Credit and Responsibility (Part 1)

"By the Great Mother!" Berion blurted when the treasury turned out to have been emptied as well. "What does this m-"

The dimensional sealing arrays had been activated again, cutting off the transmission.

"Excellent question." Lith thought out loud while putting everything in the office back as he had found it.

'I can get taking out all the weapons in preparation for the war, but why take the money as well?' Solus pondered.

'Aside from the muscle head that attacked me, no one used a decent artifact and even those he had were nothing much.' Lith replied. 'It doesn't make sense unless the nobles are planning to run away while the army invades.'

'I don't think so.' She said. 'If they wanted the gold they would have escaped before the army arrived and those weapons have no value for someone who isn't trained in using them.'