Hann didn't dare respond.
The Pride looked around, observing humans killing demons in the distance. He didn't like it. He observed demons killing demons, but simply ignored it.
A sigh of disappointment came from The Pride as he looked back at Hann.
The Crackling took out a staff whose elongated part looked like a tree branch, and at the top was a red magical gem resembling an apple. The Crackling waved the staff, and the forest was transformed into a sinister forest.
The enormous trees began to sway, angry faces and others full of joy appeared on their bark, the trees turned black, and they extended their branches toward The Pride.
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"What a stupid human! He should have just bowed down and begged for his life. That would have been his only chance of survival. Insulting a Transcendental Demon is a death sentence. How terrible, I thought they no longer existed in this world," said the old woman who was witnessing what was happening as she saw him with the eyeball in his hands.
