Chapter 376: The vault

“WHO DID IT!” Caspian yelled as he looked around at the empty base. He was furious. "WHO DARES!" he screamed, making the entire dungeon shake.

He had just returned from attending the preliminary tournament where he acted as a judge in his pervert father''s place! He was hungry for some snacks after a long day.

Reaching here, he discovered that not only his snacks were gone, but Even his Hell-Silver vault where he kept his demonic sword and armor was nowhere to be found!

That thing was supposed to be impregnable, but someone had the audacity to grab the entire thing that weighed several Tons!

“We saw nothing, Master... We just hid outside the cabin like you told us, and no one approached or opened the door!” One man said. He was one of the two who were tasked to guard this place

“It is not our fault! The alarm at the trap door didn’t trigger either! the...” the second said didn’t continue as he and his friend suddenly found themselves without heads.

“Useless scum!” Caspian snorted as he took a silver-colored talisman and put it on the floor right in front of the vault. Whoever took it must have stood right at this place.

The talisman burnt... Then nothing happened.

“Failed?” Caspian frowned. His tracking talisman never failed before. This meant that whoever was here was simply too powerful.

Caspian thought for a moment and then took a different talisman. This one was vastly different from the other one, it had all kinds of strange symbols all over it as if it was not something a human would make. It also looked very old.

Caspian placed it right under where the vault was then stepped back 3 feet.

This time there was a response as the talisman burnt in an ominous green fire, its smoke slowly reformed into three symbols. Two faint ones and a very visible last.

“Dark, Space, AND CORPSE!” Caspian frowned. “The Von Zwei?” he wondered.

...

“I can’t leave with you!” Lily said directly. She was sitting with Victor and his harem in the study having an emergency meeting.

“You have other plans?” Victor asked. He had just informed the girls of his departure with his father and was giving them their roles for the next period of time.

“Yes... My family will come to take me in a couple of months at most, and I need to get a few things ready before I become full under their supervision!” she explained. “If your family visit took too long, I will miss this chance!”

Victor frowned. Lily was keeping very vague on purpose. “Dungeon diving?” He asked.

“Yes... And some recruitment too,” she nodded after some hesitation.

“Can you take Elise and Monica with you?” he asked. He wanted the girls to bond a little and at the same time use the chance to level them up a little.

“No... It is too dangerous....” she replied directly.

“I see... Just be careful!” Victor said as he turned toward the twins. “Do you plan to stay here or go with your mother when she returns home?” he said. “She has already reserved a ticket for next week!”

“We will go with her... We will work with Alpha to save Mona from those bastards who were scamming her!” Mina said.

“Good, then take Theta and Ruby with you... I will give you a map to an unopened F-ranked dungeon near Ring Cloud City where you will be staying, take Mona and her stupid Justice Ring there and make them players after you finish!” he said. “I will keep in contact with you through our link, but you also have to be careful!”

“We understand!” they nodded as Theta looked at him.

“You want me to start the Players Guild there?” she asked.

“Yes... It was far enough from Vein City to not arouse any suspicion! Can you do it?” he asked.

“YES!” she nodded.

“Good... Make sure to recruit Mona and her friends to your cause!“ Victor said.

He couldn’t keep protecting the girls, they needed to get stronger by themselves. Although it would be dangerous, it was something they had to face sooner or later.

And it was not like he didn''t give each of them a ton of defense talismans and a protection artifact.

“Can’t I go with you?” Lin asked.

“My father’s orders...” Victor said. “And you will be taking care of that Bianca girl... You are the only one available that I can use my power through at the moment!” he added. “Margret and Mira in addition to the assassin girls will be your support!” he said. Lin was strong enough to defeat any enemy, so the task of impersonating Crimson Pearl was left to her.

“Let’s do that then...” Victor said. As he stood up.

“Is this over?” Margret asked as she began to stretch.

“No... I have one more thing!” Victor said as he took out a vault from his storage space and placed it on the ground with difficulty. It was super heavy. “I remember seeing this in your father’s office, do you know how to open it without activating the protection mechanism?” He asked Lily.

“Is this Caspian''s?” She asked in shock. She knew how precious this Vault was. Even her cheap father decided to use it for himself to keep one of the shards after it was retrieved from the Heavenly sect''s ruins.

“Yup... That demonic prince armor he hides in there will be perfect for the Nutcracker... It will make it extra Authentic!” he said with a devilish smile. “Even high-ranking demons will have to grovel at my feet when they see it!”

“You can’t equip that you know... Only real demons can!” Lily said as she began to examine the vault.

“Ah... I have my ways and I only need its aura... Don’t worry!” Victor lied.

...

Tom rubbed his hands as he looked at the huge vault in front of him. He was currently in his separate meditation room where no one would enter and disturb him.

He usually spends his time here, trying the system-supplied toys under the pretext of meditating.

“System... How to open this baby?” Tom asked with a depraved smile.

; ;

CALCULATING... USE THE PIN CODE

IT SHOULD BE....

3.. 1.. 4.. 1.. 5.. 9.. 2.. 6.. 5.. 3.. 5.. 8.. 9.. 7.. 9

AFTER OPENING IT MOVE TO THE SIDE, THE SYSTEM DETECTED A DEFENSE TALISMAN!

“I understand...” Tom said as he began to slowly turn the dial according to the system’s instructions until he reached the final digit where he heard a clear click.

Stepping to the side, he slowly turned the knob and opened the Vault’s door. From there, a Vortex of flames erupted and hit the exact spot Tom was standing earlier in front of the vault.

The system was right once again!

Inside, wasting for him was a Golden sword and S rolled-up scroll that Tom couldn’t help but unroll and look at. It was the painting of a pretty lady in some very lewd position.

; ; CAREFUL LOOKING AT THAT PAINTING... IT WILL INCREASE YOUR LIBIDO

IT IS AN EVIL ARTIFACT THAT IS USED TO DISTRACT ENEMIES!

“Oh...” Tom quickly rolled the scroll back and then took the lavish-looking sword.

; ; THE JUSTICE BRINGER, S

INCREASE DAMAGE +10%

“OH... This sword is not bad!” Tom said as he looked at it. “Why would Caspian lock up such a good sword?” Tom asked.

; ; BECAUSE IT IS STOLEN!

CASPIAN DOESN’T DARE TO USE IT!

The system quickly replied.

“Then how am I going to use it?” Tom asked with annoyance, then almost gasped as he watched the sword as it changed shape into a normal-looking one.

; ; THE WHIMSICAL SYSTEM FELT YOUR FRUSTRATION.

DUE TO THE SYSTEM’S WHIMSICAL NATURE IT DECIDED TO CHANGE THE SWORD’S SHAPE FOR YOU FREE OF CHARGE!

“Thanks!” Tom said as he began to swing the sword around. It was really easy to use and he really likes it!

; ; THE SYSTEM REMINDS YOU TO GET RID OF THE SAFE AS CASPIAN MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRACE IT.

PREFERRED METHOD: SYSTEM DISSOLVE (JUST PUT IT IN THE STORAGE SPACE AND THE SYSTEM WILL DO THE REST)

COST : 10 SYSTEM COINS!

“Can’t we just keep it in the storage space?” Tom asked.

; ; POSSIBLE

COST: 1500 COINS PER DAY.

IT IS JUST TOO HEAVY!

“Ah... Just dissolve it...” Tom said. He really liked this sturdy thing, but apparently, he couldn’t keep it.