Chapter 186 186 The contents of the box
[El's POV: ]
The box was locked with the dwarven technology and the code protecting it was pretty good, but, it was a piece of cake for me to break such a simple thing, especially since my unique title was already upgraded to bronze level.
The restrictions on my physical and mental bodies had been relieved even further. I can do things that I could not before with the Mana and the mental abilities of my body have increased as well.
Somehow, I could even tell my overall skill abilities had increased after this upgrade, and, somehow, the crown skill was increasing it all even more.
This felt amazing, and refreshing as well~!
'And, with such amazing conditions, this simple box was nothing but a small toy in front of my genioussssssss mind~!'
So.
With a little Mana concentrated on my fingertips, I manipulated some of the magic circuits of the metallic silver box, poured in some Mana, and with a little bit of tempering on the blue-patterns of enchantments, I opened the pretty-looking lock… and, all the contents of the box sprung out all at once.
-Suuuuuuuu…
-Zhrurururururu….
-Kinchun…!
There were boxes full of gold coins, precious treasures, resources, stones, artifacts that were pretty good looking, and some attractive materials that I could most certainly use, however, above all of these things there were six, perhaps seven things that attracted my attention the most, and the same was true for my other four cuties that were present here.
"El… is this what I think it is?"
"Yup. The [Holy golden cross] that was used in the grand raid two decades ago. The one that was reported to have been destroyed during that raid and the one that was said to have been used in the hunting of a great earth Drake.
The Theocracy announced their deep regrets at the loss of that holy artifact but, they hunted the creature thanks to it, so the public opinion was in favor of the temple.
They were first very secretive about this whole ordeal but after a few years, the matter was completely forgotten and people's opinions about this artifact vanished alongside the records of its existence.
But, looking at it right now… yes. This certainly is the lost artifact.
And, since it is in a storage safe that belonged to the pope himself, it means the pope had stolen the relic and possessed it for a long time before his subordinate might have fucked things up and lost it in reality.
Hehe, hehehe! Lucy~. Jackpot~."
"Yeah. Really… this is a jackpot."
<What jackpot you bastards! That thing is made of holy Adamantium! Its price is astronomical even on the worldline level! Sell it to me!>
"Raz, baby, shut up. This thing will be mine."
There was a smirk on my face already as I observed the giant golden cross with a pointed end on all four sides.
There were jewels engraved all over it but they weren't as valuable as the metal that was used in the creation of the cross itself.
'People call it white blessed metal because of its divine properties and the ability to absorb any kind of negative energy, or something like an enemy attack.'
Shields made from this metal by the hands of a capable craftsman could even help someone survive a dragon's breath. However, this big chunk of metal wasn't so pure that even a blade could be produced from it.
'Sure it was a big chunk, but, there were many impurities mixed in this metal… which I will have to work on and do a lot of processing before I obtain the pure metals that I need, but, once I get it, I will have something more for the next upgrade of our special weapons.'
Hehe, this one cross, this single artifact was more than enough for covering up all my exhaustion of the day, but, the existence of this artifact was much more important than its simple use.
The look on my Lucy bastard's face was more than enough for me to know he was already halfway in his cooking process. Devious bastard.
"Anyway, the cross will be mine.
Lucy, do you want this sword?"
"Hmmm? Sure. Another holy sword is always welcomed. More so if it's one rumored to have been used by the hero that slayed the 'dragon'."
Other than this big cross that was too big for our living room, there was an attractive-looking sword frozen in a special kind of ice which, I just threw at Lucy and, even though it came out of nowhere, he caught it, just like he always does.
"Cary darling? Do you want these sweet fruits? I know dragons love these special fruits. So, if you gimme a kissy, they will be yours~."
[[ Ahhh… ummmm… you can keep it for now master. I am not hungry. ]]
"Alright~. Tell me whenever you want them~!"
We called it 'divine seeds' but for the dragons, these rare fruits that only grew on ancient trees in a very limited amount every few decades or centuries were something that they adored like nothing else.
In some old stories, there had been times when dragons had offered mountains of treasures to those who offered them these special fruits.
'They were fruits that possessed the power to increase the divinity of an eligible soul, though only by a fraction of what they already possessed. But for humans, these fruits were useless. They would die even by a direct touch to them since these fruited possessed a very high density of Mana inside them.'
They were so Mana dense that they could even condense the Mana in the atmosphere. That's why they had to be kept in special containers if we wanted to touch them.
And the three that were before me, were certainly packed in those special containers.
"Ok, so, Anna! Do you want this blank Grimoire? I would appreciate it if you could give it to me after you are done playing with it."
[[ Ohhhh! Of course! One would love to do some practicing! This book will be perfect for that! I appreciate the gift! One will make sure to return this! ]]
"Hehe, what gift? You will give me back something far more valuable than this blank book. I should be the one thanking you. Hehe."
Anna is so adorable… why isn't Anna my familiar?!
'Haaaa…'
A blank Grimoire is a special magic artifact where the highest grade mages could record Magic arrays and formulas and, since these special magic tomes are made with special materials by special craftsmen or grandmaster rank or above, a blank grimoire in the hands of a grandmaster mage is far more valuable than the best Grimoire of this world in the hands of any master of magic out there.
"Hmmm. Nice. Now that we are done with these, Raz? What will you gimme for all the things left here? I left this precious Drake heart for you so, gimme a good price."
<Nyaaaaa! This lizard heart is nothing compared to that cross! But I will happily take it all, haha. Doing business with you is always-, wait, nya! This is all just some normal gold! The only valuable thing here left is this heart! Nya! you just tried to scam me, didn't you?!>
'I did, but it didn't work. Tsk.'
[ "Take up from here Lucy." ]
[ "Aye aye ma'am." ]
He will deal with him and wrap up the deal-
<Nyaaa! You want to change subjects, don't you!? El! You cheater!>
"Shut up you bastard. Do you really want to talk about cheating? With me? Do you know how much the recipes that I just gave you out of my goodwill will fetch me on the global market? Do you want me to talk about how your own information will fetch me a pretty penny?
Ungrateful bastard…"
<Nyaaaaaa! This and that are different!>
"Shut up man… just talk with Lucy and finish the deal. Or do you not want this pretty Drake heart?"
<Nyaaaaa! I want it, I want it! The demand for these things is increasing for some reason.>
"Looks like the hunters have started moving then-"
"El?!"
"Yes, yes. Sorry. Slip of tongue."
There was a crystal-like thing packed in an enchanted glass that had a green light inside it which was beating like a heartbeat.
It was a draconian's heart. A heart that, instead of circulating the environmental energy, produced Mana itself.
<Hmmm? Nya? What did you just say El? Do you know why the draconian creature's hearts are on the rise?>
"I might have an idea, Raz, but you don't have to concern yourself with that. It's not something you should pay attention to, try not to pay attention to it. It will just cause you trouble."
"And you telling him will cause him even more trouble…. Haaaa… El, you are unbelievable!"
"My tongue slipped OK?! I didn't do it on purpose!"
"Haaaaaa!"
I know saying things that we know 'might' be a possible future, saying it out loud before others will just make it a distorted possibility.
And, since predicting change was impossible right now, I wouldn't be able to tell what might happen just because I had said something here.
"Haaaa. Anyway!"
We were done with this small mystery box of ours, so, now that we had the chance anyway, it was better to open another useless mystery box.
"Raz! Come here! As promised, the first chest that we got after that time. It's the highest grade academy point chest so, the chances of something other than points popping up is high."
<Nyaaaaaaa?! You got the highest grade chest?! Damnnnnnn! It's been so long since I had seen one!>
"So long? How long ago did you see the last one?"
<A week ago lol! In the great auction house! Someone got it before I reached the auction though! Tsk! But now I have the chance to open one! Nyahahahaha!>
'This bastard…'
The highest grade point chests were special and not something just anyone could obtain.
It was a special reward that only the headmasters of a specific academy could give once in every 'cycle' or more clearly, a complete cycle of the Worldline which was equal to 3690 years for this world.
This timeframe was different according to the parts of the worldline, realms, and many other factors that were related to the law of 'time'.
"Here. Just open it. And I want a few million points even if you fail to get an item! You hear that!"
<Nyaaaa believe me! I am feeling pretty lucky today!>
I placed the purple-gold treasure chest before him and handed him the universal key with the last use remaining in it… Oh, that reminded me.
"Oy, Raz. We got this~! Look! Pretty right~?"
<Hmmm? O-ohhhh! Is that the key relic of the headmaster?! He gave it to you just like that?! Let me see!>
"Nope~. First, open that chest. Let's finish the small things first~."
<Nyaaaaaaa! El! Just a look! Please!>
"Hehehe~. Nooooo~. I will only show it to you after you open that point chest~!"
<Nyaaaaaa! To hell with this point chest! It's not even a treasure chest!>
The little kitten was so agitated that he just shoved the key in the hole, opened the chest, and without even looking at what he got, he turned around and flew before my face.
<Nyaaaaa! See! Done! Now show me!>>
"…"
<Show me! Show me! Quick! Just a glance!>
"Oy… Raz bastard… turn around…"
<Hmmm? Nyaaaaa! No! Show me!>
"Leave it and look there bastard… is that what I think it is…?"
As soon as he had opened that purple point chest, a unique purple-gold light had shown up inside the opened box, and, this certain light, was the indication of one of the best things one can get from this certain chest…
"Holy mother of goblins…"
[[ Hmmm? That's one pretty light I would say. What did you get through? ]]
[[ One… is speechless once again. ]]
Probability.
It was a bitch in this entire system.
Even the offspring or central brain doesn't know how, when, what, or why something might just happen because of this ever-changing element.
The things we received from any kind of reward were the same.
It followed the principle of probability which meant nearly everything in this Worldline was a gacha when it came to rewards.
And, getting some of the best things in any of these gachas, was winning a grand lottery…
"Hehe, my lucky Raz bastard!"
Ain't I lucky to have so many lucky bastards around me?
They make all my bad luck meaningless~!
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺