The Devil's Cage
Chapter 61

Dawn!

1,585 words•5 min read•0 views
1mo ago•

Coins, gold bricks, and even more irregular gold grains and nuggets gushed out like a tidal wave.

The running Qin Ran, Sheriff John, Count Wayne, and Gonglansen and Karl standing outside the corridor were all left dumbfounded.

"My fortune!"

"My fortune!"

Count Wayne cried out repeatedly.

"It was really here?"

Qin Ran was somewhat stunned.

He had never imagined that the Dawn Church's thousand years of accumulated wealth was here.

Qin Ran clearly remembered what Gonglansen had said when they had chosen this place for their ambush—

"The council hall contains the Dawn Church's thousand years of accumulated wealth?"

"I inspected it as early as fifty years ago!"

"Every wall is built from solid rock. There couldn't possibly be any hidden chambers or secret passages!"

A guardian Knight would naturally disdain to lie.

Yet the facts before Qin Ran told him that Gonglansen had completely searched in the wrong direction. Those walls built from solid rock naturally contained no hidden chambers or secret passages.

Because they themselves existed to protect the Dawn Church's thousand years of wealth.

Like the "lid" of a treasure chest!

Qin Ran could not help admiring the person who had devised such a hiding place. Perhaps that person was unknown, but they clearly understood human nature extremely well.

However, no matter how surprised he was, Qin Ran did not forget that he was in danger.

"Run!"

Qin Ran grabbed Sheriff John and started running again.

Their situation was even more dangerous now.

Compared with the crumbling hall, the surging gold was undoubtedly far more dangerous.

Once they were buried beneath it, they would certainly not survive.

With Qin Ran dragging him along, Sheriff John snapped out of it immediately. Count Wayne, however, was not so fortunate. He only came to his senses after Qin Ran and

End of Chapter
Novel

Explore the wiki