"I expect to be gone for over half a month. If all this still can't satisfy your... appetite," He Xi glanced at the goblins on the ground, his expression complicated. "My friend, I have to warn you: it's best to eat less of this kind of ingredient. There are countless better things to taste in the Surface World. You can explore the town on your own sometime."
[Drow Elf Trist Solarin's Favorability increased, Parsing Points +3]
Seeing Trist stare at him without moving, He Xi helplessly rubbed his fingers together.
He thought, Does this Drow Elf not know the basic hand signal for a "trade"?
Trist looked at He Xi, then at the gifts on the table and the "ingredients" scattered across the floor.
[Drow Elf... Points +2]
[Drow Elf... Points +2]
"Ahem." Though Trist's Favorability kept rising, He Xi cleared his throat and reminded him again.
Trist finally noticed He Xi's fingers rubbing together so vigorously they seemed about to spark.
"Ah, sorry, I just... didn't expect that." He hurriedly pulled out a Gold Shield and pressed it into He Xi's hand. "Thank you very much."
Only long after He Xi had left did Trist turn his gaze away from the darkness.
The underground space fell silent once more, broken only by the struggles of the bound goblins.
He got up and picked out the goblin struggling the hardest, dragging it alone to the center of the open space.
The goblin seemed to sense that its end was near. It writhed frantically against the rough ropes, making muffled, shrill "gug-gah" sounds as a foul smell filled the air.
But Trist's expression didn't change in the slightest.
He was long accustomed to scenes like this. Besides, it proved that the offering was brimming with vitality, and might even please his