Upon hearing this good news, Zoe's voice resounded throughout the entire room.
"Great, I will send your money within the next 4 hours but as for the guards. I can only send them to guard your place, the day we will leave for the dungeon.
I will be hanging up the call now " Zoe replied, her voice carrying satisfaction.
Lincoln didn't have the chance to say anything since Zoe had already cut the call before he could say anything. He looked at Lucius who was standing not too far away from her.
"How did I do?" Lincoln asked as he handed Lucius the communicator.
"You did awesome acting, even I was surprised by your performance. Though, it's a pity that we couldn't get more money out of them." Lucius exclaimed, he sounded a bit sad.
Lucius knew that Zoe wouldn't be willing to pay more than 60000 gold coins judging from her tone and attitude at that time. The 60000 gold coins that she gave them were beyond his expectations. He had expected much lower. So he didn't push too far since doing so might leave them empty-handed.
"Now we just need to wait for the money to arrive. Then we will divide
it among ourselves" Lucius said to him.
Lincoln nodded his head upon hearing this, Lucius decided to stay here until they received the money since leaving would be a waste considering that the money was going to arrive within 4 hours.
He was about to sit in a chair but then he made a realization that might get him caught.
"If the man who is going to deliver us money informs Zoe of my presence then she might understand that I have a hand in giving Lincoln the idea to put absurd demands.
I should hide myself just to be safe" Lucius thought to himself.
He looked for a good place to hide a few minutes later, he spotted a good place. There was a big cupboard that had various items inside. Behind the cupboard, there was black pitch darkness that made it impossible for anyone to see who was behind the cupboard.
"Lincoln, I will stay hidden there until the money arrives" Lucius exclaimed as he pointed towards a certain direction.
Lincoln nodded his head, signaling his approval for him to stay hidden until the money arrived.
This will also give him a sense of safety from the man who will deliver the money since he is a non-combatant Divinity.
So he started to walk in a certain direction and hid himself behind the cupboard. Even Lincoln couldn't see him due to the darkness behind the cupboard.
"He has found a good spot to hide, no one can see him," Lincoln thought to himself.
After a few minutes of looking at the place Lucius hid himself, Lincoln got back to work. He started to repair the swords which had numerous cracks on them.
Lucius watched over everything from a distance.
"Let's just wait here" Lucius mumbled.
Around 3 hours later.
Lucius saw that Lincoln was still working on a few swords which were damaged Lucius just quietly watched him work from the sides. As he was working, a knocking sound went through the entire room.
"Somewhere in here," Lincoln said to Lucius in a barely audible tone.
Lucius just nodded his head in approval, then he signaled him to open the door. Lincoln nodded his head and walked towards the door. Lucius made sure to conceal himself properly as Lincoln went to open the door.
When Lincoln got close enough, he opened the door. Lucius saw that a middle-aged man was standing in front of the door.
The middle-aged man wore a white robe that was as white as snow. There was the sun in the middle of the robe. The middle-aged man had long hair which was attached by a band.
He had a medium size beard. He was fairly tall and had a rough face.
The middle-aged man assigned Lincoln from head to toe.
A few seconds later, he spoke out loudly.
"Are you Lincoln?" The middle-aged man asked.
Lincoln nodded his head in approval upon being asked.
"I am here to deliver the money that you demanded from Miss Zoe to join the raid team" The middle-aged man exclaimed, his voice carrying seriousness.
The middle-aged man took out a small box from his pocket. Then he extended towards Lincoln.
"This is a Divine box which is capable of carrying 1000 coins. The money that was demanded is inside this box. Also, we are paying you in diamond coins which I assume won't pose much of a problem. There are a total of 60 Diamond coins inside it." The middle-aged man exclaimed as he extended the box towards him.
Divine coin boxes are capable of storing thousands and thousands of coins despite their small size.
The box is capable of storing so many coins because of the spatial magic used inside the box. The boxes are no more than a few cm in length and breadth.
"No problem at all," Lincoln exclaimed as he took the box.
After giving the box, the middle-aged man turned and left. Lincoln also went inside. When Lucius saw him enter the room alone with a small box, Lucius hurriedly walked towards him. When Lucius got close enough, he looked at the box in his hand.
"Where is the money?" Lucius asked.
"It's inside this box," Lincoln replied.
"Are you kidding, can so much money be inside such a small box" Lucius exclaimed, his voice carrying seriousness.
When Lincoln heard that, he made the realization that Lucius probably didn't know about the use of the Divine coin box.
"Lucius this isn't a normal box, it's a special box" Lincoln exclaimed as he began to explain the uses of the box.
A few minutes later, Lincoln was done explaining the use of the box.
"I didn't know about this but anyways do you know how to take out the coins from this box" Lucius asked.
Lincoln nodded his head as he kept the box on the floor.
"Just wait for a bit," Lincoln replied.
Lucius nodded his head as he watched Lincoln open the box. Lincoln channeled mana into the sword, then the box began to glow brightly, and then a small big magic circle appeared on the ground.
A small pile of Diamonds coins materialized above the magic circle.
"They are roughly 30 diamond coins, which belong to you. Considering each coin is equivalent to 1000 gold coins" Lincoln exclaimed.
Lucius nodded his head and put it in his pouch.
"How did you take the coins out from the box?" Lucius asked.
"It's quite simple actually, all you need to do is channel mana into the box and think about how many gold coins you want to take out then the coins stored inside the box will materialize on the ground.
If you want to keep the gold coins inside then you will have to open the box and throw in as many gold coins as you want as long as it doesn't exceed the limit of the box" Lincoln explained how to use the box.
Lucius nodded his head in approval, then he extended his hand towards the Diamond coins and kept them inside the pouch one by one. After he kept it inside his pouch, he bid goodbye to Lincoln.
"Bye Lincoln, we will meet one another three days later when it is time to raid the dungeon" Lucius exclaimed as he walked out of the Smithy.
He halted his steps as he was walking towards the exit of the smithy, he turned around towards Lincoln.
"Hey Lincoln, in the midst of this I forgot to ask, how is my sword? Have you repaired it yet? Lucius asked, his voice carrying curiosity.
Lincoln shook his head upon being asked about his sword.
"As I told you before, I can't repair your sword. You must wait for my master's return" Lincoln replied.
"Ahah, alright then I'll go home now" Lucius exclaimed.
He turned around and started to walk away from the smithy.
Lincoln just nodded his head as he saw Lucius leaving the smithy. A few seconds later, Lucius reached the door and walked outside of it. He looked around him to see if there was any stall selling potions. There were none.
"I will return home once I have bought enough potions" Lucius muttered under his breath.