540. CONFRONTATION

The experts continued to speak about themselves, Noah allowed them to give short stories of how they had arrived at the presence of the fifth-tier expert, grand elder Ezra.

Most of them had been in the third tier around that three decades back, so Noah could term them his mates. They were only weaker.

The more those experts spoke, the easier it was for them to associate in his presence. Jokes were often cracked and the sounds of laughter erupted from time to time.

Eventually, they were done giving their backstories and soon all eyes fell on his figure. Noah immediately knew what they desired. Everyone wanted to know the origins of that extraordinary being.

"I shall hold back on my story. It will be revealed in the times to come," he stated, and those experts furrowed their brows, the smiles on their faces gradually fading. His words had brought back the feeling of distance between him and them. They couldn't force him to speak but he could ask them to.