Charles sighed. "Look at you, getting hasty again."
"Lord Mark beside you hasn't even said anything yet. Why did you confess on your own?"
Mark's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He hurriedly shouted, "Lord Charles, this is a misunderstanding—a complete misunderstanding!"
"I don't know him! I don't know who betrayed you! I'm your loyal merchant!"
It would have been better if Mark had stayed silent. The moment he shouted, the Greater Demon seemed to seize a lifeline and repeatedly kowtowed to Charles. "My lord, it was all Mark! It was all him!"
"He bribed me with soul shards! I hadn't wanted to do it, but he gave me far too much."
Charles asked, "Oh? How much did he give you?"
Hearing this, the Greater Demon hurriedly kowtowed. "My lord, he gave me a huge batch of soul shards. I really couldn't resist."
"You know, I've been poor since I was little. I'd never seen so many soul shards."
"My lord, please forgive me. I'll never do it again."
Charles sighed when he heard that. "I once said that as long as you were loyal to me, you could obtain anything in the future. Why did you betray me? For just a little soul shards?"
The Greater Demon hurriedly shouted, "No, no, it wasn't just a little!"
"Altogether, there must have been five or six hundred thousand soul shards! My lord, I really couldn't resist."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Charles burst out laughing when he heard that number.
He looked at Mark. By then, large beads of sweat had already formed on Mark's face.
Mark nervously wiped the sweat from his face, his body trembling slightly as well.
With a light wave of Charles's hand, the Demon-Sealing Boxes containing all kinds of resources and treasures were dumped onto the