"G-Good sir, I don't mean to be rude, but the doors of all the Dukes' Treasuries are made of something called 'Immortal Titanium,'" the Merchant said with a tone of warning. "To scratch, let alone cut through it, one would require strength bordering on the Immortal Emperor Realm. In the Azureflask Empire, Immortal Emperors are especially rare, so the vast majority of these Treasuries are deemed virtually impenetrable—"
SHING!
A crisp, cutting sound echoed out.
"!!!"
The Merchant's disbelief morphed into utter bewilderment as he stared slack-jawed at the nonsensical sight before him.
"T-The vault doors," he stuttered. "They were cut through!?"
Right before his very functional pair of eyes were the two golden doors, and then there was the giant x-mark etched straight out the middle of them!
"Well," Azmodeus said calmly. "What are you waiting around for? Let's head in and conduct the inspection."