"A 1st level Master Rank dares to talk to me?" Omar spat, his voice laced with pure scorn as his red eyes burned with disdain, glaring down at Max as though he were nothing more than an insect daring to chirp in a storm.
Max, however, showed not the slightest sign of fear. Instead, his lips curled into a faint sneer, and a sharp gleam flickered in his eyes as he gave a soft, mocking chuckle that quickly built into a peal of laughter echoing through the tense clearing.
"Dares? Hahahaha!" he laughed, the sound brimming with a confident edge that made Omar's frown deepen further.
Omar's face grew dark, his brows knitting together as an ugly scowl twisted his features. "What are you laughing at?" he snapped, his voice low and dangerous, simmering with anger that someone so beneath him dared to mock him.
But Max only smiled, a cool, unfazed expression on his face, and slowly raised a single finger, pointing upward toward the sky above them.
