Chapter 221. The Spear and the Treasure Chest (1) (2/2)
And so, the expedition team quickly set up camp and began settling accounts.
They were prepared to take a long time given the sheer volume of the wealth. But thanks to Roselle neatly sorting the treasures and everyone working together with one heart, the calculations progressed at a fast pace.
First, the gold coins— no, the gold eggs. Kazuki weighed them on a scale and found that each bead weighed about 70 grams.
Considering that the average weight of gold coins in Paradise was close to 1 ounce, each egg was worth 2.5 gold coins.
There were 800 of such gold eggs in total. Or 2,000 gold in terms of coins.Since the expedition team had a total of eight members, each individual could receive 250 coins worth of gold. If converted into cash, each of them would receive 126 billion 250 million won.
Of course, it was necessary to keep in mind that the market prices were completely different between Paradise and Earth, but the fact that it was still a staggering amount beyond imagination did not change.
The important part was that this was the calculation of only one out of a total of seven parts of the wealth.
The expedition team skipped dinner and continued to calculate their spoils, but no one complained.
Classifying the gems proved to be a bit more difficult. Nevertheless, with Kazuki and Marcel Ghionea displaying their sharp eyesight and dexterity as Archers, the end finally began to appear.
Meanwhile, Seol Jihu opened the smaller boxes to check their contents. The boxes were lighter than expected and the inside of them were items that were wrapped in soft cotton.
For example, the last box he opened contained a crystal sculpture shaped in the figure of a bird. It was definitely beautiful to behold, but the faint light emitting from its surface made it seem extraordinary.
As Seol Jihu was turning it over, trying to figure out what it was, Flone spoke up.
[It’s an offering.]
”An offering?”
[Yep. It contains holy power. Not a lot, but it’s probably around a superior-grade offering.]
”Wow. Isn’t a superior-grade offering extremely rare?”
[What are you talking about!? Offerings to Gods should only be supreme-grade, or at least top-grade goods.]
Either way, Seol Jihu was extremely excited. While it was far from enough to wish for Seo Yuhui’s complete recovery, it would be of some help.
”Hey! Seol! Don’t dawdle around and help me over here!”
Chohong, who was counting silver coins, shouted and beckoned him over with her hand. Seol Jihu quickly walked over.
Time swiftly passed while they were busy sorting the goods. The sun set and the moon rose, and the night shifted into a bright dawn with dew glistening on the grass.
The expedition team finally finished the calculations.
”…I had never expected during all my time in Paradise that a day would come where I’d be calculating in units of gold coins.”
Kazuki rose up from his seat, wiping sweat off his forehead. Then, he passed a piece of paper to Seol Jihu.
”It’s the final account record. Take a look.”
Seol Jihu hurriedly received the paper. On it were several categories and numbers written in a neat handwriting.
1. 18 gold bars (600g per piece, total of 10.8kg = about 386 gold coins)2. 800 gold eggs (70g per piece, total of 56kg = about 2,000 gold coins)3. 1,200 chunks of silver (800g per piece, total of 960kg = about 31 gold coins)4. 56,000 silver coins (31g per piece, total of 1,736kg = about 56 gold coins)5. 5,400 gems (ruby, sapphire, emerald, opal, amethyst, pearl, topaz, peridot; 675 pieces each)6. 20 offerings7. Other
#Weight of an average gold coin: 28g# Weight of an average silver coin: 31g
”Whoa….”
The tips of Seol Jihu’s mouth curled up higher the further he read. A laugh naturally burst out.
”So, how much is it in total? In gold coins.”
Teresa squeezed herself in between the two handsome men and asked.
”I don’t know.”
Kazuki flatly replied.
”My brain was about to explode trying to calculate the worth from the fifth item onwards on the list. This is my limit.”
”I guess so.”
Teresa agreed and looked at Seol Jihu, who was laughing in glee.
”When should we distribute these?”
Seol Jihu gave a wide smile and looked around at the members.
”How about right now?”
A loud cheer broke out. The calculations were done. And when the time for the awaited distribution came, everyone released the excitement they had bottled up throughout the march.
”Yoohoo~!”
Chohong did a mask dance and high-fived Hugo with her feet when he stuck his feet out.
”Aaah~ssa! Busan seagulls~ Busan seagull~!”