Hugh Thompson smiled and shook his head. At that moment, The Traitor glared angrily, clearly displeased.
"Let's confirm the items first."
As Hugh spoke, the prison door behind us opened again. Rachel Lan rushed out first, glaring fiercely at The Traitor.
"How did you manage to escape? Your soulstone was already reduced to ashes."
"Rachel Lan, you're strong. It's true, I'm no match for you. I knew from the very start of the fight that you wanted to kill me, so I kept my distance and let those guys go first. That gave me the chance to use my strongest spell. Heh, these revenants won't disappear so easily. Even if you kill me, it won't change anything."
Rachel Lan glared at The Traitor, grinding her teeth. Old Eccentric picked up the items from the ground. After a moment, he ran out and nodded.
"The corpse venom has been temporarily suppressed."
"Is that good enough?"
The Traitor spoke, while Rachel Lan looked ready to attack, but could only force herself to hold back and step away.
"Yes, that's good enough. Even if you kill me, you still can't save those people."
The Traitor spoke, then glanced suspiciously at Hugh Thompson, giving him a look of approval.
After the prison gate closed, Hugh Thompson and I followed the Traitor. After walking some distance, the Traitor stopped and turned around.
"So it really was a lie."
Hugh Thompson laughed softly and said.
"You believed it, so you compromised. How about it? Want to make a deal?"
As Hugh Thompson spoke, I looked at the Traitor in surprise, clenching my fists, ready for anything. After all, this guy is very weak now. I could tell his form was somewhat translucent, and he was approaching us.
I've seen it—the tiny fragment of Golden Soulstone he still has is very small. So right now, the Traitor is extremely weak, at best like a recovering Huang Mingfa. I decided to look for an opportunity, at least to restrain the Traitor first.
"Oh? How do you want to trade?"
The Traitor seemed very interested, looking at Hugh Thompson, then walked over, leaned in close to him, and smiled.
"Trading with you seems pretty exciting."