"The Chaos Abyss is glaring at us from the outside, and the Order Faction is hostile against us. Even the Mist Alliance is having internal strife. We're in dire straits from both within and without. Could the situation get any worse …? No, I can't say such a thing. According to my experience, every time you say 'could it get any worse?', fate really will make things worse for you."
Although I was sighing inside, I only habitually complained a little. In my past memories, this tattered ship that was "full of holes" had internal strife and internal strife while still barely moving forward. That was the most normal situation.
Everyone would shout "unite as one" and "charge forward bravely" without any consideration for personal gains or losses. They would also be brave enough to sacrifice themselves for foresight. Such a situation only existed in epic fairy tales. If I truly saw such a situation, my first reaction would be to slap myself to see if I had accidentally fallen for an enemy's illusion.
In my memories, the reality was that everyone would always have their own plans. Even when fighting against external enemies, they would still be scheming against their own superiors and subordinates. They would complain about how low their wages were and how tiring their work was while forcing themselves to advance under the direction of mutual benefits.
Back in the day, it was the same for Sulfur Mountain City. We had personally established this city, and our foundations were already solid enough. It could be said that this could be considered a rare paradise in the Underground. However, there was still a lot of fun going on inside. The Parliament and Judiciary factions were hostile against each other. When the outside world was threatened by the Underground Lords, large numbers of citizens and officials joined the enemy's side. The Parliament, which was one of the core powers of the Underground, even rebelled … Forget it, let's not talk about it. I liked the Knight Faction and the military. I admired the Knight Faction's loyalty and fairness. One of the main reasons was that the Knight Faction was relatively simple. At the very least, they had to be simple in this cruel era.
The moon elves were no idiots. They were just used to treating other species like idiots. They were causing trouble for us at this time because they saw the overall situation. They knew that the Northlands Elven Empire was about to be reestablished. If we did a great cleansing of the moon elves at this time, it would definitely shake the hearts of the elves, which would have a great impact. That was why the moon elves took this opportunity to make a series of excessive demands, hoping to obtain benefits on the negotiation table that they wouldn't be able to obtain on the battlefield.
If they really did as they wished, there would be no Northlands Elven Empire left. There would only be the moon elf empire, and it would be an independent kingdom within the Mist Alliance. The moon elf empress who had just sacrificed herself would probably cry or laugh in Hell when she saw that the dream that she had been unable to achieve despite working so hard was being realized so easily on the negotiation table.
Of course, I felt that even the most optimistic moon elf elders wouldn't believe that all of the moon elves' demands would be fulfilled. The moon elf elders had far too many bargaining chips, such as magical engineering, the undead, and beastmen. The moon elves had far too many demands, and they couldn't even begin. either. The moon elves elders.
They were only certain that the Mist Alliance wouldn't use force to clean up its internal affairs at this time. They were probably taking advantage of this opportunity to obtain as much political capital as possible. This could be described as extreme scheming, or perhaps it could also be described as bottomless greed. However, the moon elves never considered that in the past, the Mist Alliance had allowed the moon elves to act independently and in small groups. The first reason was that the Holy War hadn't even officially begun yet, and the newly established Mist Alliance's stability was the highest priority. The second reason was that the leaders of the Mist Alliance were relatively moderate factions like Renée and Glina. The moon elves had far too many chips in their hands, such as magical engineering, undead, and beastmen's combat potential. The moon elves didn't care about the distant Kingdom of the Elves at all.
And right now, the moon elves' opponents were me, the person who had previously organized a major cleansing of Sulfur Mountain City, and the Gold Elf Harloys, who hated moon elves the most. And no matter how you looked at it, we were far from being a moderate faction …
There was nothing wrong with the strategy of "first stabilizing the internal affairs". When an external enemy was a tremendous threat, it would be far easier for internal instability to cause problems. When the "internal threat" had already fused together with the body's internal organs, the moment it was eliminated, it would cause great damage to the body's internal organs. Naturally, it wouldn't be beneficial to use force. And right now, the moon elves were no longer part of the Mist Alliance's system. At most, they would be nothing more than a sore on their arm.
"Harloys, I'll personally prepare a revival ritual to revive Suana. You'll personally handle the moon elves. Use the dark elves' manpower. It'll be more appropriate to use my name. I'm a professional scapegoat anyways. Clean up the house and welcome the new residents before the elves' caravan arrives."
"Elven Butcher" and "Elven Destroyer" had been on me for over one hundred years already. Perhaps it would be nice to have a new title like "Elven Executioner".
I couldn't be bothered to argue with the moon elves anymore. Since they still couldn't see the overall situation and our determination, then let them be abandoned by the times. I would directly kill off the current moon elf leadership and have a "Night of Longblades" or something like that. Then, I would replace them with a new leader and give them some candy. I believed that Suana, who had an incredibly high reputation among the low-level elves, would be an excellent candidate.
If I had any concerns before, I would probably have been concerned about how this would affect the entire Mist Alliance's reputation, as well as possibly causing the elves to panic about the humans. But now that all the elves would be involved, and I would be the scapegoat, there was nothing to worry about.
Although rivers of blood would probably flow, what did that have to do with me?
"… Please wait a moment. Many innocent people will be harmed."
While the other tribe leaders remained silent, Suana stood up. Her entire body was covered in a faint white glow. The white light that kept spreading out indicated that she was extremely agitated.
I chuckled. If she didn't stand up at such a time, she wouldn't be the Princess Suana that I knew.
"Alright, Harloys won't do anything. If she does, there'll definitely be rivers of blood. You can do it. You've been helping the elves and the Mist Alliance for the past few years. Those tumors need to be eliminated, and those that can remain, you should know. "
Suana paused in surprise. She hadn't expected that I would be so easy to talk to. Right after that, her spiritual body started trembling. She knew that although in a way, she had saved her tribe, she had done so by accepting the butcher's knife.
"… But I'll say this first. Don't try to be a good person. If you need me to do a second cleanup after you've dealt with the elves, then that'll truly be killing without mercy."
After saying this, I directly walked out of the door. I didn't even spare the stunned elves a glance. Suana's back was glowing with a faint light. Her heart was in utter chaos.
That was all I needed to say. The rest would be up to them. If the final cleanup wasn't to my satisfaction, and they continued to be a burden, not only would I not be able to eliminate all the moon elves, it would even be possible that they wouldn't be able to leave their tribe behind … Of course, I wouldn't indiscriminately massacre them. If things developed to that point, I would simply disperse the moon elves and have them live together with humans like the grayblood elves in the Tassel Kingdom. The Moon Kingdom of the Elves would become history.
"… Is it really necessary? I really like that girl Suana. Is it really necessary to force her to such an extent? "
"It's precisely because she's nice that I'm helping her cut off all her weakness and naivety … Ha, she's probably going to hate me."
"Of course. You're forcing her to stain her hands with blood, and blood from her own tribe at that. Yet, you're still helping her become the moon elf tribe leader? You're basically pushing her to the top of a volcano. Even though she clearly only wants to live a peaceful life, she probably won't have a single good day in the future. … "
"Tsk, peaceful life? Is there still a peaceful life in this world? Ever since she was born into the royal family, she's enjoyed the royal treatment for so many years. Don't say such foolish things. Besides, isn't it all for your sake? Will she even be able to turn back now? She'll definitely become even closer to the Moon Elf Empress. "
Wipe out everything in one go? How would that be possible? Unless she was willing to massacre the moon elves, there would definitely be hidden dangers left behind. Not only that, Suana wasn't a cold-blooded and decisive leader. Not only would she massacre the moon elves, I estimated that at most, the moon elves' prisons would be overrun. And as long as the politicians weren't completely annihilated, there would definitely be many hidden dangers afterwards. However, at that time, the one who would have a headache would be Suana, the moon elf tribe leader.
As for Harloys, she was the Moon Elf Empress who had appeared out of nowhere. She was probably most afraid of the Superior Elves being united as one. A united moon elf and dark elf alliance would become the rulers of the Elven Empire. It was unlikely that the dark elves would be united as one, while the moon elves were capable of working together. However, if they really rebelled, there wouldn't be any good ways to deal with them. Harloys took this opportunity to create an eternal rift between the moon elves.
I wasn't making things up. Every few years, the moon elves would have internal strife, which would be a good thing for Harloys.
Suana's position as the moon elf tribe leader would be unstable, and she wouldn't be able to count on the moon elves' power. Naturally, she would become closer to the Moon Elf Empress Harloys, which would help her eliminate a hidden danger.
"Hmph, as if I'd believe you. Aren't you just trying to eliminate the moon elves? You've probably had enough already. It's good that you're good at scheming, but if you're always scheming, you'll probably never be satisfied, and you'll always have new demands. That's far too troublesome."
I shrugged and didn't deny it. The moon elves were far too troublesome. I was already tired of playing schemes with them. I wanted to clean up everything in one go.
"… You're still going a bit too far. That girl Suana is our only elf. It's so rare for her to be so pure …"
Naive? Pure? That would be a compliment in a time of peace, but since I was the leader of my tribe, naivety equated to stupidity, and purity equated to lack of experience. Neither of those were good words.
"Elf? Oh, you mean the natural undead? "
If that was the case, there weren't that many natural undead in the mortal plane right now, and they were all sly bastards. It was inconceivable that one would be so pure.
However, I chuckled.
"… Previously, you were right about the only elf apart from us, but that's no longer the case now …"
I looked towards the south, where two of the five Undead Emperors were also natural undead. No matter if it was in terms of experience or danger level, they were far above Roland and Harloys. This was especially true for the Undead Emperor who had instantly cast a forbidden spell. He had instantly reached the top 10 of the Calamity Rankings. How he had accomplished this was still the hottest topic in the Mage Country.
I had obtained a great deal of information from Conservation and Aso, so I indeed knew how he had accomplished this. This only made me feel that he was even more unfathomable.
"The south is so troublesome. I really don't want to meet those undead on the battlefield. But, I'm afraid that some things are difficult to avoid …"
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