Silence spread throughout the great hall.
The Great Elder, Gu, did not press the matter further. He simply leaned back on his throne, quietly awaiting Raylo's response.
His patience was as long as his life.
Kado swallowed nervously. The sound of his Adam's apple bobbing was jarringly loud in the cavernous hall.
He wanted to say something, to speak up for his "brother," but his throat felt as if it were clogged. He couldn't utter a single syllable.
Time ticked by, second by second.
Countless thoughts flashed through Raylo's mind like Lightning.
Deny it?
'Utterly foolish.'
'Make up a new lie?'
'It would just be full of holes.'
Before a Catastrophe Level being who had lived for over a thousand years, any disguise or excuse was meaningless. It would only make him seem more pathetic and weak.
The Great Elder wasn't guessing.
He was stating a fact he had long since seen through.
Now, the ball was in his court.
