Her Majesty the Queen had come to enjoy the spectacle and left, but Li Wei still had to stay behind to clean up the mess.
Specifically, he had to deal with the dragon's treasure.
"I've lived to this ripe old age, and this is still my first time seeing a true dragon's hoard."
Standing on the raised platform, the Old Butler gazed down at the mountain of gold coins and sighed with wonder. The place was no longer pitch-black. The lights of civilization and technology illuminated the darkness, revealing the entire mound of gold.
"It must be quite fun to swim in there."
Incidentally, Li Wei and Katie had already gone swimming in it. It really did feel amazing.
If this era had smartphones, they would have had to film it and upload the video for everyone to see.
Naturally, these gold coins had to be hauled away. The agents from Military Intelligence Section Seven and the soldiers the Queen had brought were sweating buckets as they pushed carts, carrying load after load of coins out of the chamber and through the opening to the outside world. Clearly, this also proved that Her Majesty really intended to make the whole thing public, so she wasn't worried about the soldiers talking.
Still, Li Wei could understand why everyone was so excited. This was a mountain of gold coins, after all. Plenty of people had heard stories about dragons' lairs and treasures, but seeing one with their own eyes-and even helping move its riches-was something well worth bragging about.
As for the gold coins themselves... well, this might spoil the mood a little, but Her Majesty wanted to keep some in the treasury as collectibles. If the rest were confirmed to be gold, they would simply be melted down.
What else were