Chapter 93 - Nameless Tome 2 (1/2)

But a problem soon arose.

The entrance was hidden and they couldn’t reach the inner area.

‘As I thought, they set it so that only those with a membership can access it.’

The door would only be activated by either a special token or a special password.

Woohyuk stared repeatedly at the goddess statues on both sides of the door before taking out his golden magnifying glass.

‘We don’t have the time to wait until someone with a membership comes.’

And even if someone did arrive, the chances of him letting Woohyuk inside were low.

There would most likely be a big fuss, and the security of the royal library would become a lot tighter.

In other words, the current mess had to be overcome with just the three of them.

“What if we go back and ask Count Oswald? We won’t get anywhere like this right now…”

Choi Kayoon shared her thoughts as Woohyuk examined the surface of the walls with his magnifying glass.

It was the most reasonable choice as of right now, but Woohyuk still shook his head.

“Count Oswald probably doesn’t have access to the secret section. The membership holders are most likely part of other secret organizations as well, and that wasn’t the case for him.”

Groups like the Golden Rose Society and Pronoia were prime examples of such organizations.

The Golden Rose Society was a group of skilled masters who wanted to maximize their influence over the continent and control it behind the scenes.

Pronoia was a group of senior priests who, like fanatics, uncritically accepted the content of the gospels and thoroughly excluded values and actions against it.

Although their inclinations differed according to the purpose of their organizations, all of their members were all renown people with great social influence.

“Ugh… Then does that mean that this place is a den of dangerous wolves?”

“It will do us no good to face them recklessly.”

“Let’s, let’s find the door already. I don’t want to get involved with such groups as much as possible.”

Choi Kayoon’s expression instantly darkened.

Woohyuk nodded and continued examining the walls.

‘In truth, situations like this are where I can show my special skills.’

During the past 40 years, there was nothing Woohyuk could do other than fighting wars or exploring ruins.

So as long as he found a basic clue, he could easily learn the conditions to use the door to get inside.

‘Hm…?’

Soon enough, a small phrase became visible through his magnifying lens near the right-most edge.

- I have been thinking about the source of evil for a long time. However I never found the answer, as I didn’t realize that there was evil in the method I used to search for it.

But what was their goal when hiding such a sentence here?

Woohyuk thought to himself before speaking.

“I see. This is referring to Saint Sophia.”

“Wha, what are you talking about?!”

“The saint of Delphoa who was ruthlessly killed by fanatics. This is the hint to open the entrance.”

The ‘ways to find evil’ mentioned in the phrase was referring to human reason.

In other words, it warned people that if humans tried to define evil, they would fall into a self-contradiction.

Moreover, this phrase was engraved next to the goddess statue to mourn the death of Saint Sophia.

During her lifetime, she was hailed as the Goddess of Knowledge amongst the wisemen.

“A hint? How can a deceased saint be a hint?”

“They say that Sophia was part of a secret association.”

[Eteria Rodinus].

Even Woohyuk had never met them in person. He had only heard of the name.

Eteria Rodinus was a secret association of wisemen that had existed since before the War of Gods and Demons.

However, if that group continued having successors, they would’ve continued using the same symbol.

“Then is there some sort of secret cryptogram that can be used as identification?”

“Obviously. Eteria Rodinus had actually created a language.”

The language of wisemen, Rosa Eterna.

If you didn’t know this language, you wouldn’t be able to understand the contents of their magic books even if you somehow managed to steal them.

Their purpose was to stop evil organizations such as the Golden Rose Society or Pronoia from abusing the power of their knowledge.

‘Completing and restoring the Nag Hammadi Chronicles in the past helped me.’

The Nag Hammadi Chronicles recorded the secret knowledge of gods.

And consequently, Woohyuk ended up learning a bit about Eteria Rodinus.

Woohyuk began to ponder about phrases that could potentially be used as a password.

‘The possibility of it being a phrase related to Saint Sophia is high.’

He was suddenly reminded of the ancient book that discussed her life.

Woohyuk stood facing the wall and spoke out loud.

“Quo vadis, Domina?”

It was the sentence spoken by Saint Sophia’s disciples as she got on a carriage while they were expecting an attack from the fanatics.

It meant ‘Where are you going, Goddess?’

To shortly talk about the following events, she left for the academy on schedule, but got kidnapped by the fanatics and was brutally slain.

It was such a shocking event that stories of it are being passed down even after a thousand years.

While Woohyuk thought about Saint Sophia for a moment,

Srrrrr.

The stone wall’s structure changed and an entrance appeared.

“Wow, did you often read novels by Agatha Christie or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?”

“No. I just read a few ancient documents.”

As he searched for ways to reach the Divine Thrones, he ordered many eminent archeologists to research dozens of documents each day.

Thanks to that, Woohyuk knew a lot of miscellaneous facts.

Woohyuk marched onwards as he recalled the piles of old parchments he would always find on his desk.

“It’s a lot wider than I expected.”

“It seems like they don’t use this space just to keep books and documents.”

The secret section had a large, empty area in the center. It was most likely a space where they performed rituals regularly.

“But is the nameless tome truly in this section?”

“Probably.”

Although he didn’t know how the archeologist had managed to enter this section, Woohyuk didn’t doubt the fact that the nameless tome was kept in here as the archeologist couldn’t read or decipher the information about the Ark of Knowledge.