--Herasul Secret Treasure.
The greatest treasury of the thousand-year-old Herasul, a treasure countless adventurers dreamed of.
At this moment, it had been opened, revealed before Iver's eyes just like that.
It was a colossal fortune capable of changing the world—a wealth so abundant that it had completely lost its meaning to an individual, enough to save a country from ruin and allow millions to live happy lives for a thousand years.
Yet when he saw wealth on this scale, Iver was overcome by an inexplicable sense of emptiness. It was like seeing banknotes piled as high as a mountain in a bank vault and, instead, losing all concept of their value.
But this quantity of gold was merely "plastic wrap," serving as a vessel for the Preservation technique.
After all, if the Preservation technique were applied directly to a supernatural item, the power of the Path of Twilight within it would seep into the item and cause unforeseen changes. But if the technique were applied to densely packed gold and the gold were used as a container to store the items inside, the result would be much better.
--The treasury here was a "golden treasury" in the literal sense.
"...You mean the real treasure is beneath the gold?"
At Iver's words, Noel moved her fingers slightly.
She wanted to use her alchemy to alter the shape of the gold—to turn it into liquid, make it flow, or cast it into an entirely new form.
Changing the form of matter was precisely what the Goldstone Knight was best at.
But when she used it on this gold, the feedback felt abnormally dull. It was like the difference between lifting a stone slab with one's hand and trying to move it with one's little finger.
The gold merely trembled slightly, and the