Su caught Molly's look, nodded, and walked over to one of the chests.
Slowly raising his hand, he formed a tiny gray wind blade and lightly swept it across the chest's lock. With a click, the lock was cut open.
With a creak, Su opened the chest, and colored lights immediately spilled out. Everyone could not help but look over, and upon seeing what was inside, their breathing caught.
It was filled to the brim with jewels: fist-sized gemstones, priceless spider web crystal, rare colored diamonds...
Simply put, it was filled with money. A great deal of money.
Richard stared at it, clearly taken aback, before turning to look at the other chests.
"Creak, creak, creak..."
Su had already opened the remaining chests at the right moment. Their contents were all much the same. The exact items might not have been identical, but they were all jewels that could fetch an extremely high price.
The faint curiosity in Richard's eyes flickered, then abruptly vanished. His gaze dimmed, his expression fell away, and he pressed his lips together, unsure what to say.
Molly had been watching Richard from the corner of her eye. Seeing his reaction, she turned toward him in surprise and asked, "You... are a little disappointed?"
"Well..." Richard hesitated for a moment, then sighed softly. "I am a little disappointed. More precisely, I'm surprised. I thought it would be something else. I really didn't expect it to be jewelry. But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense—well, unexpected, but reasonable."
It truly was unexpected, yet reasonable.
Ever since they had begun exploring the ruins, he had guessed that Molly's target might be anything—perhaps a powerful spell tool, even stronger than the Energy Furnace; perhaps some terrifying spell capable of destroying every enemy in its path. He had never