Empty!
The enormous treasury was completely empty!
There wasn't even a copper coin on the spotless floor!
Impossible!
Victor instinctively shut the door, then pushed it open again.
Still, there was nothing.
He rushed into the treasury, slapping every floor tile and knocking on every brick in the walls.
He hoped to find a secret chamber.
One filled with Ferry Coins, equipment, and items.
Unfortunately.
The sounds and sensations from his knocking told him that everything here was solid.
"How is this possible?"
Victor couldn't help murmuring.
Given Ring City's population and wealth, its treasury should have yielded an enormous haul. How could there be nothing here?
Could it be...
Did I find the wrong place?
But the direction I followed, the footprints on the ground, and the arcane seals on the door all indicated that this had to be Ring City's treasury!
Victor rose, his face full of suspicion.
Then, suddenly thinking of something, he immediately sprang up and rushed outside.
But just as he reached the treasury's entrance, a figure blocked his path.
It was...
The Qi King!
One of Ring City's three kings, he looked at the empty treasury and began trembling all over.
"Victor!"
The hate-filled voice was practically squeezed through clenched teeth.
Although Ring City's treasury wasn't their private treasury, it was still one of their important assets. It even played a crucial part in their plan.
Now someone had emptied it!
There were no signs nearby of the chests containing Ferry Coins, equipment, and items.
Clearly, the intruder must have used a Legendary Array to transport everything to his own world.
Was this his objective all along?
Laying trap after trap, using the [Philosopher's Stone] core as bait to seize our wealth!
Unforgivable!
The Qi King, who believed he had figured everything out in