Then he shrugged and said, "It is your choice. We can go the long, but expensive route, or the cheap, but short route."
After getting the explanation for why the duration of the curse would cost money, he understood why the death cultivator had said that he would need to pay more, so he had no need to complain anymore.
What he had to do now was to decide how long he wanted the curse to last. In order to decide, he asked, saying, "I need the curse to be running before I can find the person I want, right?"
The death cultivator nodded and said, "Right."
This answer helped Skarg decide. He immediately said, "Then go ahead and take however long you need."
So the death cultivator said, "Understood."
Then he went over to light the black candle. He used another Metac for this job, not some ordinary matchstick.
