The man dressed as a butler feigned calmness, "You... would you really do that?"
"You can try," Xi Mu sneered, "In thirty minutes, see if the Elf Kingdom still exists."
He brushed past the man dressed as a butler.
"I'll be waiting for your challenge at the royal palace. If you can't defeat me in thirty minutes, then all of you... will die."
It was a bluff, meant to force them into initiating a decisive battle.
The man dressed as a butler was convinced of this, believing that Ahtal, being who he was, could not possibly annihilate a whole nation; such a disrespect for life would never earn him the favor of the Goddess of Life. Therefore, Ahtal must be deliberately performing for them.
However, if Ahtal did indeed strike, it wouldn't harm his spirit, yet it would lead to the destruction of a city inhabited by more than thirty million people.
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The royal palace.