Gray Deep Sea, moments earlier.
"Thirty light stars already..."
[Kuros] satisfactorily put away the thirtieth light star he had collected.
It could be said that he had exceeded his mission quota on this trip, yet the greed in his eyes had not faded. Instead, it had only grown stronger... This was like picking up money!
Mr. [Fu Zao]'s return on this investment was simply too high!
But [Kuros] had not been completely carried away by the fruits of victory, because the [Microstars] that appeared were becoming increasingly powerful... even he found them troublesome.
Five more... no, ten more light stars, then he would leave once he had enough—Justin looked extremely drained, as if he would not last much longer.
Strangely, however, the royal crest Justin displayed was growing increasingly distinct.
"C-can you let me leave..."
Justin called out weakly. His entire body felt as if all strength had been drained from it. If [Kuros] had not been holding him up the whole time, he probably would have collapsed already.
"Hold on a little longer," [Kuros] said flatly. "Remember, you took the money."
Justin was furious. Taking the money was one thing, but that did not mean he should be treated like he was not even human!
Just then, the silver flames around them suddenly flickered. [Kuros] immediately felt uneasy, his gaze fixed on the darkness deep within the trench!
At that moment, Justin felt faint tremors coming from the seabed... Along with the tremors, rocks from both sides of the trench began to crumble and fall.
"Not good!"
[Kuros] cried out. The silver flames he had released were extinguished in an instant—without the slightest hesitation, [Kuros] grabbed Justin by the collar and retreated at top speed!
That retreat nearly exhausted all of [Kuros]' strength!
Yet at that moment, an enormous