14,

After a few rounds in the sea of gold coins, Mr. Cyclone finally felt fatigue.

Swimming to the edge of the massive pile, Mr. Cyclone decided to lay on top of the sea of gold coins.

"Ah~ such a wealth of coins~ I'm going to be rich this time~ ha ha~ ha ha ha~ ha ha ha~"

A sweep of his hands left and right, and all he touched were coins, no matter how many he swiped away, there were always more left. Too many for Mr. Cyclone to count.

"My goodness! How much gold and jewellery is here~"

Laying on top of the sea of coins, Mr. Cyclone took a break.

During his rest with his eyes closed, a feeling of danger suddenly flashed across his mind.

"Not good! Why do I have a bad feeling? Hmm…"

Picking up one coin casually, Mr. Cyclone began to think.

"These must be that freak's secret funds, right? And Sonja just said that this mansion is now mine…logically speaking… these coins and jewels should be mine too, right?”

After thinking this over, Mr. Cyclone bit down on one of the coins, feeling the hardness transmitted to his teeth.

It’s real. This is not a dream.

But, he still felt an indescribable unease.

"Could it be!? Is this a trap?! Um… no, that can't be right? Who would use so much wealth to lure me? Plus, I only just mentioned my wish for gold and jewellery… Ah, I can't think straight!”

Mr. Cyclone was never a genius-like sage, just a simple country boy. Leading a mundane life in the countryside was his norm.

Presented with a mansion and a pile of gold so suddenly, his feeling of unease overpowered his excitement.

Despite this being his subjective perception, it precisely because of this perception that Mr. Cyclone found success in his future days.

Aitzas calendar year — 501, the death of the dark magician who ruled Arlen City for decades, caused a power shift in Arlen City.

King Arlen, in order to reorganize his forces, used various baits and tests to gauge the loyalty and intent of his subjects. During the week while Mr. Cyclone was still overwhelmed, the king was reorganizing his court.

The gold in front of Mr. Cyclone was left by royal decree. Sonja had many considerations for the king.

The secretive funds unearthed from the chancellor's mansion amounted to a staggering 70 million assets, far exceeding King Arlen's initial estimates and those of the nobility. In other words, it was 50 million more than the nobility's admitted amount of 20 million.

No one knew where this extra 50 million came from, but King Arlen was sure that if no one claimed it, whoever discovered it owned it. This funding was timely and a potential boost to Arlen City's treasury.

Yet, King Arlen didn't want to absorb the entire sum into the national treasury. As a fund unknown to the public, it had its particular purpose.

So, King Arlen only took the recognized 20 million and return it to the people through the hands of the nobility.

The remaining 50 million already had a specific use planned by King Arlen.

To carry out King Arlen's plan, a capable person was needed to fulfil his mission.

Thus, the wealth left behind was to test the greed of this unknown young lad, as well as his capability of achieving King Arlen's goals.

Of course, with Mr. Cyclone's mindset, he would never have speculated that this was a test from King Arlen.

At this point, Mr. Cyclone was simply unease because of the sudden fortune he had acquired.

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