Goals Over Death

(There are so many things," the king said before he swallowed his food and darted at the four guests, "that the humans had done, that, that, that... detest me."

"I agree, the humans of the past and even more so at present, are quite unbearable, however, I can tell you that our goal will change their behavior, Your Majesty."

"Hmm? How so?" The king furrowed his brows.

"It will, I can not tell you right now, but they will have to change once we reached our goal," the spokesperson smirked.

"Hmm, you are getting me worried here, dear friends," the elf king chuckled.

"Hahaha, who in this world could scare you, Your Majesty," the cloaked person laughed at the king's jest but the latter was deadly silent. "... Your Majesty?"

The elf king let out a heavy snort before he picked up the wooden glass and stirred it. His eyes were vacant despite looking at the spiraling wine. "There is one."