World of Alvarra: Rise of the Vampire Lord

Chapter 109 ups and Downs

Sela came through the front gate with a wide-open smile, carrying in her hands a good-sized chest with metal handles, ornate designs, and runic inscriptions to prevent thieves from accessing its contents. Closely following her was her group of troglodytes who were also carrying their own chests, some chests so large that it took several of them to carry.

Kella was already there with a suspicious look on her face. She heard of what Van did and that they were now technically under the same banner. But she did lose an arm and almost her master, plus many of the goblins she helped train.

So it was clear that she wasn't going to warm up to them anytime soon.

"Master! I have come bearing gifts!" she said joyfully "This is only a small portion of the treasures hidden in the cavern." she said, panting a little and putting down the heavy chest in front of him. "At first I thought to look at the storage room for some goods, and then our mother's rooms for treasure. But then it occurred to me that the high mother wouldn't be that open with her wealth. So with some searching around in her room, I was able to find a hidden corridor to a huge treasure trove!" she said excitedly.

"Unfortunately... I can't seem to open this chest, nor a few other ones..." looking a bit sad at being unable to provide to her new master what she worked so hard to bring back.

"No problem, this seems like it's just a simple lock rune. She probably wasn't expecting someone with actual knowledge to know how to break these. Probably just wanted to make sure simple thieves or peeping toms couldn't get their hands on it." Van said, taking a closer look.

"Peeping toms?" Sela asked, looking confused. She gave a glance to Kella who shrugged in return.

Van did his best to ignore the byplay as he focused on the chest in front of him. As he said before, it wasn't that hard. With a simple spell, he overrode and short-circuited the runic matrix by applying pressure and excess energy to three points on the chest. Causing the mechanism that kept the lid close to lose effect. Allowing him to open it.

Once he did so he tilted his head a bit in confusion. "They're... eggs?" he said, looking at the strange mostly gray but multicolored eggs in front of him. Of which there seemed to be three in total.

Kella gasped from behind him when she moved to get a closer look. "Are those Alchemic Vita eggs!" she exclaimed in disbelief.

Van turned to address her. "Vita eggs?" he asked in a tone implying he wanted her to explain further.

"Alchemic Vita eggs are worth their weight in gold if not more!" she began to explain. "They're essentially eggs made from alchemy. And while I'm not one hundred percent sure of the particulars. It supposedly is possible to create any type of monster or monster-kin you want with this egg. Just drop... say... a drop of wyvern blood on the egg. The egg will then take the proper amount of time and mana and from that drop give you the wyvern! One that is completely loyal to the owner of the egg, which in this case would be you, once you are properly connected to it." she said.

Van's eyes widened a bit. If what she said was true, this really could be an amazing game changer. It made him think, what else could be in the rest of the treasure chests that Sela brought him. And so gave the order for her and her group to bring in the rest.

With some more finagling around, he was able to open to rest. And what he saw truly blew his mind.

There were chests laden with gold and silver, even a few with some weapons, armor, and accessories filled to the brim with enchantments. But what truly took his breath away was when he opened up three very large chests and took a look inside.