“You have lived for a thousand years and look down on a hundred years, but you know very well that the lives of elves are truly a waste.”
"Because of the long millennium, everything is done at a leisurely pace. What others can do in a day, the elves can spend several days or even a month doing for the sake of peace and comfort."
“You keep talking about pursuing eternity, but you also know that if you were to stuff yourselves into these energy tubes and become the power supply machines for Yongheng, living in darkness day after day, you would not dare to bear such eternity.”
“You keep saying you’re afraid the forest will be destroyed once the Tree of Life withers, but you know very well that other forests, even without the Tree of Life, can still have their own spring, summer, autumn and winter.”
"What you are protecting is not the forest, but your own immortality."
"You despise other living beings for their short lifespans, but you have never considered that their lives are diverse and may not be more superficial than yours, which have lived for thousands of years."
"I acknowledge that other races have been harassing the peace of the forest, but humans have their own forest protection pact. Those who excessively cut down and kill will be punished accordingly. Especially after the extinction of the unicorns, human destruction of the forest has become increasingly restricted."
"However, you are fully capable of protecting this place, it's just that you have never seriously tried."
"What seems to be destroying the forest is other races, and it sounds like the withering of the Tree of Life, but in reality? It is actually the guardians of the forest, yourselves."
As Quan Ji spoke, her gaze fell on the two sacred unicorns beside her: "The unicorn clan still had two unicorns, and there was still hope to save them. But you locked one of them in the Holy Spirit Tower to replenish the energy of the Tree of Life, which completely extinguished the hope of the sacred unicorn clan."
"They didn't try to save us when disaster struck, and they didn't try to remedy the situation afterward. What exactly are the elves protecting when they guard the forest?"
“You say that the suffering of a portion of living beings can bring peace to the entire forest, but even with the Tree of Life intact, countless races still perish, and even with the Elves intact, countless invaders still run rampant.”
"Furthermore, what gives you the right to make their suffering sound so simple? You claim to be righteous and noble, while others suffer the pain. Do you think you're so great by doing this?"
Quan Ji's gaze suddenly sharpened, filled with more mockery.
Eros listened to Quan Ji's words without saying a word, his face darkening. He gritted his teeth and tried to explain: "We did want to go and save the Holy Unicorn Clan back then, but... when we went there, the Holy Unicorn Clan had already been wiped out."
Quan Ji chuckled: "With your strength, even in the Tower of the Holy Spirit, going to the Holy Unicorn Clan would only be a matter of an instant, right?"
Eros could not refute it.
"We... thought the Holy Unicorn could hold out a little longer, so we were preparing a comprehensive plan."
Quan Ji sneered: "So you've been preparing all day and still haven't gotten anything done? What exactly are you doing?"
Eros: "We..."
Quan Ji raised an eyebrow: "You're dawdling, trying to find some time to relax because you've lived too long and are used to this kind of pace."
"What a pity, other living beings don't care about your pace. Aren't you just wasting your lives?"
Eros remained silent.
Quan Ji looked at her and said, "Anyway, you're going to die soon, so tell me what you really think. Stop with the damn righteous indignation."
Eros stared at Quan Ji and suddenly chuckled, "You're a really strange person."
Quan Ji shrugged: "What do you mean?"
Eros closed his eyes: "You saw it clearly, and you did it decisively."
"If I could, I would like to be like you, but I am an elf, and I need to think about my family and my people."
“Indeed, as you said, I also think that we elves are very selfish. We are used to using infinitely long lifespans to dilute the traces of regret, and we are also used to a slow and carefree life.”
“We protect the forest, but it seems we have not kept anything. Even though the Tree of Life is still there, the forest is becoming more and more desolate every day.”
“We used to sing the song of life with the wind beetle and soar through the forest with the sacred unicorn, but now we can no longer feel that.”
"I've been thinking about a question: is the absence of the Tree of Life really that serious? But this is something I couldn't have foreseen, because not all elves and creatures can accept the price of their homeland turning into a dead land. I can't afford it, and neither can the elves."
"I simply cannot imagine how the elves, who are accustomed to a thousand-year lifespan, could live a wonderful life with a hundred-year lifespan."
"At first, I also thought that exchanging a few lives for permanent peace was the best possible outcome."
"But gradually I discovered... the suffering of those beings trapped in the energy tubes was unbearable for anyone."
"Before entering the Tower of the Holy Spirit, they never knew they would suffer such treatment, and after entering the Tower of the Holy Spirit, they could only be tormented for lifetimes to come."
"If we knew the truth, which living being would be willing to come? Who truly has such selfless love? I ask myself, I cannot do it."
Eros found it all utterly ridiculous and coldly snorted, "Life does belong to the whole, but the essence of life is individual. The existence of the Holy Spirit Tower is a complete disregard for the nobility of life and a trampling on its dignity."
"Why should one sacrifice their own life for a greater cause? Why should a few lives be tortured in exchange for the lives of many more?"
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