any domineering librarians, I begin to absorb the books held on a bookcase. 

Once I've completed the absorption of one entire bookcase, I make my way around the library until I've found the section on inscriptions. Acquiring what appears to be an advanced book with many inscription illustrations, I make my way back to the isolated corner and have a seat. I slowly browse through the book for several minutes, not genuinely trying to learn from a book with flaws. 

I move to a new bookcase and absorb all the books it holds and return to browsing the inscription designs. 

Several hours have passed and nearly a fifth of the public library has been absorbed without any sign of discomfort. Reassured that a slow steady absorption will prevent a disabling migraine from occurring, I continue the cycle of resting and absorbing a bookcase at a time. 

While resting between adsorptions, I was able to test the time difference in the Library of Heaven's Path vs reality. In reality, I am capable of reading an average size book in roughly an hour. That same book takes me less than a minute when I read in the Library of Heaven's Path. I should be able to enter the Library of Heaven's Path mid-battle and read the flaws and next move of my opponent before they can execute the technique. As long as an opponent doesn't severely outclass me in speed, I should be able to at least avoid all their attacks. In theory at least. 

After two days I'm finally finished absorbing all the books available in the public library. I have to admit there is a large variety of subjects covered, but there weren't enough books on any subject to allow the Library of Heaven's Path to form a flawless book.

My goal is to move into my dorm room at the Holy Orchid Institute as soon as the gates are opened. After registering is complete I can then devote the rest of the day in the Institute's library. I spend the night gathering up my few belongings and saying my goodbyes to the orphanage staff.

The Matron seems terribly sad for my departure. I've gathered she is happy for the opportunity I've been given, but she does care for me. I guess it is difficult to say goodbye, even temporarily, to children you've raised. 

I'll have to think of something nice to do for her and the orphanage.

A 20 year old fan of fanfiction is transmigrated into an orphaned teen in the middle of Glory City. Follow him as he's forced to deal with hidden dangers, evil villains, and the dreaded puberty. 

This is my first novel, so expect some mistakes. I'll try to make corrections when seen. Reworked the first six chapters.

I'm doing this for my own personal pleasure. I have a family and a job that requires me to work most weekends. I hope to produce two chapters a week, provided life allows.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the stories, Tales of Demons and Gods or Library of Heaven's Path. Any resemblance of any original character is purely coincidence.

One night, I fell asleep. And then, I was in the library. The first night that this happened was strange; I felt awake. I could feel the air passing through my lips, and a slight chill on my skin.
The air felt dry, and as I felt the leather spines of the books lining the walls around me, I could feel every little crevice and crack beneath my fingertips.
At first, I was awestruck. And then I was scared. Terrified, actually. The walls were bookshelves, each taller than a three-story building. It was claustrophobic and cold, and there were no people in sight. I couldn't see a ceiling, and I couldn't see any end to the countless books surrounding me. That was a week ago.
Since then, I've gone to the library every night, and have yet to find a single book that I could read. Until tonight. After every trip to the library I would make, I would return the next night in the same spot that I left from. I ran through the corridors of the library for a week, before finally, I reached what I deemed to be the center.
An open space, where I found an empty desk, a pedestal behind it with a single book upon it, and a door. The door was sitting in the center of the open space. When I opened it, although there was no wall behind it, it lead to a completely different space than the Library. In fact, this space was one that I recognized very well.

Through the door I could see my ceiling. I recognized it by the signed Pink Floyd: The Wall poster that I had taped up there a couple months ago. I walked through the door, and before I knew it, I was laying in my bed, eyes open. I had woken up.
"Strange..."
I muttered to myself. After grabbing a glass of water and taking a bathroom break, I managed to fall back asleep and arrived in the library once again. It seemed that the door could serve as an exit to the Library.
Now, I decided to check out the book on the pedestal. It was thick, thicker than any book I'd ever seen. I tried to pick it up, but couldn't manage to lift it more than half an inch off of the wooden pedestal.
In fact, it was shocking that the pedestal even managed to hold such a crazy book. It was nearly the size of my torso. I lifted the thick cover, bound in old, brown leather, and before I could even attempt to read a single word that was written on its pages, the paper began to tear away from the binding and enter my chest.
A blinding light filled my eyes, before strange characters began to print themselves onto my vision.
[Welcome, operator. You have been selected as the newest Librarian. This is a great privilege and honor! Please, treat the Library and its books with respect and care.]
[Congratulations! You earned the basic skills and authority of the Librarian.]
[You can now view your status by accessing your personal record in the Library!]
[Name: Calvin Kingsley]
[Title: Librarian Operator]
[Level: 1]
[Skills:]
[Interpreter (0/1) /Active/ [LVL 1]:
Learn any language recorded in the Library by hearing it spoken or seeing it written and subsequently activating the skill.]
[Book Search /Active/ [LVL MAX]:
Search the records of the Library for a specific book by title or keywords.]
[Body:
Human Body (Librarian Enhancement)
An average earthen human body. Minimum mana required for survival. Untrained muscles. Above average intelligence due to containing the power of the Library.]
[Authorities:
Authority of the Library Operator]
[Binds:]
What the hell...?
These words plastered themselves in front of me, and as I read them over, I started to question more and more whether this was really a dream. Something strange was certainly going on. I looked over the "skills" tab, and was intrigued by the skills I had supposedly been granted by the Library.
I decided to run a little test. The concept of mana fascinated me, and according to the description of my body, I had above average capacity for it. I decided to give something a try.
I shouted, "Book Search!"
Surprisingly, a white marble tablet appeared before my eyes. engraved onto it were two rectangles.
Within them read:
[Title Search]
and
[Keyword Search].
I pressed my finger into the one labeled keyword search. It glowed white, and the tablet changed to show what looked like a search bar and a keyboard. I typed in the words, "Basic" and "Mana" into the keyboard, and pressed the enter key. A series of title names showed up on the tablet. As I scrolled through them, I realized that I couldn't read a single word of what was written in any of the book titles. As such, I took a gamble.
I looked over one of the titles, and shouted
"INTERPRETER!"
suddenly, the words started to make a little more sense. My perception of them changed and morphed until finally, I could completely understand what was written on that line of text.
The "(0/1)" in the description of the interpreter skill in my status had also changed to "(1/1)", and after some experimentation, I discovered that the skill wouldn't activated again. This was to be expected, though, and I assumed that the max limit for usage of Interpreter would increase with the skill level.
"Basic Mana Techniques for Impotent Men!"
I shuddered, thinking that the first magic book I chose could have only served the purpose of making me better in bed. I scrolled through the countless books, finding a few in the language I just learned, but all of them being pointless. Such as:
"Basics of Applying Mana to Scalps for Instant Hair Growth!"
Come to think of it, I might need that when I'm older...
No, for now, this was just a dream. I didn't even know if this mana stuff is real yet. I searched on.
Finally, I found one that suited my taste.
"The basics of mana. For whomever may stumble upon it."
Strangely, there was no author listed, but I pressed the "find" button next to the book title.
Nothing happened.
I began to grow a bit worried, but before long, I saw a book floating between the shelves heading for me. It lightly floated towards me, until it finally stopped, floating in front of my face. I reached out at grabbed it.
It stopped floating as soon as my fingers wrapped around it. It was a thinner book than I expected, being about the size of a young adult novel. I sat down at the desk to read it, but before I could even lift the cover, more words began shooting across my eyes.
[Welcome, Librarian! This is your desk. Your task is simple: open and close the Library, mark books as missing on their due date, and check books in when returned. Here, you can utilize your authority as the operator of the Library to its fullest extent! Analyze the contents of your desk to find the Librarian's monocle, an item that allows you to view all that passes in the Library, and the Librarian's Fountain Pen, a pen that never runs out of ink. While at your desk, you can use the temporary skill "Library Overview".]
I decided to check this out before opening my book. I opened my desk drawer to find three things: a monocle, a pen, and a letter. I already knew what the monocle and pen were for, but the letter was foreign to me. I opened it, and it was surprisingly completely readable. It read as such:
"To whoever finds this letter,
If you are reading this, that means that you managed to find your way into the Library proceeding my death. I'm sorry to leave to you this job, but my life was waning, and I had no choice but to close the library and pass on the keys to the castle. Whoever you are, whether you're a powerful knight or a simple farmer, treat this task with respect. Your world and many others will treat you as a hero for reopening the passageway to the Library.
May good fortune be with you always,
Newfur"
It was concise, and to be honest, not very informative. It seems the last person to have this job was someone by the name of Newfur. A strange name, to say the least, but this was a strange place. What was more interesting, though, was a key with a chain around it inside of the envelope. I had no idea what it was for, so i placed the key back in the drawer and got to work.
First, I cast the "Overview" skill.
The same marble tablet from before appeared on the desk, but larger in size and with much more to look at. There were the same buttons as before, but new ones had appeared as well. Buttons to open and close the library, and to invite or ban a patron.
There were also slots to "select a patron", "view applications", and "library staff".
I decided to ignore all of that for now, and first decided to finally read the book on mana that I had been waiting to read for ages. But then, I had a better idea. I opened it to the back, and saw the standard sheet for checking out a book.
I signed my name and the date with my fountain pen, and the paper glowed. Something about the book felt heavier. Finally, I realized just how long I'd been in the Library. My alarm would probably go off in just a couple minutes.

After waiting around and exploring a bit more, I woke up with a book in my hand. The feeling of its leather cover in the real world was thrilling. It meant one thing: the Library was real. I quickly tore my covers off.
It was a weekend, and I wouldn't have to attend school. I was 17, and it was my final year of high school. Normally I would be studying math or science, but today I would be studying magic. I could feel my blood pumping through my body with anticipation.
Finally, the first page of the book presented itself to me. It was a foreword from the author. In summary, it told me that he had died, and if anyone found this book, they should teach its contents to their young and revitalize the age of wizardry.
I cared little for this. I desperately wanted to learn some magic already. My imagination was already racing with ideas of what to do with all the newfound power I would have. Girls, money, all of it would be mine!
I managed to calm myself down and started to read. The book was extremely informative. It taught of a method of exercise that would activate your cells and help them to produce noticeable amounts of mana, breathing to move the mana through your body, and meditation to increase its connection to your imagination.
The regime was to be done once a day, taking up two hours of exercising while utilizing the breathing technique, and three hours of meditation with the breathing technique. This would go on for two weeks before the body would begin to produce denser quantities of mana on its own, and your breathing would naturally adapt to follow the rhythm that the book taught. The book was somewhat thin, but was filled with detailed diagrams on how to perform this method.
That was only the first third of the book, but I decided to leave the rest for after I'd practiced the mana cultivation method as the author suggested to wait to learn anything else about magic until after the body was already producing mana naturally.
And so my training began. The thrill of magic motivated me to an extreme. During the night, I read works of literature in the language that I had learned through my librarian skill, and brought them to school to read during the day.
Strangely, I noticed that although my mind was constantly running while I was in the Library, I would wake up completely refreshed. Although, I didn't worry about this too much, as it was actually quite a blessing. Two weeks passed like this, and I managed to finish quite a few books (and returned them all, of course).
What I learned from these was that the language that I learned was from a country called Pamar, a country that had been constantly invaded by monsters, and despite massive amounts of foreign aid, was in a constant struggle to survive. This was due to the magic books in it being burned, thinking that the age of magic was over and the age of technology would support their efforts instead.
This was all in an effort by their new emperor to profit off of the weapons industry. I wondered if they had been completely wiped out, but I really had no idea of knowing.
It seemed that exercising with the technique taught to me by the book truly did awaken something within me. I could feel it coursing through my veins. It felt cool and smooth, but also vibrated with power. I could sense it within me to a greater degree after meditating.
Finally, after the two weeks had passed, the mana naturally moved through me, and I could feel it without meditating. I finally got to the second part of the book. This section described how to train your body to produce more mana, and how to shape, compress, and wield raw mana.
It seemed I would finally see some fruits to my efforts!
I holed myself up in my room, practicing control of my mana. This was a much more arduous and time-consuming practice regime. Forcing the mana to materialize in and outside of my body put a massive strain on me, and had a much greater effect than all of the exercize I had done in the first half of the regime within only a couple days.
My muscles ached, but the cool feeling of mana passing through them after I released it from its materialized form was also extremely soothing. It took me another three weeks, and when I came out of my training, I realized that my body had gone through a substantial change.
I had toned, defined muscles, something which I never thought I'd have as someone who'd never played any sports. My senses were sharper, and I could feel the mana moving through my body far more acutely.
I'd been in a state of meditation for almost three weeks, only taking ten minutes out of every day to eat, drink, and excrete, so I'd never had the chance to view the state of my body like this since I didn't want to leave my meditative trance and break my focus.
As my mind was clear and not being strained, as well as my body not moving and being in a state of only semi-consciousness, I also hadn't slept for the last three weeks, and hadn't accessed the library. Before returning to school or the library, though, I decided to read the final section of the basic mana control book.
This section was labeled "forming a mana reservoir".

When he sleeps, he goes to the library. Calvin Kingsley doesn't know what these dreams are, or if they're even dreams at all, but he does know that something lies within the library. Something powerful. And he'll find out what that is.

Prologue :

"May the flames burn within me, with the sun shining across the horizon, Flaming Ragnarok!"
I look across the sky as meteorites pierces through the sky, destroying everything it lands at.
"Finally, I will be able to destroy you, General Galeserk." As I let out a menacing grin with a murdering intent.

Chapter 1 : The Forbidden Library

"Eek, get away from me you useless magician!" , "You disgust me." , "You don't rival a child's strength." 
These are the criticisms I receive on a daily basis, but it's like I even care about them. I just live my life like a normal person should. A man who has a petite build and a height of 160 cm, and the only person in this world without magical affiliation at all, that's me—Vainvalent. Usually, children with no magical affiliation gets decapitated immediately on the spot, but the Magical Index Reader indicates that my magical affiliation is Pure—perfect magical affiliation. Despite that fact, I was not able to even unleash a single ritual or spell, resulting me to be expelled out of magic school. Was it that the Magical Index Reader had messed up and that I actually do not have any magical affiliation, or that I have not manifested my powers yet? I always wonder about it, but I can never get to a conclusion. But today, I received a mail from a mysterious person, inside the mail reads, "TABOO".  
"What does that mean?" I wondered to myself as I have never seen this word before. As I was trying to find some clues about it, I noticed that on the back of the mail wrote its address. Maybe this is a clue that may lead to whatever is written on the mail means? 

Following the location that was written on the mail, I arrive at an abandoned, run-down library. In front of the library is a robed reaper holding a book.
"Welcome Master Vainvalent to the Forbidden Library."  W-wait the what? Forbidden Library? What kind of joke is that? That's the library with all the forbidden books right?
"I seriously don't get your joke, explain what is this place."
"I think you will understand more if you see it for yourself, Master Vainvalent."

Entering the library, it just felt like a normal library, nothing special at all.
"This is just a normal library what are you even talking about in the first pla-"
My eyes widened, I could not believe what I am seeing. Everything within the library was starting to distort all over the place, with shelves shifting into abnormal shapes, tables and chairs not having a gravitational force applied on them, and the door completely vanishing!
Calm down, this is nothing but a farce, it's a simple illusion trick that elementary children used to do in order to trick their magic exam scores when showing it to their parents. 

"May thy vision be cleared from the fuzziness, Clear Vision!" I chanted, only to remember once again, that I can't use magic! 
"Sigh... Even after all that studying that got me full marks for the magic theory paper as well."
"Well, that might not be the case." 
"Yeah like you even know who I am-"
I gulped when I opened my eyes. The whole library has went back to its normal state like nothing has ever happened to it. I swiftly turn my head left and right to check who was the person that said that.
"Nobody..."
I decided to look around the library since I am already here, and the books here are just like normal books you will find in a regular library. But then, I saw a small collection of books at the corner that grabbed my interest. It was shining golden, with tints of black on the edges of the book. Picking up the book, I read its title.
"Forbidden Arts Volume 1, what a weird name."
As I opened the book, a phenomenal amount of power was forcing me to close the book.
This force, I think I heard of it before, it requires a dispelling ritual in order to stop the force.
"Ritual : Breaking the phenomenon!" A blue aura surrounded me as it dispelled the force, and disappeared right after the process. I still don't get why can I use magic now, is it the surrounding? Must I be in this library to cast magic? There are many questions I want to ask, but right now I am focusing on this Forbidden Arts book.
Inside this book contains many rituals and spells that I have never even heard of before, all of them which seem to be pretty easy to cast as well. As I flipped through the book, I noticed a small slip of paper at the bottom of the book. Sliding the slip of paper out of the paper, I read it.
"P A G E   1 3 7"
What does that mean, page 137? I quickly flipped the book to page 137, but to my surprise, the page was missing! I started searching all over the library, checked every place that seemed like someone would hide something there, but was in vain. About to give up, I suddenly notice a journal on the table near the couch.
The title reads : For everybody who has entered the Forbidden Library
The contents inside was written accounts of this man called Paul Reap. It felt like a run-of-the-mill journal, that is until I reached this certain point where it reads,

"I kept learning the Forbidden Arts till I reached page 137. That page contained a spell with unbelievable power. Upon casting that spell, not only I was unable to cast it, my whole body started burning in flames. Now with my body permanently damaged, I can't move further into the Forbidden Arts anymore. Due to the danger of that spell, I tore page 137 and forged it in page 137 of another book, I can't let anybody get hurt like I did ever again."

I knew if I wanted to find page 137, I needed to check every single book to find it. But that is not going to stop me from finding such a powerful spell. One by one, I started dispelling all of the books in the library. However, even after dispelling every book in the library, I could not find page 137 of the Forbidden Arts Book. Where could he have hidden it? I started analyzing all of the possibilities in where he could have hid the page. Recalling all of my memories with a simple force recall spell, I searched through my brain like finding a word in the dictionary. Nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary, until I noticed the page number of when Paul Reap mentioned about the spell, and the number was page 137!
I rushed back to the journal and started dispelling it.
"Ritual : Breaking the phenomenon!" I said, but not only it did not work, I was knocked back to the wall by the book.
"Ahh, that hurt~"
I rushed back to the journal, but it was barricaded by red holographic walls with the words on top of it reading : TABOO.

What is this...?

"Hello, I would like to ask, how do I apply for borrowing books?" Wang Hao canteen is not far from the library, and came here in just a few minutes.

"All in one card, just activate it for me."

"Trouble." Wang Hao passed the card, which he gave when he applied for admission.

After a drop of sound, I took back a card from the librarian, stepped into the library and wandered up, read a few books at random, the library is very large, and the library has five floors, and there are many Book collection and even some out-of-print books are included.

Wang Hao looked at this huge library with a look of excitement. Although he had been to the city-level library when he was in Gancheng, the area of ​​the library was far less than that of Yanda, and the level of the book was far from it. The Yanda Library is so high.

Looking at the entire library at a glance, it seems that there is no end. The various books are neatly coded on the bookshelves, which makes people feel the depth of Yanda 's cultural accumulation at a glance. Compared with the number of Gancheng Library, Even the variety is much richer.

Most of the books in the Yanda Library are extremely academic. Wang Hao looked for a few books and showed interest on his face. After taking it off the shelf, he found a seat nearby.

Wang Hao's reading speed is relatively fast. Of course, it is not to say that he is arrogant, but his memory is very good, and many things are bypassed. When he put down the book in his hand and twisted his slightly stiff neck, Yu Guang suddenly found that a girl he knew was also sitting not far from him.

He did not expect that the other party was also a student of Yan University. The girl reading the book quietly seemed to feel that someone was looking at her. After looking up and seeing Wang Hao, she was obviously stunned and smiled and nodded slightly.

Wang Hao also smiled and nodded gently, watching the girl look down at the book again. He also opened the book and read it, turning the book quickly.

"That Wang Hao is here?" The principal of Yanda said to Zhao Chun.

"Here I come, but it seems that he got into the library as soon as he entered the school." Zhao Chun, as the director of the admissions office, can be said to be the focus of attention. Naturally, he knew it as soon as he reported it, but what made him sad After Wang Hao spent one morning in the dormitory, he ate a meal and went to the library to read.

"The self-control ability is too strong. Observe Wang Hao's situation again. You don't have to disturb him if you're fine. Then we will check it once a month. By the way, you should inform Wang Hao about the speech on behalf of the freshman." Yan The principal of the university said in a deep voice that Yan Da 's teaching was not static and different from high school.

Especially Wang Hao belongs to that kind of academic performance is very good, and he knows about Wang Hao, he can see that Wang Hao is very self-disciplined, just reported in the morning, and got into one of his proudest places in the afternoon, Yan In the big library, he doesn't have to worry too much about such people.

Learning progress is faster than classmates, naturally it is impossible to use the method of class to restrain, just check it at intervals.

...

Buzzing

Wang Hao, immersed in the sea of ​​books, suddenly felt the vibration in his pocket and took a look.

"It's already half past five." Wang Hao looked at the time, and then called the phone again. This was called by Zhou Zhang. After looking at the time, he cleared it up. The phone was deducted, and the book was returned to its original position. Walk outside the library.

Although the movement of Wang Hao's departure was small, Su Yu heard the movement relatively close. She just looked up at Wang Hao and looked down at the book again.

.....

"Where are we going to eat." Wang Hao looked puzzled, as if he was very familiar with three people, there were many places to eat on both sides, but the three people seemed to have the same destination.

"A few days ago, we ate outside every day. We had some understanding of this area. There is a very good family. After taking you to solve the food and clothing, then go to see the beauty." Wen Bao smiled and hugged Wang Hao. Shoulder, said ridiculously.

Wang Hao couldn't adapt to the warmth enthusiasm, but he didn't have much resistance. The three roommates gave him a good feeling.

"Arrived."

Wang Hao followed Zhou Zhang and three people into a restaurant. When he was approaching to eat, he glanced and was overcrowded. Zhou Zhang familiarly greeted the boss and entered a private room.

It seems that the four people have known friends for many years, and they are very able to talk. Even the relatively silent Cai Jun will insert a few words from time to time, not to mention warmth, and his mouth has not stopped.

Wang Hao and the other three are provincial champions, but few can now become provincial champions, but few are nerds.

As they chatted, the table was quickly filled with dishes full of fledgling young people. Zhou Zhang even asked the boss for a box of beer.

Sprinkled after thirty, all four kept a trace of sobriety, a box of beer was not much for four people, their condition was very good, and walked back smoothly.

After Wang Hao returned to the dormitory, he stayed in the dormitory without going anywhere.

...

After the school started, Wang Hao went to the classroom and listened to a lesson. He never went to the classroom again, but lived a life of three points and one line. Dormitory, cafeteria, library ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ He already knew the content of the lecture very early, and there is no need to waste time here.

Wang Hao's performance was directly pressed by a nerd at the end of the other three people. Although Wang Hao could not see any signs of nerds from talking to character, Wang Hao's daily life was actually worthy of this nickname.

For those who have nicknames like nerds, Wang Hao doesn't care, but is still soaked in the library in his own way, absorbing Yanda's huge knowledge base. Here, Wang Hao is a treasure.

He is like a sponge, absorbing the knowledge in the book, reading the book is very complicated, but most of them are some professional books, such as computers, machinery and other books, and sometimes take some literature Books should be relaxed.

Every time after reading a book, Wang Hao will take a proper rest. He finds that the girl he saw in the library on the first day will sit near him every day and look at the book seriously.

Because of his habit, Wang Hao will sit here and read books as long as no one is here, and he wants to come, so does the girl.

Although I met them in the library often, there was no communication between Wang Hao and the girl during these times. At most, I just nodded and said hello, and then read the book quietly. Both of them were sitting opposite each other. Immersed in his book sea, no one disturbed the other.

Wang Hao reads books very quickly, and his expanded knowledge these days has also given him some ideas. He wants to go through the experiment and optimize the dragon brain again.

Yanjing 's bad air, and he is not always here, always thinking about how to make air purified water into a portable thing, so that he can breathe clear air freely, soaking in Yanda Library for so long, Let Wang Hao gain a lot, and eager to practice it.

“Hao Brother … I failed …” A young man stood in front of Wang Hao, his face lost his soul.

“I don’t understand in business. This is a database made in my spare time. You can use it .. It can accommodate one million players.” Wang Hao said lightly.

“…” The young man looked demented .. His face couldn’t believe it.

A research and development center located in the old forest of the deep mountain has gathered the eyes of everyone around the world. Just because there is a result from time to time, it has attracted the nerves of the world and technology has changed lives, and Wang Hao is only studying one technology at a time.




DISCLAIMER This not my novel All credit goes to 凡核桃 and I'm using Google translate

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