"This is bad! That demon is back!"
Just as everyone in the basement was packing up to flee, Scarecrow's piercing scream suddenly rang out above their heads.
"That... that demon is back?"
Almost simultaneously, everyone present except Deadshot shuddered.
Recalling the hellish darkness of their past experiences, they looked at one another, their eyes filled with despair and gloom.
"What are you standing around for? Pack up and run! We're screwed if he finds us!"
Bane had suffered the most out of everyone there. Now, as though his trauma had been triggered, he urged everyone to hurry with blows and curses while frantically using his device to pump himself full of drugs.
Winning a fight was out of the question, but venom could effectively dull the pain, so he had better stack some buffs on himself fast.
Even if the others weren't reacting quite as violently as Bane, they weren't far behind. Abandoning everything except what they absolutely needed to carry, they desperately tried to squeeze into the secret passage.
"Seriously, do you guys really need to act like this?"
Deadshot was the only person in the basement who remained perfectly calm, and he found their reaction rather baffling.
What was wrong with these people? Some mage had shown up, so what? With all of us working together, couldn't we take him down?
Besides, even if we couldn't win, what was the big deal? Everyone here had been beaten up by Batman before. Could this guy really hit harder than Batman?
Look at yourselves, making such a pathetic spectacle. Did you even look like supervillains anymore?
None of the others paid any attention to Deadshot's confusion. They simply looked at him as though he were an idiot and fled even faster.
"No! Stay away from me! No! Yamero!!!!"
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