Chapter 77: Desperation

"...can anybody tell me what happened there?"

Inside a dark-lit room, tension stirred as a group of people weren't able to say anything due to the pressure their facing.

Under their hoods, their expressions marred trepidation, fear, and anxiety. The longer the silence went, the heavier the atmosphere became.

"It's either one of you who starts talking or I will start picking people at random to turn into demon food."

Everybody chilled upon hearing that threat.

"Just so you know, once I start doing the latter, it won't matter if you start talking. I will still feed you all, one by one, to the demons."

"S-Sir! We..."

"You, what?" The frightening man raised a brow, waiting patiently for whoever spoke to continue.

"W-we're working hard to investigate what happened." The same man responded, "From what we gathered so far, we could only conclude that the replacement group we sent somehow got ambushed."