Kingdom Treasury

Park ran all the way to the treasure vault. Although he hadn't been there many times, as the heir to the kingdom, he also possessed the key to open it.

He didn't have the key on him; it was in his palace. Before coming to the treasury, he went to his palace, which was located to the east of the royal palace, and he happened to pick up the key to open the treasury on his way there.

The entrance to the entire National Treasure is not large, and is even somewhat inconspicuous, but it is located in the heart of the royal palace.

The long corridor stretched for hundreds of meters, its ancient brown color contrasting sharply with the heavy security surrounding it. But now, all the guards had fallen.

The treasure vault's door was a five-meter-high gray gate that appeared to be made of iron, but was actually constructed of extremely sturdy materials. Even a Vice Admiral- level expert might not be able to break it.

This is why this material is extremely precious, and the treasuries of most of the world's most powerful kingdoms were essentially made from it.

First, open the door. All you need is a key. Take out the key, insert it into the keyhole, and with a "click," the door lock closes. Park places his hand on the door and pushes it forcefully inward.

The treasure vault doors slowly opened; even opening them required immense power. Once the doors opened, Park took two steps forward, and the two large doors behind him automatically closed and locked.

This gate is only the first barrier to entering the treasure vault. Inside, three meters ahead, there is a second gate, but this gate has no key. On the gate, there are movable Tekkai, one of which has a gap.

On the Tekkai, there are images drawn, but these Tekkai are combined as a whole to form a single image.

To open the door, you need to complete this diagram and move the Tekkai to their corresponding positions. In this world, there aren't many people who like to use their brains; most people prefer to rely on brute force.

Therefore, opening this thing is very difficult. Without the right technique, you'll just have to spend time, and you might even get stuck somewhere.

Park had no problem with this; he had trained with it before. As soon as he saw it, he moved his hands up, down, left, and right across the Tekkai.

Within minutes, the last piece of Tekkai moved, and the whole picture was perfectly completed. The picture looks a bit like an octopus's tentacles being divided; they look very similar and can easily be confused.

The moment it was completed, it seemed as if some mechanism was triggered, and with a "click," the door opened automatically.

Once inside, you'll find the royal treasury.

The gate opened, revealing a dazzling display of gold. Gold was cut into blocks and neatly stacked to form a small mountain like a pyramid. Elsewhere, special treasures and precious objects were marked with special labels and displayed on exquisite stands.

Every few meters, there is one of these precious treasures. These treasures were all plundered from the wars of the Kraken Kingdom over the years.

But to be honest, the Kraken Kingdom didn't have much treasure, and its overall value was insufficient.

While not a small amount, it was only comparable to smaller countries, and such a quantity of treasure did not live up to the reputation of the Kraken Kingdom as a powerful nation.

Whether it was gold or Beli, most of it was used by the royal family of the Kraken Kingdom for research and development, and for building weapons.

Like the treasuries of other kingdoms, which are piled up like mountains, only a few particularly precious treasures are specially displayed.

The gold here is covered with a layer of ash; perhaps this is the last vestige of dignity for the Kraken Kingdom.

Although it's rather modest, its overall value is around 10 billion Beli, which is only slightly more than the Heavenly Gold of the Grape Kingdom on Grape Island.

Ignoring the treasure, Park walked inside, reaching the innermost corner of the vault. He reached out and tapped lightly on one of the walls twice; both taps produced solid sounds.

Finally, a hollow sound came out, and Park's face lit up with joy. He stretched out his finger and pressed hard into the area.

Suddenly, a round hole appeared in the originally flat wall, and there was a mechanism inside.

Upon triggering the mechanism, the floorboards on one side suddenly opened and lifted, revealing a hollow space beneath. Below the dark hollow was a long staircase leading underground, its destination unknown.

Park released his hand, and the mechanism that had been pressed in automatically returned to its original state, perfectly intact without a single seam. One couldn't help but admire the skill of the person who built this mechanism.

Immediately afterward, Park was walking down when suddenly he stopped and turned around to look around the vault. In that instant, he felt as if someone was watching him.

But there was nothing there. I shook my head; it seemed I was just being too nervous.

As they descended into the passage, they made sure to close the raised floor panel before going completely down.

In the shadows, someone was indeed watching him, but it was at the top of the vault. Seeing Park enter the underground passage, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This man was Nelson, carrying out an important mission from Captain Teach. He was in this Curry and had arrived ahead of schedule. Unexpectedly, after he entered the vault, someone else entered, seemingly with the same idea.

Upon closer inspection, Nelson recognized Park; he had seen information about Park before—he was the prince of this kingdom.

Just now, Nelson was underground. Because of his abilities, including a god-like perspective and teleportation, all traps and mechanisms were useless to him. He easily discovered the secret treasure hidden beneath the National Treasure.

Using their abilities, they avoided one obstacle after another, but were blocked by a single door.

He had been there for several minutes, but was stuck at the last minute and unable to get in.

Knowing that Park had entered, he switched places and hid on the top of the vault. In the instant Park turned around to look, Nelson switched places multiple times, changing his position to be out of Park's sight.

This gave Nelson a real fright.

However, upon seeing Park, Nelson felt a surge of hope; he knew that his problem could definitely be solved.

Park's goal was the same as his: the underground treasure vault. He had already seen the treasure vault above and found it unremarkable. At such a critical moment when war was raging outside, why would he bother with such worthless treasure?

Moreover, even if they were to escape, they would only take the more precious items hidden in the Curry.

The Devil Fruit that Teach wanted was hidden among them.

The entire passageway was very dark.

However, as Park entered, the interior became increasingly brighter, and he could gradually see the situation inside the passage more clearly.

The surrounding rock walls are made of a special kind of stone; it will light up if you give it light, but it won't light up if you don't give it light.

It sounds like a useless thing, but the luster of this stone has a delayed effect. As long as you give it a little light, it will slowly light up. Because the floor is open, the outside light enters the channel, stimulating the substances inside the strange stone and causing them to light up.

Now that the floor is closed, no more light is coming in, and soon the stones will slowly darken, but that will be enough time.

In such a dark and secret passage, such stones are extremely valuable, and many people want them, but their production is very low, thus their market value is also very high.

We continued down to the bottom; this passage was very long, extending more than a hundred meters underground. I wonder how it was constructed.

In front of Park, a five-meter-tall iron gate appeared.

Hidden in the shadows, Nelson was somewhat excited. He was stuck here. He had overcome so many obstacles in the Kraken Kingdom's treasury, how could he fall at the last step? After all, his mission was crucial, because the battle outside was still ongoing.

Their Night Pirates, besides taking down the Kraken Kingdom, was to eliminate it quickly. This required the Devil Fruit, because their most powerful opponent, the Kraken Kingdom King, would take several days and nights to defeat with Teach's current strength alone. By then, the news would have already spread across the seas.

The entire door was covered with a layer of Seastone, preventing him from using his abilities directly through the door. The walls inside the treasure vault were also covered with a thin layer of Seastone, which prevented him from entering.

His ability allowed him to see Curry, but no matter how he used it, he couldn't cross the Seastone to enter. He could enter even if there was just a crack, but there wasn't even a crack.

This also made him realize a flaw in his ability: if he were in a room surrounded by Seastone, he would be trapped inside, unable to get out even if he could use his ability.

If he is blocked by the Seastone in five directions, he can only escape in the last direction. If the last direction is the ground, he will not be able to escape and will be crushed to death.

Although this defect is not commonly used, it is extremely fatal.

Originally, if there was really no other way, he planned to use his ability to directly put the door covered with Seastone into his space, which would not affect the use of his ability.

At this moment, Park arrived, saving him from all that trouble. Remembering the consequences of storing a warship in his spatial dimension, he dared not bear the thought of doing it again.

If he had held on for just a few more seconds, he would have died—a thousand-ton warship.

This door, five meters high and three meters wide, appears to weigh tens of tons, which would put considerable pressure on him.

Now that Park was there, he stopped making a move, afraid of being discovered by Park.

Park then took out a key, the same one used to open the main gate. However, it wasn't over yet. On the gate, there was a rotating handle with six layers of numbers encircling a central ring. A correct password was required to open the gate.

Seeing this, Nelson couldn't help but want to curse. So many obstacles they'd encountered along the way, even in the passageways, there were hidden traps. The Kraken Kingdom family really needed to be careful.

This secret treasure trove wasn't even mentioned in the intelligence of the Tiresfa Kingdom; it was Nelson who discovered it using his own abilities.

Given the preciousness of Seastone and Nelson's limitations, even Teach couldn't help but think, "I've miscalculated!"

They placed too much trust in Nelson's abilities and underestimated the complexity of the Kraken Kingdom's treasury.

It must be said that this prince of the Kraken Kingdom did help the Night Pirates, but even so, Nelson will not give him a lavish funeral; he will simply be buried in the ground.

Park gripped the handle and spun the ring rapidly. The final password was "kraken," the name of the Kraken Kingdom.

The treasure vault doors opened, revealing a brightly lit interior. Although somewhat ordinary, a huge, radiant moon-shaped pearl hung from the ceiling, shining like the full moon.

Inside, there are many treasures, and judging from the appearance, they add up to about the same amount as the treasures in the Curry above.

Everything was stored in a treasure chest, neatly packed. This was undoubtedly the private treasure of the Kraken Kingdom family. With so much treasure, it seemed the Kraken Kingdom family had long ago planned to flee should their kingdom be destroyed. With this treasure, they could still live a good life.

The hidden passageway reveals that this underground treasure vault is connected to a long, almost endless tunnel, which, judging by its direction, seems to lead beyond the island. However, it is unknown when it was built.

Another passageway connects to the upper level, which appears to be a palace, or the king's residence.

Park glanced greedily at the treasure, a sense of crisis creeping into his heart. If his father died and the kingdom was hopeless, he would flee, taking the treasure with him and disappearing into the distance.

But right now, improving one's own strength is the most important thing. In the center of the secret room, there is a white jade platform with two boxes on it, and inside are two Devil Fruits.

They must all be rare Devil Fruit, otherwise they wouldn't be stored in this Curry.

The treasure vault above originally contained several Devil Fruits, but they were all given away. The less useful ones were sold off and exchanged for Beli.

As a prince and the future heir to this kingdom, he already knew all the secrets of this kingdom; otherwise, he wouldn't have known how to enter this secret treasure trove.

He had visited this treasure trove once before, and it left a deep impression on him. His father had brought him there to let him know about the royal family and their secret.

Therefore, he didn't know what abilities those two Devil Fruit possessed, and he didn't examine them closely.

Stepping into the two boxes and opening them reveals the Devil Fruit inside: on the left is a pale purple Devil Fruit, and on the right is a blue Devil Fruit.

The name of the Devil Fruit and related information are engraved on the front of the box.

Park's gaze first fell on the names of the two Devil Fruits.

"Dark-Dark Fruit"

"Ancient Species: Wild Boar Crocodile"