Hours passed in silence, the wind rushing past him and the sky changing shades as he crossed vast distances between continents.
He was almost halfway across the great sea, hovering in the space between the two landmasses, when suddenly—a presence. A figure appeared out of nowhere directly in front of him, as if materializing from thin air.
Max came to a sharp halt, his body tensing, his eyes narrowing as they locked onto the stranger. But it wasn't truly a stranger. He had seen this figure before.
It was a demon—but not just any demon. It was him. Demon Lord Kome, one of the four Demon Lords at peak Expert Rank strength. The sky seemed to darken subtly at his arrival, the ocean below trembling under a pressure that hadn't been there moments ago.
