Chapter 320: Picking Thorns

"Is it about your pay? If money is needed then I can…"

Klautz shook his head, cutting her off. Money was indeed important but...

"That's not it. It isn't a matter of money anymore. Money would not be able to buy you victory here."

Hell was a world where savage beasts moved around feasting on humans. Wealth was no longer the all encompassing power that it once used to be back on earth. Money was indeed important but it couldn't buy you everything. And Klautz believed that Shizu should be the one to understand it better than anyone else.

And truth to his thoughts her words got stuck in her throat with nothing coming to her mind. The only card she had to negotiate was useless after all. She looked down as she didn't know why Klautz would quit being the acting general.

"Then why?" she asked seemingly holding back her sobs.