The Eighth Bastion City's Treasury was less a vault and more of a pocket realm embedded in the Treasury Hall.
The Treasury was on the highest floor, past layers of Peak-Level Exalt Grade gates, defensive formations, and combat constructs. The path to the Treasury was illuminated by rivers of spirit light. As soon as one entered the pocket realm, countless crystalline lamps floated through the air like stars, casting golden and azure hues across the mountain of treasures.
The sheer scale of wealth was enough to make even a seasoned Primarch pause for a moment and breath a sigh of awe.
The treasures here had been gathered from taxes imposed on the entire city as well as tributes received from major powers. Although minor, plundered wealth from invaders or bandits, protection fees from merchants, and offerings from refugees also made up for a significant amount when collected from hundreds of millions of people.
