CHAPTER 68: CHAPTER 68: EYEBALLS

"Treasure vault?" Herag asked with some interest, "Does your treasure vault have any good items?"

"Of course." Baron Hu En was quite proud, having great confidence in his own treasure vault.

Herag mused, "Then, I hope your treasure vault can satisfy me."

His words were rather blunt. Though wizards couldn’t slaughter regular folk en masse, killing a few was still overlooked.

Count Hu En nodded nervously, but then, thinking of the numerous treasures in the vault, gained some confidence. "It should satisfy him," he thought.

Herag extended his hand, placing it above Count Hu En’s wound.

The dark energy particles in the wound began to disperse, and Herag slowly absorbed these energy particles.

Hu En felt an odd sensation; the wound seemed a little better, less itchy and painful.

Since Herag was paid for his services, he didn’t settle for half measures, meticulously absorbing all the dark energy particles from the wound, leaving none behind.

Josh and the others stood quietly to the side, observing the process of Herag treating Count Hu En’s injuries.

Though they didn’t understand what was being done, they could see the blackness on the wound gradually reducing.

They had always assumed the black stuff to be toxins and had never figured out what it was, unable to eradicate it.

Half an hour later, Herag withdrew his hand: "The count’s wound is now fine; proceed with normal treatment for external injuries."

Hu En’s wound showed no trace of blackness, revealing red flesh with some blood seeping out.

The castle’s doctor quickly arrived to reapply medication and bandage Count Hu En’s wound.

Even though Herag had some White Sage Healing Potion, it was too wasteful to use on a noble like this.

After the doctor finished treating the wound, Count Hu En heaved a sigh of relief, visibly looking better and with a bit more color in his face.

Herag held a certain admiration for Count Hu En, considering he was just an ordinary person.

The dark energy particles were no boon to ordinary people; having such stuff in the wound was indeed torturous.

Herag had just caught a whiff of anesthesia from the wound, likely used for pain relief.

Hu En, leaning back in his chair, exhaled comfortably, and after a sigh, said, "Thanks to Mr. Herag, I feel much better. Now it’s time for me to fulfill my promise."

He stood up, with Great Knight Kieran immediately stepping forward to support him.

"Mr. Herag, this way, please." Hu En led the way.

Josh and Luqi sensibly did not follow, as the treasure vault seemed not an area they could casually enter.

Hu En personally led Herag all the way down to the third basement level of the castle.

In front of a massive, heavy iron door, stood two Knight Level guards, both clad in heavy full-body armor.

Hu En pulled out a wooden box from his pocket, opening it to reveal a bronze key inside.

He took the key to the iron door, inserted it, and gently twisted. Sounds of countless mechanical gears turning came from behind the door.

Click!

With a light sound, the door slowly opened on its own, revealing the passageway beyond.

"You stand guard here, let no one inside," Hu En instructed the two Knight Level guards.

He turned to Herag, saying: "Mr. Herag, please."

Beyond the door stretched a long passageway, lit by oil lamps. Herag followed behind Hu En for a distance, coming to another door.

This door was smaller, yet made of some metal too, appearing very sturdy.

Hu En reached into his shirt, and only then did Herag notice the small key hanging from his neck.

Hu En used this key to open the smaller door.

As soon as the door opened, Herag was greeted by a sight of golden splendor.

Entering the treasure vault, Herag was stupefied.

The enormous storeroom was filled with gold, jewelry, and numerous antique vases, paintings, and the like. Herag even spotted a colossal coral reef.

At this moment, Hu En was spirited, introducing the treasures to Herag enthusiastically: "These are the treasures accumulated by the Banks Family over the years. There are many items even I don’t know when they came into the vault. Mr. Herag, as a great Mystic, ordinary riches might not catch your eye; feel free to look around and see if there’s anything you need."

Herag nodded and walked ahead; the vault was as large as a football field, cluttered with various treasures, making him dizzy with delight, not knowing where to start.

"This armor set is?" Herag spotted a suit of full-armor in the corner. The material of the armor was special, and he couldn’t determine what it was made of.

More importantly, the armor seemed to have some magic resistance effects.

He infused a little magic power into it and was met with resistance. This reminded Herag of Dino’s ship, which was built from wood from the Forbidden Magic Forest, also possessing magic resistance, though this armor’s effect was somewhat weaker.

"This is the armor of Legendary Knight Goodman’s Graf, reputed to have many mysterious effects. Great Knight Goodman was a legendary figure over three hundred years ago - his armor is certainly extraordinary. If Mr. Herag is interested, he may take it," Hu En introduced as he noticed Herag’s gaze on the armor.

Herag touched the armor and shook his head: "I’ll look around some more."

This armor didn’t hold much significance for him, as he wouldn’t typically wear such heavy armor. If it was for defense techniques, a Dark Energy Shield would be more practical for him.

As Herag continued forward, he suddenly stopped after a distance, spotting a pair of eyes.

It was a pair of eyes submerged in a glass jar, appearing like a specimen.

The eyes were bright red, and they seemed to be staring at Herag, giving him a slight discomfort.

"What is this..." Herag recognized the shape of the eyes and felt he had seen related information in a book.

"Shenlan, what is this?" he directly asked Shenlan.

"Based on the search, the probability that these are eyes of the Kuluta Race is 98.34%. The Kuluta Race was a species residing in the remote mountainous regions of the Kala Continent, whose eyes turned crimson when emotionally agitated. This color was regarded as one of the world’s seven great beauties. Many nobles offered high prices for such red eyes, leading to the massacre of the Kuluta Race, currently extinct," Shenlan replied with detailed information, and Herag, seeing this information, remembered that these eyes were also rare magic potion materials. Although he didn’t need them at the moment, they could be useful in the future.

Given they were extinct, it wouldn’t hurt to hold onto them.