Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

Chapter 1539

The stone coffin was stacked with a dazzling layer of gold, silver, and gems. Even with just a sliver of torchlight, everything sparkled like a treasure chest straight out of a dream.

That scorching wave of greed surged up and filled every inch of Darius' mind and body.

"I'm rich... I'm filthy rich..." he muttered, practically shaking with excitement.

Shoulder braced against the heavy lid, he threw his full weight into pushing it open even more. Finally, with a series of harsh, grinding screeches, the several- hundred-pound stone lid slid open by two-thirds.

That gap was more than enough, and he could easily crawl inside and grab whatever he wanted. However, instead of diving in, Darius crept back to the doorway and peeked outside again.

He had no idea if Lenny had caught wind of all the noise he had made just now. After a quick glance, he let out a relieved breath.

He thought, 'Thank goodness! That greedy bastard is still too focused on looting, completely oblivious to what's going on over here.'

He leaned over and took another look inside, practically drooling at the sight of all the glittering gems and jewelry. Yet, right in the center of all that treasure was a mummified corpse.

The dead guy was dressed in some kind of old-timey official uniform.

exactly a scholar-he barely finished grade school. However, even he could tell that outfit was something from

with ornate gold patterns, and

smug, Darius nodded. He silently praised himself for watching a lot of period dramas as a kid, as that helped him recognize

hand, he reached out-his eyes instantly locking onto the artifact beside the corpse's skull: a Governor's Luck Stick. He remembered hearing that only

fingers brushed against the stick, something strange happened. He felt a hand

steal his prize.

he saw made the words

The room was completely

tallow torch on the wall, the coffin in front of

who the hell

as a wave of cold sweat slid

had let his guard down. He could

rough, shriveled, and

ice-cold-like it belonged to

corpse.

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