The atmosphere froze with the appearance of the legend. Even Shersha, a great demon in the single-digit rank, clearly expressed her fear. It was the same for Chi-Woo. He didn’t want his brother of all people to come to this place right now, because he was the only one who wouldn’t back down under his family name’s authority. Why did he have to appear at this time?

“How…are you here…?”

“I flew here,” Chi-Hyun responded dryly and stopped to look at his surroundings. He checked Ru Amuh’s, Eveyln’s, and Hawa’s responses before looking back at Chi-Woo.

“…Did you tell them who you are?” Chi-Hyun asked, and Chi-Woo instinctively avoided his gaze. Seeing their responses, Chi-Hyun sensed that Chi-Woo had revealed his true identity to his companions.

“Why…no. Let’s talk about that later,” Chi-Hyun said. It was a conversation for a later time. The situation in front of them was more important right now.

Chi-Hyun’s response calmed Chi-Woo down a bit, but his heart was still beating rapidly.

“Weren’t you at the mountain range?” Chi-Woo asked.

“I came flying as soon as the situation settled over there.”

Chi-Woo was about to say that it should’ve still been impossible for Chi-Hyun to arrive so soon, but Chi-Hyun added, “I flew nonstop, day and night, straight through the Demon Empire.”

Chi-Woo gaped. Instead of taking the safe, winding route, Chi-Hyun had gone straight through the enemy’s territory to minimize the distance he needed to travel—without any sleep at that. Chi-Woo didn’t even need to ask why Chi-Hyun had...