After placing all his treasures in his inventory, Nox dusted his hands as if he had just finished taking care of the trash. He looked around, and after seeing how clean everything looked, he grimaced and felt pity for whosoever owned these treasures. Nox briefly thought that they might belong to the Royal family since this was technically their island.
However, Nox didn't really give a damn about it. Only 0.001 percent of people in the world would stumble across such fortune and leave it untouched. In fact, Nox believed even that 0.001 percent would be tempted to ste— I mean, claim these bountiful treasures for themselves.
"Well, if it belongs to the Royal family, then it's the perfect revenge for slaughtering all those innocent commoners five years ago," Nox smirked with an evil glint in his eyes. "And if it's someone else, then bad luck for them."
Nox didn't believe the people who owned these treasures were good. Though he didn't have any information about the countless demonic statues around him, he could tell from their appearance that they represented evil gods. Nox believed it was only right to steal from the evil!
Perhaps he was just coming up with reasons to take the treasure, but he was more than certain that he didn't care. After making sure there were no treasures left, Nox returned his focus to the single treasure on the stone platform atop the flowing water.
Without a moment of hesitation, Nox was about to dive in and swim to the platform when suddenly, a massive creature emerged from the depths of the water. It was a centipede with a black-scaled body and about twenty long legs.
There was a pair of antennae on its head, red eyes on the sides, and pincer-like appendages near its mouth, which was filled with sharp teeth.
[Abyssal Centipede: Emperor Tier Lv.7!]
"Emperor Tier!" Nox exclaimed in shock when he saw the high level of the centipede.
Meanwhile, after descending down the flight of stairs, Clone Hendrix arrived in a dark corridor. There were no windows on either side of the walls, which seemed to stretch forever. There was also no light, which made one wonder how Hendrix could navigate properly in such a dark and suffocating place.
"We've been storing these treasures for years now," Clone Hendrix muttered as he walked down the long, dark corridor, his boots clicking against the cold stone floor.
"All those years of collecting treasures..." A wide, wicked grin split across his features. "Years of planning, of patience... and now, it's all coming together. Soon, these treasures will make us unstoppable."
He stopped for a moment, running a hand along the wall as though imagining the power he would soon unleash. "With these artifacts, we'll destroy anyone who stands in our way. The kingdom? They'll never see us coming. They'll crumble beneath our feet."
A crooked grin spread across his face as he started walking again, speaking louder now as if he needed to hear the sound of his own voice. "And that so-called Vassal... hehehe. Oh, I can already see his face. Confused, panicking, realizing our strength. It's going to be glorious."
Hendrix laughed loudly, the sound bouncing off the walls of the dark corridor.
He quickened his pace, his excitement building as he approached a door at the end of the corridor. The door was old, made of dark wood with strange glowing runes carved into its surface. Hendrix stopped in front of it, placing a hand on it as if to feel the power hidden inside.
"All the treasures we've hidden here... the weapons, the relics, the cursed items... they'll be the key to winning this war. The kingdom will fall, that stupid Vassal will be crushed, and the Demon Empire will stand at the top."
"They think they're safe. They think their armies and castles will protect them. But they're wrong. When the time comes, we'll unleash everything. And with the power of these treasures... we'll make the humans bow."
"Glory to the Demon Empire!" Clone Hendrix laughed as he pushed the door open, his eyes gleaming with excitement as he looked forward to the day... the day all hell would break loose.
Meanwhile, back in the wide room...
The eyes of the centipede burned with anger as it glared at Nox, as if he had stolen something very valuable from it.
'Technically here, but who gives a damn?' Nox sneered in his mind. He wasn't bothered by the way the centipede looked at him. What did bother him was why such a powerful beast was dwelling inside the Royal Island!
The beast continued to stare at Nox, wondering why the pathetic human seemed so calm and unfazed, as if this wasn't the first time he had faced such a powerful creature. The calmness was almost irritating, and the beast couldn't take it anymore as it prepared to attack.
"If this beast leaves this place and infiltrates the academy, I wonder what would happen," Nox pondered with a calm expression on his face, envisioning the horrified looks on the students' faces.
Special class or not, an Emperor Tier beast was not something to be taken lightly. One wrong mistake and they might find themselves in the afterlife. Even though Nox appeared calm on the surface, he was actually contemplating ways to deal with the beast without making too much noise. After all, he didn't want to attract anyone else here if that was possible.
Though he wasn't sure, Nox wasn't ready to take chances. Just then, at that moment, there was a sound.
Nox immediately became alert and gripped Oblivion Edge, which had appeared in his grasp for some time now. He was ready to spring into motion and battle the beast.
But he suddenly paused when he realized that the sound was not coming from the beast but from somewhere else.
His danger senses flared as he hurriedly turned around.
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