"With the Mythic-grade material Imprint Clay, plus the equipment and items on that snake-headed bastard..."
"As long as I get away safely this time, the vast outside world will be mine to roam!"
Toad Swallower muttered silently, his bulging eyes filled with greed and smug delight.
Just then, a wave of mental energy caught up from behind, detonating a warning inside his mind:
"Don't do anything stupid, Toad Swallower! Turn back now, and it's not too late!"
"I'll help conceal what you've done from the Demon Lord. Once we return to the Holy Domain, you can still be your demon elder!!"
"Not too late?" Toad Swallower sneered and immediately replied through mental energy:
"From the moment Hangenor and I tore off our masks, there was no turning back!"
"You'll help conceal what I've done from the Demon Lord?"
"Varimathras, you might cover for the other demon elders, but you would never cover for me, Toad Swallower!"
"Once you deliver the Imprint Clay, Li Yun will become the head of the demon elders!"
"When that happens, would you still spare me?!"
"That's all your own assumption. I never said any such thing!" Varimathras refused to give up and continued trying to persuade him:
"I guarantee that if you turn back now, everything can still be discussed!"
"If you insist on stubbornly going your own way, then once we catch up to you, things may not go so well!"
"Catch up to me?" Toad Swallower threw back his head and laughed wildly.
"Don't make your Grandpa Toad laugh!"
"I'm the strongest among the demon elders!"
"My escape arts are unmatched!"
"Even if Hangenor came himself, he might not be able to catch me!"
"And you bunch of useless scraps think you can? Keep dreaming!!"
Toad Swallower had intended to mock Varimathras a