Lin Yu's words easily shattered the elf's pride and stubbornness.
Because what Lin Yu had said was indeed the reality.
More importantly... what he had just said truly reflected the stubbornness and prejudice he had possessed as an elf.
But that stubbornness and prejudice had already been slowly worn away during a thousand years of imprisonment—even if that stubbornness had once been a towering wall built of steel, over a millennium, before that truly insurmountable wall capable of destroying a person's will, it had long since rusted into a state riddled with holes and on the verge of collapse.
Lin Yu had just delivered a vicious kick, so naturally, that towering wall of prejudice immediately came crashing down.
However, the elf would not immediately show submission.
Gritting his teeth, he said, "Even so... you did say that you might not succeed, didn't you?"
"If you simply couldn't change our situation in the slightest, then so be it. I could pretend none of this had ever happened."
"But if you take us out, use us, and then we're captured and brought back here, what are we supposed to do?"
Lin Yu calmly said, "Wouldn't that still be better than being trapped here forever without ever leaving even once?"
"Remaining in numb despair forever, or gaining hope temporarily only to fall into despair again afterward—which do you think is better?" The elf looked at Lin Yu and asked seriously. "This isn't something that can be easily compared, is it?"
Lin Yu nodded. "Indeed... That's why I'm giving you the right to choose. You can discuss it carefully with the other elves."
"Of course, I'm not sure whether you have the authority to make the final decision. I'm only responsible for passing this information to you."
The elf said, "I can make this