Chapter 499 Danger Comes
"Are you all getting this?"
[... Amazing.]
[This isn't a dream, right?]
Those outside could hardly believe what their eyes saw, talk less of those standing here who saw everything face to face.
Don't get them wrong.
The treasures that made them shake weren't vain things like gold, silver and whatnot.
No...
To these proud people who prided themselves in historical events, what made them quiver was the sight of several unique objects strategically placed on several eye-level pillars that lined up to the other end of the grand hall.
These treasures have been missing from the world for centuries, with many speculating they must have been taken by Hotanzi.
So now seeing them in the flesh, everyone felt like kneeling and crying in jubilation.
"F***! Are those the quadruple Cats?"
[Ahhhhhh!!!... I think you're right, Ashaku, I think it's really them!]
The Quadruple Cats!
They were the first 4 pieces on both sides of the pillars – 2 black and 2 white.
How to differentiate them was with their eye colors.
The first black cat had its left eye made of gold and its right eye white.
The 2nd black had the same color but reversed with its right eye which was painted golden.
The 3rd cat, the first white cat, had its left eye black and its other eye silver.
The 4th cat, the 2nd white cat, has the opposite of the 3rd.
All 4 were called the Quadruple Cats.
They were artifacts that always ended up cashing wars.
It's said whoever they stayed with, wars broke out in those regions or households within months.
It's said the longer one stays with them, the longer one's greed becomes not wanting to leave the cats with anyone else.
My precious~...
The history of how the cats moved was also incredible.
They say some women can cause the downfall of an empire, but it was even more exaggerated how history wrote of what happened to the Cats' last owner before it ended up in Hotanzi's hands.
In fact, before now no one could be certain Hotanzi had them since even during his reign no one had ever seen the cats.
But Hotanzi, who was a tyrant and a master of all, had eyes and ears everywhere, many felt he must've acquired them.
Yes.
Think about it.
The cats went missing during his Great-grandfather's reign.
So wouldn't it be more likely that his family has always kept the cats to themselves?
Sadly all sorts of wars come for those owning these cats.
His great-grandfather fell from his grandfather's hands, and his own father also 'accidentally' killed his grandfather.
Well, the boy was just fulfilling his destiny when he kicked his father into a den of deadly beasts
Of course, no one thought too much of the cars causing wars.
And they were sure even the ancients did not think too much of it.
Understand that dying during that period when even a little argument could cause war and slaughter, anything was a trigger point.
You could be walking on the streets, someone insults your sandals, you stab them, kill them and now your family and their family have a blood feud.
Heck!
People have started wars over little things like paintings before.
Wars have also been fought over the right to own particular wines.
Wars and feuds have been passed down for centuries concerning land fighting between neighbors, and wars have also been fought over marrying the most beautiful girl at the time.
So is it truly surprising that whoever owns the cats would always have war coming their way with many greedy on getting the cast for themselves?
Well, there was nothing bizarre to say about the matter.
Now were civilized times.
Back then people were not so civil.
Do you know that even with the law enforcement around, murder was still permitted if done right?
That means, you can kill a man and not care about it provided you did it well.
What? Did he provoke you first?
Then okay. He deserves it!
Next time, don't run your mouth as you please when you know you can't take the heat.
What more can they say?
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Bahahhahahahhahahah~
[It's great! It's great that we finally found the 4 cats!!]
[Yes! Yes! Yes!... I'm guessing the other objects in the room are also priceless!]
[Tsk... Our Britannia Museum is going to be famous again.]
[Damm! I can't wait to see the look on the faces of those jealous bastards when our Museum showcases all the goods.]
Indeed, it was a good day for the Britannia Museum.
[Quickly, you all should first gather these knees and bring them out before we continue any further.]
[That's right! Who knows what dangers could make the place collapse? By then we won't even get a single treasure intact!]
Hearing this, Eldora began acting like a demon again.
[That's it! As the designated leader here, I order you all to stop and bring the treasures out for me!]
Designated leader?
Who gave her that title? Sometimes they wished they could throw her down a well and watch her struggle to survive if it would let her learn to shut up when she has nothing valuable to say or contribute.
Tsk.
If not for her father, they wouldn't give her the time of day.
Never have they met such an annoying person like her.
She had a real talent for making everyone angry with just her high-pitched voice.
Goodness!
Some of them were older with troublesome hearing, yet they still felt she sounded like nails screeching on a board.
Good luck to any young man who is dating her.
Unless she changed her attitude, people might only like her for her daddy's money.
A fool and brainless girl like her might play right into someone's schemes, shoving her down from her high pedestal.
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[Well what are you waiting for? I gave you all an order, or do you want me to call Daddy? Believe it or not, I can fire you all from your miserable positions way faster than you can say Checkmate.]
No, they believed but still didn't act, with everyone focusing on Ashaku and Harvey.
Yes, they do feel these treasures should be brought, but since they weren't the ones putting their lives on the line in there, they felt they had no true say on the matter.
"No." Harvey denied. "Remember, death is still promised to us who disturbs his slumber.... Don't ask me why, but I have a hunch that should we take anything here, it will bite us in the butt big time.
Ashaku nodded as well.
There were no murrells here or signs to depict why these items were kept the way they were.
There wasn't even a carved label on the pillars saying what the items were.
So why touch any of these now?
"I propose we take them last."
"Same here. I think they should be the last items our team collects before leaving for Britannia."
Intuition told them they better take the 'sleeping' Hotanzi's threats seriously.
So forget it.
[Bastards!] Eldora's voice rang out.
[Lieutenant Harvey! So you really dare defy my orders? Well then, consider your career over! Finito! Kaput! Gone! Left behind!]
[I swear that I will make you wish you never crossed me!]
[Just who do you think you are?]
[Do you know me? Do you know what I'm capable of doing?]
[My father---]
"That's enough, Miss Eldora." Harvey interrupted not even bothering to call her Dr. Eldora.
Doctor?
Does she deserve it?
So when well-earned and hardworking people come out to say they have Doctorate professional titles, she too will poke her head out to say the same?
Eldora was too posted off to notice the slight difference in the way he addressed her.
.
[You-you-you-you-you-----]
"That's enough, Miss Eldora. I don't care if you frame, demote or kick me out of the military... Understand that when I took on this job, I was told to protect everyone, not just you." Harvey coldly replied.
This meant for the sake of Dr. Ashaku, the locals, his team and everyone else here including himself, he couldn't allow such brash ways of thinking go on.
Greed can cause the deaths of many.
Knowing when to stop is the key.
It's good that they found the treasures... but they aren't running away, right? They have this location on lockdown.
And before entering the cave he had already sent works for the rest of his team in Cygypt to come over quickly.
Not only that.
More military and high-power personnel will be coming in from Britannia treating the whole thing like one big special forces military operation.
For now, his task was to keep the little group around him safe.
So you can sure as hell forget about him risking it all because of a few words from a silly girl.
"Good... Now that that's ironed out, Doc... everyone...?let's keep moving!"
"Ye-yeah."
Manu nodded, feeling choked by Harvey's heavy aura.
At the forefront was another door that was surprisingly opened revealing an incredibly wide and stretched hallway ahead.
Everything seemed to be going well, but just then, the last person, a local, suddenly stopped, facing the peculiar black coin kept on an inclined cushion on one of the pillars.
So pretty...
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The coin exuded a mysterious light that called his very soul, making it hard for him to look elsewhere.
Stretching his hands, he reached for the coin just around the same time Harvey threw his head behind.
"Noooo!!!!!!!!"
Harvey's cry pierced through the skies, but it was too late.
... Danger was already here!
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