"Wait, wait... I can explain..."
Feeling that the mermaid beauty's heart was full of anger but not murderous intent, Leon couldn't help but feel slightly relieved. He reached out to steady her shoulders, ready to explain a thing or two, but was ruthlessly bitten.
After gnawing out three rings of tooth marks on Leon's shoulder in her fury, the mermaid beauty stopped, glaring with anger and shouted:
"I was ready to jump into the root and end my life, and still had the nerve to help you deal with the Four Pillar Gods, and this is how you treat me! You, you, you! How dare you?!"
"Uh..."
Leon knew that his act of digging up her entire clan's method for forging abnormal items might have been a bit too aggressive, his heart somewhat uneasy, he could only awkwardly smile:
"It was just a misunderstanding! I thought you were truly moved by the Four Pillar Gods, prepared to take the root of the present world to supplement your Sea Abyss Realm, so in a moment of urgency..."
