185 Chapter 185

Unsure what to expect next, we all tense up, and an overwhelming silence follows as we wait for Irditix or the Demon Lord's next move.

The Ox opens his snout to speak, showing fang as he does so: "However as much as the idea of stealing it pleases me it would be unwise and ungrateful of my part to answer my freedom bringer with his death… nor would I wish to carry any sense of responsibility or guilty in this matter, so how about I pay you with what you need and what I wish to do dearly?"

I feel my throat close under the intense gaze of this beast as I swallow dry to ask: "And what would that be?"

He smiles and now I can see he has two pairs of fangs on the upper and down lips that are too big to fit just right in the middle of his snout, resembling crocodile teeth, but bigger.