Bai Xiaowen stared into the eyes of the Demonfire Crow Rochelle controlled, as if he could see through its green pupils and into Rochelle's mind.
"You know what I want... At this point, we'd better be frank with each other..."
Rochelle's crow replied, "Caw... You want the piece of Demon God Bones I have? What can you offer in return?"
"Since this is a deal, I'll put something on the table too..." Bai Xiaowen said evenly. "My offer is the entire Dark Age Continent!"
"What?" Rochelle's crow was so stunned it forgot to caw.
Bai Xiaowen said calmly, "The Dark Age Continent originally had three Divine Scions. Ismen and Nibroz have both fallen by my hand, leaving you as the only Divine Scion-tier Demon. Given the situation, I doubt you'd dispute that I already control this continent..."
Rochelle's crow fell silent, but it did not argue.
Bai Xiaowen continued, "This continent has considerable value to me, but the portions of Demon God Bones held by you and Nibroz matter more. Give me yours and help me find Nibroz's, and I'll give you Ismen's and Nibroz's Demon Cores. I'll also promise to stay out of the Dark Age Continent's affairs from then on..."
Nibroz was already dead. When Sigrdrifa had searched his body, she had found a spatial storage device engraved with Demonic Runes. The two sections of leg bone he held were presumably inside it.
But as with Ismen, Nibroz's death had made the device impossible to open. They could only use prophecy or some other auxiliary method to locate where its Storage Space overlapped with the Dark Age Plane.
That was why Bai Xiaowen would only give up the Dark Age Plane once he had gathered all the Demon God Bones.
Once Bai Xiaowen handed over Ismen's and Nibroz's