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#311 - Chapter 45: Plotting against the Iron Bank (Part 2)

Seeing this, Jaqen H'ghar couldn't help but step back a few paces, watching the other man warily. He said in a deep voice, "Water Dancer, do you intend to interfere with the Faceless Men's mission?"

Hearing that title, Arya's heart leaped, and her eyes widened as she stared at the person before her in disbelief. Her voice trembled with excitement: "You… you're Syrio Forel? You're alive!"

Syrio smiled slightly, pointed to his forehead, and said softly, "Remember what I told you? Not today."

Jaqen's expression became complex. He stared at Syrio and said slowly, "Syrio Forel, so you were the First Sword of Braavos. There's no need for conflict between us. Due to unavoidable factors, the mission has been interrupted. The girl has passed the most severe test and can now choose whether to leave Braavos or return to the House of Black and White in seven days. Someone thinks the girl would be better off going home." With that, Jaqen bowed deeply to both of them, and his figure gradually blurred before disappearing into the air.

Arya's legs could no longer support her weight. As if all her strength had been drained, she collapsed weakly. Syrio reacted quickly, reaching out to support her, his face filled with concern. "Child, you've done so well. Don't push yourself so hard. Come, let's go back together."

Arya was somewhat bewildered. She looked at Syrio and asked, "Where are we going?"

Syrio patted her shoulder gently, comforting her. "Don't be afraid. We'll go to Garon's place first. I've been working for him all these years."

Arya nodded silently, then followed Syrio towards the Isle of Reznak. The journey wasn't easy. They encountered many city guards who questioned and searched them. However, Syrio remained calm. He took out a gleaming silver First Sword badge, and the city guards, who had been fierce, immediately became respectful and let them pass.

Arya was very curious about all of this. She couldn't help but ask, "Syrio, what's happening in Braavos? Why are the city guards out at night? I've never seen this before."

Syrio shook his head helplessly and spread his hands. "Honestly, I don't know what's going on. I just returned to Braavos today and visited an old friend tonight. You're lucky you ran into me."

When they encountered city guards again, Syrio didn't hesitate to step forward and inquire, but unfortunately, he didn't get any valuable information. These ordinary soldiers knew nothing. They only knew that it was an order from above, requiring them to conduct strict checks on groups of people or those carrying goods.

Rewind to three hours earlier, Liu Yuan carefully made his way along the secret passage, gradually delving into the underground vault. This place was originally an abandoned iron mine. Over the years, the stone walls had become exceptionally strong. The Iron Bank spent centuries carefully renovating it, making it nearly two hundred meters deep underground. The entire vault only had thick iron doors at key locations, serving as dividing lines between the various areas.

However, the truly meaningful entrances and exits to the underground vault were only two, and both were tightly sealed by massive vault doors. These vault doors incorporated precious Valyrian metal, making them indestructible. Only those who possessed the mysterious key held by the gatekeeper could successfully open them. The bankers, well aware of the immense temptation gold presented to human nature, resolutely decided not to station permanent staff inside the vault. Instead, they deployed at least four hundred fully armed guards outside the vault doors, guarding the outer passages and every fork in the road.

As for the secret passage from the House of Black and White, that was a passage specifically prepared for the upper echelons. Moreover, a large number of powerful Faceless Men guards were stationed there!

Liu Yuan didn't rush to take action immediately. Instead, he first took a simple tour around the underground vault. This place was truly spacious! It was divided into three levels, each with a huge area, at least a hundred thousand cubic meters, about the size of two standard basketball courts.

There were a total of forty-seven vaults of various sizes. Most of the vaults were filled with wooden boxes, and these boxes were filled with glittering gold coins. Of course, some rooms were neatly arranged with long bars of gold bullion. However, due to the limitations of current smelting technology, the surface of these gold bars was not smooth, covered with large and small depressions, obviously caused by the failure to remove air bubbles during casting.

In addition, some rooms had small compartments similar to safes. Liu Yuan casually pulled open one of the iron drawers and found that it contained some roughly processed gems. It seemed that this Iron Bank was not much different from the banks on Blue Star.

Such a huge vault, if you want to empty it all, I am afraid it will take a lot of time. Although it is late at night, you still have to be careful, in case uninvited guests suddenly break in, it is also a trouble. Liu Yuan carefully poured the boiling hot copper juice slowly into the lock eyes of the two extremely strong vault doors. With a "chī la" sound, the copper juice quickly filled the lock eyes and fused with the metal lock core. In this way, if people outside want to enter this place, they either have to try their best to dismantle the entire door, or laboriously chisel through seven or eight meters of hard rock wall.

After completing this step, Liu Yuan did not stop, but immediately devoted himself to the next task, the transportation work. This job was not unfamiliar to him, because when he was young, he often engaged in similar labor, the armories of the United States and the Soviet Union. At this moment, he couldn't help but sigh: the wealth here is really dwarfed compared to the treasures of the dwarves of Erebor!

Since merging with the small world, Liu Yuan is now much easier to collect items. No longer like in the past, every item must be touched by hand to be put into the space.

He skillfully opened the space channel, and a powerful suction suddenly emerged. The heavy gold on the ground seemed to be magically sucked into the space, and even the stone bricks laid on the ground were not spared. In the blink of an eye, the rooms originally filled with wealth became empty, leaving only bare stone walls.

Nevertheless, completing the emptying of the entire underground vault still took Liu Yuan more than an hour. With his unremitting efforts, he finally swept away all the treasures. Not only that, Liu Yuan also specially placed a large amount of gunpowder in the more vulnerable locations of the vault cave. These Ice and Fire World version of black gunpowder is much less powerful, once detonated enough to blast a hole in the upper layer.