Eldranth's Secrets 14

"You must be wondering why I am telling you something like this," Prince Ninth chuckled. "Obviously, it was because I wanted you to feel helpless."

"…" She was tempted to smack the demon. However, his words truly made her feel despair. How could it not?

One Demon Emperor is already too large of a burden; two or three more are simply too impossible to handle! How could the humans win?

Then she recalled Queen Lativia's words about the Emperor's will to let the humans live. It seems that it was all true. If the demons wanted them gone, then they could easily kill every one of them.

Now that she thought about it, she felt a little pathetic. If she could not even defeat one Demon Emperor, how could she defeat three or perhaps even more?

"Naturally, I am not going to tell you how many there are. If you are simply trying to squeeze some information from me, then it is only wise that I still hide some of my cards."