"I didn't expect that the 'legend' was actually true …"
"That legend?"
"It's that the luckier a certain species is, and the more powerful they are, the more pitiful and unlucky they'll be after they're defeated. But for their luck to be so bad, it's really … "
The moment I walked down the stairs, I heard someone discussing luck. It seemed that nobody was more experienced than me in this area …
"Yep, when it comes to comparing who's unluckier, there's indeed nobody more experienced than you."
As usual, the silly cat who suddenly jumped onto my shoulder was unable to say anything nice. However, through our soul connection, I could sense that she was incredibly delighted. It seemed that something good had happened.
"Did something good happen yesterday?"
"Nothing. I was tormented for an entire night, and it was like hell. Cough, I mean, be a mature man and don't ask about girls' private matters … Actually, something good happened today. Take a look for yourself."
It would seem that I had woken up quite late. Most of my team was in the main hall. Marguerite was sitting at a table with a serious expression as she calculated something. Adam was smiling foolishly as he flipped through a colorful magazine. Little Red was taking a nap next to the stove. However, what was with the lollipop in her hand? Had her mental age regressed as well?
"Morning, Roland."
Eliza was as mysterious as always. She appeared right behind me, giving me quite a fright.
She had changed out of her leather armor from yesterday. Her familiar lace maid attire was quite pleasing to the eye … cough — cough — I meant fitting.
But when I followed her gaze, I saw that there was breakfast on the table that had obviously been prepared just for me.
"… An extra meal before the execution?"
Although I felt that something was more and more off, I felt that the safest way to deal with this situation was to remain silent.
I glanced around. Everyone seemed quite normal, except for the elven mage named Yurtla who had a worried expression. He kept asking Marguerite about something. There was also a silver dagger on the table.
According to my memories, this dagger seemed to be the remnant of an unlucky individual who had fallen into the Chaos Abyss. This dagger was also the reason why they were being hunted down.
"… The first main battlefield of the Holy War has been calculated?"
I suddenly understood. Previously, I had a lot of troublesome things on my hands, so I wanted to first return to the mortal plane. Only then would I be able to find a God or archmage who would have the ability to investigate the origin of this relic.
Marguerite was definitely one of the best archmages. With her attainments in space-time magic, it shouldn't be difficult for her to deduce the origin of this dagger. It was just that she didn't realize it before.
"Yep, I've calculated it. The St. Heen Empire, the suburbs of the Moonwheel Capital. It's only been less than ten years since Empress Afina ascended to the throne. Her dream of becoming the Elven Empress should have already come to an end."
"… St. Horne? Isn't that the High Elves' civil war? A civil war where only a few High Elves died after fighting for ten years … "
I was startled at first, as this news was rather explosive. The location of the door opening was in the elves' territory, which was quite unexpected.
The will of the Chaos Abyss should be able to influence the location of the Dimensional Door to a certain extent. And if this was purely a matter of chance, the elves were truly unlucky.
At this time, I couldn't help but recall the former Elf Main God Anslo, who had already fallen to become a Chaos Evil God. In order to preserve the elven species in the Holy War, Anslo caused the already divided elven species to fight amongst themselves. In the end, the elves still ended up becoming the frontlines of the Holy War. Right now, I really wanted to know how traumatized Anslo was …
"Chance? That's highly unlikely. "
While everyone else believed that the location of the door opening was purely a coincidence, I kept feeling like something was wrong.
How could there be such a coincidence? The human kingdoms occupied the vast majority of the mortal plane, while the elves' territory was pitifully small to begin with. Not only did the elves' territory just happen to be the elves' most important capital, their capital.
Every major battlefield in history was now either a forbidden zone for all life, or an uninhabited wasteland. After all, the elves were facing the first demon wave of the Chaos Abyss.
"Endless darkness covers the sky. The Moon God's light is unable to pierce through the dark clouds. The legendary terrifying magical beasts of the night are nothing more than the first wave of cannon fodder. The legendary devils and demons are nothing more than random soldiers. Even the mighty dragons are nothing more than the demon generals' mounts. There's no hope for us. Does the heavens want us elves to die? The silver elves and moon elves are actually at odds with each other at such a time? They refused our request for reinforcements …"
In his long war diary, the Elf Saint Wendier used desperate yet realistic writing to record everything that happened after the first demon wave. He also wrote down a list of the high-level elves that died in battle and the number of casualties.
Everything about the first demon wave was filled with such despairing records. The elves lived in ordinary, peaceful areas, and could only deal with wild beasts when facing the vanguard of Chaos. It was obvious what the final result would be.
Surviving the first demon wave would require luck, not power. It was said that the Elf Saint Wendier had been heavily injured and thrown into a river. She had luckily survived.
Ironically, due to the elves' strength in the last Holy War, the elves had occupied the richest and largest land in all of Eich. As expected, the first demon wave would be fought in the elves' territory. However, the elves had declined this time, and the Chaos Faction had still come looking for them.
And if I recalled correctly, the Elf Saint Wendier, who had spent the latter half of his life calling for peace, was also a moon elf. He was probably enjoying his retirement in the elves' Moonwheel Capital. In that case, perhaps he would be able to complete the second half of his despairing diary.
It was no wonder that Harloys was so happy. It was likely that she felt that the "lowly bastards who returned kindness with enmity" were about to die. Not having a banquet to celebrate was already quite good for her.
However, this wasn't good news for me at all.
The first demon wave would be incredibly difficult to deal with. This was common knowledge among all the human kingdoms in the mortal plane. That was why they had all signed a series of mutual aid agreements. Perhaps these agreements would be nothing more than scrap paper in the face of the first demon wave, but in the early stages of the Holy War, all the human kingdoms would still care about their reputation. They would also need to test each other's combat strength on the battlefield. This mutual aid and emergency mechanism would greatly increase the chances of the unlucky ones surviving the first demon wave.
I had calculated several dozen possibilities, including the possibility that the Dimensional Door would open in the Northlands, where transportation was inconvenient, San Antonio's granary, or the Underground, which was similar to the Bottomless Abyss. However, I had never calculated the possibility that the Dimensional Door would open in the Kingdom of the Elves. Apart from the fact that the chances were far too low, it was more likely that the elves held a grudge against the elves.
"What if the Dimensional Door really opens in the elven territory? That's far too unlikely. If it really does happen, then they deserve to be wiped out. "
I had only said this half-jokingly. I never expected that it would become true in the end.
Yep, I hated the elves, and I hated all High Elves apart from the wood elves. I only had a certain amount of affection for the mixed-blood wild elves. That was because the wild elves didn't have the elves' strange natural sense of superiority and mysophobia. It was likely that most human kingdoms' rulers hated the elves.
The reason? Actually, I didn't need to explain too much. Apart from the conflicts on the surface, there were also many other messy matters.
Since the elves lacked overwhelming power, they believed themselves to be more intelligent than humans. They were quite skilled at playing "international balance". They constantly plotted various schemes against the royalty of the various countries. They constantly sent out spies and scouts. If they succeeded, they would weaken the humans. If they failed, they wouldn't lose much. Back in the day, the Mist Kingdom's destruction was also partially due to the elves' efforts. I also directly destroyed the Mist Kingdom in order to take revenge.
Ordinary citizens had a certain amount of affection and admiration for the elves from fairy tales. Nobles, on the other hand, greatly desired elven slaves. I couldn't find a single member of the royalty of the various countries who was on good terms with the elves. The higher one's rank was, the more they were against the elves. This was why human society had such a complex impression of the elves.
It was becoming more and more apparent that the elves were breaking apart from human society. This was also the foundational reason why the Elven Gods and elven kingdoms were getting restless in this Holy War … If the elves and humans had a good relationship, the Elven Gods would have a comfortable life in the Order Faction. There would have been no need for them to betray the elves.
Now that the entire world knew that the moon elves and the silver elves were faking an internal war, the elves were just going along with the show. There were only two reasons for doing this.
Looking at the overall situation, no matter who won the Holy War, the elves would be on the winning side. At the very least, the elves would be able to survive. And looking at the Holy War that was about to begin, no matter where the main battlefield was, the elves would be able to use the excuse of "we're in the middle of an internal war" to refuse any human kingdoms that requested reinforcements through the Order Alliance.
The elves' internal war was quite fierce in the first few years. However, only ordinary elven warriors died. Over the past few years, there had been frequent conflicts, but the scale of the conflicts had been decreasing. Not a single High Elf had died yet. However, there would definitely be a major conflict every ten days or so. It was likely that since the Holy War had begun, the human kingdoms were too busy to care about anything else, so the elves were too lazy to keep up the act.
My guess was that the elves' internal war would last until the Holy War ended. Perhaps Anslo's fall into the Chaos Abyss was because he had reached some sort of unspoken agreement with the will of the Chaos Abyss, such as "the elves would remain neutral in the Holy War, and the Chaos Faction wouldn't attack the Kingdom of the Elves" or something like that … Actually, considering the elves' usual habits, this was quite likely.
The human kingdoms' rulers were no idiots. They all knew about this. From the very start, they never expected the elves to help out in the Holy War. It would already be nice if they didn't drag the elves down or lead the way.
But now, if a Dimensional Door appeared in the elven capital …
"It's even possible that we'll go save the beastmen, but forget about the elves. Don't blame us for doing the same thing you did to us. It's already nice of us not to kick you when you're down."
The most likely development was that the human kingdoms' rulers would simply watch the show. After all, a starving camel was still larger than a horse. This would be a perfect opportunity to use the elves' resources to test the elves' combat strength.
Since the friendship and relationships between the elves and elves had long since disappeared, the original alliance would naturally become nothing more than scrap paper.
"Ha, Anslo and the elves have always been like this. They've always been scheming, but they've always gone overboard. They've only taken small advantages, and they'll definitely pay back in full one day. "
Harloys's sarcasm was far too convincing. I couldn't find any reason to deny it.
If the Elven Main Gods were still in the Order Faction, they could at least request reinforcements from the Order Gods. At the very least, the Holy Light Faction would be forced to take action. If the Holy Church also took action, the human kingdoms would have to do something as well.
If the elves hadn't used up so much of their national strength and basic soldiers in their internal conflicts, and if they could have been able to utilize the elves' combat style of cooperating with each other, they would have been far more capable of dealing with the demon wave.
If the High Elves hadn't used up so much of their "elven diplomatic skills," at the very least, some of their most loyal allies would have stood out to help them. I could guarantee that if the Dimensional Door appeared in the dwarves' territory, all the human kingdoms around the dwarves would have sent reinforcements.
"No matter how I think about it, it's just a fight to the death with all the elves' national strength, and the elves' entire species will be destroyed …"
It was no wonder that the elven mage before me was so anxious. He had previously believed that this matter didn't concern him, but now he discovered that his own species and country were in dire straits, and that he was the one in the most danger, so it would be strange if he wasn't anxious.
"Could it be that the elves and demons have secretly reached an agreement?"
"That's absolutely impossible. The demon wave is made up of pure Chaos. The first demon wave will definitely destroy everything without differentiating between friend and foe. Don't underestimate the true nature of demons. Donatis is most famous for being able to maintain his rationality in the face of the demon wave. "
Harloys didn't hide her delight at all, but I truly felt a headache coming on.
I was quite familiar with the elves' habits. I couldn't just casually spread this information. It would be acceptable if the elves decided to do a great migration, but if the elves tried to steal living space from other human kingdoms before the demon wave arrived, that would be a new internal conflict between the Order Factions.
Hoping that the elves would accept the fact that they were unlucky and fight to the death against the demon wave? I wasn't that naive.
"I really want to know how much of a trauma Anslo is feeling right now …"
Right now, in a certain dimension of the Chaos Abyss, three Main Gods were currently fighting against each other. One of the participants was the former Elven God Anslo, who was currently in dire straits.
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