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Looking at the little boy behind the altar and listening to his slightly hoarse, childish voice, Derrick felt as though he were facing the most terrifying monster. He nearly swung the Hurricane Axe in his hands.
As far as he knew, anything that could survive in pure darkness for so long was definitely not human. Even if it once had been, it certainly would not be anymore after all that time!
Demon Hunter Colin's eyes seemed to brighten further. His grip on his sword tightened as he asked calmly:
"What are you doing here?"
The yellow-haired little boy who called himself Jack answered with a slightly pained expression:
"We're searching for the Lord's Sanctuary."
"The Lord's Sanctuary?" Colin pressed.
"Yes." The little boy Jack turned his head toward the pitch-black cross and the upside-down figure. "They told me that if we kept walking in the direction of the Lord's gaze, kept walking without stopping, we'd reach His Sanctuary."
"They? You have companions?" Colin's eyes swiveled on their own like those of some monster, taking in everything around him. "Where are they?"
At this question, the little boy Jack visibly froze.
Suddenly, he clutched his throat and said, his bewildered expression twisting:
"I'm so hungry...
"So hungry..."
Amid these almost delirious murmurs, the little boy Jack raised his head and looked at Joshua, who wore crimson gloves.
"So hungry..."
His mouth abruptly split open all the way to his ears. His ghastly white teeth were perfectly aligned, and slightly viscous saliva kept pouring out.
At the same time, he lunged at Joshua ahead of him, moving so fast that a fragmented afterimage remained where he had stood.
Despite being on high alert, Joshua could barely react in time.
Before he could even make out what had happened, the little boy