Hope

Above ground, the condensed energy in the demon's hand took a spherical form. Now, it resembled a dozen-meter-wide radiant sphere of light.

The reddish light from it gradually began to cover the entire battlefield. The eerie phenomenon stunned everyone. Those who witnessed the scene felt their heartbeats increase.

Aru, on the other hand, could see a similarly shaped ball of energy gathered beneath the ground.

'Ignorance is bliss,' he thought.

While the rest of the warriors worried about what they could see, Aru had to monitor the energy sphere underground.

'What is it exactly planning?'

Instead of exploding the energy as he had thought, the demon contained it in its palms without doing anything.

'The hand is shrivelling up and shrinking while it gathers the energy. Is it dying?'

Aru noticed all the energy from the demon's hand travel up to the energy sphere while it shrank in size.