Chapter 1576 - 1094: Was It Really That Lonely and Hard to Bear? (Part 2)

Melo revealed a secret piece of information.

"The Holy Sword Church’s library as well, if the headquarters is invaded and falls, it will immediately trigger a transfer mechanism; the internal collection will be instantly teleported to another hidden location, leaving nothing behind in the original place."

Naisa also clarified to Reiger the Holy Sword Church’s approach, which undoubtedly left more room for maneuver compared to the Empire.

There’s no help for it, the former is a nation; once the palace falls, it means the nation is about to be destroyed, so it’s better to destroy the royal library, as there are bound to be many unspeakable national secrets inside.

The latter doesn’t need to go that far; even if there are any secrets, it won’t involve the nation, the race, or even the entire Source, at most it concerns its own rise and fall, so compared to direct destruction, it’s obviously better to transfer.

Different standpoint, different status, naturally different approaches.

"I think the Great Saint Palace’s library shouldn’t have a self-destruct program set up. It might still exist, just either transferred or hidden, undiscovered."

Beluti stated her opinion seriously.

"Transferred or hidden?" Reiger’s eyes lit up slightly, he nodded, saying, "In that case, let’s find a way to see if the Great Saint Palace’s library is still hidden here."

"... This should be difficult, right?" Melo said with a bitter smile, "A library of the same level as the Imperial Royal Family, if it really chose to protect itself by hiding, then the way it’s hidden must be very clever."

If it weren’t clever, that library would have been discovered by Reiger’s magical creatures long ago.

No, it should be said if the way the Great Saint Palace’s library is hidden isn’t clever, it wouldn’t take Reiger to find it; it would have been stained by the abyss’s deadly grasp long ago.

Now, eleven thousand years have passed. Whether it still exists might be in question.

"Anyway, having a target is good, the fear is not having a target." Reiger clapped his hands, attracting the attention of the women, and said with a smile, "Let’s search first, it’s best if we find it, if not, we’ll see."

"Yes!"

Melo, Naisa, and Beluti immediately perked up.

They wouldn’t want to just sit and wait like this any longer.

If they could help Reiger, they’d be willing to do anything.

If they can’t fight, searching for things should be possible, right?

So the four, greeting each other, dispersed on the spot and began searching for the possibly hidden library in the rear hall.

...

Searching for things, among the four present, three had professional... no, some effective means.

Reiger naturally didn’t need to be mentioned, after knowing the direction, he directly canceled the summoning of angels and other creatures and instead summoned exploratory magical creatures specializing in penetrating special abilities, directing these creatures to search while using intelligence magic for reconnaissance.

Naisa, as a Magician, also mastered some similar magic and used magical reconnaissance as the main means to walk around the rear hall.

Beluti relied more on skill, vision, and various experiences accumulated during her travels to find the hidden location of the library.

Only Melo, after losing her sword and equipment, found herself at a loss.

As a pure Swordsman, Melo didn’t know any exploratory or reconnaissance abilities, at most she knew some means of premonition and warning abilities.

Finding the library possibly hidden in the Great Saint Palace was indeed difficult for her without help.

With no other options, Melo could only borrow a few exploratory magical creatures from Reiger, taking them to search for the hidden library.

The four employed their own methods, searching with a determination to turn the entire rear hall upside down, as if digging three feet into the ground to find the possibly hidden library.

This search lasted several hours.

When it was almost dark in the Source World, the four had found nothing, not a trace.

Or rather, what they found had no connection to the possibly hidden library.

However, Melo found a hidden armory, where she turned up a high-quality sword and some usable equipment, and brought back a wand and a crystal ball for Naisa.

Naisa found some alchemical puppets and precious magical tools, and like earlier, she found a lot of gold and silver treasures.

Beluti found several keys, which seemed to open some rooms in the side and middle halls, though currently serving no purpose.

As for Reiger... Reiger did find books.

Unfortunately, the books were not quite... serious.

"... Why do these kinds of books remain intact for eleven thousand years without rotting?"

Reiger started to doubt whether the predecessors of the Reinnaier clan ever seriously saved the world.

Books that don’t rot for so long must have had strong preservation magic cast on them or used some special paper material.

Yet, such methods were used to preserve books with unserious content?

Were the seniors in the Great Saint Palace so lonely and unbearable?

Had I been wrong all along? Did the Imperial Royal Family or nobles not care for the Reinnaier bloodline at all? They didn’t send princesses or young noblewomen to the savior’s side?

Even if that’s the case, in such a vast palace, there must be some pretty and attractive maids, right?

The dignified savior, with a mere beckoning, wouldn’t those low-status maids rush to climb into bed?

No wonder Reinnaier ended up in ruin, it seems it wasn’t only because they were targeted, but also because their predecessors couldn’t perform, failing in the grand responsibility of flourishing the lineage, it’s lamentable...

For a time, Reiger was continuously ridiculing, bitterly complaining in his heart.

Until...

"Sir!"

Beluti suddenly appeared at the other end of the corridor and, upon seeing Reiger, swiftly ran toward him.

Reiger, who was just inwardly criticizing those unruly predecessors, suddenly fell silent.

No help for it, Beluti’s... endowment was abundant, and dressed in loose loungewear, her scene of jogging over was simply earth-shaking...

"What’s the matter?"

Reiger hurriedly collected his troubling thoughts, sighed internally at having been enticed by the two Nymph girls for too long, feeling signs of stirring flames, and quickly approached Beluti.

"Sir, Sir..."

Beluti seemingly had been searching for Reiger for a long time, by the time she ran up to him, she was breathing heavily...

But just as Reiger’s eyes slightly drifted downward uncontrollably, Beluti’s words made him shudder on the spot.

"I found the library!"

...

Half an hour later, Reiger and his team of four reconvened.

Yet, they weren’t meeting in the rear hall but were led by Beluti to a courtyard behind the rear hall.

This place was deeper than the rear hall and could be considered the deepest part of the entire Great Saint Palace.

Surprisingly, the library Beluti found seemed to be here.

"It’s not in the rear hall but in the backyard?"

Melo was quite surprised by this.

"That tree..."

Naisa noticed a tall, withered tree in the courtyard.

Just like everywhere else, this place was desolate, yet that tree remained rooted in the ground, standing tall.

Pointing at the withered tree, Beluti softly and purely spoke to everyone.

"I’ve seen this kind of tree among the Tree-man Clan."

"According to the Tree-man friend who received me, this is an ancient tree species called Sambya, and it’s one of the most ancient tree plants found or confirmed in the entire Source."

"It possesses an extremely rare supernatural trait."

"Inside it, there seems to grow a space."