"Destroy the Light and Shadow Society?"
After hearing what Arthur had said, Jing Nan did not look as relaxed as before. Instead, she lowered her voice and said:
"Arthur, whatever you do, don't say anything slandering the Light and Shadow Society in front of anyone but me."
"Is that so?" Arthur narrowed his eyes. Recalling Charles's behavior at yesterday's Court Session, he asked in a deep voice:
"Jing Nan, is the Lord of Light and Shadow... actually real?"
"Mm..." Jing Nan did not deny it. She nodded, then turned around as well and leaned against the wall, looking up at the entire lighthouse. With a look of reminiscence, she said:
"Nearly twenty years ago, there was no such thing as the Light and Shadow Society. Back then, I was still a child, and the lighthouse had only just cut itself off from the family structures of the old world.
"I remember that one day, when the lighthouse arrived above the Eurasian continent, City Lord Morgan personally led a mixed force of the City Defense Army and wilderness hunters in an attempt to seize a city with abundant supplies.
"However, at the very beginning of the attack, the mixed force suffered a devastating blow. In just over ten minutes, more than half of them were killed or wounded.
"But just as City Lord Morgan ordered a retreat, the 'Lord of Light and Shadow' suddenly descended, preventing the mixed force from being completely wiped out.
"With merely a wave of its hand, it made the unstoppable Extinction Beasts withdraw from the city, allowing the lighthouse to obtain enough supplies to sail for two years.
"After the city lord led the troops back to the lighthouse, the Light and Shadow Society was born in the natural course of events. Charles, who had come