Rumble!
In an instant, the entire castle trembled and swayed violently.
Ruger had just opened his door when he immediately reached out to brace himself against the wall.
So this is the method she mentioned? Ruger thought.
He immediately tried to open his spatial gate, but after putting in the effort, he still failed.
The rumbling had yet to cease. He looked around but still saw no sign of the old butler, Izel. Recalling the crude map as he went, he began empowering his Spell Models. Strength of the Savage Bull and Light Body Spell were cast in succession upon himself, while Mental Boil cleared the grogginess from his freshly awakened mind. Once prepared, he planted a hand against the wall and shot out like an arrow loosed from its bow.
According to what that young master had said, adding to the map drawn by the Succubus scholar, this was not the deepest level of the castle. In other words, he needed to go up seven floors to reach the library. Yet many parts of the castle had already collapsed from decay and could no longer be traversed. What the Succubus knew was the castle's appearance from a century ago.
"What kind of deranged nobles are these..."
Ruger raced through the shaking castle, muttering inwardly.
The entrances and exits between every floor were positioned at opposite corners, forcing him to keep circling back and forth to climb one floor after another. Wouldn't these nobles have to spend ages walking through the place themselves every day? And according to the Succubus, the more exalted one's status, the deeper down they lived. Someone like the city lord definitely resided on the lowest floor, while his offspring generally lived on the second-lowest floor.
He sprinted in great strides, still hesitating over whether to