The villain daughter did all kinds of things

Sibi nodded with a bitter smile, her eyes turning somewhat sorrowful:

“This happened so suddenly. I really didn’t hear a thing beforehand. Otherwise, with the strength of our Cui Xing family, we would never have been slaughtered without any resistance… Please believe me, Miss, I crave the truth even more than you do now.”

"Of course I'm willing to believe you."

Emery first offered a gentle reassurance, then asked again:

“But Miss Silbis, you are, after all, the head of the Emerald Star family. You are powerful and have keen senses. You must have made some discoveries during your escape… You must know more information than my employees, right?”

"Found... of course, there are some."

Sibi looked as if she was trying hard to recall and think, and after a moment she said:

"I know the mastermind behind this... it's definitely the Scarlet Moon family."

"Among the elves who attacked our Cui Xing family, I didn't recognize the powerful elves whose clothing didn't have any identification markings, but I recognized most of the Moon Guards. They were all trusted confidants of the Fei Yue family."

"During my escape, I was also targeted and dealt a severe blow by a very strong opponent who locked onto me with magic from a distance... I wouldn't mistake that magical fluctuation; it was Theresa Scarlet Moon, the eldest daughter and first in line to inherit the Scarlet Moon family. She's been my childhood friend, and I'm very familiar with her magic."

"Theresa Scarlet Moon?"

Amelie frowned slightly.

She recognized the name; it was Marcy's biological mother, who also appeared in the final battle of the original game and was quite popular. It was a pity that she couldn't be romanced, leaving many players who still wanted to play the game frustrated and constantly clamoring for a DLC.

But Theresa Scarlet Moon in the original game never did these things. She wasn't strong, and because she had been indulging in men for many years, she had long neglected her cultivation and had long been surpassed by her daughter. In the final battle, she was just a nameless nobody... If it weren't for her good daughter, she would probably be the kind of cannon fodder who was instantly killed by the Dao Ancestor in just one scene.

What about Theresa Scarlet Moon in this world?

Is it related to the Elf Queen?

A flurry of guesses flashed through Amelie's mind, but she didn't jump to conclusions. Her expression remained unchanged as she continued to ask Sylvie:

"Were there any other discoveries?"

"Have."

Sibi nodded slightly, her tone quite incredulous:

“During my escape, I also encountered many other people who were also on the run… If I’m not mistaken, it wasn’t just our Cui Xing family that was attacked, but the other six members of the Seven Rainbows family of the Royal Council were attacked… This is likely not a personal grudge, but a coup d’état by the Fei Yue family to seize power.”

"All six Seven Rainbow Families were attacked? How is that possible?"

Emery's first reaction was disbelief:

"Your Seven Rainbow Clan are all top-tier elven nobles. Although there are indeed some differences in strength between the clans, they shouldn't be that big, right? Even if the Crimson Moon Clan is ranked first, two Seven Rainbow Clan members joining forces should be enough to overwhelm her. How could she possibly take on six people and crush them? Even a sneak attack wouldn't be possible."

"Of course I don't want to believe this is true either."

Sibi gave a helpless, bitter smile and then shrugged:

“But during my escape, I did see people from the other five families. Although we didn’t have much time to talk, we were all certain that we were attacked by the Scarlet Moon family… even the head of the Topaz family, Stoleyn Topaz, was killed by Theresa Scarlet Moon herself.”

"..."

Emery still frowned, finding it hard to believe, because this didn't fit any of the known information or logic.

"If you don't believe me, Miss, you can go to the south bank of the Emerald Strait and try to fish it out again."

Silbis noticed Emery's suspicion, and after thinking for a moment, added:

"The Crimson Moon Clan is indeed very powerful and caught us off guard, but the other Seven Rainbow Clan members aren't that fragile either... At least I managed to escape, didn't I? I even took several of the young lady's employees with me. So perhaps there are other survivors who escaped the Elf Kingdom, and they should know more information."

"I see...that's fine too."

Emerald nodded and looked at Ji Xinyu, who was teasing the two Abyss Mermaids beside her:

"Stop playing around, junior sister... could you run another errand for me and see if there are any other stranded elves like Miss Silbis? If so, rescue them all if you can."

"Okay, senior sister."

Ji Xinyu then released the two blushing Abyss Mermaids, and with a flash of fire on her body, she disappeared from the spot.

Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, in that instant, Sibi still felt Ji Xinyu's powerful strength.

Her eyes instantly welled up with tears, and she involuntarily squeezed her legs together, asking Emerald in an even more alluring voice:

"That young lady... she must be a powerful figure from the Eastern Kingdom, right? How come you and she are fellow disciples?"

"Because my magic teacher and her master were close friends, we also called each other 'sister'."

Amelie explained it simply:

“She originally came here to visit me. We were just strolling around the Emerald Sea when we received the news of your attack and rushed to your rescue.”

"I see... Then it seems I should thank her properly when I have the chance."

Her silky blue eyes sparkled, her pupils shimmering like spring water.

"Then you should have a chance. If nothing unexpected happens, your junior sister should stay with me for a while before returning to the East."

Emerald didn't care that Spike was trying to seduce Himeko.

Because Ji Xinyu is clearly the same type of scumbag as Amelie, it's impossible to expect her to become loyal and chaste.

Although Amelie and Ji Xinyu appear to be close, they are not actually lovers, but rather a group of people who are mutually attracted to each other's bodies.

If other women could temporarily keep Ji Xinyu occupied, it would be a good thing for Ameliete, so she wouldn't have to keep a close watch on her junior sister all the time, and she wouldn't have to worry about Ji Xinyu taking the opportunity to harm the women around her.

While these thoughts raced through her mind, Amelie quickly returned to her train of thought and continued to inquire about the important matter from Spire:

"Has Theresa Scarlet Moon done anything unusual lately?"

"...She hasn't done anything unusual. She's still obsessed with men all day long. Two years ago when we went hunting together, she wasn't much stronger than me."

When the topic turned to business, Silbis once again looked puzzled:

"But the attack she gave me from a distance before was completely different... that sense of pressure made me feel like she could defeat several of me at the same time."

Two years ago?

Emery paused for a moment... The concept of time of the immortals is indeed different from that of humans. Can two years ago be considered recent?

So Emery rephrased her question:

"When was the last time you saw Theresa Scarlet Moon?"

"This……"

Sibi tried harder to recall:

"It must have been a little over half a year ago, at a very common aristocratic ball, when she asked me for 10 of the best human lads, who were from your side, Miss."

"Six months ago?"

Emery frowned slightly:

"You haven't seen her since then? As the next head of the Crimson Moon Clan, she should have a place in the Elf Royal Court Council, right? She didn't attend your monthly meetings?"

"No……"

Sibi shook her head:

"For the past six months, Theresa Scarlet Moon and her mother have not attended the monthly meetings of our Elf Royal Council; they have all been represented by Theresa's sister."

"Isn't that a very obvious anomaly?"

Emery was speechless.

“Even I know that Theresa Scarlet Moon and her sister don’t get along. Her sister has always wanted to take her heirship, and her mother is biased towards her… Now, she and her mother have not attended the monthly meeting for six months in a row, and you still say that everything is normal?”

"...It's only been half a year, isn't it?"

Sibi looked completely innocent:

"For us elves, six months is nothing. According to our laws, a missing person case can only be filed after the person has been missing for more than three years."

"You guys... sigh."

Emery was utterly speechless.

However, it was precisely because of this that the previous elf slaves were so easy to capture... By the time the elf captured by the slave-catching team was investigated, she had probably already transformed into human form.

Although Spiegel herself didn't realize it due to her poor sense of time, Emery already had a general idea.

It's a fairly common trope in Blue Star literature.

Theresa Scarlet Moon's younger sister, who is also Marcy's wicked and scheming aunt, must have been unable to suppress her ambition more than half a year ago and made a move against her sister and mother in an attempt to seize power.

However, the wicked aunt's actions were not entirely successful, so she has not officially announced herself as the new head of the family in the past six months, but has only participated in meetings as an agent.

After that, Theresa Scarlet Moon escaped her sister's persecution and then had a fortuitous encounter somewhere, greatly increasing her strength, and returned to seek revenge.

Possessing a deadly weapon, Theresa Scarlet Moon's ambition swelled after her strength increased. She was no longer satisfied with being just the first noble of the Elven Court; she wanted to seize power for herself.

Of course, there is also the possibility that Theresa Scarlet Moon's adventure was actually orchestrated by the Elf Queen, and that Theresa Scarlet Moon's current actions have the Elf Queen's support.

But neither possibility is good news for Emerald.

Judging from Theresa Scarlet Moon's current actions, she is not only ambitious but also harbors great hostility towards humans, and may well reignite the war between the Federation and the Elves.

Under normal circumstances, Amelie wouldn't be afraid. As long as the Federation doesn't attack the Elf capital directly like last time, the Elf Queen probably wouldn't bother with it. War would only lead to more elven brothels within the Federation and a surge in the Melson family's arms sales.

But now that the Dao Ancestor is about to merge with the Dao, if the Elf Race were to wage war against the Federation at this time, it would only weaken the future fighting power of the allies.

So what should we do? Should we temporarily concede in negotiations and give up some benefits in exchange for the cooperation of the elves?

...It would be best if war could be avoided, but if it cannot be avoided, then it must be ended as quickly as possible to minimize the damage caused by the war.

Emery was quick-witted. On the surface, she was still chatting with Sylvie, but in reality, she had already made several decisions and contacted Suzuran to issue the order directly, preparing for a possible war.

Because they had already given instructions at the family's core members' year-end meeting, the several managers of the large Melson parks who received Emerald's message, although somewhat puzzled, still chose to trust Emerald's abilities and past achievements, and fully cooperated with her orders.

Thus, nearly 40% of the entire Melson family's production capacity was suspended from all daily production after Emeryte's order was issued, and switched to war mode to begin mass production of new weapons according to the technical data provided by Emeryte.

About three hours later, Ji Xinyu returned.

Silbis's judgment was correct; indeed, quite a few elves had escaped the elven kingdom and successfully entered the Emerald Strait, where Ji Xinyu had eliminated the pursuers behind them.

These elves had little to do with Amelite, and many of them even belonged to factions that were hostile to humans.

But political views are nothing compared to life. Regardless of their previous opinions about humanity, they now swear they are good friends of humanity, and when they see Emerald, they call her "Miss" in the sweetest way.

There are 16 elves in this group, making a total of 17 including Silbis. They all come from the Rainbow Family of the Elf Royal Council. They were all suddenly attacked by the Crimson Moon Family. Most of the family members have died in battle, and only a few lucky ones managed to escape.

Silbi is the only head of the family among these surviving elves. Although the other elves are also mostly direct descendants of the Seven Rainbows family, they are all orphans and widows.

Chapter 341: Making the Elves Great Again?

Unlike Silbis, the patriarch who abandoned everyone else and ran away when her family was attacked, many elven nobles, though pedantic and arrogant, still had backbone and valued honor.

Therefore, the other heads of the Seven Rainbow Clan all died on the spot, choosing to sacrifice themselves to buy the younger generation of their families a chance to escape.

Now that the survivors of the Seven Rainbows family have gathered together, Emerald naturally inquired about their experiences in detail.

As the highest-ranking nobles in the Elf Kingdom, the surviving Elf daughters and ladies of the Seven Rainbows family, though looking disheveled and wretched, quickly composed themselves and shared as much information as they knew, including their personal analyses and deductions.

Combining this with the information that Silby had revealed during her conversation with Emerald, Emerald quickly pieced together the general outline of the incident.

Just as humans have fixed traditions about what to do on each day of the New Year, elves also have a fixed schedule for what to do each day during the New Year. The elven nobles, who value tradition, are even more particular about this, and have kept it unchanged for thousands of years.

Yesterday was the 12th day of the new year. According to the tradition of the Elven race, this day is a night of revelry where everyone puts down their inhibitions and pursues pleasure to the fullest.

So every elven noble held a grand party at their home, inviting friends and distinguished guests to join them... For example, the management staff of Baihe Shipping enjoyed the party together with the Cuixing family in Sibi.

On such a night of revelry, defense and vigilance are naturally neglected and relaxed. This is mainly because humans and elves have been at peace for many years and can even be said to be in a period of friendship. The elven nobles never expected that their family headquarters would be suddenly attacked at this time.

Taking advantage of the moment when the elven nobles were exhausted after indulging in pleasure, the Scarlet Moon family ruthlessly slaughtered the other six Seven Rainbow families, causing rivers of blood to flow. Many elven nobles who had managed to survive when the Federation army besieged the city died in their own beds, pathetically being blasted into dust by magic along with their slaves.

This attack was clearly premeditated by the Crimson Moon Clan, because the elves who attacked the six Seven Rainbow Clans included not only the Crimson Moon Clan's own powerful members, but also many Moon Guards, Elf Royal Guards, and members of elven extremist organizations who had been recruited by the Crimson Moon Clan.

The main force behind the attack on the Emerald Star family, like the Silbis family, was the Moon Guard, while the Orange Heart family and the Blue Cloud family were slaughtered by the Elf Royal Guard and the Elf Extremist Organization, respectively.

But the remaining three families, Huangyu, Qingshi, and Ziye, are a bit strange. They were all attacked by the power of the Feiyue family itself.

Although the Scarlet Moon Clan is the head of the Seven Rainbow Clans, the difference in strength between the Scarlet Moon Clan and the other Seven Rainbow Clans is not that great. Even if it were a sneak attack, the Scarlet Moon Clan could not possibly attack three Seven Rainbow Clans at the same time and win a great victory.

So Emerald questioned the surviving widows and orphans of the three families of Topaz, Bluestone, and Purpleleaf, and obtained some information that surprised her quite a bit.

daughter.

Among the elven archmages who attacked the Yellow Jade, Blue Stone, and Purple Leaf families, there were many Crimson Moon family elves who looked similar and all claimed to be Theresa Crimson Moon's daughter.

According to current eyewitness accounts, the number of red-haired elves claiming to be Theresa Scarlet Moon's daughter exceeds 100, including 16 archmages. They are the main force that destroyed the Topaz, Bluestone, and Purpleleaf families.

On the contrary, none of the renowned great mages of the Scarlet Moon family appeared during this attack.