"I originally thought it was a Three-Eyed Demon. Even a Half-Blood Demon had become a guard, so it made sense for a demon overlord to appear. But I never expected it to be a Three-Eyed Blue Demon..." Wai murmured, recounting the changes in his feelings.
Though the others said nothing, most of them felt much the same as Wai. Day had raised their expectations of that person high enough, yet they had never imagined that person's origins would be so... special.
No wonder Day had said so meaningfully before that they would definitely be surprised when they saw that person.
And that was why Day had mentioned that Wood Spirit would be terrified upon seeing that person and had never trusted them. Now they understood. In Wood Spirit's eyes, judging by appearance alone, the Three-Eyed Blue Demon was tall, burly, and ferocious. Compared to the One-Eyed Wraith's bamboo-pole frame, it was far more intimidating—and much more terrifying.
"I didn't expect the Three-Eyed Blue Demon in the intelligence to be someone we couldn't afford to provoke either." Angel wore an apologetic expression.
Before this, projections from the Nightmare Realm had always gone from weak to strong, even becoming unfathomably powerful. Yet when it came to the Three-Eyed Blue Demon, the opposite had happened.
It was precisely because of this error in the intelligence that Angel had made a wrong judgment.
"You needn't blame yourself, sir. None of us could have imagined this answer. Besides, don't we have a solution now? As long as we can subdue that Wood Spirit, the problem will be solved as easily as splitting bamboo." Without question, the one saying this was still Wai, the newly minted little fanboy.
Wai could only think that way because he was entirely looking at things from Angel's perspective.
But the