People often say that if you want to get rich overnight, the quickest way is to rob a dragon's den or a mage's tower. Just grab a few things from there, and you might be set for life. Of course, if you just want to die, you can also... well, death doesn't need to be that complicated.
Regardless, looting more than half the lab of that unlucky lich undoubtedly brought Bartlett a considerable income.
When he successfully sold the magical materials and strange items from the Space Ring, he left 'Returning Home with Full Loads' expressionless but overjoyed, carrying nearly ten thousand gold coins (including what he had left over and earned from completing tasks, Bartlett hadn't had time to count).
Among those items, a thick, cylindrical object and a small box of deep blue, magic crystal-like scales were particularly valuable.
The cylindrical object needs no explanation, but as for the box of blue scales:
