My Computer Leads to an Instance Dungeon-Chapter 180 - 153: Dalia’s Wealth, "Arms Deal

Fang Zhen saw the Gold Coins in the hatbox's hidden compartment and subconsciously sized them up.

The box was half a meter tall, allowing for stacks of one hundred to one hundred and twenty Gold Coins. There were at least twenty or thirty such stacks, which amounted to nearly three thousand Gold Ropes.

The calculation left Fang Zhen somewhat surprised.

'That much money?'

'What's Dalia's story? How could she have so much wealth?'

'Even several years' worth of taxes from Viscount Ashton's Territory wouldn't add up to this much, would it?'

The annual taxes for Redstone Town were a little over thirty Gold Ropes. The wealth Dalia carried with her was equivalent to a hundred years of taxes from Redstone Town.

Fang Zhen suddenly remembered Dalia had said she was the sole heir of the Cristin Clan.

And the Cristin Clan was, according to legend, a great family possessing enormous wealth and many Extraordinary Items. The entire Kingdom buzzed with legends of their family's riches and inherited treasures.

Fang Zhen hadn't really believed this legend before. After all, Dalia didn't seem to be doing too well—her domain was gone, and while her marriage couldn't be called bad, it didn't match the prestige of the Cristin Clan.

But now, looking at this box of Gold Coins, Fang Zhen couldn't help but doubt his previous judgment.

'Could the legends of the Cristin Clan's treasure actually be true?'

Fang Zhen looked up at Dalia.

Dalia looked back at Fang Zhen, their eyes meeting.

Dalia seemed quite satisfied with the look in Fang Zhen's eyes. She smiled and nodded slightly.

"I know what you're thinking. It's about the Cristin Clan. I can actually tell you some secrets, but not right now. Perhaps after we have a 'closer' collaboration, I'll tell you what you're interested in."

Dalia said.

Fang Zhen could read between the lines; there was a somewhat ambiguous, flirtatious atmosphere.

Moreover, he felt that Dalia was, to some extent, intentionally showing off her wealth to him.

This indicated that Dalia felt he could be trusted. The noblewoman wasn't stupid; she should have understood the principle of not flaunting one's wealth. Revealing so many Gold Ropes now was likely intentional, meant to lay the groundwork for the conversation to come.

And Fang Zhen also had a strange feeling.

He had a strange sense of déjà vu—like he was at a nightclub when a rather attractive, wealthy older woman came up, tapped a stack of bills against his chest, and said, 'Come on, let big sis treat you to dinner.'

He let out a soft breath.

'I never thought I'd see the day a sugar mama tried to throw money at me, and in the Otherworld, no less.'

Dalia continued, "This box of mine is also an Extraordinary Item. Gold Ropes are actually quite heavy, but there's an Extraordinary Item inside this box that can reduce the weight by eighty percent."

"Hm?" Fang Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up.

'Isn't this one of the methods for reducing weight I've been searching for?'

"Do you have any more of these Extraordinary Items? My payment includes two more Extraordinary Items, and I want one of them to be something that reduces weight," Fang Zhen said.

Dalia looked taken aback, and for a moment, she was even a bit indignant.

Fang Zhen could tell. Dalia was likely annoyed that the atmosphere she had painstakingly created was shattered by his single sentence demanding payment.

But he didn't care.

'My goal for running this dungeon is to clear it, get the Extraordinary Items I need, find a way to lessen my load, and acquire a spatial item.'

'Anything else isn't on my checklist.'

"Yes." Dalia's upbringing didn't allow her to roll her eyes, but her tone was definitely laced with a hint of displeasure.

"Let me see it," Fang Zhen said, getting straight to the point.

Dalia pursed her lips, looking angry, but soon her expression softened into one of resignation.

"Fine."

Dalia opened another secret compartment beneath the hatbox. Inside were two silver-colored objects.

Fang Zhen looked over and saw two silver feathers in the lower compartment.

The feathers were made of metal, like silver, but they were brighter, and their luster gave off a more fantastical feel.

The feather was a palm long, a finger-and-a-half wide, and slightly curved, like the back end of a goose-quill pen.

Seeing Fang Zhen look over, Dalia explained, "This Extraordinary Item is called the 'Feather of the Light Spirit.' It's not an Extraordinary Item you carry on your person, but one you place inside something like a box."

"Its function is to reduce the weight of objects within a sealed space by eighty percent, but there are conditions. First, the weight reduction only works on items inside a tightly sealed container, like a box or a very secure backpack. The better the seal, the more weight it reduces."

"The other condition is that the Feather of the Light Spirit has a limit. Its maximum weight reduction limit is about the weight of two adult men. If you exceed this limit, it will no longer have any effect."

At this point, Dalia gestured to the box and said, "I have a pair of Feathers of the Light Spirit. They are identical Extraordinary Items, but their effects don't stack. No matter how many Feathers of the Light Spirit you put in a sealed box, only one will work."

Fang Zhen found it quite amazing.

'If that's the case, I could totally craft a sealed metal backpack and put my gear inside.'

'The weight of two adult men... If she's talking about men from this world, one man probably weighs a little over 130 pounds, making the upper limit around 260 pounds.'

'A maximum load of 260 pounds, with an eighty-percent weight reduction... that would come out to a total weight of only 52 pounds.'