Ordinary people?
When those words slipped so casually from Yue Changlong's mouth...
[Fool] froze.
He couldn't quite grasp what they meant.
And [Demon], [Wolf], and [Death God] froze as well.
They exchanged glances, each seeing a trace of confusion and bewilderment in the others' eyes.
Ordinary people?
Who were ordinary people?
Could it be...
A thought they all found utterly absurd sprang into their minds at the same time.
Could the ordinary people he meant be... us?!
No!
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
We are the Twelve Thrones of [Skull and Bones]!
We stand at the very pinnacle of this world's supernatural pyramid!
We are "gods," personally granted divine power by Lord [Eye of Omniscience]!
We are the pioneers who will usher in a brand-new era!
And he actually called us... ordinary people?!
BOOM!!!
Yue Changlong's words struck the three Thrones like Nine Heavens Thunderbolts crashing down on their skulls!
The blow left them scorched through and through, their very souls shattered!
This wasn't even an insult anymore!
It was outright dismissal!
The most absolute contempt, delivered from a higher plane of existence!
The purple flames around [Demon], which he had only just managed to rekindle, shuddered violently and nearly went out on the spot.
The spark of fighting spirit that had just ignited in [Wolf]'s green eyes was instantly doused, as though someone had thrown a bucket of ice water over it.
For the first time, the hand [Death God] held his enormous scythe in began to tremble visibly!
At that moment, their composure completely crumbled!
"He... what did he just say?"
[Demon]'s voice carried a barely perceptible tremor.
He even began to wonder whether something was wrong with his ears.
"He said... we're... ordinary people..."
[Wolf] struggled to force those words out of his throat.
He felt as though his