And when you treated Silver Noble well, you had to make it crystal clear to him that you were doing him a favor. Otherwise, he would keep demanding things from you unconditionally.
Once enough time had passed, he would even take all your kindness for granted. That was why Black Dragon's subordinates so often developed such serious personality problems.
For example, being good to someone ten or twenty times might not mean much. But once he formed a habit, if you suddenly stopped treating him well, he would think you were especially fake.
He would even believe that every bit of kindness you had shown him before had been an act, that none of it had been sincere.
That was why Black Dragon's Wife had always presented herself before others as someone who seemed foolish despite great wisdom.
On the surface, she did not seem to want to be a good person, but behind the scenes, she was far shrewder than most people could imagine.
Black Dragon said with a smile, "Say no more. What matters most now is taking back every bit of status I lost for him."
"If I cannot take back the status I lost for him, then I do not think there is much meaning or necessity in my staying alive in this world. I would not even have the most basic use."
Black Dragon took out his long-sealed Great Treasure Saber. Ordinarily, he should have kept such a saber safely stored away.
Even an ordinary treasured saber like this was already a ceiling-level treasure that many people could never hope to touch.
At first, Saint Lord Taichu's friends had basically advised him against doing such a thing. But why did Saint Lord Taichu insist on doing it anyway?
After all, seeing those people starve to