Alden started from the beginning. He told Neo and Owen everything he told Chloe. When he finished that, he started the story of Kai and the Black family.
Everyone listened intently, clenching their fists. Their eyes would widen occasionally.
They were immersed in the story and didn't notice the passage of time.
Soon, without them even noticing, dawn arrived, and Alden finished his story.
"I knew he was not a good person, but this much, I couldn't even have imagined it," Neo spoke, shaken by the identity of Elttil and his family history.
Chloe nodded in agreement. "To sacrifice 400 people every twenty years, I am afraid they have abandoned their humanity long ago. All that's left is their calculative and evil nature."
"S-Still, A-Alden, you were too reckless." Owen lectured shyly. "Y-You shouldn't have gone to him."