Ryuk's words knocked the leaders from their seats. The realization of what they had known all their lives to be true was seemingly ripped away.
It was almost like someone who had worked with a mask on his face all his life, accepting the darkness as the way the world was—until one day, that mask was ripped off.
The leaders felt the exact same sensation as they looked dumbly at each other.
Even MadWhite seemed to have been knocked off his feet, judging by how serious his expression was.
"All these years, we have been fighting the enemy without even understanding its true objectives..." the Dwarven leader whispered in realization, as the leaders all exchanged silent glances.
To fight an enemy whose goal had been unknown for years—that was a terrible mistake.
All of their hypotheses had been wrong, and now the threat of the Knulls, which they hadn't taken seriously, had become an almost insurmountable mountain.
