"Stop!"
When Killian's tent came into view, Shien, who was running at the front, suddenly shouted.
"…!?"
All the people who followed Shien and rushed here were shocked. Under Shien's shout, all of them stopped subconsciously.
At this moment …
Boom!
In front, the tent that held Killian exploded without any warning, causing a roar.
Flames suddenly soared into the sky, causing the raging flames to burn fiercely.
The people on Shien's side couldn't help but make a sound. Some even screamed. Obviously, they were quite frightened.
Only Shien stared at the center of the explosion, and for some reason, a mocking expression appeared in his eyes.
At the same time, people began to rush here from all directions.
"This …!?"
Baylon seemed to have broken free from the attackers of the Old Demons. She rushed here from another direction with a team of knights and saw this scene.
The rest of the knights and adventurers seemed to have also rushed over with this goal in mind. When they saw the blazing tent, their expressions could not help but change.
This scene lasted for a long time.
Then, everyone saw.
They saw figures appearing one after another in the center of the flames.
They were Demons in black robes.
They slowly walked out of the flames as if they had entered an uninhabited land, ignoring the surrounding flames and heat. They appeared in front of everyone with one person.
That person was Killian.
Killian was successfully rescued by the people of the Old Demons.
"…!"
Baylon couldn't sit back and watch this happen. She couldn't help but step forward as if she wanted to do something.
However, Baylon didn't succeed.
Because before that, an extremely horrifying pressure descended on this space.
"Have you rescued him?"
A gloomy and old voice appeared along with this horrifying pressure.
Only then did everyone realize that an old man had appeared in front of the flames. He stood there leisurely as if he was taking a stroll.
Looking at this old man, everyone, including Baylon, couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"So scary …"
"Ugh …"
Lucia and Merica also couldn't stop trembling. Regardless of their previous wariness, they subconsciously moved closer to Shien and grabbed his clothes.
Shien also looked at the old man.
"Is that him?"
This person was the owner of the magic power that Shien sensed was stronger than Killian.
The other party's identity was also obvious.
"Beetho …"
Baylon called out this name absent-mindedly.
Unfortunately, this old man from the Old Demons didn't seem to notice their existence. It could even be said that he didn't notice all the humans present. He just looked at his subordinates and completely ignored Shien and the others.
"Lord Beetho."
The subordinate of the Old Demons came to Beetho and reported.
"We've succeeded in rescuing Lord Killian."
Hearing this, Beetho turned his gaze and looked at Killian who was brought out by the people from the Old Demons.
At this time, Killian still looked bruised and swollen. His expression was dull and he didn't react even when he saw Beetho.
This made Beetho frown.
"What happened?"
Beetho asked his subordinate, puzzled.
"I'm not sure." The subordinate shook his head and said in a low voice, "When we found Lord Killian, he was already like this."
"Is that so?" Beetho's frown deepened and he muttered to himself, "Was his mind affected by spiritual magic? Or was he tortured to the point of losing consciousness? "
"It should be the latter." The subordinate said, "Lord Killian's body has a lot of injuries. I'm afraid he was really tortured."
"Heh." Beetho immediately laughed and said, "To be able to torture that Killian to such a state, I'm really curious what methods these humans used."
As he said this, the pressure Beetho emitted became more and more terrifying.
It wasn't just Beetho. Even the Old Demons were the same.
Obviously, they were all furious.
They weren't angry at the fact that Killian had been tortured, but at the fact that humans dared to do such a thing to them, who were part of the old demon race.
"Mere humans, how dare you do such a thing to our old demon compatriots."
Beetho muttered.
"You're clearly just a bunch of filthy trash, why can't you just obediently be killed? Why do you have to provoke us and make us spend unnecessary effort and effort to deal with you?"
Beetho finally turned his gaze and looked at them.
That merciless and cruel gaze caused everyone on this side to tremble.
"Ahhh … Ahhh …"
The timid ones had already begun to make unintelligible cries.
"Plop …"
Someone seemed to have collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion.
As for the others, their teeth were either chattering or frozen, not daring to move as if they were being stared at by an extremely ferocious beast, and they almost ran away on the spot.
Among the people here, only Shien could bear Beetho's gaze with his usual expression.
Because just now, a strange magic power drilled into Shien's mind, trying to affect his spirit and will, but it was canceled out by Shien's [Abnormal Status Resistance] skill.
Shien instantly understood what was going on.
Without a doubt, Beetho had used the spirit magic he had just mentioned to destroy the will of everyone here.
If that was the case …
"Courtesy demands reciprocity. I'll also give you a greeting gift."
Shien's eyes flashed.
From his body, an extremely horrifying aura blasted out, and invisible shock waves spread to the surroundings.
"Ugh …!?"
Beetho's expression instantly changed.
"What …!?"
The expressions of the people from the old Demon Clan Sect all changed drastically.
At this moment, Shien activated the [Oppression] skill that he had learned in Lésia's Flower House, causing the world to buzz as if it was suppressed by an amazing gravity.
Therefore, in a series of crackling sounds, the people of the Old Demons Faction, who were caught off guard, all knelt to the ground under the suppression of Shien's aura.
On the other hand, Beetho's spiritual magic collapsed under this imposing aura and dissipated completely.
This made Beetho's expression extremely ugly, and his eyes were filled with astonishment.
On the contrary, the people on Shien's side only felt their bodies lighten, and their consciousness became clear. Finally, they were no longer afraid and trembling.
Only then did Shien withdraw his aura and cancel the use of the [Oppression] skill.
"— —"
The whole place suddenly fell silent.
Whether it was Baylon and the others or the people of the Old Demons Faction, they didn't seem to realize what had happened, and they all looked shocked and confused.
Only Beetho's gaze was already on Shien.
"Who are you?"
A cold voice was spat out from his mouth.
