"You said before that our luck was bad. I didn't really believe you then, but now I truly do." Belaque said speechlessly.
"What's going on? Isn't it just a little bug? Why do you look so worried?" Uchiha Madara asked.
"Luckily, there's only one. If there were more, we'd be finished today. Do you know what this bug is called?" Belaque asked, looking at Uchiha Madara.
Even now, Uchiha Madara did not understand why such a tiny insect had made Belaque so nervous.
By all rights, someone Belaque's age should have weathered plenty of storms. Yet a person who had seen so much was afraid of such a tiny bug. That made no sense.
"That tiny little bug you just mentioned is called a Snow Demon. Just imagine it—a creature this small being called a demon," Belaque said.
"That alone should tell you how terrifying it is," Belaque continued.
"Something this small can be called a demon? The people of your Ezerlan Continent are a little too timid, aren't they?" Uchiha Madara said.
"You can't see the problem now. The main thing is, if there are enough of them, you'll understand," Belaque said.
"These illustrations were drawn in books. If you had attended school in our world, you would know just how dangerous this bug is," Belaque said.
Uchiha Madara watched the little black bug slowly rise into the air in the distance and said with slight surprise, "This thing can actually fly? I didn't expect there to be flying creatures in the snow."
"In cold weather, most creatures evolve to spend the winter underground. Things that evolve to fly like this are rare," Uchiha Madara said.
Uchiha Madara noticed that the black bug was not entirely black. Near its tail was a flickering hint of blue.
Though he could