Nightdemon stepped forward. His white coat, as though dyed with blood, turned a dark red.

The red of Nightdemon's coat deepened and darkened until it was almost black. Then, it flashed and opened wide, transforming into a pair of bat's wings.

The black wings wrapped around Nightdemon as he took to the sky. When they unfurled again, he had morphed into a gigantic bat with a brilliant white smile the shape of a crescent moon, as though he were mocking the entire world.

A fiery-red eye widened, then split into three. Everyone nearby felt a deathly sense of fear.

The aliens might not know who Nightdemon was, but the death spirits did—he was the devil who had given all the death...