The pain was excruciating, yet Mira pushed through. Gritting her teeth, not from pain but frustration, she channeled all her Qi throughout her body, trying to resist and heal the crushing force exerted by the Basilisk just enough so she could speak.
Her eyes locked onto the monster, and before he could kill them, she shouted, "Wait! I have no intention of stealing it from you! What I want is a trade!"
"Not interested," The Basilisk replied and continued crushing her with its might, which surprised Mira a bit. Clearly, it was more important to him than she thought.
However, this was good.
'I can use this!' Her eyes gleamed a calculating light as she thought of the right words to say.
"Kugh!" She coughed up a mouthful of blood before speaking, "Given that this place is so old, I'm assuming there's a very limited quantity of Celestial Nectar, given that you're still here! I can speed up the production of it by severalfold if you allow me to see it!"
