"Unfortunately, you were destined to make your exit here."
When that unhurried voice reached Hermes's ears, his entire body trembled, and he struggled to raise his head.
His face had already begun to rot, making his features twisted and horrifying.
Yet Hermes could still clearly see the person who had appeared here.
He was a suave, refined demon man.
"It really wasn't easy finding you. As expected of someone with the strongest concealment-type Unique Skill—even the Queen Consort's Colorless and Tasteless falls short of you in that regard, Father."
Looking at the rotting, grotesque Hermes, the demon man actually spoke to him with a smiling expression, as though he were offering an ordinary greeting.
The newcomer was none other than Danas.
"How are you here!?"
Suppressing the agonizing pain surging through his body and the unease faintly rising in his heart, Hermes questioned Danas.
The person before him was clearly his son, his own flesh and blood, yet Hermes spoke as if addressing an insignificant subordinate, his attitude and tone incomparably forceful.
Danas did not mind.
He had long since grown used to it.
And Hermes's question was met with an honest answer.
"I saw the entire process of Father's defeat," Danas answered truthfully. "I also guessed that after being defeated, Father would definitely retreat along this route, because there is a passage here that leads to the Demon Realm."
That was exactly right.
There was a hidden passage to the Demon Realm nearby.
However, no one knew about this passage—not only humans, but not even any demons, including the six Demonoid sisters.
The reason was simple: this passage had been built by the Primal Demons.
There were only so many passages between the Human Realm and the Demon Realm, and they were tightly controlled by the demons. Entering or