Derek's eyes widened in shock. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether what he was seeing was real or just a nightmare.
Humans… working with demons? The same demons who had once slaughtered nearly all of humanity?
Was such a thing even possible?
Rage exploded within him. He let out a thunderous roar — a roar drenched in fury and killing intent.
"YOU BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU WORK WITH DEMONS?!"
Peter, who had been grinning at the sight of his new reinforcements, froze mid-smile.
So did the two figures that had just emerged from the rift.
Aside from the bear and Leo's mutated version still fighting in the background, the entire cavern fell silent.
Even the terrified girl tied beside him trembled harder, her mind reeling from what she had just heard.
'Demons?'
The word sent chills down her spine. Though 'demon' was a term often used to describe something evil or monstrous in myths and old legends, no one had ever actually seen one — not in the entire recorded history of humankind.
