Chapter 208 (1/2)

The group of islands in the middle of the ocean was a distance away from the Ferde Wilderness If Celine had to make two 380 miles' roundabout trip to ferry they Luckily, there was a group of wild Griffins on the island

They grabbed a Griffin each after inti them with their powers and commanded them to fly back in the direction of the mainland

The Griffins were fast Within two hours, the three of theround palace The ained their freedo clearly startled and in fear They then proceeded all the way into the deepest area of the underground palace

without any obstructions

Vance carefully observed the furniture in the underground palace and said in disbelief,

”This is a surprise Everything here is intact Even the position of the chairs has not been changed If not for my memories of the past 400 years, I would even feel that I just left this place a day ago”

Link laughed ”This is the work of your oal is to protect the integrity of this sanctuary”

Speaking of Nana, Vance sighed, ”She was so overprotective that she even forgot who I was”

Under the influence of all this fa through Vance'sthings to himself

”This scroll…Oh! It's an unfinished spell To think that it is still kept half open, like how I left it when I left this place!”

”This chair was ed, not even the dust that settledOh, the activation trigger is still active It still has not rusted”

He pressed the trigger, and all of a sudden, machinery sounds could be heard from the back of the wall In a few seconds, a wall on the left side of the hall started round

Behind the as a space 15 feet deep There were three antique chests placed within the space Each of the chests was huge, n of the chest, it could be detero when the assyrian Dynasty was still in power

Vance beckoned to Link and Celine, ”Come over here Look at my treasures”

He went into the hall and opened the chest on the left Layers of wooden shelves then e 20 layers Every layer then

had over 40 boxes which were stuffed with items

”This is a Vochit-style chest It is the most stable dimensional chest which compresses items in a 50:1 ratio There is a total of 800 boxes in this chest which are filled with a variety of rare metals and materials For exarams”

Vance then took out a piece of Thoriuinally the size of a thuinal atmosphere, it expanded to the size of a fist, the silver brilliance nearly blinding anyone in sight Link once saw a si co at the brilliance e from all the rare materials, Link could finally understand why Vance said his wealth was enough to even build a Mage Tower similar in scale to the Heaven's Thorn

Celine htly opened She could not believe that a man could accumulate this much wealth

Vance was extre as his body

shook ”Imy Battle Aura books Those nobles would purchase theardless of the cost I was once the world's wealthiest businessman”

He then walked towards the second chest and opened it This time around, rows of books appeared in the chest The books were all intricately designed with jeweled

hardcovers and high-quality paper One could even feelthat soic formations

There were at least 300 books in total Link randomly picked out a book titled The

Insane Microscopic Universe After browsing through a few pages, Link saw a formula which attracted his attention It was al his brains over in his thesis After a few es, Link saw even more identical content He shared some similar ideas with the author of this book, and there were even soht of

Link already felt inspired after just a few pages ”This is just priceless!”

Link had a real look of euphoria on his face The rare htly excited However, these ic books were simply a wonderland

Vance once again laughed with pride It was an achieveenius such as Link lose his usual calm demeanor He then opened the last chest This chest was a

lot ned scrolls Vance browsed through these scrolls one-by-one as he caressed each of the about soood memories

He smiled emotionally ”The Battle Aura scrolls and all h it is not as voluminous as the other two chests, this took me at least 200 years to complete I even had to carry the bad reputation as the Heartless Butcher”

Link walked over and opened a scroll The scroll was titled Earth Shattering Storm

Style What an extravagant name! He then opened the other scrolls and counted a total of 16 scrolls, most of which were Epic in quality, some of them unfinished

After introducing all his treasures, Vance then spun towards Link and said, ”I have no use for such things now; you can have them all”