After walking through several corridors, Alex and Ethan reached the spacious basement floor of the church.
"Lord Saint, this is the door to the grand library…"
Ethan stepped aside as he said those words, and Alex finally got to see the gigantic door in full view.
The door of the grand library was so big that Alex almost mistook it for a wall!
It was more than ten feet tall! And there were various mysterious patterns carved on it that seemed incomprehensible to Alex.
Even Ethan, who was about six feet tall, seemed short when standing near this gigantic door.
"Err… who was this door even made for? A giant? Where's the keyhole? With how big this door is, even if stand up on my toes, my hand might not reach it…"
Alex was just a 16-year-old immature kid with a small and fragile body; he wasn't much taller than 5 feet at most. Obviously the door seemed too big to him.
"Lord Saint that key doesn't need any keyholes; hold it up and think about the door opening; it will work by itself…"
Hearing Ethan's words, Alex followed the instructions, and the key suddenly started floating in air on its own while glowing with a golden light beaming out of it.
*Clank!* *Rumble!* *Rumble!*
Loud noises of various ancient mechanisms activating rang out in the spacious basement as the gigantic door started to open on its own.
Alex put the key away as he spoke.
"I see, so this is one of those magical doors; that's nice… I wonder how they made this…"
Hearing Alex's words of doubt, Ethan explained with a smile on his face,
"Lord Saint, according to the legends, the 'Grand Library of Ilma' is a gift from the God of Wisdom himself to his devout believers."
"It's said that the god of wisdom himself taught the knowledge and gave the power to his believers to create this grand and mysterious library…"
"It's said that this library holds every possible knowledge of this entire world inside it!"
"But only a select few chosen of the god of wisdom can access all that knowledge… if a random person goes inside, he might not even be able to read a single book…"
Ethan seemed quite proud while explaining about the grand library.
"This library is the greatest treasure of our church!"
Alex nodded at Ethan's words and thought to himself,
'So does that mean that due to the power of the so-called god of wisdom, this library is highly protected?'
"What would happen if some believer of the god of wisdom takes out a book from the library and never returns it? Or someone attacks the library with brute force?"
Ethan smiled at Alex's question before explaining in his usual calm and gentle voice,
"Our benevolent god himself has blessed this space; it's impossible to bring any of the books inside this library out!"
"Even if the entire church collapses the library will likely not collapse, and even if it does, all the books and knowledge inside will disappear into nothingness, making it impossible to access the library again…"
While listening to Ethan's explanation, Alex stepped inside, and he was greeted by rows and rows of bookshelves everywhere.
No matter where he looked, there were hundreds of bookshelves, and the grand library seemed almost infinite from the inside.
"Whoa~… this place is awesome!"
As a former top-level scientist, Alex loved books and knowledge; it was his goal to gather all knowledge in the world and become the most knowledgeable man in the entire world after all!
'If this library does indeed have all the knowledge about the world, doesn't that mean I will be the most knowledgeable in this entire world if read them all?'
'But this library was created by the god wisdom's help… doesn't that mean the god of wisdom is the most knowledgeable being of this world?...'
'I wonder if I will ever get the chance to meet this god of wisdom and get a chance to have a debate with him on some interesting topic…'
Alex shook his head and stopped thinking about irrelevant things as he walked forward while looking at the rows and rows of books in the library.
"I am glad you liked this place lord saint…"
Hearing Ethan's words, Alex nodded his head.
"Yeah, this is the best place I have ever seen in my life!... hmm? Why are you standing so far away?"
Alex was stunned when he saw that Ethan was still standing near the first bookshelf placed near the main door.
Hearing Alex's question, Ethan scratched the back of his neck in awkwardness as his face became a bit red from embarrassment.
"As expected of you Lord Saint, you really are a genuine chosen one of the gods of wisdom; you are able to access such deep layers of the grand library so easily…"
As if noticing Alex's confusion, Ethan rolled back the sleeves on his right hand, and Alex noticed that a golden tattoo-like mark had appeared on his wrist.
"This is the mark of the divine power that appears on your wrist when someone enters the grand library; how many books and layers of the library you get access to depends solely on this…"
"It's said that those who have a deeper connection and faith in the god of wisdom are able to access much deeper layers of grand library…"
Hearing Ethan's explanation, Alex rolled up his own sleeves, and sure enough, there was a golden tattoo on his right hand's wrist that was not present before.
But unlike Ethan's tattoo, his was more detailed and intricate, as if there was much more divine power in his mark.
"So, this is like a library permit… unless you have a higher connection with the god of wisdom you can't access books that are stored much deeper in the library…"
"That's understandable…"
Even in his previous world, there were books and documents that were top secret, and only a selected few people were allowed to read them.
It was possible that the knowledge stored in the books located in the core area of this library was too dangerous for any ordinary person.
"I see, you are free to read then, Ethan. I will look around and see if I can find something that will interest me…"
After saying those words to Ethan, Alex continued moving forward, as he wanted to test the limits of his divine mark and wanted to know how many layers of the library he could access.
And if he could find any interesting books or something like that.
'In novels and manga, the mc sometimes find powerful cheat skills when they are in a library… I wonder if I will be that lucky too…'
With an excited mood, Alex stepped forward!