Today's fourth update: Chapter 3044! 4/4!
At the brink of rage, with his blood boiling, the Eight Wise Kings ultimately relied on his profound shrewdness to maintain absolute calm and make the choice that best served the Black Tortoise Race's overall interests.
The bone-deep hatred he felt toward the Snow Elf Race's betrayal was also conveniently redirected toward the Human Domain, an old enemy that had long been locked in an irreconcilable feud with the Black Tortoise Race, due to humanity's forceful intervention.
As the saying went, one more debt made no difference when you already owed too much. The Human Domain already had too many old scores written in the Black Tortoise Race's ledger of hatred to count; adding another line would not matter.
Since they could not openly exact "blood for blood" from the Snow Elf Race right away, they still had to preserve the royal race's official dignity.
The Eight Wise Kings swiftly transformed the negotiations for a joint "Snow Elf extermination" campaign into an emergency public relations operation.
After all, the Snow Elf Race's betrayal on the battlefield was neither an enormous nor a trivial loss in itself—it had merely cost the Black Tortoise Race and the Crocodile Race a combined hundred million elite reinforcements.
What truly concerned them was the chain reaction and terrible precedent this could set!
If they did not respond severely, other races participating in the Wild Hunt Operation might fear the Huang Army's advance and even imitate the Snow Elf Race, causing morale across the entire front to collapse. That would be the true disaster.
How could a mere Snow Elf Race dare to defy the world and openly stab the royal coalition army in the back? If they were not held accountable, where would the royal races' prestige remain?