Volume 5 Chapter 40 Treasure Vault
Underground of Skyscraper Dragon Oboroas.
It's a hidden area you can't reach without a special path. Here, the Order of the Sealed Dragon trains hard.
Walking down the long corridor, they reached the end. There was a door with a strong lock.
"Sir Horace, this is the treasure vault Sir Laris Glasha left behind."
"Maybe he just stole the key and can't open it anymore?"
"Hehe, from the outside, that's one way to see it. But the truth is, the higher-ups back then said they'd 'keep it safe' and then left."
"And since he's in 'Cross Palace,' he's like he stole it anyway."
"Well, maybe he knew his descendants would come here?"
"...I don't know. I mean, in history, some 'normal people' live for 100 or 200 years while staying young. If he wanted, Laris could still be alive now."
In this world, 'strong' people are mostly good at using magic.
Horace looks like he's in his late teens, but he's actually 27.
Laris is way stronger than Horace.
When you get really strong in this world, you have to face the darkness magic brings without letting it consume you.
Laris fought in Ferl, the Jeweled Ice Sea Domain and was way stronger than Horace. If he wanted, he could still be alive even after 1,000 years.
"Still, when they say he's in Cross Palace, it feels weird. I researched it, and Laris could probably do it."
"Yeah. But I still don't get it. There's no way to ask."
"Everyone, the link between Laris and my brother... Remember when the Grand Church Shinathica put a bounty on my brother? You guys were surprised, right?"
"Yes, exactly, Lady Nousa. Because he looks just like Sir Laris, it was a big deal in Special Ops."
"You got excited over a wanted poster, Lucibes...?"
Getting excited over a poster that says 'Reward Unlimited' is weird, no matter how you look at it.
"Well, we got a lot of stuff that went through many places."
"What do you mean?"
"This Oboroas is far from people. It was marked up in weird ways."
"Marked up?"
"The 'Dead' parts were double-circled, and a line was drawn through 'Alive.'"
"Probably Silvio, right?"
Cardinal Silvio of Grand Church Shinathica.
Since he want to save his daughter who became a Demon Lord, he'd probably do something like that.
"I think so too. But it's normal to get excited. Ginji knew you were a Glasha descendant and went there, but he didn't say Sir Laris and you look the same, Sir Horace."
"Well, at that time, it didn't matter when we made contact. Horace was only thinking about facing the God of Provisions."
"Just as he said."
"But when I first saw Horace's face, I thought 'destiny.' But it's not our top priority."
Ginji sighed.
He decides what info to share, and Under-Ops only has 6 people. Ginji can hide a lot, which has a big impact.
And he's an 'Under-Ops' member...
"Well, that's fine. Let's go in quickly."
"I'm curious too. Even 1,000 years ago, I've never been in."
"I have, but... not right before it was locked."
Horace took out the key, put it in the lock, and turned it.
The lock clicked open easily.
"Well then, what's inside..."
Horace opened the door.
Inside, you could see...
"...It looks like a sword storage."
In a big room, lots of swords were placed.
They were lined up on shelves, racks, and tables, getting fancier as you went inside.
"This is all equipment the Order of the Sealed Dragon used, right?"
"Yes, I didn't know so many were stored here."
"Last time I came, there were only about ten. What's going on..."
The 3 Under-Ops members looked really surprised.
"The magic sword Duran's power turns allies' weapons into upgrades for itself. So, Laris must have used everything here in the past."
"That means the sheath and upgrade swords were left here, and the magic sword was taken out."
"Seems like it."
At the back of the room, on a special table, there was a sheath.
"...That's the sheath of the magic sword Duran."
"That table's made of special material."
"Yeah, looks like it."
Horace walked through the room filled with swords.
"Oh, this sword's really nice, brother."
Nousa touched a sword on the table, looking happy.
"Well, you can tell just by looking... whoa!"
When Ginji tried to touch a nearby sword, something snapped from the hilt with a crack.
"No way... ah, I can't hold it either."
Artia tried to touch the hilt but couldn't.
"Lady Nousa can't hold it, so we can't..."
"But, I can hold it."
Horace grabbed a nearby sword.
Nothing happened, and it didn't reject him.
"Does that mean only Glasha family members can use it?"
"Probably."
"So, all these swords were used to upgrade the magic sword Duran."
"..."
Horace put the sword down and walked to the back of the room.
The sheath on the special table.
He reached for it... and suddenly, a magic circle covered the whole room.
"What?!"
"This is..."
"Teleportation magic... and it's super strong. Can't stop it."
Horace looked around and understood.
"...There's a trial ahead. This is too important. I can't get it without effort."
As Horace sighed, the teleportation magic activated.
The 5 figures disappeared from the room.
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