Ex-Machina on a Dimensional Travel

"Answer. We need your 'power.'"

A pair of golden eyes stared fixedly at the burly man, and a bone-chilling cold slowly spread through the dark dungeon.

Facing the puppet standing off to one side,

Tawara Touta glanced at the Golden Barrier blocking the path beside him, then fell into thought.

After weighing the pros and cons for a full ten seconds, he solemnly raised his head and gave Xiu Er his answer.

"So you brought him back behind my back?"

Standing at the village entrance, Smoke Drunk pointed at the muscular man at the rear of the group with a look of anger she dared not voice, speaking to the apologetic boy in a gloomy tone.

Who could understand the shock of waiting for so long, only for this group to bring a stranger back to the village?

Bringing an outsider into the village so easily clearly carried enormous hidden risks.

If not for Xiu Er's ability to cross space, meaning the other party did not know the route to the village, Smoke Drunk Hassan would not have merely lost her temper slightly right now.

"Ahaha, sorry, sorry. But Xiu Er said Mr. Tawara Touta is a powerful helper who can solve the village's 'problem.'"

"So, for the sake of the village, Xiu Er made a deal with Tawara Touta just now."

"You were willing to make a 'deal' with an outsider for the village's sake?"

Curse Arm, standing nearby, could not help sighing at Xiu Er's actions.

"Lord Xiu Er, we and all the Mountain People are deeply grateful for your concern for the village."

Although Curse Arm also doubted Tawara Touta's identity, since Xiu Er had brought him back, he would not remain overly wary of him.

Besides, even if the other party harbored ill