"Godrick, you bastard! You didn't even tell me where the thing was."
Zhao Si pawed through the gold, sweating with exhaustion and already feeling short of air. There was no need to install ventilation in a vault, so in this completely sealed space, his time was limited. He had to find the Bolt of Gransax before he suffocated. If not for their friendship, Zhao Si would have opened his Inventory and emptied the vault outright.
Of course, Godrick would not actually let him suffocate. Hiding in an alley, Godrick watched the vault doors and kept track of the time. They had agreed on five minutes. Once he confirmed Zhao Si had entered the vault, Godrick would wait five minutes, then use a change of heart as an excuse to retrieve him.
It was hardly the first or second time Godrick had acted on a sudden whim, anyway. The guards were used to it and would not find anything suspicious.
Inside the vault, Zhao Si frantically clawed through the gold. Cast into beads, the gold slipped through his fingers and made for unsteady footing. He reached in and pulled out a longsword, glanced at it, then tossed it aside. Not everything shaped like a weapon was a suitable weapon; plenty of them were ornaments.
After finally feeling as though he had dug something out, he discovered it was a treasure chest and had to toss it aside as well. Unexpectedly, the chest must have been holding something in place. The moment he moved it, the entire mountain of gold collapsed, sending gold beads crashing down on Zhao Si from every direction.
With nowhere to hide, Zhao Si could only do his best to protect his head as the gold beads buried him in a clattering heap.
A moment later, amid a