The Terrifying Gap

"Oh..."

Onoki looked at the human-shaped swarm of bats in the sky, his expression grave.

Homelander, meanwhile, glared angrily at A-Train and Maeve and shouted,

"Didn't you find all the warlocks? They got in touch with them!"

As he spoke, red light still flickered in his eyes. He seemed to be getting worked up.

He could tolerate the old man Onoki because Onoki had excellent tactical instincts and was emotionally intelligent, always knowing how to keep him in a good mood.

But he had far less patience for everyone else.

"N-no, we found them all. There was only that one warlock."

A-Train answered urgently.

"You're blaming me?!"

Homelander whipped around in a fit of rage.

The three Terror Demon Kings also seemed to enjoy the scene, watching with relish from three different directions.

"Calm down, boy. I think we may have been betrayed. Not everyone has the will to resist."

Onoki spoke up at just the right moment. He figured that if he didn't, Homelander might burn A-Train alive.

After hearing Onoki's words, Homelander finally calmed down a little.

He remembered how many people they'd rescued lately. Onoki had seemed to bring this up once before, but since nothing had gone wrong, they'd set the matter aside.

At the time, they'd figured the people they rescued had no way to contact anyone and no signal, so there was nothing to worry about.

Now it seemed that this was exactly how things had gone wrong!

"Hmph. Then let's see what you three are made of!"

Homelander had killed plenty of demons lately and believed he'd grown stronger.

Now, facing the three Terror Demon Kings, he felt no fear.

He'd already fought one of them before. Their various abilities had been extremely bizarre and hard to guard against, leaving him in a