Bab 179: 179 - From the ashes

The phantom pain in the middle of his face seemed to come back, and despite the silence around, Connel seemed to hear whispers accompanying fingers being pointed at him.

His expression darkened, and he tightened his jaws, before he opened his mouth:

"What are you doing here, 'Daemon'?"

The way he spat out the name at the end of the question made his loathing and anger all too clear, but the one in question remained unfazed just as he had been since the beginning.

But, for the first time, Daemon's expression changed. He let a small smirk appear on his lips, one made more piercing by the indifferent mockery in his dark eyes:

"I heard you will be branching into farming. I came to congratulate you."

Connel felt his brain explode, fire seemingly coming out of his ears, his eyes seeing red. His breathing, already strained, turned chaotic.