The Rimewind King was dumbfounded.
As if he had failed to see Balgon's gesture clearly, he blankly let out an "Ah?"
"Did you make the wrong gesture, Balgon?"
"Nodding is the standard gesture for agreement. Shaking your head means rejection."
"My gesture was not wrong, esteemed ruler of the Tempest Domain." Balgon still wore his trademark smile as he replied with neither servility nor arrogance. "Octopus Lady's intuition was correct. The fundamental reason Demon King Qin successfully defended the arena was not the second blessing."
The Rimewind King's mouth fell slightly open, and his eyes rapidly widened.
When his eyeballs were practically about to pop out of their sockets, he blurted out a curse.
"What the hell?"
"You bastard, that's not cool! You sold me fake information?"
"That is not the case, Rimewind King." Balgon answered calmly, his tone unhurried. "The information I sold you was absolutely genuine."
"It's simply that what Octopus Lady wished to know goes beyond the truth."
"Can you speak like a normal person... Forget it. Just tell me what the real reason is." After fuming for a moment, the Rimewind King sighed and directly gave in.
He had thought Balgon would haggle with him for a while, but Balgon simply nodded and agreed.
"Certainly."
Immediately afterward, a string of obscure, incomprehensible words entered the Rimewind King's ears.
He heard every word clearly, yet he could not understand any of it.
The Rimewind King stood there in a daze for a full three seconds before muttering, "You... you're not just making up nonsense to fool me, are you?"
"The Data Panel has a damn translation function! It didn't translate a single thing you just said!"
Balgon did not respond to the Rimewind King's frantic outburst. He merely turned his head and looked at Octopus Lady beside