Howard felt like he'd been brought back in time when Avena started talking.
More specifically, her domain seemed to be showing him clips of the past. He already knew that Demon King Earl was a handsome man, but this was his first time seeing him in the flesh. He watched Demon King Earl walk out of a cavern. His body, almost completely covered in blood, made him look like he'd just killed thousands.
"This-this right now, Howard. Was one of the worst days of Demon King Earl's life, and one of his last." Avena said with a sigh. "You see all that blood on him? That is the blood of all the people the Great Last King had under his control. Can you guess why he killed them?"
"Was it to stop the Great Last King?" Howard seemd rather nonchalant to Avena's surprise. "Could it have had something to do with that?"