No sooner had Wai finished muttering to himself than he heard Black Earl sigh.
Wai froze. Had I been wrong?
Black Earl fell silent for a moment before speaking within Wai's mind. "Broadly speaking, your guess wasn't without basis. But if you were Elder Moon, think about it—would you do this?"
Black Earl gestured for Wai to raise his head and look toward the arena in the distance.
Everywhere lay shattered walls and broken ruins, lit by fire and shrouded in smoke.
Some had already fallen, while others were still being rescued.
Looking at such devastation, Wai seemed to understand a little.
Could Elder Moon have created such a scene of disaster? Would she dare?
Even if Elder Moon harbored hatred toward the Bilos Family, if she wanted revenge, she would only target the Bilos Family. Yet those affected here were far more than just the Bilos Family.
For her to do this, she would have to intend to bring in outsiders and use their power to perish together with the Bilos Family.
But if she truly wanted mutual destruction, given Elder Moon's standing, she had all kinds of methods at her disposal. Why resort to such a clumsy, foolish method? Even if outsiders were brought in, they might not be able to uproot the Bilos Family completely.
Moreover, Elder Moon had spent years in the Bilen Tree Court. If she truly harbored such hatred, could she really have concealed it without revealing the slightest trace all these years?
No matter how he thought about it, it was difficult to imagine Elder Moon as the mole.
Still, it was impossible to say that what had happened here had absolutely nothing to do with Elder Moon.
After all, this was the first time in so many years that the Bilen Tree