Chapter 241 240. Hopeless Hope.

Tuwile's face twisted in madness at the sight of some "thing" trying to show him its pity; in an instant, he unsheathed his sword from the human's body that he sat atop and slashed it 360 degrees, horizontally.

SLASH!

WHOOOSH

A ring of reddish black coloured mana shot out from his swing.

SPLURT

SPLATTER

BOOM!

Everything up to 50 feet around him was destroyed; nothing was spared—demons, humans, and even buildings that stood in the way of his sword slash simply exploded.

And at that horrifying scene, humanity's doom seemed to have been made known, but the demons, even though many of their own kind had died at the hands of one of their own kind, they ignored it as if it weren't anything new and pounced on the humans, who were immobile due to the fear Tuwile had instilled in them without even trying to.

And soon, silent screams filled with anguish descended upon humanity. The throats, limbs, heads, eyes, ears, fingers, everything that can be bit off, was being bit off by the demons, killing the humans slowly and as painfully as possible, while some simply enjoyed to massacre with blood splattering everywhere, and some were in seen relieving their s*xual urges on the humans that they took a liking to, while all of these horrifying things were happening, humans began to lose hope and some even gave up on fighting back.

But right now, unfortunately for them, Tuwile's madness has yet to calm down.

"How dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you, how dare you...HOW DARE YOU!?" Tuwile yelled at the top of his lungs and lunged himself forward to wherever the "pests" were seen.

"Ra!" He roared with a slash.

WHOOSH

A 6-metre wide, reddish-black coloured, horizontal mana arc shot out from his sword swing, killing at least 40 humans in its path and well over 70 demons who were slowly eating away the humans in front of them, and a massive arc even got imprinted on the ground beneath the dead bodies of both humans and demons.

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Soon, when almost all of the humans in the area where Tuwile was, were about to be annihilated, a strong heat wave struck the demons and pushed them back, away from the humans. The humans instantly recognised that heat wave and knew that they were going to be rescued soon, but their eyes didn't gain even a glint of life and looked completely dead.

It seemed like they didn't really want to be rescued; they just wanted to be killed sooner so that the mental torture they were experiencing would just end.

They just wanted everything to end, so what if the reinforcements came for them? What would they do, exactly? All the horrifying scenes that they saw were seemingly imprinted in their minds, and it was simply impossible to wipe them out. With all the things they have seen today, they were sure that they wouldn't be able to live, as the scene wasn't something that could be forgotten so easily.

And then, a warm sensation engulfed the survivors' bodies, but they didn't show even an ounce of change in their mental and physical state, and their gaze was drawn to the brave woman's small yet huge back that seemed to be bearing the responsibility of the entirety of humanity; that was the kind of back that would give hope to whoever saw it, wanting to share even the slightest of the heaviness of the burden the woman in front of them was carrying, but...

The people who were looking at that back didn't want to be part of the burden "that" woman had to bear, so...

A young woman dared, clenched a short sword that was in her loosened grip, and slit her throat in a single, strong slash.

SPLURT!

"!!" Seo Hana's eyes shot wide open when she heard the sound of something splattering behind her; she thought that there was a demon that had slipped her senses and had killed a human. She instantly snapped her head in the direction of the sound in hopes of saving at least one more life, but her eyes widened in shock and her gaze trembled when she noticed that a young woman had killed herself even when she had arrived to help them.

She was already having a hard time holding in the stressful emotions that just wanted to burst out when she saw the state Sector One had turned into, but this sight in front of her was the last barrier that helped her hold in the emotions.

"Ah...." Tears streamed out of her eyes, and a strange sound that was stuck in her throat escaped.

SPLURT

"Ah...."

'No.' Seo Hana yelled inwardly, but she didn't have the strength required to say those words out loud when she looked at the lifeless eyes of the people she had just rescued. The scene in front of her was something she had never experienced, and by the looks of it, she hoped that it was just a dream and the scene in front of her would never ever happen, but of course, reality won't change with a simple thought of a human.

"HOW DARE YOU!?" A loud yell continued to sound behind her, but Seo Hana just ignored it and stared at the people killing themselves, one after another. She hoped somebody would stop and tell them not to kill themselves, but no, none of the humans she rescued wanted to live, and at last, none of them did.

BOOM

With a loud "boom," Seo Hana's massive bright orange flame wings popped out of her back without her even realizing it. She looked down at her own hands; to her, the scene that just happened in front of her was because of her; they killed themselves because of her. At that thought, it seemed like her hands were stained with the blood of the innocent humans; she herself had killed them.

She felt disgusted with herself; she brought her hands close, placed them on her face, and said, "I'm sorry." She mumbled while tears streamed out continuously.

She then abruptly pressed her face with her nails, clawing them until they bled. "I'm sorry." She mumbled again and pulled down her nails that were pressed against her face, and six long, bleeding claw marks formed on her face as the voice that sounded behind her got closer and closer.

"How dare you?" The loud voice sounded in her ear this time, and Tuwile swung down his sword, hoping to cut off the phoenix wings that were on Seo Hana's back.

"How annoying." Seo Hana mumbled, and Tuwile's world turned upside down in an instant.

BOOM!

Seo Hana did a reverse kick to Tuwile's head, in that instance due to the force behind her kick, Tuwile's body flipped vertically and his head was slammed at the ground very strongly, so strongly that Tuwile didn't even get back up for a brief moment.

Because he was too shocked and dumbfounded by what and how something like that had happened—and that too by a human—but it didn't last long because this wasn't the first time he was knocked to the ground; it was something that happened on a daily basis while he was in the demon domain, but this and that were different.

WHOOSH

He soon got back up on his feet and glared at Seo Hana, who was burning like a torch. Her flames had reached at least 10 feet tall and were burning so strongly that even the debris of the buildings Tuwile had destroyed was melting.

"How dare you, you pest!"