Early morning.
The weather still had not changed.
The People of Night sang praises to heaven for its grace.
They disliked daytime. Only when immersed in darkness could they feel alive.
Although Ice Rain had left many shivering lately,
even many of the less sturdy houses could not keep out the cold.
Still, in the end,
the sky was dark.
As long as it stayed dark, they could hold on.
From Charlie, Ye Qiyan learned.
When there was sunlight, these People of Night suffered the King of Chalk's curse. Their bodies grew weak and weary, and strange thoughts they could not remember would pop into their heads from time to time.
They were humans of the night.
And they could only exist at night.
What ordinary people considered daytime was their time to rest and hide from the light.
Now, Ice Rain had come.
Dark clouds shrouded the King of Chalk's radiance.
The People of Night did not even need to sleep.
There was no telling how long Ice Rain would last.
This was the best time to assassinate the King of Chalk.
So the settlements of the People of Night had already begun preparing for war.
The Assassins would be the blades that finally pierced the King of Chalk's heart.
That was what Charlie had been taught.
Ye Qiyan calmly watched him and the other three boys and girls.
"Is that your wish?"
"Yes! I want to become the Hero of the People of Night! The Hero who defeats the King of Chalk!"
Charlie's eyes shone.
If not for his strange, pitch-black appearance, anyone would have thought him an upright, courageous young Hero.
But this appearance was strange, wasn't it?
Could humans really look like this...
Suddenly, the image of [Smiley] surfaced in Ye Qiyan's mind.
The same tall,