There was no need to send the royal guards to signal surrender. When Cleveland raised his head, hundreds upon thousands of Zerglings had already surrounded him.
Rubbing his hands together, Ye Luo approached Cleveland under the protection of Ye Meng and the others. With no regard for appearances, he plopped down on a chunk of rubble beside Cleveland, then vigorously patted the dust from the ruins off his filthy boots.
Ye Luo gazed through the collapsed city wall at the empty streets within, his eyes narrowing slightly. Suddenly, he wanted a cigarette, though he had no idea whether this world even had such a thing. Smacking his lips, he said softly, "So, you invited me just now, and now I'm here. Cleveland, do you have any last words?"
Cleveland struggled to sit upright. The pain in his legs had already gone numb; gradually, he could no longer even feel them... Ye Luo looked into the city, while Cleveland stared at the Zerg army behind him. Suddenly, he actually smiled. "To be honest, for that brief moment just now, I felt incredibly envious. If I had an army with such terrifying discipline, an army unafraid of death, perhaps the Keren Kingdom would already have become the Keren Empire..."
"I like hearing that..." Praise for the Zerg was praise for Ye Luo. His eyes narrowed into slits.
"Leave humanity a way to survive..." Cleveland suddenly turned his head and looked at Ye Luo with pleading eyes. After a long pause, he said quietly, "The beastfolk and elves are equally powerful, yet not even the dragon race can shake humanity's position as the Overmind of the continent. Leave humanity a way to survive, and you'll be leaving yourself a way out as well..."
Ye Luo nodded. He understood what Cleveland meant. He was