Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 395 Coming Out
On that day, during an internal meeting, after the Undying Demon King was taken away, the elven leadership finally made a decision.

As for the content of the decision, it was essentially no decision at all. It was simply a matter of conducting internal interrogations of the elves who had escaped, just like with Hazabi—which, in the eyes of the elven high command, was already a fairly safe method.

As it turned out, they did listen to some of the advice from the Undying Demon King, and they all knew that there must be another reason why these vanguard members were able to return alive.

But they never expected that the other explanation didn't apply to these vanguard members at all.

"The problem must be in their feces."

Under questioning from the Undying Demon King, the high-ranking elf who came to apologize finally revealed the reason.

"Nobody expected this, so nobody paid much attention to it. It was just routine interrogation; you can't stop them from defecating and urinating..."

"and then?"

The Undying Demon King frowned.

"What's next?"

"Next..."

The elf leaders looked increasingly ashamed.

The next step, of course, is to throw the excrement out. The elves have their own sewage treatment system, and the excrement is flushed directly into the septic tank along the city's sewers.

Immediately afterwards, a violent earthquake occurred in the direction of the septic tank.

The entire septic tank burst open under the earthquake, and sewage flowed freely. Just when the elves thought it was just an ordinary natural disaster, the anger from the earth itself was clearly transmitted to their hearts.

They brought unclean things to the earth, which the earth saw as a betrayal.

"Then the monks got to work and pulled the entire septic tank up from the ground, only to find that at the bottom of the septic tank, many roots had grown out at some point."

Clearly, these roots are the cause of the earth's anger. After the elven mages examined them, they were also found to be non-native organisms. Obviously, these were the things that the elven vanguard had eaten. The seeds had remained in the stomachs of those elves, waiting to be sent out with their excrement when the elven vanguard returned to their homeland.

Then it will take root and sprout branches directly on the ground.

"According to the monks' tests, these roots can absorb most of the energy, whether it is feces or magma, they can provide it with energy."

"Lava..."

The Undying Demon King gasped in shock.

No wonder the earth reacted so strongly to the arrival of these seeds; they are clearly terrifying monsters that can parasitize the depths of the earth!
"What about those pioneers who returned?"

"As you said before, it's all burned."

The high-ranking elves from the Sun Court lowered their heads in shame.

"The mages used special flames to burn them, ensuring that not a single seed remained."

"Hmm, that's alright."

The Undying Demon King nodded slowly, but a heavy feeling settled in his heart.

During that previous meeting, he had wondered if their opponents were really just a bunch of fools blindly pursuing so-called peace.

But now it seems their opponents are even more formidable than he imagined. Indeed, compared to their opponents, the elves have certain advantages, such as being able to freely deploy vanguards to cause destruction without worrying about being attacked—but now it seems their opponents aren't entirely without options either.

These roots right now are a test.

Yes, in the eyes of the Undying Demon King, this was merely a test. After all, if it were him manipulating these roots, he was fully confident that the earth itself would not detect them at all—simply put, as long as they didn't take root, that would be enough. In any case, judging from the fact that the earth did not react when these vanguard members brought back the seeds, as long as the seeds did not take root, it would be difficult for the earth to detect these tiny things.

As long as you don't rush to take root, but instead let the seeds flow along with the sewage, and wait until all the seeds have occupied a favorable position, then choose to take root at the same time.

If we really do it this way, it doesn't matter whether the earth reacts or not. If it doesn't react, it will die from being parasitized by the seeds. If it does react, the widespread tremors will wipe out all the elves.

"If we were to be even more ruthless... hiss."

Just as the Undying Demon King was about to continue thinking, he immediately realized that something seemed off about his idea.

He should be protecting the land beneath his feet, so why is he starting to think about how to fight the enemy to achieve greater results?

"In short, it's a good thing if we can get rid of them... Also, try to secretly dispose of any vanguard members who come back alive in the future."

The Undying Demon King remained expressionless, but his advice was extremely sincere—he wasn't stupid, and of course he knew that with his infamous reputation, he should never have said such a thing.

But now, all he could think about were his compatriots and the safety of the land itself.

He's just getting a bit of criticism, which is something he's done all the time.

"Furthermore, we must strictly seal off the technology related to the teleportation portal. It would be best to lock it in the minds of those vanguard members. Under no circumstances should we reveal our coordinates. We must not let the enemy find a way to deliver it... You saw it this time. Although the enemy did not have a means of delivery, a single probe almost destroyed everything we had. We must not allow such danger to happen a second time."

"Yes, you are right."

The high-ranking elves from the Sun Court nodded repeatedly, clearly having taken their words to heart.

Ultimately, the undead demon king before them was different from those warriors and mages. He truly had experience in large-scale battles and was capable of strategizing and commanding.

Although this experience was gained purely through practice with the former Sun Court, the skill is undeniably real.

"So...you should go back."

Thinking of this, the elven high-ranking officials humbly lowered their heads.

"Perhaps we were once rivals, even mortal enemies, but at this critical juncture facing annihilation, your wisdom and experience are indeed indispensable to us."

"You guys...ah."

Seeing his former enemy bowing and scraping before him, the Undying Demon King felt a pang of sadness.

"Let's all work hard and try to get through this ordeal. I believe that we will be the ones who survive to the end."

"I believe too."

Seeing that the Undying Demon King had actually agreed, the elven high-ranking officials nodded in agreement as well.

After watching the two elves chatting happily, a sapling in the distance nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)