When you can control a swarm of rats, then investigating ruins, treasures, and mines becomes a three-step process: gather the rats, command them to search, and find the ruins, treasures, or mines.
That's exactly what Arthur did.
With the Crown of the Rat King, one of the twenty-seven props of Hercules, Arthur quickly gained an understanding of the situation beneath the Lion Palace.
The gold mine is even larger than imagined.
A completely rich vein!
No!
It's gold beyond imagination!
Exactly!
It's gold!
Gold that doesn't need refinement from ores!
From the current excavation site, if you go down about a hundred meters, there's a large area of such a 'gold mine.'
This is certainly not naturally formed.
It is man-made.
Arthur took a step downward and soon reached a secret chamber—
A secret chamber resembling an office.
A desk, a chair.
On the desk lies a book and a ship helm.
Sitting in the chair is a corpse.