If they divulged information about those people, they would definitely die if they were tracked down.
But what could the kids' leader do?
If he hadn't said anything earlier, he would already be dead.
Of course, the kids didn't know that Luke had never planned to kill them.
His words and methods, coupled with Mental Communication, were a trick to make them believe him so that he could extort a confession.
Luke had killed many bad guys, but none of them were children.
The kids in the woods might be twisted, but nobody cared that they were sleeping in the wild at such a young age; it was clear that they didn't have good childhoods.
If they didn't cheat and steal, were they supposed to be hardworking and self-reliant teenagers?
It wasn't easy for children who lacked moral education and capabilities to survive.
