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Danas's blunt words made Nadula and the others' expressions change at once.
Yet Danas acted as though he had not noticed and continued speaking to himself.
"If he really isn't here, then you should have done everything in your power to conceal that fact."
"At the very least, that would have made us worry whether that Hero had learned from what we did last time and planned to return the favor—lurking in the shadows and slashing us at a critical moment, leaving us crippled even if we survived."
"If the Hero isn't here, then your combat strength is entirely inferior to ours. If you let us know something like that, anyone can see how terrible it would be for you."
"So, if the Hero truly weren't here, you would never have mentioned it so directly in front of me. At least trying to hide it would have made us wary, afraid to commit all our forces and giving you an opening to exploit."
"But since you said it so openly, can I make a bold guess?"
Danas's deep gaze fell upon everyone.
"That Hero is still here, but something has happened to him, and he can't fight, right?"
Those words, which struck directly at the truth, pierced through Nadula and the others like the sharpest weapon.
Nadula and the others' faces became extremely ugly, even carrying a hint of shock and fury.
Clearly, they had never expected Danas to deduce even something like this.
But their reactions only made Danas want to laugh.
"You should go learn from the Moon Demon properly." Spreading his hands, Danas said, "If it were that one, she definitely wouldn't have let me see through her so easily."
This was the greatest possible insult to the God Race.
After all, the Demon Race had