The Baka Rangers and the Secret Library Island. The Big Game Plan for the Final Test, Part 2

The eighth chapter of Negima! Magister Negi Magi.

Summary
The expedition group, consisting of Negi, Konoka, and the Bakaranger head underground to search for the magic book that is capable of increasing the user's intelligence, while Nodoka and Haruna stay above ground as the support group.

As the group enter the library, Yue explains the history of Library Island to her companion that it was built to house rare books from all around the world, at that the Library Expedition Club, consisting of students from middle-high to university, was formed to uncover its secrets. Traps were installed in almost every corner to prevent theft of the books, which Negi has tricked some of them, much to the girls' worry. Negi then discovers the girls' goal of getting their hands on the legendary magic book, with Asuna pleading that it's an emergency for them, causing Negi to believe that the girls has overheard that his career depends on their exam's result and are doing it for him, though he is still skeptical about an existence of such a powerful tome.

After a long adventure several floors below and witnessing the strength each of the members of the Bakaranger outside their academic ability (Makie's gymnastic, Ku Fei's martial art, Kaede's godly speed, Yue's knowledge and adventurous spirit, and Asuna's strength and kind-hearted nature), Negi and the group reach the break spot and re-charge their energy. During this time, Negi warns Asuna that he senses powerful magical energy from the floors below, which may not comes from the book, while Asuna also realizes that Negi has sealed away his magic for the 3 days before the exam and cannot protect them with his power should things go worse.

Passing through an underground lake, mountains of bookshelves, and secret passages, the group finally reach a room reminiscence of the final boss stages from video games where the book is enshrined. Before the group could get their hands on the book, they fall into a twister-like game board and the gigantic golems in front of the book come to life and demands that they proof that they're worthy for the book (which Negi feels that he heard the statues' voice before) with their skill in English translation (for the words such as "difficult", "cut", "remember", and "baseball"). Left with no choice, the Bakaranger follow the statues' instruction, answering most of their questions correctly with a few hints from Negi and Konoka, albeit leaving them in a quite painful formation.

Impressed with the girls' determination, the golem gives out the final question: the translation of the word "dish". Unfortunately for the group, as even though they know the correct answer "Osara", Asuna and Makie screw up by spelling out "Osaru" (monkey) instead, resulting in the golem crashing the floor and sending everyone off to their doom for failing.

Items Used

 * Negi's Staff
 * Book of Melchizedek
 * Stone Golem