John woke up a few hours after he laid on the gold.
"That was not as nice as I thought it would be." He stood up and got the system message again.
[Would you like to claim: 3,400,000 gold?]
"Claim it. I thought the Jedi would have more." John crossed his arms as all the good in front of him disappeared.
[Gold claimed: 79,000 -> 3,479,000]
He grabbed all the lightsabers and put the ones that wouldn't fit on his waist inside his inventory.
He looked up the long pit and just stared at the night sky. "How am I gonna get out of here?" He messaged Jinx. "I need you to come back up the tower, and make sure you let a rope fall down the giant pit."
"How long a rope do you need, General?"
"What's the longest you can get?"
———
Yuri, Arthur and Obadiah continued on their way and kept through the town.
Deciding to rest, they got rooms at the inn and all laid down.
Just as Yuri was falling asleep, someone knocked on her door. "Obadiah? What is it?"As she opened the door, she saw Charlotte standing before her. "Didn't you die?"
Charlotte shook her head. "Nearly. I resisted the choking and just went unconscious. When I awoke, I asked people where you went, and followed you here."
"That's kinda..."
"I know, but I'm going to come with you."
Yuri was about to say no, but saw the rage burning in Charlotte's eyes. "Why so mad?" Yuri asked.
Charlotte stared at Yuri for a moment. "I think my brother is the one that tried to kill me."
———
John finally got out of the vault and sat next to Jinx. "It may have taken a few tries, but you did it."
Jinx nodded. "Yeah. Yeah, I did. Why do you have multiple lightsabers on your waist?"
"For my acolytes. Take them all and return to the temple. I'm keeping these two."
"Yes, sir!"
John jumped off the tower and landed back in front of the opening. He walked back inside and went back to the library. "There must be something here to point me to the second vault..."
He spent two more hours trying to sense anything that would lead him to the vault. "I don't want to destroy this place, but if I must." He moved every record of piece of history from the shelves and laid it all neatly on the ground.
"Now then." He lifted his hands and ripped the bookshelves from the ground, throwing them to the sides of the room. He looked at the floor, but it didn't seem to do anything. "Maybe I need to remove the floor." He tried doing so, and nothing happened. "Something here doesn't make sense."
He looked at the ground closely and noticed a slot for a saber to slip into. Grabbing the dark saber, he inserted it and the entire temple began to shake.
The small area around the lightsaber opened up and revealed a ladder that traveled deeper into the temple.
"At least this one has a ladder." John climbed down and only went twenty feet before he hit the bottom.
The area was lightened by a dim light inside the wall on John's left. He only saw a small single crystal laying in the center of a meditation circle.
As he approached the crystal, and took it in his hand, he stared at its sun red glow. The system, however, went crazy.
[DISCOVERY! DISCOVERY!! DISCOVERY!!!]
[CRYSTAL OF THE FIRST DARK LORD!!!]
[Experience: 50,000 Experience!]
[Experience Increase: 21,400 -> 71,400]
"Increase my level as much as possible,"
[Increasing...]
[Level Up x11]
[Level Increase: 55 -> 66]
[Unspent Attribute Points: 0 -> 33]
[Unspent Skill Points: 11]
"Crystal of the First Dark Lord?"
[Crystal of the First Dark Lord: A Kyber Crystal taken from an ancient Jedi and corrupted to be used by the First Dark Lord, whose name has been forgotten. After his defeat, the crystal was passed onto his successor, and the tradition continued until the Jedi reclaimed the crystal and began using it for meditation. The Crystal of the First Dark Lord gives off an aura of death, and was died red with the blood of its victims, as it has seen countless wars. This crystal no longer has an owner, but wishes to taste blood once more.]
John place the crystal in his inventory and looked around the room. "That was really it? I spent 2 hours trying to get an ancient crystal? There's no more gold or anything? How am I suppose to build a fleet of Harrower-class Dreadnoughts?!?"
"Even the gold from multiple elf cities was only equal to a few hundred thousand. Even if I take over this world, I'll only have enough for 1 or barely enough for 2 Dreadnoughts!"
John left the room and climbed onto the last LAAT. 'The elf capital and the other nations better be rich.'
After a few hours, they approached the temple and John saw his 8 apprentices under Chris and Charlotte meeting the 4 new apprentices.
"You mean we'll get to make our own new lightsabers?" One of the Jedi students asked.
Cecile nodded. "Yep. I made this one. Although it's just a crystal, I'm sure Master Thane will bring some parts back from your temple to build sabers."
As the LAAT landed, John and Fix stepped off and he was greeted by Indigo. "General. I have a report from Commander Chris. He has dealt with the traitor."
John closed his eyes as he felt his way through the force. "I would stay, but I think I'll visit him in the elf city. Give my students access to the LAAT with all the parts to build a lightsaber."
Indigo saluted as he turned around and walked away, followed by Jinx.
"Indigo! Where did you put the encased armor?" John walked up to Indigo.
"It's in your room, sir."
John nodded as he walked into the temple.