Chapter 27: The King's Treasury

  Under the leadership of Berg, the commander of the royal guard, Yang Jue walked into the gates of the Aeonia Royal Palace.

  Unlike what was imagined, the Eonia Palace, although also built in a grand and majestic manner, is not lavishly decorated, revealing a sense of simplicity everywhere. There are not many people in the palace either, except for the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard, only a small number of servants.

  "What kind of palace is this? Why is it so quiet?" Yang Jue's first impression after entering the palace was that it was too quiet, quiet to the point of being scary.

  In fact, Yang Jue didn't know that the royal family of Aiolia was a mere shell. In other words, in this country, the king was just an honorary title and did not represent any power. The real power was held by the parliament, and the high priest Soraka was the core figure of the parliament.

  In a spacious great hall, Yang Jue saw the nominal king of this country, an old man who looked not very spirited, listlessly leaning on the throne.

  In the company of High Priest Zorvath, Yang Jue came before the king and paid his respects.

  "Your Majesty, King," Yang Jue said respectfully with a bow.

  "Hello, little friend." The king nodded to him in a friendly manner. "Solaka, is this the child you were talking about?" The king turned his head and asked Solaka.

  "Yes, Your Majesty, he is that unusual child I mentioned to you before." Soraka nodded.

  "If I'm not mistaken, didn't you once make a prophecy that this child has the ability to save the world, including saving me, Eonia?" The king looked up and down at Yang Jue standing on the steps below, asking somewhat disbelievingly.

  "Yes, Your Majesty." Soraka nodded vigorously.

  The king was still not quite believing, but considering the high priestess of Soraka's identity, her prophecies always had some truth to them. So the king called Yang Jue over, picked him up and let him sit on his own lap, chatting intimately with him.

  In addition, Soraka brings Yang Jue to the palace to meet the king, and there is actually something that the king wants to announce to Yang Jue in person.

  "Yang Jue, my young friend, considering the prophecy of High Priest Soraka, you will be an extraordinary citizen of Aeonia. Therefore, I have decided to make an exception and grant you a baron title. Congratulations, from today on, you are a genuine noble!" The king said with a smile.

  "Thank you," Yang Jue replied politely.

  An exception was made to confer a baronetcy, which was clearly a royal attempt to curry favour with Yang. Nevertheless, Yang accepted the honour gladly. After all, there was a status symbol at stake and it would be much more convenient to do things.

  The baron's medal was soon brought up and the king personally put it on Yang Jue.

  "Yang Jue, my young friend, since this is your first time coming to the palace, apart from granting you a title, I also want to give you a gift. Unfortunately, for the moment, I can't think of what to give you. So, let me call Berg to take you to my treasury, where there are my private properties and many precious treasures. When the time comes, don't be polite, just take whatever you like, as much as you want, even if it means emptying the entire treasury, I won't mind." The king said with a smile.

  As soon as he heard there were benefits to be gained, Yang Jue naturally wouldn't refuse. After all, who can resist money?

  Soon, under Berg's lead, Yang Jue arrived outside the King's treasury.

  Berg pulled out a large bunch of keys, opening one heavy door after another. Finally, a towering and dazzling golden mountain appeared before Yang Jue's eyes, with many valuable items placed all around it. Judging from the total amount of wealth here, it was at least ten to a hundred times more than what Lei Dong had given him as a farewell gift on Stormy Plains. Indeed, as the king and the head of the country, his personal property was quite impressive.

  "So much money! Can I really take as much as I want?" Yang Jue's eyes widened in disbelief.

  "Yes, Baron, the king did indeed say those words." Bergh had already started calling Yang Jun "Baron".

  "If it's really like this, then I won't be polite." Yang Jue said with a grin.

  "There are many good things here, Lord Baron, take your time to choose, I'll go out and wait outside." Berg retreated with a knowing smile.

  "Alright, alright."

  After Berg left, Yang Jue laughed.

  "Haha! The old king actually told me to take whatever I want, as much as I want, does he not know that I have a spatial ring and can empty his treasury? Hehe! Since the king is so generous, then I won't be polite. Watch me clean out the king's treasury and let him cry!" Yang Jue sneered.

  So, Yang Jue immediately took action and put all the gold coins in the treasury and valuable items placed around into his spatial ring. However, what made him a bit depressed was that his spatial ring was only a medium-sized ring with limited capacity, and he could only fill two-thirds of the king's treasury before it couldn't be stuffed anymore.

  "Alas, never mind. I'll just consider it a generous act on my part and leave some for the king." Yang Jue looked at the pile of one-third of the gold coins that he couldn't take with him and felt a deep sense of regret.

  "Heh heh, I've taken so much, it's about time to leave. Hmm? Wait a minute..." Just as Yang Jue was preparing to leave the treasury, he suddenly noticed that on the eastern wall of this square-shaped treasury, there was an ornament in the shape of a strange dragon head.

  The vault was only for storing gold coins and valuable items, so there were no too many decorations, except for some shelves and boxes, nothing else. And on the east wall, a dragon head was abruptly decorated, how could it not attract attention?

  With a curious heart, Yang walked over, touched the dragon's head and tried to turn it. As a result, under his rotation, the wall suddenly began to shake and made a "creaking" sound. Immediately afterwards, the wall split in two, revealing a dark room in front of Yang.

  "Could there actually be a hidden room? Is there something even more valuable inside?" Yang Jue's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately crawled into the hidden room.

  Someone walked into the dark room, and the lights inside automatically lit up, illuminating the entire stone room very brightly.

  "Huh, they're all weapons!" Yang Jue noticed that the dimly lit room was filled with all sorts of weapons. There were knives, guns, swords, spears, and many strange weapons that couldn't be categorized. But no matter which weapon it was, they all emitted a faint chill, and Yang Jue could sense something from each of them.

  The weapons themselves are lifeless, yet Yang Jue can sense their presence even with his eyes closed! This shows that these weapons must not be ordinary ones. Otherwise, the king would not have placed them in this dark chamber of the treasury. The king attaches such importance to these weapons, indicating that they are extremely valuable. Yang Jue speculates that each and every one of these weapons is probably worth more than the two-thirds pile of gold coins he took away earlier!

  "So many valuable weapons, should I take them all away?" Yang Jue was somewhat hesitant.

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