Second floor

"Let's go check out the second floor, what do the girls think?"- asked Warren, and the girls nodded in unison. They climbed the same spiral staircase, but this time they went up, the first floor was about 10 meters high, so the journey did not take long.

The second floor took up less space than the first, but it was somewhat similar to it. In the center, where they appeared, everything was arranged in much the same way, but on a smaller scale. There were still the same library, alchemy labs, and blacksmiths, as well as other things, but there were also differences, or rather differences-in the center of the room there was a closed room, which Warren immediately became interested in and turned to Kate for information- " What kind of room is this?"

"This is the second-floor treasure room!" -the Artifact Keeper replied. Strangely, Warren forgot about the promised rewards, he perceived the Garden of Denied Sanctity itself as a reward. However, when he heard about the reward, the hero was startled and became interested in the treasury.

"Then let's go and see what's in there!"-he called to the girls.

When they came to the treasury, they saw a locked gate- " How do I open it?"- the guy turned to the spirit girl.

"You have to think about it and the gate will open."-Kate replied. Warren tried it, and the gate opened immediately. The treasury greeted them with a glint of gold, as well as the smell of rare herbs in the Lower Kingdom, and a large number of different equipment, swords, sabers, spears and other weapons, as well as armor. There were some materials for the craftsman, but, as Kate had said, they were few and far between, and only valuable in the Lower Realm.

"Maybe I'll find something on the higher floors..."- thought the guy, after which he was interested in one point and he turned to Kate-"Why was there no treasury on the first floor?"

To which the girl replied- " My Father did not have treasures of such a low rank."

"That makes sense."- The guy nodded inwardly. Indeed, why would an Ancient God need treasures of the Qi Condensation stage and below? The most important thing that Warren noticed in this treasure trove is gold. These low-grade treasures are useless to him, and with so much gold, he will no longer have to worry about the problem of not having money when he is busy with things outside the tower. According to the guy's estimates, there were at least a trillion gold coins in the treasury, and in addition to the coins, there were also various jewelry that could be sold.

"Eli, Nila, if you like something, then take it-do not hesitate!" - said the guy.

"R-really?"- asked Eli in a trembling voice, who, although she was a princess, had never seen such riches, also do not forget that the girl is a dragon, and dragons are very greedy by nature. It didn't have the same effect on Nila, but she was still impressed-"With this amount, you can buy our entire Chaos Empire, and several times!"-she thought.

Warren noticed that Eli had already started rummaging through all sorts of gold jewelry, and Nila was interested in the weapons surrounding her, but these treasures were nothing compared to her spear.

Warren nodded, noticing that they had found something to do and began to take an interest in the treasures himself, although there were no particularly valuable items in sight, but still this is the treasury of an Ancient God, you can not be sure of the absence of something really valuable.

So the guy walked around the hall for a while, when suddenly his eyes were fixed on the object in the center of the treasury, and he stopped dead.

"!!!"-Seeing the guy's obvious surprise, Kate asked him- " Did you find something valuable?"-the guy suddenly startled her with an unrestrained laugh.

When he stopped laughing, he said, still smiling wildly- " Sort of!"

He walked to the stone tablet in the center of the room and began to read, the words written in an ancient language. After reading a few words, the guy laughed again.

"Yes! This is it! "- he exclaimed.

"What is it?"-Eli, who was already festooned with gold jewelry, immediately asked, If Warren was in a normal state, he would have laughed at her appearance, but he was completely focused on the tablet.

"Information about the five additional steps at the Foundation Stage!"- the guy said, laughing, and then a thought flashed through his mind-"Eli, Nila, girls, can you do as I do and start cultivating from the beginning, but this time cultivate the hidden cultivation steps as well?"

Eli was unsure, yet she was already at the stage of Imperial Enlightenment and did not want to start all over again, she, with obvious reluctance, asked-"Is this necessary?"

"In a good way-YES!"-the guy exclaimed in response.

"I agree!" -Nila, as soon as she heard about the opportunity to increase her combat prowess, was happy, so what if she needed to re-cultivate to the stage of Heavenly Enlightenment, she was convinced by Warren's strength, and she wanted the same. She was a power maniac.

"Warren, there is actually a method of cultivating secret steps for those who have already reached the next steps, but it is painful and the effectiveness of such a method is only about 70% of the correct cultivation..."-Kate suddenly interjected.

Nila immediately rejected this method- " 70% will not suit me!"

Eli, on the other hand, had the Blood Dragon bloodline, and along with her increased life span and innate strength, her cultivation speed was lower. Although she was confident in herself, she knew that it would take at least five years to re-enter the Imperial Enlightenment stage, even with the nourishment of the treasure.

But when she heard about the method that Kate was talking about, she made her choice- " I'll choose Kate's method!"

"All right, if that's what you want!"- agreed Warren, who understood Eli's problems. He was about to start his plan, but suddenly he remembered a problem that completely flew out of his mind- " Eli, how long has your mother been in this Lower Realm?! "

"What is it?" -the girl asked, stunned by the sudden question about her mother.

"Tell me, how long has she been in the Lower Realm?"-Warren repeated the question, he had once asked Eli about how long ago her mother had been cursed by the Emperor of Terror, and then learned that it had happened 15,000 years ago, and in that case, there would be little problem with her healing, because Eli was not yet an Absolute God. But then I learned from Lucifer that the passage of time in this Lower Realm is twisted, and at least a few hundred times, in which case, if Eli's mother has been in this world for a long time, then the curse may be even weaker than Warren initially thought.

"F-five hundred years!" the girl said nervously.

"Five hundred years! That is, approximately 100,000 years ago in the Divine Realm of the Stars. It's much better than I thought. Back then, Adrian was just the initial True God! "- Warren calculated in his head and laughed. Eli, who was very worried about her mother, did not expect this and hopefully asked Warren- " I-is this good?

" If my calculations are correct, then perhaps even at the Stage of Earthly Enlightenment, I will be able to heal her!"- the guy delighted her.

"R-really?!" the girl asked, still flustered.

"Well, I'm not completely sure yet-I don't know how much time has passed from the moment of my death to the moment of rebirth in this body."-Warren said, he didn't want to give the girl an empty hope, but he believed that he hadn't made too much of a mistake.

Nila and Kate did not know Warren's story and watched the conversation with a certain bewilderment.

"Rebirth in this body?"-Nila muttered, and Warren heard her and decided to tell his story, he didn't want to hide anything from his family.

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"So you're not Warren Satanakia?"- she asked after hearing his story.

"What answer do you expect?"-Warren probed.

"Well..." -Nila could not answer, to be honest, she never liked Warren Satanakia, but still he was the prince of her country and she, as a person from the family of defenders of the empire, did not like the idea that the prince was not a prince.

Seeing her condition, Warren sighed- " To be honest, I don't know..."

"What do you mean?"-Nila didn't understand.

"I have all of Warren Satanakia's memories, and his demonic power still affects me, so I'm definitely not Warren Teshen anymore… It's even possible that our souls merged, but I've never been an expert in the soul realm, so..."- the guy expressed his doubts.

"If you want to check if your souls have merged, then there's a way to find out..."-Kate said suddenly.