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Chapter 187 The Terrifying Half-Man! He Captured All the Elves and Planted Potatoes! (Please Subscribe)

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"Keep up, half-human! If you keep dawdling, the forbidden land will be taken over by those human canned goods you're talking about!"

Natalia's sarcastic voice came from ahead, but she didn't even bother to turn her head.

"Long-eared, are you fucking insane!" Bellergas Ironhammer's voice was already hoarse from shouting. He wiped the sweat and mud from his face and roared, "This is the second day! Two whole days and nights! Our Grumon is about to be worn out!"

Damn it, even when they fought the evil royal court for three days and three nights, they never exhausted their mounts' stamina like this.

If it weren't for the fact that these long-eared riders on unicorns were also running for their lives, Bellegas would have suspected that the woman was deliberately trying to wear them down so that she could wipe out their elite mountain range halfway through.

Natalia finally slowed down a bit, giving the troops a brief respite.

She rode on her magnificent unicorn, turned to the side, and showed no sign of fatigue on her exquisitely beautiful face, only glancing indifferently at Bellegas and his troops.

“I’ve always heard that the mountain rangers are the toughest warriors among the dwarves, with unparalleled endurance. But today it seems… the wind in the forest was too strong, making it impossible for you to run?”

This sarcastic tone instantly ignited Bellagas's fury.

He slapped the neck of the Gru beast beneath him, and the mount let out a low growl of dissatisfaction.

"Don't look down on us, you long ears! The honor of us mountain rangers is forged with weapons and the skulls of our enemies! It cannot be tarnished by your few sarcastic remarks!"

"Oh? You've rested enough?" Natalia raised an eyebrow. "Then let's go."

After saying that, she ignored them and, with a powerful leap, the unicorn transformed into a white blur and shot off again.

Bellegas watched her and the elven army gradually disappear into the distance, then looked down at his own mount.

The precious mount was already panting heavily, with white foam spilling from the corner of its mouth.

Bellergas was so distressed that the muscles on his face twitched.

These Gru beasts were all raised by them; they were old buddies, brothers, and family.

But the long-eared figures ahead were already disappearing into the dark forest path.

These labyrinthine paths were created by the elves, and only they can travel through them at high speed.

Once they lose track of them, their entire unit will be completely wiped out in this dark, dense forest.

"Oh shit!"

Bellergas cursed under his breath and pulled a dark red pill, about the size of a fingernail and emitting a faint sulfurous smell, from a leather pouch closest to his waist.

A demigod's alchemy elixir.

This thing can squeeze the energy out of the Grumon in exchange for more stamina and endurance.

The advantage is that it works quickly, but the disadvantage is that after the effects wear off, the mount will need to rest for at least a period of time, and may even suffer permanent internal injuries.

He looked at the pill in his palm, his hand trembling slightly.

"Old friend, I'm sorry." Bellegas stroked the Grumon's coarse mane with his rough hands and stuffed the pill into its mouth. "When we get to the Forbidden Land, I'll find you the best meat and a few wild Grumon mates!"

The Grumon let out a deep roar, its previously exhausted eyes instantly turning blood red. With a burst of power from its four hooves, it shot forward like a mad bull!

"Everyone! Feed your mounts! Quick! Follow those long-eared guys!"

Bellegas's voice boomed from the back of the group. Although the dwarf knights all looked pained, they did not hesitate at all and took out the same pills to feed their mounts.

In an instant, the entire dwarf army seemed to be injected with adrenaline, their speed suddenly increasing, stirring up a whirlwind in the forest, and closely catching up with the elves ahead.

Natalia seemed to sense the commotion behind her and turned around to look.

When she saw that the previously listless Gru beasts now had bloodshot eyes and looked like madmen, a barely perceptible tremor flashed in her eyes.

She didn't say anything, but silently increased her speed by another point.

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After traveling for several more hours through the almost dark forest, the elven troops ahead suddenly stopped without warning.

Bellergas pulled on the reins, and the Gru beneath him pawed at the sudden stop, its nostrils flaring with hot breath mixed with blood foam.

"what happened?"

No one answered him; Natalia simply gestured for the troops to follow.

The atmosphere is wrong.

The dwarves followed the elves around several corners, and a burnt smell began to fill the air, like the quenching pool in a blacksmith's shop had been struck by lightning.

They also felt a strange, uncomfortable sensation in their bodies!

The feeling was as if this forest possessed some kind of terrifying curse, making even their breathing very strange!

They dismounted from the Gru and followed Natalia up a steep hillside.

The moment Bellegas peered out and saw the view below the slope, his battle-hardened heart skipped a beat.

What kind of hellhole is that?!

As far as the eye could see, it was as if a huge, invisible hand had ripped a large chunk of the earth away.

The tall trees within a radius of several kilometers were all leveled, leaving only bare stumps.

Looking towards the core of the destroyed area, the ground was a terrifyingly dark, glassy color, reflecting an eerie glow in the shadowy forest, as if it were solidified black blood flowing from the earth.

“My ancestors above…” a young dwarven ranger murmured, his hand resting on the musket with its bladed axe, as if it could bring him a sense of security.

This method is not typical of people from the South!

"This is the weapon of the northern humans." Natalia's voice was devoid of its previous sarcasm, replaced by a bone-chilling coldness and sorrow. "A...forbidden weapon."

"Humans from the North?" For the first time, a look of apprehension crossed Bellegas's bearded face.

They had been on guard against the southern empire, those human knights in tin cans; when did humans start appearing in the north too?

How did they cross the Devil's Sea?
"follow me."

Natalia didn't explain much, but led them down the hillside and onto the glassy land.

A crisp "crack, crack" sound came from underfoot, like stepping on broken glass.

They soon arrived at a makeshift battlefield, or rather, a place where corpses were collected.

They were all elves.

The state of those corpses was extremely strange. They didn't seem to have been killed by swords or blades, but rather they seemed to have been instantly frozen by some kind of extremely cold force, and then slowly melted away.

"Is this a vengeful spirit attack from the Nightmare of Return?" Bellegas recognized the traces; it was one of the most insidious and forbidden spells of the Elven race, using life sacrifice to summon vengeful spirits for indiscriminate attacks.

“Yes,” Natalia replied succinctly, pointing to the horribly mutilated remains of her compatriots. “We asked to join forces with you to fight the threat from the north. You refused!”

"We...we could only try to attack ourselves, and the result...the magic completely spiraled out of control! This is the price we paid. This is the front line, but the losses in New Erigian City behind us were even greater! At least 3 of our compatriots lost their lives due to the backlash of the magic!"

Bellergas remained silent.

He looked at the corpses of the elves, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

Natalia turned her head and looked him straight in the eye: "Now, you have two choices. Either we continue to the Forbidden Sealed Land, or you come with me to the front lines and see for yourself what kind of enemy we are facing."

“There’s an old saying among the people of the South,” Bellegas licked his chapped lips, his voice hoarse, “seeing is believing.”

“Stubborn dwarf!” Natalia seemed to have expected him to make this choice, and waved wearily. “Keep up.”

Bellegas turned around and shouted in a deep voice to his adjutant behind him, "Stuart!"

"exist!"

"Take ten men back! Tell Lord Le Bon Hammer everything we saw, exactly as it happened! As for the rest, I'll tell you after I go north and confirm the humans with my own eyes!"

"Yes!"

Watching the ten-man squad turn their Grumon around and disappear down the road they had come from, Bellegas turned his gaze to another person: "Abram, you lead ten men and the elves to New Erigian City to check on the situation there."

"Yes!"

"Natalia, is this arrangement appropriate?"

“Okay! I’ll send a team to retrieve the person, and you can come along too.”

Bellergas re-energized his mount and caught up with Natalia, who had noticeably slowed down.

"Long ears." He deliberately walked alongside her, lowering his voice. "Are the people of the North dangerous?"

Natalia turned her head to the side, her delicate face revealing no emotion.

“I’ll say it again.” She spoke slowly and deliberately, her voice not loud, but it struck Bellegas’s heart like a hammer blow.

"The people in the North are far more terrifying and greedy than those in the South."

"If our two races still cling to that ridiculous pride and prejudice, then what awaits us is the same as the many races that once abandoned the continent of the gods: not to be conquered, but to be wiped out."

"Shorty! Our gods have endowed us with noble bodies, so we are not like those short-lived and greedy humans!"

Bellergas let out a breath: "Let's go, let's see if the northern humans are really as terrifying as you say!"
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Another world, joint command center.

A huge sand table depicting the enemy's situation hangs in front of you.

On the sand table, the blue dot representing one's own faction has become like a sharp knife, deeply wedged into the green area representing the Elf Forest.

"Report!" A young operations staff officer strode to the sand table and said in a loud voice, "The prisoner rescue and mopping-up operation is complete. A total of 817 elves were rescued and captured, and they have been taken into custody according to the plan."

“Over eight hundred! Adding the previous ones, that makes almost nine hundred!” On the command platform, Su Mingjin tapped her fingers lightly on the armrest, her gaze falling on the red dots marked as prisoner camps on the sand table. A slight smile appeared on her lips. “Elves are notoriously infertile, and their population is small! Capturing so many warriors this time will be enough to make them feel the pinch for a while.”

The tense atmosphere in the command center immediately eased, and a low chuckle rang out.

"These long-eared guys are just stubborn. A beating will shut them up." A bespectacled technical officer pushed up his glasses and looked at the data on the screen with a smile. "I don't believe they'll continue to be so obstinate if we send them the battle report along with our goodwill."

"Don't make any overly definitive statements." Su Mingjin waved her hand, but her smile remained. "Continue to send signals, and make sure the posture is right. We don't want a one-time victory, we want peace, and long-term partners who can be used by us. Of course, the premise is that they have to be obedient."

Joyful laughter immediately filled the command post.

Compared to eloquent and agile races, modern humans also greatly admire the elves, who are all talk and very aggressive.

These people are ignorant, ambitious but incompetent, and their behavior is extremely eccentric and untrustworthy.

They are absolutely self-centered!
Once the tribe is subdued, or through multiple rounds of war that force them to face reality, they will definitely offer generous rewards.

In the East, it is important to have a legitimate reason for a military action.

Many military operations need to follow this principle.

They have now advanced dozens of kilometers southward once again through various passive defense methods.

This was a fruitful victory, meaning they had gained a large amount of land.

The problem of red maple trees in the forest has also been properly addressed.

Human engineering forces are currently using excavators to claim land, separating the elven Redleaf Tree territory, preserving the main forest, and treating it as a special park reserve.

Only the scattered small red-leaf trees scattered throughout the forest will be cut down.

Over the past few months, they have roughly figured out many things about this strange land.

The red-leafed, white-barked, human-faced tree, revered as a sacred object by the elves, possesses a unique magical energy network formed by its extensive root system, which serves as a special barrier preventing the southward migration of the far northern ice and snow.

Keeping them is beneficial for sustainable development.

Cutting down a portion frees up land that can be immediately used for construction.

Anyone can do the math.

What's more, the air is fresher when you're near these trees, and even the magical particles in the air are much more concentrated, making it a natural sanatorium.

The branches and trunks of mangrove forests also have many amazing uses, so it would be a shame to destroy them completely.

As long as humanity does a good job of protecting its mental well-being, it can achieve sustainable development and utilization.

"The Scourge in the north have been forced back to their lair by our barrage of Truth spells. Now they don't even dare send a single skeleton soldier south." An officer looked at the northern battle line map, his tone filled with barely suppressed pride. "The elves in the south have also had their forbidden magic broken after several rounds of our firepower. Our advantages and gains this time are truly numerous!"

Amidst the joy of victory, a slightly somber voice broke through.

"Commanders, the casualty report is in."

He was the head of the political work department, and his expression instantly cooled the cheerful atmosphere that had just risen in the command room.

Su Mingjin's smile vanished, and she uttered only two words: "Please read."

"In this operation, our side suffered four dead, ten seriously wounded, and one hundred and seventy-five slightly wounded."

The number is small, even negligible.

But what the person in charge said next was like a bucket of ice water poured over everyone's heads.

"All casualties were caused by the condensed ghost attacks of the 'Nightmare of Return'."

The command center fell silent; you could hear a pin drop.

On that scorched, glassy land, cleansed by truth, large numbers of ghosts began attacking in all directions after the terrifying magic unleashed by the elves went out of control.

As soon as the humans obtained the dragon egg inside the magic array, the ghosts immediately followed them in their attack.

In the final period, they caused heavy casualties among their own soldiers.

Su Mingjin closed her eyes, remained silent for a few seconds, and when she opened them again, her eyes were filled with only cold determination.

"Compensation should be raised to the highest standard. No expense should be spared in treating the wounded."

"Let's add a goodwill signal to the elves as well."

"Just say that we purified the special ghosts generated by the 'Nightmare of Return,' and that we provided humanitarian treatment to the warriors who were attacked."

After the casualty report was finished, the somber atmosphere in the command room eased slightly, though everyone's face still carried a hint of gravity.

The end of dying on the battlefield is tragic, but that is the glory of a soldier!

Su Mingjin tapped her fingers lightly on the table, drawing everyone's attention back to her.

"The dead are gone, but the living remain. This land beneath our feet was bought with the lives of our fallen soldiers, and we must cherish and protect it."

She paused, her gaze sweeping over each of the commanders present: "Now, let's talk about the living troubles. Nearly nine hundred elven prisoners, almost the size of one of our regiments. How to settle them is a major problem."

"By the way, how are their living conditions now?"

The staff officer in charge of logistics immediately stood up and reported: "Report, all the elven prisoners have been taken into temporary camp number three. Only basic survival can be guaranteed there, and the sanitation and other conditions are not good. In addition, they are very hostile and are generally on hunger strikes and refusing to cooperate."

"A bunch of pampered long-eared fools, they'll behave themselves after a few days of starvation." Brigade Commander Fu frowned, a typical soldier who scorned such passive resistance. "Prisoners should act like prisoners!"

“Old Fu, you’re being presumptuous!” Another brigade commander shook his head. “According to intelligence, the elves are extremely arrogant, and forcing them might backfire. Only by using a combination of soft and hard tactics can we make them realize our mercy and methods!”

Su Mingjin looked at Gong Pengfei.

Gong Pengfei stood up: "Reporting to President Su, our analysis of the sprite's behavior through surveillance cameras is yielding very little result. I suggest we adopt the normal detention method!"

"I see! What do you all think..."

Immediately, there was a great deal of discussion in the command center.

These elves are like a hot potato; you can't hit them, they don't understand your scolding, and keeping them locked up is a waste of resources.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a slightly refined voice rang out.

"Distinguished leaders, I may have a suggestion that is not yet fully formed."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Professor Li Donglai, who was in charge of the agricultural science project in another world, raising his hand and grinning like an old farmer.

He was dressed casually, had a gentle demeanor, and appeared reserved, but everyone greatly admired this agronomist.

Su Mingjin's eyes lit up: "Professor Li, please speak quickly. We are currently lacking good ideas from experts."

Li Donglai cleared his throat and smiled somewhat sheepishly: "Well... I think that dealing with such arrogant intelligent races, it's better to guide than to block. Perhaps we could... have them do labor reform in exchange for points?"

"Labor reform?" Brigade Commander Fu was taken aback.

“Yes!” Professor Li Donglai became interested, and his voice rose a few decibels. “We can create a points redemption list. For example, good behavior and voluntary work can be exchanged for better food, clean clothes, or even some fruits from their hometown. Even the proudest elves need to eat and sleep, right? They can’t really make things difficult for themselves.”

“Very insightful, please continue.” Su Mingjin gestured for him to continue. “We’re currently struggling with how to grow Earth’s crops well on this land filled with magical particles. Logically speaking, aren’t those elves supposed to be the darlings of the forest and the most knowledgeable about plants?” Professor Li Donglai’s eyes gleamed with a scholarly shrewdness. “Why don’t we simply designate a large piece of land as a prison! Give them potatoes and the like! Then tell them that the yield of this land is directly related to the quality of their food rations for the foreseeable future.”

"Pfft!" Brigade Commander Fu couldn't help but laugh. "Professor Li, that's too mean! Making those arrogant people dig potatoes themselves? That's a tough nut to crack, isn't it?"

A burst of suppressed laughter erupted in the command center, instantly dispelling the previous heavy atmosphere.

"People are made of iron, and food is essential; you'll get hungry if you skip a meal! They'll definitely try every possible way to increase production so they can eat their fill and eat well."

Professor Li Donglai pushed up his glasses, revealing a sharp gaze behind the lenses.

"By then, whether they used natural magic to induce childbirth or special planting techniques, our extensive surveillance system will be able to record everything clearly. Isn't that much faster than figuring it out ourselves?"

Just like understanding the Elven language, humans can also use this method to learn about the other party's agriculture and various technologies.

The other party is incredibly stubborn in some areas; humans don't need to interrogate them, they can learn by simply watching them operate.

This type of method is slightly unconventional and takes a long time to show results, but it does not break their rules.

Wasting a little time is fine; every scientific experiment takes time!

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!" Commander Man slapped his thigh. "This means they not only support themselves, but also provide us with free agricultural technical guidance! We get our hands on the core technology without spending a single penny!"

Su Mingjin's smile completely blossomed.

This plan is an example of using open tactics to the fullest extent.

It not only solved the problems of prisoner management and resource consumption, but also cleverly transformed a group of enemies into "special talents" who drive human development.

"Okay! I approve this plan!" Su Mingjin decided immediately. "Let's call it the 'Potato Planting Project'! Professor Li, you'll lead the technical aspects. Now, there's only one last question..."

She looked around at everyone and slowly cast a hook.

"So, who's going to be the warden of this Potato Project and keep an eye on these nearly nine hundred beautiful women who can use magic?"

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Several hours later, in the cell where the elves were imprisoned.

With a splitting headache, Celine struggled to wake up from the dizzying darkness, everything in her vision swaying.

A cold, metallic touch came from her neck, and she instinctively touched it, finding a familiar outline—a magic-suppressing circle.

She sat up abruptly and pulled the chains that held her in place.

Celine looked around.

This is a cell made of welded steel, and several figures, all elves, are huddled in the corner.

They looked dazed, as if their souls had been ripped out.

“Granis?” Celine recognized one of them, struggling to her feet as the chains rattled. “What are you doing here? Where are we?”

The elf named Granis was looking down, rubbing the gauze on her arm with her fingers. The gauze was wrapped with a plaster cast, indicating that her arm was injured and had been bandaged by humans.

Upon hearing Celine's voice, her shoulders trembled, and she slowly raised her head, her eyes red-rimmed.

"Catch?" Granis's voice was hoarse, with a strange laugh. "No, Celine, we were saved by those humans."

“Save?” Celine frowned. It was utterly absurd for a prisoner to utter such a word.

"The magic failed, and failed far faster than we imagined." Granis's voice began to tremble. "Lady Tiaret ordered us to lure the vengeful spirits to attack the human positions, but... but those spirits went out of control! More than ten times faster than he predicted! Forbidden magic is terrifying!!!"

As she said this, tears streamed down her face.

“They started attacking us indiscriminately… I saw with my own eyes that Sia was pierced through the body by vengeful spirits, frozen like ice… I thought I was going to die too…”

Celine's heart sank as she recalled Lady Tiaret's confident face before they set off.

"And then what? What if humans attack?"

"No attack."

Granis shook her head, her eyes filled with confusion and fear.

"Just as the vengeful spirits we released were about to devour us, those humans rushed in. They used magical artifacts to destroy the vengeful spirits, preventing them from attacking. Then, they used a... a very strange net on us to control us. We tried to fight back, but we failed! After we passed out, we woke up and put this on."

She pointed to the collar around her neck.

"You should resist to the very end! You must die rather than be captured by humans!" Celine roared, her anger burning away her reason.

Among the many elven clans, the Cloud Clan is known for its cleverness, cunning, and adaptability, the Water Clan is known for its weeping, and only the Fire Clan is the best elven warrior.

Only the strong can usually subdue them!

“I tried!” Granis raised her voice suddenly, then slumped down like a deflated balloon. “I tried to attack the evil human before I lost consciousness, but he dodged me.”

"By the way, those leading human warriors said that if any one of us commits suicide or continues to resist, they will immediately use that forbidden weapon to wipe this forest, along with our unseen rear camp, off the map."

Granis sobbed, "They also said that as long as we survive and recover, they will let us go back..."

Celine squinted, a surge of anger rising within her. She really wanted to slap this crybaby of the Water Clan.

But she quickly calmed down. The water elves are naturally emotional; they cry when they are happy and when they are sad.

They even cry when it comes to reproduction...

It's so annoying!

Expecting them to be fierce on the battlefield is indeed asking too much.

Slapping them would do nothing but add another bout of irritation to the cell.

"How many of our compatriots were rescued?" Celine asked, rephrasing the question.

Granis thought for a moment and then gave Celine a number that sent chills down her spine.

"At least eight hundred."

“Eight hundred…” Celine gasped.

The raiding force consisted of fewer than 6,000 people, and they attacked in a dispersed manner. Yet, 800 of them were captured.

This is no longer just a defeat. If the forbidden magic gets out of control... are they really going to be wiped out?
She didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Just then, the iron door of the cell was banged on, the sound dull and powerful.

A clear female voice came from outside the door, speaking in a somewhat stiff but clearly enunciated Elvish language.

Tang Huanzhu looked at the many dejected elves outside and said in a deep voice, "Ladies, your recuperation time is over. Our commander would like to talk to you about the future."

"Gentlemen, do not attempt to attack, or you will suffer the consequences."

The iron gate made a screeching sound as it was pulled open from the outside.

A blinding light flooded in, causing all the elves to instinctively squint.

Then the fully armed warriors removed the elves' shackles one by one, gesturing for them to leave.

Celine did not attack the other party, and followed the elves out after the shackles were removed.

She froze on the spot.

Outside the cell was a long, brightly lit metal corridor lined with expressionless human soldiers.

The corridor was filled with elves.

Not only in their cell, but countless compatriots walked out of iron bars, their faces, like Celine's, filled with bewilderment, fear, humiliation and despair.

What truly made Celine's pupils contract was not the dense crowd.

But at the end of the corridor, there were some faces that annoyed her greatly.

That was the first wave of elf troops led by Lani.

They had been captured for over a month, and Celine couldn't help but feel angry when she thought about what she had seen.

I was surprised to see that the last group of Erin's trio to be released were also on the list.

"Disgraceful traitor!"

Celine thought to herself.

As he gritted his teeth, Tang Huanzhu continued to shout in Elvish, "Everyone, follow me!"

The shackles rattled as the elven captives were led out by human warriors.

Once outside, seeing the still gloomy sky and the cold air, Celine's eyes scanned the surroundings.

A middle-aged woman of average build with short hair, and several others dressed in clothes that resembled those of a jungle, stood in front.

They looked at the elven captives, and the captives looked back at them.

Tang Huanzhu handed the tablet in her hand to Su Mingjin.

Su Mingjin stepped forward, her expressionless face appearing particularly cold and hard under the gloomy sky.

A synthesized female voice from the translator next to her then sounded, quickly translating her words into standard Elvish.

"My fellow elves, you are very lucky."

The very first sentence made all the elf captives tense up.

"It was your attack that caused you such heavy losses. We also saved you."

"Your forbidden magic, 'Nightmare of Return,' has claimed the lives of the vast majority of your people. Your attack has also forced us to take necessary defensive counterattacks."

Su Mingjin paused for a moment, and the projection equipment behind her lit up, displaying a scene on the huge projection screen.

“Your recklessness has caused irreparable consequences. Now, vast forests have become a land of despair and disease.”

On the light screen, the images began to change.

That was an aerial view taken by a drone after the war.

The once lush forest was burned to a charred black, the earth was torn apart, and the landscape was devastated.

What made it even harder for the elves to breathe were the giant trees whose branches and leaves had been stripped away by the shockwave, leaving only bare trunks.

Next, a close-up.

One by one, the corpses of elves appeared on the screen.

Their expressions were frozen in the terror and bewilderment before their deaths, their bodies exhibiting an eerie, frozen state, as if all life force had been drained away, leaving only empty shells.

“No…that’s…that’s Lyakus…” A water elf covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face.

“Avira…”

The scene depicts those compatriots whose bodies were pierced by the vengeful spirits gathered by the "Nightmare of Return"! Their gruesome deaths are a hundred times more terrifying than being hacked to death by swords!
Celine's breathing also stopped.

She recognized many of the Fire Clan warriors; their faces, devoid of their former pride, were now filled with fear before they died, and a chill ran down her spine.

Looking at the complex expressions on the elves' faces, Su Mingjin's voice rang out again, cold and flat.

"There's an old Chinese saying, 'Give me a peach, and I'll repay you with a precious jade.' It means that goodwill will be reciprocated."

She changed the subject, her tone carrying an ambiguous undertone.

"But we also have another saying: 'An eye for an eye.'"

"Your side sent people to negotiate while launching such a vicious attack before the agreed time. Your behavior is extremely uncivilized and extremely unruly."

Su Mingjin scanned all the elves, her gaze as calm as if she were looking at a pile of lifeless objects.

Her gaze lingered on Celine for several seconds before she continued speaking.

"The day after tomorrow, we will release a small group of you to return and bring back our message of our desire for peace. If you still show no sincerity, then we will be forced to choose... a defensive counterattack."

"This is our final advice for peace. Life and peace are extremely precious, and we hope you will cherish them."

After saying this, Su Mingjin wanted to leave, but then she suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, given the large number of you, we will be consuming a large amount of supplies every day. You will all need to work to earn food and points."

"Yes, we arrange for you to earn points by planting vegetables, potatoes, and various other crops, as well as sewing clothes. You can use your labor to exchange for food, entertainment, and time to relax."

Su Mingjin finished speaking with a smile, then turned and left without looking back.

Nearly nine hundred elves were left behind, their minds in complete chaos.

Didn't the priests say that humans are cunning, cruel, greedy, and evil?

Didn't the priests say that falling into human hands would result in all sorts of humiliation and a fate worse than death?

Why……

Why were they just gathered together, given a few words, made to work, and then nothing else happened?
This is even more painful for them than torture!
We are all prepared to make sacrifices!

Especially the proud Fire Clan elves, felt like a group of naughty children who had done something wrong and were being scolded by their teacher, their dignity being repeatedly trampled on the ground.

"They... just left like that?" an elf muttered softly.

“Our comrade was indeed killed by magic from his own people! Didn’t we cause them the slightest harm?” Another person stared at their comrade’s corpse on the screen, their voice trembling.

Some of the newly captured Cloud Clan elves instinctively turned their gazes toward another group of their kind in the crowd—Eileen and her companions.

Those people looked calm, as if they had expected all of this.

Eileen and her two companions were both lucky and unlucky.

They were released by humans in the hope of bringing goodwill back, but Celine and the others did not trust them. After a brief encounter, they were captured and taken to the back.

Because they were far from the center of magic, they did not die but were rescued by the troops in helicopters.

But they were taken prisoner once again.

For this reason, many members of the Yun clan inquired about Eileen's situation.

This scene caught Celine's eye and set off alarm bells in her heart.

She looked at her compatriots who were beginning to waver, or even those who looked thoughtful, and then at Eileen's face, which seemed to say, "I've been there all along." A chill ran from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.

Humans are using psychology!!!
These corrupt cloud clan elves are their weapons!

No, we absolutely cannot let their scheme succeed!
Celine took a deep breath, mustered all her strength, and let out a roar that echoed throughout the temporary camp.

"Wake up, everyone! Fallen elves have appeared in the Yun clan. They've sided with humans and become their lackeys and sex slaves. Don't believe a single word they say!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many members of the Yun clan, especially Lani's former subordinates, looked at Celine.

They were already at odds with the Fire Clan, and hearing Celine's words only fueled their anger.

"Damn you, Celine! If you had passed the message to Priestess Tiaret, perhaps the Nightmare of Return to Nothingness wouldn't have been released! You are the murderer who killed countless of your people!" Eileen cursed.

"Hmph, you shameful fallen elves! You really are trying to sow discord among us! Warriors of the Fire Clan, let us kill that shameful fallen elf together."

After speaking, Celine, whose hands and feet were shackled, immediately rushed towards Eileen.

then……

Sizzle...

The specially made stun gun bit Celine's back like a venomous snake, and the enhanced paralyzing current caused the elven captive, who had not yet realized her situation, to suffer greatly.

"Ugh... Waaah..."

Her body was trembling, and then she fell to the ground.

Many elves smiled happily when they saw the unfortunate Celine.

Looking around, one could see that apart from the Yun clan members who were happy, the other clan members all had peculiar expressions on their faces when they looked at Celine.

There was no other way; the Fire Clan were the best warriors, the most outstanding military police and law enforcement officers. They regarded the rules set by the Mother Goddess and the Prophet as sacred covenants and upheld them for life.

They also worshipped the strong and looked down on people from other clans.

Normally, people are quite unhappy with the Fire Clan, and the feelings of various clans towards the Fire Clan are very complicated.

At this point, when everyone was caught in a bind, their attitude towards the Fire Clan changed.

Many elves felt that these guys were...annoying!
(End of this chapter)