There are heavy and light boxes.
The lock is very strong.
But this couldn't stop Liszt from breaking the copper lock on the lightest box with just a sword attached to his grudge. The lock was unlocked, and so was the chest.
There was no one else in the hall, and they were all sent away by Butler Carter, and he went out by himself—there may be valuables in the box, and as a servant, he should not care about it.
Liszt was very satisfied with Carter's actions.
Although he believed that Carter was loyal, he couldn't believe that all the servants were loyal. If they saw the incredible treasure and told it to the outside world, wouldn't it cause trouble.
Wealth is not revealed.
This truth must be understood.
"This box is very light, completely different from other boxes. What will it contain? Or nothing?" Liszt stretched out his hand and slowly lifted the lid of the box.
Suddenly, the bright light almost blinded his eyes—the box was filled with highly reflective white metal ores, and the light that shone in from the window was reflected everywhere.
Blinked.
Adapting to the scattered light, he carefully looked at the white metal ore in the box. He took out an ore and weighed it in his hand. It didn't weigh much, but the texture to the touch was definitely metal, cold and hard.
"This is… "
He has never seen such a light metal. In his perception, metals are generally very heavy.
Of course, he also knows that there is a very light metal, lithium, which is twice as light as water and can float on water. But even lithium is heavier than the metal ore in his hand. Now I feel that I am not holding a piece of metal ore, but a piece of foam.
Squeeze hard, and the metal ore remains unmoved.
He chopped with a sword, but he couldn't cut it, leaving only a slight mark.
"It's definitely not foam, nor is it plastic." He looked at the ore in his hand, recalled the knight novels he had read, raised his eyebrows slightly, and gradually smiled, "I probably already guessed what kind of metal it is. Nothing, hard as iron...it's magic metal—mithril!"
In this world, metals are also gold, silver, copper, iron, and aluminum.
But there are also several special metals, which are compatible with magic power, are very good magic power transmission materials, and are also necessary materials for making magic power equipment.
There are currently three known magic metals—mithril, fine gold, and orichan copper.
Mithril is as light as nothing, fine gold is indestructible, and mountain copper is indestructible.
These three magical metals also come from dragons. It is said that there is a mithril dragon in the Glorious Empire. In knight novels, the "Silver Knights" who often appear to follow the protagonist to fight, the standard equipment of the members is a bright mithril magic armor, which comes and goes like the wind.
"Mithril is very precious, even more precious than gold. This box of mithril ore is worth at least one dragon coin!" Liszt licked his lips in disappointment.
Treasures live up to their reputation!
He quickly used the space gem to put all the mithril ore in it, leaving only an empty box. Just this box of mithril ore can be called a rich harvest. However, he has no intention of selling it. He will keep it and use it to make equipment when he needs it in the future.
Touching the red blood sword on his waist, he felt that the red blood sword should also contain a small amount of mithril-magic power transmission ability, which surpassed that of ordinary fine steel weapons.
Even if there is no dragon gem inlay, a weapon mixed with mithril is at least a magical weapon.
"Now, let's see what's in the second box...I don't know if there's fine gold or orichanite." Liszt raised his sword, cut off the rusty copper lock lightly, and lifted the lid of the box.
The stench was overwhelming.
Almost smoked him up.
Inside were stacks of neatly stacked books. For books that have been stored for an unknown period of time, the stench emanating from the thick leather paper can be called smoky.
Hold your breath.
Liszt saw the top book, the name is the handwritten serpentine - "Rudolph's Alchemy Diary".
"Alchemy diary?"
His eyes flickered slightly.
Alchemist probably belongs to the legendary profession, maybe equivalent to a chemist, or a Taoist alchemist? Legend has it that they can turn ordinary stones into gold through magical alchemy methods. Whoever masters the mysteries of alchemy will be able to own wealth beyond rivals.
In knight novels, alchemists appear frequently.
It's just that in reality, there have been many people with the title of alchemist, but they have never demonstrated real alchemy, they just cheated on food and drink.
Liszt, who has studied physics, does not believe in the existence of alchemy.
certainly.
In this magical world, God knows if alchemy really exists. For example, right now, he saw a diary with the title "Alchemy".
"Isn't it true that alchemy is recorded? This is to let me master the rhythm of alchemy? Are you going to reach the pinnacle of life so soon?"
Liszt felt his heart beating faster.
The profession of an alchemist is definitely not much worse than top existences such as dragon knights, dragon domain lords, mages, and dragon slaying warriors—you can really do whatever you want with money.
However, just when he was about to touch the book.
The "Rudolph's Alchemy Diary", which seemed to be still clearly written, unexpectedly shattered in an instant, and then rippling and turned into powder. Liszt's fingers went straight through the powder and grabbed a void.
"I… "
There is a sentence in my heart that MMP does not know whether to say it or not.
In just a blink of an eye, the entire box of books was turned into dust, and they were scattered into a pile with a light touch. I could no longer distinguish any handwriting, nor could I see the appearance of the books.
The wind blew in from the window, directly rolled up the powder, and flew up along with the stench.
After being stunned for a while, Liszt came back to his senses, clutching his chest, almost vomiting blood: "My alchemy!" The thick leather book that has been stored for a long time has already rotted.
The diary that recorded the alchemy also disappeared.
Heart like a knife.
Although he felt that alchemy was unlikely to exist, but when the possibility of alchemy slipped away from him, the sense of loss still hit his heart with great pain.
The box that was supposed to be full of treasures of knowledge turned into a pile of waste.
A sigh.
Reluctantly suppressed the uncomfortable emotions: "Forget it, I was lucky to lose my life, who knows if there is any real record of alchemy in the diary. This is a windfall, and losing it is not enough to shake my mentality. A box of Mithril Ore, the value is high enough."
After comforting himself, he lifted the sword carefully and opened the third box.
The same is true for books.
On the top are the covers of five books.
Liszt learned his lesson and did not touch it directly, but carefully memorized the cover of each book.
"Warcraft Guide to the Kingdom of Iron Ridge", "Close Encounter with the Rhinoceros", "Anecdotes about the Gold Tower", "Colorful Mushrooms in the Red Monkey Forest", "Fox Manor Rainy Night Horror".
The covers of these books are not handwritten snake script, but printed snake script, which are obviously books published and sold on the market.
"Glittering Gold Tower? Red Monkey Forest? Fox Manor?"
He has never heard of these three places, but it can be concluded that these three places are all places in the Iron Ridge Kingdom. Because only the Kingdom of Iron Ridge and its dependent countries use serpentine. Including the former Rudolph who wrote the alchemy diary, they should all be from the Iron Ridge Kingdom.
He cautiously reached out to touch the book, hoping to turn a page.
However, it was still a failure. As long as the book was touched, it would immediately turn into dust and could not be preserved.
"It's a pity, the two boxes of books, so much knowledge, all disappeared." Liszt shook his head, and looked at the last two boxes, "Are these two boxes also filled with books?"