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Staring at the increasingly oppressive Captain, Matthew suddenly laughed:
"Barthor couldn't climb up, but that doesn't mean I can't."
"Moreover, if your help is effective, why hasn't Barthor left yet?"
The Captain raised his chin slightly, inadvertently revealing a trace of disdain:
"He doesn't have the qualifications."
Matthew calmly said:
"No."
"It's not that he doesn't have the qualifications."
"It's that you don't have the abilities!"
The Captain's expression seemed unmoved, but his tone grew increasingly stern:
"Mortal."
"You'd better know what nonsense you're spouting!"
Matthew instead became more teasing:
"Still pretending to be profound?"
"You say that without your help, no one can leave here, so why can the Calamity Mage come and go as they please?"
The Captain snorted coldly:
"Do you dare compare yourself to a calamity?"
Matthew shook his head:
"I'm just exposing your lies."
