Chapter 375: A Future Without Me (3)
Chapter 375: A Future Without Me (3)
All Keter knew about the underground world of Liqueur was the first three floors: the Boiling Desert, the first floor; the Raining Swamp, the second floor; and the Floating Castle, the third floor.Since he had already been to the third floor, moving through it was easy. From the fourth floor onward, however, even Keter was a newcomer. His goal of reaching the eighth floor might take centuries, and even then, no one could guarantee success. Yet, he was able to find the staircase leading down to the fifth floor in just one hour on his very first visit to the fourth floor, Mount Sisyphus. It was all thanks to Maran.
“Keter. You’re planning to keep going down, aren’t you? You’ve only been as far as the third floor. I know how to clear up to the sixth, so I’ll give you that information.”
Maran handed over crucial information and clues needed to reach the sixth floor. Thanks to that, Maran managed to escape Keter unharmed, and Keter was able to descend smoothly to the fifth floor.
Thus, Keter reached Nippur’s Library, the fifth floor.
“Woah...”
If the Boiling Desert and the endless drizzle of the Raining Swamp inspired shock, this place inspired awe. Endless shelves of books stretched in every direction. What was strange was that the ceiling was towering high, yet the bookshelves only reached waist height.
“How malicious.”
To check the books, one had to bend down. If everything had to be examined one by one, it would practically require crawling on one’s knees.
Keter had already been told how to escape this floor, but curiosity got the better of him. He picked up the nearest book.
How to Make the Most Horrific Tomato Soup in the World
It looked thick, having about a hundred pages, but it actually only contained five pages when opened.