Laisha's venomous remark caught Shien by surprise.
Though he had only met Laisha a few times, Shien had thought that while this young lady was carefree, she was not the type to casually toy with other people's lives. When they had met beneath the Mangal Mountain Range, she had not shown him any hostility at all. She had only forced herself to release killing intent later in order to draw out his Holy Sword, and after testing him with a single move, she had left immediately. She should not have been such a violent person.
But now, it seemed that she was not nonviolent. She simply chose her targets.
"Do you have that much of a grudge against the Old Demon Faction?"
Shien asked anyway.
"What do you think?" Laisha replied with a half-smile. "I've been hunted for so long. If I hadn't had no other choice, do you think I would have just kept running away without retaliating?"
That was true.
If it had been Shien, he would definitely have found a way to get even.
Laisha was probably the same. Having finally found an opportunity to repay the Old Demon Faction, naturally she did not want to let it go.
Besides—
"As long as we weaken the Old Demon Faction's forces appropriately, the pressure they put on me will lessen. Then I can take the chance to do more things." As she said this, Laisha looked serious. "So, I want to work with you."
Shien immediately began weighing all sorts of possibilities in his mind.
It sounded reasonable, but there were still several questions that could not be avoided.
For example—
"What do I get out of working with you?"
Shien was exceptionally straightforward.
"You may not gain anything, but at least you'll avoid suffering losses." Laisha was