As if waking from a great dream, Evelyn's eyes were filled with confusion and bewilderment.
Her body seemed to have changed without her noticing. A glimmer of understanding arose in her heart, yet it brought even more troubles.
Fortunately, her mind remained clear, and she knew what mattered most.
"Thank you," she said softly. She was thanking Xu Nan for covering for her. Evelyn's condition just now had truly been strange, and for the lord of a territory, that was somewhat inappropriate.
Xu Nan shook his head, indicating that it was nothing.
On the stage, Milen's account had reached its most crucial part.
Before this, he had denied the claims about the Thrall Descendants and Blood Descendants, saying only that during a certain period, the Artsam Family had split internally into two factions.
One faction had become radical, frenzied, and extremely dangerous because of its obsession with a certain plan.
At the time, the castle was filled with panic. The two sides argued endlessly, and there were even brawls.
Yet strangely, no one seemed to realize how serious things had become. No one stepped forward to put an end to it.
And that plan sounded utterly insane: awaken the fallen Frost Giant and thereby resurrect their ancestor, Atsam!
This faction was known as the "Revival Faction."
They believed themselves to be the purest inheritors of the Frost Giant bloodline, and that the death of a demigod hero like Atsam was the greatest loss to the Northern Continent.
It seemed they had obtained something that led them to clues pointing toward the place where the Frost Giant had fallen.
If they could resurrect the Frost Giant, then Atsam, who belonged to the corresponding domain, should also have an opportunity for resurrection. The family records did indeed state that Atsam was the