"I asked Anselin about this question, but she couldn't explain what exactly that power was. Anselin believes that the power might be some kind of stronger Duem energy hidden in Duem ore. And that Duem energy might have inadvertently been absorbed into her body while she was asleep." Elinna replied.

"Dao Lao, what do you think? Could the mysterious power Anselin gained be Mold Spirit energy?" Haoyun pretended to ponder, but was actually privately chatting with Dao Lao through the system channel.

"It's very possible. However, we should gather more information to be sure." Dao Lao also took a sip of his wine as if nothing had happened, replying in his mind.

Elinna paid no attention to the sudden silence of Haoyun and Dao Lao, and continued to speak to herself, "I admit, the scene of turning corpses into zombies is indeed very terrifying, but after witnessing Anselin's extremely powerful black magic, I felt a fascination with dark magic. So, I watched the entire process of turning zombies very seriously."

"Anselin may have noticed my interest in dark magic, so she told me that if I was interested, she would be willing to teach me black magic. Anselin also said that in order to show her appreciation for my talent in dual cultivation of both black and white magic, as long as I was willing to devote myself to learning black magic with her, she agreed to immediately release all the common civilians within the Adagwa family's territory and ensure their safe evacuation back to the Lite Elf Clan's defense line."

After a brief pause, Elinna continued, "To be honest, I don't understand why Anselin suddenly relented and was willing to spare the common civilians within the Adagwa family's territory. But since Anselin hoped to persuade me to learn black magic with this condition, I obediently agreed. After all, besides being able to save some of our people first, I also had a curious feeling about whether Anselin was deliberately deceiving me about possessing the talent for dual cultivation of black and white magic and whether I could really practice black magic."

"Plus, I originally planned to learn black magic while utilizing my talent in dual cultivation of black and white magic to search for the flaws in black magic and develop a technique to use white magic to suppress black magic, in order to help the Lite Elf Clan better resist the invasion of the Dark Elf Clan. So, I gladly accepted Anselin's invitation and began to immerse myself in studying black magic with her."

"Unfortunately," Elinna suddenly changed her tone, somewhat sadly saying, "Sometimes, your ideals are lofty, but reality is extremely cruel."

"What do you mean?" Haoyun asked, while finishing the last piece of fruit on his plate, which tasted very much like mango.

Elinna turned her head and asked a servant to prepare some more Lite oranges for Haoyun before answering, "Anselin kept her promise. Shortly after I officially joined the ranks of practicing black magic, she ordered the army ahead to provide antidotes to lift the curse for the civilians of the Adagwa family. After ensuring that they could recover to more than 80% of their pre-cursed state, she expelled them all from our family's territory."

"But what was unexpected was that when our people fled back to the newly built defense works of the Lite Elf Clan and reported what had happened in our family's territory, those Lite elves not only did not immediately try to solve the problem of our remaining family members still detained by the Dark Elf Clan, but instead, they arrested all the refugees who had fled."

"And the reason given by those Lite elves was that because these refugees from the Adagwa family had all been cursed by dark magic, although their curses had been lifted, they could not be sure whether the Dark Elf Clan intentionally released them and spread their curses in order to weaken the fighting power of the Lite Elf Clan. So, in order to ensure the safety of other Lite elves, they had to isolate and control all these high-risk refugees."

Haoyun and Dao Lao understood the actions of the Lite Elf Clan. After all, vigilance is necessary! Moreover, those refugees from the Adagwa family had all been cursed by what sounded like very terrifying dark curses. In the absence of any Lite elves proficient in black magic, they really could not be sure whether these refugees still harbored curses. So, temporarily isolating them was indeed a wise and helpless choice.

Regarding Haoyun and Dao Lao's views, Elinna did not express any objections. However, at the same time, she emphasized, "What was most unacceptable at the time was that some Lite Elf families who had fought side by side with the Adagwa family to defend the peace of the Lite Elf Clan's borders, based on the testimonies of these refugees, arbitrarily concluded that my family had already defected to the Dark Elf Clan's side."

"And the basis for their judgment was that the future star of the Adagwa family, which I was so proud of, dared to join the camp of the Dark Elf Clan against all odds. Although our people told these elves that I was forced to make sacrifices to save their lives, that I was forced to join the Dark Elf Clan."

"But those despicable guys didn't care. They simply insisted that I had already joined the Dark Elf Clan, and continued to deny the fact that the Dark Elf Clan refused to release the high-ranking dignitaries and soldiers of the Adagwa family, not to weaken the fighting power of the Lite Elf Clan, but to follow me in serving the Dark Elf Clan."

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"Based on the words of those Lite elves who pushed our family to the forefront and indiscriminately smeared us, the other Lite elf troops who came to support the frontline also believed their nonsense, resulting in our Adagwa family's reputation being severely trampled upon."

"The Adagwa family is really pitiful. They were so loyal to the Lite Elf Clan in defending against external enemies, but because of jealousy from other families during the war, they were ostracized by members of the Lite Elf Clan and finally branded as traitors." Haoyun chatted privately with Dao Lao.

Elinna downed another large glass of fruit wine and continued, "And that's not all. Out of jealousy for my potential to make the Adagwa family prosper as a magical genius, several families who had long hoped for our family's decline went so far as to advise the White Magic Association Knight Order, which oversees this defense fortification, to arm all the refugees who fled from our territory and use them as the vanguard to conquer the Dark Elf Clan occupying our family's territory."

"The reason they gave was that since these refugees had all suffered from dark magic curses, even if there was no longer a curse of dark magic in their bodies, based on their familiarity with the curse of dark magic, even if they were subjected to another curse of dark magic, they would be able to fight longer under the curse due to their adaptation abilities. Moreover, those Lite elves also claimed that since our refugees had all suffered from curses of dark magic, they were like time bombs that could better cope with facing the curse of dark magic from the Dark Elf Clan when confronted again."

"The refugees who escaped from our family naturally refused to turn back and attack their own territory. But what use was their refusal? They were just a group of weaklings without any support behind them. Moreover, those cunning Lite elves also imprisoned all the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled among the refugees, stating that if others did not join the army to attack the Adagwa family, they would be imprisoned for disobeying military orders."

"Hmph! This is really outrageous. If those Lite elves had the strength, the Dark Elf army wouldn't have captured the Adagwa family's territory." Dao Lao complained sarcastically.

"Yeah, it's simply a massacre." Elinna shrugged, agreeing with Dao Lao, "But what can be done about it? Those despicable Lite elves just want to watch the refugees attack their own homeland for their amusement, and hope they will engage in a fight with the soldiers still in the Adagwa family."

"So, what happened next? Did the people of the Adagwa family really end up killing each other?" Haoyun couldn't help but ask when Elinna didn't introduce the following situation for a long time. But he regretted his words as soon as he said them, fearing that his directness might provoke Elinna's nerves and make them unable to continue their conversation.

Fortunately, the situation Haoyun was worried about did not happen. Elinna simply replied calmly, "What's comforting is that the drama of our people being forced to kill each other did not happen. But what's regrettable is that they were all killed."

"Ah, that's for sure! How could a group hastily formed by civilians compare to the well-equipped regular army of the Dark Elf Clan?" Haoyun said unexpectedly, already imagining the scene where the Dark Elf Clan unilaterally slaughtered those civilians.

But Elinna shook her head and said, "That's not what I meant. My point is not that all the refugees forced onto the battlefield were killed, but that including those refugees and all the Lite elves stationed in that defense fortification, everyone was killed by the Dark Elf Clan."

Elinna sighed, "Alas! Due to the conflicts between our family and several other families stationed at the newly built defense fortification before, when Anselin learned that those families were forcing the refugees who fled from our family to attack their own homeland, she immediately decided to personally intervene to resolve the problem for my family. To avoid affecting my cultivation of black magic due to those hateful families."

"So, Anselin gathered several Dark Elf armies near the border and mixed them into a powerful army consisting of Dark Elf and zombie legions. Then, Anselin personally led this army, taking advantage of the night to swiftly kill all the Lite elf troops who had come to attack our family and all the Lite elves stationed in that newly built defense fortification. Whether military or civilian, old or young, injured or uninjured, as long as they were still breathing, no one in that defense fortification could escape the hands of the Dark Elf army that night."

"Alas! My poor people, why did Anselin kill them all? In that case, why let them leave in the first place? Alas! Perhaps, this is just Anselin's peculiar way of doing things!" Elinna sighed helplessly, feeling sad for the refugees who had become victims of the Dark Elf Clan.

However, although Elinna was feeling sad for the deaths of her people and cursing Anselin and the Dark Elf Clan for their bloodthirstiness, Haoyun and Dao Lao couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable with Elinna's reaction while sympathizing with those refugees. Because, while Elinna was expressing how painful and angry she was upon learning about the slaughter of her people, how she denounced Anselin's cruel methods at that time, she never mentioned the other Lite elves who were also slaughtered. It was as if the deaths of those Lite elves had nothing to do with her, as if she didn't care at all about the lives and deaths of those Lite elves.

Elinna naturally understood the expressions on Haoyun and Dao Lao's faces, so she chuckled and added, "After all, it was those guys who betrayed my family that led to the plight my family and I are in. Moreover, it was because they couldn't see the situation clearly, disregarded the tension of the war, and still disrupted the harmony between the same race for personal grudges, that ultimately led to the slaughter of all Lite elves, including our people, by the Dark Elf Clan. So, from this perspective, their deaths were deserved, they got what they deserved, and they are not worthy of sympathy."

Although Elinna's viewpoint was extremely cold-hearted, based on the ordeal of the Adagwa family, Haoyun and Dao Lao couldn't really make a hasty conclusion about Elinna's attitude. After all, when a supposed ally betrays you and even wishes to help the enemy kill you when your life is threatened, it's not surprising to react as cold-bloodedly as Elinna did when that supposed ally ends up being slaughtered by the enemy. In any case, if it were themselves, they might react the same way. Haoyun thought to himself.