Chapter 1765

Gerald made sure to repeat Old Flint’s message just to emphasize how dangerous it was to even touch the treasures in this place. While human greed was near endless, self-control was key in surviving, especially in their current situation...

Regardless, after nearly half an hour of transferring all manner of treasures out of that room, Lech and his men had compiled enough riches to fill at least two large cars... Seeing how much treasure there was, it was no wonder why Lech and his men had been drawn to this place...

Either way, once Lech got out of the secret room for the final time, he then walked toward Gerald before smiling as he said, “These are the treasures we got from that secret room, Gerald! Since both parties have contributed a lot to get this far, I’m willing to share some of our spoils with you!”

Smiling subtly in return, Gerald then replied, “I appreciate the consideration, Mr. Zak, but we didn’t come here for the vampires’ treasures. With that in mind, you’re free to keep all the spoils!”

Upon hearing that, Lech was momentarily stunned. To think that Gerald would actually reject treasure!

‘If he and his party didn’t come here for treasure, then what did they come here for...?’ wondered Lech.

After a brief pause, Lech then smiled as he said, “...Well then! Since you’re being so kind, I’ll gladly just take all the treasure with my men!”

With that, Lech and his men then began leaving the area.

Once they were quite a distance away, one of Lech’s couldn’t help but ask in an astonished tone, “Were... they uninterested in the treasure, captain? But if that’s the case, why did they come here in the first place...?”

Lech only sneered in response, his expression gloomy.

‘There are clearly only two reasons why they would have rejected my offer... Either they really do have another objective... Or there’s something even more valuable down here aside from what we’ve found!’ Lech thought to himself.

At the very least, he had more or less accurately guessed that Gerald and his party had no interest in the treasure since they were after some other important thing that was useless to Lech and his men.

Gerald and his party themselves would’ve never anticipated that Lech would actually think about them that way...

All of a sudden, one of Lech’s men began screaming, “S-spiders! Massive spiders up ahead!”

Turning to look at the man who had shouted—who was currently attempting to flee backward—Lech stared wide-eyed as several humongous spiders began leaping out from the abyss under the stone bridge! Without even giving Lech and his men a fighting chance, the large spiders instantly attacked them!

As they attempted to defend themselves, Lech and his men quickly realized that hundreds of small spiders had also rushed out and had now completely surrounded them!

Seeing that, Gerald and Ray instantly wanted to help them. However, they were promptly stopped by Old Flint who declared, “Stop! Not a step further!”

“What? Why can’t we help them?” asked the vexed Gerald.

“Have a good look! The spiders aren’t coming for us at all! They’re only rushing for that group, which proves that the curse of the treasures is starting to take effect!” explained Old Flint.

Upon hearing that, Gerald finally understood why all this was happening.