Did Zion Already Score A Home Run?

When Maxim regained his consciousness, he found himself surrounded by monsters on all sides—Monkeys, Apes, Bugs, and a Bird Man, all looking at him with pity on their faces.

"First Time?" the Rank 7 Umbrafang, Harahon, whom Thirteen had met in the Temple of Courage, asked in a teasing tone.

Faced with such a powerful creature, Maxim felt like a lump was stuck in his throat, preventing him from letting out a sound.

His subordinates didn't fare any better either, surrounded on all sides by powerful Monsters who could easily crush them to a pulp.

"I don't know why that brat Zion sent you here, but I advise all of you to give up," the Bird Man, Zed, who was a Demi-human Roc, said with a sneer. "This is the end of the line for all of you."

"M-My Father is the Vice-Leader of the Black Skulls," Maxim, who finally found his voice, declared. 

However, his words lacked his earlier arrogance and tenacity.