Chapter 90 The Strategist.

"You know why mistress Nicco succeeded us all here, in the royal hall?" A demon emperor asked an elf girl who was standing next to him.

She shook her head with a confused air and answered him. "No idea. Maybe it has something to do with the recent attack. I hope they won't punish us because we couldn't fulfill our role." She stammered in a disturbing area.

"Sigh, who knows? They are all ruthless and stronger than us. Our lives are in their hands. They can kill us all just with a snap of our fingers! RAAGH! I never regret anything in my life than having decided to attack these monsters for the premium. If I knew I would be the slave and a cannon pulpit if I knew they had such powers... I would have preferred to attack the bloody Empress rather than attack this demonic castle!" A man of the human race affirmed these words while his eyes had lost all glimmer of hope.

"Kakaka... humans are still as pathetic. As a mercenary and murderer, you should know the risk you are taking before embarking on the wrong path. This is pathetic." Dryly replied a demon girl who had awakened the lineage of demonic tigers. She had a ferocious look with a tiger's head and sharp claws and dark blue skin.

"Tsk, if one of the mistresses hears you, you will be sentenced to immediate hanging for your racial discrimination. Are you sure you are ready to take these kinds of risks just to make fun of me? If you want to die, do it in your own way do not involve me in your madness!" Retorted the emperor-ranking man who was at the end of despair.

"Humph is not that I want to die or anything. On the contrary, I am happy to have joined their ranks. Do you know how much we have progressed in this period of time? We do not lack cultivation materials, we have good housing and food that even nobles do not eat! And every day, we are making great strides. Shit, what more do you want? Do you mean that your bloody empress, Miyako Yury, treated you more than them?!" Says the demon girl with a satisfying air.

"Argh. Do you think I don't know all this? If it were not for the fact that I had a family that I have not heard of for more than two years, and that they did not treat us as people to sacrifice to save the Lord, I would have preferred to live with them and serve them voluntarily for eternity!" He replied with frustration.

"Sigh, you're not wrong on this point. Even if I have returned to my country, and my family is just a few kilometers from me... I can't meet them because the mistresses didn't order us to get out of here. And anyone who dares to disobey their orders... only death awaits them!" Complaints the elf while her pointed ears trembled with horror when she thought about the cruelty of Alvine's maids.

"Ugh, what's the point of bringing it back to the carpet? Tsk, you are really assholes. If there is one thing we all have in common here, it is that we have all come to them with vicious intentions. It's normal to be treated this way. And besides, if you knew that you have families behind you, you should have thought before attacking them! If we were really of the cannon pulpit, do you think the Lord would have fought with us? During the battle, all he had done was to protect us! He did not stay behind and watch us be massacred like most of the leaders, he had volunteered for the massacred! Iyaaah~ just when imagining him in my thoughts, my soul trembles with excitement! Not only is he my kind, but he is as strong and more ruthless than anyone... a real male! Just seeing him every day is more than a sufficient reason for me to stay with them, even if I have to sacrifice my being for him!" The more the demon girl expressed herself more excited she ignited.

The worst thing about all this is that after she said these words, the female sexes had fallen into similar situations.

"Tsk, if you think you have a chance with him... stay in your illusory bubbles. We are not going to wake you up. Haha, I always wanted to have fun with girls of different races. But seeing such a scene, I'm sure my dream is only a few steps away. Once they are in despair, I, the most beautiful of all men... will be happy to build my fucking Harem with all these beauties. Whahaha." A carefree playboy shouted these words while continuing to dream for himself.

Confusion, regret, gratitude. It was the emotions of Alvine's troops.

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"Why are they so excited? Have they received good news?!" Asked Sabrina with a frown. She was accompanied by Nelda who had anti-magic handcuffs to prevent her from revolting or giving her a chance to escape.

"What are you doing here with this girl, Lady Rina? I thought the master had ordered you to drive her to his room?" Asked Nicco with confusion.

"Hm? Well, Ashia told me the master's new orders. Apparently, he wants to deal with his business with slave soldiers before taking care of her case." She said when she spoke of Nelda who stood silently behind her. Her current personality had nothing but what she had on the battlefield. To believe that the Valskars were really born for war.

"Do you know, it's that he intends to do it? And why when he fainted... his eyes had changed color again? I have the impression that the stronger he becomes more stranger his natural abilities become strange. Not to mention its charm that continues to increase in level. At this rate, he will be forced to wear a face mask if he wants to have a conversation or interact with female genders!" Says Nicco with a worried air

Hearing Nicco's concerns, Sabrina shook her head. "Sigh, I don't have the power to control that. And besides, it doesn't matter. As long as he is alive, healthy, and joyful... the rest doesn't matter to me."

Just as she pronounced the last words of her sentence, Alvine had come to the place, followed by Ashia who was escorting him.

'He is even stronger than when we fought in a duel. And he even managed to break through into the spiritual kingdom! He is really a monster with monstrous talent. Sigh, I feel like I no longer have any chance against him, if I measured myself against him?' Thought Nelda when she had seen Alvine who had just arrived in the palace.

"Master, according to your orders, I have gathered all your slave soldiers in the hall. There is not a single person missing." Revealed Nicco after her signet ring greeting.

"Hm. How many are they now?" Alvine asked briefly.

"Master, after the battle, we still have fifty-three spiritual Magi, two hundred holy Magi, and ninety-nine Emperor Magi. This makes them a total of... 352 soldiers! We suffered a loss of about a thousand soldiers." Informed Nicco by lowering his head.

"Hmm, that's a lot anyway. In short, where is Yuer? I haven't seen her since I woke up." He asked with confusion. "In short, we'll talk about it afterward. Sabrina, order them to be silent, I'm going to start my announcement. We don't have much time ahead of us." He ordered by standing in front of a hundred soldiers. Sabrina did not even have the opportunity to intervene, when they noticed the presence of Alvine and Sabrina, a disturbing silence fell in the hall and they all knelt to welcome Alvine and greet him.

'Even if it's a little embarrassing, Sabrina and the others really trained them like good little puppets! But it is better to remove bad seeds from the right ones. Otherwise, all crops will become rotten because of them.' He says to Himself by analyzing the situation. Thanks to his [energy trainer] competence, which is now at level 9, he can distinguish the aura of fear, the aura of pride, and above all the aura of despair among the crowd.

"I'm going to be direct and not around the pot. You all know why you are here with us. Just like the Valskars who attacked us, you were also our assailants in the past. I have only one word, war is not only on our doorstep but on all continents! Apart from the Vlaskars, there is still a threat greater than them! and I can in no way guarantee the survival of all of you. Trust, freedom, loyalty... are things I can't afford to exchange with you. After all, the world functions with equivalent exchanges. Those who want to go home, I give them the right to go home. But in exchange, everything they have learned from us... will be forgotten by them once they leave us. Yes, I'm talking about erasing the memories they acquired with us. As a result, they will forget all the lessons of my subordinates, they can consider increasing their levels as a reward from us for their services. They will have nothing more to do with us... as long as they don't target us again!" He stopped for a moment and contemplated the dubious expressions of his men with a mischievous smile.

"As for those who will stay with us, as I cannot trust them, they will always have their seals of enslavement! But according to the equivalent exchange, they will have six times more resources to increase their levels, I would pay them a hundred gold coins per month. And they will have the choice to bring their families by their side! I don't need to tell you that you will no longer be treated like slaves, you will be like new members of my family whom I have not yet trusted! And once a person has the approval of one of my maids... He will be appointed the rank of general or captain, and he will be untied from his chains since he will have acquired the trust of one of my family members. This is reasoning that you may find absurd, but I don't care about your useless thoughts. Only those who stay with us now will be with us in the future. The others, you can all die in hell or be with angels... I wouldn't give a damn about your problems or your successes! You have until tomorrow to make your decision."

"What? It's huge! How can we have privileges that even nobles do not have? Can we really trust them?"-/-

"Kakak... I don't care! I stay there no matter what! I am truly grateful to the demonic gods for allowing me to attack them!" -/-

"Nothing guarantees us that they will not kill us once we volunteer to leave them. Maybe these are their strategies." -/-

"Humph, you really have an ant spirit. What do they have to worry about our loyalty? You may have forgotten that you have a fucking seal of enslavement that prevents you from betraying them? Just with the simple fact of thinking of treason, the seal that is engraved in us gnaws at our soul as if the seal wants to warn us that it can kill us at any time. So why will they want to free us if they didn't want to?" -/-

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*(AN: -/- the discussions of The crowds)

"But to reward your efforts to their true values for the battle, each of you will have a celestial-grade weapon or artifact and 1000 gold coins for your needs. Have as much fun as you want without causing problems to those who have housed us!" With an innocent smile, he put his hand in his inventory, and took out three purses, each containing 1 million pieces of gold. And even before everyone recovered from their dizziness, magical weapons and magical artifacts began to come out into the void as if they had no ends!

"Sabrina, distribute these weapons and rewards our men with this scholarship. As for the other two scholarships, and the weapons that will remain after distribution, give them to the Queen of the Elves to reward our stay in her castle. I don't like to have a debt to people." He said, turning to Nelda who had her hands handcuffed. "Sabrina, remove the handcuffs on her. I have to talk alone with this girl." He ordered.

"Master, are you sure of your decision? Even if her chivalrous sense is sharper, she still remains an enemy. So I...

"Sigh, that's okay, I understand. In this case, give me the keys to his handcuffs. I would release her once I have confirmation that she will not be a threat to me." While he was speaking, he slammed his fingers, and a red portal opened in front of him! He did not bother to contemplate the astounding expressions of others including Nelda who no longer believed in his eyes. He picked up the key in Sabrina's hand and her golden pupils gazed at Nelda with her flat expression and said to her: follow me. I must speak with you as soon as possible.

Then entered the portal followed by Nelda who was silent until now.