On hour before,
Antares was still look at the crystal and was mesmerized by its beauty but it was as mineral he could use to change the life of his tribe. The only issue was that he didn't know where to use it nor how to use it, he would've to look in his tribe for someone who could be smart enough to know to use it for the benefit of his tribe.
He glanced at Levi and Eli who were inspecting the weapon crates and armors in the corner of the room, looking for good usable weapons, since theirs were made crudely with wild monster bones and they had been used for too long and they had started to lose their sharpness, Antares looked at the weapons of his guards and he indeed knew that they needed to be replaced with something new and better but that was a matter for another day.
He sighed heavily as he realized he would have tons of work in the future and he was already tired.
He closed the box where he had found the mana crystal and went to a nearby rectangular table covered by a black cloth that covered it entirely. As he placed the box the table, the sound made by the table was a bit different than what you would expect from a wooden table.
This made Antares curious and he removed the black cloth, as he removed it, it revealed a glass case looking those you would find at the jeweler to display his jewelries.
Antares looked at the case and he could see several jewelries neatly aligned in it each type on its own raw. Ranging from necklaces, earrings, bracelets, ring and each had its own unique design.
[Ding.... Ant king jewelry box had been discovered.]
[These glass-like boxes contain magical glass box contains one to 2-star jewelries that were collect the ant kings reaching this level collected over the years.]
Antares looked at the notification and wondered if there were more glass boxes since the notification of the system had given him a hint that there might be more.
Antares walked to other tables that were covered and on each he removed the black cloth covering them.
In total there were four glass cases filled with jewels. This made Antares happy, he could find something nice for Zarah and even use the rest to trade with other tribes that lived beyond his territory, no matter the language, money was a language everyone spoke and it wasn't any different here but that is also something he would take care of the future, Antares made a mental note to carry out investigations on the tribes living beyond his territory.
Antares walked around looking at the glass cases carefully, inspecting if there was something that would suit his beloved Zarah.
Suddenly something caught his eyes, it was a silver ring, it looked plain unlike the other flashy jewels found here, but there was something about that made it stand out but Antares could not but his finger on it, so he decided to give it a closer look.
As he was looking for a way to open the glass box, it shattered itself but the pieces of glass did not fall on the ground and they just floated in the air. Antares looked at this and he was obviously mesmerized by the sight, he had never seen something like this.
He snapped out of his daze and took the ring, then floating pieces of glass floating in the air went back to its original position making it look like it nothing had never happened.
"That was cool." Antares said as he gently touched the glass box.
[Ding...…you have obtained a 2-star spatial ring.]
"And what does it do. "Antares asked as he looked at the ring he was holding.
[It grants the contracted wielder an empty dimensional space where items can be kept, the size of the space expands as the stars showing the rank of the ring rises, in other words more stars meant more space.]
"Hmmmmm, I see." Antares said as he put on the ring on his left middle finger.
[Ding…. would you like to become the contracted owner of the ring, only you would have the access to it.]
[YES/NO]
"Yes." Suddenly Antares felt a bit dizzy for a second then it passed.
[Ding ... the bonding was successful, the host is now the owner of the special ring and remember to bring out or bring in thing in the ring, just think about it and the rest will happen according to your will host.]
Antares looked at the ring and he could sense that it was empty and there was nothing in it.
After he took white ring with red crystals in form of flowers circling it, this design and he placed it in his pocket.
He then walked to the corner where Levi and Eli were standing, he was near them and they did not even notice him, they were immersed in their work, inspecting all the weapon crates and armors one by one.
"I can't believe it all these are these are 1-star weapons, all this time we were using starless weapons, if lord Henry had these then he would have definitely killed those abominable goblins. "Levi said as he was stabbing the air with an iron spear he was holding.
Eli silently agreed with a nod. "They are even made of iron." As he was touching an iron breast plate. "Our leather armor might not even hold a candle against these."
They continued talking for a while Antares was standing behind them, he had gotten used to sneaking behind his two guard by now.
"Then we will take these back to the palace when we are done." Antares said calmly, Levi was startled and Eli as well but he remained expressionless. "Lord Antares, when did you get here." Levi asked.
"That's not important right now, did you find anything useful in those chests?" Antares asked as he pointed at the chest near him.
"Well, there are a few artifacts but nothing else." Levi answered
"Hmmmmm, I see" Antares said. He then walked to the bookshelf on the wall, the book had a dark red cover and it was quite heavy, as he opened the cover of the book, he found a paper that was folded.
[Ding.... host you have discovered a 3-star artifact Map.]
Antares was astonished that a map could be a 3-star artifact, but before he could check what it could do, the room started shaking as if they were in an earthquake.
"Damn it what now." Levi said as he was holding Eli as he was a pillar, on the other hand Eli looked at his brother older brother and didn't care because he was used to his brother over dramatic reactions.
Suddenly, the room went back to normal and the bookshelves on the wall revealed a hidden door with stairs going down, Antares stood there in silence while looking the stairs and wondered what could be hidden down there.
"Let's go and see what down there, each of you grab a weapon, we don't know what's down there." He did not even turn to look back at his guards and he just aired out his command, quickly Levi and Eli grabbed the nearest weapon and some circular shields near them and went to Antares' side.
They walked down the stairs and reached a small room which was practically empty except there was a glass box like the ones Antares had seen in in the treasury and it was floating in the middle of the room.
Antares walked towards the box so as to examine its content and it turned out to be a golden gauntlet with a red gem embedded on the hand.
[Ding.... Danger detected. I advise the host to be on guard.]
Antares saw the notification and was really surprised because the system had never shown this kind of notification before.
Suddenly the red gem on the gauntlet started glowing brightly with a red light and flames burning looked like they were straight out of hell, were all over the box but they could not get out since they were blocked by the glass case that was containing it but the heat coming from it could be felt.
"Damn, that's hot." Antares said as he covered his face from the scorching heat.