"I……"
Sophia's light green eyes, filled with a hint of pity, fell upon the elves who had been summoned by the Princess to kneel before her, and her feelings were complicated.
She was taught from a young age to love and respect life.
She is an elf princess, responsible for the peace of the entire forest.
This might seem like a saintly act to many, but Sophia had also thought about it carefully—if she were to be reincarnated as an ant in a past life, and had done nothing wrong, but was just passing by a place, she might very well be stepped on and killed.
She couldn't avoid this accidental death, but she wanted to use her kindness to prevent other forms of death.
Therefore, she could never bear to kill any life; her empathy was too strong.
However, she also knew that the young lady was right. Perhaps these elves in front of her had not done anything wrong, but if they betrayed her once, they would betray her a second time.
In the end, it will only lead to more deaths.
And she was also well aware that without any preparation, she would never be able to kill other elves instantly on the battlefield—a moment's hesitation on the battlefield could lead to irreparable disaster.
Gritting her teeth, Sophia held a bright green longbow in her hand.
Her arrow was aimed at the heart of an elf.
"sorry."
"But I can't afford to lose."
If she wins, she will become the new queen of the elves. She cannot hesitate, or she will only face extinction.
If she loses, those who believe in her and follow her will pay the price for her mistakes—by death.
She could clearly see what was more important!
A green light shot into the sky, and Sophia's arrow pierced the elf's heart, killing him instantly without hesitation, leaving his body intact.
Do not kill, and minimize their suffering as much as possible.
That was the only thing she could do.
A strong urge to vomit welled up in her chest, but she held it in and killed the remaining elves.
After the elves died, they turned into golden light and returned to the Tree of Life.
"it's over."
Sofia put down her bow and arrow, feeling an urge to vomit.
Quan Ji walked over and handed her a piece of paper.
At this point, Sofia could no longer control her emotions and was about to cry.
Quan Ji didn't stop her this time, letting her cry: "I'm familiar with this feeling, I can't forget it, I can never forget it for the rest of my life."
Sofia nodded, trembling all over: "I will remember."
The feeling of killing one's own kind is something one will never forget.
But this is the path she has to take.
Suddenly, Quan Ji said to her in a comforting tone, "You are very similar to someone I know. He also has blond hair. When he killed someone for the first time, I forced him to do it, and he vomited."
Sophia looked up at him with slight surprise: "Who?"
Quan Ji smiled and said, "What an idiot. He followed me to the battlefield without any mental preparation. He was too lenient with the enemy and almost got killed."
Sophia listened blankly to Quan Ji's voice, knowing what Quan Ji wanted to tell her.
Quan Ji continued, "People always need to grow, and so do elves. Killing one's own kind is indeed cruel, but the place we live in is not peaceful, and we need a certain amount of cruelty to save more kind people."
"Killing people is just like killing elves. The first time I did it, I threw up for a long time too."
"But once I remembered that feeling, and found true kindness and justice in my heart, my perception was no longer just black and white, and the world was no longer just about being innocent or not innocent. After that, I no longer felt too much guilt."
"Think it over carefully, don't be sad for too long."
"Speaking of which, I should go back and see how that idiot is doing now."
Even after being away from home for so long, I still miss home.
I wonder how the Holy Glory Empire is doing now. Surely it won't be destroyed if it leaves her.
She'll go back and check on things once she's finished with the elves.
It was unexpected that Quan Qingchi, who died on the battlefield for her in her previous life, could have reached this point.
At this moment, Feng Simian came over from the other side, from the elves who were sworn to support the Elf Queen, and asked Quan Ji, "Young Miss, what should we do with these?"
Quan Ji smiled, walked over, and looked at the elves, asking:
"Let them follow us and observe the whole way. Perhaps they'll be able to see it clearly by then."
She lifted the elves' silence and asked:
What are your opinions?
The elves, already determined to resist to the death, felt even more conflicted upon witnessing the fate of those who chose to betray them, and their resolve to resist only strengthened:
"You can either kill us too, or we'll be killed but not humiliated!"
Quan Ji: "I won't, I want to influence you."
The elves: "..."
You're so naughty!
They gritted their teeth and said, "Forced relationships are never sweet!"
Quan Ji: "Whether the melon is sweet or not is not important; what matters is quenching thirst."
The elves: "..."
That's outrageous!
Quan Ji felt it was about time, and instructed the elves who were with Sophia to take care of these elves and not let them make any rash moves.
The elves were both angry and ashamed, but they couldn't do anything about Princess Quan!
With everything ready, Quan Ji said, "We can go now."
Feng Simian and Jun Chenlan shook their heads simultaneously: "It's not over yet, their reinforcements have arrived."
Quan Ji was taken aback for a moment, and then used her energy to sense it.
That's true.
There was a strange life force nearby, seemingly lying in ambush for a long time.
Quan Ji: "Have you all had enough of hiding in the bushes? Do you want me to drag you out, or will you come out yourselves?"
The ambushers hidden in the bushes slowly emerged.
Everyone was taken aback when they saw it.
The other party was indeed an elf, with those iconic transparent wings and golden hair.
However, unlike ordinary elves, they had hideous and grotesque appearances, as if they had been burned, with all sorts of scars on their faces.
Moreover, the color they wore was red, which was considered a great taboo by the elves.
This surprised Quan Ji and the others, who immediately summoned their weapons, ready to fight at any moment.
Sofia stammered, "Red Devil?"
Quan Ji was somewhat surprised: "What the hell?"
Sofia explained, "In the nursery rhymes of the Elf race, it is said that if a little elf is disobedient, an ugly red elf will capture them, eat them, and absorb their life force. Everyone calls them the Red Demon."
Quan Ji asked, "Are they enemies of the elves?"
Sophia shook her head: "It's hard to say, but it's clear... that the tribe doesn't like the Red Demons. Some of the older elves even talk about them with gritted teeth."
Quan Ji's thought process went something like this: "Then the enemy of the elves is our friend, and the enemy of our enemy is our friend?"
Everyone: "..."
I didn't know what to say for a moment.
At this moment, all the "red demons" came out.
They looked at Quan Ji and the others, their eyes burning with excitement.
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