As soon as I stepped out of the Poison King’s room, I put some distance between us and exhaled deeply.

“Phew.”

Relief washed over me. Thankfully, my plan had worked.

‘Managed to slip out cleanly.’

The Poison King had wanted to ask me how I could extract energy from the demon stone.

But by taking advantage of his emotional state, I had successfully avoided answering his question and made my escape.

The problem was, by now, the Poison King had likely caught on.

‘That old man… he won’t sulk over this again, will he?’

He was old enough to know …