Chapter 16.1 - The Treasure Hunting Record in Needham Plain’s Ruins Part 1 (2/2)

However, these Bloodkin familiars summoned by Lucifer had a high-level existence leading them. Hiding in the blood mist under the cover of blood bats and blood wolves, that existence carefully observed the scene to look for any opportunities to cause further chaos. Those Berserkers might be able to escape it if they retreated in concert, but Prince Gruz was not a Berserker. It was impossible for him to escape. Taking advantage of this time while Prince Gurz was flurried, a shadow flitted out of the blood mist and pounced onto the unguarded Prince Gruz. Grunting in surprise, those elite Berserkers around Prince Gruz were a step too slow. Before they could reach him, Prince Gurz had already been swept away by that shadow without a trace.

In the city ruins of Needham Plain, Clyde diligently followed Princess Natalie, searching for money and goods in this discarded city. The gold coin chests in those discarded stores were already extremely worn-out, and almost all of them had their locks already ruined, so they were very easy to open them. After looking around for a short while, Clyde discovered a lot of gold coins. On average, a shop had dozens of gold coins, so by scavenging an entire city, Clyde gained a lot of capital.

“Grab a little more. Like this, we’ll have more military funds. Clyde, I will lend you this storage ring. After completing this mission, you can keep it. Just regard it as a gift.”

“Princess Natalie, that’s wrong. I am just an ordinary soldier; this gift is too precious.”

“Are you dissatisfied with it? Although the grade of this ring is not very high, it can store a lot of things.”

Princess Natalie passed a storage ring to Clyde for storing money and goods. Now that it was only the two of them, Clyde didn’t conceal his appearance and generously showed his face to Princess Natalie. Princess Natalie had some doubts in her heart, but she didn’t ask any questions. Basically, Clyde’s temperament didn’t resemble that of a soldier, and there were no calluses on his hands. According to her estimations, he had probably never held a weapon. As for his background, Princess Natalie couldn’t guess.

Clyde had yet to learn that Kruft Kingdom’s military camp had already been almost completely annihilated by the Bloodkin familiars summoned by his younger sister Lucifer; only those elite berserkers had withdrawn with great difficulty. Needham Plain, however, was very calm as it had always been before. It was so calm that it was terrifying. The only thing breaking the silence over these ruins were the the occasional sounds of movement as they neared other squads.

Princess Natalie gradually led Clyde toward the depths of the city ruins. Her objective was the discarded Castellan residence. Generally speaking, the Castellan residence was the richest place in a city. The banking of every human nation on Ximengsi Continent was managed internally, so all city lords had a secondary job of providing banking services. The merchants inside a city generally deposited their wealth in the underground treasury of the Suzerain residence.

Natalie’s objective was the Castellan residence’s underground treasury. That place should have the entire city’s deposited wealth. As long as she could smoothly open it, it would be much better than plundering these small stores. Mysteriously, Princess Natalie had a complete map of Needham Plain that she used to guide Clyde and herself to the entrance of the Castellan residence’s basement.

When they neared the basement’s entrance, Clyde immediately detected many people hiding within because they shared his “Evil God” attribute. Princess Natalie, however, didn’t notice any problem. She confidently walked toward that opened basement gate. In that pitch-dark basement, vague golden flashes could be seen as the luster of gold coins reflected the dim light from their candles.

Just when Princess Natalie wanted to enter, Clyde suddenly grabbed this red-haired beauty’s shoulder. Although Princess Natalie was a Berserk Swordswoman, she was not strong enough to struggle free of his hands.

Upon noticing this fact, she asked in astonishment, “Clyde, what’s going on?”

“Princess, you don’t need to go down to this place. I alone am enough; you can just wait for the gold coins here.”