32 Greed (2/2)

An absolute goldmine if they took the time to actually take everything there.

The giant tree probably held a fruit that could elevate one's cultivation while the wood would be useful for creating a weapon.

If their group was very lucky then they could even get seeds to grow their own herbs.

Imagining the riches that were just in reach, Lirgo became much more daring with his thinking due to greed.

Hinting at Kellie to make a move by beckoning her with his hand in a discrete manner they began to make their move.

”So are you willing to hand over the corpse? After all it was our prey first.”

Dean understood that he was trying to imply that they had somehow slowly injured the tortoise but Dean clearly saw that the damage done to the tortoise wasonly done by him and Leonard.

There was no poisoning done to the tortoise as he had already checked the meat before simmering it into fire.

'Outright lying? How shameless.'

Lirgo wanted to further his prominence in front of Dean to get the Earth Endowing Tortoise corpse by releasing his cultivation level.

Core Refiner 7

A sneer escaped from Dean's face but his head was down making it seem like he was thinking carefully

'Is he an Elder's disciple?'

The thought was only instant but Dean was ready to take out his equipment

Lirgo thought that he would accept his fate but instead Dean declared his stance

”I'm sorry, my friend fought really hard for that corpse. Maybe if you can give something in trade could we make a deal.”

'Such futile annoyance.'

Tired enough of the boring conversation, Lirgo moved his hand to signal Kellie to attack Dean.

Swiftly taking out her daggers they were immediately directed to Dean's neck while he was holding onto a ladle.

Seeing that the soup was going well, Dean put a lid on top of the pot before placing the ladle on top.

Lirgo thought that he was about to surrender but Dean had finally made his move.

Speaking beneath his breath, Dean had summoned Silent Cage

Beneath Kellie was a dark void that devoured her by slowly reaching out its fangs and claws, entrapping her in literal darkness.

She dropped her blade however her other hand suddenly regained conscious as she struck the walls of the cage.

It had obviously weakened but the numbing sense slowly consumed her thoughts as only a small gap had finally allowed her to escape from her prison.

Just from that one spell, Kellie felt tired but Dean had stood up from his spot to start his onslaught.

'Even if he is a disciple of an elder. I can just interrogate him to see if his master's strong otherwise...'

The group was overall weak yet had many areas that would overpower any beast without any intellect.

But to arrogantly face Dean, he couldn't help but play around.