Key to the Treasury.
Durability 2/20.
After using it several times and of the rust, the Key is nearing its obsolete.
With severe corrosion, its most likely will be able be used three times.
‘Che, only one or two uses after the quest. Well whatever, a piece of cake.’
The location of the treasure was a necessity.
The vampire did not give out the location of the treasury so they will have to explore with the rusty key.
However, Weed had already survey all of Todeum and had confirmed the location of the said treasury.
“It’s in the spire above, located directly below the moon in the center of Todeum.”
For Weed, every time he wanted to give up on the quest, he would look toward at the spire and would break out in drools.
Even through the lighting, thunder, and the cataclysm of the day before, he would do the same.
All he could see were the garishly appeal of gold within the interior of that spire.
Maylon expresses her doubts.
“But that spire doesn’t have any ascending path with a closed door leading to it?”
“The window is the answer to that.”
“Huh?”
“It’s a characteristic of Vampires. All they really need is a window. Once they get in through the window, then they can activate the stairs to go up on the other side within it. Its location will be revealed exactly where the moon will hit it.”
The whole party watched Weed.
Weed, without any difficulty, went through the window of the Vampire’s treasury.
And then, along with him came a Vampire that confirmed that this was indeed the location of the treasury.
The unnamed Vampire spoke.
“One person can only take one object, one weapon, or one piece of armor. Any more than that, will incur the wrath of us Vampires.”
Only one item is allowed.
Since the Vampires does not allow any more beyond that, they will be pressed to attack.
When the Vampires lose their lives, the items in the treasury will be deprived of.
In the treasury, they could see items of those that have their spirits extricated such as Koldeurim.
Even with Koldeurim’s body liberated, without his soul, he remained incomplete.
There were dozens of beads on display, Koldeurim’s soul was depicted in one of the transparent bead.
-Ooo, finally signs of humans…
The ghostly voice of Koldeurim.
Though it was a ghostly cry, it was filled with emotions such as joy and ecstasy.
-Human, get me out. I’m Koldeurim of the Kallamore Kingdom; finally, I will be able to devote my allegiance to the king again.
But alas, this was a treasury of the Vampires, they were not obligated to do anything for a human.
Beside money, Weed doesn’t know of anything; the party too, seemingly resembles him, while the Geomchis do not care about anybody but themselves!
Weed said annoyingly.
“Who are you?”
-You do not know about me? I’m the Knight of Kallamore Kingdom, Koldeurim.
“Is that so? You got trapped.”
-……
Koldeurim spoke much more carefully now.
-If I can break free from the bind of this bead, then my soul will be set free. Due to the Vampire’s trickery my soul was captured; even now, my body is somewhere waiting for the day that my soul can return.
“How do you know it’s not rotting away right now?”
-……
Weed’s sentence was a few words away from making Koldeurim burst in frustration!
The hope he felt that came along with the humans explicitly plummeted down all the way to hell.
Within the bead the filled with Koldeurim’s soul, the glint was getting dimmer and dimmer.
The wounded soul of a Knight!
Maylon gently whispered into Weed’s ear.
“Weed nim, in this case, his resurrection would be just fine since it was already been determined.”
“How so?”
“With people of the past, there were some prerequisites for resurrection, such as occupying a new body…well, virtually all of them searches for a Warlock’s body. Or if there’s a body existed in the temple, that could be used too. If the soul of the missing and the body haven’t disappeared, the body can be preserve through magic or placed in a dungeon accordingly to repel any intruders, so it’s possible for the body to survive.”
“So, you’re saying that he could really be resurrected on the continent.”
“It’s fully possible.”
But even with that, Weed wouldn’t release Koldeurim just like that.
“But Koldeurim will never know how hard we’ve fought just to get our ways up to here. To save you, we have to give into the demands of the Vampires. It’s like throwing mud all over our bodies after we came all the way here…If we just release you all willy nilly, then you’ll just forget the favor you receive.”
-A Knight would never forget the grace of others.
“Koldeurim, if you practice chivalry just as you do against monsters, I hope you do not forget to stand straight with conviction. That’s all I really wanted you to do.”
Golden-hearted mode!
Without having to break the bead that contains the soul, Weed was operating to increase Familiarity with the being inside it.
For the upright Knights, his intention was to imitate having integrity and innocence.
However, Koldeurim wasn’t a great knight for nothing as he wasn’t easily swayed.
-That’s strange. A second ago you said you don’t care to relea…..
“That’s the conviction I want to see in you…in fact, in order to save you, we’ve lost a lot of our colleagues…keuheuk!”
Weed even tried to squeeze out a few tears!
He flashed a smile with a thought of the dead practitioners.
‘I suppose they have earned their keep.’
Nevertheless, seeing an adventurer who prioritized camaraderie like that, Koldeurim’s voice softened.
-I..in order to save just me…in the future when I may return to Kallamore Kingdom, I will never forget you. I’m sorry. I do not possess anything at the moment to present to you; but in the future, I promise I will not forget to do so.
If one befriended a king or nobles, then the chance of receiving quests is higher while the gain is greater.
But with just a slight Familiarity made here, then they could set up the framework to have an easier access to Kallamore Kingdom to come and go as they pleased.
As a dark gamer, he needed to work on having Familiarity with several kingdoms, no matter now risky that may be.
Weed was already satisfied with this, but a sudden idea popped up.
“Call Death Knight Van Hawk!”
“I answer your call, Master!”
Death Knight.
The reason he was summoned was because he used to a Knight of Kallamore.
“Were you also a Knight of Kallamore Kingdom?”
“A day to day life. Now as a Death Knight, I’m faithfully dedicated to the owner.”
“Even so, you can have a little chat between the two of since you both are Kallamore natives.”
“Understood.”
The Death Knight eyed Kodeurim who was trapped in the bead.
“You’re a Kallamore native?”
-Yes. But I cannot reveal my name to a Death Night.
Koldeurim was trying to deny the idea of being in the same prestigious knighthood with a Death Knight.
The Death Knight patiently asked.
“From which platoon?”
-What?
“I asked which platoon you were assigned to from the knight academy.”
-The 694th.
Having heard that, the Death Knight sneered.
“It has already gotten that far huh? I was in the 164th.”
-Seonbae nim!
Once a Knight, always a Knight!
Van Hawk was a seonbae to Koldeurim for a lifetime due to having served for Kallamore empire.
It was not a matter of Familiarity.
It’s the Rank!
Death Knight Van Hawk and Koldeurim’s ranking hierarchy was formed.
In a sense, it was the same as those with higher rank in the military to not even lift a finger.
The Death Knight has lived for a long period of time.
“When I was in Kallamore, we had the entire continent shaking fear. Since when did Kallamore seem so dead?”
-I’m sorry Seonbae. Our national power has been weakened a lot by the neighboring countries that we’re not even on the map anymore.
“That’s just wonderful.”
-It was entirely our fault for being insufficient. If I had not been capture by the Vampires then…ah! Seonbae nim please save me.
“As a former Knight of Kallamore, that’s my course of action.”
-Thank you, Seonbae nim.
“What the hell man! I can’t believe you got held captive by those of the Vampire kind.”
-……
The high self-esteemed spirit Koldeurim shrunk before Weed and the Death Knight.