"I don't see any Sand Demons." One of the Lords commented.
"We can see it as well." Joan scoffed. "There isn't any Sand Demon there. Then again, maybe it's not the time?"
She had known about the achievements of Azekiel since he was blazing fast in clearing the floors. She was sure that he had some secret skill that allowed him to see the secret to clearing the floor. There was no other way he would be so fast in clearing the floors and so confident. She also believed that the chances of him being wrong were too low.
Many other Lords felt the same thing. Since Azekiel was so confident about this, they also believed this.
"Maybe there haven't been enough deaths. The battlefield is big, and the scale is large, but the deaths probably aren't enough," Layim commented. "We can either wait here for there to be enough deaths, or we can join the battle and fasten the process."
"If we start attacking out of nowhere, won't the Nature Elves and the Dark Elves stop fighting and attack us together instead? It'll become us against them." Another Lord pointed out. Just when everyone felt like he was against this suggestion, he licked his lips. "I like the idea. Let's do it!"
The man didn't see the Elves as living beings. For him, they were walking experience points. The more they killed, the stronger they'll get.
"No." Against all expectations, Azekiel said no. "You won't be able to kill more than the Elves can. If you fight against all of them, the death rate will go down, no matter how fast you kill them."
"If you want to join the battle, do it in a way where the Elves don't stop fighting each other."
"How?"
"By using the same trick that we did before," Layim answered before Azekiel could. "By creating a misunderstanding."
He further explained, "Instead of attacking everyone randomly, we'll target one particular side. That will make that side think that we are with the other side, which is why they'll never stop fighting them. As for the other side, they'll think we have a personal enmity with the first side, and they'll keep going on with the battle."
"The question is which side we should help?"
"The Nature Elves look like they have an advantage," Layim suggested. "We can side with the Dark Elves. They'll appreciate us more and side with us faster."
He glanced back at Azekiel, who was focused on the large-scale battle of magic and arrows.
Both the sides were strong, yet they were fighting each other over a small misunderstanding. It proved that no matter what species they were, it was an inherent trait for people to be against someone or something. All because they believed that the other side was the enemy and that they were always right.
"What do you think about it?" Layim asked Azekiel. He had already decided, but it was still important for Azekiel to agree with the plan.
"Yeah, go ahead." Azekiel agreed.
"You aren't joining us?" The Lord of Theft asked.
"Not right now. Go and enjoy the battle."
Azekiel still waited for the Sand Demon. He didn't feel like joining the battle between the Elves, but he didn't stop his Lords from joining.
By not joining them, he also wanted to see just what these Lords were truly capable of in this reality.
"As you wish."
All the Lords left together and joined the battle.
As soon as they joined the battle, there was a lot of confusion on the battlefield since no side knew just who they sided with. It soon became clear as the Lords started attacking the Nature Elves.
The Nature Elves were stunned. They had an advantage over the Dark Elves so far, but out of nowhere, the Lords came and started attacking them.
The Queen of Nature Elves was infuriated. She called the Dark Elves coward for taking help from outsiders in their battle.
"I should've expected this!" She raged. "For the ones who even dared to steal and attack us out of nowhere, taking help from outsiders is nothing!"
In their anger, the Nature Elves only intensified their attacks. The Dark Elves also fought back valiantly.
The Dark Elf Queen recognized Layim. He was the one who informed her about the Nature Elves to attack the Dark Elves! She considered Layim a friend who warned them against a massive threat. Not only did he warn them, but he also brought his people to help them! She felt grateful to Layim, not realizing that he was an indirect architect of this war.
"The Humans are our friends! Help them! Today, only we shall be victorious!" She commanded her men.
Her declaration made the Nature Elves assured that the humans were called for help by the Dark Elves.
The flow of the battle that was tilting toward the Nature Elves had suddenly started leaning toward the other sides.
The Lords of Sins were amazing in battle.
Layim was able to control the enemies to drop their weapons before he attacked them. He also managed to control some of them to attack their own people! The Lord of Theft stole the weapons of the Nature Elves and used their own weapons to kill them!
Similarly, each Lord used their own specialty to fight. The number of deaths suddenly went through the roof out of nowhere, all thanks to the help from the Lords.
Standing in the distance, Azekiel observed all the actions of his man, understanding their fighting style. Even in their last timeline, he had seen a few of them fight, but his knowledge about them was one basic. At this moment, he tried to understand their strengths and weaknesses even more.
He was quite surprised by the efficiency of Layim. The way that guy could use his words to make the enemies do what he pleased?
For some reason, Azekiel had a strange feeling about that. Fortunately, his skills only worked on such people. He couldn't use mind control on Lords or Kings. If he could, then the moment Azekiel met him on the Ground Floor, he would've been able to control him.
But still, that skill was quite interesting.
The number of dead that was in the hundreds had now increased to thousands. Most of the battlefield was covered in blood, and the number of dead had risen by over ten times. Unfortunately, even now, there was no sign of the Sand Demons.
"This just should've been enough. Why aren't the Sand Demons here? Unless we were wrong in analyzing why they appeared last time?" he frowned, second guessing himself.
Thud~
As he was wondering if he got this wrong, the ground started trembling. The trembling only intensified as if an earthquake was coming.
Azekiel finally smiled. "They are here. I was right."
