Chapter 76: A Treasure Hunter’s wet dream
At first, I thought it would be locked by some elaborate system—you know, so I could pretend to be a secret agent or something. But it wasn’t. There was a small handle to slide the door open.
Also, at first, I thought it was a door leading to a secret stairway inside the pillar—you know, so I could feel like an adventurer—as one of the secret passages Natha told me before, which he hadn’t shown me one bit, by the way.
But no. The door was leading into...well, a space inside the pillar; a circular cupboard without lighting. Fortunately, I was more or least a priest, so I could conjure a light ball to use as a torch. Crouching beneath the circular staircase, I put my head inside the space to look around.
The pillar was actually big, around two meters in diameter, and at the far side of the wall, there was a chest. Quite big too, almost like a footlocker. My secret treasure-hunter senses were tingling at the sight of the chest, and I crawl inside, making the ball of light shine brighter so I didn’t have to feel too claustrophobic.
Despite the size of the door, I could easily stand and walked normally once I was inside. Taking a seat on the floor, I opened the chest with a pounding heart full of expectation—even though the whole room outside was basically a treasure hunter’s wet dream.
And when I laid my eyes upon the content of the chest...my heart pounded even harder.
The chest was filled with various trinkets, but the one on the top of the pile was a...gun?
And I wasn’t even talking about flintlock or musket. It was a modern-looking pistol like gl*ck, and when I took it with a rather trembling hand, I spotted a revolver down there too.
It was a moment when I felt like someone walked over my grave—which actually wouldn’t be far-fetched considering I was already dead and buried. My neck felt hot and cold and goosebumps were running wildly over my skin.
Just so you know, there were no such things as personal firearms in this world, as far as I knew. There were cannons, some were operated by using mana, and some were using what they called black powder.
But no compact firearm was used as personal side arms.