1382 The Thief

The woman hesitated for a second, wondering what her options were.

"You can scream if you want," Ning said. "Scream and call for help. Or you can try running away too. It will be fun to see if either of those could work at all given I've sealed the room so that no sound would escape."

"No matter how much you cry or beg for help, no one will come to help you," Ning said. "On the other hand, if you do just do as we tell you, we won't lay a finger on you.

Seeing no way out, the woman who had called herself Jasmine put her hand on the page of the empty book.

Tim walked forward to activate it, but before he could reach it, the book glowed with golden light as Ning activated it on his own.

"H-how?" Tim asked out of pure surprise. He had never expected that he would come to see one day when he too would find someone who was capable of activating Zurin treasure without someone else's aid.