An hour later.
Austin removed Twilight Deadlock from Wayne's neck with an expressionless face.
Wayne had convinced Austin, but not completely. Despite all his talking, Austin couldn't let it go.
The hatred for killing his wife was beyond reconciliation.
Apart from the few photos that proved discrepancies within and without, Wayne could only make one promise to get Austin to drop Twilight Deadlock,
"I will help you kill Death Knight Wayne and avenge Teacher Slyphy!"
Austin couldn't refuse and asked, "Why should I believe you? What if you're in cahoots with him?"
"White Night Purity Words can prove that I'm not the Death Knight. Besides, if I were in league with him, we'd have enough power to raze Lando Manor. There'd be no need to resort to deception and ambush," Wayne said as he raised his longbow, the solid evidence that he truly was the Moonlight Knight.
Austin fell silent, turned around, and gestured for Megan to release Philomena.