Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 924: Chapter 470: War with the Demon King Army!

Subconsciously, Louis wanted to dismantle the Elf Race altogether.

However, if the elves disappeared, nobody would guard the spatial passage of the three Elf Kingdoms.

The resulting chain reaction would be quite troublesome.

At least, he wasn’t willing to take action before the Seven Calamities were resolved.

Moreover, the current elves have, in practical terms, completely separated from the Demon Race.

Even if a small number of elves in high positions still know the history of demons, the situation is indeed different from back then.

The first generation of elves is like Theseus’ Ship.

Originally, their body components were completely replaced; only the soul remained demonic.

Louis even suspected they might not have preserved their souls at all.

If simply keeping the soul could evade the Will of the Stars, wouldn’t converting oneself into a witch demon or an undead allow them to leave the Underground City directly?

But in fact, no living being in the Underground City ever did that.

Is it because they didn’t want to?

The most likely reason is that they couldn’t.

So he was very suspicious that even the first generation elves, those bad to the core, might not have truly left the Underground City.

... The most likely scenario is that they only injected their memories into the bodies of half-breeds, thereby achieving an alternative memory replication.

Whether this still counts as demonic is subjective and open to interpretation.

The later generations of elves are not quite the same as the original evil, pus-filled elves.

After all, the majority of them have bloodlines originating from demons and small elves, with souls born through normal means of pregnancy.

Essentially, they do not inherit any demonic techniques.

Most of them do not even have that concept.

In their hearts, they are simply nature-loving elves skilled in archery and magic.

Demons?

Why would they want to acknowledge that?

How much of the blood and meat flowing through their veins originates from demons?

How do their knowledge, habits, interests, and memories relate to demons?

Let alone the fact that the vast majority of them are not even aware of the demons themselves.

If it weren’t for this factor, Louis wouldn’t hesitate to show no mercy.

Yet all elves were beneficiaries of the demon tragedy years ago, and having taken advantage of this benefit, they must bear the cost, no need for more words.

As he prepared to leave the High Forest, Louis glanced at the Great Elf King, who had just pulled a weapon from his neck.

The next second.

A bolt of lightning flashed by.

His head exploded directly.

He turned to the Great Elder and said:

"I don’t care how many people in the High Forest share the same thoughts as this guy, but they’d better hide themselves away, hide underground, and don’t let me see them; otherwise, I’ll kill them on sight."

"Okay."

The Great Speaker was obviously resigned.

With things already like this, what’s left to do?

Better to accept it obediently.

"I won’t make things too difficult for you. I’m heading to the Hidden Forest now, and you can go contact them later. I’ll play the villain to the end."

"As you command."

...

Soon.

A group of people also died the same day in the Hidden Forest.

Louis acted even more decisively than in the High Forest.

Here’s a joke.

From a development standpoint, after the collapse of the Elf Realm, the Hidden Forest inherited more of its legacy than the current High Forest.

So as the successor, the High Forest... was relatively cleaner.

The Hidden Forest harbored some old beings from the days of the Elf Realm.

These old creatures... were the true demons.

It was hard for them to survive, spanning such an extended period.

In short, that day Louis had a satisfying bout of killing.

Because those ancient beings truly deserved to die.

After he’d killed enough, he hurried back to the Am Empire.

He hadn’t anticipated that during his short absence, the Demon King army had launched an assault.

When he arrived at the Am Empire, the little swan looked very serious.

She said to Louis, "Louis, there’s something you might need to look into personally."

"Hmm?"

"Someone in the O5 Council has been killed."

"Isn’t that normal? If Helmer is going to act, he’s surely prepared; I want to kill them, and they can’t stop it, hi, someone dying is only natural."

"That’s not the point. The key is that the person who died came back to life."

Louis paused slightly: "A method similar to the Curse Binding Legion?"

"No, the situation with those in the O5 Council is peculiar."

Olivia explained the relationship between the O5 Council and the River of Time Cronus, along with the situation regarding the paradox equipment.

Louis was momentarily speechless:

"No, how come they’re all being exposed one after another?"

"Is there any expert?"

The little swan was somewhat shocked, asking Louis about the news from the High Forest.

After roughly understanding what happened to the Elf Race, the little swan was silent for a long time and said:

"These demons are truly mad; such a substitution method could never be simply employed.

If it can be employed easily, there’s something suspicious.

The Demon Race is probably almost extinct; this race has been wiped out."

Louis was a little surprised.

Although he had some guesses earlier, he didn’t expect Olivia’s answer to be so definite.

"Is there no other possibility?"

"Almost none, you hadn’t mentioned the specific timeline before, now I hear you say it, I remember one thing."

"What is it?"

"You’ve only heard that Succubus’s divine power increased during that period, but you didn’t know it wasn’t just Succubus."

Olivia said with a mix of tears and laughter: