"After all, I don't have a father who arranged everything for me."
Tang Qi spread his hands helplessly.
"Though we can be considered friends, there's only one hoard. You understand what I mean, right?"
Wendy clenched her fists, ignoring Tang Qi's mockery as she said,
"I thought you would at least ask whether we should split the hoard equally."
"No one knows how much the Red Scarf Gang stuffed into the hoard. Splitting it equally might not even be worthwhile—
"And letting you, the 'preselected champion,' get the treasure is really irritating."
Three full days of exploring the maze had left Tang Qi with a stomach full of frustration.
"Do you know what I went through these past three days? First I ran into an Earth Giant, then a Petrifying Bull. I finally found time to rest, only to get chased by several Gelatinous Cubes drawn in by the smell of flesh.
"I found a sealed room, and a hidden Displacement Beast immediately dropped from the ceiling. I finally managed to sleep, then walked out and ran straight into a Troll deliberately placed there by the Red Scarf Gang.
"At a turn near the center, Gargoyles just kept coming no matter how many I killed. If Kuru hadn't used his wand to detect the trap in advance, a Disintegration Spell would have nearly torn me apart—
"And after all that, we finally reached the hoard's door. Guess what? Ha, no key. We couldn't open this door, which was never meant to open for us in the first place.
"I arrived three days before you. Every monster we encountered along the way was dealt with by me, while all you had to do was carry the key, follow the map, and reach the finish line to open this door.
"And now