Trumpet of Doom

The mercenaries gulped as they looked at the man's smiling face. They felt chills just hearing his question.

"No, we didn't hear a thing," Jez said, nodding while gesturing with his hand to the group of mercenaries to go along.

And the rest of the humans nodded without saying a single thing. They were afraid to utter a word upon witnessing the instant killing in front of them.

'Is he going to believe us?' One of the mercenaries thought, then glanced towards his companions, whose heads had been sweating since a moment ago.

'He's really a demon,' someone conveyed inside his head.

'I want to go back,' another one thought.

"That's a good thing to know," Zeno replied upon opening his eyes, still having the menacing smile on his lips.

The next second, he looked back at the giant snake and spun the dagger in his hand.

"Now, it's your turn, isn't it?" He asked, which made the monster cower in fear.