"Hmph, spare me that. Until I receive a million gold coins, I certainly won't touch you or let you go!" Helen Tina had always been renowned throughout the Seven Grand Duchies for her vicious schemes, so Han Shuo naturally would not believe what she said. Watching her coldly, he asked, "Magic Crystal Cannons are made from many rare magical materials. I wonder if water damages them?"
The first thing Helen Tina had done upon waking was look around. She had already noticed the group of Zombie Warriors supporting six Magic Crystal Cannons beside Small River, but Han Shuo's threat to defile her had distracted her. Now that he mentioned the cannons, she flew into a rage and shouted at him indignantly, "Don't expect to get a single useful piece of information out of me, you damned bandit!"
"Bandit? Hahaha! Your Xilun Duchy are the real bandits. You've plundered Brettel City day and night all these years, turning a large city with hundreds of thousands of people into a lifeless little town with only a few tens of thousands left. Its people have long since lost their dreams and hopes for life. Isn't all of that thanks to you? And you still have the nerve to call me a bandit? Hahaha!" Han Shuo remembered the sights he had seen on his way to Brettel City, the wretched people without enough clothing or food, and his heart was likewise filled with resentment.
At Han Shuo's words, Helen Tina's pretty face turned cold. "That's war. When your Lancelot Empire invaded our Seven Grand Duchies, didn't you burn, kill, and plunder just the same? If our Seven Grand Duchies hadn't united and driven you back, I'm afraid the people of all our duchies would have become slaves."
Helen Tina had a point. Han Shuo