Chapter 556

Siegfried did not return to the coalition forces’ camp. Instead, he roamed around the empty royal palace with Hamchi.

“

Lalala~ Lalalala~”

His footsteps were very light as if he was a child taking a stroll down the park during spring when the flowers were in full blossom.

“

Kyuuu!

Can’t you be a bit more calm? What are you so excited about?”

“

Lalala! Lalala!

If you like me~ If you love me~”

“...”

“Dance! Dance! Dance!”

Siegfried did not stop dancing and skipping even though Hamchi had already scolded him. He walked down the hall, hopping here and there just like a kid.

Why?

It was all because he could smell money in the air.

The undead monsters had all turned into dust and scattered by the wind, which meant that this royal palace filled with all sorts of valuable stuff was completely unattended, and he could help himself to anything he wanted in here.

In other words, Siegfried was currently in a ridiculously large

treasure field,

and all he had to do was reach out and grab whatever he wanted to grab. The fact that this was the royal palace of a strong and affluent kingdom showed just how much valuables he would stand to get from looting this place.

Siegfried hummed a tune and danced; nobody could blame him for doing so, as anyone who was in the same situation as him would also fail to stop themselves from doing the exact same thing he was doing.

“Alright, shall we go have a look?” Siegfried said with a grin.

Then, he activated Inzaghi’s Clairvoyance and scanned the entire royal palace. The terrain of the royal palace as well as the capital, popped up in front of his eyes as a mini-map, and he could even see anyone and anything moving in it in real time.

“Let’s see...”

First of all, Siegfried identified who was in the royal palace and where they were.

Yong Tae-Pung was headed for the armory where the equipment of the royal knights was stored while the other Adventurers were roaming around, looting whatever was of value.

Farming time!

This was the most awaited time in a hunt, as the Adventurers could loot anything of value after defeating the boss monster.

“

Hohoho!”

Siegfried let out a rich laugh. Then, he flashed an insidious smirk and muttered, “Is that even worth your time?

Hehe...

Amateurs.”

“

Kyuuu!

What’s with that sleazy smirk, owner punk?!”

“What did you say, punk? How am I sleazy?!”

“

Kyuu!

You look sleazier than a sleazy old man!”

“I’m not!”

“You are!

Kyuu!”

“Shut up!”

Siegfried and Hamchi continued to bicker for a while until they turned their attention back to the mini-map.

“All of them are wasting their time.

Mwahaha!”

“Kyu?”

“The treasure room is right over here,” Siegfried said with a smirk, pointing in the opposite direction where the Adventurers were looting.

“

Kyu?”

“I feel bad for them. They’re looking around so diligently, but I’ll monopolize the real treasures!

Hohoho!”

Siegfried could see the location of the treasure room as well as the entrance to it using Inzaghi’s Clairvoyance. To put it simply, he already knew where to go while the other Adventurers were searching high and low for the treasure room.

“Shall we?” he said leisurely before skipping down the corridor. Then, he looked left and right to see if there was anyone following him before sneaking around like a rat.

The treasure room of the Immortal Kingdom was not located deep inside the palace. It was hidden in the basement of the most shabby-looking tower located a fair distance away from the palace.

The tower looked so shabby that no one would think that it contained a treasure room.

“It seems like nobody is coming.”

Siegfried confirmed that he had no other competitor coming toward the shabby tower before looking for the button to open the treasure room’s entrance.

He searched for about five minutes, feeling the bricks on the walls of the tower’s first floor. Then, he touched a brick that felt oddly smooth compared to the others, and he pushed that brick in as deep as it would go.

C-Creak...!

The floor turned and sank slowly into the ground. It sank until it reached around one hundred meters from its original floor level and—

“

Ack!

My eyes!”

—Siegfried screamed in agony, covering his eyes upon getting blinded. The light from the mana stone that was reflected by the mountain of treasures was as strong as the afternoon sun.

“

A-Ah...

I... I love it... It’s too good...

Hngg~!”

Siegfried moaned, basking in the luster.

Hamchi grimaced in disgust and grumbled, “This bastard has lost his mind. He’s starting to have an orgasm from money...

Kyuu...”

Hamchi could not help but shake his head and let out a sigh while Siegfried was having an orgasm from the golden light showering him.

***

The predecessor of the Immortal Kingdom, the Ephedrine Kingdom, seemed to have been an extremely disorganized bunch. It was hard to tell whether whoever was in charge of the treasure room was just lazy or there were simply far too many treasures to organize everything, but it seemed that the gold, artifacts, jewels, and items were just shoved wherever there was space.

Clink! Clink!

There were so many treasures and gold coins in the room that Siegfried felt like he could swim in it and have another orgasm in the process.

“Money! I’m swimming on money!”

“

Kyuuu!

It’s a golden swimming pool!”

This time, Hamchi joined in on the fun. It was ironic how he was shaking his head at Siegfried for being so materialistic just a moment ago, but he had also failed to control himself after seeing that it was possible to swim in the mountain of gold.

“

Ahng~!

I feel so good...!”

“We’re rich! We’re super rich!”

Siegfried and Hamchi both had ecstasy written all over their faces by the time they were done swimming in gold. They seemed completely out of it with their mouths wide open, drooling from the high, and it looked as if they used illegal drugs.

They say that birds of the same feather flock together, and it seemed that Hamchi was as bad of a money grubber as Siegfried was.

“

Kyu!

We’re rich, owner punk! We’re effin rich!” Hamchi exclaimed while throwing gold coins in the air.

Siegfried pouted and replied, “Not really... We have a lot of expenditures coming up, so...”

“

Kyu?”

“Our territory has expanded so much that we will require five times our original budget.”

“

Kyuuuu?”

“

Sigh...

What’s the point of earning when someone else uses all of it up...” Siegfried let out a sigh that only those who were truly tired could make before grumbling, “It’s all because of the emperor. He should’ve just given me money as my reward. Why did he even give me those lands?”

“

Kyu!

Why the long face, owner punk?! It’s your land at the end of the day! Think of it as an investment!”

“Should I?”

“Yes!

Kyuuu!”

“Oh well, I guess that makes it better,” Siegfried said with a shrug. Then, he looked around and asked, “But how are we going to move all of these–”

It was then.

“

Kyaaak! Kyaaak!”

The Apparition of the Three-Legged Crow appeared and cried out as if asking Siegfried to leave the job to it.

“Hmm?”

“

Kyak! Kyaaaak!”

“Are you trying to say you can collect all of these?”

“

Kieek!”

“Really?”

“

Kyak! Kayak!”

The apparition swooped down and sucked all of the gold and treasures like a giant vacuum.