After passing through the layers of fog in the subspace, Howard stepped on the earth again.

The devil brought him to a planet shrouded in eternal night. Although in eternal night, the planet was not dark, because the night sky was full of dazzling auroras.

The surface of the planet is covered with dead trees and thorns covered with sharp thorns, and in the center of the planet, surrounded by layers of dense forests, stands a magnificent circular city, or palace.

The style of the palace is a combination of Baroque and Gothic styles. It is built of blocks of marble. Huge and ferocious gargoyles stand at the entrance and on the high walls. Inside the palace, countless Romanesque pillars wrapped in gold edges support the main body of the palace. The dome is painted with gorgeous paintings, and the walls of the palace are inlaid with gems as dense as the starry sky. The stained glass through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides of the palace shines into the palace courtyard from nowhere, giving people a hazy feeling as if they are in a dream.

Howard followed the demon as he wandered through the temple, feeling like an ant that had strayed into the Pantheon.

In fact, this is also the reason why many religious buildings are deliberately built in a large direction. The purpose is to make visitors feel their own insignificance, thereby implying or deepening their faith in God.

"Welcome to my home, welcome to heaven." At the end of the palace, the demon opened his arms in a welcoming gesture to Howard, then said, "The great Lord of Pleasure is sitting on the throne in the center of the palace, awaiting your audience. But before you do, we have prepared some small gifts to welcome you to join us."

As he spoke, the demon pushed open the door at the end. Amid the creaking sound of the bolt turning and the dull rustling sound of the door bottom rubbing against the ground, the air pressure on the other side of the door seemed to be lower than the space where Howard was. So when the door just opened a little, the outside air began to pour in. From Howard's perspective, it was as if a huge exhaust fan was suddenly turned on. The strong suction made it impossible for him to break free, so when the opening of the door was just big enough for one person to pass through, he was sucked in.

Howard fell to the ground, and the door behind him slammed shut, plunging him into absolute darkness.

"Hehehe...you are really anxious."

The devil's sweet laughter came from the darkness, and then a ray of light appeared in the darkness. The light quickly approached and grew larger, and Howard was able to see clearly that it was a burning torch held in the devil's hand.

As the demon lit the flames, more and more fires were lit. Some of these fires came from candles placed directly on the ground, some came from braziers on top of marble columns, and some came from naturally luminous minerals.

Soon, the small pieces of light expanded rapidly, blending with each other, and illuminating every corner.

Howard found himself in the center of a huge cave. The door he had come in through had long disappeared, and the cave was filled with treasures. Gold coins were piled up like mountains, and gems rolled down from the gold mountains like boulders. Countless pure gold statues were draped with precious jewelry and crowns. Many dwarf elves wearing rags were running back and forth among the countless gold mountains, cleaning up the newly formed spider webs and fallen dust, and counting every gold coin.

The place where Howard was located was only the first part of the cave. There were countless passages on the edge of the cave that connected to other places. The light of treasures poured out from the passages, and it was obvious that there were even more precious treasures in there.

This place is like the treasury of the dwarves of Lonely Mountain in "The Hobbit". It is rumored that the gold in the dwarves' treasury can fill an entire river, and the gold in front of us can fill the ocean.

"You're welcome. These are all yours, but you can only take what you can carry." The devil patted Howard on the back and said, "Please take your pick. Don't be impatient. We have plenty of time."

Howard walked hesitantly to a mountain of gold. He stretched out his festering hands and scooped up a handful of gold sand, but the gold sand soon slipped through his fingers.

"Oh, I overlooked that," the devil said in a surprised tone. Then he pulled out a pocket from somewhere and said to Howard, "How about this? I'll put whatever you like in there, and you just need to carry it out later."

Howard did not answer the devil's words. He looked at the treasure in front of him. In addition to gold and gems, the mountain of gold also contained many things that Howard had been reluctant to buy in the past due to his financial situation, such as a brand new 4090ti graphics card, a limited edition Osiris Sky Dragon card, a life-size Altria figurine, curry sticks, and so on.

While Howard was hesitating and thinking, the devil put a golden crown inlaid with gems on his head.

Howard grabbed another handful of gold coins, and they slipped through his fingers again, but this time at least one remained in his palm.

Howard looked at the gold coin carefully. Judging from its texture and color, it was undoubtedly made of pure gold. The workmanship was very delicate and beautiful. One side of the coin was printed with a gorgon, and the other side was printed with a fire-breathing dragon.

Howard blew on the gold coin and threw it away like a skipping stone.

The golden crown on his head also slipped off because of this action.

"I don't want any of this," Howard said.

Howard was telling the truth. If he hadn't traveled through time before, he might have been tempted because the money could allow the people he cared about to live a better life. But now he was alone in this world, and he himself didn't have too much pursuit of money. The money he earned from making pancakes every day on Orin Star was enough to satisfy him.

Moreover, he did not believe that the demon in front of him was really kind to him. The treasure here was probably cursed like Smaug's treasure.

Finally, although he really wanted a 4090 graphics card, in the Warhammer world, you can't download games with just a graphics card, so it's useless.

"Are these treasures not enough to satisfy you?" The devil raised his eyebrows. "It doesn't matter. Tell us what you want and we can give it to you."

I need a piece of two-dimensional foil for cleaning.

Howard thought in his mind, but this weird idea was only in his mind. Howard did not and could not say it out loud, because even if he said it out loud, the devil in front of him would not understand.

Howard shook his head: "I don't have anything in particular I want."

"Well, it seems that wealth alone cannot satisfy your desires." The devil spread his hands, "But don't worry, this is Heaven. No matter how unrealistic your wishes are, we have a way to make your dreams come true here."

"Let's go!" The devil waved and led Howard on the way. "This isn't the only gift we've prepared for you. Follow me, there are countless surprises waiting for you. There's always one that will satisfy you."

Howard followed the demon and continued forward, but what he didn't know was that behind him, in an area that he couldn't see even if he suddenly turned around, piles of gold coins and gems turned into ashes and disappeared with the weathering. The color of the surfaces of those pure gold statues quickly dimmed and finally turned into skeletons covered with cobwebs.

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