The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

At the same time, just as the main force of the Divine Xia Calamity Army began to rapidly assemble under the command of Legion Commander Gu Xu, preparing for its first truly meaningful interdimensional expedition training exercise.

The atmosphere in the Elf Forest was extremely oppressive.

The Emerald Palace, a palace that once symbolized the power and glory of the Elves.

It is no longer the glorious place it once was.

The dome was torn open by the aftershocks of the previous battle, leaving a huge gap.

Sunlight streamed in through the cracks, falling on the mess on the ground.

The pillars on both sides, carved from jade and crystal, are mostly broken.

The walls were covered with crisscrossing cracks, and the exquisite vines that had once hung inside the hall had withered, leaving only some charred branches hanging down.

Outside the palace, the groans of the wounded and the cries of the tribesmen could be heard everywhere.

At this moment, the high-ranking elves gathered in the council hall were clearly not paying attention to the commotion outside.

All eyes were fixed on the elven ranger kneeling on the ground in the main hall.

The ranger was covered in blood, and his left shoulder was almost completely caved in.

Several holes were torn in the light armor on his body by some force.

Clearly, they had just escaped from near the dimensional rift and hadn't even caught their breath before the guards brought them here.

"Say it again."

On the high platform, Elonnis spoke again, his voice trembling.

I couldn't believe the news I had just heard.

The elven ranger, kneeling on the ground, choked back tears with terror in his eyes, saying, "High Priest, those bandits... have been defeated."

"Shortly after they entered the Divine Sher plane, they were intercepted by the powerful humans of Divine Sher. Including the woman named Vera, all the Star Sea Hunters were suppressed on the spot, and not one of them escaped."

"The Sheikhan army is currently gathering on the other side of the dimensional rift!"

"Before my subordinates withdrew, they had already seen a large number of human professionals arrive at the front line, and they were still setting up new teleportation devices and war machines."

"Judging from their movements, I'm afraid... I'm afraid they'll soon cross the rift and enter the Elf Forest."

As the last words were spoken, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.

All the high-ranking elves present froze on the spot, their expressions becoming quite interesting at that moment.

There was shock, there was doubt, but above all, there was an overwhelming fear.

They had considered the possibility that the bandits might be defeated.

After all, the neighboring plane called Blue Star has recently demonstrated many methods that are beyond their comprehension.

Especially the terrifying strange phenomenon that appeared in the sky a few days ago.

Even now, it remains a nightmare that the entire Elven race dares not mention.

But the problem is...

They never expected that the bandits would be defeated so quickly!

Those are a group of powerful professionals from the starry sea.

With the power of that female bandit alone, she suppressed these elves, who had been blessed by the gods, to the point that they could not fight back.

But now, this is the group of Star Hunters that they see as invincible.

But after entering the Sherlock Holmes world, they were all wiped out?

Not a single one escaped?

What this meant was crystal clear to everyone present.

That is the power wielded by the kingdom called Sheikha.

It was far more terrifying than they had seen before.

Those brutal hunters could easily suppress them, and Sherlock could easily suppress the hunters.

In comparison, they didn't even have the right to stand before the Divine Sheikh and negotiate.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Those bandits are so powerful, how could they possibly fail?"

"This must be a trap deliberately set by those bandits? Perhaps they've already breached the Sheikh's defenses, and are just using this method to test our loyalty?"

Just then, an elven general named Dirac couldn't help but stand up and shout loudly, clearly unable to accept this absurd news.

"Yes! That must be it. Those guys are probably testing us!"

"That's right, they're so powerful, there's no way they could fail!"

"High Priest, immediately execute this wandering swordsman who falsely reported military intelligence!"

Immediately, many high-ranking members of the Elven race also stood up, agreeing that Dirac's words made sense.

However, Hera, who was standing to Elonnis's left, slowly closed her eyes.

"Enough! Stop deceiving yourself."

The next moment, a roar came from her mouth, instantly silencing the entire hall.

"In their eyes, we are nothing more than a group of indigenous people who can be abandoned at any time."

"If those bandits really won, the Divine Xia army wouldn't have gathered on the other side of the rift, and those bandits wouldn't have needed to go to such lengths to put on a show for us."

"Would you really set such a huge trap just to test the loyalty of a group of ants?"

Upon hearing this, Dirac opened his mouth, but ultimately couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

Because Hera was right, from the moment she descended upon the Elf Forest.

Those bandits never considered them any allies.

Treating them as slaves to be driven at will, and as cannon fodder to die for their own interests, all they could do was passively accept it.

Do cannon fodder need to be tested?

The answer is self-evident.

Moreover, the real problem is that the army from the neighboring dimension is gathering.

It won't be long before we launch an attack on them.

How could they possibly resist the counterattack of the Divine Sheikh, who could even wipe out those bandits?

despair!

A genuine sense of despair instantly enveloped the hearts of all the elves.

However, the most desperate of all these elves was Elonnis.

After all, the reason those bandits were able to accurately locate the Sherlock plane and cross the Elf Forest in such a short time was because...

It was entirely because he proactively provided the information.

In an attempt to protect the Elven race, they claimed that a higher-dimensional realm had descended upon the neighboring plane, hoping to divert the trouble eastward.

But he didn't have time to consider how to handle the aftermath of shifting the blame.

Because he never imagined that the bandits would lose so completely.

In his vision, the ideal outcome would be a stalemate for several days, or even a protracted war.

The elves, meanwhile, hid behind those people, waiting for the situation to change further.

But reality left him no room to maneuver.

There's no such thing as mutual destruction.

It was clearly those robbers who, because of their greed, ran into an iron wall and smashed their heads to pieces on the spot.

The thought of this made Elonnis feel a tightness in his chest.

He almost vomited blood on the spot.

He has lived for far too long, and has witnessed countless conspiracies and wars.

In the past, no matter what kind of opponent he faced, he could always find a glimmer of hope in the chaos.

But this time, he found that all his calculations were like a clumsy joke.