"Bree! That bastard killed Bree!"
After a stunned silence, the demons of the Execution Squad erupted into anguished cries for their fallen comrade, directing their grief and fury toward Yuan, despite the fact that Bree’s death had ultimately been brought about by his own reckless curiosity.
They quickly flew toward Yuan and surrounded him.
"I don’t care who you are, but you will pay for killing our comrade!" one of them shouted at him.
Yuan raised an eyebrow and replied, "How was his death my fault? It’s not like I forced him to speak or anything like that."
"Bastard! It’s because you kept shouting Supreme Ruler Dena that caused—"
The demon hastily covered his mouth when he realized his own mistake, but alas, it was already too late.
The sky above the demon swirled, and the Demon God’s Wrath fell shortly after, instantly vaporizing it.
The demons around that individual scrambled away in the last second, barely avoiding the Demon God’s Wrath.
"J-Jean!"
The demons cried out once more, but this time their expressions were filled with disbelief rather than grief, as it was clear that the demon’s fate had been sealed by his own careless words.
"You’re not going to blame that one on me too, right?" Yuan remarked.
The demons immediately snapped their heads to glare at him with intense killing intent exuding from them.
They had no idea who Yuan was or why the Demon God’s Wrath wasn’t affecting him, but it was clear that he’d indirectly caused the death of two of their comrades.
Seeing the way they glared at him, like a pot on the verge of boiling over, Yuan spoke again, utterly unfazed, "So... care to answer my question? How did you know Supreme Ruler Dena was—"
"I SWEAR TO THE DEMON GOD, IF YOU UTTER THAT NAME ONE MORE TIME!!!"
The demons stood on the brink of attacking Yuan, their restraint hanging by a thread.
The only reason they had not already made their move, despite losing two of their own, was the Supreme Ruler’s strict command to hold off until his arrival.
Moreover, Supreme Ruler Dena’s presence weighed heavily on them. If she chose to intervene, they knew with absolute certainty that none of them would survive.
"What name? Supreme Ruler Dena?" Yuan inquired with a genuine-looking puzzled face.
"FUCK! LET’S KILL THIS BASTARD!"
Just as the demons began to move, a terrifying pressure descended upon them, freezing their bodies in place.
"T-This pressure! It’s her! She’s really here!"
Their expressions darkened, color draining from their faces as the realization settled in. Until now, her presence at the Abyssal Council had only been a suspicion—an educated guess formed after their exchange with the Crimson Broker whom Yuan had questioned. But now there was no doubt.
The next moment, before any of them could even react properly, a figure appeared beside Yuan like a ghost.
It was Supreme Ruler Dena in her original appearance.

The demon’s words died abruptly in his throat when he sensed that a gaze had fallen upon him.

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