# 1207
Chapter 1208: 「The Ever-Turning Star Coin」
"【King's Treasury】... so this is the 【King's Treasury】?"
After Lin Qiye finished reading the content on this clay tablet, he drew a sharp breath.
This was clearly not a "King's Treasury" at all—it was more like a "Bandit's Treasury"!
As long as you placed a divine artifact seized from others into the 【King's Treasury】, it would become your own property, and there was even a high probability of nurturing spirituality within it... Lin Qiye finally understood where all these countless divine artifacts in the 【King's Treasury】 had come from.
In Lin Qiye's mind, he automatically envisioned the scene of the Hero King Gilgamesh, holding the 【King's Treasury】 in his palm, wantonly plundering divine artifacts all those years ago.
Such a变态 (perverted) treasury, with an additional sixty divine artifacts inside... which divine kingdom wouldn't want it?
Additionally, Lin Qiye gleaned some extra information from these clay tablets.
The rank divisions among divine artifacts were essentially consistent with the realm divisions of the god realm—divided into three tiers: "Supreme," "Chief God," and "Lesser God."
The Ame-no-Murakumo, the first slaying weapon of Takamagahara in Lin Qiye's possession, and the 【Divine Calamity】, the first artifact of the Kunitsukami gods in Yuzuri Takishiro's hands, both belonged to the "Supreme" tier, theoretically on par with the 【King's Treasury】.
Of course, Lin Qiye's Ame-no-Murakumo was currently just a decorative piece. Without the power of divine law, he couldn't activate this sword—he could only simply use its characteristic of "capable of cutting anything" in battle.
Lin Qiye flipped through several more clay tablets before finally finding clues related to the 【Star Coin】.
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【Ever-Turning Star Coin】: 'Supreme' tier divine artifact, no binding required, usable by anyone, capable of = (crossed out).
Origin: In the 124th year of the Uruk Dynasty, our King Gilgamesh explored a certain declining ancient mythological ruins. On the divine altar at the center of the ruins, he discovered this ever-turning Star Coin. After experiments conducted by more than a dozen ordinary people, its wondrous properties were discovered. However, because its backlash was too severe and it would easily arouse the greedy covetousness of all beings, our King stored it in the 【King's Treasury】 and never used it.
Maintenance method: The 【Ever-Turning Star Coin】 delights in observing the negative emotions of humans. Sufficient despair, rage, cunning, betrayal... can please it and cause it to manifest.
Active region: None
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Lin Qiye's brow furrowed slightly.
The ability of the 【Star Coin】 had been crossed out? Was it done by the City Lord? Or by Gilgamesh's orders back then?
Moreover, a "Supreme" tier divine artifact that anyone could use... did such a thing truly exist?
Just as Lin Qiye was contemplating this, within the range of his spiritual perception, an elderly man gripping a scepter swept across the sky, flying directly toward this location.
The City Lord had returned.
Lin Qiye glanced at the map, firmly memorizing the position of the 【Star Coin】 in his mind, quickly returned the clay tablet to the wooden shelf, and his form dissolved into a streak of night, vanishing on the spot.
Almost the instant after Lin Qiye left, the City Lord gently landed before the City Lord's mansion, his hands empty—apparently, he had failed to capture Subject 38.
"Time's up." The City Lord murmured to himself.
The moment his words fell, golden threads飘出 from within his body, and his "Klein" peak-level realm rapidly declined. Within just a few dozen seconds, he had reverted to an ordinary old man.
Those golden threads盘旋 in the air for a moment, automatically penetrating the walls and flying toward Wu City's Dungeon.
Lin Qiye hid within the shadows nearby. Witnessing this, his brow lifted slightly.
So, that scepter that forcibly borrowed others' spiritual power to elevate his realm also had a time limit—more like "requisition" than "plunder."
The City Lord watched these golden threads float away but made no move to stop them. He merely cast a light glance at the sky, then gripped his scepter and returned inside the City Lord's mansion.
"During my absence, no one entered, correct?" He paused at the doorway, turning to ask the attendants on both sides.
"No." The attendant replied.
The City Lord nodded, then stepped into the room.
Lin Qiye gazed at the City Lord's mansion for a moment, then turned and walked back onto the streets of Wu City.
According to Gilgamesh's hint, to claim the 【King's Treasury】, one absolutely had to use the 【Star Coin】... However, Lin Qiye didn't yet know the abilities of the 【Star Coin】. Acting rashly might trigger some kind of backlash.
And even if he went directly to the location marked on the map, he might not be able to summon the 【Star Coin】.
If it were that wine vessel with its preference for males, Lin Qiye could swallow his pride and force himself to perform a sultry dance for it. But this 【Star Coin】 delighted in observing the negative emotions of humans.
Sufficient despair, rage, cunning, betrayal... where was he supposed to obtain these things?
As Lin Qiye pondered, he walked along the street. Before he knew it, the sun had already set beyond the horizon.
The dusky sunlight illuminated the ancient stone bricks beneath his feet. At the end of the road, a ominous black structure leading underground appeared before Lin Qiye.
"Wu City's Dungeon?"
Only then did Lin Qiye realize he had unconsciously walked a complete circuit around Wu City. Just as he was about to turn and leave, his body suddenly froze in place.
In his mind, the images of the miserable proxies being escorted by attendants to the Dungeon in today's Central Plaza flashed through his thoughts.
His eyes narrowed slightly. One hand rubbed his chin, as if contemplating something.
"Proxies... negative emotions... despair, rage, cunning, betrayal..."
"It's feasible, yes, but as for how to actually do it... I'll need to devise a careful plan."
A sharp gleam flickered in Lin Qiye's eyes.
...
Wu City.
Dungeon.
Dozens of attendants gripped weapons, standing rigidly guard around the prison cells, motionless as statues.
Flickering candlelight illuminated a corner of the darkness. In the cramped, damp space, over twenty proxies were bound to a heavy stone block by a slender silver chain wrapped around their wrists.
Number 05 lifted his head slightly, glanced at the attendants outside the cell. His eyes brimmed with unwillingness and fury.
"Damn it... What kind of material is this chain made of? It can actually lock our God's Ruins?!" He lowered his voice, cursing in English.
"Give up. This thing is a divine artifact." Number 22 leaned against the stone block, saying calmly, "Don't say us—even if the gods we represent behind us came now, they would only be老老实实 (老老实实 = obediently) bound here."
"How could there be humans inside the 【King's Treasury】? Isn't it just a treasury?!"
"I already told you—the things left behind by the Hero King couldn't possibly be that simple. Did you think the 【King's Treasury】 was a house you could just pick up and carry away?" Number 22 coldly snorted,
"According to ancient texts, before the Hero King Gilgamesh passed away, he dispatched the most skilled artifact-forging family from the Uruk Kingdom into the treasury to maintain the divine artifacts for him. These natives are most likely the descendants of that artifact-forging family from long ago.
They have been maintaining the divine artifacts for generations, day after day for thousands of years. It stands to reason these artifacts would actively protect them.
It's only you bunch of brainless maniacs who rushed in and started rampaging everywhere! Did you think this place was still the Mist?"