Clatter-
A crisp clinking sound rang out.
Something flashed in the headless knight's hand, and he tossed a bundle filled with Spirit Coins straight onto the ground. The bundle came undone, scattering coins everywhere with a clatter.
"That's one-third. We'll discuss the rest once I've confirmed everything. Now, hand her over. You won't be shortchanged a single coin."
Lin En sat cross-legged on the Tomb's floor, smiling as he glanced at Hana Ye, who was still gagged beside the pile of Spirit Coins.
"Hana Ye, want to go outside?"
Hana Ye's eyes widened, and she immediately shook her head at an unimaginable speed.
"Mmph, mmph!!"
The corner of Lin En's mouth curled upward as he said,
"All right, let him in. Tell him the girl he wants is in the Tomb. If he wants her, he can come get her himself."
The Evil Spirit Wizard shuddered again as Lin En's voice sounded in his mind.
He instinctively looked toward the headless knight again and conveyed Lin En's message, taking care not to show anything unusual.
The wind howled through the blood-red mist.
Swirling sand swept past the warhorse's hooves.
Silence spread.
The headless knight stood there without a word, as calm as a god of war.
The immense pressure radiating from him nearly made the Evil Spirit Wizard turn tail and flee on the spot. The Lich dared not move at all, and even felt as though the marrow in his bones had stopped flowing.
Only after a long while did that change.
The headless knight spoke, indifferent and calm.
"I didn't want to take this job in the first place. It's far too dull. I've always considered you small fry beneath me, let alone having to destroy the bodies and erase the evidence. But since you refuse to know